Record ID: SF-4E0DB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the foot and pin due to old breaks and has evidence of post-depositional wear and corrosion but is otherwise intact. The headplate is lozenge shaped in form, flat and with projecting knops at each corner. These are oval shaped in form and D-shaped in section with rounded ends and possible transverse mouldings although this is uncertain due to their preservation. At the centre of the headplate is a raised vertical rectangular panel running from the top knop to the bow. On the back face of the headplate is an…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4DB246
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver object inlaid with niello. It is a long oval in shape and made from two components, a sheet silver base and a heavy hollow-cast upper part. The upper part is D-shaped in cross-section, and has relief, engraved and inlaid decoration. To either end is an animal head, both identical. The snouts have narrow rounded ends with a pair of dots for nostrils; these may originally have been set with glass pellets, similar to but smaller than those in the eyes. There are niello-inlaid grooves dividing the nostrils from each other and the nose from the rest of the snout. The ey…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North-West Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4D1181
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead net sinker. Tubular sinker, made from a rolled rectangle of cast lead sheet of thickness 2.2mm with a clenched seam, and with a central aperture of diameter 4mm. Patinated overall. This technique of fixing a sinker to the selvedge of a net was recorded in Middle Saxon contexts at Flixborough, North Lincs, and other examples are widely reported in the region; this weight was either removed by tearing the net or was discarded along with it. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850. Length: 31.3mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness (overall): 10.1mm, Weight: 26.03gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-4CACA5
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked tag of Early Medieval (probably late 8th to 9th century) date. The bottom point of the inverted drop-shaped plate tapers to form a now incomplete hook. The plate has two circular holes at the upper edge which is bi-lobed. Compare LEIC-9FC848 and FAKL-C9E283 on this database.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BF3C2
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams' Class B. It comprises a flat, trapezoidal plate with angled flange, moulded front face and slightly concave back face, now slightly bent due to post-depositional damage. The front face is extremely worn to the extent that the decorative motifs can barely be identified. It has a central face, possibly zoomorphic in form, surrounded by five sub-rectangular apertures. On the upper edge are projecting semi-circular lobes that have central circular apertures containing the corroded remains of iron rivets.…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4BD9A5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end dating from the late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) to the early Medieval period, (c.850-1200AD). The object has a rectangular plate with a triangular terminal. The object is a one piece strap end with a rectangular slot within the rectangular plate which would have contained the strap. Two rivets remain in situ and would have secured the strap. The terminal is zoomorphic with raised moulded oval eyes at each side and a pointed snout. Behind the eyes the head curves inwards before widening to form the plate. The rectangular plate is decorated wit…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.