Record ID: GLO-132237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver annular brooch that has a semicircular cross-section frame with a constriction to one side to mount the pin. The frame is decorated with four animal heads that are arranged into two set. The first group is bordering the constriction bar with the two heads facing each other and the bar in between. Each head has a raised, square cranium with pellet eyes in the two froward faceted corners and upwardly projecting knop ears above the rear two corners. The narrowed snout is bevelled on either side and grips the constriction between the two heads. This is mirrored on the opposite sid…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: GLO-5617E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small gold annular brooch dating to the 13th-14th century. Circular frame that has a constriction bar on one side for the pin, which is now missing. The frame has a semicircular cross-section, with the flat surface forming the face of the brooch; this surface has been engraved with the inscription + A + G + L+ A. The underside of the fame is undecorated. The engraved letters ‘AGLA’ was a popular amuletic charm in the medieval period with the letters standing for "Ata gibor le'olam Adonai" (You are mighty forever, O Lord) and considered to be a powerful cha…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ham and Stone', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-558A04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy English Medieval jetton with a clasp riveted to what would have been the obverse, showing a shield of Arms and a border of alternating dashes and rosettes. The other side, intended to be displayed, shoes a triple armed cross moline fleurry with one dash in each quadrant of the outer circle and alternating crescents and stars in the inner quadrants. This jetton has been turned into a clasp or brooch in the same way as a number of others noted by Marsden in Norfolk Archaeology 2014, pp.92. Invariably the reverse was displayed, making it clear that the cross was th…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-51E914
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy brooch of probable Medieval date. The brooch consists of of a front plate, shaped as a crown, which has 5 cruciforms at the top. There is a moulded relief at the base to give a 3D look to the brooch. To the reverse is the remains on an iron pin.  Length: 12.10mm Width: 22.66mm Weight: 3.48g
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-546FCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, 23.1mm in diameter. The brooch frame has a triangular cross section 1.4mm thick and 3.5mm wide with bevelled front sides and a flat reverse. The frame is undecorated. The copper alloy pin remains in place on a constriction in the frame.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-54127D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. It consists of a circular shape with a pin rest. There is no decoration evident.  Width: 13.70mm Length: 23.03mm Weight: 1.34g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-53F9A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy medieval brooch dating from the 14th century (c.AD 1300-1400).  The brooch is hexagonal with concave sides that flare out to six angular points, and is plano-convex in cross-section. It is decorated with three short grooves on each side, giving the appearance of  rectangular blocks. At the centre of one of the sides is a complete cut sheet copper alloy pin that is wrapped around one of the grooves, the pin gently tapers to a rounded point. Traces of gilding on the decorated side. Undecorated flat reverse. Dark green patina. Maximum Len…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B08E6D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Annular Buckle of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is composed of a single loop frame with a recurved tapering pin which is decorated with three transverse grooves below the loop. The recurved loop of the pin moves freely around the frame. The pin is decorated with a rectangular moulded collar below the loop. Frame: Diameter: 30.97mm, Width: 3.72, Thickness: 2.38mm Pin: Length: 35.56mm, Width: 4.08mm, Thickness: 5.53mm Weight: 8.1g The metal is mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. The metal is dark green in colour with a smooth pa…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-AD005E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch of medieval date (c.1200-1400). Description: The brooch is circular in plan, with six shallow collets arranged equidistantly around the frame. The pin is missing, but the indent where it would have been restricted is present. Three of the collets retain a white adhesive. The space in between the collets is decorated with with four shallow dimples.The brooch has a smooth surface on the reverse, and has a grey-green patina. Measurements:  Diameter; 20.4mm, Thickness; 2.99m, Weight; 1.38g  Discu…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A9C5E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. Cast plano-convex or angular D-section band with a constriction serving as seat for a separate pin [lost], and with six drilled conical pits of diameter 2.1mm distributed symmetrically round the inward-sloping surface of a billeted and possibly cross-cut band. The pits have presumably lost small stones or insets of another material. The surface bears an appealing patina. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Diameter: 18.8mm, Band Width: 4.1mm, Band Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 2.43gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-2BC2F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. Annular brooch with pin, turret settings with remains of now-white inlay or fixative. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Diameter: 21.9mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 4.44gms
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-19E967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of medieval copper alloy annular brooch, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1450. The brooch was originally circular in plan, but now only part of it remains.The brooch frame is decorated with double rows of small punched annulets in between collets. The collets contain the remains of a white paste which would have been used as a fixative for decorative pieces of coloured glass.The pin is missing.  Diameter: 35.41mm Width: 4.12mm Weight: 2.55g
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F04B34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400. The circular, frame is incomplete and only a section with three equally spaced tall circular collats remain. The collats would have been settings for gems; they retain traces of a white substance, probably the setting medium for the stones but the stones themselves are now missing. The frame is lobed between the collets. At one end is the incomplete constriction for the pin. The measurements are length: 34.39mm, width: 11.66mm, thickness 8.02mm, weight 4.83g. Ther…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-B29A79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date c. AD 1200-1400. The brooch consists of a circular frame with a constriction to hold a copper alloy wire pin, which survives in situ. On the axis perpendicular to the constriction, the frame expands into a projecting circular collet on one side, on the other an elongated knop expands from the external edge of the frame. This is decorated with a central engraved groove and two diagonal grooves on either side.The reverse of the brooch is flat and undecorated. The object is a dark green colour the brooch measure…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-9D6EFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. A small cast D-section band with deeply cut diagonal texturing of its display side, possibly to confer a vermiform effect, and a recess for the pin [lost]. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Diameter: 13.3mm, Band Width: 1.7mm, Band Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 0.81gms
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9CD12C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. A small cast rounded section ring with a thin drawn wire pin set in a recess on the band. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Diameter: 13.3mm, Band Width: 1.8mm, Band Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 0.77gms
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-853917
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch, dating to c.AD 1270 - 1350. The frame is circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The frame is narrowed slightly in one area to house the pin. The front of the frame is decorated with moulded line decoration creating a beaded effect. The pin has a moulded collar, the remainder of it is undecorated. The underside of the frame is not decorated. Diameter: 27 mm Weight: 4.48 g Similar examples are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991) Dress Accessories, p 250-251
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-707780
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch comprises a circular frame with a narrow rectangular section and six raised circular collets at regular interval to the upper surface. No fill remains within any of the collets. Five of the spaces between the collects are decorated with groups of three recessed pellets. The sixth space is narrowed to house the pin. The pin no longer remains. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 19.4mm in diameter, 3.9mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 1.5g…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C8B7A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy brooch, 27.2mm in diameter, with a flat cross section. The frame appears undecorated. A pointed copper alloy pin with a ridged collar is retained on a constriction on the frame.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F6768D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch is circular in plan and plan-convex in section. The outer face is also decorated with six raised circular collets. Four of which contains a blue glass setting, two are now missing these glass settings but have the remains of a white cement within them. Between the collets the front face of the brooch frame is decorated with transverse grooves.  At the apex, is a rectangular constricted section in which sits the loop of a fragment of a copper-alloy wire pin.  &nb…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B55336
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date (c.AD1100-1400). The brooch has an annular frame with a circular cross-section and a constriction for the pin. The pin is missing and frame undecorated. Parallels a plain annular frame in Egan 1991, p. 249. no. 1307. Dimensions: Diameter 22.5mm, Thickness 2.0mm, Weight 1.72g. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991. Dress Accessories c. 1150-c. 1450; Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Stationary Office.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A39113
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy florid cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c. AD 510-580. The brooch consists of an incomplete knop, probably from the top of the head. All the edges of the fragment are worn breaks, so an original shape cannot be determined.  The decorational style is of incised anthropomorphic decoration with curled scrolls, probably stylised beaks from downturned beaked heads, with projecting triangular finial below the ‘nose’. The reverse is undecorated. Similar objects on the PAS database include LIN-022E26, YORYM-…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0D10FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1400. It has a hexagonal frame, of D shaped cross section, with a recess for the copper alloy pin which is rectangular in cross-section. The brooch is decorated with four blue enamel or glass settings at four of the corners. There is a plain metal swelling at the remaining two corners, and a transverse ridge in the centre of each side. One ridge is replaced by the pin constriction, and one is missing where the pin tip rests. The metal is a dark green in colour with file marks visible on the reverse.&nbs…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: ESS-D104C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of medieval date (c.1200-1400). Description: The brooch is annular, broadly hexagonal in plan and D-shaped in cross-section, flat on the back. The frame is formed with five knops at each corner. The constiction for the pin is set through one of the knops. The pin is short and pointed, possibly incomplete, and still moveable. The brooch has a light green patina. Measurements: outer dismeter: 20.9mm thickness: 2.4mm (knop), 1.5mm (ring) weight: 1.83g
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D0333A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch with most of the pin missing. The frame is oval, flat on the reverse and bevelled on the internal and external edges on the front. There is a constriction for the pin at one of the narrow ends and opposite this an externally-projecting approximately trefoil or T-shaped knop. This has two short opposing convex-edged and pointed lateral foils and a larger and longer central foil, perpendicular to these and parallel with the pin. It terminates in a rounded point shortly after a step-down in thickness from the front of a fraction of millimetre.  T…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-CC5608
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD 1350). The brooch frame is present, the pin and any gems that were held in the collets are missing. The frame is circular with a D shaped cross section. The upper edges are bevelled. A constriction is present on the frame, which is where the pin would have been held. To either side of the constriction, at 3 and 9 o'clock, are two raised circular collets. Both are now empty, but have traces of a white substance, probably the remains of the adhesive. Between each of the collets, the frame has been decorated…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-CC008F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD 1450). Only the frame is present, the pin is missing. The annular brooch has a circular flat frame, with a constriction for the pin. The front of the brooch has been decorated with punched annulets. The reverse is undecorated. It has an external diameter of 19.3 mm, an internal diameter of 12.6 mm. The frame is 3.8 mm wide and 1.5 mm thick. It weighs 1.5 g. The brooch is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina. Similar annular brooches, with different designs on the front, have been recorded…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-BAE8AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-gilt brooch. Silver gilt anthropomorphic annular brooch, rude. On left naked female, on right male wearing a piped headdress; the pin projects from the [draped] groin of the male and extends towards the pudenda of the female; a phallic conceit would be emphasised by the passage of pin through a hole in a strap. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400 Height: 16.1mm, Width: 11.5mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 1.34gms.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-B76C7E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. Annular brooch, flat  with rollered decoration. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 Diameter: 28.5mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 2.89gms
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-B719E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, c. AD 1250-1450. The brooch comprises a flat rectangular sectioned circular frame with a narrow recess for the pin. The pin is missing. Opposite to the narrowed recess is a series of four ridges between which three grooves can be found, likely forming a pin rest. The rest of the brooch does not appear to be decorated. There are a handful of areas, mostly on the reverse of the frame, where the surface is covered in ferrous material. The metal has a green patina with areas of covering brown iron material. T…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: BUC-A36557
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible medieval copper alloy annular brooch or possible buckle, dating to 1350-1400 AD. The brooch consists of a circular frame and is semi circular in cross section. There is a recess in hoop where the pin sits. The pin is a piece of copper alloy looped round the pin recess in the frame, and narrows to a point. It is oval in cross section. The pin is 26.5mm in length, and reaches across the frame. There is no decoration, and the brooch has a dark green patina. The brooch is very worn and corroded. The brooch is 31.5mm by 29.1mm, and weighs 3.60g. It is similar…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-8FD97B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy brooch of medieval date, c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch comprises a quatrefoil frame with a D-shaped section. The corner of each lobe displays an ovate rounded knop. One arch of the frame has a circular perforation through which a pin is fitted. The pin is formed of a thin piece of copper-alloy wire and is fitted through the frame by an open loop. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The object is 23.5mm long, 23.7mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 2.1g. A similar brooch is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 256-7, no.1342) which is from an exc…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-EA5BF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy brooch consisting of an annular frame in abraded condition and a cast pin with a collar. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section with the flat underside angled gently upwards towards the centre.  Eight radial engraved lines divide the convex front into four short and four long segments, with the latter bearing very faint traces of closely spaced multiple pecking, and one subdivided by the pin constriction. Gilding survives along the lines where it stands proud of the surrounding surfaces. Very similar to NMS-CB5E37. Weight 2.42g. External d…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-98D9AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible fragment of a medieval copper alloy annular brooch or buckle, dating to 1350-1400 AD. The fragment is part of a circular frame, one edge is wider than the other. The breaks are worn. The inside of the frame is bevelled, it is oval in cross section. The fragment has a dark green patina, and measures 39.6mm in length, 25.9mm in width, and weighs 9.21g.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-93BFE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch, dating to c.AD 1200 - 1500. The frame is circular in plan and oval in section, there is no constriction for the pin. The pin remain and is bent around the frame.  Diameter: 33.4 mm Weight: 6.78 g
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: BERK-FF18B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch is an annular ring with a pin restriction and part of the pin remaining. The pin is a single strip of wire looped around the frame. On the front of the frame are cast lines dividing the frame into 12 lobes.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SF-FE095B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular shoe buckle. It consists of a small circular frame with a simple copper-alloy wire pin wrapped around it to one side. Similar buckles have been found during excavations in London, most from mid-14th to mid-15th century contexts (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 5758), although their chronology extends beyond this into the post-medieval period. Egan and Pritchard (ibid., 57) suggest that buckles of this period with a diameter or 20mm or less are probably from shoes, although some may have fulfilled other dress-related functions and there may have been s…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E8ED42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast lead object, possibly a badge or a brooch of medieval date c. 1300-1400. The brooch is  circular in plan and decorated on the front with a voided cross , the arms projecting from a small circular boss in the centre. Each angle of the cross conains a ring-in-dot. The reverse of the object has what appears to be a hinge mechanism, with two intergrally cast perforated lugs set on top of a groove which extends laterally across the brooch. The lugs each have an expanded section  on their ends above the groove, with a gap between the lugs. This was presumably to hol…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD8DC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400. The bevelled frame is circular, with a constriction for the pin and six equidistantly spaced, circular settings. The settigs retain traces of a white substance, probably the setting medium for the stones but the stones themselves are now missing. There is a shallow lobe between each pair of collets. The pin is missing. Measurements are; diameter 25.6mm, thickness 2.3mm, weight 2.20g Compare examples illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991) pages 249 - 251, especially number 1317. Examples can…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-42A3F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy, Medieval, square annular brooch, AD.1250-1450. The object comprises the frame and pin of the brooch. The frame is square with knops projecting outward from the corners and from the mid-points on the frame. The pin is secured through an integrally cast loop in one of the corners of the frame. The pin itself is looped through and is a purposely designed pin rather than simply rolled wire. Each of the knops comprises a roughly square projection in line with the frame but projecting up from it, these are decorated with incised transverse lines. From each of these …
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambleden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-99877A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch, complete with silver pin. The frame of the brooch is circular, thick and flat to make a rectangular cross-section. The pin is held in a constriction, and has an open loop. There is a transverse double moulding at the junction of loop and shaft, below which the cross-section of the shaft is D-shaped or trapezoidal.  The frame is engraved on both faces with letters which read clockwise from the pin constriction. Because the pin has a clear front and reverse, it is possible to identify the front and reverse of the frame too; the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1E195B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver annular brooch fragment. Fragment of a silver annular brooch, with diamond shaped decorative plaque soldered onto it. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350 Height: 24.5mm, Width: 10.2mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 1.63gms
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NARC-061FC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Annular Buckle of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is composed of a single loop frame with a recurved tapering pin which is largely retained with the exception of the tip which partially missing and abraded. The recurved loop of the pin is able to move around the circumference of the frame. The square-sectioned shaft of the pin continues until the sloped tip at the end.   Diameter: 16.69mm, Thickness: 2.37mm, Length (pin): 17.59mm, Weight: 1.9g The metal is mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NARC-060EAB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Annular Buckle of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is composed of a single loop frame with a recurved tapering pin which is largely retained with the exception of the tip which partially missing and abraded. The recurved loop of the pin is able to move around the circumference of the frame. The square-sectioned shaft of the pin continues until the sloped tip at the end. Diameter: 19.26mm, Thickness: 2.10mm, Length (pin): 20.08mm, Weight: 1.6g The metal is mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: LIN-F15380
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy, medieval annular brooch dating to c.AD 1100-1400. The brooch has an annular frame with convex sloping sides and a constriction for the pin. A fragment of the copper-alloy sheet pin loop is wrapped around the constriction. Undecorated brooch frame. The frames has a short groove on one side.  Parallels a plain annular frame in Egan 1991, p. 249. no. 1307. It measures 26.96 mm in diameter, is 3.51 mm thick and weighs 5.58g. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991. Dress Accessories c. 1150-c. 1450; Medieval …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-9F9CBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date AD 1250-1450 The brooch is circular in plan with a small diameter, comprising a flat annular ring with constriction for the pin which is now detached from the brooch which is also of copper alloy. The upper serface of the brooch has a series of engraved blocks seperated by a possible letters. The pin is broken at the eye, it is circular in cross section and narrows to a sharp rounded point. The brooch is a light green colour. The brooch is 32mm in diameter, 1.8mm thick and the combined weight o…
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-9F554E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch. Annular brooch of cusped quatrelobed shape, plain, pin missing. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350 Height: 25.9mm, Width: 26.2mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 3.37gms
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: LIN-5BD027
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating circa 1200-1400. Approximately one third of the frame survives. The frame is flat, curved and has four tall rivets each with a recessed top. One of these collets has the remains of a white substance.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DDA441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pin from a large Medieval annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1450. The pin has a curved body down to its point and an open loop at its head. It has a sub-rectangular protrusion at the head of the pin, below the loop, where it thins. The body itself has flat slides but smooths into a curve on the front and underside. 
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DCE8BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later medieval cast copper alloy frame from a large annular brooch, 36.8mm in diameter. The frame is sub rectangular in cross section, 2.1mm thick and 4.4mm wide. One one side there is a projection in the form of an acorn with a moulded collar. On the opposite side of the frame is a pin constriction, the presence of which suggests an interpretation as a brooch rather than a buckle. See also SUR-945E92 & SUSS-5AA6E2.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF315E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooch with an oval-sectioned pin set in a constriction. On one side of the constriction half of the frame is round-sectioned and plain, and on the other it is twisted into a cable pattern, a frequently encountered decorative scheme, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1310, from a context of c.1230 - c.1260.  Weight 4.14g.  External diameter 28.5 - 30mm. Internal diameter 22.5 - 24mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B50BC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver annular brooch that has a circular cross-section frame with a constriction in one side for the pin. The pin is complete and made from silver, one side of which has been formed into a loop to enable attachment to the frame, a flanged transvers ridge decorated with stamped annulars and separates the loop from the main shaft of the pin. Brooches of this material, form and style of decoration are generally dated to c. AD 1200-1400 with various examples published in Egan & Pritchard (2002: 249-254). Comparable examples reported through the treasure process, include SWYOR-C6ABCA …
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8EA170
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy annular frame of a medieval brooch. About 33% of the frame is missing along with the pin and any constriction in which it was set. The cross-section is sun-rectangular and splayed gently outwards towards the upper or front edge which is decorated with a continuous row of probably moulded notches. Weight 0.66g. External diameter c.18mm. Internal diameter c.15mm. Thickness 2.3mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-4A5CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval annular brooch frame of 38.3mm diameter. The frame is rectangular in cross section, 6mm wide and 2.3mm thick. It has broken and bent across a constriction for the pin. One side of the frame has incised lettering in the form of a magical charm or religious invocation, which reads [...](MI)O M DIO M DIO N DIO + The other side has geometric decoration comprising an incised zig zag with crescents to either side.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: BUC-49FBCA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval annular brooch, dating from c. AD 1350- 1400. The brooch is a flat circular hoop, with eight globular projections regularly spaced on the face of the brooch. The frame narrows between two of the projections, where the pin would have sat. This is now missing. On the opposite edge of the narrow section is a circular recess. The reverse is undecorated, and there are patches of white metal coating. The brooch has a light green patina, and measures 40.1mm by 39.5mm, 5.9mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 13.38g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-21EDD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch with a flat, circular frame of 24.8mm diameter and 1.7mm thick. The front of the frame is decorated with a band of incised saltire crosses interspersed with pellets, the whole within a linear border. There is a constriction to accommodate the flat and tapering pointed copper alloy pin, which is retained.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2135D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy brooch made from an English pictorial jetton of large diameter (26.1mm) dating to c. 1280-1300. Obverse: arms of England within a border of strokes and rosettes (cf. Mitchiner 168). Reverse: triple stranded cross fleury with a star or crescent in each angle and a border with a three pellet cluster in each segment (cf Mitchiner 169). The jetton has been fitted with a brooch attachment on the obverse side, riveted through the centre. 
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-0E065F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy, medieval annular brooch dating to c.AD 1100-1400. The brooch has an annular frame with a circular cross-section and a constriction for the pin. The copper-alloy sheet pin is wrapped around the constriction; it is undecorated and the shaft tapers to a blunt terminal. Undecorated brooch frame. Parallels a plain annular frame in Egan 1991, p. 249. no. 1307. It measures 26.63 mm in diameter, 19.66 mm internal diameter, is 5.22 mm thick and weighs 5.84g. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991. Dress Accessories c…
Created on: Sunday 12th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CF4403
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Two halves of a decorated silver annular brooch frame. It is misshapen, with each part forming an elongated ‘U’ shape, which was once likely circular. The level of distortion obscures the form of the decoration on each ‘face’. There are regular, equally spaced notches infilled with niello across one ‘face’, with intermittent groups of four or five incised or stamped dots.  The other ‘face’ is largely plain with occasional groups of notches visible in one area. The two halves join at one break but do n…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8C8F36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch. A small circular framed brooch. The frame is oval in cross section. It has a constriction for the pin attachment. The front of the frame is decorated with a moulded pattern of evenly spaced transverse incised lines with raised areas between.The pin is of copper alloy. It is rectangular and is hooked at one and over the constriction in the frame. It terminates in a break. The frame and pin are different colours and probably of different alloys. Date: Medieval - 13th to 14th century Diameter: 24.12 mm Thickness: 1.76 mm Weight: 2.27 g A …
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-379142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The plain pin has a broad wrap around head and transverse raised ridge at the junction with the shaft. Length 28mm; head width 5mm (incomplete); weight 0.99g. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with brooches and other silver dress accessories in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is well in excess of 10% silver. Conclusions The pin form and width indicate that it is from a medieval annular brooch of thirteenth or early fourteenth…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llantwit Major Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-909C09
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Annular Buckle of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is composed of a single loop frame with a recurved tapering pin which is largely retained with the exception of the tip which partially missing and abraded. The recurved loop of the pin moves freely around the frame. The pin is decorated with a rectangular moulded collar below the loop. Diameter: 41.99mm, Thickness (frame): 33.24mm, Length (pin): 46.59mm, Width (pin): 3.59mm, Weight: 14.5g. The metal is dark green in colour with a smooth patina. Similar examples are illustrated in Egan & Prit…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-8DD203
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Annular Brooch of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The frame is composed of circular frame which is D shaped in section with a stepped outer rim. Minor portions of the outer rim are missing. The front of the frame retains six raised, circular collets, which are evenly spaced. The collets are hollow, four retain white paste, two are incomplete and retain no paste. There is a circular hole to accommodate the pin, between two collets, which is composed of a recurved loop of wire which terminates in a slightly tapered rounded end.   The metal is light gre…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: LIN-805154
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy, medieval circular brooch dating to c.AD 1100-1400. The brooch has an annular frame with a circular cross-section and a constriction for the pin. The cast copper-alloy pin is wrapped around the constriction; it has a collar below the loop and the shaft tapers to a truncated terminal. Undecorated brooch frame. Parallels a plain annular frame in Egan 1991, p. 249. no. 1307. It measures 24.87 mm in diameter, 19.06  mm internal diameter, is 2.96 mm thick and weighs 4.07g. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991. Dre…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E5F64F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver annular brooch with decorative twisted (cable pattern) frame, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is slightly bent. There is a small constriction to hold the pin, which has broken with the result that the pin has been lost. The decoration comprises a cable-style twisted pattern all around the frame with four facets, each containing a line of stamped, raised pellets. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.6mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 1.58g. Discussion: A parallel example is published by Egan & Pritchard (1991: 253) no. 1334, dating to c. AD 1200-1…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Central Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-7CC9F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy annular brooch dating c. AD. 1250-1400. The object is circular in plan and D shaped in section. There are four circular turrets, one on each side of the open loop pin. The turrets all contain white paste that are sunken below the raised circular collars within which they are set, which project from the body of the brooch. The pin tapers to a point. The frame of the brooch is convex on its face and concave on its reverse. The apex of each dome has a central projection made up of three grooves. Dimensions: Diameter 23.7mm, Thickness 4.8mm, Weight 4.0…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-689B5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy annular brooch (or possibly a buckle), dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1200-1500. The object consists of an undecorated annular single loop frame 2.6mm in thickness and circular in section. The frame has slightly rounded, chamfered edges. There are two shallow grooves across the width of the loop frame, on the front surface of the frame, on opposite sides of the loop; one groove is slightly thicker than the other. The loop lacks a pin. The surface of the metal has a smooth, dark green patina. Width: 4.1 mm (at widest frame p…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-512BCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch frame. The frame is complete or very nearly complete, but there is a break across the pin constriction and it is bent in a number of places. The pin is missing. The frame was probably circular or near-circular before it got bent. It is plano-convex in cross-section: broadly flat on the front and concave on the reverse. The front is decorated with a circumferencial line of multiple closely-spaced pellets at the external edge and a shallow concave groove at the internal edge. These are continuous and terminate only at the constriction. A few specks of…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-3DD8AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy decorative brooch with zoomorphic terminals that is probably Medieval in date. The brooch is broken at its contraction for the pin. The brooch is circular in plan with a frame that is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. There are eight equidistantly spaced lugs of length 7mm and thickness 2.5mm projecting outwards from the upper surface of the band. Each lug has been chipped carved to create an angled step in the projection and two points near its top. combined this creates the appearance of a snout ears and possible eyes suc…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Standlake CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3CD140
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1400. It has a simple, circular frame, of circular cross section, and a copper alloy pin which is also circular in cross-section. The pin divides into two to loop round the constriction in the frame and it has a thick collar. The brooch has a brown patina. The brooch is 22.8mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 5.12g. Compare number 1307 on page 249 of Egan and Pritchard (1991).
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC1084
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1400. The frame of the brooch is broadly circular in plan but divided into six lobes, and is D-shaped in cross-section. The front face is decorated with four roundels, two on each side, all very worn. There are also two sub-oval "collets", one at each end between each set of bosses. The two "collets" contains a light brown material, perhaps soil or cement, and the original settings are missing. One collet has an additional lobe on the outer edge, elongating t…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3F583E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic annular brooch, 20.7mm in diameter. The frame has a plano-convex cross section with a flat reverse and is elaborately decorated with two sets of paired beast heads, one flanking the pin constriction and one flanking an oval lobe which functions as the pin rest. The sides between each set of paired heads have indistinct moulded decoration. An incomplete copper alloy pin remains articulated on the frame.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-2E1703
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A completecopper alloy Medieval annular open-frame brooch dating to c. AD 1200-1400. .The object is circular in plan with a large central circular perforation.The reverse face of the brooch is flat and has lombardic letters and symbols incised/engraved into the surface. This may be false lettering, similar to that in Egan and Pritchard (1991) No 1309 p.249 or No1337 p254. The letters read '+ A R? M [?] A I N/M J [???].  There is evidence for gold gilding on the reverse, but overall the object has a dark green patina with brown patches. The pin is present and is swordsha…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-28C37D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast zoomorphic bird brooch, cf. Weetch Type 30.A. A cast openwork plate depicts a thin standing bird with triple comb, head to left with a long slightly curved bill and a large eye defined by a deep annular gutter with centrally reserved pellet. A sinuous neck with a central double groove curves rightwards below the head and bill to arrive at a narrow body with three transverse comma-shaped ribs perhaps representing a folded wing. A curled string-like feature also passes diagonally across the lower part of the neck. A tail continues this in recurved form below, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glentham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8602D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy brooch of medieval date (c.1200-1400). Description: The brooch is annular, circular in plan and broadly D-shaped in cross-section with a groove running around the external circumference. The brooch has six raised collets set equidistant around the frame. These are all now missing their settings but retain a white adhesive. Many of the collects are missing pieces of their upper edges. The brooch is complete with its pin, the loop of which is in two pieces, each half looping around the frame to meet again at the outer edge. Both the front and back of th…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: SF-84C91E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular brooch. The frame is circular in shape and rectangular in cross-section. Its reverse is undecorated, while its outer face is inscribed with the letters 'X P O V E R T P A R T C O M' along the centre in Lombardic script with an engraved linear border along each edge. There is a recess at the start of the legend which holds an in situ copper-alloy pin. The pin is made from a strip of wire, rectangular in cross-section with a bufurcated inner end forming an attachment loop. For similar examples in copper-alloy…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-834409
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch dating from the Medieval period, AD 1200 - 1300. It has a circular frame, half of which is plain and circular in cross-section. The other half is sub-square in cross-section, with concave sides, and is twisted to form a cable pattern. Each face is decorated with double lines of opposed punched triangles. There is a constriction for the pin, which is missing, and the frame has also sprung open at the constriction. The metal has a green patina. Diameter 21.9mm, interior diameter 15.2mm, thickness 2.9mm, thickness of untwisted part 2.…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-422C9A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, 24.8mm in diameter. The brooch frame has a circular cross section, 2mm in diameter and is undecorated. There is a constriction in the frame for the pin. The pin is 2.4mm wide and has a plano-convex cross section. It has lost its attachment loop and broken from the frame with a 24.9mm length remaining.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2E5D55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy brooch or dress hook made from a Medieval English Jetton, a large-sized example (diameter approx. 25mm) of a type often used for such Jetton brooches with the Arms of England on one side and a cross with crescents and stars in the angles on the other. The outer surface is well worn, attesting that the brooch was well used when lost. The clasp-like fitting is typical of these items which might indeed be more properly called clasps. The Jettons used in this adaptation seem to have been modified shortly after issue; the fashion for disc brooches of this type …
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F19542
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch is circular in plan with a small diameter, comprising a flat annular ring with constriction for the intact pin, which is also of copper alloy. The pin has a collar just after the loop and is circular in cross section with a pin that narrows from the collar to a rounded point. The brooch isa light green colour. The brooch is 26.9mm in diameter, 4.1mm thick and weighs 6.52 grams Other Medieval annular brooches with inscriptions on the database are SF-2D92E7, SF-DB4140, HAMP-D9F4BC and SUR-53F5E8. Furthe…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampton Gay and Poyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9943B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, probably an annular brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1400). The object has a sub-circular cross section and presents a narrowed constriction which has worn break at the end. The face is decorated with a cast decoration presenting chevrons and pellets. The underneath is undecorated. The object has a dark brown patina. Dimensions: Length 34.3mm; width 6.3mm; thickness 4.8mm; weight 9.28g Similar annular brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 250), see nos. 1314-18.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-871508
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy gilded brooch made from a Medieval sterling bust jetton, itself based on a silver penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307), dating to c. AD 1280-1345. The jetton has been converted into a brooch through the attachment of a fastener, and the addition of gilding, which covers the full face of the obverse and reverse. The attachment fastening, consisting of a horizontal pin (now broken due to an old break) and a vertical lug, has been applied via solder to the obverse of the coin. Obverse (with brooch fittings): Crowned bust (some deta…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-05FD55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch with collets dating to c.AD1250-1400. The pin is extant but broken off from the main brooch. The copper alloy frame is circular in plan and D-shaped in section with six empty collets. Each collet comprises an annular cell, the original settings of which are missing. Some of the collets are missing their tops and edges with worn breaks. There is a narrowed constriction between two collets for the pin, which is present but separate. The reverse is undecorated but gilding can still be seen on the inside of the frame and…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-DD3CA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold annular brooch with moulded chevron decoration dating c. 1150-1400. The complete brooch survives with no damage. The frame is annular but not flat with curved semi-vertical sides. The hoop is formed from a thin band, (2.35mm wide), with a rectangular, convex cross-section which curves inwards to the aperture. There is a constriction in the frame for the wrap-around pin which is attached. The pin has a rectangular cross-section and sharp point that meets the outside edge of the opposing side. The pin is also decorated wit…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Buriton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-750B78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch with collets dating c. 1200-1300. The copper alloy frame is circular in plan and D-shaped in section with eight empty collets. Each collet comprises an annular cell and the original settings of the collet are missing. Some of the collets are missing their outside edges with worn breaks. There is a narrowed constriction between two collets for the pin, which is missing. The reverse is undecorated. The brooch has a mid green patina.  Measurements:  27.4mm long, 26.7mm wide, 3.07mm thick and…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-5EC081
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1400). The brooch has a circular frame that is circular in section. One section of the frame narrows to a small constriction around which is an incomplete thick wired pin that is wrapped once around the frame. At the opposite side is a square indent for the pin rest. The object has a worn surface with a bright green patina. Dimensions: Diameter 35.5mm; thickness 3.3mm; weight 11.16g Similar brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 249) see especially no.1307 which is from an excavated contex…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-334531
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast pewter openwork annular brooch of medieval date comprising an open ring with a raised front surrouded by beaded borders and, running around its exterior, six projecting letters of lombardic form reading AMOVRS. The O and V are now folded back onto the front of the frame. A bent circular suspension or attachment ring projects from the top of the letter M. The reverse has damage, but appears to have stumps of brooch fittings. The style of the letters would suggest a later 14th to early 15th century date.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
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Record ID: SF-CCADED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch is circular in plan and plan-convex in section. The outer face is also decorated with six raised circular collets. Each contains circular cells within which are trace of white cement, the remains of a fixative for holding decoration in place. Between the collets are raised rectangular panels each carrying two beaded transverse grooves. Gilding surrounds the grooves. At the apex, is a rectangular constricted section in which sits the loop of a pin. Beneath the loop is a rectangu…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B8CC95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1400). The brooch has a lozenge shaped frame with a small constriction positioned at one corner. The pin is missing. It is D-shaped in section and is undecorated. It has a dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 15.4mm; width 15.1mm; thickness 1mm; weight 0.46g A highlighly decorated lozenge shaped brooch is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 257) see no. 1344 which is from a context dating to 1270-1350.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-B47627
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1350-1400. The frame is circular in shape, and circular in cross section. Running around the frame are curved incised lines forming a rope pattern. The frame narrows for a recessed pin bar, the pin is looped around this section. The pin is copper alloy, and narrows to a sharp point. The brooch has a mid green patina. It measures 18.6mm by 17.6mm, 2.1mm in thickness, and weighs 1.32g. The brooch is similar to Egan and Pritchard 1991, page 253, number 1334.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-67613E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of three medieval copper annular framed brooches, all breaks non-recent, 13th - 14th century: - one third extant, abraded sheet, width 6.6mm, beaded outer border, V-shaped impressions along inner border, weight 1.16g, diameter c.30mm. - one third extant, cast,  D-sectioned, width 2.2mm, one oval collet containing white fixative, weight 0.89g. diameter c.20mm. - one quarter extant, cast, D-sectioned, width 3.2mm, two slight constrictions cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991 no. 1311, part of a pin constriction, sheet pin in paler green surfaced alloy, weight 0.78g, diamete…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2023
Last updated: Saturday 12th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B7DAA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver annular brooch. Small annular brooch, silver gilt, animal heads. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400 Diameter: 12.6mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 0.61gms
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A9846
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Medieval probable annular brooch dating from AD 1200 - 1400. Less than half of the frame survives. It is lobed on the front face. Measurements are; length 19.7mm, width 22.3mm, thickness 2.6mmand weight 1.90g. Compare number 1311 in Egan and Pritchard (1998), figure 160 which is from a context dated 1270 - 1350.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2A569F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon to medieval sheet copper alloy disc brooch decorated with a cross paty picked out in punched dots on a plain ground. Parts of two arms are present and their outer ends are joined by a row of similar dots along the circumference of which slightly more than one quarter is extant. The central area has not survived. Other brooches with similar punched cross paty motifs all have pin fixings, or evidence thereof, attached with solder or a rivet: SF-3DA3D3, NMS-963533, NMS-66051E, NMS-1A8884 (Ashley 2016 fig. 18.9 60) and NMS-649171. Weight 1.02g. Diameter 3…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-264FCF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch. Small lead cast brooch, bearded face surrounded by zig-zag line and dots. Face of Jesus, analogous to decoration of dresshooks [and biconical spindle whorls - MF]. Central casting seam on back. Suggested date: Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1450-1550 Length: 19.2mm, Width: 22.7mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 3.83gms
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: DOR-0DC6B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch.  The frame is circular with a flat rectangular cross section. There is a constriction in the frame where the separate copper alloy pin is attached. The pin is hooked around the constriction at one end, tapering  to a point which rests on the opposite side of the frame at the other. The front of the frame is decorated with four large collets arranged to form a square. Two are filled with a white material, possibly degraded glass. Between the collets are eight small rivets with dished tops (these have been inserted separately in…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-E7A856
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy gilded annular brooch dating to the medieval period (AD c. 1250-1450). The brooch is circular in shape and retains the pin. The pin was fitted into the brooch with a constriction in the edge of the brooch. The pin is sub-triangular in shape that tapers to a point. To the top of the pin is a circular collar. Some gilding is present on both surfaces of the object, no gilding survives on the edges. Two parallel lines of gilding enclose a repeating pattern of circles stamped through the gilding connecting the two lines is present around the whole circumfe…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-908323
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gilded cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is lozenge in cross-section. One half of the frame is plainly finished. The other half features a moulded twisted-cable design of curved bands and grooves. Within each groove is a line of circles. A short portion of the frame where these designs meet is constricted. Attached to this is the pin. The pin comprises a loop with basal transverse collar and a tapering shaft terminating at a worn point. The pin rotates freely within the constriction. Both frame and pin are composed of …
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-6A665B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date, c.AD 1250 – 1350. Approximately quarter of the brooch remains forming a shallow C-shaped piece with rectangular section. The fragment is decorated with a raised boss flanked by raised conjoined lozenge cells. The reverse if flat and undecorated with a depression corresponding to the boss. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 27.2mm long, 8.3mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 2.1g. A similar example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002), p.253, fig.1323 with a suggest date of AD 1250 - 1350. …
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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