Record ID: WAW-515D90
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy zoomorphic spout from a late Medieval ewer dating AD 1400-1500. The spout terminal is tubular and in the form of a dog's head with the spout protruding from the open mouth, whilst at the other end it curves down 90 degrees from the head with a deep gulley that tapers to a point where it would have joined the vessel. The moulded ears are shaped akin to upside-down drops, with the pointed end at the bottom and rounded tips to the ears. There is also a moulded brow ridge, a worn moulded nose, and only one eye (the right eye) remaining in the form of a moulded ann…
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-270FD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, strap end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 dating AD 750-950. The strap end is sub-oval with a zoomorphic terminal in the form of a forward-facing animal head. The centre of the upper surface is decorated in Trewhiddle style. It comprises multiple grooved angled and interlaced lines and, above this an etched cross motif within a sub-square border. The upper terminal is double-lobed and double-plated, with two circular perforations extending through both plates. The reverse of the strap-end is flat and unde…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: DEV-FBBB3D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy possible harness fitting dating to the medieval period c. AD 1100-1200. The object has been cast in the form of a fish or a dolphin with an elongated body which spirals around to form a ring. The tail flares out in a semi-circular shape and projects from the back of the ring. There is a rectangular socket projecting from the upper side edge of the ring. There are two fins which project each side of the head to form horizontal bars; the tip of the one of the fins is broken and missing. The body of the fish is decorated with a scale-like pattern and there ar…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-E82177
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end, possibly of early medieval date, with a moulded zoomorphic terminal (c. AD 900 - 1400). The strap end has a narrow, tapering plate, split to accommodate the strap and with a single rivet centrally placed at the rounded attachment edge still in situ. The upper surface of the plate appears to have incised decoration, now very abraded and indistinct, possibly a series of lozenges and lines. The upper plate has chamfered edges. The lower plate appears undecorated. It is corroded and has patches of glossy dark green patina. It is slightly chippe…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-941C84
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy flat disc dating from the Early Medieval period,possibly c. 6thC(late)-7thC AD.  The object  is sub-circular in plan, with a sub-rectangular section. The front of the disc has an elaborate raised decoration featuring a central pellet bordered by the interlaced bodies of four animals that are drawn together in a four-way knot,  with three strand bodies that feature pellet decorations down their centre. The (three remaining) heads of these creatures are sub-triangular in shape with curving hooked beaks. These  are p…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-683982
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stirrup mount. Viking stirrup strap mount, D.Williams Class A, type 1. Traces of silver inlay and corroded remains of three Fe rivet. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 48.4mm, Width: 34.0mm, Thickness: 8mm, Weight: 22.55gms
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-661DFB
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval, cast copper-alloy zoomorphic mount; a binding strip from a casket or a piece of furniture.  Description: The mount consists of a thin bar, rectangular in plan and broken at one end across a circular rivet hole. The opposite end of the mount has an integrally-cast terminal in the form of a stylised animal head with moulded ears, eyes and facial features, and a pointed snout probably depicting a horse. There is a single square-headed, rectangular rivet or nail passing through the face of the animal and protruding from the lower surface of the…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-65D05B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stirrup mount. Urnes style viking stirrup mount, side mount, with hollow base. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 35.1mm, Width: 14.4mm, Thickness: 14.7mm, Weight: 16.51gms
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-5544F8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Fragment of the upper half of a Viking broad strapend, very corroded interlace, Thomas Class E. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 26.8mm, Width: 20.0mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 9.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-5420D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with green patina, brooch. Almost complete Small long brooch, very fine indeed. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 475-575 Length: 63.8mm, Width: 13.4mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 15.18gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-52CBBF
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pendant. Small dangly bit in the shape of a beast's head holding a ball between it's jaws. Romanesque. Suggested date: Medieval, 1050-1200 Length: 22.4mm, Width: 6.7mm, Thickness: 7.9mm, Weight: 3.56gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-FE5D94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast, copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) florid cruciform brooch, dating to the 6th century AD. The fragment comprises of a flat, sub-square shaped plate with a shallow rounded protrusion on the either side. The reverse face is undecorated, but the obverse face is decorated with a series of linear and curvilinear designs in low relief which show y-axis symmetry. These appear as abstract zoomorphic 'faces' and belong to the  'Style 1' animal decoration seen in Anglo-Saxon art of this period. The shallow recessed areas…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-AD61E9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. Cast curved fragment from a bar of keeled D-section with moulded possibly zoomorphic features at one end in three parts: the innermost is a pair of creases in relief, the second pair are or resemble triangular ears with a drilled pit in the cavity of each, and the third may represent angular brows above drilled eye pits - the latter group includes further pits which were only noticed du5ring the processing of images. The object is broken at both its ends, immediately after the putative eye pits at one end, and across a drilled hole of diameter…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AAE786
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy convex, decorative bar mount of possible Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval date (c. 1000 - 1300). The mount comprises a symmetrical plate with curvilinear outline and a large, central, circular attachment hole. Flanking the central hole are the two "arms" of the plate. Each of these terminates in a profile outline of an animal head with a blunt snout, the details being picked out in incised lines and delineating eyes, mouths and fur. Dimensions: 26.47 x 8.84 x 1.80 Weight: 1.91g
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-40FA9D
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible Early Medieval cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, c.AD 1000-1100. Williams Class A, Type 8. The object is sub-triangular in plan and is in the form of an animal-head. It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands toward an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections, one side is torn off and the whole object has been bent to become concave. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. The obverse has moulded relief decoration composed of three curvilinear downward pointing chevrons, with the upp…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40E814
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting, c.AD 1700-1900. This item is 'S' shaped in plan with the head at one end of the S and the tail at the other. Unlike more modern examples, the snake is quite naturalistic and not presented in profile. The closed loop created at the head end was permanently attached to a belt or strap. The tail formed a hook that went through an eyelet and therefore did up the belt.   
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3E129E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast zoomorphic D-section cauldron leg in the form of an animal paw with four or five pads, probably with an ankle collar, either broken or miscast at its upper end and with a concave flaw below the foot. Fiercely abraded and/or melted. Sooting on the back suggests that, despite the casting infelicities, the object served on a hearth. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Height (in use): 32mm, Width: 27.8mm, Thickness: 15.1mm, Weight: 49.85gms
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2A73F3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end, Thomas Class A Type 2 Subtype h. An ogival straight-sided plate which tapers to a tiny beast head terminal. A field of lattice decoration occupies the body of the plate; the split proximal or butt end is lost. Abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850 Length: 23.0mm, Width: 8.3mm, Thickness (terminal): 1.7mm, Weight: 1.04gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-295B54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast mid to lower bow of a small cruciform brooch, comprising a keeled concavo-convex mid bow moulding, a narrow rectangular zone below it with traces of linear and stamped borders, and the upper to middle part of a horse head terminal with a nasal bar and possible recesses representing eyes near its top. A folded catch plate remains behind the lower part of the object. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 475-600 Length: 38.5mm, Width: 10.3mm, Thickness (clear of catch plate): 3.3mm, Weight: 6.86gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-28C37D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast zoomorphic bird brooch, cf. Weetch Type 30.A. A cast openwork plate depicts a thin standing bird with triple comb, head to left with a long slightly curved bill and a large eye defined by a deep annular gutter with centrally reserved pellet. A sinuous neck with a central double groove curves rightwards below the head and bill to arrive at a narrow body with three transverse comma-shaped ribs perhaps representing a folded wing. A curled string-like feature also passes diagonally across the lower part of the neck. A tail continues this in recurved form below, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glentham', grid reference and parish protected.