2024-03-29T14:44:37+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results27120LateWiltshire1000Unitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detector2007.154.1.JPG439252007From a paper map1171271EM2.8Unitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW43925900Sutton Bengerx410223.4Wiltshire106272018-07-06T13:37:11ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weaker rib at the top of the head. No other decoration is evident on the brooch. The catch-plate survives on the rear of the bow, positioned at the top of the leg (with a length of 5.5 mm and a surviving depth of 2.4 mm). Coarse file marks are evident on the rear of the bow. The surface of the brooch is well preserved with dark brown patina.
The brooch can be closely paralleled with an example found near Dover and recorded by Hattatt (1989, 211; no. 1686). A similar brooch, recovered from Grigley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire has been recorded by PAS. Weetch dates these brooches to the 8th or 9th centuries.
Robert Webley29.772-2.087848NMGW-7F0AE8212461ansate1Weetch type X.AiiNMWPA 2007.154.1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHST9479finds-212461117.54NMGW-7EE142Incomplete700x41022images/sianw/116811700147D7F0A8018E842008-03-12T15:03:04ZCertainx410222007-01-01T00:00:00Z4751.509895EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:05.815ZEarlyWest Berkshire1Unitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVALEarlyMetal detectorDscn0946.jpg388992003Good1384211EM
The brooch may have come from a funerary context.
4Unitary AuthorityNMGW3889941.4600Newburyx410223006121.6West Berkshire106272015-12-16T09:56:15ZReturned to finder1South EastCirca
Leaded copper alloy cast saucer brooch from the Early Anglo Saxon period. The brooch is circular with an angled rim defining the saucer profile. The decoration is confined to the flat plate and consists of a central device of a geometric four-pointed floral design, the interior of each petal is divided along its length. Six raised concentric circles enclose the central design. The third, fourth and fifth circles (from the centre) are interrupted by two opposing scroll based designs, likely to be stylised zoomorphs. The simpler C-like design may represent a snake, while the more elaborate motif is likely to represent stylised beasts which are difficult to discern. The reverse has the remnants of the catch plate and pin housing, but both have eroded. An area of the rim has been lost, elsewhere the brooch is in good condition.
Quatrefoil flower-like designs are found in the centre of other saucer brooches, e.g. the pair from Market Overton (Dickinson 1993, fig. 27).
Helen Geake71-1.326036NMGW-4B874E30916Cast Saucer1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU4765finds-309161110NMGW-4B6573450x41022images/mlodwick/146650013ED4B874018E032003-05-28T14:24:04ZCertainx410222003-03-31T23:00:00Z4751.382112EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:06:29.035ZPowys1Unitary Authority1Other chance find2006.187 red.JPG254912006From finder188941EMUnitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW25491600Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedinex410223Powys106272011-02-24T12:19:17ZReturned to finderWalesCircaEarly Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of Type G and of 5th to 6th century date
The brooch is incomplete, missing one terminal and the pin, and has a surviving weight of 3.0g. The brooch is slightly oval with a width of 20.7mm and a height of 18.4mm. The frame is of circular section and has a diameter of between 2.9 and 3.4mm. The terminal is cuboid (6.4mm long, 6.1mm high and 3.8mm thick) with faceted sides, now rounded through water-rolling. There is the suggestion of an incised saltire cross surviving on one face of the terminal. The surface of the brooch has been lost and the copper alloy has a pale green patina. Areas of brown staining on the frame may be the result of iron corrosion, possibly from the pin.
The brooch is of Fowler’s (1963, p 98-160) Type G, Fowler outlines the problems in dating brooches of this type and suggests a wide date range from the 4th century through to the 8th century (ibid, p 107-9), although this example is likely to date to the 5th or 6th century.Daniel Pett18.47-3.237265NMGW-FF3151162570Penannular1Type GNMGWPA 2006.187BROOCHSO1525finds-1625701420.710NMGW-FF0EE5Incomplete400images/mlodwick/113239800145EFF31201B9B42007-03-08T11:27:14ZCertainx410222006-05-31T23:00:00Z151.917015EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41424EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:07:41.58ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority2Metal detectorDSCN2363.JPG4392512004117213EMGilded1.9Unitary AuthorityProbably1NMGW43925Chippenham Withoutx41022263516522.7Wiltshire106272014-01-07T11:26:14ZReturned to finderSouth WestA small fragment of a gilt copper alloy brooch, probably of Early Medieval date, probably Anglo Saxon. Unfortunately not enough of the brooch survives to determine the type or date, the brooch is represented by a head fragment only. The rear of the brooch has twin lugs 8mm apart. The front carries incised decoration. Three concentric circles were positioned around a central aperture. Above the engraved circles are two facing arcs, which have a linear incised line at the apex. Gilding survives inside the engraved lines. All edges apart from an arc for the central opening are broken. The fragment measures 23mm in length and 29.1mm in width. It is 1.9mm thick and 4.7mm deep. The brooch fragment weighs 2.7 grams.Daniel Pett237-2.17409755NMGW-F97C568551711NMGWPA 2004.74.2BROOCHST8873finds-85517Anglo-Saxon (Probably)129.16NMGW-F8DC41Fragmentimages/rbattye/24871700141EF97C40195D42005-01-20T11:36:36ZProbablyx410222004-01-01T00:00:00Z51.45584986EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM147http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:06:58.156ZEarlyOxfordshireCountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector81.3b.JPG83282002Corroded183291EM7.2DistrictCertain2NMGW8253480Wheatleyx4102210South Oxfordshire106272018-11-28T09:49:39ZReturned to finder1South EastCirca
Copper alloy 'supporting-arm' brooch of Anglo-Saxon type, dating to the early to mid 5th century. This example is in good condition, although is somewhat corroded. It is missing the iron spring and pin, the turn of the catch and the rear of the side plates at the head.
The base of the foot projects slightly and is decorated with a lateral groove, together with a series of transverse notches. The flat panel has been crudely bevelled by filing or cutting two notches either side. The bow is rounded and decorated at the base with two pairs of lateral grooves, now partially worn. The head has a further three lateral grooves and a series of transverse notches at the top of the head. The catch is central to the rear of the foot; it does not extend as far as the base of the brooch. Length: 35.8 mm, width: 23.7 mm, thickness: 7.2 mm, weight: 10g.
This is an example of a relatively rare brooch of Germanic type, mostly found in the central part of north Germany and westwards into the Low Countries. Supporting-arm brooches were divided into two types by Böhme (1974), summarised in English by Evison (1977), based on the width of the head; this example falls between the Mahndorf type (head width 25-30mm) and the Perlberg type (head width 12-22mm) but perhaps more closely resembles Perlberg examples. They date to the early or mid 5th century.
Helen Geake35.871NMGW-D5BA0550108supporting arm1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHfinds-501081123.7NMGW-D5B047Incomplete410x41022images/krees/158870013F1D5B9F0106332003-07-22T16:43:27ZCertainx410222002-01-01T00:00:00Z474EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:06:37.203ZLateWiltshireUnitary AuthorityCastEARLY MEDIEVALMiddleMetal detectorDscn1008.jpg4392512002Corroded117240EM
The terminal may be paralleled with the Treardour Bay pennanular brooch (Lewis 1982) and the Llys Arwel pseudo-penannular brooch terminal (ibid), which was suggested to have been a brooch terminal refashioned into the head of a makeshift composite pin. It has been noted (Redknap 1995; Lewis 1982) that both of these examples belong to an Irish metalworking tradition.
Gilded5.3Unitary Authority1NMGW43925899Hullavingtonx410227.2Wiltshire106272018-01-26T12:25:45ZReturned to finder3South West
Possible terminal from a penannular brooch of Early Medieval date, and possibly dating to the 9th century. The terminal is circular with the curving broken stub of the hoop emerging at one end. Traces of gilding survive in some recessed areas. The decoration has a concentric layout consisting of a raised circle surrounded by three crescent shaped lobes, the lobe at the junction with the hoop being the widest. The lobes are interrupted by three circular recessed mouldings, possibly to house settings. The interior of the raised circle contains a decorative motif composed of two concentric circles linked with circular arcs. There is a (possibly secondary) iron pin of uncertain function at the junction of the terminal and hoop, within the wider crescent lobe. The rear of the terminal is problematic, it is dished and coated with a possible solder, and contains an integral rectangular lug positioned off centre. The hoop is stepped on the reverse immediately before the break. The reverse of the terminal is not consistent with brooch terminals and it is possible the piece is a terminal from some other artefact, or possibly an elaborate head from a brooch pin.
Helen Geake31.472NMGW-A1C027511171penannular2EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHfinds-51117119.9NMGW-A1B4C5Fragment800x41022images/mlodwick/354720013F3A1C0001B6432003-08-13T12:07:44ZPossiblyx4102212002-01-01T00:00:00Z474EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM147http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:06:37.665ZWest Sussex100CountyMetal detectorDSCN1971.JPG164172003From finder116427EM
The irregular nature of the piece and the lack of comparative examples may suggest the brooch was recycled from another artefact. The form of the piece resembles Roman 'amphora' strap ends.
2.2DistrictNMGW164441066Buryx41022147105.5Chichester106272013-07-10T10:26:10ZReturned to finderSouth East
Copper alloy plate brooch of unusual form and uncertain date, but possibly Anglo Saxon. The brooch is complete except for the missing pin and a broken lug on the reverse (from the twin lug arrangement). The face is irregular and is shaped similar to two overlapping triangles. The catch plate is positioned at the apex of the top triangle. The top edge near the lugs has an S-shaped bend, which corresponds to a thinning of the metal. The face is decorated with raised border around the edge and a central cross. Either side of the vertical rib are thin diagonal mark, which slope upwards in the top section and downwards in the bottom.
Helen Geake367-0.564863NMGW-7DE074587521NMGWPA 2004.10.5BROOCHTQ0113finds-58752120.86NMGW-7DE9A3410images/mlodwick/2171970014017DF6E01CB242004-01-28T16:12:30ZProbablyx410222003-09-30T23:00:00Z50.907645EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM147http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:06:41.628ZMiddleGloucestershire100CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detector2014.15jpg.jpg20616From finderCorroded1Other205181EMDistrictCertain1NMGW20508825Westbury-on-Severnx41022263472522.53Forest of Dean106272016-04-28T12:50:44ZReturned to finder2South WestCirca
A middle early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of 8th- to early 9th-century date.
The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the distorted upper bow and part of the spring only (with a surviving distorted length of 30.3mm, a surviving depth of 14.9mm and a weight of 2.5g). The circular-sectioned spring is integral to the bow and has one and a half surviving coils before the break (with a surviving width of 5.0mm and a diameter of 1.8mm). It is now unclear whether the missing chord was external or internal. The bow is of sheet copper alloy (1.0mm thick) with one surviving side, which is straight and divergent to the break (giving a maximum surviving width of 17.5mm). The front of the bow was decorated with repeated punched ring-and-dot. It is now unclear how the ring-and-dot motifs were arranged on the bow. No other applied decoration is evident on the bow. The rear of the bow is undecorated and flat. Working striations are discernible at the apex of the rear of the bow. The surface is heavily-corroded with a mid-brown patina partially surviving; elsewhere the surface has corroded bright green and red-brown.
An example illustrated by Weetch (2014, 186; no. 974) from Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire, has a bow of comparable proportions and decoration.
Robert Webley30.372-2.43659412NMGW-65BCBB662679strip (Weetch Type 31)1lozengiform strip (Weetch Type 31.C)NMWPA 2014.15EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSO7013finds-662679116NMGW-65B987Fragment700x41022images/wenkedomscheit/1502662PAS54C65B980017B542015-01-26T15:22:00ZCertainx410224751.814818324EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:14.046ZMiddleDenbighshire100Unitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleOther chance findDH007906_02.jpg254872014From finder185221981108792014TW19EMUnitary AuthorityCertain1NMGW254873.2800Llanarmon-yn-Ialx410220.77Denbighshire108922017-09-04T11:59:18ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure2WalesCirca
The mount comprises a gold baseplate, slightly crumpled, cut to a curved tapering form with a straight wide end, to fit the recessed cell of a (now missing) gilt bronze or silver penannular or pseudo-penannular brooch. The outer face of the baseplate is decorated with a spherical blue glass bead set in a gold collar, and a pattern of S- and Z-scrolls delineated by beaded wire (filigree) and other motifs (C-scrolls with central scrolled stems) within a plain beaded wire border. To one side of the bead is a now empty rectangular collet.
The overall length of the base-plate is 22.5mm; the width at one end 9.8mm; the bead diameter 3.2 x 2.7mm; the weight 0.77g.
The combination of form, filigree and bead identifies the mount as early medieval, and the shape of the decorative inlay is identical to that found on penannular or pseudo-penannular brooches of the eighth century. Examples in copper alloy, with recesses on expanded spatulate terminal, include one from Llandewi Castle, Gower (early eighth century; Redknap 2009, fig. 13.10a), and a brooch terminal recessed a now missing gold inlay, found during the excavations at the early medieval centre at Llanbedrgoch on Anglesey. The combination of blue glass bead and simple gold filigree soldered to a gold base plate recalls the simple filigree decoration around a blue glass bead on the terminals of the eighth- or ninth-century silver gilt penannular brooch from Newton Moor (Redknap 2009, fig. 13.8, d). The form of the decorative wire is found on Insular filigree, as is the beaded wire type of filigree, thought the technique is widespread, occurring on Classical and Anglo-Saxon metalwork (to name but two).
The form, decoration and above parallels for the Llanarmon-yn-Iâl mount suggest an eighth-century date. Eventual cleaning and conservation may clarify whether apparent stylistic variations from the norms indicate that it is a product of a British workshop.
Helen Geake122.5232-3.19663565NMGW-3E357B8055982EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSJ2058finds-805598149.86NMGW-3E31B4Fragment700x41022images/mlodwick/1583718PAS57E3E31B00141032016-09-22T14:56:43ZCertainx410222014-07-31T23:00:00Z4753.11315994EARLY MEDIEVALGold41424EM1Circa47EARLY MEDIEVALAmgueddfa Cymru - National Museum WalesProbablyGlassCommunity2022-07-14T07:13:33.513ZEarlyMilton Keynes1Unitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector2014822jpg.jpg384132012From finderCorroded1119291EMUnitary AuthorityCertain1NMGW38413550Newton Blossomvillex410222634928512.4Milton Keynes106272018-01-23T13:48:47ZReturned to finder1Circa
Early medieval copper-alloy long brooch of cruciform type and of Early Anglo-Saxon date, probably of mid-5th to mid-6th century date.
The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head and bow only (with a surviving length of 45.7mm, a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 12.4g). The missing spring was secured around a single pierced lug on the rear of the central panel. Traces of iron corrosion around the lug indicate that an iron spring and pin were used. The head is incomplete, missing one side knob and much of the wing with an ancient break and rounding of fractures possibly suggesting evidence of burning (with a surviving width of 34.5mm and an original width of approximately 45mm). The top knob and remaining side knob are integral to the head and are have globular terminals, flat on the rear. The top knob is marked by three ribs adjacent to central panel, while the side knob has a double rib. The surviving wing appears to have had projections at its base and top but there is no applied decoration evident on the brooch fragment. The central panel is slightly raised from the wings (with a thickness of 2.2mm compared to 1.6mm). There is a transverse moulding at the top of the bow, now worn and corroded. The bow (with a width of 10.4mm) has some faceting to produce a central ridge and has broken before the foot. The surface has a pale-to-mid-green patina.
Helen Geake45.771-0.6570876Anglo-Saxon styleNMGW-DD360E704619cruciform1NMWPA 2014.82.2EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSP9250finds-704619x4101211110NMGW-DD2C4EFragment450x41022images/wenkedomscheit/1505001PAS54DDD2C4001EC742015-02-13T10:32:36ZCertainx410222012-09-14T23:00:00Z4752.140643944EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloyEM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:16.148ZMiddlethe Vale of Glamorgan10Unitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detector1709red.jpg2550212017From finder51905812017TW09EM
References:
Fowler, E. 1963, ‘Celtic metalwork of the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. A re-appraisal’, Archaeological Journal 120, 98-160.
Dickinson, T. M. 1982, ‘Fowler’s Type G penannular brooches reconsidered’, Medieval Archaeology 26, 41-68.
Redknap, M. 2007, ‘Crossing boundaries – stylistic diversity and external contacts in early medieval Wales and the March: reflections on metalwork and sculpture’, in P. Sims-Williams and G. Aled Williams (eds), Crossing Boundaries/Croesi Ffiniau. Proceedings of the XIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies 24-30 August 2003, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, CMCS 53/54, 23-86.
GildedUnitary AuthorityCertain1NMGW25502900Restricted Accessx410226.97the Vale of Glamorgan117282021-07-15T14:10:38ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure2WalesCirca
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded.
The original hoop diameter was about 50mm; its oval cross-section measures 3.02 x 4mm; the terminal height is 11mm; width 11mm; thickness 3.9mm. Weight 6.97g.
Summary and conclusions: The form of the penannular brooch, having been cast and punch-decorated, establishes that this is a rare example of early silver jewellery and portable wealth found in south Wales.
Examples of hybridisation (and local production) include the smaller native penannular brooch type known as Fowler’s ‘type G’, found around the Bristol Channel (Fowler 1963; Dickinson 1982). Those from sites along the south coast of Wales share attributes indicative of a regional style of brooch derived ultimately from small Romano-British antecedents. Smaller fifth- or sixth-century penannulars of Fowler type G1 are known from a number of sites in Wales (for example Twlc Point, Llangynydd, Gower, West Glamorgan). Savory originally concluded that sub-Roman communities in the Severn basin and South Wales were served by local metalworkers drawing on local traditions, and that their products were influenced by imports from Ireland in the sixth century (Redknap 2007)
Penannular brooches with with spatulate terminals and characteristic stamped and dotted decoration have been studied by Susan Youngs, who attributes them to the second half of the sixth century or early seventh century. Later brooches of local British manufacture (eighth- and ninth-century) are characterized by faceted terminals with square decorative panels, and these include the only other silver (with gold) penannular brooch known from Wales, and also found at Penllyn: the ‘Newton Moor’ brooch. This was discovered in 1993 about 2000m east-south-east of the current findspot, on the floodplain of the River Thaw. The large single ring-and-dot motif with four outlying dots on the Penllyn penannular brooch terminal, is a common composition, reflected on small type G penannular broochs with faceted terminals (such as the example from Grove Hill, Pembroke), and also apparent within the enamel design found on the terminals of the type G penannular booch from Goodwick, Pembrokeshire.
The brooch form and size are similar to that on the silver penannular brooch found in the ninth-century Trewhiddle hoard, while lozenge-shaped terminals appear on a late seventh- or eighth-century penannular brooch from Linney Burrows, Gower (Redknap 2007, no. 25), and the transverse grooves at the junction of terminal and hoop are a simplified version of those on the other eighth/ninth-century Newton Moor brooch. The Penllyn Community brooch is therefore eighth- or possibly ninth-century century AD in date.
Kevin Leahy122Penllyn2NMGW-1954C410016601penannular1DAL 102328-102330EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-1001660118NMGW-193AB5Fragment700x41022images/dellbricking/11101196PAS5EA193AB00155032020-04-23T14:10:03ZCertainx410222017-07-06T23:00:00Z472017-07-07T23:00:00ZEARLY MEDIEVALSilver41424EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALAC-NMWCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:15:51.824ZEarlyRhondda Cynon TafUnitary AuthorityEARLY MEDIEVAL1LateMetal detector2016174.jpg2550016161451EMStamped4.1Unitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW25500700Pont-y-Clunx4102220.1Rhondda Cynon Taf106272022-05-13T15:30:07ZReturned to finder1WalesCirca
Late Roman to Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch, probably of 5th to 7th century date.
The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and the frame is now somewhat distorted and of oval form (with an external length of 72.8mm, an external height of 62.0mm and a weight of 20.1g). The terminals separated by a large gap (of 20.5mm) and are of oval form, of sub-rectangular section (9mm long, 6.4mm & 6.8mm wide and 3.7mm thick). The terminals were simply decorated with two to three punched dots on both faces. There is no evidence for any inlay within the dots. There is the possible suggestion of a moulding before the terminals but is now heavily-corroded. The hoop is of faceted-oval section (4.3mm – 4.9mm wide and 3.9mm – 4.1mm thick). There is no applied decoration on the hoop. The surface is worn and corroded with a dark-green to pale-brown patina.
Metallurgical analysis of the alloy was carried out using X-ray fluorescence, which demonstrated that the metal is a leaded bronze with added small quantities of silver, above the levels of a trace element.
The brooch is comparatively large but slightly distorted; if the hoop was originally near-circular then the terminals would have been separated by an approximate 7mm gap. The brooch form does not easily correspond to the typology of Late Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval types but the form and size would perhaps suggest a date from the beginning of the Early Medieval period.
Helen Geake72.873NMGW-9AF9AE102025416penannular1NMWPA 2016.179.1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHfinds-10202541162NMGW-9AF019Incomplete400x41022images/gwhatley/11128764PAS6009AF010019F042021-01-21T16:42:41ZCertainx4121847EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:16:03.701ZPembrokeshire1Unitary AuthorityCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1Metal detector20172194new.jpg254901241041EM3.1Unitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW25490Mathryx410226.6Pembrokeshire106272021-01-25T13:02:47ZReturned to finderWalesCirca
Copper alloy penannular ring, possibly a hoop from an Early Medieval penannular brooch
The hoop is incomplete, missing one terminal, the pin and is distorted with a stripped surface (with a weight of 6.6g). The surviving terminal has a flattened end (1.6mm thick, 2.7mm wide and 5mm long) before a slight, rounded knop on the outside face (up to 4mm diameter and 1.2mm high). The frame is now distorted (with a width of 40.1mm and a length of 43.0mm) and is circular-sectioned (2.4mm – 3.1mm diameter) with No applied decoration. The damaged end of the hoop is differentially eroded to a point. The original surface has been stripped and is bronze coloured. X-Ray Fluorescence analysis of the metal alloy demonstrated the composition to be a bronze.
Metallurgical analysis was conducted on the brooch hoop using X-Ray Fluorescence and indicated that the metal composition is a brass.
The lack of a pin or diagnostic features makes any identification uncertain. The hoop was recovered from the vicinity of a penannular brooch[1].
[1] NMWPA 2017.119.3
Adelle Bricking437-5.0873028NMGW-EC12CA10204382NMWPA 2017.219.4EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSM8834finds-10204381140.110NMGW-EC109AIncompletex41022images/dellbricking/11129126PAS600EC109001B1342021-01-25T13:00:57ZCertainx4102214751.96394878EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41424EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALProbablyCommunity2022-07-14T07:16:03.849ZEarlyOxfordshire1CountyEARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector2015116.jpg832816185381EMStamped13.3DistrictCertain2NMGW843940.1550Fyfield and Tubneyx4102216.4Vale of White Horse106272021-01-28T17:04:52ZReturned to finder1South EastCirca
Early Medieval copper alloy circular brooch of disc type and Early Anglo Saxon date, c. mid 5th to mid 6th century date
The cast brooch is sub-circular and is near-complete, missing the pin and with some peripheral damage (with a diameter of 37.8mm – 40.1mm, an overall depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the brooch is near-flat, slightly dished with less finishing at the centre. The missing pin was secured around a single perforated lug (9.9mm high, 8.5mm long and 2.9m thick at its base with a perforation diameter of 3.0mm). The catch-plate has broken at the catch (with a surviving height of 7.4mm, 6.9mm wide and 2.1mm thick at the base). The face of the brooch is gently domed towards a raised circular central pellet boss (of 6.5mm diameter, 0.7mm thick at the edge and 3.7mm thick at the centre). The brooch is decorated with a border of drilled or punched dots forming a border near the edge and internal irregular cross and abuts the central boss. One of the indentations has penetrated to the rear of the brooch. The edge has some damage, which has not occurred recently. The surface has a mid-green patina with some pitting and evidence for a white-metal coating.
The brooch form and dimensions can be paralleled on an example excavated from a female burial at Bifrons, East Kent (Chadwick Hawkes, 2000, grave 6, no. 3, p. 13)[1]. The Bifrons brooch has different decoration.
[1] Chadwick Hawkes, S. (ed.by E. Cameron & H. Hamerow); 2000; The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at of Bifrons, in the parish of Patrixbourne, East Kent in Anglo Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 11 p 1 -94
George Whatley71-1.40818013Anglo-Saxon styleNMGW-2EEDA5102092016Disc1NMWPA 2015.11.6EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSP4100finds-1020920x4101211110NMGW-2EE6FCIncomplete450x41022images/gwhatley/11130027PAS6012EE6F001CA442021-01-28T17:03:43ZCertainx410224751.69725659EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:16:04.185ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityCast3.3EARLY MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorNMWPA20171971.jpg439251Zoomorphic168361EM4.2Unitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW4392548.5600Collingbourne Ducisx4102216.42Wiltshire106272021-02-03T11:01:49ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date
The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and fittings and with the rim somewhat distorted (with a maximum diameter of 48.5mm, a maximum surviving overall depth of 8.1mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rim is angled to the face (at approximately 135°, 0.5mm thick, giving a depth of 4.2mm and with a height of 3.3mm) and distorted flat against the face in one area. Inside of the rim is an angular ribbed border, inside of which is a loosely-repeating, zoomorphic chip-carved motif, perhaps of ‘Coherent’ Salin’s Style I. The motif depicts three repeating stylised birds in anticlockwise procession, probably in flight. The three birds are depicted in side profile around the central roundel with their heads positioned in the top left of the field. The heads contain a comparatively large, central circular eye in sunken relief. The legs are long and positioned to the rear and at the base, with the long legs perhaps suggesting a water-bird. The wings are depicted as three curved ribs. A concave-sided lozenge separates each of the birds and runs from the outside border to an inside ribbed border around the central roundel. The central roundel (8.7mm diameter) has a flat face and is not decorated. The brooch has corroded and is perforated where the surface is thinner because of the carved design. The reverse of the brooch has the stub from the single pierced lug, broken through the perforation that would have held the sprung pin. At the base is the truncated remnant of the catch-plate. The surface has a dark-green patina with gilding surviving, particularly in the grooves.
Adelle Bricking7-1.64298685Anglo-Saxon styleNMGW-A7CC4B1021260Saucer1'Coherent' Salin's Style INMWPA 2017.197.1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSU2553finds-1021260x410121116NMGW-A7CAD8Incomplete400x41022images/dellbricking/11130750PAS601A7CAD0018EC42021-02-03T10:36:29ZCertainx4102214751.27560262EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:16:04.374ZEarlythe Vale of Glamorgan10Unitary AuthorityCastEARLY MEDIEVAL2LateMetal detector2015114.jpg255021190641EM11.2Unitary AuthorityProbably1NMGW25502600Llancarfanx410223the Vale of Glamorgan106272022-06-03T22:33:58ZReturned to finder1WalesCirca
Copper alloy brooch pin, possibly from a Late Roman or Early Medieval penannular brooch, perhaps of 4th to 6th century date
The brooch frame is missing, with only the cast pin present (with an overall length of 48.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The loop (with a width of 9.2mm, an external diameter of 11.2mm and internal diameter of 7.6mm) is open at the rear (with a gap of 6.2mm). The loop is corrugated, with raised edges and a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.8mm). The pin (with a length of 38mm) is circular sectioned (2.2mm diameter) and narrows to the tip over the lower-third. There is no applied decoration on the pin. The surface has been stripped with a dark-brown corrosion.
The missing frame makes any identification speculative. The size of the pin suggests a comparatively small brooch and the form can be broadly paralleled on penannular brooches, perhaps zoomorphic or Type G. The ribbed loop, rather than barrelled form can be broadly paralleled in Wales, on a zoomorphic brooch found at Caerwent, Monmouthshire and on a Type G brooch from Llangennith, Gower, Swansea.
Kevin Leahy48.673-3.38174861British styleNMGW-51F01310226031NMWPA 2015.114EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHST0469finds-102260311919.28NMGW-51DC91Fragment300x41022images/gwhatley/31134444PAS60351DC90010EF42021-02-23T15:22:49ZPossiblyx4121814751.41186558EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:16:05.105ZOxfordshire100CountyCastROMAN1Metal detector2021153.jpg8328185591EM6.3DistrictCertain2NMGW8439Blewburyx410221.69Vale of White Horse106262021-08-10T15:33:14ZReturned to finderSouth EastCirca
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of late Roman or Early Medieval date. The brooch consists of the plate, knops, catchplate and hinge missing the pin.
The plate is sub-quatrefoil in plan with four integrally cast knops. The knops are slightly raised from the plate and are sub-oval in plan (4.8mm long and 2.5mm wide) with thick collars across the width forming a globular head at the top of each knop (c.2mm thick). There is no visible evidence of surface decoration on the plate, so was likely plain and undecorated apart from the knops. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorated with the hinge and catchplate located on the back of two opposing knops.
The object is a dark green patina with light green surface damage on the reverse. The dimensions are 12.5mm x 12.7mm, plate thickness of 1mm, max depth (from top of knop to bottom of catchplate) 6.3mm and weighs 1.69g.
The brooch is difficult to parallel but shares features of Roman plate brooches and Early Medieval Cruciform brooches.
George Whatley12.553-1.25111195NMGW-28E37A10323111NMWPA 2021.15.3ROMANBROOCHSU5286finds-10323111112.76NMGW-ECC274Incompletex41218images/dellbricking/11148313PAS60EECC2700144542021-07-14T12:36:07ZCertainx4102212151.57048068EARLY MEDIEVALCopper41421EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:16:11.236ZEarlyWiltshire10Unitary Authority7.5EARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyMetal detector20151151.jpg43925From a paper map1169794EMUnitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW4392542570Christian Malfordx410222635165930.6Wiltshire106272018-10-08T16:02:24ZReturned to finder1South WestExactly
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date
The brooch is incomplete missing the pin and fittings and much of the rim and is a comparatively substantial example (with a maximum surviving diameter of 42.0mm, a maximum surviving depth of 7.5mm and a weight of 30.6g). Only a small part of the rim survives (30mm long, giving a depth of 7.2m and a height of 4.2mm). There is an undecorated border at the base of the rim except for the suggestion of punched dots on the inner edge of the border. Inside the border is a loosely-repeating incised geometric motif, perhaps of 'Coherent' Salin's Style I. The motif depicts three repeating stylised birds in anticlockwise procession, probably water-birds and perhaps ducks. The three birds are depicted swimming or seated in side profile around the central roundel. The circular eyes are comparatively large in sunken relief. Grooved fields to the rear of the head may depict wings. A lozenge separates each of the birds and runs from the outside border to the central roundel. The central roundel (9.5mm diameter) is not decorated. The reverse of the brooch has the stub from the single pierced lug that would have held the sprung pin and at the base the scar from the missing catch-plate. The surface is corroded with a mid to dark-brown patina on the face and pale brown to green corrosion on the rear.
Compare BERK-C96836 and WAW-CE26BB.
Helen Geake71-2.05900621Anglo-Saxon styleNMGW-1C98BD783061cast saucer1NMWPA 2015.115.1EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHST9677finds-783061x410121118NMGW-1C87EEIncomplete500x41022images/mlodwick/1566180PAS5731C87E001EC442016-05-10T12:39:42ZCertainx410224751.49193054EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:13:10.107ZLateDorset10CountyCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1LateMetal detector2016252.jpg14362From a paper map411144761EMDistrictCertain2NMGW144511100Fontmell Magnax410223.1North Dorset106272022-07-08T09:55:08ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon cloisonné enamelled copper alloy plate brooch of 11th century AD date.
The brooch is incomplete, missing many of the inlays, the pin and peripheral lugs (with a length of 18.6mm a width of 24.8mm and a weight of 3.1g). The missing pin was hinged around a copper alloy axis bar on twin lugs, soldered to the back of the brooch. The remains of the loop remains on the axis bar and appears to have been of iron. The catch-plate does not survive but the basal plate, soldered to the rear of the brooch is evident. The plate has a separate sheet backing plate and retains traces of gilding. The edges of the brooch were enhanced with protruding lugs or knops, seemingly with four larger lugs and with two smaller lugs between. The larger lugs were decorated with settings of spherical beads and the only surviving bead (2.5mm diameter) is pale-mid blue. The smaller lugs appear to have been without settings but were globular. The central area of the brooch is circular and raised (16.2mm diameter, 3.6mm thick and with an overall depth of 6.2mm) and contained geometric enamelled cells. The decoration comprised a central cross, the ends of which correspond with the larger peripheral lugs and containing a central circular pellet. The cross is infilled with dark-red enamel and the central pellet is pale blue. Between each arm of the cross are alternating coloured chevrons of yellow and possibly white (clear) or blue enamel, which is now largely lost. The chevron cells enclosed a triangle, flanking the edge of the brooch and containing alternating yellow and white / clear enamel. The brooch is heavily corroded and stripped to a dark-brown with remnants of gilding.
Adelle Bricking18.673-2.20067889NMGW-1AFB33886179cloisonné enamelled (Weetch Type 20)1Saunderton type (Weetch Type 20.A)NMWPA 2016.25.2EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHST8617finds-8861791124.88NMGW-1AE0C9Incomplete1000x41022images/eanagnostou/1647094PAS5A71AE0C0019C842018-01-31T11:52:44ZCertainx4102214750.95225907EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainEnamelCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:14:31.091Z4Pembrokeshire10Unitary AuthorityCastEARLY MEDIEVAL1Metal detector2016.jpg254902016From a paper map1Interlace239661EM0.8Unitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW25490900Tenbyx4102210.611Pembrokeshire106272017-08-11T14:23:58ZReturned to finderWalesCirca
The cast brooch frame is near-complete but the pin is missing and the frame is comparatively insubstantial (with an overall length of 57.6mm, an overall width of 62.2mm and a weight of 10.6g). The oval hoop (58.8mm external width) is of flattened-oval section (3.4mm wide and 1.9mm - 2.4mm thick), widening slightly as it approaches the terminals. There is no decoration evident on the hoop but there is an impact groove near the left terminal, possibly from a hammer blow. There is a slight step from the hoop to the integral terminals extending as far as an incised border, giving the impression of a jointed attachment. The spatulate terminals are of unusual, irregular form (with widths of 29.6mm and 30.5mm, lengths of 16.4mm and 17.7mm), with undulating upper and lower edges but relatively straight on the terminal edges. It is now unclear how erosion may have truncated the upper and lower edges but the inside edges appear to be near-complete. The terminals are unusually thin (at just 0.4mm - 0.8mm thick). The fronts of both terminals are decorated with a similar motif in cast relief, comprising an outer border infilled with hatching, within which is a narrower undecorated border. The interior has a double-strand interlace knot. There are partial remains of incised decoration evident on the outside of the top edge of the right terminal and upper inside edge of the left terminal, possibly the remains of another interlace device or possibly an interlace beast. The basal edges of both terminals have a partially preserved incised line, possibly the remnants of an outer border. The rear of the terminals is not decorated. The surface has differential black patination, with patches of golden-bronze surface exposed.
Metallurgical analysis was undertaken using X-Ray Fluorescence indicating that the metal is a tin-bronze with lead, nickel and zinc represented in small quantities.
The brooch has a number of unusual features, in particular, its thin terminals. It is possible the brooch represents a failed-casting and was not finished. This may also explain the incomplete decoration on the peripheries of the terminals, although this may also be the result of erosion. The interlace decoration can be ascribed an 8th or 9th century date stylistically. Penannular brooches with spatulate terminals are not well represented in Early Medieval finds from Wales.
Mark Lodwick57.37-4.71887483NMGW-DA6667860660Penannular1spatulate terminalsNMWPA 2016.43EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHSS1298finds-8606601162.28NMGW-DA579EComplete700x41022images/mlodwick/1625845PAS598DA579001E8B32017-08-11T13:39:21ZCertainx4102212016-04-06T23:00:00Z147Regional importance51.64927844EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41424EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:14:16.223Z