Record ID: SUSS-972946
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ansate brooch, with an arched back with an equally sized fan-shaped terminal on either end. The arched back of the brooch is decorated with three prominent ridges. Below the terminals there is a catchplate on one side and a double lug on the other. The remains of an iron pin can also been seen, but is heavily corroded. Ansate brooches are in origin a Frankish type, used in France from the 7th century onwards. They do not appear in England until the 8th century, and they appear to go out of use in the 10th century.
Created on: Saturday 1st September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shoreham-by-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: SUSS-A36022
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval date. It is missing the foot due to an old break. The headplate is flat and rectangular, with a raised trapezoid central panel and rectangular wings. At the top of the headplate is an integrally cast conical knop with two transverse grooves near the base. The knop projects beyond the front of the head plate but is slightly flattened on the back, making it half-round in cross-section. On the reverse of the headplate is a single integrally cast lug that is semi-circular and broken at the top through th…
Created on: Sunday 10th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: SUSS-1C1656
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy brooch of Weetch type 28.A, dating to the middle to late Anglo-Saxon period. The brooch is a cross shape with four arms of equal length. Each arm has concave edges and terminates with a large trefoil. There is a knop in the centre. A bold incised groove follows the part-circles that form the edge of the brooch. The reverse is undecorated, but there is a hollow behind the central knop. The remains of a catchplate and lug survive, but the pin is missing. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour. Compare SF-AF2167, NMS-FB3333 and SF-BABE11, which have been given dates ra…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Grinstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: SUSS-8C1187
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy, gilt Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch. The brooch has an angular rim, which is badly damaged but is otherwise flat and circular (maximum diameter 26.6mm. Its face bears a raised circle, just inside the rim within which is a long cross. Situated in each quadrant is an 'open heart' motif, with a pellet in the centre of each heart. These motifs are all raised from the surface if the brooch and are a light greyish-green colour. Gilding survives in-between the raised relief patterns. Almost 40% of the rim is damaged and there is some corrosion on the raised parts of the motif…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-220331
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Anglo Saxon button brooch with traces of gilding still remaining. The obverse is complete. The reverse is undecorated, but the broken remains of the pin lug and the catchplate survive as small lumps. The pin lug and the catchplate have been arranged in a longitudinal alignment. No pin survives. A human face is set within an undecorated rim. The helmet is rounded and the brow almost straight forming a T- shape with the nose. The eyes are triangular and formed with straight lines. The cheeks are curved and narrow. The 'mouth' has a central indentation and the corners…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 5th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-179C21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, radiate headed brooch with traces of gilding
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-5EB466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy button brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, c. 450-550 AD. The brooch has been badly damaged and is very corroded, and all of the original edges are missing. It consists of an almost circular plate of copper-alloy with a pin bar lug and a catchplate. The pin bar lug projects from the reverse of the brooch; part of the iron pin bar survives, now heavily corroded to the main part of the brooch. The front of the brooch depicts the characteristic anthropomorphic face, but the upturned edges that one would expect to find on a button brooch have been broken off. All of th…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Rodmell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-44F203
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Act case 2004 T379. Gilded silver bird brooch of cross-on-back form (Weetch type 30.B), now incomplete. The bird is seen in profile, looking to the right. The head and body are half-round, with a hollow reverse. The bird has a short curved beak, with a groove separating the larger upper part and smaller lower part. The eye is made from a crescentic ridge with a raised annulet within. The neck is short and undecorated, and thickly covered with gilding. The body is broken at the breast, but there is a hint of vertical grooved decoration just above the break. The wing is fold…
Created on: Friday 26th March 2004
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2122B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from the foot of an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, with part of the catchplate on the reverse. A similar cruciform brooch, from Ixworth in Suffolk, has been recorded at the Ashmolean Museum (reference below).
Created on: Wednesday 12th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A9CF7C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early Early-Medieval disc brooch of Anglo-Saxon attribution, c. 5th-6th century AD. The brooch is flat and was originally circular; its shape now is irregular from old breaks around the edge, and one part of the edge has been bent slightly upwards. The front of the brooch has a central circular blind-drilled dot measuring 1.7mm in diameter. Surrounding this are two fine concentric incised circles. About halfway between the outer circle and the edge of the brooch is a rivet hole that has been pierced through the surface from the reverse. This conta…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-FFC705
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon supporting arm brooch with a wide rectangular head. This is decorated with a raised rim along the top, a pair of incised parallel lines across the centre, and another pair of parallel lines at the junction of head and bow. On the reverse of the head, each end has a pierced lug which projects backwards, creating a box shape to house the pin mechanism. The end of the copper-alloy axis bar survives in one lug, but the rest of the pin mechanism is missing. The head tapers to the bow, which is arched, thin and wide; it is D-shaped in cross-secti…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eastbourne', grid reference and parish protected.