Record ID: ESS-322D11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The find consists of the gilded silver head-plate and half of the bow of what appears to be either an early form of Germanic equal-arm brooch, or a supporting-arm brooch. It has a narrow, rectangular head-plate with an indentation at each end and is decorated with two panels inside beaded frames, each containing a scroll and pellet in low relief bounded by lines of punched arcs; length, 26mm (surviving); width, 25mm. The bow adjoins one of the long sides and the remaining part of it is concave-sided triangular in shape with billeted borders and a median rib between two ch…
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5E37A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 18. The front of the circular plate is decorated with a narrow raised border from which the outlines of four circles project at regular intervals. This leaves the remaining part of the central field as a Anglian cross motif. The depressed areas of the cross and circles may have held enamel (c.f. example from Great Saxham in Evison 1977) but no traces are now visible. The reverse is plain except for a damaged catch. This consisted of two parallel projecting lugs one of which is now missing. The surviving lug was …
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-02F0A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval cast copper-alloy brooch fragment, probably from a small-long brooch, 5th to 6th century. Fragment consists of a sub-rectangular foot with part of semi-circular bow surviving. Foot is decorated with two large ring and dot motifs, one on either side (the left and right) of the foot, and two smaller ring and dot motifs, one on the top and bottom of the foot. Reverse is plain but does include the remains of the catchplate, minus the curl. The original surface is an even mid green and exposed surfaces are bright/light green. The break edges are worn. It measures 27.74mm lon…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-031E91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon cast copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It has a sub-rectangular head with cylindrical wings and capped ends. It has a semi-circular sectioned bow, is C-shaped in profile and has a straight leg. There is no foot knob. There are pairs of transverse grooved lines at the top and bottom of the straight leg, at the top and bottom of the bow, at the bottom of the rectangular head, and there is a single transverse grooved line at the top of the head. The back is undecorated. The catchplate has survived and extends to the end of the brooch's foot, but the curl is missing. T…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-11C830
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon, cruciform brooch. The copper alloy fragment consists of the head, bow and part of the foot of the brooch (all integral). The knobs are semi-circular in shape on short raised wasted necks and are decorated with incised lines, possibly representing faces of raised dots for eyes and a broad curled nose. The head plate is rectangular and consists of a raised rectangular central panel which tapers towards the top knob and two wings on either side of the panel. Below the head is the bow which has a C-shaped profile. The bow is decorated with two rectangular depressions, on…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-994670
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch of 5th century date. The supporting arm forms the headplate of the brooch, and has a damaged and incomplete cap at each end that would have secured the now-missing sprung pin. There is cast decoration in the form of horizontal grooves where the head tapers and joins the upper section of the bow. The bow is curved in profile and the foot is short and straight. There is an integrally cast catchplate on the reverse of the foot which extends to the bottom of the brooch. The bow is undecorated, but a cast design is visible at the junctio…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-999D76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual form of early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch, of 5th century date. This is a more developed example of the brooch type, looking superficially like an oak leaf. The headplate - or supporting arm - has two integrally cast lugs on the reverse which would have secured the ends of the now-missing sprung pin. In the centre of the head is a third upwards projection. The head is a wide shallow triangle, tapering to the bow, which is curved in profile and has an upwards-pointing triangular projection to either side. Below is a short straight foot with integrally cast ca…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-309822
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy brooch of Early Medieval date. This is a disc brooch probably dating to the 10th century. Diameter 28.82mm, thickness 2.35mm. It weighs 6.2g. The brooch is very corroded and worn but bears an image in relief of a four legged animal facing left but looking right towards an upturned tail. This motif is enclosed within an indistinct raised circle. The disc is slightly bent out of shape and part of the edge is missing. The pin is missing but on the reverse is a double lug at one edge to hold the hinge and a single lug on the other edge which acted as a catch plate. The…
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-86AB87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small square headed brooch. The head plate of the brooch is rectangular and decorated with a concentric design of a three raised moulded lines that follow the rectangular outline. At the centre of the innermost border is a single horizontal raised line. The bow is gently arched. The foot is sub lozenge in shape with abbreviated side lobes and cuspal projections above. It tapers into an expanded terminal that is rectangular in plan and decorated with two concentric rectangular raised line borders and a single horizontal line, in the manner of the …
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C487B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy early-medieval radiate-headed brooch. The headplate of this brooch is semi-circular with three large subrectangular knobs or projections, one at each bottom corner and one centrally at the top of the curved edge. The top projection is decorated with parallel grooved horizontal lines, and the side projections with parallel vertical incised lines. The headplate itself is undecorated. The bow is arched with a slight semicircular section. It is decorated with a V shaped incised line above (point facing towards the head), and then a series of parallel, horizontal…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C4EB33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a fish. It is long, narrow and tear shaped in plan with a flared triangular terminal that forms the flat tail (like a whale not a fish). The brooch has a subtriangular section, in that the front of the brooch is slightly bevelled (more curved than sharply), though the tail is flat. It is decorated with two punched dots that form the eyes, and the triangular tail is decorated with three ring and dots, one in each corner, otherwise the body of the fish is plain. The reverse of the brooch is slightly concave, though the tail is sol…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CA3565
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. This brooch was previously recorded on this database as an "unknown type" late Roman bow brooch. The original discription of the object has been kept below: The head of the brooch is formed from a flat, rectangular panel capped at either end with a D-shaped pierced lug. The rectangular panel is decorated to the front with two moulded steps and a moulded horizontal beaded line that runs along the bottom edge of the first step. Within the spring case the copper-alloy spring survives intact with six coils, with a short length of th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-1DC5A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy Early Medieval brooch. This small fragment is semicircular in plan and flat in section. The main body of the fragment is ever so slightly recessed. It has been carved with a border that runs along the curved edge, which is hatched with diagonally raised lines. A plain raised line runs along the straighter edge. To one side of the plain raised line is a raised semicircle. Both the tops of the line and the semicircle are abraded. The decorative front side of the fragment is gilded. The reverse is plain and traces of silvering or tinning survive. The entire c…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-182017
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy early medieval ‘ansate’ brooch. The bow of the brooch is semicircular in section, having a domed front and flattened reverse. It has a gently arched profile. The terminals at either end of the bow are not expanded and are of equal width with the rest of the brooch. The ends are flattened off. The brooch is very worn, but it is possible to see one integrally moulded transverse line at the centre of the bow. The reverse of the brooch is plain. To the rear of one terminal is a double pin bar lug, which still holds the very corroded pin bar. The other term…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatfield Broad Oak', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-60BD12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch of Hines group XI. This fragment represents part of the headplate inner panel and the bow of the brooch. The bow is rectangular in plan and flat in section. It has been squashed flat and no longer has its C shaped curved profile. A raised moulded border surrounds the bow. The central panel is decorated with a central moulded rib, with a raised, hollow and circular boss at the central point (not domed). It is decorated to either side of the mid rib with a design in the four quarters of the bow. Each upper angle appears to h…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: ESS-830F62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This 5th century Anglo Saxon button brooch is made in copper alloy with a good proportion of its gilding intact. Circular in plan, it would originally have had an upturned flanged rim but this is now missing. It is decorated with an anthropomorphic face mask consisting of a recessed,linked nose and eyebrows, prominent cheeks in the form of raised triangles and a raised slightly downturned moustache, all within a raised, circular border of dots. This makes it class Ii following Avent and Evison 1982, Anglo-Saxon button brooches in Archaeologia Volume 107. It weighs 1.61g, has a diamete…
Created on: Monday 29th September 2003
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tillingham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-83B424
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This fragment of small square headed Anglo Saxon brooch is made in copper alloy with traces of gilding visible. What remains is the bow and the footplate, with the head of the brooch now missing, having been broken off in antiquity. The bow is rectangular in plan, flat behind and is probably incomplete. It has what is presumed to be an old bend where it joins the footplate. The footplate is wider than the bow and subrectangular in plan, tapering towards the terminal, which is now missing. There are the remains of two lobes in the upper angles of the footplate and the reverse of the fo…
Created on: Monday 29th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langford area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-D02382
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This gilt copper alloy Anglo Saxon saucer brooch is circular in plan but is broken into two adjoining pieces. The smaller fragment is 31.84mm in length with a diameter of 13.18mm, whilst the larger fragment is 32.72mm in length with a width of 24.12mm. When the two widths are combined, this gives the brooch an over all diameter of 37.3mm. The combined weight of both pieces is 18.43 grammes. The brooch has an angular rim, which is plain. The design on the flattened central area consists of a central double ring and dot motif surrounded by 7 irregular running spirals with a single raised…
Created on: Monday 27th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradwell on Sea area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-225183
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This copper alloy Penannular brooch has a diameter of 65.48mm and weighs 18.03 grammes. It is formed from a single length of undecorated metal, subcircular in section and 4mm wide, that is curved around in a ‘C’ shape with a moulded terminal at each end. The terminals are subrectangular in plan and section and have a length of 10.32mm, are 7.92mm and 6.6mm wide respectively, and 4mm thick. Each terminal is moulded so that it indents slightly at either side, at either end. Between the two indentations, on both sides, is a single dot. The terminals are fairly worn and the main body o…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-4A5987
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
10th century lead disc brooch. This brooch is flat and circular with a diameter of 30.02mm. It is 1.58mm thick and weighs 10.85g. The front of the brooch is decorated with five integrally moulded bosses, one in the centre of the disc, with the other four evenly spaced around. They survive remarkably intact to a height of approximately 3.5mm. Decoration consists of moulded raised lines, approximately 4mm long, that run around the entire circle of the brooch, roughly at right angles to the edge. Similar raised lines also run out from the central boss in a crude starburst pattern. The…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rayne', grid reference and parish protected.