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Record ID: CAM-53E051
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval cruciform bow brooch, only the terminal of the foot survives and even this is incomplete having a break at either end.
None of the foot's flat panel survives. A worn transverse break is present at what would originally have been the junction between the, now missing, flat panel and a raised moulding of transverse ribs that does survive. This moulding has a semi-circular cross-section, width of 14.9mm x thickness 6.1mm and measures 6.1mm on the artefact's length axis. Just past this proximal break, the reverse surface becomes concave. P…
Created on: Friday 4th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
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Record ID: CAM-4A09B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval cruciform bow brooch. Only the head and bow survive on this example giving an incomplete length of 61.6mm and weight of 14.40g.
The headplate has a maximum width of 29.1mm and accounts for 18.8mm of the artefact's length. The thicker raised central panel has a sub-rectangular shape, its width measuring 13.4mm at the top and accounting for 17.5mm of the headplate's width at the distal end. At the approximate centre, slightly off of true centre, of the central panel there is a dot and circle decorative motif. This motif was formed by use of…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-87DBAF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Early-Medieval copper-alloy brooch of uncertain type, probably a radiate-headed variant dating to the 6th century AD (possibly later if this is a Continental type of brooch).
The remains of this incomplete brooch weighs 9.11g, It has an incomplete length of 33.3mm and maximum width of 30.2mm.
The bow
The bow terminates in an extremely worn break of 6.4mm width and thickness of 4.4mm. The bow has a 'D' shaped cross-section the external surface and sides convexly curved. The bow accounts for c.16.7mm of the length axis and where it …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-E71DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late 10th to 11th century AD Cloisonné disc brooch. See Buckton 1986, p.12, fig.4, no.11 and Weetch Type 20.A. cross with lobes.
This brooch weighs 6.89g, and measures 25.0mm on the same axis as the pin x 25.7mm. The back-plate has a thickness of 1.6mm and is circular with twelve approximately equally spaced rounded lobes projecting out from the edge. Four of these lobes have a diameter ranging between 4.5mm - 5.1mm. The upper surface of these four lobes have a copper-alloy collar, within which sits a glass sphere. The two slightly larger lobes are positioned opposite each other…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-2CA569
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval small-long trefoil-headed brooch formed from cast copper-alloy. This artefact weighs 12.02g and is complete with the exception of a missing pin. The head is in the form of a cross with round-ended arms separated by small, sub-right angled to sub-semi-circular, indented clefts. The necks between each pair of clefts, that join the round-ended terminals of the arms to the central part of the brooch head, have a width of c.5.6mm on the side arms and 7.6mm on the central arm. The centre of the head is rectangular with a transverse (width) measurement of c.15.0mm and longi…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: CAM-A4DEEE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy lozenge-shaped brooch of Early-Medieval date that has a gilded upper surface with chip-carved decoration.
The artefact weighs 6.27g, has a maximum length of 54.8mm, maximum width of 16.0mm and maximum thickness of 1.8mm. The lozenge has a rectangular cross-section. The upper chip-carved decoration consists of an equal armed cross set within a circle (diameter is 13.2mm) placed filling the widest part of the artefact. To either side of this central motif is a design that although is similar to the opposite end are not symmetrical, with one end appearing to be of crude…
Created on: Friday 24th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-9D1178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval Brooch. This is a fragment of a bow brooch, most likely from a Cruciform Brooch but possibly from a Small Long Brooch, not enough of this artefact survives to be able to accurately determine which type of brooch this fragment once was. A transverse worn break is present at both ends of this fragment.
The fragment has a narrow incomplete high-arched bow with a semi-circular cross-section being domed on the upper surface and flat on the underside. The bow has a width of 10.7mm and thickness of 3.0mm. The high-arched bow has a maximum depth …
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: CAM-B76C42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval copper-alloy flat-banded annular brooch, later 5th century to 6th Century AD. The surviving fragment suggests that the brooch originally had a diameter of approximately 50.5mm and that just over a quarter of the frame is represented by this fragment. The band has a width of 9.6mm. The inner edge is folded-under and lies flat along the reverse surface extending to approximately halfway across the width of the band. The frame of the brooch would have had a very flat oval cross-section but has a flattened elliptical cross-section, similar in profile to an …
Created on: Monday 24th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Harston Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-E03742
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy cloisonné brooch of Early-Medieval date (late 10th to 11th century AD). The body of the brooch is circular (diameter 17.5mm), with a copper-alloy collar which raises up from the front of the brooch, giving a thickness from front to back of 4.9mm. This raised circular field is decorated with cloisonné fields of blue and white enamel. Around the edge are seven semi-circular fields made from C-shaped strips of copper alloy filled with a dark translucent blue enamel. The edges of most of these semi-circular fields butt together, fitting side by side; bu…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Kimbolton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-4C5C04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval small-long brooch of 6th century AD date. This brooch has an incomplete length of 45.4mm and weighs 13.88g. Most of the original surfaces of this brooch are missing with only a few small patches remaining.
The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular with uniformly curved edges at each corner suggesting that this brooch never had decorative notches. The head has a length of 16.2mm, width of 24.6mm and thickness of 1.9mm.
Most of the original surfaces of this brooch are missing with only a few small patches remaining. There is no obvious sign of any pun…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-A30A11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval cast copper alloy Small-Long brooch dating to c.AD450 - AD550. This brooch is complete apart from the pin. It measures 64.00mm in length and weighs 11.3g.
The head of the brooch is sub rectangular, measuring 21.12mm at the top and tapering to 18.57mm at the bottom. the head is flat and measures 21.35mm in width and 1.89mm in thickness. On the reverse of the head, the lug projects from a central position and extends vertically. It is semi circular when the brooch is viewed in profile with a small circular hole positioned horizontally through the centre of the lug. …
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-0AD963
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy early medieval brooch of small-long brooch type dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The fragment consists of the head and a small portion of the bow and is roughly rectangular with a length of 17.65mm, a width of 20.54mm and a thickness of 1.37mm. It weighs 4.2g.
There are two worn breaks on the fragment, one occurs at the junction of the head and the bow of the brooch and the other is along the left edge, when viewed with the bow of the brooch at the base. Along the right edge there is a notch at either corner with a length of 1.31mm. Leading from…
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 16th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-E5FAE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt copper-alloy cloisonné enamel brooch of Early-Medieval date (late 10th to 11th Century AD). The body of the brooch is circular in shape, of 17.21mm diameter, with a copper-alloy collar which raises up from the front of the brooch, giving a thickness from front to back of 3.40mm. This raised circular field is decorated with cloisonné concentric circles. At the centre is a field filled with white enamel that has a diameter of 2.64mm. This is surrounded by a field filled with green enamel which has a diameter of 10.83mm. The outer concentric ring is filled with blue enamel. The …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-CE2AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver hammered penny of Edward the confessor, 1042-1066 AD which has been adapted and reused as a brooch or decorative mount at a later date. Issued 1053-6 AD. Obverse shows bust right, bearded, wearing pointed helmet, holding sceptre. Obverse legend reads E[DWER]D REX. Reverse shows short cross voided, each arm terminating in three crescents, annulet at centre of cross. Reverse legend reads +LEOFP__LDO[NG]IPE. Although two of the letters in the moneyer's name are unclear, and possibly blundered, this is recognizably an attempt to represent the name LEOFPALD (Leofwold),…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-C37AC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Copper-alloy brooch with separate central silver stud. Apart from the silver stud, the brooch is made in one piece, consisting of a circular plate, a coiled spring to one side tapering into a pin, and a catchplate to the other side. The flat circular plate is 30mm wide and both edges are decorated with a grooved border within short transverse grooves, forming a ladder pattern which is interrupted by the projections which form the spring and catchplate. Within the border are 12 ring-and-dot motifs, neatly and evenly distributed with an outer ring of eight and an inner ring…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-D3BC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Anglo-Saxon lead disc brooch of Weetch type 5. The brooch has a raised pellet at the centre that stands 2.20mm proud of the brooch surface and has a diameter of 4.42mm. Surrounding this raised pellet is a series of concentric circles. All of the fields between these circles with the exception of the first, that which surrounds the pellet, are segmented creating an effect of slightly raised circles and transverse lines with small trapezoidal depressed fields between. The plate has a thickness of 1.97mm increasing to 3.55mm over the central pellet. The reverse has a loop that ben…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-C5FB31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy saucer brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date. The circular brooch has a diameter of 33.91mm and geometric chip-carved decoration. At the centre is a raised pellet bordered by a raised concentric circle and hexagon. The hexagon forms the inner side of two overlaid triangles set opposite to each other which interlock. The two triangles are formed of two parallel raised lines and make a Star of David. At the edge of the design is a raised circular border and within this are short raised lines which give the impression of an interrupted smaller concentric circle. The raised rim …
Created on: Sunday 11th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-C0B2B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) damaged and incomplete cast copper alloy small-long brooch, dating to the 5th and 6th centuries. Only the headplate and most of the bow survives. The brooch fragment has a length of 32.57mm and weighs 7.61g. The head is rectangular in plan and has a flat section. It is unclear whether the edges of the head are complete or not however they are straight and smooth, with the exception of part of one side, and have rounded corners. Along the right edge are two small parallel incised lines. The reverse of the head has an integrally cast 'D' shaped lug fo…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2011
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This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-274762
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch of a type referred to as 'jewelled' or 'keystone garnet'. The brooch is now corroded and the details are hard to see clearly. The edge of the brooch is smooth and undecorated creating a border 4.06mm wide. Next to the border is a narrow groove c.0.68mm wide followed by a band c.0.91mm wide. At the centre of the brooch is a raised field of 9.20mm diameter which is filled with white material. The brooch has a thickness of 4.35mm at the centre over the central raised field, and is 2.55mm thick over the rest of the disc. Surrounding the centra…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CAM-31FEC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
End of cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch - animal head is terminal. Horizontal banding, two raised loops for eyes.
Length: 28.93mm, Width: 19.99mm, Thickness: 2.61mm, Weight: 8.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Water Newton Rally 2009', grid reference and parish protected.
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