Record ID: NMS-6E9398
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch with pin constriction and projecting clasped hands. The circular frame is mainly triangular in cross-section, but this is interrupted by the pin constriction at 12 o'clock, the clasped hands at 3 o'clock, and two quatrefoil flower bosses at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The pin constriction has a tiny transverse ridge to either side. The clasped hands have the thumbs uppermost, and the fingers above the thumbs are very slightly separated, but not apparently enough to hold something like a bead. The space in between has some hard so…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-075348
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch of medieval date, with inscription. The frame is circular with a triangular cross-section, flat and undecorated on the reverse. The inner angle of the front  is decorated with a groove within which is a line of fine, neat beading; under a lens it can be seen that this has been stamped, as each bead is surrounded by a slight upstanding circle. The outer angle has an inscription in seriffed capitals which is not immediately readable, and is discussed below. The frame is interrupted by a constriction for the pin. The gold pin survives…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-4AFCEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a gold version of a fibula or ‘safety pin’ type brooch commonly known as a Birdlip Type Brooch or Beaked Bow Brooch. The brooch is bent and buckled, probably in recent times by agricultural machinery.  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch was originally made in at least three pieces: the body of the brooch; the spring and pin; and a small roughly triangular plate across the rear of the catch plate.   The spring was probably fixed to body of the bow with resin or glue.  Traces of a black residue are present where the spring was attac…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: BM-3BEA83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete Late Iron Age silver La Tene III bow brooch of 1st Century BC date. The brooch is missing the pin, but otherwise is in good condition. The spring stems from the rear of the head in a right angle and coils twice before the chord is anchored beneath the spring. The spring is broken as it rises, probably to coil for another turn before the pin. The head of the bow is unusual, consisting of a domed semi-circular plate with raised ribs at the base, which continue along the sides of the bow to the foot. The bow is sub-rectangular in profile and is decorated with a central rib, …
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: LIN-FCBDE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete medieval cast gold annular brooch dating to c.AD 1200-1350. The brooch has a plain circular band, rounded in cross-section. The cast pin has a moulded collar at the junction of the loop and shaft, decorated with short diagonal grooves. The loop of the pin encloses the brooch frame. The pin tapers from the collar towards the pointed tip. This brooch is particularly small. Measurements Diameter: 7.57 mm; Thickness: 1.29 mm; Weight: 0.69g. Length of pin: 8.65 mm. Discussion This miniature gold brooch forms part of a small number of similarly sized …
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Bolingbroke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4D3F69
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The object is a piece of gold sheet formed into an irregular shape resembling a cone but open at both ends. The object is squashed and misshapen, making it an irregular shape, but its original shape was probably more rounded and domed. The object is filled with dirt but a silver rivet is visible in the smaller open end. The surface is a gold colour which retains its lustre, but there are multiple scuffs and scratches on the outside surface and a small crack at one side. Dimensions: The object has a maximum diameter of 10.5mm, is 5.3mm wide and 9.1mm high. The gold sheet is 0.2mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Milton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D06625
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold and gemstone annular brooch of medieval date (c.1200-1350). Description: The brooch is bent at numerous points and so it is not possible to know its original form and whether it lay flat or rose towards the centre. In cross-section, the frame is sub-rectangular, having slightly rounded internal and external edges due to the application of cord-effect wire. The surface of the frame has filigree decoration in the form of conical, spiralling coils of the same corded wire. Generally, these have been applied in two rows: the inside row being made up of smaller coils…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B32D47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny gold annular brooch with circular frame. Most of the frame is circular in cross-section, but it is interrupted by a pin constriction and by four equally spaced collars which encircle the frame and which are decorated all around with relief pellets made using an annulet punch; these are usually known as 'brambled' bosses. Pin missing. Dimensions: Maximum diameter of brooch (with bosses) 16.0mm. Diameter of frame without bosses,14.0mm. Thickness of brooch (across bosses) 2.9mm. Diameter of cross-section of frame, 1.2mm. weight 1.12g. Discussion: Brooches of t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-E4E5A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold annular brooch of medieval date (c. 1200 - 1350AD). The brooch is circular in plan with a D-shaped cross section. The reverse is flat and the upper face is convex. The frame has a constriction for the pin which is clasped around the narrow point. The pin is an elongated triangular shape in plan, with a circular section. The pin has a transverse ridge and a collar which is decorated with a punched pattern of rings. The face of the brooch is decorated with an incised inscription reading + A + G + L + A +. See PAS record IOW-B09925 which also has this inscrip…
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Matching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-585B22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and distorted gold Medieval annular brooch. The brooch features four equally-spaced granulated knops which are worn in places. The frame is circular in section. The brooch is missing its pin and is broken where this would have been attached. The brooch is broken and slightly straightened. Dimensions: length: 48.7mm, width: 5.3mm, weight: 8.32g Although no gold brooches of this type are recorded on the database, silver ones of a similar style include NMS-618414; NMS-D2A387 and NMS-19C764 which are either going, or have been through, the treasure process. Conclusion: A…
Created on: Friday 8th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-10CAF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold annular brooch. Cast D-section band with a constriction for a cast tapered pin which is looped around the band. The convex display face bears a finely defined chevron motif, with V-shaped figures with internally indented edges confining strands of closely juxtaposed pellets, possibly in overlapping doubled rows. These were presumably stamped to achieve the fine definition observed here. The chevrons nest one within the next in a series originating and ending at the pin seat. The plain back appears lightly bevelled towards the central aperture. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 …
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2E1627
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold annular brooch weighing 1.34g. The brooch frame has a triangular cross-section with a flat undecorated reverse surface. The frame has an external diameter of 16.5mm and the internal diameter of the loop is 11.9mm. The frame has a thickness of 0.9mm. 1.6mm of the frame's circumference contracts to form a pin constriction. This constriction reduces the width of the frame, at this place, to c.0.9mm. To either side of the constriction there is what appears to be a raised, slightly shaped, collar c.0.9mm wide. Directly opposite the pin constriction the frame has a four-…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D47643
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval (c.1200-1400) gold annular brooch complete with pin. The brooch is D-shaped in cross-section and flat to the underside, which is inscribed + SALVEZ LA MER DEV   (Malcolm Jones suggests this translates as "May the love of God protect (me/you)" or "The love of god protect (me/you)", pers. comm. November 2018). The frame has a constriction for the pin and with the loop at the top, the right side of the upper, convex face is decorated with six grooved X shapes (to 6 o'clock on the frame, directly opposite to the constriction and where the tip of…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hursley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-55D950
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold annular brooch of medieval date. The brooch is very small, having an external diameter of only 13.5mm. The brooch has a straight inner edge and a furled outer edge. The top side of the brooch is decorated with annulets between the curve of each furl, with multiple incised vertical lines between. The inner and outer edges of the brooch are raised higher than the decoration within. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. There are two rounded lugs on one side of the reverse that has a small central perforation for the insertion of an axis bar to secure t…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-B22B22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Medieval gold annular brooch. The frame is flat on the reverse and bevelled on the front. It exhibits a constriction for the pin and projecting from one side of the frame is a pair of clasped hands. The hands have been made separately and sit in a small notch on the outside of the frame. A small tab projects from the underside of the hands and has been soldered to the back of the frame. Each of the fingers has been defined by an engraved groove. The thumbs are separate, one missing due to an old break. The …
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-3316AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold annular and inscribed brooch dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The frame is circular and is decorated at the top with a pair of clasped hands. These are moulded, but they curve in the same orientation as the frame of the brooch. At the right hand and bottom cardinal points are flower motifs; one four petalled flower at each point. The petals are concave. The left hand cardinal point is occupied by the constriction for the pin. The flat upper face of the frame is inscribed: "+ IO - SVI - DE . D - RVE" (Translated by John Cherry as Ie Sui De Drue, meaning 'I am [a brooch/gi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D2BDA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is broadly circular at the back plate with a triangular setting at the front face. The brooch has been divided in to six segments on the back plate which is formed from gold. Each segment contains a rivet at its centre which is circular. The rivets are to hold the alternating elements which comprise the design at the front face of the brooch. These are alternating flowers with a central stone setting and a bow shape made of gold. In total there are three flower settings and three bows. The centre of the reverse also has a visible rivet which holds the central gem setting in…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-187BC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold medieval annular brooch, dating to the period AD 1100-1500. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing and two stones or gems, which would have rested within the inserts either side, have now been lost. The brooch measures 15.73mm in width, 17.81mm in height, the thickness of the brooch frame measures 3.31mm. However, there is a small constriction where the pin would have been attached to, which measures 1.33mm in thickness and 1.89mm in height. the inserts for the stones or gems measure 4.52mm wide and 2.85mm wide, in a broadly oval shape. The decoration on the…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-1DBFC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Gold annular brooch of medieval date (c. 1200 - 1400AD). The brooch is circular in plan with a D-shaped cross section. The reverse is flat and the upper face in convex. The frame has a constriction for the pin which is clasped around the narrow point. The pin is an elongated triangular shape in plan, with a circular section. The pin has a transverse ridge which is incised with a decorative pattern. The brooch is inscribed in Lombardic script, reading as follows: AMOR VINCIT OMNIA: + Love Conquers All Dimensions: weight: 2.46g, diameter: 18.03mm, width (of brooch 'b…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wix', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-77185F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold strip brooch dating to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period. The brooch comprises a flat, elongated lozengiform plate, slightly asymmetrical in shape, tapering towards wire-like terminals which have been hammered into a square section. One terminal forms a closed loop and the other an open hook, representing the remains of a pin mechanism. The front of the plate is decorated with a border of triangular notches, irregularly spaced and sized. Some heavy scratches are present. The back of the brooch is undecorated. This brooch can be categorised as Weetch's (2013) Type 31.…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langton Long', grid reference and parish protected.