Record ID: NMS-8D9731
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Saxon unidentified object, possibly a pendant. The object consists of a flat central rectangular strip that projects slightly beyond the main body at one end. The projecting part has a medial sub-circular hole probably for attachment or suspension. The central strip is decorated in ribbon interlace and is flanked on each side by two openwork slots in tandem along its length, each bounded on the outside by flat integral loops formed by confronted beasts' heads or possibly Ringerike-based fronds that join in the centre of each loop, forming a slight dip to the exterior…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: NLM-76A13D
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy book fitting, as kindly identified by Rob Webley, who comments as follows: 'This looks like part of a book clasp of Howsam A.9 - certainly broken, if not repurposed. But not a harness pendant...https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/book-clasps/#Howsam_type_A9 A thick one-piece cast block with a display side modelled with broad concave facets, and with an apical loop at right angles to its display plane. A flat plain back has a blind central circular moulded hollow of diameter 5mm and depth 6.2mm whose position and form matches that of the round centre of…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-61392E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn cast Early Mediaeval copper-alloy buckle plate of c. 8th - 9th century date. Description: The plate is a short rectangular in shape, measuring 22.04mm perpendicular to the hinged end and 23mm parallel to the hinged end. It is decorated with reticulate interlace on either side of the pin slot and bears a stylised figure in the centre. The figure is possibly male, but it is impossible to know who is depicted. The buckle plate has a small corroded rivet on its top left hand corner, which would have secured it to its underplate, now missing. This rivet has corroded …
Created on: Friday 28th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
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Record ID: WILT-0FE9B4
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy sword pommel dating to AD 550-670. The pommel is sub-triangular in plan, consisting of a central rectangular boss flanked by sub-rectangular wings; the latter have a flat base, their top edge converging towards the slightly obliquely angled terminal. The left wing and much of the reverse has been lost to old breaks. The pommel is hollow, with the base being open and with one edge of an incomplete sub-rectangular aperture on top of the rectangular boss. There is no surviving decoration, although the artefact is highly abraded. Length: 54.60…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
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Record ID: SF-3E87B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possibly Medieval mount, dating to AD 1200-1250. It consists of a slightly tapering rectangular plate, which has a rectangular cross-section and an ornate loop protruding from the top edge; the lower edge has an old break now worn. The front face of the loop bears a moulding depicting a ribbon, which is centered on the top edge. Below the circular hole of the loop, on the front face of the plate there is a cast motif depicting an open hand emerging from a possible cloud. The surfaces are gilded, although on the back face little of the covering survives. "…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-728698
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy box or harness mount, possibly of later Early Medieval date (940-1066 AD). The mount is quatrefoil in shape, with four trefoil shaped pierced lobes set around a circular base. This is concave on the reverse, creating a depression approximately 14mm deep. The centre of the mount is formed into the head of a beast, possibly a mastiff type dog or bear, but also possibly reminiscent of the semi-feline beasts seen on Borre metalwork. This latter suggestion is given due to the exaggeratedly large eyes, measuring 9.4mm across, which are almond shaped. A similar exa…
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-559CF0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary or incomplete copper alloy object of uncertain date, perhaps a vessel handle, consisting of a sub-circular terminal (22.8mm wide) with a central perforation 2.2mm in diameter, and extending to one side a rectangular-sectioned projection 14.5mm wide and 3.7mm thick. This projection terminates in an old break after c.10mm. The object thins from max.3.7mm thick at the break to 1.2mm at the opposite end of the sub-circular terminal. It measures 31.3mm in incomplete length, is max. 22.8mm wide and weighs 9.20g. The original patina is lost and the metal is now patchy and a br…
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-876680
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1200-1400) strap end of copper alloy composition (as evidenced by substantial greening), with remaining elements of silvering. The object is narrow and thin, tapering from 10mm at the widest surviving part to 7mm at the narrowest. There are two visible plates connected by a pin, though it is clear from the break point at the narrowest end that there were originally two pins and it is at this weak point it has snapped. some compressed dried soil obscures a view of the inside. The upper plate is decorated with a clear border, the area inside of which has remnants of a c…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: LIN-A96C8A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Terminal from a late Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch, probably Irish and of 9th century date. The terminal is flat, triangular, and is rectangular in section. Although all three sides have patches of corrosion, the original wall can be seen thus demonstrating this is a terminal. The left and right perimeters of the terminal are decorated with four incised straight lines. A straight incised line is located from the centre of the terminal and travels to the outer edge. Three diagonally incised lines extend downwards from the central line on either side, thus forming an abs…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-1AC6BC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy with lead coating Sucidava buckle of early medieval date (c. 500 - 600 AD). Schulze-Dorrlamm Type D1. The object has a rectangular loop and a D-shaped section that has a crescent-shaped aperture at the round end and an aperture in the shape of a long cross with three rounded arms and one rectangular arm (the latter towards the rectangular loop) in the middle. The two halves are separated by a wide, instepped section which is emphasized on the front face by horizontal grooves on either side. The grooves on the D-shaped section side extend into a pointed knop on either side…
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: NLM-A1D863
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, kindly identified as part of a pistol or musket of English manufacture by Kevin Leahy. Kevin comments as follows: 'I think I know what this is: the long lug with a pin through it is typical of the way that English guns were fixed together and I think that what you've got is a bit of trigger guard from a flintlock or percussion gun'. Cast curved plate with U-shaped ends, one broader than the other, and with a long U-shaped lug projecting from its concave side. The lug has a filled drilled hole of diameter c.2mm, suggesting the object pivoted when in use. A fur…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanby le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D36C41
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 450 - 700. The main body of the object is ovate with a D-shaped section and a flattened terminal to one end and an expanded spatulate terminal to the other. The flattened terminal has a central perforation running through it. Two bulbous knopped protrusions flank the opposite terminal at the narrowest point. Two rows of annulets decorate the upper surface, starting at the perforations and flaring out before joining again between the knopped protrusions forming an oval. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal ha…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-40748B
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy object, perhaps of Early Medieval date, cautiously identified as a bridle bit cheekpiece dating from AD 1000 - 1100. The object is decorated with triple stranded interlace, with an openwork pattern of four circular holes in a lozenge shape, and possible further apertures interrupted by the breaks. Only one edge (the longest one) appears to be an original edge. The others are worn breaks. The reverse is moulded and contoured, but not decorated. It is 20.2mm long, 13.1mm wide and 2mm thick. 1.49g. The object has similarities to IOW-D56C86 which is identifie…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: BUC-79A9CE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Fragment of a cast gilded copper alloy mount, set with silver rivets. The mount is roughly tri-lobed in form, comprising two large rounded lobes with a small, pierced lobe between them and a squared projection, probably broken, in the centre. There is a notch near one corner where the mount has been damaged. The squared central section is decorated with a circular panel containing a running spiral or plant motif inside a plain, broad border. In the centre is a silver dome-headed rivet. The two large lobes are decorated with different designs incorporating spirals and…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
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Record ID: CAM-417416
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to middle Post-Medieval copper-alloy sword pommel. The open end has a flat blunt edge allowing the artefact to be placed standing unsupported on a flat surface. It has a variable thickness ranging from 0.9mm to 3.5mm at this open end. The artefact is an elliptical-cylindrical, measuring 22.5mm x 16.4mm at the open end, with a closed domed apex. At the centre of the domed end is a sub-rectangular aperture measuring 5.4mm x 2.2mm at the narrower end and 2.5mm at the wider end. This perforation would have been used to secure the pommel onto the shaft of the handle. This e…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-7D80E9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval gilded copper alloy mount decorated in Anglo-Saxon Style II, dating from the late sixth or seventh century. The upper surface is gilded and decorated with triple strand interlace terminating in a a snake's head. The decoration is similar to that seen on a gilt-bronze belt mount from North Elmsall, Yorkshire, (Speake, 1980, Pl. 8 j). The lower surface has no gilding and has two small rectangular projections for attachment, apparently unbroken. The mount is 20mm long, 10mm wide tapering to 8mm, 6mm thick and weighs 1.47g.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2017
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: BUC-E57F8B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval mount, probably dating from the 8th Century AD. The mount is ovoid in shape, and is domed, with a hollow reverse. The mount is in the form of an elongated man's face, with a three-dimensional front and a flat reverse. The face is long and thin, with a long nose in the centre, curvilinear raised lines projecting out from the top of the nose either side forming eyebrows. Underneath these are the eyes which are oval in shape, raised around the edges, and a raised pellet in the centre. The face is moustached and bearded, the moustache is a single raised …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-9D721A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy button, c. 1550-1700, cast in one piece with an integral loop, flat, oblate head with a small central projection. See Read, 2005, 51-54. Length 15.6mm, Diameter 10.5mm, Mass 2.88g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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Record ID: FAKL-9D414E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval strap end, c. 1200-1400, made from sheet copper alloy with two leaves separated by a spacer. Rectangular, with a double indentation at its upper edge and a curved lower edge with a central projection. Undecorated. Through its upper part is a single rivet. Similar strap ends have been found in London and dated to c. 1200-1400 (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Fig. 96) Length 26.0mm, Width 13.8mm, Thickness 2.4mm, Mass 3.40g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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Record ID: FAKL-9CD6AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, rear spring hook brooch of Mackreth, 2011, Chapter 2, Part 2 Group 1.b., 60-63, Plate 38 of first century AD. Bow D sectioned and decorated with a longitudinal groove containing a stamped, chain like line. The catch plate is missing as is one wing of the head bar and the pin and spring mechanism. The underside of the head bar is hollow to hold the pin spring. Length 45.5mm, Width 19.4mm, Height 12.8mm, Mass 7.05g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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