Record ID: IOW-D8B445
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 720-c. 850). The pin head is sub-spherical in form with fourteen spiralling grooves on the side. At the apex there are two grooves forming a cross. Immediately below the head is a small collar dividing the head from the shaft. The shaft is circular in cross-section and beneath the collar it has a diameter of 1.6mm. It tapers towards the break where the diameter is 1.0mm. Length: 23.6mm; diameter of head: 6.3mm; weight: 1.31g. This pin has a mid-green patina, lost in places due to corrosion. The break …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-AA5A00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete metal bow brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date c. 45-c. 550). The brooch is cross-shaped with the top of the bow in the form of a stylised facing human head. The head and the foot as well as the ends of the wings terminate with a flat roundel. There is a fifth rounder forming the end of the enlarged nose. At the front, the lower part of the bow is ribbed horizontally to form six grooves. Viewing the brooch from the side, the pin-lug is ‘D’-shaped and the catch-plate is sub-rectangular. The pin is missing. c. 33.0 x c. 18.3mm. The above description has …
Created on: Sunday 28th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-C7A766
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sceatta, series K type 42a, c. 720-740.
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-977896
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy ansate brooch of the 8th century. The brooch has sub-square terminals, and the entire brooch is decorated with a banded effect such that the bow and centre of each terminal consists of a central band, with an outer band to each side on each terminal and at the peak of the bow. This means the bow has a square element at its peak. The outer edges of the terminals are gently curved, adding further decorative enhancement. The underside of one terminal contains two lugs and the corroded remains of an iron pin. A simple projecting hook forms the catch on the undersi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-76F185
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pin of probable middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The head of the pin is polyhedral, taking the form of a cuboid with truncated corners. On all but the horizontal upper surface is a single punched ring-and-dot mark. At its base the head tapers into the shaft, which is of circular section, bent and probably incomplete. The artefact measures 16.4mm long, 6mm wide and weighs 1.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-31E2F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy derivative styca of Osbert, c.849-867. Obverse Description: Central cross with pelleted edge around inscription. Obverse inscription: +OSBERTH. Reverse Description: Central cross with pelleted edge around inscription. Reverse Inscription: illegible. Class: North 191.9. Image supplied by North West MDC. Unfortunately no measurements recorded by club.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-303CA5
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken pair of copper-alloy tweezers of probable early-medieval date. They were made from a thin sheet bent double. Due to an old break the arms have separated with one retaining the turn for the loop (and little more beyond). This latter arm has been bent gradually along its length as a result of old damage. The other arm has received a more emphasised bend of around forty-five degrees towards the loop end. Both arms terminate in a flared terminal, both of which have suffered abrasions. Both arms are decorated on their outer surfaces around a third of the way from the terminal to t…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-5E8820
Object type: ESCUTCHEON
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy possible escutcheon of Early Medieval date. The object has been cast in a stylised male face or mask design, convex, with a suspension hook and open eyes. The reverse is undecorated, but there is a small circular perforation, also visible on the face that probably indicates a secondary attachment point, perhaps for a rivet. The suspension hook emerged from the top of the head, curling back on itself. It has two incised lines, creating three bands on the hook. The face has three major elements: a helmet; the eyes and nose; and a beard. The helmet is crescen…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-794468
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The head of the pin is polyhedral, taking the form of a cuboid with with truncated corners. Each surface is decorated by punched ring-and-dot motifs. The largest two faces have nine and ten marks respectively, the three lozenge-shaped faces around the perimeter each have four, while the angled corner faces each bear two. Only a short length of the shaft remains, the break having occurred in antiquity. It is of circular section and has a transverse groove at the top. The pin has a mid green patina and is unco…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Duxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-672346
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sceat of Early-Medieval date, c.765-766. Joint issue of Archbishop Ecgberht of York under King Alchred of Northumbria. Obverse: ECGBERhT AR around central cross pattee. Reverse: AL+HR D+ within pellet circle around central cross pattee. Class: Series Y, Kings of Northumbria, Sub-group 3, Non pictorial (Abramson). Culture: Anglo-Saxon. Find recorded from images supplied by North West MDC. Unfortunately no measurements recorded by club.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-947834
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy small-long brooch dating to the Early Medieval period. The brooch is incomplete. The object consists of a rectangular head plate and arched bow. The rectangular head plate is decorated with a series crescentic punch marks around the perimeter. A central vertical groove decorates the bow of the brooch. It is perforated at either side at the top of the head plate. Small-long brooches are an early Anglo-Saxon type and are thought to mainly date from 450-550 AD.
Created on: Friday 4th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E9D251
Object type: PERSONAL ORNAMENT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy from a probable form of personal ornament or fitting of Early Medieval date, c.600–900. The fragment is sub-square in plan and rectangular in cross section. On one edge, central to the face, sits an incomplete angled sub-rectangular projection. On the adjacent edge there should be an opposing projection, this is missing. It is decorated with nine punched ring and dots in a three by three formation. This type of decoration is typically Anglo-Saxon in date. The reverse is plain. Identification is uncertain. Probably from a dress fastener, tag or strap-fitt…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-28BA04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver sceat of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. Series L, c. 710-750? (North 1994, 62, ref: 68).
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-970216
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy probable mount of possible Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 800-c. 900). In plan, the mount has parallel sides and rounded ends. It is convex with moulded decoration at the front and largely concave at the rear. At the front it has a circumferential rim within which there are three distinct panels. Just off-centre there is a transverse rectangular panel containing three rivet holes all on the same transverse alignment. Two of the holes, including the central one, contain the remains of a corroded iron rivet. The central rivet appears to be domed. Ho…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7F8DE6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast copper alloy sword pommel of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 410- c. 720). The pommel is a 'cocked hat' type. It is broadly rectangular in plan, with slightly bowed longer edges. The two shorter edges are abraded and each retains the remains of a flat semi-circular lug that enabled the pommel to be secured to the pommel bar by means of rivets. The artefact is pyramidal in outline with concave sides and a small rounded top. The lower surface of the pommel is deeply concave. The upper surface has a patchy mid-green patina interspersed with superficial …
Created on: Monday 9th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5E8C03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast in one piece copper alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. Aberg Group 1 (c. 450-c. 500). Parts of the pin-lug, the foot and the catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The head-plate is sub-square in plan (10.0 x 14.6mm). It is slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear. A circular top-knob is divided from the head-plate by a lateral collar. Both the top knob and the collar are flat at the rear. Originally, it had side knobs but these were attached onto the ends of an iron wire chord that was passed through the centre of t…
Created on: Saturday 7th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-011E10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle dating probably to the 5th or 6th century. The frame is an elongated D-shape and is oval in section. The pin bar is circular in section and is narrower than the rest of the frame. The pin curves over the pin bar. Length 19.05mm, width 8.88mm and maximum thickness 2.93mm. Weight 1.7g. Similar examples can be found in Macgregor and Bolick 1993, A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum Oxford, pages 193-207.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-9BC531
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A superb Anglo-Saxon copper alloy buckle, Southern type of Marzinzic's Type 1.6a. Set with two garnets and having a narrowed pin bar, the pin is thick with a hooked end - the buckle may have had iron loops as well as a copper loop to attach it to the pin bar as the limited iron concretion indicates. The buckle is decorated within the recessed frame with cojoining circles down either side and a thick line with thinner lines coming off it to either side of the pin bar. This buckle dates from the late 6th to early 7th century and measures 28.47mm long, 20.29mm wide and is 4.05mm thick.…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-DA9EF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Early-Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy Small-Long brooch with damaged edges and missing its pin and catchplate. It measures 41.35mm in length and weighs 5.59g. The rectangular head-plate measures 14.84x12.25x1.62mm and is apparently plain (although the edges have lot much of their original patina). The short, highly arched bow is 9.08mm in length, 6.10mm wide and max.4.83mm thick at the centre. The surface is pitted and much patina is lost, although the sides do appear slightly faceted. The foot is expanded with lateral lobes forming a lozenge-shaped field,…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: IOW-4EC2F1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 720-c. 850). The pin has a globular head with a diameter of 6.1mm and a depth of 5.7mm. Immediately below the head there is a narrow collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section (diameter: 1.6mm). The pin has a pitted mid-green patina and small areas of copper alloy corrosion. The break on the shaft is old. There is no indication of decoration or surface treatment. Length: 25.8mm; diameter: 6.1mm; weight: 1.54g. It is possible that this pin can be dated to the Middle Saxon period.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.