Record ID: SWYOR-322826
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy probable brooch fragment which is probably from the mid Early Medieval period. The fragment is a sub rectangular flat plate with one end rounded, and the other end broken with the majority of the brooch missing. The fragment is divided into two panels by a transverse raised bar. There seems to be a plain border round each panel, and interlace patterns within. The reverse is plain and flat apart from two lugs at the rounded end. These were probably originally pierced to hold the pin bar, but are now corroded and the bar and pin are missing. It is probably part of a middle S…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-3AC4C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cast lead alloy (pewter?) disc brooch of early medieval (later Anglo Saxon / 9th -10th Century) date (800-1000 AD). There is some debate as to whether this is actually part of a brooch or possibly a post medieval lead token; due to the large amounts of damage it is impossible to be certain of the identification. If the artefact is a brooch it would have originally been circular, however due to abrasion and plough damage, it is now more oval or sub-rectangular in plan and is slightly domed in profile. It measures 28.9mm length, 21.2mm width is a maximum of 3.4mm thick, and wei…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-003F74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy disc brooch, with just under half obliquely bent onto the reverse obscuring the flattened remains of the lug and catch-plate. The cast decoration consists of a double-edged cross with expanded equal arms within a billeted border, there are uncertain motifs in the angles and a rounded boss in the centre and at the ends of the arms. Diameter 31mm. 10th century. Extremely close to a fragmentary brooch from Grimston (HER 32100; Rogerson and Ashley 2009, 567-568; fig. 9.44) and another complete brooch, probably from Mildenhall, Suffolk (Wilson 1964, 156-7, pl. XXVI).
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Bendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9145D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible, incomplete cast lead alloy (pewter?), disc brooch of Weetch type 5 and early medieval date (10th century AD). There is some debate as to whether this is actually part of a brooch or possibly a post medieval lead token; due to significant areas of damage it is impossible to be certain of the identification. However, it is the recorders assessment that the diagnostic elements of design and potential fittings on the reverse suggest that this is a brooch. If the artefact is a brooch it would have originally been circular, however due to abrasion and plough damage, it is now…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-C32863
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy Anglo-Saxon button brooch dating from AD 450-550. The brooch has a distinct face mask on the front. The rim of the brooch is now crished and distorted, while the reverse retains only the two projections for the pin and the catchplate. There is no trace of the pin or any corrosion or staining that may have been associated with an iron or copper pin. Although there are many examples of Anglo-Saxon brooches in lead, such as disc brooches, this is only the second button brooch in lead recorded on the database (the other being KENT-156313). It is possible that lead alloy …
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AFF186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead-alloy disc brooch of probable 11th-century date. Just over half the brooch survives, with a deep crack in the middle. The surviving part measures 39 x 23mm and the original diameter was probably c. 39mm. It measures 7mm in height and weighs 7.6g. The brooch has a stepped profile, with a narrow flanged beaded border. The centre is raised above this border, with an angled, undecorated area forming the step. The flat centre has relief decoration of a central boss surrounded by a double ridge, the inner slightly bolder. Springing from the outer ridge are two of what may…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: FAKL-B36656
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast lead disc brooch decorated with two circumferential raised rings around its outer edge. The inner ring is linked to the centre by two surviving spoke-like ribs, the intersections being marked by pellets. There may have been another element in the design which reached the outer ring but this is damaged and incomplete. On the back of the brooch are the flattened remains of the spring fitting consisting of two rounded lugs through which are holes for the spring chord.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EA39D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Saxon lead alloy brooch of uncertain form, broken and folded with the remains of a possible catch-plate or pin-lug and another fragment contained within the fold. Moulded relief decoration on the face comprises a central pellet within a concentric circle of eight pellets. The surviving piece measures 30 x 25mm. This is a plate brooch, a type described as 'very rare indeed' in the Late Saxon period when almost all brooches were circular (Hinton 1990, 636). A lead alloy brooch of broadly similar type from Loddon (Norfolk Historic Environment Record number 21933) is sh…
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-300537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Lead Alloy or Base Silver, possibly with gemstone. Possible Disc Brooch. Cast flattened plano-convex flan with a central perforation circa 3mm square, with hammered or stamped motifs on both sides. On the convex side there is a cruciform arrangement of finely billeted panels with strings of beads, rays and panels radiating between the arms. On the other side a rectangular cell of circa 4mm square, immediately adjacent to the central aperture, appears to retain a small white crystal or quartz stone. This lies off-centre within a finely beaded circle. The edges of the object…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AFFEB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) lead alloy disc brooch, 29mm long, 27mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 8.5grams. The object represents about a quarter of a circular brooch, including its catchplate which is 3mm thick. Its surface is decorated with a series of five concentric circles which surround a raised cross and pellets. The reverse has the now squashed remnants of two fixing loops/lugs aligned and right angles to the edge. The object is very similar to examples from Coppergate in York, particularly 10602, fig 1268, page 2573, YAT17/14.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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: HESH-0969E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy early-medieval disc brooch with concentric circle decoration, of Weetch's Type 5. or 'nummular brooch' of possible later Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (probably 10th century AD). The brooch is mis-cast and incomplete due to an old break. Originally the brooch would have been circular, with a slightly convex front. The front is decorated with a series of concentric cast designs; at the centre of the brooch is a large raised boss with a central pellet, surrounding this is a circle formed from small pellets enclosed by a raised rib or ring. The outer edge is decorated…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upper Wye Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3E1880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy brooch of Weetch's type 4.A, which dates to the late Anglo-Saxon period (10th century). The brooch is a flat circular disc with a diameter of 39.1mm, and is a maximum of 11mm thick including the pin fittings. There is an area missing from one edge. The front of the brooch is decorated in relief with three concentric circles round the edge, then a band decorated with raised circles, then two concentric circles, a band decorated with depressed ovals and the centre is divided into quadrants by a raised straight-armed cross with a projecting boss in the very centre. The rever…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fillingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D40622
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) lead alloy disc brooch, 38mm long, 28mm wide and 11mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition, with a portion missing and weighs 20.04g. The brooch is circular and is decorated with five bands of concentric dotted lines forming a border around a central field of small raised dots, apparently randomly placed. The reverse contains a rectangular shaped, curved catchplate and a double semi-circular lug. The brooch is of a form developed from late Saxon Nummular brooches, which sometimes had coins as a central motif.
Created on: Friday 13th November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL1736
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Oval plate with circular peripheral lugs (some missing), central, oval hollow-backed boss (false hog-back gem) surrounded by pellets. The plate is pierced at regular intervals around the central boss. No evidence of attachment rivets or pin on back. Rosie Weetch has identified this brooch as an example of her Type 25.B, which has been found on several sites in London as well as in Saltfleetby St Peter, Lincs (LIN-F70B24) and Dorset (DOR-B64CD1). The type appears to date to the late 10th or 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2001
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of lead-alloy nummular brooch. Just a tiny scrap of the edge survives, with relief decoration consisting of a border of ladder pattern, an inner border of pellets, and an inner field of geometrically intersecting straight lines. On the reverse is a transverse pin lug. These brooches are so called because they are ultimately derived from coins; the borders are imitating the filigree settings that were added to coins to make the originals. The fragment measures 22 x 13 mm; the brooch would originally have been about 40 mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK INGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2666B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Very fine lead alloy disc brooch. The brooch face is circular and raised, circa 25mm in diameter, and flares rearwards to circa 32mm in diameter. The brooch is hollow when viewed from the reverse. The central flat panel of the brooch is openwork, comprising an irregular, tightly banded interlace pattern of probable animal parts. There are two triangular panels on the frame edge each containing three pellets. The edge of the central panel is beaded, as is the outer perimeter of the brooch. There are two integral D-shaped perforated lugs on the outer perimeter, perhaps for attachment; t…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C34EB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy (pewter?) disc brooch of later Anglo Saxon (probably 10th century) date. The brooch has been much plough damaged; it was discovered conjoined by a small strand of metal, but subsequently has been accidentally broken into two parts during recording. The brooch would have originally been circular, but it is now more oval or sub-rectangular. It is slightly domed in profile and is convex in cross-section. It measures 38.9mm length, 31.1mm width, is a maximum of 2.4mm thick, and weighs 14.14g. The front is decorated with a cast design which is much abraded. The overall desi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6C04E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast lead alloy circular disc brooch, 10th or 11th century. Central quartrefoil with projecting central boss and drop-shaped petals, all within a raised plain border (width 7.54mm) with beaded outer edge. On the reverse are the remains of a double lug to take the pin bar (one lug complete but bent sideways, the other mostly broken off), and the simply curled over catchplate which is complete but bent sideways. The pin is missing. Mid-grey to cream in colour. Diameter 40.6mm, thickness including catchplate & boss c.8mm, thickness at edge c.2.3mm, weight 23.62g. This appe…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulletby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D7E3C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy brooch, late Anglo-Saxon in date. It measures 33.6mm long, 23mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The brooch is a vertical rectangle with a relief border of radial lines over the top and possibly at the bottom, and beading or crosses along the sides. The central motif is in relief and appears to be a quadruped with its head at the left, facing the front. The animal's face is triangular and has projecting rounded ears in the two top corners. There may be an upright tail at the right. The reverse of the brooch is not decorated, but there is a faint vertical rib on the left side which m…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-939E21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy circular brooch which probably dates from the late Early-Medieval period, 11th century. It has a diameter of 27.1mm and is 6.5mm thick including the dome; the metal is 1.6mm thick. The border consists of a raised line with a band of raised pellets on either side, larger ones on the outside. The centre of the brooch is domed and is decorated with a single ribbon consisting of two parallel raised lines which is twisted to form six loops grouped in pairs. There is a raised pellet in the centre, one between each pair of loops, one in the centre of each loop and a border forme…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-6D7152
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead-alloy nummular brooch, so called because their designs are ultimately derived from coins. Part of one edge of this brooch now survives, the fragment is slightly distorted and measures 24mm by 20mm in size and would have an original diameter of c40mm when complete. The fragment is decorated on its front face with relief decoration consisting of a double border of pellets; this border is likely to be imitating the filigree settings that were added to coins to make the originals. The inner field is decorated with straight lines and cuvilinear lines with transverse li…
Created on: Monday 21st June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rishangles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-197AB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy circular brooch of Weetch type 24, dating to the late early-medieval period. The frame consists of eight false, faceted conical gems in beaded collets, with small, outer false-gem pellets between each of the former. In the centre is an openwork, eight pointed star-like design with a central pellet. The back has a casting seam, but is missing its pin. Compare Weetch (2013) nos. 809 (from Bradenham, Norfolk, HER 30636) and 810-812 (from London). Two examples were found in the Cheapside hoard, which was coin-dated to c. 1000 AD.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherhithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5095A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged lead alloy late Anglo-Saxon nummular brooch, two adjoining parts of which survive. Both of these are bent and distorted and will be discussed together. The brooch would have originally have been circular in shape and now measures circa 36mm in diameter. The original diameter is likely to have been larger as the surviving edges of the brooch are now bent backwards, reducing its present diameter. The front face is decorated with five concentric rings of pellets around an unclear central motif which is circular in outline and may have had a cross within it …
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BD9B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead late Anglo-Saxon disc brooch in good condition, with only slight damage, now worn around its edges. This brooch measures 25.2mm in diameter and has a slightly domed centre on its front face. Its front face is decorated with a circle around the domed centre with two concentric circles in the centre of this. There is a cross overlying the domed centre, the outline of which is formed of two parallel lines with small transverse mouldings in between them. The four rounded corners of the cross shape terminate outside the central circle. In between the four corners outside …
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A6CCD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead medieval brooch or badge. The circular badge has a beaded border around the edge, and was originally slightly convex, but now is almost completely flat. Inside the beaded edge the badge rises slightly up to a circular centre with openwork decoration. The decoration is similar to a wheel design, made up of two concentric circular bands of metal. Through the circles are four evenly spaced triangular plates in a cross formation. The points of the plates meet in the centre of the badge, and on each triangle are three pellets. In between each triangle is a narrow…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-874B54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy nummular brooch. The flat circular brooch is quite worn and slightly misshapen. The brooch appears to imitate the reverse of an eleventh century coin. Around the outer edge are traces of a beaded border, which encloses a inscription. All that remains of the blundered inscription are the letters []N/D[]. In the centre is a short voided cross. The back of the brooch has two incomplete pierced lugs to secure the pin and a folded over catchplate. Although the pin is missing, a trace of iron corrosion around one of the lugs suggests that it once had an iron pin. The survi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-8B2B06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 5, dating to the tenth century AD. The brooch is flat circular and is decorated with a series of concentric knurled ribs. At the centre of the brooch is a small circular boss. On the underside the brooch, there is a small rectangular catchplate and a semi-circular looped lug. A small fragment of the corroded iron pin remains looped around the lug. The brooch has a diameter of 40mm and a thickness of 7mm. When the brooch was discovered it was folded in half and as a result there is some damage to the centre of the brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-72D1C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular flat lead brooch, viking, Borre style, very good condition. Two brooch fittings on back. Dimensions: height 35.1mm, width 35.6mm, thickness 4mm, weight 15.43g. This object has been identified by Jane Kershaw as Anglo-Scandinavian, a Terslev Type V variant (Kleingärtner's Type 'Local Variant Birka (LVB)' (variant).
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-C02993
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Openwork, domed circular brooch (bent in two). Concentric rings with central beaded cross and struts saltirewise; beading on border. Compare NLM-A6CCD1, NLM395, etc, on this database. Weetch type 13.D, with parallels in 12th- and 13th-century contexts in York and Beverley; apparently a northern English type. Weetch dates it to the 11th century onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: YORYM-A59DB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy circular disc brooch. A raised central moulding with three back to back crescents in relief, their ends terminating in a raised dot and is hollowed at the back. The flat surround has decoration comprised of five rings of alternating large and small beads. The brooch is holed in two places at the pin fixing position and the catch-plate. The back is badly corroded. The concentric beaded ring decoration is also found on brooches imitating coins (nummular brooches) and this brooch should be considered a debased version of one of those. It dates to the tenth or eleventh century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-861E47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a circular lead brooch, very worn. triangular geometic pattern around the outer edge with a circular wave pattern inside the inner circle of the brooch. dimensions: 29.1mm, width 17.2mm thickness 2mm, weight 4.17g. This brooch was allocated by Rosie Weetch to Type 32, unknown/other plate brooch, but from the drawing it seems as if it must be a Type 13, the stepped type. These date to the 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-92C077
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval lead alloy brooch fragment? 19mm long, 16mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 4.62grams. It consists of about a quarter of a circular plate brooch which has part of a plain raised border present. This contains a beaded outer border and what appears to be a voided cross in its centre. This may be contained by a further beaded border in each quarter? There are no fixings present on the reverse to prove it is a brooch but its decoration and projected diameter suggest it is probable. There are several other examples of this type of brooch kno…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DE2312
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian lead alloy plate brooch, rectangular with remains of an iron pin in a single transverse pin lug and catchplate. Rather indistinct moulded decoration within a frame appears as a saltire with a central boss set on a lozenge and smaller bosses nearer the corners. Details on a much better preserved lead alloy brooch excavated at Thetford suggest that the decoration is probably zoomorphic and in the Borre style (Youngs, S. in Wallis 2004, 38-40, fig. 35 SF437). 30.5 x 24.5mm. Thickness of plate 1.5 - 2mm. 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-1ED855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy object, possibly a fragment of a brooch dating from the early Early Medieval period (AD 400 - 600). The brooch is possibly a small square-headed type, but this identification is uncertain due to the fragmentary nature of the object. The fragment is roughly rectangular in plan with two original edges at a right angle, forming the outer edge of the object, and two broken edges. It is slightly bent and distorted, this was probably caused when it was broken. The front face of the object has relief decoration consisting of three equally spaced lines running pe…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9AA0E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, lead-alloy, late Anglo-Saxon, or Anglo-Scandinavian, disc brooch. The brooch is circular and is slightly domed on its front and concave on the reverse. The front is decorated with relief moulding, consisting of a circumference of raised pellets and a non-geometric design within it. The area of the central design is subject to a large amount of white, powdery corrosion, probably due to the deterioration of the tin content of the alloy (commonly referred to as 'tin pest'), and is difficult to interpret. On the back of the brooch, the integrally-moulded catch plate surv…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F58748
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy object, probably a brooch, of late Early-Medieval date, 11th century AD. The object is circular and flat with a single integral projecting sub-circular lug situated in the centre of the reverse. The face has a cast decorative pattern consisting of a central rounded boss with four drop-shaped bosses forming a cross around (points of the drop shape towards the centre). Each of the five bosses is surrounded by a low ridge, which also forms the edge of a roughly lozenge-shaped panel of cross-hatched decoration; the four panels of cross-hatching alternate with t…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-7A0546
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead brooch of Weetch's type 4.C, dating to the early medieval period, c. AD 900 to 1000. The object was originally circular and flat, but it has been folded and bent, probably through post-depositional processes. The back of the object has the lugs and pin catch which would have formed part of the mechanism. The pin is missing. The front of the object has cast decoration with a central raised pellet with two collars surrounding it. Around the central motif is a double lozenge shape with concave sides. At each point is a small rectangle with a row of pellets within. All of this d…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2015
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-9DC0F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead brooch of Weetch's Type 4.C,dating to the early medieval period, c. AD 900 to 1000. The brooch is complete except for the pin which is missing. The two lugs on the reverse are damaged/broken and slightly bent. However, it is otherwise is in good condition. On the obverse it is decorated with a geometrical pattern of moulded dots and semicircles, making up four semicircular bands with hatching inside; there is also hatching in the border/outer band. There are five moulded dots in the centre and three moulded dots inside every semi circle.
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Well', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9ECC43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval (Late Saxon) lead alloy pseudo-nummular brooch of Weetch's Type 5.C, 30mm in diameter and 1mm thick (4mm thick in centre). The object is in fair condition and weighs 9.25grams. The brooch is circular in form with a few nicks to its edge. It is decorated with an outer ring of slightly raised pellets in circles. Inside this are two concentric solid rings followed by another row of pellets in circles. At the centre it has a plain area containing a central raised knop, 4mm high. Its reverse holds a linear ridge running across its centre. This houses the remains of a ci…
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-279166
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy disc brooch with Jellinge-style decoration, . Cast circular plate with paired lugs for a separate pin (lost) opposite a folded catch plate. The front of the brooch bears a zoomorphic design comprising an entwined serpentine body with (probably) scales denoted by billeting; a head with elongated jaws and a large eye at the edge of the brooch; and at least two claws or talons. Patinated overall. The brooch would have appeared silvery when new, and is of a class of cheap jewellery considered especially significant because it marks the settlement of humble Viking folk. Many dis…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9E6DA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon lead alloy rectangular plate brooch. The front is decorated with moulded transverse ribs and pellets. On the reverse there is a double pin lug with the remains of an iron pin loop. The very straight transverse break is probably recent. The pin lug is a Scandinavian trait (Kershaw 2013, fig. 2.1). Extant length 13mm. Width 16.5mm. Thickness, excluding lug, 3mm. 10th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CED3CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unusual incomplete Early Saxon elaborate cast lead-alloy side-knob from a possible florid cruciform brooch, part of mask with prominent eyes, brow and nose, with a projection from the nose continuing beyond the broken outer edge. Stumps of two transverse perforated lugs for hinge pin on flat reverse. Extant length 17.5mm, width 12mm, 4mm thick (excluding stumps of lugs). Weighs 2.96g. Leeds and Pocock (1971) Group V. Cf. LEIC-941403, on which Kevin Leahy comments that although lead brooches are not common, the object 'fits into an emergin…
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2015
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-879595
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy brooch. Cast disc or plate Brooch. The display face bears a design of fine lines and pellets in relief, comprising a central pellet, a pellet with a nimbate border above it and one triangular group of radial lines opposite, flanked by two groups of circumferential lines edged by an upper laddered border. This schematic motif may represent a spread eagle, or perhaps a human figure in a gown with arms aloft; the size would make it possible that this motif was intended to resemble an early medieval gold coin. The reverse bears a pair of aligned loops with a drilled aperture of…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1C6A73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy late Anglo-Saxon disc brooch of Weetch's type 13.A, with raised flat-topped centre. The surviving fragment has a central circular raised boss which is decorated, surrounded by a flattened decorated outer rim. The central boss measures 18mm in diameter and is 3.5mm thick. It is decorated with a central pellet within three C-shaped scrolls with their backs to the centre of the brooch, so forming a triangular shape. There is a pellet in the spiral end of each scroll. The surrounding flattened border is decorated with six rows of conjoined circumferential pellets …
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scrayingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B950AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy probable sub-nummular brooch of Weetch's type Type 4.A (with straight-armed cross motif) dating c. 900-1000. Although forms also occur on the continent it is unclear if these brooches were imported directly or made locally. However, they do represent continued cross-influence in brooch fashions in the North Sea region (Weetch 2014, 288). The pin and fittings on the rear of the brooch are largely broken away in old damage, though the object otherwise survives in tact. The front of the object demonstrates moulded decoration in the form of a cross with…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5AEC34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch fragment. About one quarter of a disc brooch with cross pattee motif. Parts of two slightly expanding arms with horizontal or vertically ribbed infill, and with a pellet at the centre, appear on the front. An indistinct circle appears in the angle of the arms. The crumpled stub of a pin seat or catch plate remains on the back. Weetch Type 4. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100. Diameter (inferred): 37mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 1.6mm, Weight: 7.26gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-12B70C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval lead-alloy pseudo-nummular brooch dating to circa AD 875-1050. The extant fragment comprises of a small arc of the edge. The front face has a chip carved border groove near the edge and two recognisable symbols of two wedge shaped arms of a cross and a 'C' shape with an adjoining reverse curve at the top. These two symbols are also chip carved into the face. The reverse is plain but worn and has a slightly convex surface. The design is redolent of SF-234D38 (although this brooch has raised symbols). Consequently, this places it in Weetch's Type 2.A…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-9FDCB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch's Type 5, dating to c. AD 900-1000. The brooch is circular in shape and flattened in cross section, with raised moulded decoration in the form of three concentric circles with a pellet at their centre. There is also a sugestion of at least five outer pellets surviving from an outer ring around the perimeter. There are two circular apertures on the surface, possibly the result of damage when the catchplate was removed post deposition, and the reverse is plain and undecorated. A similar example is HESH-9145D1, and…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-45EBEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. A chip from a cast discoid plate bearing moulded relief decoration on its display side; plain back. A triangular shape points towards a pair of addorsed comma-shaped scrolls with a probably radial line of pellets extending from beside the triangle and past one of the scrolls. Possibly a fragment of a brooch of Weetch Type 4. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100. Width: 18.5mm, Height: 19.8mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 4.64gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-19700B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch. The centre of the outer face is decorated with simple raised lines forming a five pointed star-shape surrounded by irregularly positioned raised pellets . This is followed by three raised concentric lines dividing the remaining area into three circles. The inner and outer of these circles are filled with circles of raised pellets, whilst the central circle is filled with alternating groups of two and three raised transverse lines. To the reverse there is the remains of a single lug pin fitting to one side and a catch-pl…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-E6D81E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy later early-Medieval nummular disc brooch dating from AD 775-1100. This a a Weetch type 2.Ai. The brooch has a triple beaded rim with a central right facing diademed bust with a cross in the lower left field below the nose of the bust. The reverse has the remains of a pin lug and catch plate, this is in the arrangement of Weetch type C. This brooch fits a group of late Saxon disc brooches which copy, or appear to copy coinage of the period see Weetch (2013:15-16 fig no176,179), with the variants being divided by whether they copy obverse or reverse des…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-FA979C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, lead-alloy, late Anglo-Saxon, or Anglo-Scandinavian, disc brooch dating to the 11th century AD. Description: The brooch is circular in plan with a significant central dome. The reverse is flat. The front face is decorated with relief moulding, consisting of a circumferential border of diagonal laddering. without which is radial spokes from a central pellet on the boss. With each of the segments created is another in relief pellet. of raised pellets. At the apex of the brooch is some damage to the disc while at the bottom is a projecting tab, possibly a damaged catchp…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-A25C25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead alloy Anglo-Saxon brooch dating to c. 900 - 1000 AD. The brooch is sub-circular in shape and has three remaining circular notches attached to the outside edge at each angle. About a quarter of the brooch is missing. The brooch is possibly a Weetch Type 4, with cross motif. However, the style of decoration on this brooch is unclear due to severe plough damage. The outside edge of the larger attached notch is ribbed and has a projecting central circular knop. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. On the upper and lower edge there are vertical raised lugs which are…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-D3BC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Anglo-Saxon lead disc brooch of Weetch type 5. The brooch has a raised pellet at the centre that stands 2.20mm proud of the brooch surface and has a diameter of 4.42mm. Surrounding this raised pellet is a series of concentric circles. All of the fields between these circles with the exception of the first, that which surrounds the pellet, are segmented creating an effect of slightly raised circles and transverse lines with small trapezoidal depressed fields between. The plate has a thickness of 1.97mm increasing to 3.55mm over the central pellet. The reverse has a loop that ben…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9A8C71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy disc brooch with remains of loop of iron pin in transverse lug on reverse. Only the scar of the catchplate remains. The front is decorated in low cast relief with three tightly spaced concentric rings of pellets around a backward-looking beast facing to left with wavy tail curved forward. There are further annulets between the tail and the back and a larger annulet between the legs. This object lies somewhere between brooches on which the beast is depicted on a raised central panel such an example from Cheapside, London (Wilson 1964, 146-7, no. 37; Smedley and Owles 1965…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-72EC56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of a decorated early medieval cast lead alloy disc brooch dating from the second half of the 10th century. Jane Kershaw reports: The brooch carries a variant of the Scandinavian Terslev motif classified by Sunhild Kleingärtner as 'Type III', with 4 volutes bound by an inner circle, and a central lozenge-shaped field (2007, 62-3, Abb. 10). It differs from the prototype motif in that the ring has additional triangular ring-knot extensions, which fill the space between each volute. In addition, the brooch carries integrally cast pellets both in the central field a…
Created on: Sunday 9th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F1C004
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead-alloy disc brooch of Early Medieval date. It is part of the face and catchplate, the rest missing due to old breaks. It is slightly bent out of shape and the catchplate is also damaged. It is decorated on the front face with a series of pellets in three circumferential lines. It measures 22.12mm in length, 12.12mm in width, 2.99mm in thickness and weighs 5.26g. It is similar to examples published from York (Mainman and Rogers, 2000, no 10601).
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Bumpstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-731015
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Medieval lead alloy item, possibly an annular brooch. The piece is about one fifth of a circle with irregular breaks at either end. It ios wide with only a small circle left in the middle. The inner and outer edges appear complete with a slight lip at the edges on the back, which is otherwise flat. The front is decorated with a raised interlaced design. To one side is a triple stranded long curve ending at one end in the break and at the other in a double transverse line with two opposing spirals rising from it. The inner spiral is a double curve ending in a point…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BD9415
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy and glass probable brooch fragment. Cast disc brooch with an irregular central inset of (now) brick red glass. Faint traces of further textured decoration appears on what is now worn to a plain field. The edges of the object are damaged, probably recently, about two thirds of the way around the circumference of the plate. Separate fastening gear or attachment loops are now lost. Cheap lead alloy brooches are characteristic of Viking Age settlement of lower status. A variety of examples are reported from Lurk Lane, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire (Tweddle, D. 1991, Brooch…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-08F679
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy brooch of Weetch type 13 and late early-medieval or early medieval date. It is unusual in that the flat-topped boss is decorated only with a single central pellet. The flattened outer rim of the brooch is decorated with two circumferential bands of raised pellets and a single solid linear band below the boss. The boss is hollow on the reverse of the brooch, which retains the catchplate and a single pierced lug for a pin; both of these seem (from the photo) to be parallel to the edge of the brooch. Weetch Type 13 brooches date from the 11th century.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-234D38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead alloy early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular (coin-like) brooch. It is disc-shaped and the design on the outer face imitates contemporary coinage. To the reverse there is the remains of a double lug pin fitting to one side and a small catch-plate remains intact at the other end. The outer face is decorated with a central voided cross formed from two pairs of crossed lines, surrounded by an inner circle and then a garbled legend of alternating raised crosses and letters. Only the letters '+C+I+C+[...]' can be read. It survives in fair condition, but there is some dama…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-0378EF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy (or heavily leaded copper alloy) possibly early-medieval/Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch (AD c.500-c.600), consisting of part of the bow. The fragment is has two parallel sides and is broken at both ends. The reverse is concave along the centre and the obverse is convex, rising to a distinct hump at one end, which is V-shaped in cross-section. The other end is flatter. There is a raised transverse ridge dividing the humped end from the flatter end. Overall, the fragment measures 23.4mm long, 16.4mm wide and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 6.06g.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2016
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-53A198
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 4.B, 19mm in diameter, 5mm thick and weighing 5.35grams. The brooch has four raised 'petal' like motifs arranged in a quatrefoil. This is surrounded by a solid double raised border filled with rounded pellets. The reverse of the brooch has two semi-circular lugs aligned parallel to each other and joined by two raised bars to each edge, giving the overall effect of a shallow box fitting. The brooches decoration fits Weetch type 4.B, which are dated to the 11th century and have an eastern distribution, suggesting possible ma…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-C55634
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch type 5. The brooch is circular in form and flat. It is decorated with concentric rings of solid lines which have intermittent raised dots. The innermost circle is formed of joining raised dots. The central section is slightly domed and is plain except for a small incised circle near the centre. The brooch has been deliberately folded over twice, perhaps prior to recycling. It is in fair condition, is 1.5mm thick, would have been 34mm in diameter when flat (now 34mm in length and 8 to 17mm wide) and weighs 15.10g. It i…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-08E039
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast or mis-cast head of a small long brooch with head of cross potent form, and with rust around the stub of a lug on the back suggesting the former presence of an iron pin mounted behind the head. Fiercely abraded, and possibly partly melted; a small [length 12mm] fragment broke away during examination, probably a sad relict of the upper part of the bow. This may have been an object intended to substitute for a ‘real’ or working copper alloy version, perhaps used to close or complete an Anglian burial costume. The e…
Created on: Monday 21st December 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-274332
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. Cast plate with three concentric ridges around a flat central boss; the intermediate ring also marks the site of a similarly moulded projection on the back which borders a central hollow. Possibly a disc or plate brooch of Weetch Type 5, which was a cheap Anglo-Scandinavian type. Against this proposed identification, there is no evidence for pin gear. Now in two parts, probably broken at the time of discovery. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 900-1000 Diameter: 30.1mm, Thickness (at ridge): 4.8mm, Weight: 9.46gms
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9652EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a lead alloy object depicting the upper part of animal head of the type found on the footplates of Early Anglo-Saxon Cruciform brooches. Both ends and both edges are broken. The reverse is flat. At the top a featurelless band represents the lower part of a collar. There is a median groove on the brow, and the eyes, once protruding but now badly damaged, lie below pronounced eyebrows. The lower break cuts across a triangular nose. Weight 5.6g. Extant length and width 22.1 and 15mm. Thickness 5.3mm. Leahy (in Geake et al. 2005, 337-41) left the problem of the identific…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C95BC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch. A small lightly concavo-convex plate, of probably originally discoid form, with a moulded design comprising a plain cross whose arms are rendered by quadruple strands, with a large central pellet and with a pellet and ring in each of its angles. Further smaller pellets and curls also appear between these major elements. A small stub on one side of the back may represent pin gear, otherwise lost. Patinated. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Diameter: 18.2mm, Thickness (clear of pin and boss): 1.8mm, Weight: 3.35gms
Created on: Monday 14th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanby le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-316C33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. A small part of a flat cast disc brooch, perhaps approaching 40mm in its original diameter, with a double lined outer border confining a design including a pellet and an associated petal or loop, possibly part of a more extensive interlace design. The proposed function may be supported by a trapezoid tab on the back, perhaps a relict of fastening gear. Possibly comparable to the East Anglian series of Viking-Age lead brooches. Patinated. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 29.5mm, Width: 25.5mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 7.85gms
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B025E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc brooch.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-C140FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or pewter. Some distortion. Trace of an iron pin. Diameter: 34.4mm, Thickness: 1.4mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C2A534
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc brooch. Pin mount difficult to interpret. Maximum diameter [including beads]: 40mm, Diameter of centre: 23-26mm, Thickness of metal: 1.40mm, Maximum Diameter: 39.6mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C4A1A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead brooch. Perforation appears deliberate. Diameter: 43mm, Thickness (rim): 2.4mm, Thickness (inside): 1.6mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-D76536
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy disc brooch of early medieval / late Anglo Saxon date (c.10th century AD). The brooch is crudely made and sub circular, 35mm in diameter and decorated with three or four roughly concentric rings of pellets, surrounding a central group which may be interpretable as a quincunx. The reverse has a flattened looped catchplate on one side and, on the other, a pair of holes which may be a mounting point for a now lost spring and pin.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-BAAEB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) brooch of uncertain form. The remaining fragment has a (now) sub-rectangular plate with a one raised lower end which may have arched into a bow, as the bend seems purposeful rather than the result of damage. The front of the brooch is decorated with a central raised, cone-shaped pellet and is surrounded by multiple small pellets arranged in three or four rows around the main pellet. On the reverse of the brooch are two raised triangular lugs, probably the lugs for a hinged pin. Parallels have been difficult to come by - The decora…
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-374551
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead brooch fragment. About one quarter of a circular brooch with a moulded design of closely-spaced radial lines originating from a central boss. One or more circumferential ribs intersecting the radial lines give an effect reminiscent of a spider's web. Paired lugs with iron staining on the back mark the position of a pin seat. Patinated and lightly crumpled. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100. Diameter (inferred): 46mm, Thickness (clear of lugs and boss): 1.4mm, Weight: 8.18gms
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muckton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CB0567
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to Medieval lead-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. The brooch is disc-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a central circular bosses surrounded by moulded pellets set inside a circumferential border. The reverse is plain. A corroded hinge mechanism and lug to secure the pin are in place at either end. The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 5: disc-broaches characterised by concentric designs, with the majority of her sample being lead-alloy examples (2013: 78-79). Length: 39mm; Width: 33mm; Thickness: 8mm; Weight: 36.66g.
Created on: Friday 17th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shimpling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-68427C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete but warped circular lead brooch. It is only missing its pin. The brooch is circular in plan and would have been flat in cross section although the sheet has been warped giving it an uneven wavey appearance. There are two projections on its reverse which are all that survives of the pin mechanism. This includes a rectangular tab placed c.5mm in from the edge of the brooch that folds over 180 degrees to provide a rest for the pin and two projecting D-shaped tab placed at the opposite end of the brooch. These are each pierced by a hole filled with a lead axis bar. Tr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-153162
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Disc Brooch of Early-Medieval (AD 900-1000). The object sub-circular and is missing the lower portion due to old, abraded breaks. The front of the object had a moulded decorative motif composed of an outer border with repeating pellet within a ring motif. There is an inner circular boarder within which is a highly stylised anthropomorphic mask similar in form to a ‘Woden head’. The back of the object retains a partial, integral pin lug between which a shallow casting seam is visible. The catchplate and pin are missing. Length: 15.25mm, Width: 19.06m…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Record ID: OXON-016894
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast Late Early Medieval lead alloy brooch only missing its pin. The object is sub-circular with six triangular protrusions forming an edge and giving the brooch a star or six petalled flower shape shape. It has a small central semi-spherical solid boss. This is contained within two concentric circular borders which have been beaded by incised lines running across them. Outside of this border are three more concentric lines which curve to fill each triangular protrusion, forming arches with a central raised pellet dot inside. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated bu…
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-4C7D91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late early-medieval lead alloy brooch, 38mm in diameter, 2mm thick (5mm thick at boss) and weighing 14.30g. The object is sub-circular with six triangular protrusions forming an edge and giving the brooch a star shape. It has a small central semi-spherical solid boss. This is contained within two concentric circular beaded borders formed of joining raised dots. Outside of this, more double beaded lines curve to fill each triangular protrusion, forming arches with a central raised dot inside. Outside the raised dots, each of the triangular protrusions has a circular hole, possibly dec…
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5601E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead alloy disc brooch, with cast Borre-style decoration comprising a concave-sided figure with each of the four corners extended to form interlaced, double-strand knots. Kershaw East Anglian Series Type I (Kershaw 2013, 56-61, fig. 3.19). On the reverse the pin fittings comprise an incomplete pin lug set parallel to the edge and a catchplate at a right angle to the edge (an Anglo-Scandinavian arrangement). A common 10th-century type in East Anglia carrying a design based on a Scandinavian prototype, see West 1998, fig. 134.8, Margeson 1997, fig. 28, and Margeson, S. an…
Created on: Saturday 29th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-574650
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly distorted and torn Late Saxon lead alloy disc brooch with an integral pin on the reverse. Relief decoration on the front comprises three concentric rings, the outer of very small pellets, the intermediate of large pellets and the inner of medium sized ones. The central motif is obscure but there is a large pellet at its centre. Very broadly comparable brooches occurred in the 11th-century Cheapside Hoard, some as little as 19mm (¾ inch) in diameter (Weetch 2014, Type 23). At the centres of these, however, glass is inlaid (Catalogue of the Collection of Lo…
Created on: Saturday 29th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: NLM-638AA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead brooch fragment. Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, Weetch type 4. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100. Height/Diameter: 36.1mm, Width: 24.5mm, Thickness (?): 8.4mm, Weight: 15.40gms 
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-D8439A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy artefact, possibly a disc brooch dating from AD 900 - 1000, of Weetch type 5, but possibly a post medieval or modern furniture mount. The fragment is just over a quarter of a circular disc. It is patterned with concentric circles; the outermost one is raised to form a rim, and is immediately adjacent to a circles which is decorated with oblique grooves, giving a ropework effect. The next two are plain raised ribs, and the final two are also plain, but wider. It is uncertain whether there is any central design, as the middle of the brooch is missing, but the …
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: OXON-C0A4A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy disc brooch dating to the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period (c. AD 900 – AD 1000) with concentric circle decoration, of Weetch's Type 5. or 'nummular brooch' type. The plate and attachment lug survive however the catchplate and pin is now missing and its outer circumference is chipped. The brooch is oval in plan with three concentric raised rings radiating out from a central raised area marked by a raised pellet   The recessed area between the rings is decorated with regularly sized and spaced raised pellets:  fif…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: NLM-C19B32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead brooch. Found bent and cracked. Diameter: 46mm, Thickness: 2.8mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: NLM-C1E1BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc brooch. Diameter: 44.5-42.9mm, Thickness: 1.92mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: NLM-36C3A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch. Cast disc brooch or pendant. Openwork in each quadrant forms an expanded arm cross at the centre of which is a solid disc with a beaded border surrounding radial linear decoration. Such objects are common on Anglo-Scandinavian sites. Weetch Type 16. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-900 Length: 26.2mm, Width: 19.4mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 4.79gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-36FE0D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. Cast fragment, possibly from the centre of a disc brooch with concentric decoration, cf. Weetch Type 5. A circular segmented or vermiform moulded feature is arranged as a presumably central norder around a lower centre with a hole pierced off-centre. Broken on all edges. Dave Haldenby kindly comments this is probably not Saxon. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 26.3mm, Width: 22.8mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 7.27gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: SF-74365E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to Medieval lead-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. The brooch is disc-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. It has relief decoration on the front face. In the centre is a straight armed cross. It is surrounded by two concentric circles containing 'laddering' decoration. The reverse is plain. Projecting from the reverse are two integrally cast D shaped loops at the apex and nadir containg an externally cast ferrous pin. The pin is circular sectioned.  The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 4a: disc-broaches characterised by…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-886BCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete early medieval lead alloy brooch, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. Possible Weetch type 13. The obverse of the broch is flattened and the outer rim  is decorated with two circumferential bands of pellets, the outer is reversed and the inner raised. There is a single solid band below the boss made of transverse lines. The central boss is flat topped and decorated with remains of a single pellet. The reverse shows the remains of the two attachments, each parallel to the edge of the object.  Diameter 45.33 mm, thickness 4.19 mm and weight 41.83 g.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2706DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Nummular Brooch of late Early-Medieval (AD 900-1050). Weetch's Type 2.Ai, imitating the obverse of a coin. The object is flat and circular with repeating protruding pallets around its circumference. The front of the object had a moulded decorative motif composed of a beaded outer boarder, within which is a crowned male bust facing. The reverse retains a distorted, tapering, the catch plate is missing,  between the pin and the missing catch plate is a shallow casting seam. Diameter: 25.11mm, Thickness: 1.68mm, Weight: 3.5g The metal is cream in colour…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-2B7C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular brooch.  Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a human figure holding a staff and with a crown, sat on a bench holding a figure, either a child or animal, within a border of raised pellets or beads. This brooch fits a group of late Saxon disc brooches which copy, or appear to copy coinage of the period see Weetch (2013:15-16 fig no176,179), with the variants being divided by whether they copy obverse or reverse designs. To the reverse is an intergral pin and catchplate, which are …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.