2024-03-29T14:42:35+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results139120Cambridgeshire100CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.518.JPG13862008From a paper map1EMDistrictCertain2SUR1255550CAMBRIDGEx410221269588211.63Cambridge106272014-02-12T10:23:04ZEasternCirca
An early Saxon brooch of Small-Long form; only the upper part survives. The headplate is square with three T-shaped arms and with a housing behind for the spring and pin. Along the edges of these arms and around three sides of the square headplate is decoration comprising lines of punched crescents and dots. Only one end of the arched and facetted bow survives.
David Williams710.163737SUR-FB4466240805Small-Long108.518BROOCHTL4857finds-2408051133.918SUR-FD8D96Incomplete400images/dwilliams/1196505001493FDA240165F42008-12-10T15:03:00ZCertainx4102212008-02-01T00:00:00Z152.191383EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertain2022-07-14T07:08:21.106ZCambridgeshire100CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.519.JPG13862008From a paper map1EMDistrictCertain2SUR1255550CAMBRIDGEx41022126958825.12Cambridge106272014-02-12T10:22:17ZEasternCirca
An early Saxon brooch of Small-Long form; only the undecorated upper part survives. The headplate is square with three rounded projections (one is missing), and on its back a housing for an iron spring. The arched bow is also plain.
David Williams30.84710.163737SUR-FB4466240807Small-Long108.519BROOCHTL4857finds-240807118SUR-FDB186Incomplete400images/dwilliams/1196506001493FDBEB019C042008-12-10T15:10:35ZCertainx4102212008-02-01T00:00:00Z152.191383EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertain2022-07-14T07:08:21.106ZCambridgeshire100CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.520.JPG13862008From a paper map1EMDistrictCertain2SUR1255550CAMBRIDGEx41022126958823.46Cambridge106272014-02-12T10:21:24ZEasternCirca
An early Saxon brooch of Small-Long form; only the undecorated upper part survives. The headplate is square and on its back a housing for an iron spring. The arched bow is also plain.
David Williams25.02710.163737SUR-FB4466240809Small-Long108.520BROOCHTL4857finds-2408091118.478SUR-FDCBE5Incomplete400images/dwilliams/1196507001493FDCF30123342008-12-10T15:14:59ZCertainx4102212008-02-01T00:00:00Z152.191383EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertain2022-07-14T07:08:21.107ZCambridgeshire100CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.521.JPG13862008From a paper map1EMDistrictCertain2SUR1255550CAMBRIDGEx41022126958824.64Cambridge106272014-02-12T10:20:07ZEasternCirca
An early Saxon brooch, probably of Small-Long form; only the bow and a fragment of the catchplate survive. The bow, which is concave behind, has mouldings which form facetted corners. Above and below the bow is a group of three transverse grooves. There is also a groove below the bow, adjacent to the top of the catchplate.
David Williams32.3710.163737SUR-FB4466240810Small-Long108.521BROOCHTL4857finds-240810118SUR-FDDD41Incomplete400images/dwilliams/1196508001493FDE3A0143142008-12-10T15:20:26ZCertainx4102212008-02-01T00:00:00Z152.191383EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertain2022-07-14T07:08:21.107ZEarlyCambridgeshire100CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector08.522.JPG13862008From a paper map1EMDistrictCertain2SUR1255550CAMBRIDGEx41022126958826.65Cambridge106272019-04-02T14:40:41Z1EasternCirca
A gilded early Saxon brooch, probably of Great Square-Headed form. Only part of the bow survives. This fragment displays rebated edges to either side of a prominent ridge.
Helen Geake710.163737SUR-FB4466240811great square headed108.522EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTL4857finds-2408111114.778SUR-FDF3A2Incomplete400x41022images/dwilliams/1196509001493FDFF00121F42008-12-10T15:27:44ZCertainx4102212008-02-01T00:00:00Z14752.191383EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertain2022-07-14T07:08:21.108ZEarlySurrey1CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector08.1311.JPG139652008GPS (from the finder)813986111019EMDistrictCertain3SUR1400225.65570Wisleyx41022126960977.61Guildford106272018-10-08T15:49:25Z1South EastCirca
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 break of angle and come off there) or it has been deliberately sheared off in antiquity, though I might have expected a smoother outcome were this to have been the case.
Tania Dickinson comments: The ornament is indeed without exact parallel, but not otherwise odd. The Wisley ornament consists entirely of disarticulated hip, leg and foot elements. The square framing lines make me think of the pair of saucer brooches from Alfriston 62 - not a continuous square, but as there perhaps the lines make the 'legs' of a zoomorphic 'swastika', the feet being in the (missing) outer zone. Unlike Alfriston, however, here we would have a zone of complex Style I (a general idea not so uncommon on saucer brooches) inside the swastika. Given both these lines of argument, a Surrey findspot is not so odd - exactly the area where contact between good, south-eastern, Style I and the desire to adapt it to saucer brooches might take place.
For the saucer brooches from Alfriston grave 62, see Griffith and Salzmann 1914 (Sussex Archaeological Collections vol. 56) pl. VI.
Helen Geake71-0.480864Anglo-Saxon styleSUR-5E0078252767cast saucer1Style I08.1311EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTQ0657finds-252767x4101211110SUR-5DF420Uncertain480x41022images/dwilliams/120749000149E5E0040139032009-04-15T14:24:20ZCertainx410222008-01-01T00:00:00Z14751.302263EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:27.219ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityCast1EarlyMetal detector08.1551.JPG439252008From a paper map816945111019EMUnitary AuthorityCertain2SUR43925600Pewseyx4102213.42Wiltshire106272014-02-18T10:10:42ZSouth WestCirca
An early Saxon short long brooch with a trefoil headplate around a central square. The headplate has D-shaped arms, two of which are missing, and two vertical lines of crescentic stamps. The bow is arched with facetted corners. The narrow footplate has two pairs of ridges. The remaining part of the spring is iron. The catchplate is missing.
David Williams5871-1.757341SUR-702AF6257286108.1551BROOCHSU1760finds-25728611196SUR-7011A1Incomplete400images/margaretb/22117290014A1702AB0196A42009-05-22T20:53:15ZProbablyx4102212008-12-06T00:00:00Z51.338838EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:29.956ZLateOxfordshire100CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detectorDSCN9131.JPG83282010818435111019EMDistrictCertain2SUR84391000Radleyx4102210.27Vale of White Horse106272018-11-01T12:51:09ZReturned to finder3South EastCirca
An ansate, or equal-ended, brooch of middle to late Saxon date and complete save for the missing iron pin. The brooch has an arched bow and flat rounded terminals, both of which bear a cross within a circle. The designs are both crudely engraved.
This brooch belongs to Weetch's type II.Aiii, disc-shaped terminals with engraved geometric ornament. The type is dated from the 8th to the 10th centuries (Weetch 2013, 144).
Helen Geake41.372-1.263796SUR-7E4B52401393ansate1Weetch type II.AiiiB10.138EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU5198finds-4013931113.746SUR-7E30F2Incomplete700x41022images/dwilliams/1291901PAS4C57E30F00147942010-08-03T10:36:15ZCertainx410222010-07-24T23:00:00Z4751.678458EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:40ZOxfordshire100CountyCast1Metal detectorB11-113.jpg8328From finderFair183531EMDistrictCertain2SUR825331.67600Goringx41022263508767.39South Oxfordshire106272011-06-03T10:44:00ZReturned to finderSouth EastCirca
A circular plate brooch of early medieval date, now very worn. The brooch has a circular central aperture but no decoration is now visible. On the back survive the stubs of both hinge and catchplate.
David Williams7-1.136378SUR-E511844443421B11-113BROOCHSU6082finds-444342116SUR-E50DB8Incomplete400images/dwilliams/1330596PAS4DDE50DB001F9C42011-05-26T14:08:44ZCertainx41022151.5337261EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:03.895ZEarlySurrey100CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector11-494.jpg139654From a paper mapGood1138471EMWhite metal coatedDistrictCertain2SUR1387037.03600Godstonex410222635095412.34Tandridge106272018-10-02T17:50:09ZReturned to finder1South EastCirca
An early Saxon disc brooch with a central ring and dot and peripheral circle of eight rings and dots. The surface is tinned.
Helen Geake71-0.067364SUR-38FCB24490894disc111-494 F10A134EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTQ3551finds-449089116SUR-E4C7A8Incomplete400x41022images/margaretb/1333224PAS4DFE4C7A001F5542011-06-19T20:22:35ZCertainx4102214751.2422112EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:06.223ZMiddleHampshire100CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector07.579.JPG1776572007From a paper map117487EMWhite metal coatedDistrictCertain2SUR17486700Greywellx410225.78Hart106272014-02-25T11:19:34ZReturned to finder2South East
The upper part of a small long brooch of Early Saxon date. The brooch has traces of a white metal coating. The head plate is of rectangular form with sideways projecting lobes on each corner. At the top the plate is decorated with two ring and dot stamps. The top and side edges of the plate are decorated with groups of three lines which form a V which a central division. On the back of the plate is a flat rectangular area of white metal. There is no sign of there having been a hinge or catchplate here so perhaps the hinge was a separately soldered fitting.
David Williams25.0471-0.984404SUR-59AE662100007107.579EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU7149finds-2100001118.246SUR-59C217Incomplete500x41022images/dwilliams/116549000147B59DD40185442008-02-15T14:12:36ZCertainx4102212007-01-01T00:00:00Z4751.235775EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:04.612ZEarlyEast Sussex1CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector07.848.JPG262512007GPS (from the finder)26741EM
Since the brooch is of copper alloy it falls within Leigh's Series III (unpublished 1980 thesis), which simply covers all small/Kentish square-headed brooches made of copper alloy (Series I and II are both of silver). The general date range is circa 500-570.
GildedDistrictCertain1SUR2896570South Heightonx410225.86Lewes106272018-08-30T12:56:46Z1South EastCirca
A fragment from the foot-plate of a small square-headed brooch. The catchplate is on the back.
Helen Geake28.1710.042436SUR-382E112144111small square headed107.848EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTQ4403finds-2144111121.3310SUR-381ED2Fragment500x41022images/dwilliams/117051800147F382D80148E42008-04-02T13:58:00ZCertainx4102212007-10-06T23:00:00Z4750.808664EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:06.806ZSurrey1000CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.60.JPG139652007From a paper map813993111019EMDistrictCertain2SUR14002600West Clandonx410223.65Guildford106272014-02-25T11:08:56ZSouth EastCirca
A fragment of a small early Saxon cruciform brooch. The lower part and the catchplate are missing. The brooch is plain but above the headplate is a collared knob terminal . There are also knobs on the ends of the headplate. The iron spring and chord survive.
David Williams50.5871-0.52561SUR-FF3E46222081Cruciform108.60BROOCHTQ0351finds-2220811135.364SUR-FFE542Incomplete450images/dwilliams/1178276001484FFEDD01B0842008-06-11T17:35:41ZCertainx4102212007-01-01T00:00:00Z51.24888EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:10.643ZEarlyEast Sussex1CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector08.212.JPG26252007GPS (from the finder)82699111019EM
The brooch is of insular manufacture.
DistrictCertain2SUR289630.1550Tarring Nevillex410226.24Lewes106272018-10-10T13:29:39Z1South EastCirca
An incomplete early Saxon disc brooch. The brooch is divided into two concentric fields by a pair of inscribed concentric grooves. The outer field has two concentric circles of opposed double lunate punches with a single circle of annulet punches between, each of the latter inlaid with what appears to be niello. The internal field contains four small concentric grooves around a central pit with four double circles and pits, forming a square, all within a ring of punched circles. The brooch originally had an iron pin.
Helen Geake710.042828Anglo-Saxon styleSUR-707CA1226542disc108.212EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTQ4404finds-226542x4101211110SUR-70E2C6Incomplete450x41022images/dwilliams/1181991001488710240128F32008-07-23T12:04:04ZCertainx4102212007-09-29T23:00:00Z4750.81765EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:12.779ZEast Sussex1CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector08.216.JPG26252007GPS (from the finder)26931EM5.01DistrictCertain1SUR2896600Southeasex410228.09Lewes106272014-01-15T10:17:01ZSouth EastCirca
A fragment of the head plate from an early Saxon square-headed brooch. The fragment displays a face mask, inverted, with a scrolling moustache, flanked by zoomorphic elements. The stubs of the hinge plates survive on the back.
David Williams25.23710.015229SUR-707CA1226558108.216BROOCHTQ4206finds-2265581127.7310SUR-716641Fragment500images/dwilliams/11819950014887170A0145E42008-07-23T12:33:30ZCertainx4102212007-11-01T00:00:00Z50.836118EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:12.794ZEarlyHampshire100CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector08.277.JPG177651200881783811019EMGildedDistrictCertain2SUR4351115.32600Broughtonx410224.45Test Valley106272018-10-11T10:14:32Z1South East
A gilded early Saxon button brooch with the remains of an iron pin. The brooch has a raised rim and a central raised circle within which is a stylised human face.
Helen Geake71-1.558694SUR-C189B72292511button108.277EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU3133finds-229251116SUR-C16EF4Incomplete450x41022images/dwilliams/118463000148AC1899010FE42008-08-20T14:14:01ZCertainx410222008-03-02T00:00:00Z4751.095475EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:14.061ZEarlyHampshire1CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector09.1218.JPG177652009GPS (from the finder)175281EMDistrictCertain4SUR17754600Tichbornex410227.2Winchester106272018-01-22T14:47:24Z1South EastCirca
The lower part of a small long brooch of early Saxon date. The fragment comprises most of the arch and the diamond-shaped plate, and a broken catchplate projection on the back. There is no additional decoration or surface coating.
Helen Geake32.5471-1.188071SUR-E8E7D3281517small long109.1218EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU5729finds-2815171118.9610SUR-E8F160Complete500x41022images/margaretb/12331780014B2E8FBA0141342009-12-20T20:57:30ZCertainx410222009-09-30T23:00:00Z4751.057521EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:49.782ZSurrey10CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector09.1300.JPG139652009From a paper map13968EMDistrictCertain2SUR1398133550Cobham and Downsidex410226.12Elmbridge106272013-11-12T10:41:44ZSouth East
An early Saxon disc brooch with a central aperture. The brooch, which dates to the 5th or 6th century, has three inscribed circles and four punched pits in the centre. There are the remains of a hinge and catchplate on the back. No traces of a white metal surface coating survive.
David Williams71-0.422893Anglo-Saxon styleSUR-2069E8282125disc109.1300BROOCHTQ1059finds-282125x41012118SUR-20B681Incomplete450images/margaretb/12335670014B420BF80151132010-01-04T15:40:40ZCertainx4102212009-09-30T23:00:00Z51.319482EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM147http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainDistrict Ward2022-07-14T07:08:50.192ZHampshire100CountyCast1EarlyMetal detector10.146.JPG1776512010176821EMGildedDistrict1SUR17754600Twyfordx410221.4Winchester106272011-05-26T10:08:44ZSouth EastCirca
A fragment of a gilded, early Anglo-Saxon brooch, possibly of Great Square-headed form. The original edge of the fragment appears to survive on the right hand side, in the photograph. Additional decoration comprises a curving line of opposed punched triangles.
Helen Geake19.0871-1.316873Anglo-Saxon styleWeekend Wanderers - Twyford (31/01/10)SUR-7E6E65291287120110.146BROOCHSU4826finds-291287x410121116SUR-7EEA93Fragment500images/margaretb/2749770014B97EF4F01C8E42010-03-10T19:13:19Zx4102212010-01-31T00:00:00Z51.031367EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:54.809ZMiddleSurrey100CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detector09.720.JPG1396512009From a paper map141911EM
Not included in Weetch 2013, because until 2017 it was recorded as a mount.
Gilded1.3DistrictCertain2SUR14002820Alburyx4102213.64Guildford106272018-02-02T12:47:23Z2South EastCirca
A diamond-shaped and slightly domed sheet metal strip brooch of Middle Saxon date (c.AD780-820). Traces of gilding survive. The brooch is well-preserved findspot, although the edges are a little 'nibbled' away with a certain amount of bright green 'bronze disease' visible. The brooch is pierced by eight rivet holes which probably held a missing pin attachment. The obtuse angles are both eroded away but the edge of one rivet hole in each of the two angles is still visible (making eight in all). The brooch is divided by plain ribbons arranged in a saltire into four diamond-shaped compartments each containing elements of stylised zoomorphic decoration.
A close parallel is shown in Mills 2001 (68, AS160), unfortunately without provenance. Leslie Webster comments: This is certainly a fine and unusually stylized version of characteristic 8th century animal head volutes, as per my chapter 'The Anglo-Saxon Hinterland: animal style in Southumbrian eighth-century England, with particular reference to metalwork' in Michael Müller-Wille and Lars Olof Larsson (eds.) Tiere: Menschen:Götter - Wikingerzeitliche Kunststile und Ihre Neuzeitliche Rezeption; Veröffentlichen Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft des Wissenschaften Hamburg, vol 90, 2001. There are similar devices on various 8th cent pin heads and the Gandersheim casket metal mounts. Susan Youngs comments: Here the little beast heads with their pricked ears and tongues, which usually develop to encircle the head in a kind of volute have become extremely stylized, so that the encircling coil has become a series of separate circles, and the heads themselves are pretty formulaic. It's interesting that this seems to be a mount, not a brooch, which of course these lozenge-shaped items often are. I wonder if the lower two rivets are actually the remains of an original brooch catch and it has been subsequently adapted as a mount, as the obviously secondary lateral holes suggest? There are several of these lozenge-shaped plates with borders and demarcated fields, some with space at two apexes for holes making them pin links and I think narrower, some fitted as brooches with applied bits or holes for same. This does look from the position of the various holes as though it was used as a decorative mount on box or cover at some point. The animal style is very distinctive indeed against the spirals and finials and I can't place the parallel I have seen for the heads, but not with these 'ears'. Otherwise the broad dividing lines and jaws put this c. 800. But the lines across the heads and the tight spirals are striking and on their own for the moment.
Helen Geake67.8772-0.498135Anglo-Saxon styleSUR-4821B72636171strip1Weetch type 31.C09.720EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHTQ0547finds-263617x4101211142.476SUR-47F8A7Incomplete780x41022images/dwilliams/12170180014A64820E0114F32009-07-20T15:41:18ZCertainx410222009-05-31T23:00:00Z14751.212561EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALWith Northmberland Estates in Alnwick.CertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:34.472Z