Record ID: NARC-D2CEFB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-800). The object is composed of a sub-rectangular flat head plate with an integral circular sectioned shaft projecting from the lower edge of the head. The upper edge of the head plate is broken and abraded. There is a raised circumferential collar at the junction between the plate and shaft. The lower end of the shaft tapers to a sharp point. The head plate is decorated with a design in relief composed of am interlace motif with gilding retained within the recessed portions. The back of the head plate is undecorated,…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-5D162C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 2 with patterned decoration. The strap end is broadly triangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and an incomplete attachment at the other. One side of the attachment with two rivet holes remains while the other side is lost. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with raised rounded pellet eyes and a stub-nosed snout. Circular cells with internal inverted Y-shapes may represent ears. The central panel bears a cu…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: WREX-BCB8B5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy disc, possibly from a disc headed pin dating from the Early Medieval period, c. 700-800AD. The disc is decorated with incuse scrolls which has been gilded.  There are traces of gilding surviving in the grooves of the decoration.  The reverse is plain and undecorated. There are two circular holes surviving which may have been the result of the disc being riveted to a plate with a pin. There are a number of similar objects recorded on the database.  See SWYOR-3DEE70, NLM-028751 and SUR-CFE0C7. Measurements: Di…
Created on: Friday 27th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E71534
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cast moulded triangular mount of possible early medieval date c. 600-725. The object consists of a curved triangular plate. A small section is missing from one edge, and there is damage to the outside edge of two of the corners with semi-worn breaks. The entire upper surface is decorated in raised moulded relief comprising a triskele style design. The centre of the design comprises a broadly triangular, trilobed element, each side formed from a shallow 'S'-shaped form with linear sides and curved terminals. Thi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-747BAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of a gilded copper-alloy brooch, probably of Great Square Headed type, of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 525-570. The brooch consists of a fragment including the bow and incomplete footplate, a fragment of the head and a fragment of an unclear part of the brooch. The fragment including the bow and footplate is rectangular in plan with a C-shaped arch in profile. There is a raised flat ridge at each edge of the bow. There is a third shallower ridge in the centre of the bow decorated with transverse grooves. From the lower edge of the bow the integral footplat…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-5B8BDD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Strap End of Early-Medieval date (AD 750-950). Thomas' Class A, Type 2. The object is sub-rectangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and a partial split open end. The front of the object is decorated with a sub-rectangular incised panel within which is an incised curvilinear motif obscured by corrosion and abrasion. The back of the object is undecorated. Length: 40.57mm, Width: 9.36mm, Thickness: 1.65mm, Weight: 2.0g The metal is green/brown in colour with a heavily pitted patina. Late Anglo Saxon and Viking strap ends have been classified …
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: BH-DD0CA6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 1, dating to the Early Medieval (AD.1000-1100). Description: the mount is pentagonal in plan with rounded edges and is rectangular in cross-section.  Projecting from the lower edge is a right angled flange, which is recessed. From the flange, the lower two sides are angled vertically with a knop in the middle of the side edge.  After the knop the side becomes concave forming a scollop, which terminates in a knop where it meets the upper sides.  The upper sides…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-718DDA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy vessel escutcheon dating to the Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) period (c.AD 800-1100). Description:  The object is formed of a lozenge-shaped plate, the edge of which is decorated with an insiced line border.  At the centre of the plate a raised lozenge with slightly bevelled edges.  The raised lozenge has a central motif formed of two opposing 'V', each terminating in outward facing spirals, which either have a white metal coating or are inlayed silver wire. Each of the plate's …
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-2F6624
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hanging bowl mount. Cast oval plate, slightly concavo-convex in section, with an integrally cast inverted pelta at its base and the stub of a substantial hook at its top, and with a narrow lentoid aperture central to the oval part of the plate. The oval plate is decorated with seven left-hand spiral motifs reserved and plated in white metal, viewed against a field of [now] off-white enamel. A small patch of pinkish tint also occurs near the top, though is probably localised staining. A similar spiral with loops beside it occupies the pelta-shaped part of the plate and is s…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weekley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7CE978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Early Medieval cast copper alloy equal armed brooch, c.AD 430-700. A heavily corroded fragment of an equal-armed brooch, cast as a single piece with gilding in the recess. This fragment consists of most of the bow and one terminal with the remains of a pin lug on the reverse face. The obverse face is decorated by chipped/incised lines picking out possible zoomorphic designs. Unfortunately, too little remains of this brooch to determine the original design.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-08E01F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilded copper alloy object of probable Late Saxon date, c. AD 851 - 1065. A sheet rectangular plate with an old break at one end, tapering to a flat, widened terminal. One face exhibits an engraved face-like design whcih retains traces of gilding within the recesses. The other face is flat and undecorated. Both long edges exhibit evidence of old breaks. Probably a fragment from a strap end.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-F1BBA2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (AD 700-900). The object is composed of a globular head with a slightly flattened top. The head is decorated with a twisted and grooved design spiralling around the head. This decoration was formally known as ‘wrythen-headed' decoration. At the base of the head is a single banded circumferential collar from which a shot length of circular-sectioned shaft extends. The shaft is slightly bent and terminates in an old, abraded break before the tapered point. The metal is mid-green in colour…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-C0FFD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy cast saucer brooch, dating to cAD 430 - 550. It is flat, circular, with the remnants of a raised edge or rim, now mostly missing. The decoration is of seven spirals emanating from  a centrepiece of a small pellet or boss surrounded by two raised concentric rings. The underside shows a double lug, each pierced to take an iron axial rod, of which a little remains in one. The pin is entirely missing. There is no indication of a catchplate.  Dimensions: 39mm in diameter; 2.5mm thick; 16.89g in weight See HAMP-6667BE - five spirals,…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-270F6D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 450-550). The brooch comprises the head plate and upper bow. The lower bow, foot, catch plate and pin are missing. The head is trapezoidal in shape, flat and rectangular in cross-section. Each of the four corners are slightly rounded. The upper edge is lightly ribbed. The face of the plate has decoration of a grooved double-lined border on the upper and outer edges but does not extend along the lower edge of face. Within the border and roughly in line with it are fourteen s…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D811AE
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early-medieval enamelled copper-alloy hooked tag of Read’s (2008) Class E, Type 1. It is missing its hook and projecting attachment-loops to worn breaks, leaving behind little more than stubs. The surviving plate is circular and decorated with a curvilinear design within a narrow circular perimeter, all in relief. Just before the break at the springing of the hook there is a widened and slightly thickened collar.  The design consists of three longer sinuous lines, two much shorter ones, each with a single bend, and a short voided oval. None of the lines cross one…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-47A00D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, gilded copper alloy strip brooch of early Medieval date (c. AD 700-950). The bow is lozengiform in shape and is formed from a single piece consisting of a central wide, flattened, lozenge-shaped plate (1.58mm thick). One end was elongated to form a hooked catch-plate which is now missing. Instead one finds a slightly curved, oblique break that occurred in antiquity given the greenish brown patina of the site of the break. The opposite end of the brooch was elongated to form what is now an incomplete spring and pin (1.99mm thick) - it has broken before completing a single…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-49D06E
Object type: AESTEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold ‘Aestel’ of Early Medieval date (AD 850-900). Ascribed culture: Anglo-Saxon. The object is composed of a globular/hemispherical body with domed upper surface and flat lower face. On the side of the dome is a projecting cylindrical socket. Both parts of the object are hollow. The upper surface is formed from an embossed sheet of gold, with the lower face consisting of a second, flat, sheet of gold, the two parts soldered together The domed surface and cylinder are extensively decorated with beaded filigree wire and granulated gold pellets. A b…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3C34E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval ansate ('handle-like') brooch, c. AD700-760. It has equal-sized shield-shaped plates at either end. Each plate has a single, large punched ring-and-dot motif. In the centre is a bow that is arched in side view, rectangular when viewed from the front, and semi-circular in cross-section. Parts of the hinge and catchplate remain, but the pin did not survive. This type of brooch used to be thought of as Merovingian, where they are found from the seventh century onwards, but there are now many more of them in England (172 on the PAS database) whe…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-1837DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Saucer Brooch of Early-Medieval date (AD 400-600). The object is circular in plan and is missing most of the saucer rim, the pin and the catchplate. The decoration is in the form of a central ring-and-dot motif from which five running spirals radiate, surrounded by a circular border. From the outer circle (which is incomplete due to damage) the shallow rim extends acutely upwards. The back of the object retains two short abraded spurs which would have formed the attachment lugs. The pin is also missing. The metal is dark green and brown in colour. …
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-A11651
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, c.AD 900-1066. This is an openwork strap fitting with intricate decoration, including beaded running bars within borders and gilding. There is some patination on this object, which is generally unusual but it is known in the South East region. Gilding is also more common in objects from the late Early Medieval period. Due to the wear on this object, the full size and shap of the strap end is unclear.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.