Record ID: NMS-BFEDF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Scrap of possibly Early Anglo-Saxon possible bow brooch. Worn, corroded and rather misshapen possible bow, of rounded sub-rectangular section with hint of possible facets at one end and tapering to a worn break at the other end. Iron corrosion on possible facetted end and over most of reverse. Ancient breaks. Surviving dimensions 12 x 22mm.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAKL-CF1D91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Small-long type, head square its outline marked by a single incised line. Two transverse lines run across the end of the bow, its sides are marked by single incised lines. Most of the bow and the foot are missing. On the back is a single lug (11.3 long x 9.2 high) which held the pin. Through this is a 3.5mm diameter hole.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-CF41F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy brooch of Small-long type, the form of its head cannot now be determined and it could be placed in either Leeds' Trefoil or Cross-potent class. No trace of decorated survives on the face. On the back are the truncated remains of a single lug (9.8 long) which held the pin. The lug bears traces of a hole.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E2AE41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch, missing its spring mechanism and pin. It measures 42.86mm in length and weighs 8.05g, and dates to c. 420-c. 480 AD. The wings are flat with damaged D-shaped side lugs, which would have held the axis bar; the wings are 20.34mm wide. The top of the wings then is open to expose the missing spring. The bow curves out below a headplate consisting of a ledge projecting forward from either end of the wings, then narrows to 5.03mm widebefore widening slightly towards the lower bow (5.75mm wide), then again at the foot (6…
Created on: Friday 19th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3AA1D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch with cast-in-one half-round waisted side knobs. Most of the front surface is obscured by corrosion products and no fine detail of decoration is visible. There is a central panel on the headplate and the bow is D-sectioned with rectangular panels forming facets at the top and base. A transverse rib is visible at the base of the latter. On the footplate the half-round moulding is apparently very short and the eyes of the animal head unpronounced. The snout is elongated and the nostrils undivided. On the reverse the pin lug is probably single but is alm…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-E11208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular base silver disc, thickly gilded on the front and in excellent condition, with a silver rivet through the centre. The disc measures 41mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick, and is slightly convex. It has a reserved border decorated with circular punchmarks, which merges into a wider reserved central cross with similar punchmarks. At the centre of this cross is a reserved but not punch-marked circle, in the centre of which a separate shiny silver dome-headed rivet is fixed (diameter 5.7mm). The four panels thus made are sunken and have chip-carved counter-relief interlace, subtly dif…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-752641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete cast copper alloy brooch of later Early Medieval date; deemed Anglo-Scandinavian in cultural terms. The brooch is lozengiform in plan with openwork decoration. The brooch has a single stylised zoomorphic head at each corner of the lozengiform, the moulded detail of each of these, especially the area between the eyes and ears is slightly different, otherwise they are very similar with each one having a rounded protruding nose, raised ridge running up from this forming the snout or nose and a prominent brow ridge at the top of this. This arrangement forms shallow hollows f…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2011
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clipstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9F9533
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch, dating from the Early Anglo-Saxon period (AD c. 420-c. 480). The top of the bow flares into the head, which has a transversely ridged and grooved upper surface. From either end of the back of the head projects a damaged perforated lug, which together would have held in place the now-missing spring mechanism. The bow is of roughly D-shaped cross-section, a central arris extending down the upper surface. The upper portion, where the sides converge sharply, is decorated in the centre with two grooves forming an inverted V. Most of the …
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-ACD1B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a small square-headed (or Kentish) square-headed brooch made from gilded silver. Part of the bow and part of the headplate survive; the breaks vary a little, but in general are neither particularly fresh nor particularly old. The central panel of the headplate is decorated with a small rectangular gilded panel consisting of a ridged frame and three surviving short vertical ridges. This is surrounded to its single surviving (left-hand) side by a broad ungilded frame decorated with tiny transverse ribbing; this frame turns at the junction of bow and headplate…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C62B48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper-alloy ansate brooch. 27mm long, 6.5mm wide and D-shaped in section. It has a rounded terminal with a thickened tip, possibly zoomorphic. A raised collar marks the border between the terminal and the curved bow, which has two collars at the apex. The break is just before the end of the bow. At the reverse of the terminal are two rectangular lugs, 7mm long and 4mm wide, with iron corrosion within the holes, suggesting an iron pin, now lost. Ansate brooches are Frankish in origin and used in England from the 8th to the 10th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6AF276
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper-alloy brooch, 26mm long, 24mm wide and 1mm thick (9mm thick at lug). The object is in fair condition and weighs 8.32grams. The object consists of a rectangular plate with a raised border containing a Mammen-style design. This shows a bird facing right with a curving long, swollen body (possibly striped?) and a long ribbon-like neck with a small round head. The head is facing downwards in front of the body and contains an almond shaped eye. Extending out from behind the body are two overlapping wings, each formed ot two double contoured tendrils. These are contain…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-6C0D22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete composite cast and fabricated copper alloy and enamel brooch, with gilding, of later Early Medieval date. Such brooches have been attributed to both Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon material culture groups. The brooch is circular in plan and, based on more complete examples, would have had between six and eight small lugs projecting from the outer edge arranged at regularly spaced intervals. In this instance, due to considerable circumferential damage, only one of these lugs survives. The surviving lug is flat and semi-circular in form with a central slightly raised cylin…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rolleston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-DF8F18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 18. About half the brooch survives. The front has recessed (or 'champlevé') panels which carry traces of enamel inlay. These would have formed a cruciform design. On the reverse is a single perforated lug set at a right angle to the direction of the pin, which would have acted as a hinge for the pin, which is now missing. The opposing catchplate would have been located on the missing section of the brooch. This is a variant of a type of brooch well known from the middle or late Anglo-Saxon period; see NMS-ED9EF1, ESS-5E37A1 …
Created on: Monday 28th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: CAM-9D5C73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
From the photograph, this appears to be an early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-9DB8E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
From the photograph of the front of this object, it is likely to be an ansate brooch of middle to late Anglo-Saxon date (8th to 10th century). Each terminal is slightly flared to a zig-zag end with three V-shaped indentations. The arched bow is rectangular in cross-section. Each of the three elements of the brooch (bow and two terminals) is decorated with a rather crudely engraved diagonal cross, or saltire; on the terminals there is a blind-drilled dot in each of the quarters of the saltire. Without a photograph of the reverse, to confirm the presence of pin fixings, the identifica…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C321A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast lead Early Medieval Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. The fragment consists of part of the foot. Either side of which are lappets, originally in the form of eagle's heads. At the lower end of the fragment is a moulding representing the brow with ridges above the eyes on the foot. Behind the foot is the remains of the catchplate, which has been turned over, apparently for use. A feature of the brooch that cannot be understood is the material that fills the recessed lines on the face of this object. This is mid-green and purple in colour and seems soft. It has been su…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-400CB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch, 53mm long, 22mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 8.64g. The brooch has some damage to its head, with one knob missing. The head plate is rectangular and is bordered with curved or perhaps semi-circular punchmarks. It has three flat semi-circular knobs, one missing, as big as the head; they each have a semi-circular notch taken out at each side of their base, making them mushroom-shaped and the entire head trefoil. The bow is flattened in its centre, which appears to have been done…
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-B30872
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy gilded button brooch (Avent & Evison class Ai) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. AD 450 - c. AD 550). Maximum diameter: 18.5mm and 3.3mm thick. Weight: 2.52g. The majority of the rim and part of the pin lug and catch-plate are missing due to old abraded breaks. The pin is also missing. When complete, the brooch would have been circular in plan with an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the surviving part of the brooch is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which appears to have had prominent and well defined features. How…
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-40D077
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy S-shaped brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, probably fifth or sixth century (AD 400 - AD 600). Length: 23.2mm; width: 8.2mm and 7.1mm thick. Weight: 1.85g. The brooch is solid and largely flat at the front with no perforations or openwork. It is decorated with two grooves each close to an edge, resulting in a central broad flat-topped ridge flanked by a narrower ridge to either side. At each end is an animal head seen in profile, with a circular groove forming an eye and an open beak or mouth. The lower jaw is curled backwards, and the upper j…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A9565
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt fragment of a footplate of a square headed brooch. The fragment is incomplete at its top and bottom edges, where the rest of the footplate would have continued originally, due to old breaks, which are now worn. The fragment is roughly lozenge shaped and the front face decorated with an intricate chip carved design consisting of a central lozenge, two opposing terminals of which are complete and rounded in shape. There is a quatrefoil with spiral terminals within the lozenge shape and surrounding the lozenge there are rope-like or plaited motifs. The back face appears und…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.