Record ID: NLM-7C9CE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast cruciform brooch fragment, comprising the lowest part of the bow, a collared moulding, a horse head foot with prominent eyebrows and eyes, and a trilobate or shamrock-leaf terminal which springs in two halves from the lower part of the horse head. A thin folded catch plate projects from the back, and there are a pair of deep grooves alongside it. The metal colour is unusual: scratches and abrasion have removed a green patina to reveal a grey metal below it. This reporter originally considered this to mark a modern replica piece painted green so as to…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-7C4457
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sword pommel cap: Pommel cap made from thin gold sheet over a probable copper-alloy (or possibly iron) base. The sloping shoulders of the pommel are straight (or very slightly concave) but the apex is convex and curved. The filigree work is set on flat triangular backplates, with other parts of the pommel covered with separate pieces of thin gold sheet. One face of the pommel cap has a central lozenge-shaped setting, now empty. A fragment of corroded iron tang projects from the underside of the pommel. Length of pommel 49.8mm, height c. 13mm, thickness 8.7mm, weight 19.6g. The fa…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-7C30DE
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon mount probably from the upper part of stirrup. Of C-shaped section with possible traces of solder on the inner surface. Both sides broken across an irregular incised oval, a complete example of which survives of the front face, moulded rib upper and lower ends. Two such mounts were soldered onto the upper part of the stirrup on both sides of the strap loop (Williams 1997, fig. 4). Length 16.5mm, width 11mm. Weighs 292g. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-7AA61A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon pin dating to the Early Medieval period, dating to the eighth or ninth century. The head of the pin is bi-conical. Below the head at the top of the shaft is a very worn collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers to a point 5.40mm below the head. The shank appears to be incomplete however terminates with a point. The object has a light greenish brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WMID-77A22D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver pyramid mount of Early Medieval dating (first half of the 7th Century AD). Around 50% of the pyramid mount is present, consisting of the top (apex) and two sides (faces). The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The mount is hollow and originally would have had a square base. The broken stub of a transverse bar, originally for a strap attachment, is preserved on the base. The two surviving faces of the pyramid mount are decorated with the same chip-carved design, comprising a hanging triangle at the tip of the face, with sub-trian…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellesbourne', grid reference and parish protected.