Record ID: HAMP-A1E871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early-medieval (5th-century) brooch, best classified as a radiate-headed brooch. This incomplete brooch is cast in copper alloy, with traces of an iron pin. The brooch has a semi-circular head-plate with three flat semi-circular knobs. The head is decorated with ring-and-dot motifs: three on the semi-circular headplate, with a further ring-and-dot in each knob. The reverse of the head-plate has the corroded remains of an iron pin across much of its width, either side of an incomplete integrally cast lug. The bow is short, wide, thick and sub-oval, with a low arch whic…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-BDAA38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-medieval one-piece circular or cross-shaped brooch consisting of a circular plate with a rectangular projection at the top which curls backwards and under to form an integral wire spring. The plate has two angled, oval perforations in the upper part and two corresponding curved edges within the incomplete lower portion of the plate, giving a cross-shaped effect. The plate is slightly concave (probably bent), and broken at the bottom so that one arm of the cross is missing. The spring is broken at the end, which projects downwards below the wound loop; the rest of the pin is miss…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinfen and Packington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C938C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver-gilt Kentish type keystone brooch with garnets. Diameter: 22.9mm; thickness: 6.3mm; weight: 3.26g. Treasure case no. 2009 T187. An incomplete, Kentish, silver-gilt, keystone garnet disc brooch with the rim missing. A raised beaded border has partially survived. The border, when complete, enclosed three cells containing keystone garnets divided by three gilded fields, all abutting a central circular cell. The garnets are set over gold foil. However, one garnet is missing. Each gilded field between the keystone cells is decorated with a single h…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DE8EF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead nummular brooch of late Anglo-Saxon date, Weetch type 5. The brooch is now incomplete, but would have been circular; it is rectangular in section. The outer edge of the upper surface is decorated with five small raised bosses which are each encircled with a ridge. Between each of these is a small circular pellet. This band of decoration is bordered on each side by an inscised line. In the center of the object is a raised boss. One side of the object has broken away. The reverse is undecorated. There is a raised projection on the reverse which was possibly part of the attachm…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Peover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5B1032
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (AD 400 - AD 600). Diameter: 26.1mm; thickness: 7.8mm; weight: 9.11g. The plate is circular in plan and flat at the front and some of the edge is missing due to corrosion. At the centre is a punched ring-and-dot motif, the diameter of which is about 3.0mm. This is surrounded by two inscribed circles, with diameters of 6.0mm and 3.5mm. Between this outer circle and the outside edge are four equally spaced punched ring-and-dots which are of the same diameter as the central one. Passing through the inne…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-5DF420
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval disc or saucer brooch with a central circular hole. Around the hole, and within a double-line square frame, is a cast design composed of animals in Salin's Style I. On the back are the remains of an iron spring and pin and a scar of the missing catchplate. None of the edges of the brooch appears to be original. Helen Geake comments: This could have been a cast saucer brooch: the pin fittings are so close to the edge that there could easily be some of the base missing. Its rim has either sheared off completely in the plough soil (rims are often very thin at the bre…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-2E8FA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. Only the upper part of the brooch (head and bow) remains. The headplate is rectangular, undecorated, and has a circular cut-out in the upper corners and a U-shaped cut-out in the lower edges, forming a worn T-shaped lug on each of three sides. The bow projects below. The bow is arched and faceted. There is a single lug in the centre on the reverse of the headplate surrounded by iron corrosion. The brooch is missing beneath the bow.
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-14E8F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast flat disc brooch. Around the circumference are eighteen projecting tooth-like lobes, giving the brooch a cogwheel-like appearance. In the centre is a low lozengiform boss with a concave underside. Four approximately D-shaped perforations make an openwork cross. A groove around the central boss extends at each corner to form a line down the centre of each arm. Around the cross is a circular band with a further groove forming a border. On the reverse is a pin-lug set parallel to the outer edge of the brooch and a catch-plate set perpendicular to it. Traces of iron corrosion aroun…
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runcton Holme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2BABC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (5th/6th century AD), incomplete only in that it is missing its pin. The flat arms are both triangular with rounded knops at each corner. One, at 18.55mm, is slightly longer than the other, at 16.05mm. The faceted bow that joins the arms curves in a shallowly raised arc. The diagonal sides of the arms are decorated on their upper surface with punched annulets. The lower surface is plain, and features a sub-trapezoidal catch-plate on one arm adjacent to the bow, and a broken D-shaped pin lug on the other, again…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-928F57
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Remains of a disc brooch, originally decorated with five drilled hollows, 1.5mm diameter, one central and four around the edge. Integrally cast catch plate and spring location on back of plate.
Created on: Sunday 24th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-A91441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy saucer brooch. Central design consisted of six running spirals, the tendrils ending at the centre of each spiral in small rings with hollow centres. In the centre of the brooch is another similar ring, with a circular ridge around it. Around all of this is a plain raised ring. Only 2.5mm of the original edge survives but this is turned up, representing the angle of the brooch's angled rim. On the back of the brooch is a 7.0mm long x 2.0mm high rib which formed part of the catch plate.
Created on: Monday 25th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Studley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E7FFE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The lower part of the footplate of a cruciform brooch of Åberg Group II or IV, with protruding eyes above a small pointed oval blind hole, scrolled nostrils, and a spatulate terminal. Much of the surface is covered with corrosion products. A row of annulet stamps is just visible along the base of the terminal. Old break. Length >37.5mm. Width 21mm. 6th century.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EA8781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The lower bow and foot of an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. The bow has longitudinal grooves above transverse grooves; the footplate has pairs of transverse grooves above and below side facets (one replaced by a casting flaw). The catchplate survives well on the reverse; it runs the full length of the foot. The material blocking the interior of the catchplate may represent the iron pin. Width at break 5.5mm. Width at base 9.5mm. Break not recent. First half 5th century.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B8E3A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch. Only the foot survives. It is triangular with concave sides and a convex base. The break is patinated. The foot is decorated with a border of annulet punches. Above the foot is a panel of two raised transverse ridges, and above that a flat panel decorated with transverse grooves and a similar annulet punch border. Lappets project from the sides of this area, in the form of a downward pointing scroll, like a stylised bird's beak. One is almost complete, but the one on the right is damaged. The catchplate also projects from…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8A4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead disc brooch of late Early-Medieval date. It is missing the pin and the outer edges of the pin lugs due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, circular in form and with relief decoration on the front face. This comprises a double stranded border within which is contained an animal or beast in the Jellinge style. The animal is positioned in a reverse S-shape and has a triangular head with oval shaped eyes and a bulbous open jaw. Extending from the base of the mouth is a double-stranded tongue that interlaces with the body and one leg. The curving neck and body run along o…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B8ADC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
The incomplete head of a cast copper-alloy early Anglo Saxon small-long brooch. The head is rectangular in shape, with three flat T-shaped 'knobs', one on the top (partly missing) and one to either side (one complete, one largely missing). These 'knobs' are derived from those found on cruciform brooches, and have rounded corners. The waists joining them to the centre of the headplate are formed from pairs of U-shaped cut-outs. There are the remains of a lug on the back, which would have held the spring mechanism (now missing). The head is undecorated and is broken across the botto…
Created on: Sunday 5th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-F9ECE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon annular brooch dating to the 7th century AD. The frame is oval in cross-section and decorated with areas of transverse grooves on the front of the frame. There is a long stretch of about 18 groove with the constriction for the pin in the centre of them. A matching long stretch is on the opposite side of the frame, with a short area of just three grooves at the other two cardinal points. The pin is intact; it is oval in section and hooked round the frame. Compare LIN-935CE8.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-A85AC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy possible brooch. The brooch is circular in plan with a integral rectangular protrusion coming off one edge. This protrusion has a broken terminal, but the break is not recent. The edges of the artefact are abraded with some patches of corrosion. The upper surface is decorated with a design within a high-relief beaded border. The exterior edge beyond the beaded border is undecorated. The decoration centres around a central pellet which is within an annulet. This annulet is further decorated with small oblique notches. Around the central pellet the field is f…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-5B0275
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy early-medieval cloisonné brooch dating to the late 10th or 11th century. The brooch has seven peripheral lugs of which five survive, one of which retains a domed blue glass insert. The front of the brooch has a raised circular insert that fits into the hollow rimed section of the lugged disc. The central insert is ornately enamelled with a design of a six-spoked wheel or star. Six C-shaped strips of copper alloy form semi-circular fields around the edge of the brooch. Each semi-circular field is filled with dark blue glass. In the centre is light blue enamel, surroundi…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DB3CC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy plate brooch in the form of an equal-armed cross with bifid terminals. The centre of the cross is lozenge-shaped and has a raised centre surrounded by two grooved borders. One arm of the brooch is missing. On the reverse are two copper-alloy lugs, both broken, one with a circular hole in which is iron corrosion, probably the remains of the pin. The metal has a smooth green patina where it is not damaged. Although there are superficial similarities to various cross-shaped middle and later Anglo-Saxon brooches (e.g. SF-C42F44), the closest parallels are to be found am…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.