Record ID: DENO-9E1293
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Conical lead gaming piece or weight, with incurved sides, and casting line down each side. Slightly concave sub-circular base. No suspension loop. Probably either a standing weight or an Anglo-Scandinavian gaming piece. Length (height) 13.81mm, base width & thickness 18.69mm & 16.27mm, weight .12.54g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-0604D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval mount; Anglo-Saxon, cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a bird, possibly a cockerel. Flat mount with incised decoration on one face showing a bird, facing left, with hooked beak, small crest on the head, pointed wing extending up and backwards and thick curved tail. The feet are openwork but the area inside the beak has not been pierced. There is an incised oval for the eye and an indication of some patterning on the wing, although this is indistinct. This object can be compared with a series of bird brooches of late Anglo-Saxon date, which have feet standing on a '…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-0619F7
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval or medieval balance arm section; cast copper alloy arm from a folding balance arm set. The loop at the terminal end of the arm has broken away. The fragment consists of a shaft with a flattened end which is squared off at an angle. This flattened section has a small, circular rivet through it, where it would have been hinged into the central section of the balance arm (the section which would have had the pointer). The main shaft is circular in section with a squared and facetted area close to the hinged end. This area has punched ring and dot decoration on one face (in …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-06D1C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval mount; Anglo-Saxon mount with Style 1 beasts, dating to the 6th or early 7th century; Cast copper alloy mount with gilded openwork sections. Mount is sub-rectangular with crossing, relief-moulded lines sectioning it into triangular sections. The crossing point of these lines is off-set, giving differing sizes to the resulting sections. The largest section is undecorated but has a possible remnant of solder present, which may indicate that something else was once attached, potentially a silver appliqué, in the Bichrome Style. The small section (diagonally opposite the l…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-46A984
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cruciform brooch, two fragments, not joining but probably from the same object: Fragment 1 - part of head plate only. Part of the rectangular central plate with part of recessed left wing (right wings and base of plate broken off). Integrally cast top knob - plano-convex terminal, rectangular sectioned collar with straight sided groove between. On the reverse is a single lug to take the pin/spring, with iron staining around. There are two irregularly shaped rough depressions on the reverse of the knob. Length 32.07mm, width 24.85mm, thickness including hinge 8.78mm, th…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-731712
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval Anglo Saxon small-long brooch fragment, part of head and part of bow only. Damaged head plate with raised line border, arched bow, carinated in front, broken c. halfway down. Single lug on the reverse, damaged. Length 23.11mm, width 24.13mm, thickness 9.27mm, weight 4.01g.
Created on: Sunday 13th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-9A6C17
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT Description of Find The ring is substantially gold and consists of a broad, punch-decorated band tapering sharply at each end to wire terminals which were originally twisted together; width, 26 mm. On either side of a very worn, beaded median rib the ring is decorated with two rows of interlocking punched triangles with triple pellets in each. The ring has been distorted while in the ground and the ends are now almost untwisted as a result. Discussion Both the form of the ring and the punched decoration are typical of Viking jewellery of the late 9th-10th …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D73301
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper-alloy pendant with devolved Ringerike-style decoration, dating it to the 11th century. The pendant is lozenge-shaped and has engraved and openwork decoration. The lower corner is broken off; at the top corner is a thickened collared projection, above which the suspension loop is broken off. There are two large sub-circular piercings (diameter c. 6mm) side by side at the centre of the object, and two smaller sub-circular piercings (diameter c. 3.5mm) below them; the object is broken across these lower piercings. There is a flat rounded knop on …
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radcliffe on Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F08A65
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Early Medieval copper-alloy hollow-cast 'lobed' type sword pommel, 10th-11th century. Elongated oval in plan, with sub-triangular faces, made up of five rounded lobes increasing in size towards the centre. Circular perforation (diameter 4.7-5.5mm) through the central lobe. The base of the pommel curves upwards at the ends. Length 24.37mm, width 52.54mm, thickness 18.22mm, thickness of metal 2.3-5.0mm, diameter of perforation 4.7-5.5mm, weight 44.44g. Late early-medieval pommels (Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian) were last thoroughly studied by Petersen in 1919. This one is …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F0C674
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval Anglo-Saxon triangular fragment of gilded interlace mount, 8th century. Unclear decoration, although interlace border discernible. Few traces of gilding on the obverse. The reverse is plain and undecorated. At least one edge shows evidence of being bent towards the back to break. Length 25.26mm, width 12.28mm, thickness 1.3mm, weight 1.21g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-2AEA72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sceat, ‘porcupine/standard’ type Series E (Variety A), 715-735 Obv. Quilled crescent enclosing four bars No inscription Rev. Beaded standard with TOTII design TOTII Diameter 11.9mm, thickness 1.9mm, weight 1.05g Ref: Abramson, pg 12 (description) and pg 117 (illustration) (see below for full reference details)
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-2C1565
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval mount; Cast copper alloy Viking stirrup mount with openwork decoration, dated to the late 11th century. Sub-triangular (class A) stirrup mount of Type 8, as described in Williams "Late Saxon Stirrup Strap Mounts". The mount is quite worn and the decoration somewhat debased, but is seems to have a zoomorphic apex terminal with openwork, possibly also zoomorphic, designs spreading towards the base. There are two rivet holes at the base, one of which contains the remains of an iron rivet. Length 37.1mm, width 24.5mm, thickness 4.5mm, depth 5.4mm, weight 12.36g Ref: William…
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-2C8187
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval mount; Circular Anglo-Saxon mount from a hanging bowl. Cast copper alloy with silvery, polished surface. The mount has cast decoration of two triskele-type roundels with curved and foliate designs between. The mount is damaged on one side and some of the metal between the raised sections of design is missing, although the outer edge is complete. Diameter 26.1mm, thickness 1.7mm, weight 3.25g This object dates to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The overwhelming majority of hanging bowls were put in graves dating to the seventh century, although they may have been manuf…
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-52DBE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval coin; silver sceatta, o. standard with TOTII legend, r. bust with runic inscription, Series C2ii, BM type 2 (see Abramson ('Sceattas; an illustrated guide', 2006, heritage) p.117, ref C110), Kentish c.AD680-710. Diameter 11.21mm, thickness 1.78mm, weight 1.24g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-53C371
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon harness mount made from gilded copper alloy. 6th century. Crescentic terminal (thickness 1.4mm) with slightly damaged corners and lower edge. Narrowed but thicker (thickness 3.4mm) extension above with two punched annulets directly above, and possibly another punched annulet above them, across which the obect is broken. Traces of gilding all over the face. The reverse is ungilded and undecorated. Length 20.0mm, width of cresent 27.5mm, widt of narrower section 13.64mm, thickness max 3.4mm, weight 3.60g. It is hard to know the precise form of the moun…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlton le Moorland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-545477
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, copper alloy, complete except for missing pin & spring. Rectangular head plate decorated with a row of punched annulets on either side (clearest on the left side). Short (length c.5mm) rectangular wings. Integrally cast top and side knobs; the knobs are slightly hollowed on the reverse, and each has a simple trapezoidal undecorated(?) collar. The bow has faceted corners, and is slightly carinated on the obverse and flat on the reverse. Incised transverse groove at the top and bottom of the bow, and short central longitudinal groove extended no further than…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow upon Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-54B9F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, developed type, gilt cast copper alloy fragment, bow and upper part of foot only, 6th century. The arched bow is flat on the reverse, not carinated, and is decorated with a central square with double plain border around. Damaged rectangular/trapezoidal field below, decorated with stylised Style 1 animal. Possibly lappets broken off on either side of this field. The foot is broken off across the top of the animal head terminal. This had prominent eyes and incised eyebrows with central cleft. On the reverse of the rectangular field is a damaged, rectangular …
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Repton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5500B0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper alloy incomplete object decorated in Borre style, perhaps a mount. Possibly originally drop-shaped (both ends broken off, convex sides, one end apparently narrower than the other), with double-stranded interlace decoration forming a ring-chain within a plain border (border width c.3-4mm). The mount is curved transversely (convex on the front). Apparently un-gilded. No rivet holes on the surviving incomplete mount. Length 34.00mm, width 25.54mm, thickness as curved c.5mm, thickness of metal 1.9mm, weight 6.78g. Broadly 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Repton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-554927
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper alloy pin with spherical head decorated with grooves radiating from two separate points (one at the top of the head and one to the side) and curving round the head and down to its base. Ridged collar at junction of the head and the circular sectioned shaft. Blue-green painta with reddish-coloured gilding retained in the grooves on the head; some pitting. Probably Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon 7th-9th century. Length 27.06mm, length of head 13.07mm, width of collar 1.5mm, diameter of head 12.3mm, diameter of shaft 2.9mm, weight 7.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FB8444
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper alloy disc brooch of early-medieval date. Originally circular, the edges are now damaged and the brooch is extremely worn. The front is decorated with a Borre style knot motif consisting of a central circular hollow, with a lozenge shape around which has ribbon ends that extend and curl round. On the reverse are the remains of a hooked catchplate; the hinge and pin have broken off. None of the original surface survives. Dimensions: Length 27.24mm, width 21.9mm, thickness including catchplate 7.6mm, thickness across centre 1.94mm. Weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.