Record ID: NCL-8459B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ansate brooch of the middle to late Early Medieval period, of Weetch's type II.Aiii. The bow of the object is D-shaped in section and the sub-circular, disc-shaped terminals are rectangular in section. The terminals have engraved cells showing an encircled cruciform shape. These were probably intended to hold enamel or paste decoration. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The reverse of one disc-shaped terminal carries the surviving fragment of the pin lug, which is set transversely (perpendicular to the pin). The other disc-shaped terminal carries the catchpla…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B1CAE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat disc brooch. The brooch has a raised perimeter enclosing a raised triskele motif with a pellet in the centre. The surrounding recessed fields would once have been enamelled however only a small patch of red enamel now remains within the triskele itself. There is a pin lug and worn catchplate on the reverse. The pin is missing. Flat disc brooches date to the late 1st/2nd century and are a British product.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-DB1483
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The brooch is cast copper alloy and has a square headplate decorated with a ring and dot motif in the centre. The motif has two rings to it. Surrounding the headplate are three integral semi-circular wings. Each wing is decorated with two transversly incised lines forming a narrow collar. The bow is arched and faceted, and broken shortly after below. The reverse of the headplate has a single integral pierced lug for the pin. The pin is missing.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DB35B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, cast copper alloy. The brooch has a square headplate split into three smaller rectangular zones. The central rectangular zone is the largest and sits slightly proud of the flaking zones, being decorated with a perimeter of punched crescents. Two integral side knops remain. Each knop has a moulded collar divided into three bands, and a flat circular knopped terminal. The rest of the brooch is missing at the top of the bow. There is an incomplete double pin lug on the reverse of the headplate.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DB46D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, cast copper alloy. The lowest part of the bow is visible, which is faceted and has three recessed collars below. The terminal is in the form of an animal's head. There are two large moulded eyes to either side, a long broad forehead and two circular nostrils forming the snout. The animal head is D-shaped in cross-section. The remains of a catchplate is situated on the reverse of the collared area.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DB6F46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Headplate and partial bow from an Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. The brooch has a square headplate with three incomplete circular side wings. There is a punched ring and dot motif in the centre of the headplate and another in the centre of the top wing. The bow is arched and decorated with two transversly incised lines.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-553A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sprung dolphin brooch. The brooch has semi-circular wings in cross section and is missing its spring and pin. The wing faces are decorated with two vertical rope-like ribs with a concave channel between. There is a broken rearward hook at the top in the centre. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and decorated down the centre with a rope-like rib with a flanking incised linear perimeter to either side. The catchplate is incomplete.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-556AB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch. The brooch has circular wings in cross section; the pin is missing. The wing faces are each decorated with three vertical rope-like reels, with concave channels between. The decoration does not carry over on to the reverse. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and decorated with a moulded rib down the centre, and one at either side. The foot and catchplate are missing.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-557D97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy headstud brooch. The brooch has flat rectangular wings with a cylindrical wing case on the reverse. The pin is missing. The wing faces are both decorated with a rectangular panel containing two lozenge shapes; the surrounding areas within the panel are recessed and would have once contained enamel. There is an incomplete suspension loop at the top. The bow is rectangular in cross-section apart from near the top where the reverse is deeply concave. The face of the bow is decorated with a circular cell at the top containing a pellet. The surrounding band is reces…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6B48B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower bow and foot fragment from a cast copper alloy crossbow brooch. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, semi-circular in plan and has a moulded narrow collar before it meets the foot. The foot is a flat rectangular panel decorated with a notched perimeter and two incised lines in the centre forming an upside down 'V' shape. The catchplate wraps around on the reverse to form a near cyldinder.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7E2E48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch; Small, cast copper alloy trumpet or head stud brooch. Dated to the late first or early second century. Brooch has a broad, semi-circular head with two narrow, decorative ridges around the outer edge of the semi-circle. Remains of pin hinge present. The centre of the bow broadens to a flattened, heart-shaped plate with three dots moulded into it. Pin, foot and catchplate missing. Length 29.7mm, width (head) 10.0mm, width (central boss) 9.4mm, depth (front to back) 11.5mm, weight 3.71g
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-942D22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bow and fantail brooch with silvering, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 – 200 (length: 33.5mm; width at wings: 23.5mm; thickness/ depth: 11mm; weight: 5.6g). At the top of the brooch, the semi-cylindrical wings are complete (length of wings to either side of head: 10.5mm; diameter of wings: 4mm) with hollow and open terminals to either end where the remains of the iron axis bar are still visible. The wings are decorated with incised linear decoration, consisting of a single incised line present at the front of either end of the wings. At …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', 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.

Record ID: LIN-A5C801
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It has wings that are semi-circular in cross-section with fully-rounded terminals pierced to support the spring mechanism. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and comma-shaped in side view, tapering slightly towards the foot. The top of the bow is decorated with two pairs of transversly incised lines. The lower end of the bow is decorated with an incised transverse collar above and a moulded transverse collar below a small faceted rectangular panel. The foot panel widens slightly towards the terminal, and is decorated with long side face…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FE1495
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy dolphin brooch. The brooch has undecorated cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. There is a small integral collar located just underneath the base of the bow head on the reverse. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, comma shaped in plan and tapers to an incomplete foot. The bow is undecorated. The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-BB8568
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy brooch in the form of a duck. Only the back of the duck remains, which is oval and convex, hollow on the underside and missing its catchplate. There are two worn and incomplete lugs at the rear end representing the pin lug. Each wing on the back of the duck is decorated with nine crescentric cells filled with alternate enamel of blue and red/brown. Down the centre of the back between the wings is a long rectangular cell containing two rows of inward pointing triangular cells. The cells are very degraded but once contained red/brown enamel. The copper cells…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-BC2563
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Dolphin Brooch. The wings are incomplete and semi-circular in cross-section, once containing a spring. The bow is oval in cross-section and tapers to a break half-way down its length. The foot, catchplate and pin are also missing.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-39F3F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch; Cast copper alloy sawfish, hinged T-shaped brooch, dating to the 1st-2nd centuries. The brooch has flattened, cylindrical wings with a simple incised line around the end of each. The remnants of a loop can be seen extending from the centre top of the brooch. The bow has a fairly shallow curve. There is a shield-shaped stud at the head of the brooch and the bow below the head is decorated with cast relief decoration in a double zig-zag pattern. There are five small knops on either side of the bow. The foot has a circular stud. Much of the catchplate remains, as does the s…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-3A0785
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler type C and dated to the 1st century BC – 1st century AD. The brooch is formed of a band of copper-alloy, of oval cross section, which has been bent round into a broad, open oval shape. The band does not meet and the terminals at either end of the band are formed by flattening the metal and rolling it up on itself. The pin is still present and is formed of a single flat piece of copper alloy, curled around the band of the brooch at one end and shaped to a rough point at the other end, where it rests on the opposite side of the brooch. Ref: …
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-552556
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The brooch has a broken headplate and is missing its rolled over tube and pin at the top. The main body is rectangular and is decorated with three vertical ribs and deep channels between. The perimeters are missing. There are four tapering collars below with deep channels between. The foot is trangular, flat and terminates with a collared circular foot. The catchplate on the reverse is complete and there is a patch of iron corrosion on one side of it where the pin originally rested. No silvering remains.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.