Record ID: LEIC-8F08F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy knee? bow brooch fragment, 17m long, 16mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 1.87grams. The object consists of the upper part of a brooch and is missing spring and pin. It has short angular wings with a central depression to take a hinge dpin. The bow is wide and flat with a rectangular cross section. A circular cross sectioned projection sits in the centre of the upper edge of the brooch. The bow turns at a shape angle and below this point it thins and tapers slightly. There is a central ridge running down the centre of the bow from just below the angle. The b…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B1D91A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow (dolphin) brooch, 40mm long, 33mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 9.85grams. The brooch is missing its spring and pin. Its wings are each decorated with a diagonally placed incised line whichs runs upwards towards an incised horizontal border near the edge. The bow which has a D shaped cross section is decorated with a raised ridge running its length, which is decorated with a series of horizontal notches. The bow widens out into the curving catchplate which is missing its catch.
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-C65E43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hinged bow (dolphin) brooch, 40mm long, 33mm wide and 18mm thick with a weight of 23.29grams. The brroch consists of solid circular cross sectioned wings with a recess for a pin (the terminal of which is still present). These are decorated with two incised vertical lines at each end. The bow is plain and is D shaped in cross section. It is damaged and the lower part and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-047BAC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper allooy brooch knop, 22mm long, 11mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 3.56grams. The knop is semi-sherical in form and hollow. It has a raised semi-circular collar, with a flat sub rectangular plate emerging from the upper, centre of the collar at a slight angle.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-049FA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 21mm long, 12mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 4.56 grams. The object forms most of the headplate of a brooch consisting of a rectangular plate which has slightly bevelled edges. At one side there is an integral spherical knop with a raised collar, which sits proud of the upper surface of the headplate. The underside of the plate has a semi-circular projection running from underneath the knop, to the far side, in whose centre is an in complete circular suspension hole, designed to take the pin.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-6C2B36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hod hiill brooch fragment dating to the first century. , 27mm long, 11mm wide and 5mm thick and weighing 2.18grams. The object represensts the base of a brooch and consists of a 'kite' shaped flat plate which has a moulded collar at its upper end. It is decorated with a series of diagonally placed short incisions running in a row down the centre of teh object and running down into its triangular base. The reverse of this holds a catchplate, which appears complete, but the front may be missing a small knop or projection?
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-6CC026
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy brooch fragment, a knob from a florid cruciform brooch with relief decoration. It is 21mm long, 20mm wide, 4mm thick and weighing 4.28g. The object is triangular, and slightly domed in cross-section. It shows a stylised face with a broad brow band forming a T shape with a flaring nose. Below the brows are two raised eyes enclosed by curving ridges, possibly stylised cheeks. Below the straight base of the nose is an elongated triangle tapering downwards, perhaps a chin or tongue, from each side of which emerges a tapering shape ending in a stylised pro…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-2ACE99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silvered copper alloy bow brooch, 36mm long, 16mm wide and 8mm deep with a weight of 5.70grams. The brooch has largely intact open wings, missing the spring, which are silvered. It has a triangular corss sectioned bow, which forms a gently curving outer face that is decorated with two raised lines of rope like decoration, which merges together as it approaches the rounded stepped foot. The catchcplate is intact with a complete return running its length and emerges from the central ridge running down the inner face of the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-64217E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, 25mm long, 21mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 9.26grams. The brooch consists of circular cross sectioned wings which appear hollow, which has a rectangular pin slot cut out of its centre. Below this the bow is sub circular in cross section and has a broken rectangular protrusion emerging on its reverse? just below the pin slot. The only sign of decoration is a horizontal ridge running across teh front of the wings and a possible linear recess near the end of the intact wing, running across the underside from the ridge.
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-643B25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Polden hill brooch, 24mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 4.59grams. The brooch is very abraided and has the remains of open wings worn to points, in the centre of which is a worn pin loop A D cross sectioned bow which has also been worn to point, sits on a rectangular projection between it and the wings.
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-644B72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch fragment, 27mm long, 10mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 4.39grams. The brooch consists of the centre of its bow. It has a D shaped cross section and is decorated with a raised collar flanked by two rounded recesses which are picked out with incised lines at either side. Just below this decoration the start of the catchplate is visible on the reverse.
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-0BFA74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy rectangular brooch. The object is incomplete, missing parts of its solid raised border. Inside this is a Mammen style bird with a rounded elongated body which narrows into a long thin neck, its head with a projecting lappet, resting on its chest. There is a large foot projecting forwards into the lower right corner and its two wings emerge from its back, cross over each other and are restrained by a double contoured tendril, eminating from the back of the head and looping around the wings and terminating just behind the head. The object…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B388CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 56mm long, 25mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 12.84grams. The brooch is largely intact, missing its pin, spring and catchplate and part of its open wings. The part that is present is decorated with a series of vertical linear depressions interspersed with raised lines decorated with a series of transverse depressions. The bow is D shaped in section and curves gently. It is decorated, on each side, with a raised line with transverse depressions, running halfway down its length. It is otherwise plain and the catchplate, now present as a scar, begi…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-30836C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 36mm long, 34mm wide, 2mm thick and weighing 17.48grams. The object forms the central part of a broochs headplate and is decorated with six discreet areas of decoration. Two thirds of the surface are taken up by three panels seperated by a raised solid border. The central one being filled with interlacing raised curved motifs. Below this the object has a central raised rectangular border flanked by two raised sub-triangular motifs sitting nest to fragments of raised rounded motifs. The reverse of the object has a central ridge, 8mm high, r…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-30CE37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy headstud bow brooch 48mm long, 16mm wide and 5mm thick, with a weight of 6.85grams. The brooch is in fair condition and is complete except for its pin and part of catch plate. The brooch has very short wings with a hollow circular form sitting behind stepped decoration. There is a small recess for the pin in the centre, which contains the end of the pin and above this are the remains of a suspension loop. Below this the brooch has a rectangular cross section and is decorated at the top with a raised circular motif with a central pellet. Below this the brooch has a l…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-6F7AAB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch terminal, 41mm long, 14mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 10.34grams. The object consists of the lower part of a cruciform brooch and is rectangular in form and cross section. It is decorated on the upper surface with a single horizontal band of 'dashes' which sits below a raised plate with a border formed of semi circular punch marks. Below this is a plain section and then a section formed of seven raised horizontal bands. The lower part tapers in width and forms an animal head. It begins with two incised chevrons sitting above bulging…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-6F9B05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late Saxon) gilded copper alloy cloisonné disc brooch fragment, dating from AD 950-1150., 25mm in diameter and 4mm thick with a weight of 2.86 grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It represents the frame and back of a brooch. The object has a circular recess formed by a solid border sitting on a back plate with 6 rounded projections (one missing, two damaged), evenly spaced around its circumference. The reverse contains an almost circular pin fitting sitting on a rectangular plate. This corresponds to a small catchplate sitting near …
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6FD974
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval square headed brooch, 60mm long, 47mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 33.02grams. The object consists of a rectangular head plate, now damaged, which has an incised 'ladder' border which encloses a series of concentric rectangles with a central incised spiral. Below this the bow emerges and is slghtly curved with a solid incised line running down its centre and along each edge, with possible further decoration. All of the decoration is gilded. The reverse of the headplate contains the remains of two centrally placed semi-circular lugs. The object appears to be…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BA20B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment, 12mm long, 12mm wid eand 8mm thick with a weight of 1.88grams. The object is very abraided but consists of incomplete flat open wings, missing the spring, from which emerges the upper part of a bow with a D shaped cross section. This has a prominant ridge running down its centre, but no other decoration can been seen.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-BF32EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch fragment, 21mm wide, 8mm high and 7mm thick with a weight of 5.43grams. The fragment consists of the head of a trumpet brooch which is oval in form and sub triangular in cross section. The oval shaped backplate holds a pin bar enclosed in a semi circular tube, with central recess to accomodate the pin. The upper edge of the object has a central rectangular protrusion, which is the remnant of a loop. The bow emerges from the whole surface areas of the headplate and gradually tapers to form a D shaped cross sectioned shaft which has broken off just b…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.