Record ID: KENT-055A74
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Ring or ferrule formed of interwoven strands of very thin silver wire. Rings of this type have been examined at the British Museum, where the opinion was tentatively given that they may be 19th century cane ferrules. However possible parallels include Viking dome-shaped mounts formed of interwoven or plaited silver wire, and a ring from the 'scourge' in the ninth-century Trewhiddle hoard.
Created on: Monday 29th December 2003
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-010E26
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap end with zoomorphic terminal in the form of a stylised animal head with ears. The strap end is formed from a sungle piece of metal, and has two rivet holes for attachment to the strap. The object is rather worn, with most of the decorative detail now obscured. It fall's within Thomas' Class A, which date from the late 8th to 10th centuries AD.
Created on: Monday 29th December 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godmersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-852125
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A poorly preserved, roughly rectangular openwork strap end with two iron rivets. The strap end has six apertures arranged symmetrically. Two possible zoomorphic profiles may be seen.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-84CA90
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
The heads of two pins, both decorated with ring-and-dot stamps. 1. A badly eroded spherical pin head (10mm high and 7mm in diameter) with four ring-and-dot stamps placed equally around the circumference. 2. Cuboid pin head (8.5 x 6mm, by 13.5mm long) with the corners removed to give thirteen facets. The shaft has a slight collar. There are sixteen ring-and-dot motifs, one on each facet, except one facet which has four and the uppermost which has none.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-81ECA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy buckle pin with violin-shaped 'shield'. The 'shield' is flat and thick with an outcurved base and concave sides, and a straight edge from which the shaft of the pin projects. The shaft is thick and D-shaped in cross-section, and tapers from its junction with the 'shield' to its end, which curves downwards. There are traces of iron corrosion on the reverse of the 'shield' from a separate iron loop, which would have hinged the pin to the buckle's bar. Early Anglo-Saxon, 6th or 7th century.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-815A14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut-half penny of Cnut
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: HAMP-718913
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Early-Medieval disc brooch.
Created on: Monday 22nd December 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hurstbourne Priors', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-717C52
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy dagger hilt with inlay design.
Created on: Monday 22nd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hurstbourne Priors', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT-709FA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Monday 22nd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-482A02
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small harness link of Anglo-Scandinavian design, dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period. The artefact is made of lead, and would have had two rings either side of it to form the bridle cheekpiece. The rings would have been attached to the 'arms', which extend horizontally from either side of the artefact. Between these two arms there is a head of some sort of creature. The face has eyes, nose, mouth and ears on top of its head (like a bear). The artefact measures 41.32mm (from the tips of the 'arms'), 26.82mm (from the creature's ears to his 'chin'), 11.97mm from the tip of his 'nose…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Patching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-464DB7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount dating to the mid 11th century. The mount has two rivet holes at the base. One iron rivet still remains in the hole and has rusted to the right-angled flange. The mount is pentagonal in form and has been engraved with an unidentified design, into what is an otherwise even surface. The surface has been infilled with what looks like a white inlay. The reverse of the object is blank, even and flat. The right-angled flange juts out from the base of the mount. The apex loop has been broken off and the break is extremely worn. The object is slightly worn a…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Patching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2F48A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle frame with attached copper-alloy pin. This frame is D-shaped measuring 23.3mm by 11.1mm in size. The frame has a rounded front face and a flat back face, the bar is slightly narrower than the frame and is roughly circular in cross-section. The pin is attached to the bar via an open loop. There are three transverse grooves where the front face of the loop ends, the tip of the pin curves downwards over the edge of the outer edge of the frame. This buckle is early Anglo-Saxon, probably 7th or 8th century in date.
Created on: Friday 19th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D4F58
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy unidentified object, a circular disc, measuring 12.9mm in diameter and 1.6mm in thickness. There is a circular perforation through the centre of the disc, measuring 2.3mm in diameter. One face of the disc is decorated with four evenly spaced circular indentations, possibly originally ring and dot motifs. Traces of a ahite metal coating can also be seen on this face. The other face is undecorated. No parallel could be found for this object but due to the nature of its decoration it is believed to be early-medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 19th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CFC26
Object type: HASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy openwork hasp, probably a box or casket fitting. It is incomplete due to an old break, but roughly rectangular in shape, flaring in width towards one terminal, measuring 34mm in surviving length and 16.7mm in width. The complete narrower end has a transverse rectangular perforation, and beyond this there are five oval holes, arranged in two diagonal rows of two and three. The longitudinal edges of the hasp have rounded protruding knops along them. This incomplete hasp is identical to a slightly more complete openwork hasp found at Middle Harling, Norf…
Created on: Friday 19th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CC700
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy needle in very good condition. This needle measures 60mm in total length and has a tapering shaft with a pointed terminal. The shaft has an oval cross-section, measuring 2.7mm in width, at its widest point and 2mm in thickness. The head is a pointed lozenge shape (5mm in width at its central point) with a long oval perforation through it, measuring 6.8mm in length and 2.5mm in width internally. There are traces of a possible circumference groove below the head, although it is unclear if this is intentional or due to later damage. A very similar needle has b…
Created on: Friday 19th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-1AF0D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Two circular glass beads, probably early Anglo-Saxon in date. One is dark blue in colour and annular with a circular perforation. It has a diameter of 10.94mm and a thickness of 7.97mm. There is only half of the second bead. It is light turquoise in colour, annular and possesses a circular perforation. It is comparable with examples from Witton Gilbert, Co. Durham, recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. It measures approximately 10.11mm in diameter and a maximum of 8.3mm in thickness. Blue annular beads such as these are common in the early Anglo-Saxon period; Brugmann (2004) …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-084921
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy hooked tag, 25mm in length and 8.3mm in width. The plate is flat and has two circular projecting lobes, each pierced with a central circular attachment hole, c1mm in diameter. Below this the plate is lozenge shaped and decorated on its front face with three longitudinal lines of continual incised zigzags. The hook is rectangular in shape, 8mm in length 1.8mm in width, and its tip is curving backwards and incomplete due to an old break. This hooked tag is most likely to be early-medieval/ Anglo-Saxon in date.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-078B62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Saxon cruciform brooch with a damaged foot. The top and side knobs are decorated with simple lateral mouldings. The bow is fairly plain and the the foot has some slightly worn mouldings. The back has the fitting for the pin and a trace of the catchplate. Length 56.6mm width across the side knobs is 20mm
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tyringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-07B1A2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken half of a double-looped cheekpiece of conventional type. The surviving loop, aperture diameter 9.5mm, is in a lozenge-formed terminal with outer sides of 15mm length and with small corner finials of 4mm width and thickness. This is linked by a bar, 7mm wide, 6mm thick and 11mm long from the edge of the aperture, to a central circular union 8mm thick. Two small finials 4mm thick and 3mm broad emerge from above and below this central boss, which is flat-topped,and is 8.5mm in diameter. The matching arm and loop of the other side have been broken away, apparently in antiquity. T…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-07AC03
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a stone probable spindle whorl, circular in shape and measuring c33mm in diameter and 8.9mm thick. The stone is mid grey in colour. The complete face is smooth and flat and the other face is missing due to an old break. The surviving sides do not seem to be tapering so it is likely that this possible spindle whorl was flat rather than conical in shape. There is a central circular perforation, 7.6mm in diameter. This spindle whorl is perhaps most likely to be early medieval or medieval in date due to the site where it was discovered and the fact that other finds of a …
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.