Record ID: SWYOR-274097
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gilded silver disc brooch with surviving silver wire loop and Terslev-style design, dating from about 900-975 AD. Description: The brooch is circular and 26.8mm in diameter, with a very slightly domed front and a central raised dome of 6mm diameter. The silver is gilded on both faces, but with more surviving on the front. The central dome is decorated with a small moulded ring in the centre, surrounded by a ring of slightly oblique radiating ribbing. A 2mm band around the base of the dome is also decorated with similar radiating ribbing. The edge of the front has …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2931D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (flat wing ends type, Midlands) dating from the late first through to second century AD. The brooch has a thick rounded head with short stubby wings that has a linear moulding around each terminal. At the reverse junction of the head and the wings is a hook that would have helped tension the axis bar for the spring mechanism. The wings have end caps that would have secured the axis bar, however the entire spring and pin are now missing. The bow of the brooch has moulded decoration down its length. The …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodstock', grid reference and parish protected.