Record ID: LEIC-A3B9F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold annular brooch, 21.5mm in diameter and 1 mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.64grams. The brooch is circular in form and rectangular in section with a slight concavity. It has been bent out of shape at some point and has small creases on part of its surface. The object has a small recess which holds a semi-circular pin bar. The upper surface of the brooch is inscribed AVE: MARIA GRATIA in Lombardic scrpit and has a narrow incised border on its inner edge.
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C741D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman horse plate brooch fragment, 23mm long, 18mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 2.07grams. The object consists of the front portion of the horse. The head is very small in proportion to the body and is realistically styled with two raised ears and a small mane behind. Below the head are five sub-rectangular enamel cells, arranged in a row, which sit above one large linear cell containing traces of red enamel. Just below the linear cell is the start of a small thin foreleg. The horses middle is very thin, with the enamel cell taking…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-B444B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch fragment of flat wing ends type. It consists of one wing of a Polden hill type brooch. The wing is decorated with a raised edge and a central raised ridge. The point where the bow starts is also present on a raised platform. It is 24mm long, 8mm high, 2mm thick and weighs 4.33grams. The object is in fair condition.
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Saturday 16th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6F25D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 58mm long, 50mm wide and 27mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 29.6grams. The wings are circular and solid on the edges with a central recess for a spring. The wings are decorated with an incised diagonal stripe. The bow is circular in section and tapers gently to a point. The catchplate takes up half the length of the bow and is intact with a turned edge.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-6F79F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch, 31mm long, 22mm wide and 13mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 7.72grams. The brooch has semi-circular wings which are damaged and no spring is present. The bow is wide and decorated with a central vertical ridge which is flanked by a series of vertical narrow ridges. The bow tapers in width steeply from the wings but has snapped off about 10mmm down. The brooch is probably a T shaped type.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-E4EDA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 44mm long, 28mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 10.76 grams. The fragment represents the bow of a great square headed brooch which is rectangular in form and semi circular in section. It has a central raised 'spine' containing a circular hollow in its centre. The edges of the bow are also contained by a raised border and the space in between is decorated with a raised abstract decoration. Above the bow is decoration in the form of a stylised human face which has a rectangular fragmen…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E564E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 23mm long, 18mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 2.60 grams. The fragment represents part of the foot of a great square-headed brooch, whose reverse contains a catchplate. The surface of the brooch is decorated with relief carving, some of which is heavily gilded. The object is an irregular shape and there are no signs of an original edge. The reverse, and a small part of the front, is covered in iron staining.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E59216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 35mm long, 32mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.64 grams. The fragment represents the 'left' corner of the headplate of a great square headed brooch which is rectangular in form and section. The fragment is decorated with bands of pattern which echo its shape. five are present, three are decorated with abstract carvings, including rectangular shaped motifs, and two appear to be plainish gilded bands. The fragment is similar to the example from Newnham [II], plate 12 in Hines, J. 'A corpus…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E5DC01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 33mm long, 19mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.90 grams. The fragment represents a corner of the headplate of a great square-headed brooch, which is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in section. The brooch is decorated with a plain raised border which contains a wider area of raised abstract motifs which itself is contained by another plain raised border.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E619F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 17mm long, 12mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 0.98 grams. The fragment probably represents the edge of a headplate, possibly from a great sqaure headed brooch. It may even be from the same brooch as LEIC-E5DC01. The object consist of a raised plain border which contains abstract carving.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E64401
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 26mm long, 22mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.07 grams. The object is probably part of a headplate of a square headed brooch, its stone settings are similar to examples in Hines. It has a surface condition which suggests it has been partially burnt. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section, it has a rectangular setting in its surviving corner for a stone and there are traces of a further setting opposite this. The space in between these contain a rectangular bord…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E68313
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 18mm long, 16mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.03 grams. The object represents a setting from a brooch. It has a sub rectangular form with a raised edge and appears to be fileld with some sort of glass or paste? The shape of the setting is similar to one of the other fragments on site and may be part of the same object.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E6A3B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment for the foot of what is likely to have been a Great Square Headed Brooch. The face in decorated in Anglo-Saxon Style I, the details of which are partly obscured by corrosion. In the centre of the fragment is a shield-shaped panel. This is difficult to parallel but is probably based on the triangular panel seen on other brooches. On the back is a narrow, tapering rib which represents the end of the catch-plate. 40mm long, 32mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.80 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Northamptonshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AD84F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age copper alloy Le Tene III brooch, 18mm long, 7mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in very good condition and weighs 4.49grams. The brooch consists of a sub rectangular bow with chamferred corners, which has a small spring (two coils present) at its head. The bow curves sharply and tapers down to a triangular catchplate. This has a very small circular foot set in the centre of the base. Its body is decorated with a snake-like pattern formed of punched dots contained in an incised border, this in turn is comntained within an incised border running around the edge of the cat…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-ADDAC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 25mm long, 21mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 3.88grams. The brooch has solid circular sectioned wings which would have held a hinged pin. It has a sub circular sectioned bow which is decorated with two linear grooves running its length.
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-444774
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Medieval annular brooch, 17mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The brooch consists of a flat circular disc 5mm wide and 1mm thick, which has notches cut out of its outer surface at regular intervals. The inner half of the disc rises another 3mm and is 2mm thick. This disc has one notch cut away, lining up with one of the lower notches to provide space for the pin to be attached. The upper surface of this has lines cut out to form decoration. The brooch is missing its pin, but is in good condition with a greyish green patina.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-445774
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, 35mm long and 12mm wide. The brooch is incomplete, with only the animal head terminal (the upper half) present. The brooch appears to have been broken in antiquity as the edge is very worn. The reverse has part of a catch plate 20mm long attached. The upper part of the surface is decorated with a series of horizontal incised lines clumped together at intervals down its length. In the centre of the fragment are two thick raised lines, resembling a collar from which a horse's head emerges. This is oval, with two knobs forming eyes. The brooch ha…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-036827
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment, 20mm long, 13mm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is probably a T-shaped type. It has a hinged, solid, circular sectioned bow and the upper part of the bow is triangular in form with a rounded surface.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-C7F111
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 30mm long, 23mmm wide and 8mm thick. The bow has solid circular sectioned wings with a hinged pin mechanism, The wings are decorated on each side with a centrally placed vertical incised line. On the outside of this is a small vertical band where the brooch narrows slightly in width. On the edge of the intact wing is a sub- circluar depression which appears deliberate? The design is echoed on the full length of the bow, with a series of horizontal incised bands flanking wider bands where the width of the bow narrows before widening out to its full wid…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-C82DF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch foot, 26mm long, 8mm wide and 4mm thick. The object consists of a sub triangular plate which has two sub-circular perforations near its centre. The plate sits on a bow which also has a triangular section, having a rectangular sectioned bow with a pronounced ridge running down its centre.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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