Record ID: SOM-2911DE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of an Early-Medieval gilded copper alloy object, probably a mount. The remaining section is a flat plate with elaborate outline, at the complete end are two curved out points flanking a shorter central point. From the outer points the sides are concave curved curving in then out to a second point in the cnetre of the remaining sides then curving in a concave curve into a projecting narrowed 'neck' where it linked to the rest of the object, which is broken across with an old break. The front is decorated with chip carved decoration with a series of cells cotaining raised cne…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-28A40C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Saxon great square-headed brooch dating to the period c. AD 510 - 560. It comprises a small fragment of the top of the footplate and exhibits moulded Style I decoration. There appears to be a casting flaw on one side. No parallel found. Finder's ref: 4.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-27C85D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy annular brooch dating to the period c. AD 500 - 550. Small fragment of flat, annular frame with chamferred edges and a square expansion at one end. No decoration is visible. Finder's ref: 7.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-279D11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy annular brooch dating to the period c. AD 500 - 550. Small fragment of flat, annular frame with chamferred edges. Decoration is restricted to one face and comprises an interior and exterior band of punched crescents interrupted near one end by a series of four engraved transverse grooves. See: West (1998) p. 184, fig. 66/4. Finder's ref: 8.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2730B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy annular brooch dating to the period c. AD 450 - 600. D-sectioned loop with a relatively recent break at either end. The loop is divided into a series of oval bosses, each separated by three or four moulded ridges. Traces of iron staining, possibly from the missing pin are visible in places. See: Hinton, D.A, 1974 Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork, 700-1100, in the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum Oxford: Oxford University Press 92 , 10.54 Finder's ref: 5.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-26D736
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the period c. AD 550 - 575. Only the head plate and a small section of the bow remains. The head plate is square, with a central raised square panel and an engraved vertical groove running along both sides. It retains an integrally cast top knob and one lateral knob. Each knob is D-sectioned, waisted, with two moulded ridges above and below the waisted section. On the reverse is the stub of the D-shaped lug, now surrounded by iron corrosion from the missing pin. The bow projects from the head and terminates in a relatively…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-26A448
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the period c. AD 550 - 575. Only the head plate and a small section of the bow remains. The head plate is square, with heavily abraded edges and signs of old breaks. A series of punched ring-and-dot motifs run around the edge of the plate. On the reverse is the stub of the missing pin lug surrounded by traces of iron corrosion from the missing pin. The D-sectioned bow projects from the lower edge of the head. It exhibits a moulded double collar and terminates in an old break. Finder's ref: 6.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-267F46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Early Saxon cruciform brooch, probably Martin Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 420 - 500. Only the tip of the foot survives. It commences in an old break below which are traces of a ridged collar. The moulded zoomorphic foot in the form of an animal's head exhibits bulbous eyes set either side of a long triangular-sectioned head and bulbous flared nostrils with a rounded snout. Finder's ref: 9.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2656A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Early Saxon cruciform brooch, probably Martin Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 420 - 500. It commences in an old break across the bow which arches downwards and bends at a right-angle into the foot. The junction between the catchplate and foot is a moulded triple collar below which projects the moulded zoomorphic foot in the form of an animal's head. It exhibits bulbous eyes set either side of a long triangular-sectioned head and bulbous flared nostrils with a rounded snout. Finder's ref: 2.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-24604C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and abraded uninscribed early-medieval silver sceat of series U likely type 23d, Abramason (2012) no. 45.50. BM 747 & 742. Branch with berries above bird reverse type, minted c.710-735. Measurements: 12.38mm in diameter, 1.6mm thick and 1g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-24332D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast gilt copper-alloy (Kentish) small square-headed brooch of Early-Medieval date c. 500-575. Description: The brooch has a small square head with a central upright running bar panel, within double border cast in relief.er. There is a slight flat flange running around the outside of the head. The bow is low and formed of a double plain panel with raised edges and a central ridge. The foot is expanded tapering in outline towards the terminal forming a diamond shape with a central lozenge-shaped relief enclosing a raised pellet. In the upper angles of the foot-plate …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-23F8B7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Saxon copper alloy pin. The pin has a biconical head with flat median band. A small collar is located beneath the head. A complete shank extends below, measuring 54mm in length.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-23EE7D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval to Medieval buckle with integral plate, dating to AD 1000-1300. The buckle frame is oval in plan as well as in cross-section. The pin consists of a tapering strip of metal wrapped and pinched around a recessed bar obtained by piercing the integral plate; the pin is slightly bent downwards for use. The integral plate has a pointed knop protruding at both sides, where the frame joins the plate. The plate is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers towards the end. It has a slightly convex front face, which bears two circular rivet-holes placed along i…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-23DE2F
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Anglo-Saxon pendant made from a late Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian. The coin has two holes set in front of the Emperor. Obverse: Unclear diademed bust right; DN [ ]. Reverse: Unclear
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-23CF24
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The pin has a biconical head with a flat median band. A small collar is located at the base, from whhich projects an incomplete shank.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-23C4D5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Middle or Late Saxon finger ring. The object is formed of a flat slongated sheet of metal which tapers to a break at both ends. The body is decorated with two rows of punched ring and dot motifs. The object is now flat and folded over at both ends.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-23B46E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blue glass bead. The bead is circular in plan and the hoop is oval in section. The central hole has been neatly drilled. The surface is smooth with occasional pitting. The bead was found in association with unstratified material of sixth century date; the bead is likely to be of similar date.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-239908
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. The brooch has a sub-rectangular headplate divided into three smaller vertically set rectangular panels; the central panel is slightly proud of the flanking panels. The central panel is decorated at the left and right perimeter with a row of punched dots. The top and bottom perimeters of the headplate are slightly concave. To the left and right of the headplate is a half-rounded copper alloy collared knop, cast integrally with the headplate. At the top of the headplate, in the centre, is a separate half-rounded collared knop which appears …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-22CFC7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount fragment. A small fragment from a cast object with curvilinear interlaced elements, possibly openwork, and with an off-centre fixing hole of diameter 2.5mm - if this is not merely a further part of a decorative design. The finder kindly suggests a Saxon date, and the reddish tint of the metal is indeed characteristic of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork from the region. Its partial survival may tend to increase a vaguely zoomorphic appearance: to this reporter, the object appears like a grazing animal inverted [not a typical choice for the Anglo-Scandinavian cra…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.