Record ID: DEV-7AE0B6
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Circular copper-alloy disc inlaid with opaque champlevé enamel holding panels of fine millefiori glass, a component of a larger item; it dates somewhere in the period from 670 to 900 AD (and possibly beyond) but may well be 9th century. Cells to take enamel have been cast into the copper alloy (the champlevé technique), with raised walls between in the shape of a central cross with hollow T-shaped or stepped ends to the arms. Each T-shaped arm terminal originally had a square piece of millefiori glass set centrally; two of these remain, with square scars where the others are mi…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: NLM-75F102
Object type: INGOT MOULD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown ferruginous fine grained Sandstone possible ingot mould. Fragment of rock crudely shaped by the cleavage of flakes from its sides and base, probably adapting a naturally formed shape. The upper surface bears an oval depression of length 54mm, width 24mm and depth 24mm; the base of this hollow is slightly paler and duller than other surfaces. Though this cavity might be fortuitously formed, as by a fossil bivalve shell, its regularity may hints at artificial origin or improvement. Such objects were often improvised: a Viking Age example from Lurk Lane, Beverley was made from a fr…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: KENT-674E35
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
8 early Anglo-Saxon coins, stretching from the primary, through the intermediate, to the secondary phases of the coinage. First batch (7 coins) 4 coins Series D, Type 8 (1.17 gm) Obv: standard (3 angles, one line around annulet) with tufa and cross; Rev:Greek cross with four, plus marks pellets Series E (1.06 gm) later variety, neat style. Obv: three lines below porcupine. Rev: Little wedge in standard. Series E (0.87 gm) later variety (cf Kloser Barthe 383). Obv. Porcupine with thee lines and annulet below. Rev: untidy standard. Series B , BI (1.13 gm). Obv: Hea…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-664574
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date. It splits at one end to for a slot for the strap, but most of both plates are missing. The closed end is also missing and the sides are damaged. This makes it hard to determine the original shape and therefore the class. The front is decorated with niello in the grooves of an incised design. A pentagon shaped panel at the open end extends by curving lines down the centre of the body of the strap end. The design is unclear.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-661B75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a styca of Aethelred II, probably first reign (840 - 844 AD). The moneyer is Leofdegn and the coin is from Pirie's group A1. The cross on the obverse face is Pirie's S1a which was only used by Leofdegn. The reverse symbol is Pirie's 6b.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th June 2014
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Record ID: KENT-65F288
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval gold beaded sword hilt ring. Few external abrasions. The object is sub-circular in plan, thinner towards one side. It is formed from beaded wire Recent finds from the Saffordshire Hoard: STAFFS-BE4398, STAFFS-BE3AE2,STAFFS-E5CE97 and STAFFS-D2CD85 indicate that this object is in fact likely to be a 7th century sword hilt ring. A recent find of update (Jan 2022) is from Shropshire HESH-F29A94 and was recently reported as treasure.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Nicholas at Wade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-65E458
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early-Medieval stirrup terminal of the Anglo-Scandinavian period dating to the 11th Century. The terminal depicts a beast's head with lozengeform eyes and a long snout. Above the snout are two parallel raised bands. The zoomorphic terminal is roughly D-shaped in section with a hollow slot which is filled with the remains of the iron the stirrup arms. A pair of such stirrup terminals would have been attached to the bottom corners of a stirrup, where they would have served to hold together the horizontal and near vertical arms. This is an Early-Medieval…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-64CB22
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late early-medieval date. It has an openwork sub-lozengiform frame sitting on a flat base. At the opposite end from the base is the rounded apex loop (W.: 11.0mm); the (iron) rivet is missing. From the apex loop the mount flares out at an angle of forty-five degrees to the longitudinal axis, reaching a maximum width of 28.5mm. From this wide point it narrows at a forty-five degree angle before stabilising at the base, 17.1mm wide. The main lozengiform field is divided by a diagonal cross creating four lozenge-shaped holes. The cross …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6491A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy coin: a styca dating from about AD 790-867. The coin is worn and the legends are uncertain but the moneyer maybe Monne. If so, the O is a pellet rather than an annulet. Thickness: 1.63mm; Diameter: 12mm; Weight: 1.07g
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-62B752
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 7th-century Early Medieval gold coin; a thrymsa of the York Group (dating from 640 - 660 AD), of a new type classified as type D. The obverse resembles a standing figure facing forward holding a cross in each hand. The reverse has a central cross with flaring limbs and a lozenge in the centre. The cross is within a circle. Instead of a legend, the coin has four cross pommees arranged alternately with pairs of open triangles facing each other (runic 'd') to form an hourglass of figure or eight on its side.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-62B074
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods. The mount takes the form of a cross, the base of which flares towards an angled flange. The three uppermost arms are of semicircular section, of roughly equal length and have squared ends. The flaring bottom arm is decorated with a double-sided, inverted 'V'. The area at the inner ends of the three short arms has been perforated by a rivet hole, which retains corroded remnants of the iron rivet. A second, empty, rivet hole is located directly below, at the centre of the angled flange. Traces of …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-628B62
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting, probably dating from the 11th or 12th century. The incomplete object consists of an oval-sectioned bar with a rectangular frame at its outer end. The opposite end expands into a sub-rectangular sectioned moulded 'stop'. The 'stop' is decorated with a raised central band of copper alloy from which projects four sub-oval knops at each angle. The base of the 'stop' terminates with a break. Expanding from the rectangular frame is a moulded head of canine appearance and executed in a typical Romanesque style which grasps the rest of the bar in its open …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarporley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-623277
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods. The mount is sub-pentagonal in plan and decorated with a symmetrical zoomorphic design. On either side of the mount, extending from the apex, is a downward-facing animal head. The deeply curved snout protrudes beyond the width of the straight side below, the tip of the snout, the brow ridge and ear taking the form of rounded lobes. A further such lobe is located a short distance down from the apex, although what it represents is unclear. The inner parts of the design are represented through the …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-617A21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy small-long brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The brooch has a square head-plate, the upper surface of which is decorated with a border of punched ring marks. The short, arched bow springs from the centre of the head plate's bottom side; it is of triangular section, with squared corner mouldings at both ends. At the base this moulding continues downwards, forming a right angle. The foot comprises a truncated lozenge-shaped plate with a border of punched rings, as on the head-plate. A right-angled, perforated lug, situated centrally, at the base of the head's…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-60F866
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the Anglo Saxon period (750-1100). The object is parrallel sided, with only one decorated side. It comprises of a split end with a tapering shaft and a terminal. The split end has two circular rivet holes that still contain the rivets. One side of the terminal is decorated with geometric patterns enclosed in geometric boders. Starting from the split end, there is a raised cross enclosed in a hexagonal border, followed by a square border enclosing horizontal lines and closest to the tapered end are two raised circles. The object has been well preserve…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: KENT-609046
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hooked tag of sub-triangular form with two attachment holes, the decoration on the plate originally inlaid with niello, and the upper right-hand corner broken away. The decoration consists of a lobed and scrolled foliate design around a central 'V'-shaped motif, with a lightly ribbed border on the two longer sides. The back is plain. Discussion: The hooked tag is a typical example of a well-known class of later 8th- and 9th-century allpurpose fastening used to secure clothing (including gartering), and purses and small bags. The lobed leaf and pendant scrolls of this piece reca…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-54A350
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of the bow and foot of a copper alloy brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date. The bow is flattened with a slightly convex upper surface and a small flat panel above and below. The flat panel of the foot survives, with transverse groove decoration; there is a stub of catchplate on the reverse. Old breaks. The object is 26mm long, 7mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 2.34g. Not enough survives to determine whether the brooch was of cruciform type (with a horse's head terminal) or a small-long (with another form of terminal). It dates to the mid 5th to mid 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: KENT-50B745
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt buckle with a triangular plate, recently broken in two pieces. The oval loop, of D shaped section, is cast in one with the plate. It has a false shield-on-tongue composed of two stepped, crescentic panels, each decorated with a band of interlace now obscured by corrosion. The base of the tongue is an elongated oval, the tip is now missing. At the junction of the loop and plate, on each side of the narrow flange bordering the latter, is a garnet-inlaid collared boss with a beaded rim. One of the garnets is a cabochon, the other is flat-cut and was presumably a replacement i…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2014
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Record ID: BH-4FDFD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Harold I (1035-1040), Jewel cross type. Moneyer: DVRSTAN (Thurstan/Thorsteinn) ON STANF (Stamford). Ref.: North no. 802 (1980: 131). Dimensions: 17.3mm diameter, 0.5mm thick. Weight: 1.05g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great and Little Chishill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-4E3EC0
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt sword-ring, late 6th century. Cast silver-gilt sword ring inlaid with niello. Each face is grooved and gilt, one side is beaded, the other is plain. Around the circumference a central gilt beaded band is flanked by a nielloed zigzag on one side and a row of nielloed triangles on the other. The ring shows signs of wear where it was originally attached to the sword hilt. 89 per cent silver This ring would have been part of a fine early Anglo-Saxon sword hilt. Sword hilts with rings attached are known from a number of rich Kentish cemeteries and form a homog…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South - East of Canterbury', grid reference and parish protected.