• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: SF-2B7C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular brooch.  Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a human figure holding a staff and with a crown, sat on a bench holding a figure, either a child or animal, within a border of raised pellets or beads. This brooch fits a group of late Saxon disc brooches which copy, or appear to copy coinage of the period see Weetch (2013:15-16 fig no176,179), with the variants being divided by whether they copy obverse or reverse designs. To the reverse is an intergral pin and catchplate, which are …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4B99EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast lead alloy form or model for the manufacture of a two-part Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch dating AD 80-120. The object is broadly 'T' shape with one short wing. The opposite wing is broken. The top edge of the wings is integral and folded down over the reverse, where it is compressed. The bow extends from the front centre of the wings and tapers to a broken point. There is no clear decoration and the surfaces of the bow, nor on any surface of the brooch. The surfaces are very worn and abraded. The reverse of the bow is slightly hollowed. …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-886BCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete early medieval lead alloy brooch, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. Possible Weetch type 13. The obverse of the broch is flattened and the outer rim  is decorated with two circumferential bands of pellets, the outer is reversed and the inner raised. There is a single solid band below the boss made of transverse lines. The central boss is flat topped and decorated with remains of a single pellet. The reverse shows the remains of the two attachments, each parallel to the edge of the object.  Diameter 45.33 mm, thickness 4.19 mm and weight 41.83 g.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-36FE0D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible brooch fragment. Cast fragment, possibly from the centre of a disc brooch with concentric decoration, cf. Weetch Type 5. A circular segmented or vermiform moulded feature is arranged as a presumably central norder around a lower centre with a hole pierced off-centre. Broken on all edges. Dave Haldenby kindly comments this is probably not Saxon. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 26.3mm, Width: 22.8mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 7.27gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-36C3A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy brooch. Cast disc brooch or pendant. Openwork in each quadrant forms an expanded arm cross at the centre of which is a solid disc with a beaded border surrounding radial linear decoration. Such objects are common on Anglo-Scandinavian sites. Weetch Type 16. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-900 Length: 26.2mm, Width: 19.4mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 4.79gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2706DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Nummular Brooch of late Early-Medieval (AD 900-1050). Weetch's Type 2.Ai, imitating the obverse of a coin. The object is flat and circular with repeating protruding pallets around its circumference. The front of the object had a moulded decorative motif composed of a beaded outer boarder, within which is a crowned male bust facing. The reverse retains a distorted, tapering, the catch plate is missing,  between the pin and the missing catch plate is a shallow casting seam. Diameter: 25.11mm, Thickness: 1.68mm, Weight: 3.5g The metal is cream in colour…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LON-15FE75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy annular brooch dating from AD 1300-1500. The brooch frame is square in plan with seven evenly spaced trefoils (only six remain) running around the outside, one at each corner and then one between except on one side where the frame is pinched to receive a pin now missing. Running around the frame is an inscription. I Y V O I [] V. The reverse is undecorated. Dimensions: length: 22.95mm; width: 21.33mm; thickness: 2.11mm; weight: 2.56g A annular brooch with similar inscription is illustrated in van Beuningen (2000:470 no.2159). Reference: Va…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-74365E
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 relief decoration on the front face. In the centre is a straight armed cross. It is surrounded by two concentric circles containing 'laddering' decoration. The reverse is plain. Projecting from the reverse are two integrally cast D shaped loops at the apex and nadir containg an externally cast ferrous pin. The pin is circular sectioned.  The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 4a: disc-broaches characterised by…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F67E58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable incomplete cast lead alloy form or model for the manufacture of a brooch, probably of the Polden Hill type of early Roman date (80-120 AD). The probable model is broadly 'T' shaped in profile. There are two short semi cylindrical wings extended from the head. Between the head and the right hand wing is a semi circular moulding. The left hand wing is  incomplete. There is also no moulding at the side of the head. The bow head is hump-like (comma shaped) in profile. The bow tapers slightly to a break. The bow is incomplete and the foot and catch pl…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.