Record ID: LEIC-FC7614
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval or Medieval copper alloy belt mount. 18mm in length, 14mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 2.16grams. The object is in complete and has a rectangular shape and triangular cross section. It consists of three rounded flat projections at cardinal points, the fourth edge is broken. These flank a pyramid shaped solid centre. This has traces of recessed lines running from each corner to its apex. The form and patina suggest a late early Medieval date and it is possibly part of a harness/belt fitting?
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-D5554A
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ? copper alloy dress fastener, 15mm in length, 14mm wide and 0mm thick with a weight of 1.96grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section, with two rounded 'ear' like projections with circular fastening holes close to each other on its outer edge. Opposite these are the remains of a rectangular projection which would have been hooked. The object is decorated with a raised pattern of grey/blackmaterial, probably niello? It has a circular border with the lower half filled with a series of short straight lines. These point inwards and some form …
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-66E5DE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
early medieval copper alloy pin, 28mm long, 2mm in diamater (at shaft) and weighing 2.36g. The pin has an ovoid shaped head with a flat top, 8mm long and 7mm in diamater which is decorated all over with dot in incised ring motifs. The head sits on a rounded collar above the shaft which is partly intact. The pin is similar to SWYOR-2FFE70, SF-E19596 and NLM-66889C and to Flixborough type 131.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-2A970B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver object, probably originally a disc-shaped pendant. The fragment comprises a piece of silver sheet with no intact edge, decorated with repousse ornament creating five radiating lines of dots which converge in the centre of the fragment. The decoration upon this fragment, its form and its association with a grave assemblage suggests it could derive from a silver sheet disc-shaped or 'scutiform' pendant, similar to those illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993) figs. 25.3-5, p. 162. Scutiform pendants are usually found in grave contexts, and several are now reco…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Leics', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AB9BA6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is rectangular in form and circular in cross section. It comprises a hollow circular tube with a stylised animal's head at one end and circular opening at the other, which has an incised collar and has been pierced transversely, with a silver pin. In the centre are two circular features, one on each side, the upper edge of which projects above the tube. Each contains a reversed V-motif inside a recessed field. These features are likely to represent the animal's ears. to the right of these (as shown) are the rest of the animals' features. It has a rectangular cross sectioned…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-4566AB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy strap end, c. 39mm long and 8mm wide, with a weight of 1.48g. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a slightly damaged upper edge, which should be straight. Here it has a rectangular recessed 'back' plate, c 8 x 6mm, which would have had a correspoding one at the front to hold the strap. Below this point the object has bowed sides and is decorated for two thirds of its length with an interlace design in a raised linear border (the upper edge is missing) . Below this are two rectangular incised borders housing a…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-45196F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment? c. 31mm long and 9mm wide, with a weight of 2.73g. The object is rectangular in form and sub rectangular in cross section. It appears to be the foot of a brooch, possiblay a small long or perhaps an unsual equal armed type? The object is made up of a rectangular shaped terminal, whose upper portion has a rounded upper surface, formed of two transverse collar like projections. These sit above two sub spherical projections, possibly eyes? In between these and running down to the end of the object, are two linear depressions, slightly t…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-0801DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval? copper alloy brooch or mount, 23mm long, 22mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 1.92g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and is incomplete. It appears it would have been circularoriginally and has a central circular hole, 2-3mm in diameter in its centre. Around this is a plain raiosed central cross motif and in each 'quarter' there is a raised triangular motif sitting in the part nearest the cross. This then becomes a short raised line before bifurcating and forming a swirl to each side. The upper edge (as shown) is the only intact edge and h…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-07ED69
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy strap end, 39mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 8.40g. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section, it is a 'tongue' shaped type which is plain except for a rectangular cross sectioned vertical ridge running down its centre, which is decorated with incised 'saltaire' crosses. It has a recessed rectangular upper front edge which houses three iron rivets, arranged in a horizontal row. Around this area both surfaces have iron staining and towards the rounded base on the front there is a patch of silvering on the lef…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-069A75
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) bridle bit fragment 43mm long, 24mm wide, 4mm thick and weighing 15.84g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a flat curved section which terminates in a sub rectangular beasts stylised head (pointing right) which has a long snout, pointed brow with slightly raised round eye below and rounded protruding muzzle at its terminal. Behind this and continuing around the objectg is an incised linear border along both edges and on the neck are incised transverse lines. Below this is a 'trefoil' shaped projection, whose edges …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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