Record ID: PUBLIC-9F9192
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete zoomorphic, copper-alloy early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) disc brooch; circa AD 700-900. The front features a rearward-facing beast with a tail over its back, all four legs are visible. The raised central design is surrounded by a circular notched design and raised border. The back is undecorated. It contains a double pierced lug arrangement with the vestiges of an iron pin. The lug is set centrally, close to the edge of the disc. The corresponding catch plate is missing to antiquity. The surfaces are very abraded with a flaky light green patina. The brooch …
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6842C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch, dating from the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. On the reverse of the brooch can be seen the remains of the catch plate and the hinge bracket which would have held the pin which is now missing. On the upper face on outer section there is a indeterminate pattern followed by 3 incised circles, followed by a circle of dots.The inner pattern consists of 3 incised circles. Dimensions : Diameter 32.28mm, thickness 1.53mm and weighs 8.9gms The brooch dates from c. AD 410-599.
Created on: Saturday 25th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-842D79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Copper alloy disc brooch of the early Medieval period and probable Anglo-Saxon attribution. The brooch dates from the 5th or 6th century; circa 400-600 AD. The once complete brooch would have consisted of a flat, circular disc, which is now ragged around the periphery due to old breaks. The front face is decorated with a centrally placed ring and dot motif. Between this and the outer rim, there are two concentric circles formed from irregularly punched dots. Close to the rim of the object there is a circle formed from irregularly spaced, stamped triangular …
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A9CF7C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early Early-Medieval disc brooch of Anglo-Saxon attribution, c. 5th-6th century AD. The brooch is flat and was originally circular; its shape now is irregular from old breaks around the edge, and one part of the edge has been bent slightly upwards. The front of the brooch has a central circular blind-drilled dot measuring 1.7mm in diameter. Surrounding this are two fine concentric incised circles. About halfway between the outer circle and the edge of the brooch is a rivet hole that has been pierced through the surface from the reverse. This conta…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-53EFB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy disc brooch, dating from the early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The fragment represents approximately 25% of a brooch which has suffered a considerable amount of damage. On the reverse of the brooch, part of the pin hinge remains. On the upper face, a punched circle of ring and dot decoration adorns the central area with three incised circles near to the periphery. Dimensions are difficult to determine with a diameter of approximately 30 mm likely. The overall thickness of the remaining part including the hinge bracket is 4.45 mm and the weight is…
Created on: Sunday 26th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7F48D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval disc brooch; attributed to early Anglo-Saxon usage, c. 5th-6th centuries AD. The brooch is a large, flat-sectioned circular disc measuring 33.6 mm in diameter, with decoration consisting of a centre point around which a scriber has been rotated around to create a circle (11 mm diameter) and a larger circle closely following the perimeter of the disc (30.3 mm diameter). No further decoration is visible, except for sparse indications of surface tinning. On the reverse surface, two sub-rectangular lugs are attached to the perimeter edge of t…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: SUR-70E2C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early Saxon disc brooch. The brooch is divided into two concentric fields by a pair of inscribed concentric grooves. The outer field has two concentric circles of opposed double lunate punches with a single circle of annulet punches between, each of the latter inlaid with what appears to be niello. The internal field contains four small concentric grooves around a central pit with four double circles and pits, forming a square, all within a ring of punched circles. The brooch originally had an iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-0734A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early medieval disc brooch of the 5th or 6th century AD. The face of the brooch is 25.3mm in diameter and 2.3mm thick. It is decorated with a punched dot surrounded by an inscised ring in the centre and four similar ring and dot motifs spaced around the periphery. The brooch is worn so the inscised rings are only partially visible and others may have been present origionally. The edge is damaged with small chips and flaking, all of which appears old. The hinge and catch plates are both broken due to old breaks and only small projections remain; the hinge remenant bei…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-1162C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, dating from the 5th - 6th century. A very similar brooch was recovered from a tumulus on Beddingham Hill (Nr. Lewes) and was published in Horsfield, T.W. 1824. The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity, Plate V. Other similar brooches were recovered from the excavations at Alfriston (East Sussex). See Welch (1983) and Griffith & Salzmann (1914) full references below. The brooch is circular and flat, with no rim. It measures 30mm in diameter. It survives in an extremely good condition. The brooch depicts a central ring and …
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EB8504
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Disc brooch. The brooch is circular, with basic decoration on the obverse, consisting of a double line etched just inside the edge, and a perforation in the centre. On the reverse, the catchplate has broken off at the base, but the pierced lug for the (missing) spring survives. The dark green surface is worn and corroded. This brooch dates to the Early Medieval period (6th century AD).
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-ADA0F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately 50% of a disc brooch. The flat circular face has traces of a white metal coating. Within the central inscribed circle is a group of four ring-and-dot stamps around a central circular pit. On the circumference is a further group of four ring-and-dot stamps set at regular intervals. On the back only the catchplate survives.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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