Record ID: SUSS-160236
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, comprising part of the head-plate and upper half of the bow, of a cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch. The surviving part of the head-plate has a rectangular inner panel bearing scrolled decoration. The bow is divided longitudinally into two panels bearing zoomorphic ornament. The stumps of a pair of cast perforated lugs are present on the back of the head-plate; the iron spring/pin mechanism would have been attached to these. Some iron corrosion is present on the reverse around these lugs and probably represents the remains of the spring/pin. The head-p…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-687AD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, dating from the 5th - 6th century. The brooch is circular and flat, with no rim, a small piece of the edge has broken off. It measures 34mm in diameter. It survives in an extremely good condition. The brooch depicts a series of five concentric, incised circles in the centre. Surrounded by a series of outward pointing small incised triangles, with pellet decoration. Surrounding this are two further incised, concentric circles. Around this a ring of inward pointing triangles, decorated with pellets. Then a concentric ring of incised cir…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D26448
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummular brooch of Weetch's type 4.A. The brooch is circular in shape with three raised and evenly spaced concentric circles extending from the rim inwards towards the centre. The two circular rings this forms are each bridged and radially set with billets. At the centre of the brooch there is a large raised pellet from which a four armed laddered cross extends and terminates at the innermost circle. In each of the quadrants created by the cross is a smaller raised pellet. The rim of the brooch is slightly damaged by a small notch in the periphery, the location of which…
Created on: Saturday 7th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-AEFE20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval disc brooch, dating to c. 5th-6th centuries AD. The brooch is circular in plan with approximately 15% of the outer edge missing probably as a result of post deposition damage. Common to this type, the simple decoration on the front surface consists of incised concentric rings and a central hole; two sets of three concentric incised rings are positioned first in the general centre of the plate and following the outer perimeter, with the central circular hole emphasized by one or two further concentric rings following its perimeter. Traces …
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4080F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Early Medieval cast copper alloy small long brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular in plan and measures 13.82 mm long, 16.6 mm wide and 2.13 mm thick. Both of the lateral sides of the head are scalloped slightly in the middle. Adjoined to the head and integral with it, is an arched bow that rises initially at about 45 degrees to the plane of the head and then tapers slightly in width towards the end of the arch where it terminates in an old break. The bow has an angular D-shaped cross section with a longitudinal ridg…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0734A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early medieval disc brooch of the 5th or 6th century AD. The face of the brooch is 25.3mm in diameter and 2.3mm thick. It is decorated with a punched dot surrounded by an inscised ring in the centre and four similar ring and dot motifs spaced around the periphery. The brooch is worn so the inscised rings are only partially visible and others may have been present origionally. The edge is damaged with small chips and flaking, all of which appears old. The hinge and catch plates are both broken due to old breaks and only small projections remain; the hinge remenant bei…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-381ED2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the foot-plate of a small square-headed brooch. The catchplate is on the back.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-70E2C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early Saxon disc brooch. The brooch is divided into two concentric fields by a pair of inscribed concentric grooves. The outer field has two concentric circles of opposed double lunate punches with a single circle of annulet punches between, each of the latter inlaid with what appears to be niello. The internal field contains four small concentric grooves around a central pit with four double circles and pits, forming a square, all within a ring of punched circles. The brooch originally had an iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-716641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the head plate from an early Saxon square-headed brooch. The fragment displays a face mask, inverted, with a scrolling moustache, flanked by zoomorphic elements. The stubs of the hinge plates survive on the back.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-834224
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval brooch; cast copper alloy disc brooch of early Saxon date with stamped decoration. This brooch dates from the 5th or 6th century; porbably c.450-550 AD. The brooch has a flat, circular disc with the remains of the lug to hold the hinge for the pin and the catchplate on the reverse. The front is decorated with a central hole surrounded by a ring, then a blank area then three rings close together, the inner slightly broader than the others. Outside these is a circle of 8 small ring and dot marks, each with two rings; some of the dots have gone completely thought the disk.…
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ditchling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-577951
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy cloisonné enameled brooch dating form the late Anglo-Saxon period, circa 10th - 11th century. This brooch is circular in shape with evenly spaced circular edge projections or lobes. All seven of the lobes survive. The front face is decorated with a floral geometric motif executed in cloisonné enameling. Cloisonné enameling, as seen on this example, was where the inlay was applied into interlocking cells, made from flattened wire. The motif depicts a white cells in the centre with two tear-drop shaped white cells either side. Forming a cross with these white cells, th…
Created on: Friday 6th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plumpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1162C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, dating from the 5th - 6th century. A very similar brooch was recovered from a tumulus on Beddingham Hill (Nr. Lewes) and was published in Horsfield, T.W. 1824. The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity, Plate V. Other similar brooches were recovered from the excavations at Alfriston (East Sussex). See Welch (1983) and Griffith & Salzmann (1914) full references below. The brooch is circular and flat, with no rim. It measures 30mm in diameter. It survives in an extremely good condition. The brooch depicts a central ring and …
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-147752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, gilded Anglo-Saxon button brooch. The brooch has an angular rim, which is slightly damaged. The brooch is otherwise flat and circular (maximum diameter 19.9mm). The brooch depicts an incised circle, just inside the rim. Inside the circle there is a depiction of some sort of head, the head could be anthropomorphic. The lines and shapes which make up the face, are all raised. The surface of the brooch is however extremely corroded. The face has been very highly stylised, almost to the point where it no long resembles a face. An exact parallel for the face could not …
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-00F957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button brooch of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. AD 450 - c. AD 550). In plan, the brooch is circular and has an upturned rim, giving the plate the depth of 3.2mm. The rim, slightly damaged, flares outwards at an angle of about 80° from the plane of the plate. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask, within a raised circular border. The 'helmet' (or possibly hair) is formed of a very shallow triangle with indented lower side. The eyebrows and nose are formed of a single element: …
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-02A267
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled brooch dating form the late Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian period, circa 10th - 11th century. The brooch is circular in shape with evenly spaced circular edge projections or lobes. Only four out of a probable six lobes survive. Each lobe has a circular indent on the front; three are empty but one contains the remainder of a white paste and red enamel. The front face has of the brooch has a raised rim which clamps around a separate disc decorated with a cross design executed in cloisonné enamelling. Cloisonné enamelling involves applying an inla…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southease', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-040CE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or late Anglo-Saxon cast copper-alloy ansate brooch. The brooch is rectangular with decoration dividing the strip into four relatively even panels. There are flat panels at either end and the centre two rise at 45 degrees to meet at 90 degrees in the centre. Each panel is decorated on the front with a raised rectangle surrounded by a border of square pellets. There is an additional thin plain border around the entire front and across the centre. On the sides, at the corners between each panel are projecting rounded knops. The end two panels are slightly trapezoid with wider ter…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C52BF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper alloy disc brooch with punched decoration. The brooch is a flat, circular disc, c.60% of which remains, the rest is lost to an old break. The front is decorated with a central punched dot surrounded several other punched dots but it is worn and corroded which may obscure other decoration. The edges are slightly chipped. The reverse is plain with a catchplate remaining (the hinge was on the section which has been lost). The catchplate is 8.5mm long with the tip bent over c.180 degrees. The brooch is 33.6mm in diameter, 1.2mm thick excluding the catchplate and…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E0E037
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, cast copper alloy. Aberg Group II or III. The fragment consists of the foot and lower part of the brooch, including the catch plate. The start of the bow can be seen but is terminated by a worn break. There is a collar at the junction with the foot of the brooch. The animal head terminal has prominent, wedge shaped eyes, and is terminated by a worn break above the nostrils. The catch plate extends from the junction of the foot, approximately half the length of the object. It is worn and the return is broken. The object has a dark greyish green patina, and …
Created on: Monday 29th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Rodmell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8BA5B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of an early Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch, made from gilded copper alloy. The gilding is on the front only, and appears to be a mid reddish-yellow colour, suggesting that the gold had a high copper content. The areas which stand proud of the main brooch surface have lost this gilded surface and the metal is a mid greyish-brown, like the rest of the copper alloy. A raised rim runs all the way around the outside edge of the footplate and this rim does not appear to have ever been gilded. The three fragments join to form most of the footplate; the footplate upp…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Eastbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-064D74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummular brooch, 32 mm in diameter. Around the edge, both on the front and reverse, is a single ring of pellets. On the front, made up of short engraved lines, is a motif consisting of a profile head. There is a double band around the forehead, and behind this short lines for hair. There is a circular eye, and two lines forming the angle of a nose; below the nose is a downturned mouth. More lines make the shape of a shoulder and arm, probably swathed in drapery. In front of the face is a row of lines radiating out from the centre. The head is facing right. On the reverse …
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.