Record ID: WMID-AE6D12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Only the upper part of the head remains, consisting of three worn shovel-shaped wings, one at the top of the head, the other two to either side of the head. The central square plate of the plate is decorated with a series of double inverted V's giving the appearance of arrows. The regularity of these motifs makes it likely that they were punched rather than inscised. This decoration runs around the central square plate and there is also a line of the same type of decoration which runs across the widest part of each wing, …
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
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Record ID: WMID-34BF43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch. The fragment consists of a zoomorphic (horse-head) terminal with a spatulate extension. This fragment is from the foot of a brooch (e.g. see cruciform brooches in "A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals)" by MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, pp. 95-111). The fragment described here has a broken edge at the top, curved edges at the sides forming the zoomorphic shape, and an almost rectangular extension at the base with curves corners. The forehead of the horse-head is slightly raised, and terminate…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Record ID: WMID-0074DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gilded copper alloy cloisonne enamelled brooch of Late Anglo-Saxon dating (10th to 11th Centuries AD). The brooch is circular in shape with seven circular lobes evenly spaced around the perimeter. Each lobe contains a cicular enamel cell, of which one is turquoise, one light blue, and five navy blue. The face of the brooch is decorated with a gilded border and cloisonné enamel, with a wavy equal-armed cross design in the centre. The cross is navy blue and also decorated with a gilded border which leaves four step pyramid shaped cells, one in each quarter. The opposing c…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
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Record ID: WMID-B1C4E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
By Elisabeth Okasha, University College Cork Description The object is complete. It is a circular silver disc of diameter 27-30 mm and thickness < 1 mm. Although described as a 'brooch' there is now no sign of any fitting or fastening. The disc is complete and largely undamaged although there is some discolouring on both face and back. The back of the disc is plain but contains some scratches. The face of the disc contains a central, equal-armed cross; it has a circle in the middle containing a pellet and each arm meets the circular margin on a tri-partite base. The margin is…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinckley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C2E290
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy side knob from an Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval cruciform brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century. It is D shaped in cross-section with a rounded front and flat reverse. The terminal or dome is rounded and undecorated, and is separated from the base by a waist. The base is decorated with two incised grooves with a band of short perpendicular grooves forming a zone of ribbing in between. The flat base of the knob has a deeply incised slot next to a circular perforation that contains the remains of an iron pin bar, which runs through the entire object. The knob is 15…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: WAW-6F0CDE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy brooch of early Medieval date (c. AD 480-550). It is likely a Small-Long brooch similar to SF-FDBF8A. Only part of the head remains. The surviving part of the head of the brooch is made of a sub-rectangular copper alloy plate (15.25mm long, 17.32mm wide, 2.27mm thick) with a short rectangular projection (8.06mm wide) that leads to the remnants of a larger, potentially semi-circular section of the protrusion. There larger part of the protrusion shows signs of breakages in ancient times, as do the left, right, and bottom edges of the sub-rectangular main part…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-5A6E97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Small Long brooch of early Medieval date (c. AD 450-550). The spring, pin, foot, and part of the catch plate are missing. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular in shape and is 19.31mm long and 21.77mm wide. Without the remnant of the perforated lug, the head is 2.55mm thick, but with the remnant of the lug it is 4.83mm thick. The bow emerges from the back of the head plate in an arch, is 8.19mm wide and 3.26mm thick, and has a rounded top and flat bottom. The remnant of the foot with the catch plate is 6.12mm wide before the break and 6.93mm thick. The…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-6F5F90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy brooch of likely early Medieval date (c. AD 420-550). Only the head remains. The surviving part of the head is roughly lozenge shaped with two roughly knop shaped broken protrusions on the right and bottom angles of the lozenge. Both of the lugs seem to survive on the bottom and potentially some of the spring, though this is uncertain due to it being quite corroded. There does not appear to be any surviving decoration on the brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A68F41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Disc mount from the bow of a Great Square-headed brooch, gilt copper alloy, Early Medieval. The decoration on the front comprises of two concentric rings, between which is a repeated design pattern of elongated 'Z's arranged circumferentially. At the centre is a circular boss. The boss and outer section are not gilded. The reverse has a short broken rivet projecting from the centre. This would have originally have gone through a hole in the bow of the brooch. The whole mount has a glossy deep green patina and measures 30.5mm in diameter x 4.7mm thick, and weighs 8.06g. The mount proba…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EC1C1D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating to the early medieval period (AD 450 - AD 600). The fragment comprises the flat foot of the brooch in the form of an animal head. The head is sub rectangular in form, consiiting of a central shaft which flares out towards a flat triangular base with rounded edges, The shaft is flanked by two circular protrusions, often described as 'nostrils' above which are curved linear bands. The underside of the brooch is plain, with some iron staining present. Similar records: CAM-CC5188, SUR-85F618, YORYM-851138 and SF-8C7643.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8E2868
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch. The top knob is conical and waisted in plan and half-round in section with a flat reverse, and sits on top of a flat rectangular head-plate which is worn with some loss to the surface and edges, and no side-knobs extant. It is decorated with transverse double grooves at the top and bottom edges. The bow is C-shaped in profile and trapezoidal in plan, narrowing towards the foot, and it steps up from the head-plate with no intervening facet. The outer face is damaged with hardly any of the original surface now visible, so it is not possib…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heather', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F08F15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy artefact which is triangular in plan and domed in section, hollow at the rear. It is corroded and much of the original detail is lost, but the front has incised chip-carved, probably Borre style, decoration and was originally silvered, with some traces remaining in the recesses. There are old breaks at all three sides, and there are no signs of there having been any attachments within the concavity at the rear. It measures between 21.2 - 21.6mm across and stands 8.0mm high at the apex. The middle part of an early medieval trefoil brooch, one arm of which was found ad…
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CC07A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Viking copper-alloy trefoil brooch, dating to AD 850 - 950. It is incomplete, missing the centre* and two arms. The surviving arm is d-shaped in plan with a rounded terminal and an irregular break at the proximal end. The front is decorated with chip-carved lines within a curved border, with traces of gilding remaining, and the reverse is tinned. There are two copper rivets spaced 8.5mm apart, 14mm in from the rounded end. The brooch has been kindly identified by Dr Jane Kershaw, who comments 'I can't find an exact match, but it belongs to Maixner's …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-080DC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval brooch; the bottom part of a cruciform type, probably dating from the 6th century. It is of Martin Type 2.2.3, and consists of the foot and catch-plate only - the pin, head-plate, knobs & bow, as well as the curl from the catch are missing. The catch-plate is broadly rectangular in plan and terminates in an old abraded break where it has broken away from the bow. The foot plate is of zoomorphic, equine form. The start of the animal head is marked by two parallel transverse grooves. The head has bulbous, projecting sub-circular eyes, with semi-circula…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C2E258
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head only of a cruciform brooch??Pale green copper alloy small long brooch fragment. Head only, with linear patterns. Very worn. Length: 24.4mm, Width: 28.8mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 4.94gms
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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Record ID: NARC-3BE437
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Early Medieval. 6th Century. Large square head with semi-circular lugs protruding from three edges. The lugshave two large circles with curved lines radiating from a curved border. These represent eyes and hair. The central square panel is plain. The bow has a central raised boss. The footplate is straight and vertical. A plain panel with side lugs and two circular depressions is follows by a straight section with horizontal ridges which appear to be filled with niello. Circular depressions with central raised dots represent eyes, followed by …
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-3BEED6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Early Mediveal. 6th Century AD. Almost complete. The head is rectangular (44mm wide, 25mm long) and split into three vertical panels. The central panel is slightly raised and is bordered by stamped dots and S-shapes. One knop protrudes from the centre of the upper and side edges. The knops are oval but with a narrow band across the centre. The bow is 20mm wide (the same wide as the central panel on the head) and curves outwards. The bow is broken horizontally 9mm from the head. The lower half fits together at the break but the edges are …
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-3BF9E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The inner panel of a cast copper alloy square headed brooch .Early Medieval. 6th Century. The headplate frame and the majority of the bow are missing. The beginning of the bow is present. the inner panel is rectangular with a raised border edge. A smaller central inner rectangle has moulded decoration of two 4-armed triskeles. Between the triskeles is an upside down depiction of a face. Between the outer and inner borders are a series of stamped dots. The reverse has the hinge lugs, but the spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-3C0356
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy gilt Anglo-saxon square headed brooch. Early Medieval. 6th Century AD. Fragment of footplate of large square headed brooch. A diamond shaped inner panel outlined by a raised inwardly curving border. Stamped annulets around the inner border. Intricate inter-twining moulded decoration in the inner panel frame. One side-lobe remains. a small portion of the bow still present. The catchplate is fixed centrally on the reverse. It is 23mm long and only partially survives. Similar to Plate 35a in Hines, 1997.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-44F803
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete cruciform brooch. Early Medieval. 6th Century. Three circular lobes attached to a central square panel. The lobes are pierced in the centre. One lobe survives intact, the other two are broken through the pierced hole. The intact lobe is 9mm in diameter with a hole 2mm in diameter. The arched bow is 7mm wide leading to a vertical footplate. The footknob is globular. The reverse shows scars of the hinge lug and catchplate.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
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