Record ID: PUBLIC-F08F15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy artefact which is triangular in plan and domed in section, hollow at the rear. It is corroded and much of the original detail is lost, but the front has incised chip-carved, probably Borre style, decoration and was originally silvered, with some traces remaining in the recesses. There are old breaks at all three sides, and there are no signs of there having been any attachments within the concavity at the rear. It measures between 21.2 - 21.6mm across and stands 8.0mm high at the apex. The middle part of an early medieval trefoil brooch, one arm of which was found ad…
Created on: Sunday 3rd November 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CC07A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Viking copper-alloy trefoil brooch, dating to AD 850 - 950. It is incomplete, missing the centre* and two arms. The surviving arm is d-shaped in plan with a rounded terminal and an irregular break at the proximal end. The front is decorated with chip-carved lines within a curved border, with traces of gilding remaining, and the reverse is tinned. There are two copper rivets spaced 8.5mm apart, 14mm in from the rounded end. The brooch has been kindly identified by Dr Jane Kershaw, who comments 'I can't find an exact match, but it belongs to Maixner's …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Saturday 2nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-46E3E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Anglo-Saxon (Anglo-Scandinavian) gilt and silvered mount from an unidentified object, slightly curved D-sectioned bar, with hollowed concave underside or base containing traces of possible solder, one end broken, the other end with a solid animal-head terminal. The animal head has two incised circular eyes, an elongated slightly concave-sided snout with bared fangs and slight transverse rib on the upper face and a curved panel of silver with bordering lines and lines of dots of inlaid niello on the forehead in front of the two projecting convex ears. Behind the ears…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C076BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy zoomorphic brooch, the flat front tin-coated, with the necks of four animals curving out from the centre, their heads aligned clockwise, the whole having some resemblance to a swastika. The mouths of two are emphasised with a V-sectioned groove. The muzzle of a third is shorter and without a groove while the fourth, similarly small, is incomplete. Decoration comprises nine punched ring-and-dots, one in the centre and a pair on each animal, one of which represents the eye. The pin fittings are Anglo-Scandinavian (Kershaw 2013, figs. 2.1 and 2.2), a high,…
Created on: Monday 30th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4DFD3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian trefoil brooch. The fragment consists of one of the arms or lobes of a brooch, with the other two missing. The object is decorated decorated in the Borre-Jelling style of the second half of the tenth century. Half way down on the left hand side, (when viewing the object) is a left-facing Jellinge-style create, with a round eye, open jaw and a 'pigtail' or ear lappet, extending downwards across the top of the animal's body. This creates an opening through which another lappet-like feature interlaces, extending upwards. The rest of…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9D03B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin fragment. Fragment, bearing truncated Arabic script on both sides, retaining the round form of what is presumably a heavily clipped flan. Jane Kershaw kindly comments: 'Dirhams specialist Jani Oravisjarvi reports that this is not an early medieval dirham, but a much more recent Arabic coin find'.Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Diameter: 7.1mm, Weight: 0.11gms.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-274097
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gilded silver disc brooch with surviving silver wire loop and Terslev-style design, dating from about 900-975 AD. Description: The brooch is circular and 26.8mm in diameter, with a very slightly domed front and a central raised dome of 6mm diameter. The silver is gilded on both faces, but with more surviving on the front. The central dome is decorated with a small moulded ring in the centre, surrounded by a ring of slightly oblique radiating ribbing. A 2mm band around the base of the dome is also decorated with similar radiating ribbing. The edge of the front has …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-72EC56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of a decorated early medieval cast lead alloy disc brooch dating from the second half of the 10th century. Jane Kershaw reports: The brooch carries a variant of the Scandinavian Terslev motif classified by Sunhild Kleingärtner as 'Type III', with 4 volutes bound by an inner circle, and a central lozenge-shaped field (2007, 62-3, Abb. 10). It differs from the prototype motif in that the ring has additional triangular ring-knot extensions, which fill the space between each volute. In addition, the brooch carries integrally cast pellets both in the central field a…
Created on: Sunday 9th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-913447
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy, trefoil plate brooch dating from the Early Medieval period, AD 850 to AD 950. The brooch front is slightly convex and consists of three broad arms, each arm having a rounded end. The front is decorated three strand interlace, but corrosion pitting on the front obscures most of the design. The reverse of the brooch is flat. One of the arms carries a pin mount, consisting of two small, semicircular plates which are pierced to take the pin. A ferrous pin bar and part of a ferrous pin remain in place. Another of the arms carries the stump of an additional, rect…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-E7A016
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late early-medieval (Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 26mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object weighs 8.35 grams and is in a fair, but worn, condition. The brooch is circular and slightly domed. It has a tinned underside which has the pin lug positioned at 12 o' clock, the catch plate opposite (6 o'clock) and a smaller lug at 4 o'clock. The pin lug is incomplete and consists of two parallel rectangular projections (2mm deep) aligned perpendicular to the edge. The smaller lug has a similar alignment, but is formed of one incomplete rectangular protrusion with a central curv…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-BAEE56
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Carolingian tongue shaped strap end, 9th to 10th century AD in date. The strap end has been made from a single plate of cast copper alloy and is tongue shaped, with a slight border around the edge of the tongue. Two transverse lines separate two rivet attachment and five ring and dot patterns in between with traces of a white metal coating. The front plate depicts Carolingian-type acanthus and the tongue-shaped form of the strap-end is typical of Continental trap-ends of the late 9th and 10th Cnentury. The length is 53mm and 29mm wide. The length is 53mm and 29mm wide
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NOCTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-CD4F45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 30.5mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The brooch is in poor condition, having part of its edge missing and extensive green corrosion on the upper decorated face. The brooch is 29mm in diameter, 10mm thick (measured at the catchplate) and weighs 8.33 grams. On its reverse it has a hooked catchplate, 8mm wide and 9mm high, and on the opposite edge is a rounded lug 9mm wide and 6mm high with a central pierced hole containing iron corrosion, presumably from the pin. The brooch is decorated in the Borre style, with traces of a centr…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6AF276
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper-alloy brooch, 26mm long, 24mm wide and 1mm thick (9mm thick at lug). The object is in fair condition and weighs 8.32grams. The object consists of a rectangular plate with a raised border containing a Mammen-style design. This shows a bird facing right with a curving long, swollen body (possibly striped?) and a long ribbon-like neck with a small round head. The head is facing downwards in front of the body and contains an almond shaped eye. Extending out from behind the body are two overlapping wings, each formed ot two double contoured tendrils. These are contain…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-A85AC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy possible brooch. The brooch is circular in plan with a integral rectangular protrusion coming off one edge. This protrusion has a broken terminal, but the break is not recent. The edges of the artefact are abraded with some patches of corrosion. The upper surface is decorated with a design within a high-relief beaded border. The exterior edge beyond the beaded border is undecorated. The decoration centres around a central pellet which is within an annulet. This annulet is further decorated with small oblique notches. Around the central pellet the field is f…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-B664E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead Late Saxon brooch. The brooch is circular and flat. It has been decorated on the front with a ladder-style border. Inside this are three crescents, each decorated with the ladder-style border. There is a raised crescent inside each one. There is a Y-shaped field between the crescents. There is a central, large pellet and a row of smaller pellets in each arm of the 'Y'. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of the lug and catchplate can be seen and these have been arranged longitudinally. Both parts are badly squashed and damaged. No pin survives.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A8BA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late early medieval trefoil brooch, engraved triangular centre with one of three arms with a stylised leaf ornament, curled sheet catch-plate on reverse. Cf. Rogerson (1995) Middle Harling, fig.34, no.2, decoration very similar although Harling example has ring-and-dot. Late 9th-early 10th century. Jane Kershaw has confirmed this as - Trefoil brooch, Maixner Type G 1.3, group not known, not certain if this is of Scandinavian or Anglo-Scandinavian origin.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ABA534
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late early-medieval cast copper alloy convex disc brooch. Very worn, with no trace of gilding extant. Decoration appears to consist of Borre style knotwork around a central group of concentric circles. On the reverse are an incomplete double pin-lug with no extant trace of a pin, a catch-plate set at right-angles to the edge, and a similarly set loop for a pendant. Maximum diameter 26mm. Height, excluding fittings on reverse, 4.5mm. Weight 6.60g. 10th century. The presence of a loop on the reverse of the brooch was believed by Sue Margeson (The Vikings in Norfolk (1997) p. 21) to b…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feltwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMS-03E7F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late early Medieval Trefoil brooch, engraved triangular centre with part of one of three arms and stump of another with very worn and corroded traces of decoration comprising incised bordering lines and possible leaf ornament, pair of broken perforated lugs containing corroded iron pin-bar on reverse. Cf. Rogerson (1995) Middle Harling, fig.34, no.2. Late 9th-early 10th century. Jane Kershaw has confirmed this as a Scandinavian type - Trefoil brooch, Maixner Type G 1.3, group not known
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5BCA92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon fragment of unidentified object, similar to a fragment from Mileham (HER 7270) tentatively identified as part of a possible domed oval ('Tortoise') brooch, cast openwork with central boss and remains of at least five fragmentary perforations between lines of small bosses, smooth inner surface, >23 x >21mm. 4mm thick (7mm thick at central boss). This small fragment may represent only the fifth example of a Viking oval brooch known from Norfolk, the others, in addition to the example from Mileham, being a pair of brooches from a burial in Santon in Lynford parish (HER 5668) a…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mautby', grid reference and parish protected.