Record ID: BH-140512
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A miniature medieval brooch, circular in form, with a flat back and rounded front. The front is decorated with punches simulating granulation separated by incised criss-crosses. The pin is intact, its loop bent around a bar which holds it in place. The pin tapers to a point and has a collar of punched decoration resembling that on the surface of the frame. The whole effect is very decorative. The brooch is gold and dates from the thirteenth century.
Created on: Saturday 28th November 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-144632
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miniature medieval brooch, circular in form, with a flat back and raised decoration on the front. This consists of four collets, made to accommodate stones, now lost, placed at equal distances at the top and bottom of the frame of the brooch. In the middle of the frame at each side is a semi-spherical moulding with punched decoration imitating granulation. The pin is intact and is secured by a rod within the frame of the brooch and a groove, which serves as a pin-rest. The brooch is gold and dates from the thirteenth or early fourteenth century.
Created on: Saturday 28th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton-le-Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D21D7B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold open-frame brooch, roughly circular in plan, with an intact pin and two opposing, empty, collets. The frame is of oval cross-section and has a constriction, around which the pin loop has been folded. A transverse ridge separates the loop from the pin shaft, the latter of which is of flat section and tapers to a point. The two centrally located collets flank this pin. Each collet, attached to a flattened area of the frame, is cylindrical, has a vertical seam and an upper edge that has been rolled inwards. Width: 17.1 mm; Height/Length: 16.9 mm; Thickness: 4.6 mm. Weight: 1.2…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.