Record ID: LEIC-9F0EC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval Copper alloy pin, 21mm long, 8mm in diameter and weighing 2.20g. It has an incomplete circular-sectioned shaft, with a hint of a raised collar around its centre at the top. The head is bi-conical with a median band. The collar suggests a middle Anglo-Saxon date, 8th or 9th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-79FEA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gilt copper alloy saucer brooch, 500-600AD. The brooch is 33mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The front of the brooch has a band of disjointed Style I animals around a central boss, and is flat with a raised lip forming the characteristic 'saucer' shape. The reverse is undecorated and a projecting pin housing or part of a catch-plate remains. Close to where the other part of the pin attachment would have been, the object has a very regular circular hole pierced through, midway between the centre and the edge; this is probably a repair. The object has a dark brown patina …
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-48E7C7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy strap end, 27mm long, 10mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 1.72 grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and section. It is very worn, missing most of its decoration, but the dots forming the eyes of the animal head terminal can just be seen.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 2nd May 2022
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