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Record ID: NMS-972E58
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of 23 coins, four silver brooches and two silver strap-ends.
Coins: Twenty three silver pennies of Eadmund of East Anglia, covering most of the types known for this king. They were found close together and clearly represent a dispersed hoard. The lack of any later coins is compelling evidence for the deposition of this hoard being intimately connected to the invasion of the Danish Great Army into East Anglia in 869 and the succeeding murder of king Eadmund in the same year.
1) North 456, moneyer Baeghelm (fragment, weight 0.35g)
2) North 456, moneyer Bea[...], probably …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-968C84
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pin. The pin has a globular head with flattened top. The head is decorated with curved ribs creating a swirl effect. A small collar is located on the shaft. The shaft is circular in cross-section and incomplete.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-9655A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably of the cruciform type. The fragment comprises a rectangular panel with moulded ribs above and below, that would have originally been located beneath the bow. Part of the catchplate remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-95F7C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The brooch has a square headplate with a seperate knob attached to the top is almost fully rounded and has iron corrosion on the reverse. The headplate is decorated with a perimeter of three lines and punched half-circles on the inner side. The headplate is divided into three smaller rectangular panels by a central raised panel also decorated with lines and half-circles. The bow is incomplete and faceted, and bears lines and half-circles along the top ridge. The lower part of the brooch is missing. The reverse o…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-959BD2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the other eight are triangular. The faces are corroded and rough, but each contains three dots.
Polyhedral weights were used across the Viking world and over thirty examples are now recorded on the PAS database. They appear to have been made in a number of denominations, indicated by the number of dots on the larger faces; six is the most common, followed by four, two, three and one. When the…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-956A37
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy object, probably a pin head, with decoration suggesting an early-medieval date. The object is lozenge-shaped, with a small perforation at two adjacent corners. It is decorated on the front by a raised single border. Within the border are five circles in relief, each with a central boss; one is located at each corner and one at the centre of the mount. Along the straight edges of the object, and between the circles, are four motifs each composed of two relief sub-squares above a sub-rectangle. These four motifs together may form a diagonal cross.
The back…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LIN-952ED6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon clay spindle whorl. The whorl is sub-square or sub-circular when viewed from the top and sub-rectangular or oval in cross-section. There is a circular hole through the centre. The fabric is charcoal-black coloured and contains medium-large grit and possible grog inclusions.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-949254
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of unidentified silver artefact. The fragment is almost rectangular, but the two longer cut edges are slightly oblique, forming in fact a parallelogram. The upper surface is smooth and generally flat but very slightly undulating, as if hammered. Each of the short original edges has two raised integrally cast pellets, one at each corner. These pellets have a diameter of 4 to 4.5mm, sloping sides and a flat top; they look rather like imitation rivet heads; one is set within a very slightly lowered square. The reverse surface is undecorated and undulates a little …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-933C82
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early medieval copper alloy unidentified object. The upper surface is decorated with dots and curved lines in a possible floral decoration. There is no decoration on the reverse. The section of this fragment is flat.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.
Record ID: WMID-933027
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late early-medieval to early high medieval stirrup-strap mount of probable eleventh century date.
The mount is of Williams' Class A Type 12, being lozenge shaped (diamond shaped) with a flat base and a projecting loop at the top. The base is broken but the remnant of a circular rivet hole is visible at the break.The reverse is flat and the front is decorated with a central diagonal cross formed by four lozenge shaped recesses set around a central circular boss. These recesses may once have contained enamel although none now remains. Similar examples are illustra…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LIN-931906
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early medieval copper alloy strap fitting. The upper surface is decorated with a double incised line and with a punched ring-and-dot decoration. There is no decoration on the reverse. The section of this fitting is flat. The object seems to have been openwork.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LIN-929204
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy sheet, possibly a mount. This discoidal sheet is decorated with a dotted floral motif with four petals. The centre is flat and the edge is bent. Slightly damaged. Lead remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LIN-925C06
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval openwork fragment of a possible strap end. This fragment is decorated with a double incised line and a ring-and-dot motif. The reverse surface is slightly bent.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LIN-923464
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early medieval decorated fragment of a possible strap end. The straight edges are decorated with incised lines and the body with a possible animal motif. The reverse surface is not flat but irregular. This identification is uncertain because it is a small fragment.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LIN-919D84
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval quaterfoil mount. The mount is decorated with four abstract faceted animal heads. At the top of each head there is a rivet hole, a rivet is preserved in two of them. The mount is domed on the front and slightly curved on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LIN-909EA2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable fragment of a late Early Medieval copper alloy strap end. The fragment is flat, rectangular, and has a rounded terminal. The face of the strap end is decorated with an interlace motif in reserve metal, set against a recessed background. A parallel for the strap end has not been found, but some comparisons can be made to SF-2AE08A and NCL-DA2CE1.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LIN-902788
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval copper alloy hooked tag. The main plate is a small flat round tag. A hook extends from one edge of the tag. There is no decoration.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
No spatial data available.
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