Record ID: YORYM-27C9B6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Early-medieval date. The head of the pin is all that remains and is circular in both plan and section. A slight medial ridge is present around the circumference and the globular head tapers into the beginnings of the shaft. The shaft proper has been lost to old breaks. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn. The pinhead is 13.4mm long, 9.4mm in diameter and weighs 3.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-278101
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval to Medieval date. The mount is sub-triangular, with outward bowing sides and a damaged apex loop. The decoration, executed in high relief, depicts a lion standing right, its left paw raised, its head and neck tilted backwards. The tail loops beneath the body, back across it and terminates above, in a loop which touches the ear of the animal. The head is located central to the top of the panel, the splayed jaws immediately below a rounded lobe protruding downwards from the apex loop. There are two circular perforations within…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shabbington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-264485
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A with zoomorphic terminal thought the degree of wear makes ascribing an exact Type difficult. The strap end is a pointed oval in shape with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an irregular worn break at the opposite end. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a crude forward facing animal head with recesses for the eyes and a snub snout. A triangular recess behind the eyes bears traces of silvering. The rest of the strap end is extremely worn and any decoration has been rend…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-254FE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy, Anglo Saxon, cruciform or small-long brooch dating from AD400-600. It consists of the bow and that part of the foot holding the catch plate. Both the upper and lower portions of the brooch have broken away in antiquity and are missing. Above the bow are two narrow, transverse grooves beneath a shallow semicircle of four inverted crescents. The bow itself is decorated with three lateral grooves running down the centre, bordered by punched crescents. Beneath the bow are two transverse grooves separated by a ridge marked with small, punched rectangles. There …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-24B916
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval bow brooch, circa AD450-550. Identified by Helen Geake as a small-long brooch which is imitating a square-headed brooch, due to the lack of relief ornament. The lower bow, footplate and pin are missing and the surfaces of the object are abraded. The damage is not new. The head of the brooch is a sub-rectangular plate with rounded corners. An integrally cast rectangular lug is present on the centre reverse of the plate. The front surface of the brooch is not decorated although it is possible that the punched dot decoration often present on thi…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-249001
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy early-medieval saucer brooch. The brooch is in poor condition, possibly not of the best quality originally; the brooch is sub-circualr and retains only a small fragment of its flared rim; an anthropomorphic face maskdecorates the front of the brooch, depicting hairline, eyebrows and nose, open oval eyes and an open mouth. No evidence of gilding can be seen, and the reverse of the brooch retains only a trace of the catchplate. Although usually face masks are seen on button brooches, this example is too large to qualify and is therefore labelled a saucer …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0FE756
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with zoomorphic terminal and Trewhiddle decoration. The strap end is a pointed oval in shape with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an irregular break towards the attachment end which no longer remains. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with prominent rounded eyes and snub snout. The main body is decorated with a recessed sub-rectangular field bearing a raised looping beast design. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The meta…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barkston Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E8C32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cruciform brooch: fully round waisted top knob with two grooves, detachable side knobs missing, along with one edge of tiny headplate. The bow is D-sectioned in form with a pair of median grooves and rectangular panels forming facets at top and base; the former with single transverse groove and the latter with a pair. The foot plate has side notches, pairs of transverse grooves above and below a length with chamfered sides, and an elongated horse head terminal. The catchplate is extant and there is an incomplete single pin lug with remains of an iron spring on the reverse. All the d…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E03A1
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn and incomplete applied bar of sleeve clasp of Hines form B13, B14 or B17, a narrow ribbed section between two plain lengths. It measures >23.5mm in length and dates to the late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0DFF35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a styca probably of AEthelred (840 - 848), Group A, moneyer uncertain. The spelling of Aethelred suggests Pirie's group A1 and could be from the first or second reign.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-0D0012
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron spearhead, probably Early Medieval. Leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The end of the blade has been lost. Swanton group B. Blade width: 28mm. Blade thickness: 6.3mm. Socket diameter: 17mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F6D394
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval, copper-alloy stirrup terminal with trilobate, foot-like form. At the top is an incomplete tube which runs with open reverse down the back of the terminal; it flares to a closed end on the reverse at the lower end. The tube would have fitted around the iron stirrup and the inside and edges of the tube have some signs of iron corrosion staining. The lower end of the terminal flares out to end in three projecting rounded 'toes'. The central toe is slimmer and projects out approximately 2mm from the base. The left and right toes are wider and more blunt but are very cor…
Created on: Sunday 13th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E6A683
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch, dating from the early part of the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. Just over half of the disc remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. At the middle of the flat upper surface, there is an incomplete punched ring-and-dot mark, with two concentric grooves around a central perforation. This central mark was originally surrounded by a ring of further such marks, three of which occupy the perimeter of the remaining portion of plate. The damaged hinge, located on the back of the brooch, approximately 5mm down from the top edge, consists…
Created on: Saturday 12th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fritwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C04816
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
vn Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 1000-c. 1100 AD). The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast with a hollow back. It is semi-cylindrical and is open at the top enabling attachment to a stirrup and closed at the bottom. From the closed bottom of the semi-cylindrical part the base projects outwards and then curves upwards so that the beast is looking up the arm of the stirrup. The head of the animal has a triangular crest and there areis a sub-circular perforation which may represent a mount. Height: 33.5mm; width: …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ospringe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-BF85A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval brooch fragment, dating to the 5th century AD. Aberg type I/Mortimer A. The head-plate is trapezoidal, slightly narrower at the top and undecorated. There are three integrally cast half round knops; all three have with two ribs on the lower part before a concave molding before the round cross sectioned knop. There is a triangular panel at the start of the bow decorated with a transverse line, with triangular facets to either side shortly after which the bow, which is 'D' shaped in section, is broken. Most of the bow, and the footplat…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BC3AB2
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2012 T341. The hoard contains a total of 66 coins, most of which are damaged to varying extents. They were found in two batches. Batch One: The coins were found in a roll at a depth of c. ten inches, leaving no doubt that the coins all represent a single group, presumably originally representing a rouleau of coins held together in a piece of cloth or leather. The coins were delivered to the FLO for North Yorkshire on May 10th, and to the British Museum on May 11th. The coins have not been cleaned or otherwise treated since their arrival at the BM, but were …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'York Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BBD0A5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Saxon copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas type A. The strap-end is tongue-shaped and completely worn on the body. The attachment-end splits into two; one plate is missing. The terminal is in the form of an animal-head with two large 'rabbit' ears and a slender snout.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BA1C53
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting of early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) date. The surviving fragment comprises the attachment end of the object, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is flat, rectangular in form with flat back face and moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises moulded double borders at the top and bottom of the fragment, between which is a row of five ring and dot motifs. At each corner of the outer edge or attachment end are small circular sewing or rivet holes, one of which is unevenly positioned closer towards the centre of the plate…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B972A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class A Type 2 with extensive incised and stamped decoration. The strap end is incomplete, missing its attachment end and damaged around the edges and at the terminal. The remaining piece is a flat strip, tapering in width towards the now rounded terminal end and broken at an angle at the attachment end. The front is decorated with at least four incised downward pointing chevrons at the terminal with an upward pointing chevron fitted within the point of the upper one. Above this is three columns of small stamped ovals arranged in angled …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B80287
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval brooch fragment, 65mm long, 14mm wide and 14mm thick and weighing 21.04 grams. The brooch consists of the flat lower bow of a cruciform brooch with a stylised animal head terminal. The upper edge of the bow turns at a sharp angle above the pint where the catch-plate ends. The catch-plate has an obvious repair where a second sheet of metal has been riveted onto the original catch-plate with three rivets.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-ABF491
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) to Medieval cast copper-alloy belt, casket or book-hasp (c. 1000-c. 1100 AD). This fitting is sub-rectangular in plan, broadly 'D'-shaped in cross-section and flat at the rear. In plan, it is rounded at one and has a two-armed a prong at the opposite end. The main body is pierced twice to accommodate separate iron rivets. There is rivet at the rounded end/three parallel ridges/ rivet/three parallel ridges/prong. This object is a purplish colour with light green corrosion products. 38.74 x 12.31 x 7.12mm. Weight: 7.52g. A parallel from Winch…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A7DD95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bar mount dating to the 11th or 12th century, probably from a book or casket. The mount is elongated in plan, plano-convex in cross-section and broken at both ends. One end is broken at a rivet hole, suggesting that the original length was much longer. The other end flattens out and begins to curve downwards, perhaps forming the cap-end to a lid or book cover. The body is decorated with two moulded animal-heads seen from above. One is next to the curved terminal and the other is near the broken rivet hole. The animal heads both have two large 'rabbit' ears and two large…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aby with Greenfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A69498
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken silver penny of Aethelred II, first hand type (c. 979-985). Moneyer Colgrim of Lincoln.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aby with Greenfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-93C4E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval Small Long brooch. Only the head and the bow have been preserved. The head is square shaped with incised lines around the perimeter and decorated with a punched ring at each corner and a border of slightly punched ring motif. The arched bow has corner facets. On the reverse, behind the head, is a single lug pierced with a circular hole for the attachment of the pin. Bow width: 10mm. Head width: 16.3mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-933930
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable strap end dating from the Early Medieval period. The strap end has a long terminal which is decorated with a zoomorphic head at each end. At the terminal is a beast with long pointed ears and a snarling mouth. The main body of the strap end is then triangular in section and slightly oval in plan. The two upper facets are decorated with incised Z shaped lines, four on each face. At the other end of the body is another animal head, facing along the body. It has a short snout and prominent drilled eyes. At the back of this head the strap end splits into two plate …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-92DC26
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blue glass bead probably dating from the Early Medieval period. It is sub-spherical with a central hole of 1.83mm diameter. It was made by coiling molten glass round a rod and the spiral trails of glass are visible in the structure. It is an opaque sky blue colour, with some scratching and pitting. Glass beads are difficult to date, but the other finds from this area suggest an Early Medieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-92CB93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy early medieval small long brooch, circa AD 400-600. Length 55.53 mm, width 23.74 mm, thickness 16.88 mm, weight 11 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-92B7D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a Northumbrian styca of Osbert (848 - 867) issued by the moneyer Winebeorht, so from Group C.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-929EF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early Medieval coin; a styca of Eanred, Aethelred, Redwulf or Osbert. The obverse is mainly illegible, but the reverse can be read. It was struck by the moneyer Monne and dates from 830 - 867 AD. The obverse central motif is a pellet in a circle, and is a cross on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-91E233
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Early Medieval cruciform brooch. Only the foot of the brooch has been preserved. This foot consists of a zoomorphic terminal in the form of an elongated horse's head with prominent, projecting circular eyes, a central ridge for the snout and semi-circular mouldings at the base representing nostrils. The reverse has a concave surface. Similar to: PAS, find number: DENO-0001E2. See SF-178685 for a more complete example of a similar style of brooch.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-91C2C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Disc brooch. Hollow brooch, apparently cast in one piece, with a central bordered boss surrounded by three concentric rings in relief and twelve semicircular hollows, also with edges modelled in relief. A low outer rim resembles a back plate, though it is probably not a separate piece. Two torn apertures on the back of the brooch appear to mark the loss of a hinged pin and its catch plate. The design resembles that of a Roman disc brooch; a comparable design is presented by Mackreth (2011, plate 105 no. 13239) among others dated to the late 2nd to 3rd century AD, …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-914554
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon copper alloy sword scabbard chape, cast-in one, with traces of white-metal coating on the front surface, fully round globular terminal below a collar, tear-shaped body with chamfered long sides, and three discoidal, pierced and countersunk lobes. The back-plate, which joins the front just above the collar, is pierced by a hole near its rounded top. This corresponds with the perforation in the uppermost lobe. All three lobes are empty, but there are tiny patches of white material in two of them. This may have been fixative for glass inlay. The dimensions are: length 45.5mm,…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-905FB0
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower part of Early Saxon copper alloy girdle hanger, ancient break across shank, more recent break across one ward. Punched ovoid impressions along edges of shank and terminal, and a circle of five similar impressions below the base of both wards. Two pierced lobes project from base of terminal. Two round drilled holes through the shank. The type is Felder 2009 Type A2c. The length is >52mm and the width of the terminal is 36mm. Dates to the late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9037B5
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower part of Early Saxon copper alloy girdle hanger, quite recent break across shank. Punched dots along edges of shank and terminal. It is an example of Felder 2009 Type A2f. The length is >29.5mm and the width of the terminal is 31.5mm. Dates to the early 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9019D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three-quarter round (i.e. flat-backed) detachable side knob of Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch with slot and splayed tab for attachment to headplate, one pair of transverse grooves before the waist and one after, and a terminal nipple. It has an aperture on reverse, and the spring bar is missing. The dimensions are length 22mm (without tab 15.5mm), width 12mm, and thickness 8.5mm. Dates to the late 5th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8FF3F2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end: below the break an animal stands above the level of a sub-lozengiform terminal decorated in counter-relief with foliar ornament. On the flat reverse engraved decoration, which includes what may be interlace, is largely obscured by a thin ferrous deposit. This is also present on the front face and across the break. The dimensions are length >35mm, width 14.5mm, and maximum thickness 4.5mm. Dates to the 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8F9E07
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and copper alloy weight. Cast lead weight with inset copper alloy object, possibly a fragment of a Late Roman coin - it resembles a bearded bust trimmed from a radiate issue of circa 260-275, though this appearance may be fortuitous. The lead is patinated overall. The use of weights with insets is considered characteristic of Viking Age activity. This example was either casually made or has been partly melted. Its mass falls within 0.3gms of a Viking Dublin unit of 4.43gms. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950. Length: 19.2mm, Width: 15.7mm, Thickness: 3.9mm, Weight: 4.71gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-8F9245
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Damaged early medieval silver penny of Eadgar's reform coinage (973-975). The coin has lost its outer edge so that none of the inscription remains, and is badly cracked.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-8E8D34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin: last small cross issue penny of Aethelred II (978-1016), minted in Salisbury. Dating 1009-17AD. North 777.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-3F2E87
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy polyhedral pin head. four of the faces are decorated with a ring and dot. There is a collar where the pin meets the head, the pin has a circular cross section.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Newnton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3F2C06
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy pin of Roman or later date, with collared bi-conical head and missing part of the shank. It measures 23.84mm in length and weighs 1.08g. The head measures 6.52mm in diameter at the centre and tapers into the collar, from which extends the shaft (0.95mm diameter). The object has lost almost all of its original surfaces. It is of probable Roman date, although a later date in the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods cannot be ruled out entirely. Dr Kevin Leahy writes: this object is best placed in the Middle Anglo-Saxon period during which pins of t…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-3F23C0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pin head. The head is elliptoid in shape with a series of ring and dots decorating its surface. There is a collar where the pin meets the head, the pin has a circular cross section and is truncated Date 720-850
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Newnton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-3F1774
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pin head. The head is globular in shape with a series of ring and dots decorating its surface. There is a collar where the pin meets the head, the pin has a circular cross section and is truncated.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Newnton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3E7E57
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early-Medieval - Medieval (600-1150) hooked tag, missing the tip of its hook. It belongs to Read's Early-Medieval Class A Type 1, 'triangular', and has two attachment holes rather wonkily arranged. It measures 18.71x11.83x1.11mm and weighs 0.57g. The front of the hooked tag is decorated with rocker-arm decoration, flanking the two long edges. One of the sewing holes is worn through, and is placed right on the edge. Below the plate are a pair of transverse grooves, and below this the hook swells. It is broken just as it curls into the tip. To the reverse …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3E32E2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early-Medieval - Medieval (600-1150) hooked tag, very worn and missing its hook. It belongs to Read's Early-Medieval Class A Type 6, 'heart-shaped', and has two attachment holes. It measures 13.19x13.09x1.04mm and weighs 0.34g. Much of the original patina has been lost and one of the sewing holes is worn through. The hooked tag is apparently plain and the break is old. This object is illustrated in Read 2008, p.20 no.92. Read suggests a broad 6th to early 12th century date.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3DF713
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A group of four objects from the same field, though not necessarily deposited together, all of probably Early Medieval date. All four objects are fragments of waste silver, probably evidence of silver working. They are undecorated and have no dating evidence themselves, but are from a known Early Medieval site. There is one angular chunk (9.53mm long, 6.59mm wide and 5.11mm thick, 0.48g). It has a one concave edge which looks as if it was a hole through the piece, but the rest of the piece has now broken across the hole. One face is complete,in width, but broken at bother ends. …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-39A6A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sherd from an early Anglo-Saxon vessel. The sherd is from teh body and is worn on all breaks. The fabric appears to be grit tempered. The fabric is dark brown-black and is decorated with a 'V-shaped' dotted line.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-398322
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy band, probably a ferrule from a knife tang, enclosing a fragment of corroded iron. The ferrule is oval in plan and decorated with two incised bands. The iron is irregular and incomplete. Probably Anglo-Saxon.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-3972E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled copper-alloy mount, possibly from a hanging bowl. The mount is shovel-shaped, flat and decorated on one side only. The body contains a vertical row of four sub-rectangular frames of reserve metal, with an unclear wavey line at the base. To either side is a line with a triangular terminal. The recessed areas contain degraded enamel, now pale yellow-brown in colour but with traces of red. The reverse is undecorated and has traces of a shiney backing, perhaps an indication that it was soldered to a metal object such as a vessel.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-2A2E85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, series J (type 37), early secondary type, c 710-725.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-28E2E6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin head of Early-medieval date. The pin head is globular with parallel spiral grooves around its surface. Below the head, where it meets the shaft, is a small collar. The shaft itself is circular in section and tapers slightly towards a worn break. The metal has a mid brownish-red patina and is worn. The pin is 26.9mm long, 8.1mm in diameter at the head, 1.5mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 2.6g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Everingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-28E191
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny of Eadmund, 939-946. Obverse shows a Crowned and draped bust right. Obverse legend reads + EADMVN REX. Reverse shows Small cross pattee. Reverse legend reads x BARBE Mo NoRDPIC. Moneyer is BARBE. Mint is Norwich. Weight is 1.55g, diameter is 21.11mm, thickness is 0.8mm. See Spink 2004 (39th Ed.), p.116, no.1107. North, J.J., Vol.I. pl.11, fig.30, p.140, no.698.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-27D4B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy small-long brooch dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period, 450-550 AD. The object has a trefoil head-plate with three flat D-shaped knobs around a central square. There is punched crescent decoration around the edges of the knobs and down either vertical edge of the central panel. On the reverse of the head, a single vertical pin bar lug is present, perforated from side to side; the perforation is blocked by iron from the pin bar. The bow arches outwards from the head. At the top and bottom of the bow are transverse mouldings. Below the bow is a flat panel with an…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-2650C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five fragments of early medieval coarseware, probably from separate vessels. All have shell inclusions, are orange-red, and four are black on one face. The size range is 27.3mm- 61.3mm (length) x 20.4mm- 53.9mm (width) x 5.9mm- 9.9mm (thickness) and collectively weigh 68.83g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LIN-261AF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the sixth century. The frame is flat, curved and decorated with two incised bands. The frame is broken at both ends and also around the outer perimeter.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-260E25
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bun-shaped glass bead dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period, circa sixth century. The bead is circular in plan and oval in cross-section, with a circular hole through the centre. The glass is opaque-green in colour.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-25FF24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knop from an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The knop is domed and collared, half-rounded and has a pin hole though the centre.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-25F827
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knop from an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The knop is domed and collared, half-rounded and has a pin hole though the centre.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-25ED11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch. Only the lower part remains. The top part is from the base of the bow; multiple transverse mouldings follow below. Part of the catchplate remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-25BE90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The fragment begins just below the bow with a faceted panel. A small flat rectangular is located below this, followed by a raised panel. Part of the catchplate remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-254BC7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end. A tongue-shaped openwork strap end in the Winchester style. The lower half only of the srap end survives. It is symmetrical along the longitudinal axis with pairs of triangular apertures framed by curving tendrils. The outer edges are curvilinear. Date: Late Early-Medieval - late 9th to 11th century Reference: Gabor Class E type 1 Dimensions: 31.63 mm x 19.57 mm x 2.19 mm Weight: 5.23 g This example is similar to HAMP3566, SUSS-3DFFE4, IOW-F38800
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-239B23
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead fragment with Salin's Style I decoration, 34mm long, 24mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 14.43g. The object is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has an upper edge formed of two semi-circles. These and the rest of the upper surface contain a swirling raised pattern. It begins with a central vertical band which splits into two and each side curves into a swirl, filling each rounded end. The object has snapped leaving a straight lower edge and its reverse carries the scar of a rectangular? projection. …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-159303
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval Ummayyad fals of uncertain ruler and mint, c. AD730. Robert Bracey comments: There is no date or mint, however very similar examples in our trays from AH120 (AD 730). It is likely this is a modern import and loss but it has been recorded in case it is is an original loss of the period.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1487B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval silver penny of St Peter of York, two-line/horizintal type belonging to Phase 2 of the coin age, dating c.AD910-20 (North 553), mint: York. Ref: North 1994: 116. The coin is in poor condition, badly chipped around the edge and missing about 40% of the field and inscription. Its weight (0.7g) would be consistent with a penny of this type.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-136126
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged late early-medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (11th century AD). The hollow back would have enclosed one of the arms of the lower part of the stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). The recess is central with a lower supporting ledge. Within the recess are corroded traces of the iron stirrup and possible lead solder to either side. The terminal is trilobate, of a flared foot like form. The flat lower surface is broadly semicircular in cross-section. At the top of the foot is a moulded transverse band. The narrowed element above has been broken as a result of old damage. In form…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Duncton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-135196
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the sixth century. The frame is curved, flat and decorated with two bands of punched circles. Both ends are broken, one of which is broken around the pin hole.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1292F2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with zoomorphic terminal and Trewhiddle decoration. The strap end is a pointed oval in shape with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and a slightly concaved open terminal at the attachment end. The strap end is cast in one piece but the attachment end is split into an upper and lower plate to allow the strap material to be fitted. Two rivets for attachment are present at the open end of the plate between which is an inverted fan shaped field with internal foliate design. The…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-124D04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Canterbury style A/1, portrait type (N 629), moneyer: Burgnoth, mint: Canterbury. Ref: North 1994; Naylor 2022: 75-76, this coin listed as no. 6 in 'revised checklist', p. 222,  Obverse description: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: ÆLFR / ED REX Reverse description: Long cross with central rhomboid containing central cross and three triangles. Reverse inscription: +B / VR / GNN / OÐ (NN ligated) Diameter: 19.7mm, Weight: 1.05gms, die axis: probably 3
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-0EB311
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small long brooch dating from the early 5th or 6th century AD. The brooch has a sub-rectangular head plate with two circular perforations, an arched bow, rounded in front and arched behind; there is a slight raised midrib running centrally down the front of the bow. Two moulded horizontal bands seperate the head plate from the bow, while three horizontal bands seperate the lower portion of the bow and the foot. The foot is trilobed, similar to an example from Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire (MacGregor & Bolick 1993: 144). There is no other…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-0022A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver early penny (sceat), Primary Phase R1 or R2 (Naismith Series RP) dating to c.AD700-10. Measures 10-12mm, weighs 1.01g, die axis 3, crude and worn. Obverse: Radiate bust right, runic legend in front and behind Reverse: Standard Reference: Abramson R100, Metcalfe p.507-8 and plate 23, nos 391 - 393
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FE1957
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded but complete copper-alloy pin of early-medieval date. The head is roughly biconical with a flattened top on which there is an incised cross design. It has a maximum dia. of 6.85mm and a height of 6.1mm. It is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs in two rows. Below the head there is a collar which is characteristic of Middle Anglo-Saxon pins (Geake 2001, 39). The shaft is circular in cross-section and 2.3mm in diameter below the head. With a length of 25.6mm the shaft is straight, before tapering and bending through approximately 140 degrees to the pin's tip. …
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FB3812
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon annular brooch. The frame is circular and flat. The brooch had probably been decorated with incised lines.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-FAC882
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Silver early medieval silver sceat, series Y, Eadberht of Northumbria (737-c758), Booth class Bi.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'County Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FAB445
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy casket key of Goodall's Winchester type 1. The long drop-shaped bow is openwork with a large curvilinear "keyhole" shaped aperture at the rear and a smaller oval one in front. The stem is short and solid, with a step to a narrowed projecting tip. The bit is rectangular with a single square cleft at the top of the leading edge; at the bottom of the bit is a small right-angled projecting ward, giving the bit an L-shaped cross-section. Dimensions: 33.65 mm x 14.86 mm x 4.73 mm, weight: 9.41 g. This key also belongs to Ward Perkins's London type IA. Kevin Leahy has …
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burleston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FAAAA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver early penny of Primary Phase Series E, variety G1 sceat. On the obverse is a stylised radiate bust of "porcupine" design. On the reverse is a stylised standard. These coins are thought to have been minted on the Northern French/Frisian coast, possibly at Dorestad. Reference: North Volume I, no. 48 Date: Early Early-Medieval - c. 695 - 710 Diameter: 12.06 mm Weight: 1.20 g
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolpuddle', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-E9EDE4
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy casting waste. The fragment is irregular but clearly shows a failed casting of an object, rather than being waste residues. The object is unclear but appears to have been intended to be semi-cylindrical in cross-section, with a curved top and flared base. The base clearly is divided into three claws or 'toes'. The casting somewhat resembles a Late Saxon stirrup terminal. The original object measures approximately 19mm x 11mm x 11mm, but is encased in a 'bloom' of casting waste.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E9D910
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified object somewhat resembling a late Saxon stirrup terminal. The fragment is semi-circular in cross-section and has what appear to be two moulded bars on the interior with what might be a chunk of soot between. The casing is pitted. The object is broken at both ends.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E93520
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy, small-long brooch, 35mm long, 26mm wide,10mm thick. The brooch is incomplete but in fair condition and it weighs 8.47 grams. The brooch has a plain rectangular head plate, with 3 T-shaped projections. The bow is present and is decorated with two centrally placed vertical incised lines. The brooch is missing its foot, its spring and its pin.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E84C33
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy object, probably a horse harness pendant, probably dating to the eleventh century. The object is roughly semi-circular, openwork, and has an original edge around the curved perimeter. The interior 'flat' edge is broken. The openwork cells are triangular and are randomly placed, leaving thin lines of metal decorated with moulded pellets. There are no attachment fittings visible on the reverse. Similar objects on the database are: DOR-7192B5, SF-951660, DENO-C69B56.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E7F974
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy sleeve clasp. The clasp is worn but might be of Hines' B12 group. The clasp is rectangular, flat and has three raised panels; the outer are square and the central one is rectangular. The attachment loops are missing, but a narrow ledge representing the hook remains on the underside.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E64DF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch dating from the 6th century. The headplate is missing and the break is well patinated. The bow has faceted corners and is decorated by a central vertical row of short transverse punched lines within a slight recess. There are similar lines on the facets too. The area beneath the bow is divided into two by a transverse row of punched vertical lines. The upper area is rectangular and the lower is sub-rectangular, tapering towards the foot. Both area have triangular punches along the sides. The lappets are semi-circular; each is decorated …
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D645E4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon copper alloy hair or dress pin. The polyhedral head is in the shape of a cuboid with the corners cut off. It has ring-and-dot decoration on the front and reverse (three motifs each), on the side faces and on each of the cut-off corner faces. On the top is an incised cross and there is a small collar below. The length of the head is 10mm including the collar, with a width of 10mm and a thickness of 5mm. The incomplete shaft is 10mm long and the overall length is 20mm. It weighs 2.35g. It dates to the 8th or 9th centuries.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKDEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-ACFED2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn 10th-century silver Early-medieval cut half penny of Aethelred II, Second hand type, uncertain moneyer, Exeter mint (985 - 991 AD; North 768). The coin has suffered some circumferential losses.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-A98075
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper-alloy object, probably dating from the Late Early-Medieval to Medieval periods. The artefact comprises a sub-rectangular plate with relief-moulded decoration of typical Winchester style knotwork. The central element of the design consists of a vertical strand which bifurcates at either end. The base of the central strand is overlain by a horizontal strand which extends into an elaborate border. It is possible that the central element of the panel is a depiction of a human-like figure standing facing, his arms and legs splayed as if tied up. A moulded ornament…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-A7A960
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One arm from a pair of Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy tweezers. The arm is flat, rectangular and decorated with an incised zig-zag line. The top of the arm narrows at which point it is broken.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A78B55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon annular brooch dating to the sixth century. Approximately half the brooch remains. THe frame is circular, flat and decorated with four incised lines near the pin restriction, and five lines further round the frame. The brooch is broken at the narrowed restriction.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A76E70
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head of a Middle Saxon copper-alloy pin. The head is solid, biconical and has a flat median band. The shank is incomplete and there appears to be a small collar below the head.
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-972E58
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of 23 coins, four silver brooches and two silver strap-ends. Coins: Twenty three silver pennies of Eadmund of East Anglia, covering most of the types known for this king. They were found close together and clearly represent a dispersed hoard. The lack of any later coins is compelling evidence for the deposition of this hoard being intimately connected to the invasion of the Danish Great Army into East Anglia in 869 and the succeeding murder of king Eadmund in the same year. 1) North 456, moneyer Baeghelm (fragment, weight 0.35g) 2) North 456, moneyer Bea[...], probably …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-968C84
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pin. The pin has a globular head with flattened top. The head is decorated with curved ribs creating a swirl effect. A small collar is located on the shaft. The shaft is circular in cross-section and incomplete.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9655A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably of the cruciform type. The fragment comprises a rectangular panel with moulded ribs above and below, that would have originally been located beneath the bow. Part of the catchplate remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-95F7C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The brooch has a square headplate with a seperate knob attached to the top is almost fully rounded and has iron corrosion on the reverse. The headplate is decorated with a perimeter of three lines and punched half-circles on the inner side. The headplate is divided into three smaller rectangular panels by a central raised panel also decorated with lines and half-circles. The bow is incomplete and faceted, and bears lines and half-circles along the top ridge. The lower part of the brooch is missing. The reverse o…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-959BD2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the other eight are triangular. The faces are corroded and rough, but each contains three dots. Polyhedral weights were used across the Viking world and over thirty examples are now recorded on the PAS database. They appear to have been made in a number of denominations, indicated by the number of dots on the larger faces; six is the most common, followed by four, two, three and one. When the…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-956A37
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy object, probably a pin head, with decoration suggesting an early-medieval date. The object is lozenge-shaped, with a small perforation at two adjacent corners. It is decorated on the front by a raised single border. Within the border are five circles in relief, each with a central boss; one is located at each corner and one at the centre of the mount. Along the straight edges of the object, and between the circles, are four motifs each composed of two relief sub-squares above a sub-rectangle. These four motifs together may form a diagonal cross. The back…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-952ED6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon clay spindle whorl. The whorl is sub-square or sub-circular when viewed from the top and sub-rectangular or oval in cross-section. There is a circular hole through the centre. The fabric is charcoal-black coloured and contains medium-large grit and possible grog inclusions.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-949254
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of unidentified silver artefact. The fragment is almost rectangular, but the two longer cut edges are slightly oblique, forming in fact a parallelogram. The upper surface is smooth and generally flat but very slightly undulating, as if hammered. Each of the short original edges has two raised integrally cast pellets, one at each corner. These pellets have a diameter of 4 to 4.5mm, sloping sides and a flat top; they look rather like imitation rivet heads; one is set within a very slightly lowered square. The reverse surface is undecorated and undulates a little …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-933C82
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early medieval copper alloy unidentified object. The upper surface is decorated with dots and curved lines in a possible floral decoration. There is no decoration on the reverse. The section of this fragment is flat.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WMID-933027
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late early-medieval to early high medieval stirrup-strap mount of probable eleventh century date. The mount is of Williams' Class A Type 12, being lozenge shaped (diamond shaped) with a flat base and a projecting loop at the top. The base is broken but the remnant of a circular rivet hole is visible at the break.The reverse is flat and the front is decorated with a central diagonal cross formed by four lozenge shaped recesses set around a central circular boss. These recesses may once have contained enamel although none now remains. Similar examples are illustra…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-931906
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early medieval copper alloy strap fitting. The upper surface is decorated with a double incised line and with a punched ring-and-dot decoration. There is no decoration on the reverse. The section of this fitting is flat. The object seems to have been openwork.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-929204
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy sheet, possibly a mount. This discoidal sheet is decorated with a dotted floral motif with four petals. The centre is flat and the edge is bent. Slightly damaged. Lead remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-925C06
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval openwork fragment of a possible strap end. This fragment is decorated with a double incised line and a ring-and-dot motif. The reverse surface is slightly bent.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
No spatial data available.