Record ID: LIN-DB1483
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The brooch is cast copper alloy and has a square headplate decorated with a ring and dot motif in the centre. The motif has two rings to it. Surrounding the headplate are three integral semi-circular wings. Each wing is decorated with two transversly incised lines forming a narrow collar. The bow is arched and faceted, and broken shortly after below. The reverse of the headplate has a single integral pierced lug for the pin. The pin is missing.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DB35B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, cast copper alloy. The brooch has a square headplate split into three smaller rectangular zones. The central rectangular zone is the largest and sits slightly proud of the flaking zones, being decorated with a perimeter of punched crescents. Two integral side knops remain. Each knop has a moulded collar divided into three bands, and a flat circular knopped terminal. The rest of the brooch is missing at the top of the bow. There is an incomplete double pin lug on the reverse of the headplate.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DB46D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, cast copper alloy. The lowest part of the bow is visible, which is faceted and has three recessed collars below. The terminal is in the form of an animal's head. There are two large moulded eyes to either side, a long broad forehead and two circular nostrils forming the snout. The animal head is D-shaped in cross-section. The remains of a catchplate is situated on the reverse of the collared area.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-413577
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, lead. The fragment is part of the foot and catchplate. At the top the object is broken just below the bow. There is a flat rectangular plate with the remains of an incomplete catchplate on the reverse. There are two moulded transverse collars below, the uppper of which is thicker than the lower. Below the collars is an incomplete animals head. There are two large eyes represented by two moulded pellets. The forehead is D-shaped in cross-section and the snout is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-415104
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, lead, probably the foot terminal from a florid brooch. The object is in the form of a human face and is roughly D-shaped in cross-section. The upper surface is decorated in relief with a prominant forehead and deep set moulded eyes in the form of two large moulded pellets. The nose is large, triangular and flanked by two chubby-looking curved cheeks. There is a deeply incised elongated triangular channel at the bottom of either cheek, which emphasises them against the rest of the face. The mouth is relatively small and represented by two ver…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A5C801
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It has wings that are semi-circular in cross-section with fully-rounded terminals pierced to support the spring mechanism. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and comma-shaped in side view, tapering slightly towards the foot. The top of the bow is decorated with two pairs of transversly incised lines. The lower end of the bow is decorated with an incised transverse collar above and a moulded transverse collar below a small faceted rectangular panel. The foot panel widens slightly towards the terminal, and is decorated with long side face…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E85576
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Only the zoomorphic head survives. The head has two transverse collars above and the facial features are moulded and very pronounced. The forehead is triangular in cross-section and the snout is scroll-like. The reverse is slightly hollowed. There are traces of a catchplate on the reverse.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-FD3305
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy Group IV Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The brooch remains below the bow to the upper part of the foot. The upper part of the fragment has a slight step up to where the bow would have started. To either side below is an incomplete lappet. The foot begins with two collars and then two eyes formed by moulded pellets. The reverse is slightly hollowed. Part of the catchplate is present.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-290724
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The broooch is small which indicates an early date in the series. The brooch is missing from the bow upwards; only the zoomorphic foot remains. The catchplate remains on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D01994
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete gilt copper alloy cruciform brooch. The upper half of the brooch, along with the nostrils of the terminal are missing. The bow is only visible at its lowest point, which is faceted and slightly concave on the reverse. There is a trapozoid shaped panel below the bow which has an incised double grooved collar above and below. The left and right hand sides are decorated with punched crescent and dot motifs. There is a triangular shaped lappet to either side with what appears to be zoomorphic characteristics along the outer edge. There is another incised double collar belo…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruskington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D058F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy cruciform brooch. The fragment appears to be from near the foot end, and consists of a pair of moulded circles (perhaps eyes), with a vertically ribbed panel above, and a transversely ribbed panel below. The reverse is slightly concave.
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-D245D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from the foot of a copper-alloy small-long brooch. The fragment is flat and has three moulded transverse collars above a gently flaring triangular terminal. The two flaring side edges are both slightly bevelled, and decorated with a rwo of ring-and-dot motifs, six down one side and seven down the other. The straight lower edge has a ridge running along it. Early Anglo-Saxon, 5th or 6th century AD.
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruskington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-71FB55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper Anglo-Saxon cruciform or small long brooch. The brooch has an incomplete headplate that is missing its entire original perimeter. Only part of the upper bow survivies, which has a double incised collar above, a groove down the centre, and a facet to either side.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-1CE356
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete gilt copper alloy Florid cruciform brooch of Aberg Group V. Leeds (1971) later added subroups to Abergs group V, and it is probable that this brooch is Leeds subgroup i. All decorative features described below refer to chip-carving as the method of decoration, unless stated otherwise. The brooch is in very good condition and most of the gilding survives. The brooch was recovered in three pieces that make up the majority of the brooch. The missing parts include the perimeter area of the headplate wings, the perimeter area of the foot terminal, and both of the lappets situate…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1D8F47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. The brooch is in three pieces. The headplate is rectangular and is subdivided into three smaller vertically set rectangles. The central rectangle stands slightly proud of the other two, and all panels are decorated with a perimeter of punched circles. The side knops are integrally cast, half-rounded and collared. There is a stepped and faceted collar above and below the bow. The bow is arched and has a slight ridge to it. There is a flat rectangular panel below the bow decorated with a perimter of punched circles and triangles. To ei…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-8621F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. Only the foot and terminal remain. The terminal is shovel shaped containing two incised swirls representing the scroll-shaped nostrils of a beast. The perimeter of the terminal is decorated with v-shaped notches. The foot is a narrow rectangular stem above that is D-shaped in cross-section and transversely ribbed. There is a good parallel for this brooch fragment from Feltwell in Norfolk, HER no. 21137. The Feltwell brooch is complete and has a conventional cruciform-type head with panelled rectangular headplate and three ha…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9738C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of an Early Medieval brooch, comprising the lower half of the foot-plate of a Frankish copper alloy radiate-headed brooch. The foot is rectangular in plan and cross-section. The front is decorated with two pronounced longitudinal ribs with a narrower one between and to either side. The pronounced ribs are decorated with ring and dot motifs. A short bar transverse rib linking the two main ribs is visible just below the break at the top, and again across the bottom leaving a short flat undecorated panel as a foot. There is a short catchplate on the reverse at the top near t…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: 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.