Record ID: YORYM-246F11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to the Early-Medieval period, c. AD 400-600. Only the footplate survives. The fragment is in the form of a anthropomorphic frontal-facing head with a transverse band above its head. It is sub-triangular in shape with a convex front and concave reverse. Above the transverse band the foot terminates with a worn break. Thick curved brows join and extend downwards to form a nose and then split to form a mouth or jaw. Two pellets set within circular cells form eyes. The face is slightly waisted between …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebberston and Yedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-237404
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half-round side knob from an early medieval, Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch (c.AD 475-550). The object has a D-shaped based that is decorated with three bands of grooves. Underneath the base is a traverse groove an circular perforation through the centre of the knob. From the base, the body is notched to present a narrowed waist. At the end of the knob is a slightly flattened down with a vertivle notched incised from the centre downwards, a small circle is present at the tip of the dome. The object has a smooth light green patina. Dimensions: Length 15.9mm…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0E661D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Early Medieval brooch; a cruciform brooch of Martin group 1, dating from AD 420 - 475. It has a full-round waisted top knob, a narrow head-plate with chamfered sides and behind it, a single loop to support the spring mechanism. The spring was made of iron and only corrosion survives. The bow has a trapezoid cross-section and a transverse double groove at each end. Most of the lower bow is missing. A short length of semicircular cross-section survives, with the catchplate behind. The catch curls to the left as viewed from behind, head uppermost. Th…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-BA4BC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragments. Broken into two bits, very corroded, traces of gilding on front. Florid Cruciform brooch, northern type. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-575 Length: 79.6mm, Width: 46.2mm, Weight: 33.63gms
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-B5D06D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cremated remains of an Anglo-Saxon brooch, foot fragment. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 450-500. Length: 30.4mm, Width: 14mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 10.46gms
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 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: SUSS-245928
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early medieval copper alloy disc brooch dating between AD 450-550 The brooch plate is flat and circular with a decorated upper surface featuring a slightly off-centre concentric design of four annular recesses and a central circular indentation. The outermost and innermost recesses are the narrowest; c. 0.5mm wide;  with the other two measuring 0.8mm and 0.6 wide; narrower nearer the centre. The flat raised borders between measure from rim to centre: c. 2.4mm; 1.0mm: 3.5mm; 1.0mm and 0.8mm wide respectively.The reverse fa…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-1119A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch, dating to AD 500 - 600. The object is missing its pin. The brooch head consists of a central sub-square plate with a rectangular cross-section and has three sides extended in three flat semi-circular knops (the top knop is incomplete). The fourth side extends into the arched bow, which has a D-shaped cross section. Below the bow is a double collar that extends into a flat flared foot. The bow is decorated with a horizontal groove on either side. On the re…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0DD7D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval (11th to 12th Century) cast copper alloy cloisonné gilded disc brooch. The brooch is circular with a raised upper surface which has enamelled settings for a motif on a field of dark blue enamel. The motif comprises a stylised flower with a heart shaped centre supported by a bifurcating triangular stem (both infilled with blue enamel), flanked by teardrop shaped petals infilled with light blue green enamel and an apical teardrop shaped lobe infilled with white enamel. The rim has a moulded beaded border. The reverse of the brooch is slightly re…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-F7A7D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper-alloy gilded oval saucer brooch dating c. AD 450-600. The disc is sub-D-shape in cross-section with a slightly hollowed face and slightly convex reverse. The face is decorated in relief with a double-grooved circumferential border. Within this is a central circular boss surrounded by a zoomorphic design in Anglo-Saxon Style I. This consists of a ring of animals, the details of which have been lost to corrosion. There are some small surviving patches of enamel within the grooves. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. On one edge is a thin tra…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9163A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the Early-Medieval period, c. AD 470-570. Leeds Type G. This early Anglo-Saxon brooch consists of only the frame which is circular in plan with a sub-rectangular section. The pin is missing. There is a pin constriction with a narrowed bar within the frame to accommodate the now lost pin. No pin rest on the opposing side of the frame is apparent. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a series of irregularly punched annulets. The reverse is undecorated. The brooch has a green patina …
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: SF-7DB528
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) supporting arm brooch or Stützarmfibel. The head is a flattened rectangular shape with incomplete circular lugs projecting from either end of the reverse. The upper end of the bow expands to the full width of the head where they join leaving a only a small recess along the upper edge of the outer face of the head. The rest of the upper and middle bow is uniform in size, D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face and strongly curved in profile. Across the lower end of the outer face of the bow there is a raised flat&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7D9469
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. At the head there is a trefoil-shaped plate consisting of a central rectangular section with a D-shaped projection to either side, each with a notch to either side behind it creating a constriction. A further D-shaped section would have projected from the outer end originally, but this is now missing. To the reverse there is the inner remains of a single lug pin fitting. The upper part of the bow projects downwards from the lower edge of the head. This is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat rev…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-65A7BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval gilded, copper alloy saucer brooch dating to the 4th or 5th centuries AD.  Part of the brooch is missing. There are three grooves running around the edge of the display face, before the brooch turns upward to form a lip.  The face has a zoomorphic design around the edge, possibly of two beasts or more chasing each other. Each appears to have 3-4 legs. The central design is of a reverse reuleaux triangle surrounded by three pointed oval shapes. The object has a dark green and brown patina, but sections of the gilding are visib…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-550C82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 475 - 550. Only a single separately made head half-round knop remains. The knop is semi-circular with a narrowed waist and semi-circular base. The curved edge of the base has two parallel groves of decoration. The flat end, where the knop would have met the brooch proper is worn obscuring any means of attachment. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The object is 14.7mm long, 11.4mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 4.2g. NMS-C13F18 is a more complete cruciform type brooch with similar knops. Separately ca…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-51F883
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy small-long brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 – 550. The head-plate is sub-rectangular with two rows of vertical lines to the left and right edges and an irregular cross of incised dots extending between each corner. A double lug spring mechanism is present to the reverse of the head-plate and is filled with iron corrosion. An integral bow extends from the centre of the lower edge of the head-plate terminating in a worn break where the foot plate would have extended. The bow is arched with transverse ridge and groove decorations at the junction o…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-FF5C4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Early-Medieval small-long brooch dating from the early 5th to 6th century AD. The fragment is the lower part of a small-long brooch. The bow is short, curved and undecorated. Below the bow is a elongated bar, which is rounded at either end. The foot of the brooch is rounded Both elements of the lower section (bar and foot) of the brooch have punched circle and dot decoration. The reverse of the brooch retains part of the corroded catchplate.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: GLO-D70D27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilded Small Long Brooch of Early Medieval date (AD 450-550). This is the lower half of GLO-B9DC5E, comprising of the lower part of the bow and the foot plate. Only that base of the bow remains and leads to the top of the foot plate. The foot plate is roughly sub-rectangular with an elongated pointed lower edge that has an ‘axehead shaped’ trapezoid base that has a raises and flanged collar before. To either side of the main plate is a further ‘axe shape’ trapezoid projection. The face of the plate is decorated with a raised lozenge frame that…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: GLO-D6BDB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilded Small Long Brooch of Early Medieval date (AD 450-550). This is the lower half of GLO-B9E5E1, comprising of the lower half of the bow and the foot plate. The bow is decorated with two vertical, recessed lines that run parallel to each other and lead to the top of the foot plate. The foot plate is roughly sub-rectangular with an elongated pointed lower edge that is now truncated. To either side is a trapezoid ‘axe shape’ projection (the right-side projection is missing). The face of the plate is decorated with a raised lozenge frame that encloses a c…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-C01CC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Ansate; probably Weetch type ii) of early medieval date (c.700-1000). Description: The brooch remains as a semi circular head which is worn around the edges and is decorated on the front with a ring and dot motif placed centrally at the top. The reverse of the head has the remains of the lug and some iron corrosion where the pin would have been. There is a groove at the top of the 'D' shaped bow and two grooves at the bottom forming an inverted 'V'. The foot is the shape of an inverted triangle …
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.