Record ID: YORYM-8EFC7A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2020 T709. Description: An incomplete silver strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 900. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1b with multiple fields of Trewhiddle style decoration. The strap end is sub-ovate with a rounded zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and irregular, jagged worn breaks to the attachment end. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a stylised forward facing animal head with moulded raised sub-ovate eyes to either edge. The eyes are framed by a Y-shaped moulding the lower arm of which widens to form a snub-nose…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3B47A8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report for H M Coroner on a find of Potential Treasure Early medieval silver artefact from Cheswardine, Shropshire Treasure Reference Number: 2020 T592 PAS Database Number: WMID-3B47A8 Finder: Date of Discovery: 15 February 2020 Circumstances of Discovery: Found whilst searching with a metal detector Description: An incomplete cast silver artefact dating to the early medieval period. It is in the form of a hollow pyramid with a flat top and a sub-pentagonal base, four edges being roughly straight and one edge being convex. The artefact is muc…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheswardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-349FA7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast base silver strap-end of Early Medieval date. The strap-end is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan. Its long edges are slightly convex, widening slightly after its upper end before narrowing again in a smooth arc down most of its length, its final third being straighter and more diagonal. The upper narrow edge is curved and has several chips while the lower narrow edge is squared off with rounded corners. The strap-end is slit down the side for approximately one quarter of its length from its widest end, creating a slit between the front and back. Thi…
Created on: Friday 12th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wooton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E99B18
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2020 T192. An incomplete Early Medieval gold disc pendant with filigree decoration, c.AD 600 - 700. The pendant consists of a flat, circular sheet of gold with much of the original edge lost to worn breaks. It is folded back on itself to one side. In the centre is a circular cell, approx. 8.8mm in diameter, formed by a strip of gold set edge-on to the sheet, but now largely squashed down. The cell is likely to have held an inlay, such as a cabochon gem. The central cell is bordered by a collar of concentric filigree bands, comprising (from inside to outside) a sin…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8156C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gilded silver fragment of a cast object, possibly a bow brooch. The fragment comprises a jagged plate-like piece which slopes lightly downwards from a central ridge. The ridge is plain silver, is grooved and flares slightly at each end. The surviving areas flanking the ridge are gilded, and are decorated with a raised annulet within a ?semi-circular panel demarcated by a raised line. On the reverse is a raised rib, possibly the remains of a catch-plate, with remains of gilding. Dimensions: Length: 23.8 mm Width: 11.1 mm Thickness: 5.6 mm Weig…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E4E3AE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast silver and gilt artefact, probably the head of an early medieval pin. Description: The fragment is in the form of a three-dimensional bird with an elongated body, small teardrop-shaped wings, rounded head and curved projection along its back. The head has two amber-coloured, cabochon glass eyes set within a recessed tear-drop shaped field, and subtle details of a pointed beak. This is wide open, with a long tendril-like feature – a tongue, vine or serpent perhaps – extending outwards and along the underside of the bird, where it rejoins the body beneath th…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-D261E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2019 T723 Description: A complete, though broken, silver finger ring of early-medieval to medieval date, c.AD 900 – 1200. The finger ring is formed of a sub-rectangular hoop of silver. The hoop is widest at the mid-point, where the bezel is situated, narrowing around its circumference. A break is present in the hoop, at the opposite side to the bezel. The finger ring is distorted as a result of the break. The bezel is formed of a slightly raised rectangular panel, flanked by two smaller raised rectangular panels. The central panel is decorated w…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-E86CE5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A curved strand of twisted gold wire, 0.41mm in diameter and worn in places. Attached also is a fragment of gold sheet, extending to either side of the beaded wire and a little bent over in places.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C166DE
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast gilded silver mount in the form of a hollow, four-sided pyramid. The pyramid has a square base with an integral flat bar, running transversely across the base. Each face is decorated with a punched motif comprising a triangle of three annulets, and the edges between each face with a line of paired dots. Most of the gilding survives on the upper face, and some corrosion product has accumulated in the hollow back of the mount.
Created on: Monday 27th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BECE1C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval cast silver disc brooch inlaid with niello, in well-preserved condition. The front of the brooch is decorated extensively with foliar and zoomorphic motifs in the Trewhiddle style. On the reverse is a one-piece pin mechanism comprising spring, pin and catch-plate, secured to the disc by three rivets. The pin was in a closed position when the brooch was found. The main design on the front of the brooch comprises a cross with concave-sided arms, overlaying a saltire of four tongue-shaped lobes. The edges of both cross and saltire consist of rows of pellets…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F15E79
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded piece of sheet gold (0.5mm thick), with a stamped or worked repoussé design. The piece resembles a narrow, rectangular band that has been folded flat on top of itself, overlapping for approx. 6.5mm. The visible end is cut diagonally. The two long parallel edges of the object are intact, both with a slight rim. The decoration takes the form of interlaced M-shapes stacked vertically.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1F8161
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to Late Saxon silver strap-end. Broadly rectangular in form, the split end has a scalloped edge with two rivet holes housing silver rivets with roved-over ends. The central panel is divided into two by a longitudinal beaded ridge. On either side is an asymmetrical recessed field and a teardrop-shaped field, possibly intended to depict a wing, which tapers to meet a roundel around each rivet hole. Each wing has a central recessed field with reserved zoomorphic decoration comprising a serpentine animal with rounded, double-nicked body and interlaced tail. The st…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: BH-8F458C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete cast silver Carolingian-style strap-end dating to the late Early Medieval period (c. AD 800-1000). The strap-end is rectangular in plan and a hollow D-shape in section. The strap-end is thicker at the terminal, while the opposite end is thinner and has a sub-rectangular slot, presumably for attachment to a belt or strap. The upper surface is decorated in high relief with cast floral design, divided into two long rectangular panels by a central rib with a longitudinal central groove and a double collar-like feature at one end (top as pictured). Either si…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 30th July 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-2FB099
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete silver Early Medieval (AD 800 - 950) Trewhiddle style strap end of Thomas Class A, Type 1axiv, depicting two animals with entwined bodies. It is sub-rectangular in shape with gently convex sides that taper towards the terminal, now lost, along with the lower part of the plate. The attachment end is split to take a strap, and pierced for the addition of two rivets. One rivet survives. It is silver and has a round flat head, and a square sectioned shank. The shape of the split end is lobed around these rivets and the edges are slightly damaged. The central …
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-98A634
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver hooked tag comprising a shield-shaped or sub-triangular plate with an integral sharp pointed hook, bent now to one side. The upper surface of the plate is incised with a central foliate motif of scrolled fleshy foliage in the Winchester Style. A central stem bifurcates above a transverse knot, with a curlicue at either end; below and to either side are two leaves extending diagonally, the lower of which curves downwards. From the central knot (and perhaps the other ends of these leaves) a thin projection extends and turns underneath itself into a wider…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
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Record ID: KENT-08A4C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and fragmented cast gilt-silver 'keystone' disc brooch of late 6th century date. Description: The brooch survives as approximately half of the original plate, broken roughly across the central line, in addition a small fragment was also recovered. In the centre is a circular setting, part of which is lost to the break. A circular red plate garnet survives complete in the setting. The surface of the gem is scratched but there appears to be a gold foil backing, visible along the broken line at the rear. Beside this setting is a rectangular cell containing another plate …
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0382FA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2019 T113. A complete silver early medieval hooked tag, comprising a plain, circular plate with two circular attachment holes at one end and an integral hook at the other. The attachment holes have slightly raised rims and the hook is triangular in shape, gradually narrowing to a point and curving steeply backwards towards its pointed end. The surface of the hooked tag is worn, with some faint scratches on all surfaces.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-86398B
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval silver hooked tag with niello inlay. The plate is in the form of fleur-de-ly, broadly trilobed with two circular attachment holes (1.2mm and 1.3mm in diameter) flanking the base of the central lobe. At the opposite end is the integral hook, which curves below towards the reverse of the tag. The tip of the hook is missing to an old break. The upper surface is engraved to accentuate the form of the plate, with some niello surviving in the central area. The ornament is worn but resembles plant or floral ornament.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-703D2C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a silver early-medieval pendant. The fragment comprises the suspension loop and part of the pendant plate, originally likely to have been sub-circular in shape but now mostly lost to worn breaks. The suspension loop is integral to the pendant and set perpendicular to the body, comprising a rectangular strip forming a backwards facing loop with a sunken central rib. The front face is decorated with a border comprising two lines of opposed punched double crescents. In the centre, at the edge of the break, are two punched double-chevrons, possibly originally form…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6E94EA
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete early medieval gold and garnet cross pendant, comprising three of the original four arms and the suspension loop. The cross is of equal-armed form, the upper and lower arms (as pictured) being part of the same sheet plate but the right arm bring soldered to a side projection which terminates in a worn tear. A similar projection on the opposite side indicates that the missing arm was attached in a similar manner. It is unclear whether all four arms were originally cut from one sheet and later repaired, or the construction method may be deliberate. At the…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.