Record ID: NLM-C140FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or pewter. Some distortion. Trace of an iron pin. Diameter: 34.4mm, Thickness: 1.4mm
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: NLM-B025E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead disc brooch.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NARC-153162
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Disc Brooch of Early-Medieval (AD 900-1000). The object sub-circular and is missing the lower portion due to old, abraded breaks. The front of the object had a moulded decorative motif composed of an outer border with repeating pellet within a ring motif. There is an inner circular boarder within which is a highly stylised anthropomorphic mask similar in form to a ‘Woden head’. The back of the object retains a partial, integral pin lug between which a shallow casting seam is visible. The catchplate and pin are missing. Length: 15.25mm, Width: 19.06m…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Record ID: NLM-316C33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. A small part of a flat cast disc brooch, perhaps approaching 40mm in its original diameter, with a double lined outer border confining a design including a pellet and an associated petal or loop, possibly part of a more extensive interlace design. The proposed function may be supported by a trapezoid tab on the back, perhaps a relict of fastening gear. Possibly comparable to the East Anglian series of Viking-Age lead brooches. Patinated. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 29.5mm, Width: 25.5mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 7.85gms
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-574650
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly distorted and torn Late Saxon lead alloy disc brooch with an integral pin on the reverse. Relief decoration on the front comprises three concentric rings, the outer of very small pellets, the intermediate of large pellets and the inner of medium sized ones. The central motif is obscure but there is a large pellet at its centre. Very broadly comparable brooches occurred in the 11th-century Cheapside Hoard, some as little as 19mm (¾ inch) in diameter (Weetch 2014, Type 23). At the centres of these, however, glass is inlaid (Catalogue of the Collection of Lo…
Created on: Saturday 29th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5601E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead alloy disc brooch, with cast Borre-style decoration comprising a concave-sided figure with each of the four corners extended to form interlaced, double-strand knots. Kershaw East Anglian Series Type I (Kershaw 2013, 56-61, fig. 3.19). On the reverse the pin fittings comprise an incomplete pin lug set parallel to the edge and a catchplate at a right angle to the edge (an Anglo-Scandinavian arrangement). A common 10th-century type in East Anglia carrying a design based on a Scandinavian prototype, see West 1998, fig. 134.8, Margeson 1997, fig. 28, and Margeson, S. an…
Created on: Saturday 29th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: OXON-68427C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete but warped circular lead brooch. It is only missing its pin. The brooch is circular in plan and would have been flat in cross section although the sheet has been warped giving it an uneven wavey appearance. There are two projections on its reverse which are all that survives of the pin mechanism. This includes a rectangular tab placed c.5mm in from the edge of the brooch that folds over 180 degrees to provide a rest for the pin and two projecting D-shaped tab placed at the opposite end of the brooch. These are each pierced by a hole filled with a lead axis bar. Tr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
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Record ID: SF-CB0567
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to Medieval lead-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. The brooch is disc-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a central circular bosses surrounded by moulded pellets set inside a circumferential border. The reverse is plain. A corroded hinge mechanism and lug to secure the pin are in place at either end. The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 5: disc-broaches characterised by concentric designs, with the majority of her sample being lead-alloy examples (2013: 78-79). Length: 39mm; Width: 33mm; Thickness: 8mm; Weight: 36.66g.
Created on: Friday 17th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shimpling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B5204A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast concavo-convex sub-rectangular plate with a [now] plain central field bordered by a pelleted line and a series of juxtaposed U-shaped ovulos also outlined by fine pellets. The motifs may indicate an acquaintance with Neo-Classical decorative forms. Opposed U-shaped lugs at the end presumably retained a bar or pin which was perhaps hinged on one of the ends and passed into the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 30.1mm, Width: 13.3mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 4mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 4.23gms
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9652EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a lead alloy object depicting the upper part of animal head of the type found on the footplates of Early Anglo-Saxon Cruciform brooches. Both ends and both edges are broken. The reverse is flat. At the top a featurelless band represents the lower part of a collar. There is a median groove on the brow, and the eyes, once protruding but now badly damaged, lie below pronounced eyebrows. The lower break cuts across a triangular nose. Weight 5.6g. Extant length and width 22.1 and 15mm. Thickness 5.3mm. Leahy (in Geake et al. 2005, 337-41) left the problem of the identific…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: NLM-274332
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. Cast plate with three concentric ridges around a flat central boss; the intermediate ring also marks the site of a similarly moulded projection on the back which borders a central hollow. Possibly a disc or plate brooch of Weetch Type 5, which was a cheap Anglo-Scandinavian type. Against this proposed identification, there is no evidence for pin gear. Now in two parts, probably broken at the time of discovery. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 900-1000 Diameter: 30.1mm, Thickness (at ridge): 4.8mm, Weight: 9.46gms
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7E5880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch. Cast openwork brooch comprising a cabled loop, rectilinear at one end and separated into narrower plain strands curving upwards at the other. The straight end conceals the tubular seat for a hinged pin [lost]. The metal retains a grey tint suggesting a relatively recent date. The cabled motif might hint at a nautical association. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1850 Length: 29.1mm, Height: 13.2mm, Thickness (clear of pin seat): 3.4mm, Weight: 3.72gms
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haxey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3F0532
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy onion shaped cast object, possibly a terminal knob broken from a Roman crossbow brooch. Circular in plan an onion shaped knob steps down to a collar which again turns down to a broken stub of circular cross-section. It is unlikely that a crossbow brooch made of lead alloy would be strong and opulent enough to have functioned as such. Similar objects to this have been found elsewhere; for example HAMP-0D0AD5, and it is proposed that these could be fragments of pattern moulds used to make the impression in the casting medium when manufacturing the genuine article. A similar c…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-CF47F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead alloy annular brooch, dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1280-1400) The remains of the brooch frame present an incomplete circle with a triangular cross section. The frame is decorated with a flat trapezoidal plate which is decorated with incised zig-zag lines. The frame also presents a raised incomplete spur which shows a powdery white interior. Dimensions: Width at widest point: 34.97mm. Width of frame: 2.94mm. Height of trace of missing pin: 6.09mm. Weight: 3g Similar objects can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991), dating to late AD 13th-early 1…
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2021
Last updated: Saturday 4th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-435D62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval lead alloy brooch or badge, a disc with a casting seam, integral pin and catchplate on the reverse. On the front a five-pointed star in counter-relief with the end of each point projecting beyond the edge (almost all of one point is missing). At the centre of the star is a circle containing eight or nine pellets (the casting here is poor). The edge between each point is marked by four short radial ribs. This may have been similar to NMS507 of which no image or measurement has survived. Diameter 16.5mm. Thickness, excluding pin, 1.2mm. Mid 14th - early 16th century.
Created on: Sunday 18th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Record ID: NLM-45EBEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. A chip from a cast discoid plate bearing moulded relief decoration on its display side; plain back. A triangular shape points towards a pair of addorsed comma-shaped scrolls with a probably radial line of pellets extending from beside the triangle and past one of the scrolls. Possibly a fragment of a brooch of Weetch Type 4. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1100. Width: 18.5mm, Height: 19.8mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 4.64gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2021
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Record ID: DEV-9FDCB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch's Type 5, dating to c. AD 900-1000. The brooch is circular in shape and flattened in cross section, with raised moulded decoration in the form of three concentric circles with a pellet at their centre. There is also a sugestion of at least five outer pellets surviving from an outer ring around the perimeter. There are two circular apertures on the surface, possibly the result of damage when the catchplate was removed post deposition, and the reverse is plain and undecorated. A similar example is HESH-9145D1, and…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 12th July 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-0D0AD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A globular or onion-shaped lead alloy object with a small apical knop on one side and a ridged collar with the stump of a shaft on the other.
Created on: Friday 28th May 2021
Last updated: Sunday 30th May 2021
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Record ID: SF-12B70C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval lead-alloy pseudo-nummular brooch dating to circa AD 875-1050. The extant fragment comprises of a small arc of the edge. The front face has a chip carved border groove near the edge and two recognisable symbols of two wedge shaped arms of a cross and a 'C' shape with an adjoining reverse curve at the top. These two symbols are also chip carved into the face. The reverse is plain but worn and has a slightly convex surface. The design is redolent of SF-234D38 (although this brooch has raised symbols). Consequently, this places it in Weetch's Type 2.A…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-016894
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast Late Early Medieval lead alloy brooch only missing its pin. The object is sub-circular with six triangular protrusions forming an edge and giving the brooch a star or six petalled flower shape shape. It has a small central semi-spherical solid boss. This is contained within two concentric circular borders which have been beaded by incised lines running across them. Outside of this border are three more concentric lines which curve to fill each triangular protrusion, forming arches with a central raised pellet dot inside. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated bu…
Created on: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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