Record ID: PUBLIC-C5F154
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete middle early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) lozengiform strip brooch of c. 8th-century date (Weetch Type 31.C). The brooch is of one-piece construction and has been broken at the opposing narrow apexes, respectively where the sprung wire pin would have continued, and the catch-plate would have been located. The front of the brooch has a tooled ('chip-carved') Greek key design consisting of four separate lozenge-shaped elements with coiled decoration arranged symmetrically, thus creating a cross in saltire between them. Traces of gilding are visible in the recesses of the design,…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coberley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-4E0EBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy equal armed brooch comprising of two opposing triangular plates that are joined by an arched bow. The brooch is decorated with recessed linear and ring designs depicting a bordered face-mask on each plate which are consistent with Style I. The decoration comprises of, on one plate, a cluster of three small rings in the centre with a double line below and a ring in each corner, while on the other plate are two rings with three lines below, and a ring in the tip. A double linear double linear border surrounds each plate and either side of the bow. The reverse has the cat…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-8D5E03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-Medieval copper-alloy strip brooch, length 40mm, width 23mm, thickness 1mm, weight 4.28g. The brooch consists of an undecorated flat lozenge-shaped plate. The integral spring emerges from the top corner of the brooch and coils once before straightening to form the pin; the rest of the pin is now missing. At the opposite corner is a small protruding rod that is bent back on itself and would have acted as a catchplate. Geake (2001, 23-24) notes that recent examples from North Lincolnshire and Sedgeford (Norfolk) have confirmed a Middle Saxon date for this type of brooch, with t…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-1882A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy disc brooch, length 41mm, width 39mm, thickness 11mm, weight 13.32g. The brooch is a slightly uneven oval, made from sheet copper alloy only 1mm thick. Running around the circumference of the face is an incised line 3mm from the edge; there is also a ring and dot in the centre. All have been cut or carved into the surface. On the reverse is the catch plate and pin support. The pin support is a single tab 11mm tall, 9mm long and 5mm wide, this narrows towards the top where it is partially truncated. At the top is a circular hole, which has iron corrosion in the cent…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2012
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Record ID: GLO-ABE2D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy detachable side knob from a florid cruciform brooch. Length 22mm, width 31mm, thickness 5mm. The knob is mushroom-shaped and highly decorated, in the form of a face mask with large round eyes in the centre; there is a rectangular projection above this which would have been attached to the head plate of the brooch. On the reverse of this rectangular projection are two small copper-alloy rivets. These are also just visible from the front of the brooch and so it seems likely that they are separately made, perhaps representing a modification. The mask is flanked by …
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Cleeve', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID757
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The item is a flat copper alloy fragment which is possibly a fragment of a circle. On the upper face of the fragment there is a small sub-rectangular indentation. In this area on the reverse there is a small lug protruding at right-angles to the reverse face. The lug has a small indentation along its edge. This maybe the remains of a hole in the lug. Around this possible hole is traces of iron corrosion. The iron could be the remains of an iron pin.
Created on: Friday 27th August 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GLOUCESTERSHIRE TODENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.