Record ID: KENT-889D99
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast circular gilt copper-alloy mount or escutcheon possibly from a hanging bowl or harness fitting (or, just possibly, a shield-boss apex mount) of fifth to seventh-century date. Description: The mount is disc shape and quite flat. The decoration is cast in relief and has a raided outer rim. The underside shows some blobs or scars of corrosion product possibly corresponding to a solder by which it was attached to the vessel. The decoration comprising a central recessed circular field that may once have held a setting of some kind but which is now missing, possibly of garnet, g…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-86A1E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron brooch. Cast small long brooch of cross potent form retaining the corroded remnant of an iron pin at a lug behind its head. The three arms of a cruciform head are all indented with a curved hollow in their sides. A curved concavo-convex bow with central aris and a flat triangular zone at the top of its projection is lightly hollowed behind. The bow tapers gently towards a narrower foot with a slightly raised rectangular panel above its [present] straight end. The stub of a catch plate appears behind the foot. Worn, perhaps polished by use. The good condition and …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-864081
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the head plate, bow and foot plate. The foot is missing. The head comprises a rectangular plate with hemispherical-section moulded knobs projecting on three sides and the bow projecting from the lower side. The plate is undecorated but has a raised central panel from which the bow extends. On the underside, there are the remains of the pierced hinge lug. The slightly arched, hemispherical-section bow extends from the lower part of the head. Beyond the bo…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-862601
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval silver sceat of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD 710-750. Series R. Type depicting radiate bust right and runic inscription, with standard reverse. Mint uncertain. Cf. Abramson (2006), p. 95
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
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Record ID: WMID-833290
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver ingot of possible Early Medieval dating (AD 850 to AD 1000). The silver ingot is sub rectangular with a square cross section. The corners are slightly bevelled and there are some hammer marks along the edge. The ends are incomplete. It measures 28.3 mm in length, 8.8 mm wide and 6.2 mm thick. It weighs 8.9 g. The ingot is a dark grey colour, with an even surface patina. The shape and size of the ingot is suggestive that it might be Early Medieval in dating, like SF-68844D 2016T988 and SUSS-7A58A3 2016T269. Comments on the record for SF-68844D state that: it is …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Louth', grid reference and parish protected.