Record ID: NMS-2F1687
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon gilt copper alloy furniture fitting: incomplete mount in the form of a quatrefoil with convex edges between the foils. One foil is almost entirely missing, having been buckled backwards, probably in antiquity. Five silver studs, one in the centre of each foil and one in the centre, were originally riveted to the plate. Two survive in the foils and two others are evidenced by rivet holes. The fifth pierced the missing foil. The gilded front surface is covered with elaborate chip-carved foliar interlace, except for plain circles around the rivet holes, a plain band around th…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-80C432
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon openwork strap-end, trapezoidal plate, broken, (split) attachment end missing, double transverse rib above three rectangular perforations and thickened transverse bar at terminal, Width 24mm. Extant length 31mm. A drawing of a broadly similar example from Saham Toney is in the Norfolk HER (no. 4697) and other examples can be seen on the PAS database from Swanton Abbott, Norfolk (NMS-84DE91), Mutford, Suffolk (NMS-6381F4), Elmswell, Suffolk (SF-690346) and Great Barton, Suffolk (SF-043AB3). Final quarter 10th - 11th century. Formerly identified as Roman.…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6381F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon openwork strap-end, corroded trapezoidal plate with traces of ring-and-dots on both faces, broken at split attachment end, double transverse rib above two rectangular perforations and thickened transverse bar at terminal, 24 (at least) x 31mm. Final quarter 10th - 11th century. A drawing of a broadly similar example from Saham Toney is in the Norfolk HER (4697), and further examples can be seen on the PAS database from Swanton Abbott, Norfolk (NMS-84DE91; two rectangular perforations), Outwell, Norfolk (NMS-80C432; HER 41077; three rectangular perforations),…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mutford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-691755
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy openwork unidentified object, decorated in the 'Winchester style' (c.900-1100). This is the main body of the object. The object is made of a single piece of very thin sheet. It has been pressed and then folded to form a sub-triangular shape in plan. It has a pointed terminal end, slightly convex sides and a straight incomplete end. In the folded state, one end of the sheet slightly overlaps the other end of the sheet so that its shape was maintained by tension rather the by solder. Each face of the object has groove…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D911A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut, 1016-1035 AD.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bognor Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-13DD92
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (middle Anglo Saxon) copper alloy pin (AD720-850). The pin has a multi-faceted polyhedral head - shaped like a cube with the corners cut off. The majority of the facets are decorated with a ring and dot motif except for the uppermost and the lower facets. The tapering shaft has a circular section and is bent twice along the length thus bending the pin almost into a u-shape. Both bends are at almost 90º and possibly were deliberately done in antiquity to provide improved grip in hair or clothing. There is no collar between the shaft and the head. Dark green patina…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-E20715
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Belt Mount
Created on: Friday 8th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-A7F8B5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Single edged iron blade, with angled back and remains of tang surviving. In general form this artefact is similar to a large knife or small seax of the early Anglo-Saxon period but this may be coincidental; the bulk of the object is suggestive of a later date, and indeed this may be some form of agricultural item rather than a knife.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-06FDA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Penny of Ethelred II, Crux type,  North 770 (991-997). Minted in Canterbury by Goldwine.
Created on: Sunday 20th November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-954CA3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval sub-triangular or axe-shaped gilded copper-alloy cast plate mount, 7th century. Interlace decoration. Three integral rivets on the reverse. Length (flat edge to convex edge) 33.62mm, width (along convex edge) 39.62mm, thickness (inluding rivets) 5.04mm, thickness (not including rivets) 1.85mm, length of rivets c.3mm, weight 6.49g.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Papplewick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-A2D047
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold C-bracteate. The bracteate is made of a disc of gold sheet with a thick, beaded wire soldered round the rim, though coming away from it in places and with the ends now come slightly apart; diameter, 30 mm (approx). The top and bottom edges have been bent over in opposite directions, possibly by agricultural activity rather than deliberately, and the suspension loop of ribbed sheet survives, crushed flat and abraded, on the back. The disc is decorated with a repoussé design of a stylised horse with open jaws, pricked ear and round eye. Its foreleg is extended and the should…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambleden area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-493027
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon Polyhedral weight of Scandinavian form, slightly pitted and corroded cube with the corners cut-off (fourteen-sided), each of six large faces has six stamped annulets within border of tiny stamped rectangles, 9 x 9mm, weighing 3.92g. At least four examples of similar polyhedral weights found near Sheffield have dots, each dot appearing to reflect a unit of around 0.68g. Using this formula the weight described here should weigh 4.08g and therefore is 0.16g (or 4%) underweight (Kruse in Med. Arch. 1992, 80-1).
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0DEB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy penannular brooch with pseudo-zoomorphic terminal each bearing a double-scrolled motif with red enamel inlay. The finely cut, circumferential grooving only extends half-way around the circumference. The pin was cast with moulding around its junction with the ring. .
Created on: Friday 29th July 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-02A7E0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon mount from furniture, worn and corroded, cast rectangular openwork plate (20 x 49mm), convex with hollow reverse from side to side, and slightly curved in same way from end to end, elaborate decorated with Urnes style zoomorphic interlace, one corner broken, single rivet-hole in each surviving corner, one containing copper alloy rivet (length 7mm). Mid-late 11th century. See Gurney 2005, fig. 8 C for drawings of this piece in three projections with a cross-section.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elsing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F381A4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold strap fitting from a scabbard or sword-belt, set with cloisonné garnet and opaque pale blue glass over pointillé gold foil. The strap mount is in the form of a truncated pyramid with squared-off edges. The top and the lower edge of one side of the fitting are damaged and the cell work is slightly distorted. The surface is also partially covered with earth making it sometimes difficult to assess if cells are empty or not. However it is clear that some of the garnet and blue glass inlays are missing while others have slipped sideways into the cells. Each face is filled with an …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4EB450
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch, 57mm long and 25mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition, although missing some edges, and has a green/brown patina. The head of the brooch consists of a raised rectangular plate which appears to have a plain raised border 1mm wide, although this is unclear. There are three flat knobs projecting from the headplate. The uppermost knob is nearly complete, and has a line of triangular stamp impressions separating it from the head plate. The lateral knobs are less complete; more survives of the right side, and like the upper knob it i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-466707
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Viking polyhedral weight. The small weight has six sides with faceted corners. On each face is a dot in the centre. The length is 5.0mm, the width is 5.2mm and the weight is 0.73g.
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-A57114
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt fragment, possibly from a late Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. The fragment can be read as part of an animal with only the front leg, shoulder and curve at the junction of the neck and back remaining. A strand of interlace can be seen running behind the possible raised front leg which ends against a simple frame. The animal is rendered freely in a style reminiscent of the chip carving of the early Anglo Saxon period. All edges apart from the one delineating the lower part of the neck and back are torn. The width of the fragment is 15mm.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2E6E42
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon copper alloy pendant, circular openwork, corroded and slightly bent, decoration comprises Jellinge-style backward-looking beast, with tail in mouth, similar to those found on contemporary disc brooches (cf. Margeson 1997, fig.29). Engraved detail on beak-like mouth of beast with circular eye and oblique lines on body, bordering line and curving lines at springing of, and vertical lines on, suspension-unit. Convex sides of unit project backwards and are perforated to form twin loops for suspension, both now broken. 24 x 29mm. 10th century. Jane Kershaw has identified th…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CF5DC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast pewter Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. The flat circular brooch is slightly creased and folded at the edges. It also suffered some damaged in the centre with drill hole. The brooch has a beaded border with two inner plain bands. In the centre is a plain cross, which extended to the border. On each arm of the cross is a pointed oval with a pellet in the centre. The area behind the cross has incised cross-hatching. The back of the brooch has the remains of a squashed hook catchplate and hinge. The pin is missing. The surviving diameter of the brooch is 34.1mm and the weight …
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
No spatial data available.