Record ID: BH-864081
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the head plate, bow and foot plate. The foot is missing. The head comprises a rectangular plate with hemispherical-section moulded knobs projecting on three sides and the bow projecting from the lower side. The plate is undecorated but has a raised central panel from which the bow extends. On the underside, there are the remains of the pierced hinge lug. The slightly arched, hemispherical-section bow extends from the lower part of the head. Beyond the bo…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: WMID-850FA9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch, of Early Medieval dating (AD 600 to AD 900). Around 25% of the brooch is present, consisting of part of the bow and an incomplete head plate. The head plate is now semi circular in plan, with abraded edges. Traces of diagonal ridges radiating outwards from the bow are present, but the rest of the decorative detail has been obscured. The bow descends from the centre of the lower edge of the head plate. It is triangular in cross section, with a raised rib running centrally down the length. The reverse of the head plate has two vertical semi-circular…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2015
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Record ID: BH-245926
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact, probably representing one half of an Early-Medieval disc brooch. The surviving piece is of flat section and roughly semi-circular, with the straight side representing the point of the break. At the centre of this straight side is half of an originally circular perforation, surrounded by a punched ring. At least seven other ring-and-dot punchmarks cover the remainder of this upper surface. The flat underside of the piece exhibits numerous file marks and has a very dark, almost black, surface patina. There remains no trace of a hinge or catchplate…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolnhurst and Keysoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-602FD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable saucer brooch of Early Early Medieval dating (6th to 7th Century AD). Around 25% of the brooch is present, and probably had an original rim diameter of 8 cm. The brooch has suffered from a degree of post depositional damage and is slightly bent. The edge of the brooch still extends upwards at an obtuse angle, but the main saucer part of the brooch is no longer flat but slightly bowed. The reverse of the brooch is plain and undecorated. The catch plate and pin attachment lug are not present. The decoration on the front of the brooch consists of a double pellet…
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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Record ID: BH-7F2D44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gilded copper-alloy openwork object, probably an 8th- or 9th-century brooch, with a central silver rivet and the remains of iron fittings. About a quarter of the brooch survives, with two iron rivets which originally appear to have attached an iron pin. It can be read as a cross with four flaring arms, each one attached by a pointed apex to the small central roundel through which the tall, round-topped decorative silver rivet is fixed. The best-surviving arm consists of two back-to-back openwork crescent shapes, each with a transverse central bar; the end…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-79FEA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gilt copper alloy saucer brooch, 500-600AD. The brooch is 33mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The front of the brooch has a band of disjointed Style I animals around a central boss, and is flat with a raised lip forming the characteristic 'saucer' shape. The reverse is undecorated and a projecting pin housing or part of a catch-plate remains. Close to where the other part of the pin attachment would have been, the object has a very regular circular hole pierced through, midway between the centre and the edge; this is probably a repair. The object has a dark brown patina …
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: BH-E91776
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy cruciform/small-long brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date. The headplate is rectangular, its upper surface incised with a double-grooved saltire. There are three projecting knobs, located at nine, twelve and three o'clock respectively. The short bow is of triangular section, its flattened top and bottom ends decorated with transverse grooves and semicircular cut-outs.Three transversely grooved panels also decorate the foot, which is parallel-sided along most of its length, tapering to a point at the bottom, where there is the suggestion of an outward-facing zoomorphic hea…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Bedfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-685AA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Large flat cross-shaped brooch made from silver, gold and niello, now incomplete and bent. The cross has outward-curved ends to the arms and inward-curved angles between; the end of one arm is missing. The cross has a narrow undecorated border, and in the centre is a circular reserved area with a central perforation for a missing rivet. Reserved strips run from the border to the central reserved circle, forming a diagonal cross. In the centre of each surviving arm-terminal is another reserved circle, each with a separate silver rivet. The rivets are set within a beaded…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-852411
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Early Medieval small long brooch fragment. It has a rectangular panelled head, with 'cut away' corners. The panel is decorated with circular holes, in groups of three, along the top and down both sides. Broken across one corner. The square head plate is 21mm wide and 16mm long. The bow is slightly curved and 15mm long and 9mm wide with a vertical groove bordering the edges. The foot plate is 25mm long. From the bow the foot extends into two lobes. One is missing and the remaining one is piereced towards the top, close to the bow. The terminal is triangular wi…
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Record ID: BH-4CBFC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of an early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) great square-headed brooch. This piece represents an arm (probably one of three original) from the footplate. It probably originates from a Hines Group I or (less likely) Group II brooch (see Hines, 1997, p. 17-41). From the broken attachment end, the sides taper into two parallel concave sides which then extend into a rounded terminal lobe. The upper surface of the brooch exhibits elaborate relief-moulded decoration. The drop-shaped terminal lobe bears an anthropomorphic head in high relief. This forward-facing head is hea…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Odell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-7A8DC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A great square-headed brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The brooch is in three pieces, one comprising the frame of the headplate and bow, another the footplate's terminal lobe, and the final one the decorative facing from the left-hand side of the headplate.In all, most of the original brooch is present, and, based on the relative dimensions of the remaining fragments, one can discern that the rectangular headplate's upper corners must have protruded slightly from the upper body of the brooch. The headplate itself would have displayed intricate decoration, with a wide, linear bor…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: WMID-17EDF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy cruciform brooch, dating to the Early Medieval period, from the 5th-7th century AD (length: 37mm; width: 46.5mm; thickness at hinge: 11.5mm; weight: 12.92g). Only the top section of the brooch remains with the flat trapezoidal head-plate broken at the bottom (the bow and foot are now missing) and a slight nick out of the top left corner of the plate. Three integral knobs (cast with the brooch with average length of 10.5mm) are still present: one in the centre along the top edge of the head-plate, and the other two to the left and right of the plate, …
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-780DA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of quoit type and early Anglo-Saxon date. The frame measures 32mm in diameter and is formed of a flat plate which is 8.8mm wide and 0.8mm thick. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with two concentric circles of punched dots. The pin is missing and the object is bent and slightly corroded. The pin attachment consists of a small circular hole located close to the inside of the frame. The pin rest is opposite and comprises a wedge-shaped cut out with an indented line either side. The object weighs 4.58g. The wedge-shaped notch in the…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bletsoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9B6AB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper-alloy circular disc brooch probably dating from the late early-medieval period. It measures 19.8mm diameter by 1.8mm thick and weighs 2.49g. The upper surface has a raised design of a bird standing facing right with its wings spread. This image is fairly crudely depicted, with a very large hollow eye. It sits within a thin raised circular border. The pin attachment is fairly rudimentary and consists of an upstanding perforated lug opposite a similar lug (damaged) which has had the root at one side cut away to produce a hook-like catchplate. Both pin fixings are relative…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colmworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC275
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Button brooch with remains of gilding and decorated with flaring rim. Anthropomorphic face mask decoration which has rudimentary features and straight mouth inside single raised circular ridge, pin and most of catchplate missing.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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