Record ID: DENO-6D3516
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete cast silver/copper-alloy radiate-headed brooch of early-medieval date. It has a semi-circular headplate with raised outer border, and within this two raised lines following the outline; in the centre there is a semi-circular zone of vertical lines. The brooch probably originally had five baluster-shaped projections with moulded terminals but only two incomplete ones remain, with the rest of the perimeter of the headplate being damaged. The rectangular bow is wide with a shallow arch just below the radiate head and expands towards the bottom. The front is moulded with a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Asgarby Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EDD8D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of flat decorated gilded silver. It appears to have been irregularly cut, most probably from a lozenge-shaped brooch. The surviving edge has two circular lobes projecting side by side from the corner of the lozenge, each decorated with a central raised dot and a pair of concentric ridges. Of the two remaining edges, one is ragged and the other is cleanly cut. The interior of the plate is decorated with a linear border made up of a narrow outer and a wide inner ridge with traces of punched circles on it, forming the angle of the lozenge. Within this is worn re…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-114BB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy brooch decorated in a fusion of the Borre and Jellinge styles, possibly a Viking import, dating from 900-950 AD. The brooch is domed and in two parts; a flat backplate and a slightly domed, openwork front. The reverse carries the remains of a double mount for a hinged pin and a catch plate, together with an additional lug at right angles to the pin, which was probably perforated, but is also broken. The hinge and pin are also missing. The openwork upper portion is made up of a single profile beast with a thin, intertwined body, making a roughly triangular shape and with…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E03E50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. Only part of the zoomorphic foot survives. In cross-section the fragment is arched and broken at either end. At the top the foot has a series of transverse ribs. The lower of these curves into the centre to form the forehead of the animal. Either side of this is a large pellet indicating the eyes. A shallow ridge runs down the centre of the snout to the break. On the reverse a small portion of the catchplate is visible at the top.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-723345
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of an Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, made of silver, partly gilded and inlaid with niello. The headplate and foot are present however the bow is missing. The breaks are jagged and appear to be of relatively recent occurance. The rectangular head plate is missing much of its lower edge. It is decorated with a raised three-sided frame containing two rows of niello-inlaid triangular cells. Within the frame is a panel of Style I ornament, with further Style I animals outside the frame. On the reverse of the headplate is a single pierced lug. The gilding does not continu…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aunsby and Dembleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C634B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval Great Square-Headed brooch dating from the late 5th or 6th century. The fragment is probably the terminal of the footplate of the brooch because on the reverse is a central rib which probably extends from the base of the catchplate. The terminal is sub-circular in plan with a decorated front and undecorated reverse. The base of the footplate also survives. This flares from the top of the circular terminal. The break is patinated. Some gilding remains on the front, which is decorated with chip-carved grooves on the base of the footplate. There is a V …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-39E892
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Cruciform Brooch fragment. Possible side or top knob from a cruciform brooch (finder suggests). This object is cast in the round as a very slightly waisted piece, with a scar indicating its attachment to the body of the brooch by a copper alloy pin. The majority of brooch knobs, as illustrated by Reichstein (1975), are more prominently waisted than this example. However, northern Lincolnshire provides examples, as from Cleatham, where this trait becomes less conspicuous, perhaps a result of local Anglo-Saxon manufacture of this form of brooch. Suggested date: Earl…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middle Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-E69196
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast, copper-alloy cruciform brooch of 5th-6th century date. The fragment consists of the side- or topknob from the head of a cruciform brooch. The knob is half-round in section with a hollow back. The knob has 3 sections: a base collar that is trapezoidal in plan; the central body of the knob, sub-trapezoidal in plan; and a narrow spatulate/crescent terminal. The break at the base of the collar indicates the object was cast integral with the rest of the brooch, rather than made separately and attached.
Created on: Thursday 27th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-100402
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Only the headplate and bow survive. The headplate is square and has three shovel-shaped wings. The central square is decorated with a smaller raised panel offset to the base of the head. This is decorated with a perimeter of punched crescents and a large ring-and-dot motif in the centre. Two rows of small punched annulets run above the square to the top of the uppermost shovel. Each annulet is joined by an arch of punched dots. The two wings to either side are decorated with a perimeter of punched crescents and a double row down…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2322A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon brooch with identical triangular terminals, one a head and one a foot, both flat, undecorated and triangular with the apexes towards the bow. The long side edges of the head and foot are slightly incurved, the top and bottom (the bases of the triangles) slightly outcurved. The bow is relatively wide, triangular in cross-section in the centre and has a short rectangular-section panel at both top and bottom, creating a pair of small triangular facets at either end. On the reverse of each terminal is a narrow longitudinal projection, one (probably the catchp…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grantham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8D13E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cruciform brooch fragment. Cast foot of a narrow cruciform brooch with stylised horse nostrils at end and three moulded ribs above it. The object is of plano-convex section, with a flat back retaining the stub of a catch-plate. Abraded overall. The narrow form may suggest this object to lie earlier in the sequence of cruciform brooches, while its condition suggests it was broken in antiquity. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 475-500. Length: 39.32mm, Width: 8.8mm, Thickness: 3.42mm, Weight: 6.39g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9F1D23
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Cast foot of a cruciform brooch. On the display face prominently moulded eyes are set between heavy brow ridges; the end of the brooch foot is turned up, whether by heat or impact damage is uncertain. On the reverse, the stub of the lower end of a possibly triangular catch-plate remains. Abraded overall, including on fracture surfaces, suggesting the object was damaged in antiquity. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 31.31mm, Width: 14.15mm, Thickness (clear of catch-plate): 2.85mm, Weight: 7.93gms.
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9F2CC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Cast foot of a cruciform brooch. A splayed or pelta-shaped foot, notched or billeted on its broad end below a thin incised border, narrows towards two sets of triple moulded ribs, and a further pair of ribs; the brooch is broken at the springing of the convex moulding of the bow. A thin catch-plate remains on the reverse, between foot and bow. The object is bent, with the foot pushed back from its normal plane. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 57.17mm, Width (at foot): 23.44mm, Thickness (at foot): 1.93mm, Weight: 10.65gms
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9F3D81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Cast foot from a small cruciform brooch. A foot derived from a pelta form, but with more rounded edges, joins the flat end of bow at a moulded step. Closely-spaced punched dots follow the edges of the fragment, which has been detached from the rest of the brooch below the position of the catch-plate. A fine and even patina extends over all surfaces except this fracture, suggesting relatively recent breakage. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 29.05mm, Width: 18.42mm, Thickness: 1.76mm, Weight: 3.31gms.
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9F4EF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Cast head-plate of a cruciform brooch. The stub of a pin lug remains on reverse. The object is bent and torn towards the lower part of head, and no surface detail remains, possibly due to burning or other trauma in antiquity. An overall patina is disrupted by more recent abrasion or corrosion. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 24.92mm, Width: 34.62mm, Thickness: 2.45mm, Weight: 11.9gms.
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9F7C56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with blue enamel Brooch fragment (as kindly identified by finder). Cast flat fragment of a flat plate with the stub of a catch-plate or pin lug on the reverse. The plate is gently waisted, with one oval end bearing a central decorative boss. The display face bears curvilinear decoration and a raised border defining a field occupied by the degraded traces of blue enamel. The finder cites parallels on display in Lincoln, holding this to be an end fragment of a similar brooch; these suggestions have yet to be confirmed by The Collection. The use of curvilinear dec…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48F553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and silver Brooch. Disc Brooch. Slightly concavo-convex silver disc decorated with five circular compartments of interlocking compass-drawn decoration, attached by four silver rivets of diameter 1.4mm and length 2.5mm to a similarly concavo-convex cast copper alloy disc. Each strand of interlace bears an off-centre incised line, probably to emphasise its course; the rivets are sunk between these lines where they intersect. A central countersunk hole of about 2mm diameter appears integral to the facing, and perhaps to both elements. Diagonal tooling or polishing marks ap…
Created on: Friday 25th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greenfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9B7487
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
In September 2003 and November 2004, two joining fragments of a late 9th-century Anglo-Saxon silver openwork disc brooch were found at Heckington, Lincolnshire. Description: Within a circular shape in a beaded border, the pattern cut out is that of an equal-armed cross with double cusped expanded arms. The cut-out 'armpits' would have been embellished by an additional pattern, of which only a volute on the left-hand side of fragment (A) survives. Fragment (A) corresponds to the expanded arms of the cross, and is decorated with vegetation motifs at the attenuated spandrels, and wi…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C6AF67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, circa 6th century. The brooch has a rectangular headplate divided into three smaller rectangular panels. The two flanking panels contain a small recessed dot in the upper half. The lower inner corner of these panels are notched. At the top of the brooch is a flat half-rounded knop with a dot in the centre. A similar knop is also seen on the lower edge of side of both flanking panels. The bow is short, arched, faceted and has a deep chanel down the centre. To either side is a recessed dot. There is a narrow transverse collar…
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-479FA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy late Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian disc brooch executed in Borre style knot work. The brooch is flat, circular and very worn. There are two lugs and the remains of a catchplate on the reverse. This Kershaw's 'East Anglian Series'.
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2018
No spatial data available.