Record ID: BM-512238
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag, complete, l. 33mm, w. 14mm, wt. 1.95g.  This piece has a triangular plate with elegantly scalloped top and two internal holes near the corners for attachment. The field is plain but the long edges are decorated with borders of incised ladders.  There is a slight bulge above the tapering hook.  The back is plain.  This is probably a dress attachment which could have been used for veiling or gartering, probably the former because it is very light-weight. Heavier-duty hooked tags may also have been used to fasten purses.  
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: BM-25CA6C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver strap-end dating to the ninth to early tenth century. The strap-end is sub-rectangular in plan with convex sides, a split, bi-lobed attachment end and a moulded animal-headed terminal. The attachment end is pierced by two circular rivet-holes filled with earth. The animal-headed terminal has a stubbed snout, bulbous eyes and sub-circular ears. The upper surface of the strap-end is divided into a pair of rectangular decorative fields, each containing a continuous, interlacing ?plant motif. The remains of a semi-circular decorative field can be seen at th…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-32C110
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete, gilded silver early medieval pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard. The mount has been cast and takes the form of a pyramid with a flat top and a square base. The underside is hollow with an integral, rectangular bar running transversely across the base. The top is inlayed with a square, flat red gem, presumably a garnet, slightly cracked with a waffled gold foil beneath. Each of the four outer faces is decorated with a repeating zoomorphic motif comprising a stylised creature in profile, defined by a long, interlacing leg with a foot resting on the l…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: BM-2B4248
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon, biconical bead made from wire mesh. This appears to be attached to two gold loops, which frame the aperture through which, for instance, the thread of a necklace may have been fed. It is difficult to discern the exact construction of the object, as the wire is stuck to soil, which appears to fill the bead. Microscopic investigation showed, however, that the bead may have been composed of two layers: an inner, sheet gold layer and the outer wire mesh applied over it. The inner, sheet gold layer is only visible in one place and it is therefore impossible to say whethe…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: BM-11BCC0
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Excavations were undertaken by English Heritage in 2003 and 2004. This work revealed a number of Anglo-Saxon inhumations, part of a larger cemetery dating to the 6th century AD. One of the graves, that of an adult female aged 25-35 contained a number of grave goods including a silver spoon (containing more than 10% precious metal), thus falling into the treasure category. Description: Anglo-Saxon silver spoon in three pieces: bowl, handle and small triangular-shaped fragment from spoon bowl. The bowl has two perforations close to where it joins the handle and it also appears that a…
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.