Record ID: BUC-F86D05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) - medieval copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled disc brooch (late 10th - 11th century), of the Saunderton type (Weetch Type 20.A). The brooch is constructed from a base-plate of copper alloy with six equidistant rounded projections; a circular copper-alloy collar has been soldered onto this base plate and set within the collar is the cloisonné enamel pattern. The pattern is marked out by copper alloy cells and comprises a six-petalled flower against a dark blue enamelled background. The petals of the flower are infilled with light blu…
Created on: Saturday 3rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-33E302
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of middle or late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy ansate brooch, just under about half extant, with fresh break across bow. Terminal with two oblique engraved lines running to slight rib across end, stubs of double pin lug on reverse. Transverse rib at junction with flat sectioned bow. Surviving length 20mm. Width 10.5mm. Thörle 2001, Gruppe X C; Weetch type X.Aii. Weetch dates this type to the 8th or 9th century (2013, 161).
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-366E15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch foot, 36mm long, 18mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.11g. The object consists of a tiny fragment of bow above a flared sub-triangular foot which has a curved base and is decorated with a border of punched circles. Above this is a moulding, semi-circular in cross-section, which is decorated with five transverse incised lines. At this point on the reverse begins a sub-rectangular catchplate 15mm long. The rest of the brooch consists of a short rectangular-section flat panel which is de…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-735CC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch, trapezoidal head with small annulet stamps around border, broken single pierced lug on reverse within iron-corrosion from pin, facetted bow with engraved line along median arris, twin engraved horizontal lines above and below facetted rectangular panel, terminal missing (old break). 23 x >50mm.
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B664E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead Late Saxon brooch. The brooch is circular and flat. It has been decorated on the front with a ladder-style border. Inside this are three crescents, each decorated with the ladder-style border. There is a raised crescent inside each one. There is a Y-shaped field between the crescents. There is a central, large pellet and a row of smaller pellets in each arm of the 'Y'. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of the lug and catchplate can be seen and these have been arranged longitudinally. Both parts are badly squashed and damaged. No pin survives.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8440D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch foot, 27mm long, 15mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 2.92 grams. The object is sub rectangular, but appears to have originally been triangular in form as it has damage to both sides. It has traces of a border of punched triangles and its upper edge is the lower part of a shaft with raised horizontal bands. The reverse contains the remains of a catchplate 12mm long and 2mm thick. The object is most probably an example of a small- long brooch, similar to eg.668, fig.235 in Hattatts ancient brooches.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Saturday 23rd October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-B32E17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy saucer brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. AD 410 – c. AD 600). Length: 27.7mm; width: 22.8mm and 6.1mm thick. Weight: 6.63g. The brooch would have been circular in plan. However, the flared edges are largely missing due to old breaks. The pin lug and catch-plate are also incomplete due to old breaks that are abraded. The front of the brooch is flat, except for the surviving parts of the flared edge. At the rear the face is mainly flat but curves forwards near the edge. Between the pin lug and the catch-plate the surface is slightly p…
Created on: Saturday 24th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-8621F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. Only the foot and terminal remain. The terminal is shovel shaped containing two incised swirls representing the scroll-shaped nostrils of a beast. The perimeter of the terminal is decorated with v-shaped notches. The foot is a narrow rectangular stem above that is D-shaped in cross-section and transversely ribbed. There is a good parallel for this brooch fragment from Feltwell in Norfolk, HER no. 21137. The Feltwell brooch is complete and has a conventional cruciform-type head with panelled rectangular headplate and three ha…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9738C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of an Early Medieval brooch, comprising the lower half of the foot-plate of a Frankish copper alloy radiate-headed brooch. The foot is rectangular in plan and cross-section. The front is decorated with two pronounced longitudinal ribs with a narrower one between and to either side. The pronounced ribs are decorated with ring and dot motifs. A short bar transverse rib linking the two main ribs is visible just below the break at the top, and again across the bottom leaving a short flat undecorated panel as a foot. There is a short catchplate on the reverse at the top near t…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-17AFA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy ansate brooch of 8th- or 9th-century date. The bow is arched in profile and of 'D' section, composed of four flat semi-globular segments divided by horizontal plain ribs with shorter ones each end. There is a rusty stain from the iron pin that hinged from one lug to the catch plate at the foot. Length 40.5mm, Width 8.3mm, Thickness 10.8mm, Weight 8.3g. This brooch is probably of English manufacture, but the type is originally Frankish/Merovingian. It is of Hubener (1972) Gruppe 9. Hubener does not illustrate an exact parallel, but on Abb.20 are …
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-412F26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a silver ansate brooch. Flat terminal in the form of a rectangular, moulded, 12-petalled flower. Slightly narrowed rectangular-sectioned bow broken across beginning of expansion, probably remains of a central decorative rectangle matching the terminal. Incomplete narrow catch-plate on reverse of terminal. Length at least 20mm, width of terminal 13mm, width of bow 11mm, weighing 4.28g. Of Weetch's type XII.B, possibly similar to an example in Thörle, 2001, Taf. 57, 4. 8th or 9th century.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-695F67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch of late Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The plate is now damaged but would originally have been circular. It has a raised flat-topped central boss and a narrow, flat rim around the outside. Decorating the flat top of the boss is a quadruped, standing right, its head facing back towards its tail, which it touches. The animal is depicted in relief, with recessed fields. The underside of the boss is concave. The brooch is heavily corroded and there is no trace of a hinge or catchplate. The artefact measures 27.3mm in diameter, 3.8mm thick and wei…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-6E4E20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy ansate brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. AD 700 - c. AD 850). Length: 33.1mm; width: 17.1mm; thickness: 5.6mm; weight: 4.46g. Viewed from the front, the brooch has parallel sides and viewed from the side the terminals are vertical. The bow is strongly arched forming a sub-triangular shape. At the front there are four pairs of decorative horizontal grooves, one pair above the bow, one pair below the bow and a pair at each terminal end. There is also a small curving groove just above and below the centre of the bow, at the front. A pai…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-EC16D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy ansate brooch dating from 700-1000 AD. The brooch appears to have been in contact with fire, so many of the details are unclear. The brooch has an angled bow-shaped profile, with a fan-shaped protrusion at either end. There is moulded decoration encirculing the bow at its roundest point. The reverse of the brooch is convex and there are the remains of the catch plate at one end. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt (2000) p380. The brooch is 41.4mm long, 9.3mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 9.9g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chislet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FBB697
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform or small-long brooch, 23mm long, 20mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.89 grams. Part of the rectangular head plate and one flat damaged knob survive. The headplate has a line of circular stamps running up its edges, but no other decoration can be seen. The upper part of the bow is present, protruding from a rectangular protrusion at the base of the plate. The reverse contains one centrally placed, damaged semi-circular lug which has a large patch of iron corrosion surrounding …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-0EC715
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy brooch in the shape of a bird, possibly a dove. The bird is in profile looking right, and has a long oval body set horizontally with a head at one end and a triangular tail at the other. Underneath the rounded breast is a single triangular foot. The head has a small down-curved beak. On the reverse are two broken lugs, one with iron staining by the tail (probably the pin lug) and the other by the breast (probably the catchplate). Both are parallel to the (missing) pin. The original description said that the bird was decorated with a ring-and-dot motif at the top and bo…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASW-948D00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy wide equal-armed brooch. One sub-triangular arm, much of the arched bow and traces of the second arm are intact. The symmetrical decoration on the arm, comprising a border which is 6mm wide down the length of the straight edge. At the centre of the border is a rectangular panel and at each side a pair of quadrupeds pursuing a larger quadruped (hound?) away from the centre. At the centre, the hind legs and tails of the two animals facing in opposite directions are joined. At each corner the jaws of the 2nd quadruped are joined to a third dog, which is …
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Maidenhead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-92B213
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete large silver disc brooch of late Early-Medieval date and Weetch type 10.B (Sutton type). The plate is flat, circular in shape and is missing the separately cast pin, three separate areas of the exterior edge and a small area from one side of the brooch due to old breaks or possible plough damage. The front face of the disc carries incised and applied decoration. The applied decoration comprises a central projecting cone or boss with flattened, rounded top that measures 10.24mm in diameter at base and 9.52mm in height. Eight similar bosses are positioned evenly around …
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-21EE96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bow brooch, heavily cast in low-grade silver alloy. Curved bow fragment decorated with arches set inside rectangular frames. Most of the object has broken away, but there are remains of a plate at one end of the bow. The back is plain except for a triangular tab where the bow meets the still preserved plate fragment. and a large, transverse crack. 5th century. Treasure report from Dr. Sonja Marzinzik: The rectangular, partly damaged frame of the bow suggests that this was part of a wide equal-armed brooch. This is further supported by the similarity of the arch …
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-32DF66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) brooch. Length: 15.9mm; width: 15.1mm; weight: 3.09g. This fragment comprises the semi-circular head and part of the bow. The head is broken around the edges, flat at the front and flat at the rear. The bow is strongly arched as viewed form the side. At the top the bow is 12.1mm in width and at the transverse break the width is 9.9mm. At the front of the bow there are at least two vertical raised ribs. The brooch is severely corroded and in poor condition with active bronze disease. It is possible that this fragment is part of a ra…
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.