Record ID: DENO-69BBA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch, probably 14th century. Circular sectioned circular ring with constriction to take the cast copper alloy pin. The loop of the pin is not joined at its outer end; globular collar below the loop, decorated with incised diagonal lines (two of which form a cross); the remainder of the pin is broken off after the collar. Fine dark green patina. Diameter 31.2mm, thickness (i.e. diameter of frame) 3.2mm, weight 5.38g.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tupholme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-69DEB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy miniature annular brooch with decorative frame13th/14th century. Frame made up of 6 oval swellings decorated with numerous irregularly placed incuse dots, with a narrowed transverse ridge between each (two ridges between the two swellings opposite the pin, forming a groove to take the pin); constriction to take the wire pin, which is broken off just after the loop. The frame is flat and undecorated on the reverse. Fine mid green patina. Diameter 16.3mm, thickness 2.8mm, weight 1.68g.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tupholme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-804DF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled cast copper alloy Roman trumpet-headed brooch dating from second century (100 – 200) AD. The head of the brooch is similar to the more common trumpet brooch whereas the bow extends to a extended enamel plate which expands symmetrically to either side of the bow. It tapers to a regular foot. The brooch measures 35.1mm in length, 8.9mm width (across head), 16.7mm width (across plate) is maximum 8.5mm thick, and weighs 4.01 grams. The head of the brooch is complete although abraded. It is broadly oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head has…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Rauceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E6D912
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fibula brooch dating from the Roman period. The pin, spring and most of the catchplate are missing. The bow has a narrow head with very small wings, though these seem to be broken and were probably wider. The back of the head is concave where the spring would have fitted. The bow and head are not decorated except for a central ridge running the whole length. The foot of the brooch is also damaged or missing. This is probably an example of a dolphin brooch. Other examples of this style cane be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches. The brooch is 42.95mm …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8D6896
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Early Medieval Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. Only the lower half of the brooch survives, both the bow and head plate are missing. The tapering rectangular foot plate has a set of two transverse lines at the top and two sets of three transverse lines midway down. The panel terminates with a zoomorphic animal head with protruding eyes and a rounded snout with scrolled nostrils. Behind the foot plate is a complete catch plate with a length of 15.5mm and a width of 6.4mm. The surviving length of the brooch is 41.1mm, the width is 12.4mm and the weight is 9…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Thoresby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F779A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy Early Medieval Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. The plain trapezoidal head plate has a plain trapezoidal shaped wing on either side. The wings are uneven in size with the right being slightly larger. Integrated collared top and side knops are present, semi-circular in section with single line groove around the base of each dome, above the collared section. Collars of side knops have single line grooves and the top knop collar has a double line. The bow is carinated in section and has with faceted corners and edges. The top of foot is flat in section wi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F818D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Roman enamelled copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch is circular, flat and has a single lug on the reverse. Opposite the lug is an integral catchplate. The surface of the brooch is highly decorative. In reserved metal is a circle in the centre with ten pellets surrounding it. Surrounding the pellets is a zig-zagged band with ten apex's. A pellet from the inner band is located in each angle. The interior of the central circle contains blue enamel; the field surrounding the pellets contains an orange-brown enamel, and the field outside the zig-zagged line contains green enamel.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F85764
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early Roman hinged Dolphin brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The copper alloy pin is intact. The bow is triangular in cross-section with slightly instepped sides. The bow tapers to a pointed foot. The catchplate is intact. The brooch is in a good state of preservation, but is folded in two. The bow of the brooch is folded half way down its length so that the foot is now on the same plain as the wings. The pin has also been folded, not through damage, but as an intentional act. The pin has been rolled over so…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F8D973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch, dating to the early Roman period. The brooch had cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. Part of the cylindrical chamber has come away on the reverse near the hinge opening. The wing terminals are decorated with three grooves and a terminal band of rope-like moulding. The outer two grooves are narrow and the inner is wider. The bow is comma shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. The centre of the bow is decorated with a rope-like vertical band. The head of the bow is also dec…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F90162
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch. Only the head survives, which is a convex oval tapering to the bow. There are two lugs for the spring. The spring is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F90E65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch. Only the head survives, which is a convex oval tapering to the bow. There is a single lug on the reverse for the spring. The spring is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F964D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sprung Dolphin brooch dating to the early Roman period. The wings are semi-cylindrical in cross-section but are missing its spring and pin. The bow is comma shaped in profile but has been damaged in the centre resulting in a slightly forward kicking foot. The bow is oval in cross-section and decorated with a rope-line line down the centre. The catchplate is incomplete.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FA5278
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy 'simple one-piece' brooch. The brooch has a comma shaped bow that is oval in cross-section and tapers to a pointed foot. The spring is incomplete, but as four turns to one side and an external chord held by a rearward hook. The pin and catchplate are incomplete
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FA72B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Dolphin brooch, dating to the early Roman period. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section and a pierced lug in the centre. The lug is slightly offset to the top and shows the evolution from the rearward hook to a pierced lug. The wing terminals are decorated with a single vertical groove. The bow is comma shaped in profile and sub-triangular in cross-section. The bow has a pronounced triangular apex running its length, with a small triangular crest at the very top sitting above this. The sides of the bow are instepped. The catchplate is in…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FAC047
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large copper alloy Dolphin brooch dating to the early Roman period. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section and have the remains of an iron spring on the reverse. The wing faces are decorated with a pair of rope-like bands with a concave channel either side. The bow is rouhgly square in cross-section but with a slightly domed upper face. The face is decorated with a moulded band down the centre. The catchplate is openwork and incomplete.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FAED14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled copper alloy sawfish brooch. The brooch has rectangular wings that are channelled out on the reverse to house a spring mechanism. The spring is missing. One wing tip is missing; the other is decorated with a recessed circular cell containing a deeper recessed central cell. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and tapers to a forward facing foot. At the top of the bow is a headstud containing a pellet of degraded, dark coloured enamel. The bow surface is decorated with a row of lozenges of reserved metal down the centre, with two rows of inward pointing triangular cells in …
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FBA935
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Headstud brooch. Only the upper half survives. The wings are rectangular, flat and hide a cylindrical cover behind. The wing faces are decorated with three vertical grooves. The pin is missing. The bow is rectangular in cross-section, hollow and decorated at the top with moulded pellet in ring. The field surrounding the pellet is filled with red enamel. The rest of the bow is decorated with a row of horizontally aligned grooves filled with red enamel.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FC2386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The brooch has rolled over wings at the top, and a gently arched bow. The bow is rectangular in plan and in cross-section, and decorated with two vertical ribs with hatching between creating a 'ladder' effect. The lower part of the bow is broken just after it flattens out. The catchplate is incomplete.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FC3EC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well preserved elaborate Hod Hill brooch, dating to the early Roman period. The brooch has a rectangular body with incomplete, rolled over wings at the top. The body is has three integral lugs on either side. The rectangular body is divided into three further panels by decorative elements. The main panel is in the centre and contains vertical ribbing. Above and below this panel is a narrow rectangular panel both containing four crosses ('X's) formed by punched dots. The foot is triangular, elongated and has a solid bulbous terminal. The catchplate is missing. The brooch has b…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0DBB33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Dragonesque brooch. The brooch is 'S' shaped in plan but is missing its head terminals. The main bodu panel is oval, concave and decorated with a series of vertical bands with hatched bands between. The two 'necks' are thin and curved.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.