Record ID: SWYOR-FAFC04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Central boss of an Early Medieval Scandinavian Equal-Armed copper alloy brooch. It has gilt on the surface and the boss is topped with a knop. The domed boss is hollow and thins out either side before flaring out to the terminals. These are missing. It has a dark grey hue with a light green patina and decorated with criss-crossing lines and spiral grooves. It measures 33.81mm x 19.23mm x 12.79mm, and weighs 7.62g. This brooch can be classified as a Type III A:1 (as by Aagard in Birka II.1). Its decoration an be described as a Borre style animal with gripping arms or legs. There is a c…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2008
Last updated: Sunday 19th July 2020
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: SWYOR-50BAF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Scandinavian equal-armed brooch, dating to the 10th century. It is made from gilt copper alloy, the fragment consists of one terminal, with a perforated circular lobe to either side; one of these perforations contains a small rivet. The bow and identical second terminal are missing. On the reverse of the brooch the worn remains of a single off-centre pin lug are visible, with a possible scar from a second lug raising the possibility that the lug was originally double. The brooch fragment weighs 6.93g and measures 32.11mm in length, 30.9mm in width and 6.3mm in thi…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harworth Bircotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM278
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Central piece of an equal armed Viking brooch. A comparison can be found from Birka II:1,p.99,III F:1. One rivet is still in place.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 1998
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEEDS', grid reference and parish protected.