Record ID: NARC-DCD840
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilt copper-alloy Brooch of Early-Medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) date (AD 750-850). The object is a disc brooch of Weetch type 12. The object is sub ovate due to breaks which have resulting in the loss of the majority of the outer edges and portions of the inner plate. The upper surface is extensively decorated in chip carving within two cells flanking a raised expanding linear ridge.  This formed one arm of a dividing cross, a device often seen on these brooches. The object retains two large, silver, globular-headed rivets, one in the centre…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-717EA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval nummular brooch, dating from the mid to late Saxon period, AD 800-1100. The brooch is disc shaped with moulded decoration. The brooch is decorated like an obverse of a coin, with the profile of a laureate bust facing right. Surrounding this is a legend which seems to read I [...] IIVIINN. This is in turn surrounded by two borders of raised pellets. On the reverse is a rectangular loop on one edge, with a projection on the outer edge forming a double pin lug.There are the remains of the catch plate on the opposite edge, this is sub rectangul…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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Record ID: BUC-6C19E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch made from copper alloy. The bow and foot survive but the head is missing. The bow is decorated with two broad longitudinal grooves and three ridges. The foot has two projecting circular lobes on either side, the upper ones decorated with three large dots or blind-drilled holes and the lower ones decorated with a single similar dot. The centre of the footplate also has similar dots, possibly originally with rings around them to form ring-and-dot motifs; there are three, widely spaced in a line down the centre of the footplate. The foot then t…
Created on: Saturday 26th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldwincle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-77D151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Small Long Brooch of cross potent form dating to to 6th century AD (500 - 575 AD). Cast bow brooch with tripartite cruciform head with three pelta shaped arms, separated from a plain curved mid bow by a horizontal rib. The bow is D-shaped in cross section and is broken at 10mm from the base of the head. There is a single lug placed on teh reverse for holding a pin, now missing. This form of Early Anglo-Saxon brooch is more frequently reported from mortuary rather than occupation contexts. It is a type common in East Anglia, and also the English Midlands, …
Created on: Friday 21st February 2014
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: NARC-4A1C66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy mount in a trilobe shape featuring an elaborate Borre style knot motif on each arm, and a interlace triangular know in the centre. The surface has been gilded, with traces of gilding on the face and reverse. The reverse is plain with no obviouls evidence of a fixing for a pin, although two small bumps on the reverse of one arm could possibly be a scar from a lug to hold a pin, although these are obscured by some uneven corrosion and by no means definitive. There are two incomplete loops at two of the inwardly curving sides, and a scar at the third. The patina of th…
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-DE87B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete ansate brooch, early medieval in date (c AD700-1000). The brooch is an elongated sub-rectangular shape with slightly flaring terminals and a sharply protruding arch in the centre. The terminals are C-shaped in cross-section, with closed ends and a hollow reverse. The brooch is decorated with a series of transverse grooves, with two bands on each terminal decorated instead with transverse rows of punched dots. On the back there is the remains of a catchplate and pin spring, apparently cast in one on the hollow reverse, though the pin is missing. The object is in good conditi…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-E11208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular base silver disc, thickly gilded on the front and in excellent condition, with a silver rivet through the centre. The disc measures 41mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick, and is slightly convex. It has a reserved border decorated with circular punchmarks, which merges into a wider reserved central cross with similar punchmarks. At the centre of this cross is a reserved but not punch-marked circle, in the centre of which a separate shiny silver dome-headed rivet is fixed (diameter 5.7mm). The four panels thus made are sunken and have chip-carved counter-relief interlace, subtly dif…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: NARC-B8ADC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
The incomplete head of a cast copper-alloy early Anglo Saxon small-long brooch. The head is rectangular in shape, with three flat T-shaped 'knobs', one on the top (partly missing) and one to either side (one complete, one largely missing). These 'knobs' are derived from those found on cruciform brooches, and have rounded corners. The waists joining them to the centre of the headplate are formed from pairs of U-shaped cut-outs. There are the remains of a lug on the back, which would have held the spring mechanism (now missing). The head is undecorated and is broken across the botto…
Created on: Sunday 5th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Record ID: DENO-21EE96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bow brooch, heavily cast in low-grade silver alloy. Curved bow fragment decorated with arches set inside rectangular frames. Most of the object has broken away, but there are remains of a plate at one end of the bow. The back is plain except for a triangular tab where the bow meets the still preserved plate fragment. and a large, transverse crack. 5th century. Treasure report from Dr. Sonja Marzinzik: The rectangular, partly damaged frame of the bow suggests that this was part of a wide equal-armed brooch. This is further supported by the similarity of the arch …
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E6A3B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment for the foot of what is likely to have been a Great Square Headed Brooch. The face in decorated in Anglo-Saxon Style I, the details of which are partly obscured by corrosion. In the centre of the fragment is a shield-shaped panel. This is difficult to parallel but is probably based on the triangular panel seen on other brooches. On the back is a narrow, tapering rib which represents the end of the catch-plate. 40mm long, 32mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.80 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E68313
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 18mm long, 16mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.03 grams. The object represents a setting from a brooch. It has a sub rectangular form with a raised edge and appears to be fileld with some sort of glass or paste? The shape of the setting is similar to one of the other fragments on site and may be part of the same object.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E64401
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 26mm long, 22mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.07 grams. The object is probably part of a headplate of a square headed brooch, its stone settings are similar to examples in Hines. It has a surface condition which suggests it has been partially burnt. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section, it has a rectangular setting in its surviving corner for a stone and there are traces of a further setting opposite this. The space in between these contain a rectangular bord…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E619F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 17mm long, 12mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 0.98 grams. The fragment probably represents the edge of a headplate, possibly from a great sqaure headed brooch. It may even be from the same brooch as LEIC-E5DC01. The object consist of a raised plain border which contains abstract carving.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E5DC01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 33mm long, 19mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.90 grams. The fragment represents a corner of the headplate of a great square-headed brooch, which is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in section. The brooch is decorated with a plain raised border which contains a wider area of raised abstract motifs which itself is contained by another plain raised border.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E59216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 35mm long, 32mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.64 grams. The fragment represents the 'left' corner of the headplate of a great square headed brooch which is rectangular in form and section. The fragment is decorated with bands of pattern which echo its shape. five are present, three are decorated with abstract carvings, including rectangular shaped motifs, and two appear to be plainish gilded bands. The fragment is similar to the example from Newnham [II], plate 12 in Hines, J. 'A corpus…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E564E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 23mm long, 18mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 2.60 grams. The fragment represents part of the foot of a great square-headed brooch, whose reverse contains a catchplate. The surface of the brooch is decorated with relief carving, some of which is heavily gilded. The object is an irregular shape and there are no signs of an original edge. The reverse, and a small part of the front, is covered in iron staining.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E4EDA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 44mm long, 28mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 10.76 grams. The fragment represents the bow of a great square headed brooch which is rectangular in form and semi circular in section. It has a central raised 'spine' containing a circular hollow in its centre. The edges of the bow are also contained by a raised border and the space in between is decorated with a raised abstract decoration. Above the bow is decoration in the form of a stylised human face which has a rectangular fragmen…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-C7D3B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch made from copper alloy, missing the lower part of the foot. The headplate is basically rectangular, with a shallow U-shaped nick towards the top of each side edges, and similar nicks on the lower edge, one to either side of the bow. The outline of these nicks may be partly obscured by corrosion, as although they are visible on both faces of the headplate (front and reverse) they do not appear to be complete cut-outs affecting the outline of the headplate. The headplate is decorated with incised lines running top to bottom, perhaps intended t…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C34DE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval brooch: A Late Anglo-Saxon/Viking Age copper alloy cloisonné disc brooch with six (possibly originally seven) lobes and enamelled decoration. The projecting lobes have sunken terminals, presumably originally inlaid with enamel or glass. This technique is known in several other brooches of this type, and is thought to imitate more costly gold jewllery, which was often inlaid with perals and gemstones. The body of the brooch consists of a flat baseplate and raised central collar, the latter describing the edge of the ornamented central area. Sitting on top of the coll…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Record ID: DENO-8BEB43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval Anglo-Scandinavian Borre style disc brooch, 10th century. Flat disc (now silghtly bent) with raised interlace decoration - a central sunken circle with lozenge around with a double stranded interlace knot running clockwise from each corner (this motif is referred to as the 'Borre knot'). Single pierced lug on the reverse with some iron staining around (remains of iron pin). The hooked catch is bent downwards. No evidence of tinning/silvering. Diameter 28.6mm, thickness including hinge 6.9mm, thickness across centre 1.2mm, weight 4.60g. At least seven other of these b…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corby', grid reference and parish protected.