Record ID: LEIC-ED1641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small long brooch, 33mm long, 30mm wide with a weight of 7.1grams. The object represents most of the head of a cross potent small long brooch. It is in poor condition, being quite damaged and corroded. The main part of the object is the central square plate of the brooch. The upper edge is formed by a raised triangular shaped protrusion, which may have been rectangular or rounded originally. The side has a similar protrusion which is more intact, having a rectangular form which protrudes above the central plate. It clearly shows a cross shaped cut away in its …
Created on: Monday 20th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-8C44A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, 46mm long, 8mm wide with a weight of 9.05grams. The brooch is incomplete, missing its headplate, but is in good condition with a brownish green patina. The brooch consists of a triangular terminal to the foot, with roughly incised dotted border. Above this is a raised collar, 8mm long, with three horizontal incised lines across it. Above this the two edges of the brooch are bevelled for a short distance with two more incised lines making an upper border to the bevelled area. The last third of the object (10mm long) is made up of the bow which consi…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-AFF382
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small long brooch, 44.5mm long, 16mm wide and 2mm thick. The brooch weighs 10grams and has green patina with some pitting. The headplate of the brooch has a sub circular shape, partially due to damage and partially due to remnants of notches? It is decorated with two lines of small incised circles, one running horizontally and one vertically forming a cross. The brooch has a large bow beneath this, 20mm long, which is plain. Beneath the bow, about 10mm of the foot is present and is worn to a rounded terminal where it has broken off. There are two horizontal inc…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-763BE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon Copper alloy brooch, 30mm long, 17mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The brooch weighs 4.49grams and has a green patina. It represents the central portion of a cruciform or small long brooch. The brooch is largely flat and is decorated with incised cup and ring marks, at least three can be seen. One end has a sharp angle where the bow would emerge but the other edges are very fragmentary with no clue to their shape. The reverse has the remains of a loop which is surrounded by iron corrosion.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9F3488
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. The rectangular 'head plate' is missing its original edges but there are remnants of a small hole in each corner suggesting a cross potent derivative type. A border comprising three parallel incised lines and a row of small double arched - the flat edges of which butt up to the innermost line is present on three sides. The bow is steeply chamfered witht the remnants of two incised lines running along the ridge. The upper 'foot' has (two panels with three incised lines and notches between). Two raised transverse ridges with four incised lines across them.…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South of Burton on the Wolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9F7378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cross potent small long brooch. The object is cruciform and sub rectangular in cross section. The head plate is missing its original edges. The central section is rectangular and has three collared semi-circular lugs, all now slightly incomplete. Each lobe is decorated with a row of double arched stamps running across the lower part, above the collar. The bow is steeply chamfered with 'triangular' raised terminals at each end. The bow isis decorated with a transverse incised line and a triangular notch at each side, at the head plate end. The bow has t…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymeswold parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EF72B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon gilded copper-alloy brooch or pin head, circular with separate central dome-headed copper-alloy rivet. There is a triangular panel of relief decoration in each quarter, each separated by an undecorated strip. The object has four equally spaced copper-alloy rivets, one positioned at the end of each undecorated strip - two remain. There is another rivet close to the central boss - there are some traces of iron staining on the reverse in a line between this rivet and one of the ones at the edge. The object is damaged around roughly two thirds of its edge (so the original d…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F04302
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from an early medieval gold brooch or mount. Rectangular fragment of very fine sheet gold with a filigree border and decoration (from one end to another) of a filigree S-scroll, a now empty raised circular cell, two filigree annulets, then a raised rectangular cell containing what appears to be possibly degraded blue enamel (now mostly opaque white). The reverse is undecorated, although the impression of the cells and filigree can be seen. Length 17.90mm, width 9.30mm, overall thickness 2.70mm, thickness of sheet 0.18mm, weight 0.79g.
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F4BAB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch fragment 26mm x 22mm. The object represents most of a seperately cast side plate from a florid cruciform brooch. The object has damaged edges and has a brown patina. It is rectangular in form with 'cut away' corners and is decorated with chip carving. some of this decoration has been worn away but appears to be formed of raised spirals. The reverse has the remains of two loops which are accompanied by linear grooves which would accomodate the pin holding it to the main part of the brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-58E7E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy and gilt brooch fragment,28mm long and 15mm wide. The object is in a worn state and has a green/black patina with traces of gilded surface. It represents part of the outer edge of a circular disc brooch. The edge is incomplete but consists of a raised beaded border with an incised groove on either side. Inside this is a raised circlular border containing a circular depression, 7mm in diameter, which probably held a stone. On either side of this are traces of incised curved lines all have traces of gilding. The reverse is plain but has a protruding area which…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-4EB450
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch, 57mm long and 25mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition, although missing some edges, and has a green/brown patina. The head of the brooch consists of a raised rectangular plate which appears to have a plain raised border 1mm wide, although this is unclear. There are three flat knobs projecting from the headplate. The uppermost knob is nearly complete, and has a line of triangular stamp impressions separating it from the head plate. The lateral knobs are less complete; more survives of the right side, and like the upper knob it i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-3531B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch fragment, 22mm long and 6mm wide. The object consists of a sub rectangular section of plate which has part of a cathplate attached. It may be partof an Anglo-Saxon brooch.n.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-35DB71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy bow brooch fragment, 19mm long and 6mm wide. The object is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is decorated on one side by two incised lines. The other side has a sub triangular projection, forming the remnants of a catchplate. The decoration suggests it is part of a cruciform or similar brooch.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-07FB66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy small long brooch fragment, 35mm long, 10mm wide and 4mm thick. It is incomplete, missing the pin. It has a square head with one hole fully drilled in one corner and another with did not quite penetrate, in the other corner. There is a large, irregular dent in the middle of the head, that may be a stamp mark.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-086156
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible fragment of early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, made from copper alloy and measuring 19mm long and 12mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark green patina and weighs 2.14g. The object consists of a circular plate, 12mm in diameter and 1.5mm thick, which is decorated with a border of ring and dots surrounding a central dot. This is attached to a semi-circular shaft, 8mm long, 5mm wide and 3mm thick, which has two areas of two raised bands, one at each end, on the curved front; the reverse is flat and undecorated. The object widens out after the upper bands but has…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-0AF6E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch fragment, measuring 38mm long by 29mm wide by 2mm thick. The section with the catch-plate survives although the edges are badly damaged and the outside shape is not retained. The section is decorated with a central solid diamond shape with concave edges. There are two outline diamond bands following the shape of the central diamond, but becoming more exagerated towards the points.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-C33BA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon brooch fragment, 25mm long and 22mm wide. What survives is part of the headplate of a small-long or cruciform brooch. Two half-round knobs survive, cast in one piece with the head; the position of the hinge of the brooch is visible on the reverse.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-C3D141
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch, 49 mm long and 21 mm wide. The brooch is of the small-long type, of the late fifth or early sixth centuries AD. There is a simple linear punched decoration on the head plate.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-1646B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy brooch, 20mm long and 15mm wide. The brooch is a small-long of the cross-potent type. Each of the long knobs has a slightly curved edge, decorated with a double incised line. The brooch has snapped off just below the bow. The reverse has a single pin bar lug.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-AACD28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy Cross potent small long brooch dating to 6th century. The object is 60mm in length and 28mm wide. The pin is missing and the catchplate is slightly damaged. The brooch has been broken in two about half way down, towards the bottom of bow and is held in place by a modern repair. The brooch has a rectangular head plate which has incised lines running parallel to its edge. It has a trilobed cut out in each top corner, about 10mm deep. The lower half has bilobed cut outs at either side of the bow, 4mm deep. The three straight edges have a semicircular cut out i…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.