Record ID: LEIC-EC0F85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch bow? 29mm long and 25mm wide. The object is in a poor condition and has a dark green/black patina which may result from burning? The object is 5mm thick and weighs 17.17grams. It appears plain apart from a raised border, 4mm thick, on three sides. The object is curved almost 90o with one edge flattening out on the reverse where it would join the headplate. The fragment is very similar to square headed bows but it does not have the usual medial ridge. The closest parallel in plainess and material is an example from Broughton Lodge, Nottinghamshire (plate…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B20C61
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval pottery sherd, 27mm by 22mm with a weight of 7.33 grams. The sherd is fired orange on one side and has distinctive black fabric with large quartz inclusions.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B150D6
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval or Medieval lead alloy counter, 15mm in diameter and 7mm thick. The object is in a fair condition with a white patina and weighs 9.21 grams. The object is domed and has no signs of decoration.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-0C2B81
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy strapend, 40mm long and 25mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark green patina. The object is largely rectangular with a rounded end and scalloped edges. At its base it has a recessed rectangular section with traces of a rivet in each corner. The main body has foliate decoration, perhaps the tree of life? which scrolls upwards and outwards. In the middle, on either side of the main branches are four small cut-away areas. Above these are two more small recessed cells. Amongst the foliage, either side of the centre, are two round protrusions …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-0A5773
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch fragment, 30mm long and 22mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a pale green patina and weighs 10.28 grams. The object consists of the head plate of a brooch and is rectangular in form. It has a central raised square which may have a punched border. Below this plate is the start of the brooches bow which is semi-circular in form with a hollow reverse and decoarted with two raised collars. On the left hand side of the rectangular plate is a small protrusion which is raised slightly. The reverse contains the remains of one large lug, 13mm wide a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F59AE6
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy dress hook, 25mm long and 17mm wide. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 1.56 grams. The object is triangular in form and its point is turned to form a small hook. The upper edge is shaped, with three small rounded protrusions joined together by two very shallow arcs. Below this edge are two circular fixing holes, C.3mm in diameter. The surface of the object is decorated with a border of incised chevrons running down each side. The centre has 7 cup and ring marks, 5 arranged in a circle around a sixth and the seventh below this. The …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-2250D7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy strap junction, 48mm long and 18mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 13.02 grams. The object is worn and is missing one edge. It consists of a semi-circular sectioned shaft which has a central raised semi-spherical boss, 7mm in diameter and 5mm deep. This is flanked on each side by a small rounded protrusion. The undamaged end tapers outwards and has a triangular shaped terminal with each point terminating in a rounded knop. A cicular hole, 10mm in diameter, fills most of this end. The other end is m…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-1F5782
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 33mm in diameter and 8mm thick and weighing 41.63 grams. The whorl is circular in form with a D shaped cross section. with a central hole which is 10mm in diameter. There is no sign of any decoration on any surface. The whorl fits Walton Rogers form A1, which she dates to 500-1000AD.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-0E1A47
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy sword pommel, 64mm long and 20mm wide. The object is in good condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 58.06 grams. The pommel is made up of five rounded lobes, the central one being the highest at 24mm. The others taper in height down to 6mm. There is a central circular fixing hole in its centre. The pommel is hollow in the centre and has a thickness of 3.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2005
Last updated: Saturday 17th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurlaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-0DF1A3
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy strap distributor, 63mm long and wide and 13mm thick. The object is in good condition with a red/brown patina and has a weight of 39.64 grams. The object is cross shaped with a central domed boss. Each arm is semi-circular in cross- section and widens to accomodate a triangular terminal containing an oval shaped hole. The terminal has rounded, domed knops at each point. The loops would have held leather harness straps and were usually placed at the side of a horses head.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-0B6342
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval? copper alloy trilobed mount, 15mm wide and 19mm high. The object is in a fair condition with a dark grey/brown patina and weighs 4.71 grams. The object consists of three short rectangular cross sectioned shafts with splayed, trilobed terminals. Their upper surface appears to have raised linear decoration but is quite worn. It has a triangle formed by converging raised lines in its centre. The object has a short circular sectioned shaft, C.6mm long, emerging from the centre of its base. The shaft terminates with two broken protrusions which appear to curve outwards, per…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2005
Last updated: Saturday 14th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-09D1C8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gilded copper alloy 16mm long and 14mm wide. It is in good condition with a green patina, and weighs 2.13g. The fragment is roughly T-shaped, and has a raised border c. 2 mm thick around a panel of chip-carved interlace; the interlace has traces of gilding. On the reverse are the remains of a rectangular-section attachment lug 4mm long and 2mm thick. Susan Youngs has suggested that it may be a fragment of strap-union, attached to a leather strap by passing the lug through a slit in the leather and then threading a pin through a hole in the lug. This object may belong to …
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E11618
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup mount, 42mm long and 29mm wide. The object is quite worn with a green patina and weighs 15.93grams. The object is roughly diamond shaped with a central depression which echoes its shape. It has three circular knops; one elongated knop on the upper edge which contains a rivet and one on each side which appears to have iron staining in the centre. Towards its base is a further central rivet with a large area of iron staining which is flanked by semi-circular bulges in the lower edge, 5mm high. The lower edge is flanged, 8mm wide, but has no rivet …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Saturday 7th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-634105
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy girdle hanger fragment, 31mm wide and 21mm high with a weight of 8.22grams. The object is in a fair condition with a pitted greenish surface. It represents the lower end of a hanger and is roughly rectangular in shape and is uniformly 3mm thick. It has possible traces of a border made up of punched circles. The upper edge of the object has a protrusion 8mm high and 5mm wide at each edge and in the centre are the remains of the broken off shaft which was C.6mm wide.
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-2F0137
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy wrist clasp, 28mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 4.40 grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and has a centrally placed projecting rectangular catch with oval perforation. In each opposite corner are semi-circular projecting sewing loops or lugs, with 2mm diameter holes. The surface of the object is decorated with 4 incised lines running the length of the object.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-EA2B76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, penny, Aethelred II (978-1016), helmet type (N775), c.1003-1009, Mint: London?, Moneyer: Eadmund, North 1994, 159, pl.13.
Created on: Monday 19th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-577802
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object, probably a bar from a large and unusual early Anglo-Saxon sleeve clasp, 44mm long and 10mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 10.38g. The object consists of a long shaft which is divided into five panels. Three (one central and one at either end) are square, thick and flat with a rectangular cross-section and raised borders, 1mm thick. Inside these squares are what appears to be relief ornament forming two triangular or L-shaped raised motifs, arranged to form a broken square. These square panels alternate with two short straigh…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-187BF7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian Copper alloy stirrup mount, 55mm long and 29mm wide. The mount is triangular in form with a flange protruding from the lower edge of the rear which is pierced by two rivet holes. The Apex is trilobed with a central suspension hole. The object is decorated with an upward looking lion within a raised border. Williams class A, Type 11A
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-1861C7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup mount, 44mm long and 24mm wide. The object is roughly rectangular with a triangular upper edge. It has a semi circular section shaft, which may have been shaped as an animal head? Two rivet holes are visible at the base, and the only visible decoration on its surface are several dots running along the edge of the object.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-168BE5
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy plate fitting, 50mm long and 42mm wide. The mount is a large, triangular copper alloy plate with etched florid decoration. There are two large circular holes along the lower edge and a single small hole filled with a bent iron rivet at the top. Above this rivet is the possible remains of a flange, which suggests a stirrup mount?
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Sunday 2nd June 2013
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