Record ID: SWYOR-2282C6
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable medieval copper-alloy "Octopus" type shield boss mount, dating from AD 1100-1250, of which only the central circular sectioned shank with a bulbous hemispherical terminal survives. The terminal dome has seven curved radiating grooves running from the centre to the circumference, with traces of a surface coating or inlay in the lines. The shaft has two swellings making it appear beaded, and then narrows where it could have fitted into the rest of the shield boss. The object has a green patina. The object is 37.1mm long and the top is …
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: ESS-A17563
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy 'Octopus' shield boss mount of medieval date (AD 1100-1250). Description: The mount is comprised of a ribbed, circular-sectioned shank with a bulbous hemispherical terminal head at one end and eight D-sectioned arms radiating from an integral plate at the other end. Some of these are broken at the base, the rest are worn at the ends and bent out of shape. The terminal dome has eight moulded raised ridges running from the centre to the circumference, although not aligned with the arms. The object has a light green patina&…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
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Record ID: NLM-DEC6B8
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green-brown copper alloy possible shield binding fragment. Possibly a shield binding with rivet hole. Suggested date: possibly Middle Iron Age, 400-100BC Length: 17mm, Width: 14.4mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 4.27gms
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-B3B8B0
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, iron shield boss. Likely of Iron Age to early Medieval in date (c. 800 BC - AD 1000). The external surface of the shield boss is stepped with equidistant concentric circles leading to the centre. There are sections of the boss missing around 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-B81428
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular copper alloy mount, possibly from a shield of the Early Medieval period, about AD 500 - 650. It has triskele type design on the upper surface. The item is circular in plan and flat in cross section. Projecting from the centre of the reverse is a angled shank, about 6mm long, with a burred end. The front design comprises a central triangular shaped depression with three curved arms extending outwards, which is in the centre of a raised sub triangular three armed device consisting of three irregularly shaped wave-like extensions reaching to the border round the edge …
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1F3D6D
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron and copper-alloy gilded shield boss-apex disc dating to the 6th century AD. The object consists of a narrow-rimmed apex disc measuring 39.95 x 37.48 mm that is decorated with a pair of confronted crouched creatures consisting of two profile Style I animals in a gilded, relief-cast field. The two creatures are quadrupeds, each with a raised front limb. the animal's heads comprise curved profile heads that flare at the terminal and curl upwards at the opposite end. They have a small oval pellet for an eye, below are curved ridges for the e…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: BUC-4670B2
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval, iron, shield boss AD.500-650. The object comprises the upper portion of the boss dome, with incomplete discoidal projection. The boss is a waisted cone with the wider 'base' edge terminating in a ragged corroded edge, at the top of the cone point is the remains of a small disc. The edges of the dome have coroded and the overall state of the object is poor. Only approximately 25% of the original boss survives with the dome walls and flange lost to corrosion. Shield bosses are common finds in Early Medieval grave assemblages and it is likely this exa…
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-9E8734
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded fragment of iron around 100m in length and 34mm in width, comprising an incomplete grip or strap handle from an early Medieval shield of 6th to 7th century AD date. The object is broken into two pieces. The grip comprises a flat piece of iron with a bifurcating terminal on one end with a pair of opposing looped lobes formed of curled tendrils of wrought iron, between which is a rivet fitting (second photo). The other end of the object appears to wrap around a portion of ferrugenised wood and possibly has a riveted attachment point. Found associated with a conical shie…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F69F46
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast medieval copper-alloy "Octopus" shield boss mount, dating to the period AD 1100-1250. The fragment is a short section of one of the arms. In plan it is rectangular, and the fragment is "D" shaped in cross section with a central dome-headed rivet on the upper face. The strip is now bent into a U shape. One end is broken across a hole that would have housed a second rivet. The other end is bent over on itself, but appears to be complete. It flattens and widens to a lozenge shaped terminal with a circular hole in it presumably for another rivet. The reverse is flat …
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Sunday 2nd May 2021
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Record ID: LIN-042F63
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron shield board (decorative) fitting dating to c.AD 410-600 Four larger circular flat studs or discs with rectangular shafts. Undecorated. Corroded. 1) 35.49 mm in diameter; 17.47 mm in height; Weight: 9.24g 2) 36.48 mm in diameter; 15.79 mm in height; Weight: 11.29g 3) 36.41 mm in diameter; 16.10 mm in height; Weight: 12.10g Three smaller circular flat studs or discs with rectangular shafts. Undecorated. Corroded. 4) 22.98 mm in diameter; 13.18 mm in height; Weight: 5.50g 5) 21.97 mm in diameter; 10.39 mm in heig…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-03C462
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron shield grip dating to c.AD 410-600 The shield grip is now in two pieces. It consists of a rectangular flat iron strip, hammered flat with expanded terminals, which are slightly convex but irregular due to corrosion, and pierced with two rivet holes with rivets still intact. The rivets have circular heads of 14.66 mm and 16.24 mm in diameter. This piece is classified as a short grip Type 1a1 according to Dickinson and Hines as the overall length is below 160 mm (Dickinson and Hines 1992, fig 17, p. 24). This type of grip is often found …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-02F43E
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) shield boss dating to c.AD 495-550 The shield boss is corroded and worn. Only a small portion of the flange has survived, no rivets remain in-tact. The apical tip of the cone is possibly a spike type (Hines and Bayliss 2013, fig. 5.35, f). The tip is rectangular in cross-section, tapering slightly towards the very worn terminal. The profile of the cone is straight with an overhanging carination (transition between the cone and the wall) and concave walls. The reverse is hollow. No decoration is visible due to corrosion. This …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-389AE7
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible shield fitting. A solid cylindrical object with part of an expanded or flanged top; broken recently at its narrower end. Possibly the detached top from a shield boss (cf. accompanying NLM-388C8D). The recent break would suggest the rest of the boss remains unrecovered, which would hint at the presence of two shield-equipped weapon burials in the same group of burials. These are uncommon across the kingdom of Lindsey as a whole. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-600 Height: 18.4mm, Diameter: 27.6mm, Weight: 36.50gms
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thoresway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-388C8D
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron shield boss. Circular boss comprising, from the outer edge: a flat flange or edge of width 30mm; a central cone, which although curved within the hollow boss is carinated or indented on the outside with a recess of up to 7mm depth, and which rises in stages. Of these, the carinated part is c.20mm high, a conical top projects a further 55mm, and the carinated flat-topped top of the boss stands another 20mm proud with a diameter of 31mm – all these measurements being approximate given the corroded and encrusted state of the object. Over half the outer rim of the boss is lost, tho…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thoresway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2A1A9C
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss. The boss is surmounted by a narrow-wasted rod in the centre (about 17mm long) which terminates in a circular disc (about 14mmin diameter) in the centre of the disc a flat triangular panel that could be the remains of a small silver plate. Below the rod, the cone has straight sloping sides and a diameter of about 90mm. The cone also appears to be thicker than normal but this maybe because of the limitations of the image and the lamination of the corroded iron. Below the cone, side walls would have extended down to the flanged ba…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
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Record ID: FAKL-ACB4A7
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount from the apex of an Anglo-Saxon shield, subsequently reused as a brooch. The disc is decorated with chip-carved, Style I animal art. This is arranged around a central setting and three outer settings linked by plain, bow-sided, propeller-like bars to form three panels each of which contains a Style I animal. These have been studied by Dr Tania Dickinson ('Symbols of Protection: the Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England' Medieval Archaeology, 2005, vol. 49, pp. 109-163, particularly page 120-123, Fig. 6b). In this Dr Dickinson di…
Created on: Sunday 24th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North East Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-53859A
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An apparently incomplete iron unidentified object, perhaps a strap handle, found close to HAMP-537475 and therefore of possible early early-medieval date (500-700). The object is sub-rectangular in shape with concave long edges. One (apparently complete) short end measures 23.8mm wide and is max.10.6mm thick (though it is likely this is largely corrosion). The opposite short end appears to be incomplete and measures 16.9mm in max.width and 2.9mm in thickness. At the centre (the narrowest point) it measures 14.8mm wide and 4.7mm thick. Its cross-section appears to be rectangular. It su…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-537F82
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early early-medieval (500-700) iron probable mount from a shield boss, found close to HAMP-537475. No original edge survives and the damage is relatively recent. One face is flat while the other has a worn, broken central projection, presumably a rivet attachment. It measures 19.1mm in length, 16.6mm in width, 6.6mm in max.thickness (without rivet projection, 2.8mm) and weighs 2.24g.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-537475
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval (500-700) iron shield boss of Hines (2013) Type 1, probably Type1a (SB1-a), with a badly damaged rim. No attachment rivets survive. The walls are concave and stand c.25mm in height, with a slight carination at the top at the join with the cone. The cone is straight-sided, its angle changing towards the centre where the (incomplete) projection extends, its terminal now missing. At its widest, the rim survives to a width of c.20mm, but no complete edge is in evidence. It is 4.1mm thick. The object measures 130.2mm in max.length, 124.7mm in max.width (p…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7F994B
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast medieval copper-alloy "Octopus" shield boss mount, dating to the period AD 1100-1250. The frgament is a short section of one of the arms. In plan it is rectangular, and the fragment is "D" shaped in cross section with a central dome-headed rivet on the upper face. Transverse linear decoration across the upper face is visible. One end is bent upwards and broken at an angle, and the opposite has a tear possibly across a hole that housed a second rivet. The reverse is flat and undecorated. There is an overall brown, green and black patina to both sides of the pie…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.