Record ID: WMID865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Pattern). Usually these types of brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century, when they are made from copper alloy. However, this brooch is made from lead or lead alloy, and was made as the first stage to manufacturing brooches. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The wings are now misshapen and slightly crumpled, This damage does not look too recent. The wing caps do not have the central hole, like their copper alloy comparisons. These holes would have held in place an axis bar. Also missing i…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER CHADDESLEY CORBETT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-0BF416
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A possible incomplete cast lead alloy or lead pattern for the manufacture of a two part Colchester derivative brooch. The brooch pattern has wings which on the reverse have an off-set surface, and are not cylindrical as perhaps may have been expected. In the centre of the reverse of the wings there is a slightly high-relief oval platform where normally this is the deepest area of the cylindrical wings of a brooch such as a Polden Hill brooch, The upper edge of the wings is slightly angular and the wing terminals are asymmetrical. The bow head, in profile is slightly hump-like and is s…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4240A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Lead fragment, probably from a Roman bow brooch (c. 43 - 300 AD). The fragment is from the head of the brooch, comprising two tubular wings from which the bow (oval in section) curves out and down. The fragment is extremely worn and the ends of the wings are broken. The fragment has a light-brown patina. It is 18.00mm in length, 23.02mm in width and 9.12mm in thickness. It weighs 14.84g. While Roman brooches are predominantly copper-alloy, lead versions were often made as the first step in the manufacture process. Other examples recorded on the database include: WMID865, DENO-C70F8…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C70F8A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast lead Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.j1, flat wing ends type) (AD c.80-120). The fragment consists of the head with cast-on headloop and wings of the brooch. The wings are cyclindrical with expanded end caps. On the reverse is a raised mound where the pin would have extended from. The fragment has a white patina. Overall the object measures 20.35mm long, 22.71mm wide and 9.17mm thick.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC1255
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A flat circular brooch or badge, there is a seam across the centre diameter of the reverse, but there is no pin extant, the front shows some moulded decoration which is a very worn and crude representation of a rider galloping left on a horse
Created on: Friday 25th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BLETCHLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-438323
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead brooch, lines of dots and central swirl. Grey dots around brim, triangular pattern and swirl in the middle. Dimensions: height 40.2mm, width 34.2mm, thickness 1.1mm, weight 9.38g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
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Record ID: NMS1176
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
MED Lead brooch or badge, heart-shaped with pelleted decoration and integral pin (still attached at both ends ?unused), 16 x 20mm. Cf. Spencer (1998) 321-3.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COLKIRK', 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: SWYOR-B40A88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch which is broken with two large fragments surviving and other parts missing. The brooch has a rectangular head with a raised central panel. Moulded terminals project upwards and to the sides. These consist of a central zoomorphic lobe with moulded eyes and a projecting snout with a projecting scroll on each side. The scrolls are open work and may be exaggerated nostrils or whiskers. They are tapered. Only the left hand terminal is complete. The lower edge of the head of the brooch is torn and missing, and the other surviving piece is the …
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Riding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B664E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead Late Saxon brooch. The brooch is circular and flat. It has been decorated on the front with a ladder-style border. Inside this are three crescents, each decorated with the ladder-style border. There is a raised crescent inside each one. There is a Y-shaped field between the crescents. There is a central, large pellet and a row of smaller pellets in each arm of the 'Y'. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of the lug and catchplate can be seen and these have been arranged longitudinally. Both parts are badly squashed and damaged. No pin survives.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DE8EF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead nummular brooch of late Anglo-Saxon date, Weetch type 5. The brooch is now incomplete, but would have been circular; it is rectangular in section. The outer edge of the upper surface is decorated with five small raised bosses which are each encircled with a ridge. Between each of these is a small circular pellet. This band of decoration is bordered on each side by an inscised line. In the center of the object is a raised boss. One side of the object has broken away. The reverse is undecorated. There is a raised projection on the reverse which was possibly part of the attachm…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Peover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8A4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead disc brooch of late Early-Medieval date. It is missing the pin and the outer edges of the pin lugs due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, circular in form and with relief decoration on the front face. This comprises a double stranded border within which is contained an animal or beast in the Jellinge style. The animal is positioned in a reverse S-shape and has a triangular head with oval shaped eyes and a bulbous open jaw. Extending from the base of the mouth is a double-stranded tongue that interlaces with the body and one leg. The curving neck and body run along o…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FF8471
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early Saxon lead cruciform brooch or model thereof, comprising part of the headplate with the top knob. The latter is now three-quarter round, but may once have been fully round before abrasion. The sides and base of the headplate are missing. The stub of a single pin lug, with part of a transverse perforation, projects from the reverse. The surviving piece measures 24 x 11mm x 8mm and it dates from the mid to late 5th century.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-FD4E61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo-Saxon brooch made from cast lead. The face bears a motif consisting of a triqueta, its three arms made up of two raised lines their ends terminating in pairs of opposed scrolls surrounding pellets. In the centre of the disc is a single pellet and, around its edge, is a ring of pellets. The brooch is crushed and no trace of remains of the pin and clip. On the back of the brooch is a series of scratches which could, with the eye of faith, be interpreted as the stern of a ship, with two steering oars a mast and a yard.
Created on: Saturday 19th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walkington', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SF-E49135
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead brooch of 'hub-cap' type (Weetch type 17), of late Early-Medieval date, probably 10th or 11th century. It is circular, 26.7mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick, with a central circular hole (7.65mm in diameter) surrounded by a raised edge. It weighs 10.08g. There are four evenly spaced raised hollow-backed bosses or domes, 4.44mm in diameter, around the edges, each pushed up from the back of the brooch. There is a small sub-circular hole through the lead between two of the domes. There is a lead loop catchplate on the back of the brooch, and remains of an attachment point for a pin.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-877FF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch; fragment of a possible lead model for an Early Saxon cruciform brooch, foot only with pointed terminal between two discoidal nostrils, upper part slightly hollowed near break on reverse. Cf. examples from Quidenham and others in Leahy (2005) Med. Archaeol. 337-341. Åberg Type II b.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7E9045
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, lead. Incomplete lead object which may have formed part of lead cruciform brooch. The object is flat and in the form of a face with scroll-like hair or moustache, depending on which way round the face is viewed. The eyes are large pellets, beneath which is a triangular shaped snout or forehead. The edges of the object is very worn and so it is hard to determine where it is broken. Its back is plain and there are no obvious signs of attachment. The fragment looks similar to the animal-headed foots seen on Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooches.
Created on: Monday 25th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-900B71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Very fine lead alloy disc brooch. The brooch is flat, circular with a slightly raised rim, and decorated with an elaborate motif on the surface. The face has a moulded pellet in the centre, forming the central part of a quatrefoil flower head. The petals are defined by double lozenge shaped borders, each having a small pellet at the corner nearest the central pellets. Eeach petal contains a moulded solid lozenge. The angles remaining contain a hatched decoration. The rim is beaded. There are two small moulded lugs on the reverse of the object.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.