Record ID: HAMP-D661C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy cloisonne enamel lugged disc brooch of the late early-medieval period dating c.AD 975-1125. The brooch comprises a circular back plate with a raised circumferential flange within which contains a central trefoil design formed of cloisonné (inlaid enamel or glass) decoration within cast cells.The decoration comprises  three semi-circular cells, each filled with (now mostly missing) red enamel and with a raised copper alloy boss in the centre of each cell. The three cells are equally spaced around a central circular boss, form…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-8F8330
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Early Medieval Small Long brooch dating AD 450-550. The pin, part of the spring, and a small folded over part of the catch plate are missing.The brooch has a sub-rectangular head decorated with parallel lines bordering the edge and two worn ring-and dot motifs within. The brooch has a slightly tapering arched bow, carinated in front and concave behind, with mouldings forming facteted corners. The arch has a  transverse incised line at the top and a double transverse line at the bottom. The foot oritinates in a raised molding and has broken at its t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-CB0DB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from an early medieval chip-carved gilded copper alloy brooch , dating c. 500-600 AD. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and in section, with partial flat broken wings projecting from either side of what appears to be the convex rectangular bow of a brooch. The fragment is decorated with a sub-rectangular panel, within which is a possible scroll design. The reverse is plain and undecorated. 
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-8E1266
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilded copper alloy Early Medieval Great Square Headed Brooch,  Group IV  Phase 1 GSHBs (Hines). Leeds Group A3 (a) and (b) The brooch has a rectangular head, concavo-convex mid-bow element and a rectangular plate flanked by lappets or side lobes; twin lugs with corroded iron spring behind the head and a missing catch plate. The foot of the brooch has broken off.  The head plate has an outer zone with triangular punch marks, which extends into the interior to mark off a rectangular inner zone from the outer border. The outer borde…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-21FF5B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy saucer brooch dated to AD450-550. The brooch is circular in shape with an upturned rim that is angled outward at an approximate 45 degree angle. The interior of the saucer is gilded and is decorated with a triple stranded floriate cross design within two coentric rings which are borders to the brooch and design. In the corner of each corner there is an asyemtrical pellets. This is surrounded by single ring, followed by a ring of stramped roundels that borders the central design. On the reverse, the catchplate and pin both r…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-BD3AE9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Medieval gilded copper alloy button brooch that features a stylised human face ( possibly Class B). The brooch is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. Parts of the rim, pin and catch-plate are missing or corroded due to presence of corroded iron pin being present. The rim is upturned and flaring at an angle of about 45°. Within the grooved border is a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask.The gilding on parts of the face has worn off, but features are still recognisable.  The helmet or hair is a downturned crescent …
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-BCC05D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Early Medieval cruciform brooch fragment that dates circa AD 475-550. undecorated pelta-shaped fragment from one of the brooch terminals. 
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-BCB379
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper alloy openwork brooch disc brooch.  The brooch is circular in plan, with four T-shaped slots forming a cranked swastika or sun-wheel. Decorative circular punch marks appear to form a border on the inner and outer faces of the wheel, though the brooch is worn and the dots are not visible in sections . The reverse of the brooch is undecorated and the remnants of the intergrally cast pierced rectangular lug (with remnants of iron pin) and catch-plate are present. Iron staining is visible on the reverse of the brooch, as a result of the corros…
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-1F1AEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gilded cruciform brooch fragments including the headplate and bow. Style I brooch that dates circa AD 475-550.– a type I designed 4.2.1. The brooch has a cruciform head with three semi-circular or D-shaped projections, around a central square plate. Projecting from the back of the central plate are two rounded lugs, each with a circular perforation which would have accommodated an axis bar and pin, now missing. The front of the brooch is decorated with what may be a stylized horses heads with punched triangular decorations. There is a scrolled d…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 4th November 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A629A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast gilded silver object, possibly a cruciform brooch knob. The object is sub rectangular in form with a raised central humanoid face bordered by a projecting zoomorphic figure on one side. The reverse of the object is hollow, with intrigal cast rectangular backing plates that contain cast perforations  at the top and the bottom; presumably to hold a pin to attach the knop to the main brooch. The perforation at the top is open ( c-shaped) and the perforation at the bottom is enclosed.  The front of the object is decorated with a stylised human h…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-A24C14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Saucer Brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo Saxon) date (AD 400-600). The object is circular with moulded decoration in the form of a central ring-and-dot motif from which five running spirals radiate, surrounded by a circular border and an incomplete everted rim. The rear of the object is undecorated and has stumps of an in-line hinge lug and catchplate.  Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: HAMP-6667BE, BUC-810501 and SUSS-A9D105 and in MacGregor and Bolick (1993), p42-45, Fig. 2.12, Fig. 2.13, Fig. 2.14, Fig.2.16.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-12FBCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy early early-medieval (Anglo Saxon) brooch of Great Square Headed type. The fragment comprised the lower half of the bow, the upper part of the foot and a portion of the catchplate on the reverse. The bow is 18.7mm wide with a triangular cross section and thin panels of geometric decoration running along each half of the facing side. The foot has zoomorphic curled shoulders (distinctive of the Great Square headed type), of which one remains. This is comprised of an outward facing animal's head with a lentoid eye, curled around a sub rounded ape…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9BD11D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flat lozengiform copper alloy fragment 18.7mm in length with, on one side, two large ring-in-dot motifs and on the reverse, a stump of a ridge at one end, probably part of a catchplate. The fragment is bent in the middle. Probably part of the foot of an early medieval (Anglo Saxon) brooch of small-long type. See HAMP-EAAC20 for a complete example. Cf. MacGregor and Bolick (1993) p145-146, numbers 15.78 and 15.79.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-9B6A99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy brooch of early Anglo-Saxon "supporting-arm" type, dating c.AD 400-450. The brooch is 36.2mm in length and 24.1mm wide, with a rectangular head with flanking D-shaped projections which are drilled to hold the spindle carrying the iron spring, which is retained in a concreted mass. The bow is curved and has a trapezoidal cross section with incised transverse lines decorating the junctions with the head and foot. The foot is trapezoidal and decorated with incised transverse lines; on the underside is a catchplate. The pin has been lost. This brooch form is&…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-1473BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy flat annular brooch (late 5th to late 6th century). The frame is flat with a very low D-shape profile but a slight champfered edge on the inside of the ring, irregularly cast sides, and a constriction to hold the pin which is now missing. The 'front' face is decorated with stamped ring motifs irregularly located around the surface. The dot motif abuts each side of the pin constriction and on one side is incomplete. The 'back' face is plain. Width (widest point across brooch): 19.8mm Width (from pin constriction …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-BBD2AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval brooch, probably of radiate headed type. The remaining portion comprises the bow, which is strongly arched with bevelled sides and the foot, with is lozengiform with rounded flanking lobes decorated with dot-in-annulet motifs. The terminal of the foot has been lost. The reverse has a stump for a catchplate. Possibly a brooch of the same type as HAMP-BB4AFC, found close by. Both of these fragments appear to be from different brooches based upon the position of the breaks (which don't match) but may be derived from the same original context. Radiat…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-BBC428
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval radiate-headed brooch with a semi-circular head plate flanked by three rounded knops and a border of punched crescents. The bow has an old break and the remaining portion has been lost. The reverse has stump of a single hinge lug. Possibly a brooch of the same type as HAMP-BBD2AB, found close by. Both of these fragments appear to be from different brooches based upon the position of the breaks (which don't match) but may be derived from the same original context. Radiate brooches are traditionally seen as continental in origin but there could als…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-BB4AFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy small-long brooch dating to the late 5th to early 6th century AD. The head is square with five incised dot-in-annulet motifs in a quincunx. From the centre of the lower edge of the head an arched bow with bevelled sides extends to meet the flat subrectangular foot which has a lobed terminal and a two pairs of rounded and hooked lateral projections, possibly intended as a degraded zoomorphic representation of a horse's head (snout, brow and ears). The foot has a quincunx of inscribed dot-in-annulet motifs at the front end and a flanking…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-192DED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper alloy early-medieval brooch, probably of small square-headed type. The surviving portion comprises the foot, which has deeply incised chip carved Style I decoration, with a triple-ridged lozenge-shaped central element and a projection at the foot with a small sub-rectangular terminal. The front edge has a stump of a strongly curved bow with concave flanking grooves or recesses along the sides. The reverse is flat with a stump of a catchplate. Traces of gilding remain. Cf. MacGregor and Bolick (1993) p121-123, numbers 14.3-14.7.
Created on: Monday 28th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-D977DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early medieval brooch, probably of radiate-headed type. The surviving portion comprises the foot, which is openwork, with flanking beast heads curling around and back with jaws agape to join a central lozengiform plate. The surface is decorated with a border of punched crescents around the lozengiform plate and ring-and-dot motifs on the beast heads, which suggest eyes. The rear edges of the plate are damaged which prevents a clear interpretation of the original design and it may be that there were further elements, now lost, which is suggested by incom…
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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