Record ID: LEIC-AF2AD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small long brooch, 32mm long, 18mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.65grams. The object consists of the upper part of the brooch, incorporating a rectangular head plate which has two semi-circular lugs on the reverse which are encrusted with iron corrosion. Two semi circular wings are present, top and left and are seperated from the main plate by two incised lines. The upper part of the bow is intact and is decorated with a ridge flanked by two linear depressions, which runs down its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-337967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small long brooch, 53mm long, 27mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 7.08 grams. The brooch is almost intact, missing part of its head and the foot. It consists of a square head plate which has an incised border of two lines. From this emerge three 'semi circular' plates with two incised lines running across their centres, one of these is missing. The bow is pronounced and is decorated with a vertcial ridge containing incised linear decoration. This is contained by incised horizontal borders. The foot is almost comple…
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-1D5537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper-alloy strip brooch, in fair condition, consisting of a flat lozenge-shaped plate which is undecorated except for a scored horizontal line beneath the spring. The integral spring emerges from the top corner of the brooch and coils once before straightening to form the pin. The base of the brooch and its catchplate are missing. 41mm long, 18mm wide and 1mm thick; it weighs 2.04g. This brooch is a simpler version of HAMP-CEBED7 which has intricate carved decoration and gilding.The type has been confirmed as early-medieval only in recent years. Indeed, such brooch…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-1DEB91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 25mm long 17mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.82g. It consists of the damaged head plate of a bow brooch, either a small long or a cruciform type., plus a small piece of bow. The headplate is sub-rectangular and appears undecorated. It has an incomplete single pin bar lug on the reverse, broken through the perforation. The top of the bow is thick and rectangular in cross-section, with an incised line. The bow has hints of a longitudinal median ridge. Late 5th or 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-3303B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch foot, 33mm long, 8mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.63grams. The brooch is sub rectangular in form and section and has worn sides. It surface contains two evenly spaced raised rectangles. These are decorated with three horizontal incised lines each. At the top of the object it curves outwards forming the base of the bow. The back contains a catchplate c. 20mm long which is damaged. The object matches eg1301, fig 231 in Hattatt, R. 'a visual catalogue'.
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-332E17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 21mm long, 20mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.21grams. The brooch is sub triangular in form and rectangular in section with a protruding, corroded pin attachment. Its surface has many damaged areas but it has two clear intact edges which a crescentic in form and whose alignment give the object a T shape. Its surface is decorated with dot and ring decoration, four are visible also aligned in a T shape. The reverse holds the corroded remains of a pin attachment, but it is too damaged to say what form this ta…
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
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Record ID: WMID-AE6D12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Only the upper part of the head remains, consisting of three worn shovel-shaped wings, one at the top of the head, the other two to either side of the head. The central square plate of the plate is decorated with a series of double inverted V's giving the appearance of arrows. The regularity of these motifs makes it likely that they were punched rather than inscised. This decoration runs around the central square plate and there is also a line of the same type of decoration which runs across the widest part of each wing, …
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
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Record ID: LEIC-6FD553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 26mm long, 20mm wide and 11mm thick .It is in fair condition with a weight of 6.3grams. The object consists of a 'scutiform' raised setting, which sits upon a base the same shape. Surrounding this on the base plate is a series of incised dotted lines, with the outer/upper? edge having more lines. At the opposite end there is a small protrusion sitting on the outer side of an incised border. This is damaged but on the reverse are the remains of what could be a fixing lug for a pin? There is also a rounded depression which corresponds to the …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6FF8D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 26mm long, 30mm wide and 9mm thick, It is in fair condition with a weight of 6.29grams. The object consists of a rectangular head plate with a wide plain raised border. Inside it has four raised 'swirls' in each corner. In the centre there are two raised 'dots' which flank what appears to be a chevron? emerging from the upper edge. This is mirrored on the lower edge but here it becomes a raised band which spills out onto the top of the upper part of the curved bow. There are integral rounded knops sitting above a band of ridges at each side…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7014F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small-long brooch fragment, 36mm long, 39mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 6.67grams. It consists of the headplate of a small long with part of the bow attached. The rectangular head plate is plain except for an incised border. Three sides of the plate have protrusions which flare out before terminating in a semi circular edge. The upper part of the bow has two rows of two incision running across it and the bow itself has a linear recess in its centre flanked by an incised line. The reverse contains a single curved lug which…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-702EF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy/iron brooch fragment?, 18mm long, 17mm wide 4mm thick. It is in fair condition with a weight of 2.37grams. The object material resembles iron and where its damaged its structure does look like iron, but it has traces of copper corrosion suggesting it may have copper alloy core? The object has three distinct patches of gilding (one below the right eye), which should appear on the close up image. The object is trefoil in form and rectangular in section. Its upper surface appears to be original and two of the gilded patches are sitting across this. It has two …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7040F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small long brooch foot, 22mm long, 16mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a weight of 2.93grams. It consists of a flat triangular shaped foot which has an incised border with possible dots below. The border appears to continue up one side, suggesting it is continuous. Above this the bow is rectangular in form and triangular in section forming a ridge down its centre. The reverse contains the remains of a pin lug with traces of iron corrosion surrounding it.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7058A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval fragment of a copper alloy brooch, 26mm long, 11mm wide and 4mm thick. It is in fair condition and weighs 3.76grams. The object consists of a flat upper plate with a curved recess in its upper edge, suggesting a circular hole? Below this the object widens, thickens and begins to curve forming a bow. It has broken off where the curve is deepest and the break is extremely worn. It is probably a fragment of a small long brooch.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8FEB07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, consisting of most of the headplate, 27mm long, 24mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.41g. The headplate is rectangular with the remains of a raised central panel which flares downwards, and flattened wings. The upper edge has an unusual integrally cast tall conical top knob which sits on a semi-circular base. There is a wide waist above the base and a smaller groove further up. Both side knobs and the edges of the wings are missing. The reverse contains a single pin bar lug, which is damaged (broken throu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-CC20B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small long? brooch, 66mm long, 19mm wide and 2mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 11.77grams. The brooch has an unsual form but seems to fit the small long class rather than cruciform. It has a sub rectangular head plate which appears to be missing its top corners. This has traces of punched circular recesses on its surface. Below this is a very small shallow bow which is sub oval in section. The foot plate is large and is in the form of a very stylised animal head. It has two punched eyes which sit inside sub tri-angular protrusions on eac…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E162C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch foot, 27mm long, 9mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.97grams. It consists of a sub rectangular plate with a rounded terminal, which is decorated to represent an animal head. It has two raised sub triangular knops for eyes which sit above two chevron shaped incised lines with the upper end bordered by a double raised collar.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-E4D996
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval lead alloy brooch fragment 31mm long, 24mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 4.69grams. The object consists of a fragment of what is probably a disc brooch. It has a border of short lines set with two circular raised borders and inside this is an unclear design. The reverse has a sub spherical knop which may be part of a catchplate. The border is similar to an example found in York (fig 1267, eg 10604, Arch of York 17/14) which depicts a stylised beast.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Saturday 14th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-EDCB41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch, 57mm long 21mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 16.77grams. The object consists of the headplate and upper bow of a cruciform brooch. The headplate is missing its wings and side knops but it has an integral spherical knop on its upper side. The bow is plain and flat. The reverse contains iron staining around a semi-circular copper alloy pin lug.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-EE2F30
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch foot, 15mm long, 10mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.77grams. It consists of a sub oval terminal from a cruciform brooch and has a chevron shaped ridge emerging from its broken upper portion.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Saturday 11th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-400CB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch, 53mm long, 22mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 8.64g. The brooch has some damage to its head, with one knob missing. The head plate is rectangular and is bordered with curved or perhaps semi-circular punchmarks. It has three flat semi-circular knobs, one missing, as big as the head; they each have a semi-circular notch taken out at each side of their base, making them mushroom-shaped and the entire head trefoil. The bow is flattened in its centre, which appears to have been done…
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
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