Record ID: LIN-2C9E0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver-gilt small square-headed brooch dating to the 5th-6th century AD. Only the footplate lobe and a small portion of the footplate has survived. The lobe is sub-circular with the outer border decorated with two circumferential rows of stamped triangles, with the points facing each other. This decoration is much worn along one side and the lower aspect. Within this border is a central humanoid en-face Style I head or 'mask', somewhat degenerative. It faces upwards towards the footplate comprising of a semi-circular, rounded brow delineated by two linear groove…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: DEV-1A7D5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver and copper alloy early medieval disc brooch, dating to the 9th century, c. AD 800-900. The elaborately decorated front plate of the brooch survives, but the pin is missing and was not recovered in the ensuing excavation of the findspot. There is some damage to the copper alloy backing of the silver, and a small area appears as openwork due to the absence of the backing in this area. In this area, two of the dome headed riveted bosses which are part of the decorative scheme, are also missing. It is circular in plan and flattened in cross section. The majority of th…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E83F16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy brooch of 'cogwheel' type. It is circular and openwork, 30.2mm in diameter, and has a central convex lozenge surrounded by a groove. Beyond the groove are four slightly curved relief lines, one along each side of the lozenge, with each line ending in a flat disc. There are thus two flat discs at either corner of the lozenge, forming a cross shape. The ends of the cross are joined by a ring of copper alloy, leaving four roughly D-shaped holes in the brooch. A groove runs around the centre of the outer ring, and the exterior is shaped into 18 teeth, small rectangular projec…
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-E5506D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval disc brooch with a plain rim. The brooch has a moulded flower / star design with five convex tear drops surrounding a domed central boss, all set within a simple linear border. A fragment of a catchplate is retained on the reverse. Around a third of the brooch disc, including the hinge lug and pin, has been lost.
Created on: Monday 8th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-64731B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Saxon, cast, copper-alloy disc brooch, dating to AD 850 - 1066. The brooch is circular in plan and decorated with a backward-looking beast within a border of 28 pellets. The beast has an upturned tail and open jaws. It has no mane as many other brooches of this type do. The beast has four legs which blend into the border pellets. On the reverse are the incomplete integrally-moulded pin-lug and catch-plate. The pin-lug is positioned directly behind the beast's breast. The catch-plate is intact and curls upwards with the open side facing up. Tom Redmayne comments on PUBLIC-9…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: NLM-63B2F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc brooch. Cast plate brooch, probably Weetch Type 18, comprising a central circular panel or cell, hollow behind and standing proud, retaining the darker blue enamel ground of a possibly polychrome and possibly cruciform motif, now perhaps crazed by impact, whether recent or ancient is uncertain. A flat rim of width 3.4mm with a possibly cabled edge surrounds the upstanding wall of the central cell. An opposed pin seat and the stub of a pin rest appear on the back, both being brazed to the outermost edge of the rim. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-900 Diameter…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SUR-DC92C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken early Medieval (Middle Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy ansate or equal armed brooch with disc on bow, of Weetch (2014) Type II B (Thorle Gr. II E). Both terminals comprise flat circular to tear-drop shaped discs with ring and dot decoration within incised linear borders. The bow is steeply arched, with a plano-convex cross-sectional profile and has a small central disc with further ring and dot decoration. There is a break across this disc leaving the brooch in two halves. The reverse of one terminal carries the stumps of two parallel lugs of a hinge; the other plate has the r…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2020
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Record ID: NARC-41A716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable brooch, of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-800). The object is most similar to a Weetch's (2013) Type 12. The surviving portion is composed of a flat circular plate, with a central circular perforation and a second complete circular perforation within the outer border of decoration on one side of the object. A third similar perforation is on the opposite side, but is now incomplete. The object is missing approximately 50% of its original form, due to old abraded breaks. The front of the brooch is decorated with a carved and punched pattern. This is c…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Record ID: LIN-B123F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy early medieval disc brooch, dating to the 8th century AD. The chip-carving decoration is in a recessed circular frame, consisting of four interlaced serpentine creatures forming a simple knot, biting each other's bodies. They have detailed heads, each with a single sub-circular eye and pointed beak or jaws. The sinuous creatures surround a central, domed, multi-foil copper-alloy annulet which has a circular raised frame. Gilding survives over the creatures and in the recesses of the central annulet. The reverse is undecorated and slightly concave; the…
Created on: Sunday 14th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7974C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval, late Saxon lead disc brooch of Weetch Type 4.A, dating from AD 900 - 1000. The brooch is flat, circular, and decorated on the front with five moulded concentric rings, forming a border. The centre of the brooch is decorated with a moulded straight-armed cross motif. In the centre is a moulded, domed pellet. Each angle is decorated with many small pellets or dots. The reverse has two moulded lugs (a double pin lug) at one side, and the remains of a moulded integral catchplate on the opposite edge. Part of the edge of the brooch is missing. It is 42.5mm in d…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SUR-75FBBF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy disc brooch, 15.6mm in diameter, with incised decoration comprising a cross over a field with many pellets in concentric rings. The reverse has an applied hinge and catchplate mechanism formed of a narrow copper alloy plate, widening at one end to form a pierced loop perpendicular to the plate and tapering at the other end forming a hook, which curves back over the plate.
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BA9531
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy disc brooch (c. 450-c. 550). The pin and spring mechanism are missing. The brooch is flat and circular in plan with some abrasion around the edges. At the front there is an incised ring-and-dot motif at the centre which has a concentric circle and a central indentation. This central motif is surrounded by three evenly spaced ring-and-dot motifs which are of similar size and design as the central one. Beyond these three motifs there is a single incised circle. The rear face has a pin lug and catch-plate which are on…
Created on: Saturday 8th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BECE1C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval cast silver disc brooch inlaid with niello, in well-preserved condition. The front of the brooch is decorated extensively with foliar and zoomorphic motifs in the Trewhiddle style. On the reverse is a one-piece pin mechanism comprising spring, pin and catch-plate, secured to the disc by three rivets. The pin was in a closed position when the brooch was found. The main design on the front of the brooch comprises a cross with concave-sided arms, overlaying a saltire of four tongue-shaped lobes. The edges of both cross and saltire consist of rows of pellets…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DB3B44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gilded copper-alloy object, probably a jewelled disc brooch, reconstructable to a minimum of 43mm diameter. The fragment is lunate or crescent-shaped, and represents just under half of the brooch. It has worn breaks along all edges, and all of the curved outer edge has been lost, but the shape is preserved. The front is decorated with low-relief ornament, with gilding remaining in the grooves. The outermost field is very incomplete but contains some probably zoomorphic decoration, with traces of bodies which may have been made from a pair of border lines filled in with …
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-08A4C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and fragmented cast gilt-silver 'keystone' disc brooch of late 6th century date. Description: The brooch survives as approximately half of the original plate, broken roughly across the central line, in addition a small fragment was also recovered. In the centre is a circular setting, part of which is lost to the break. A circular red plate garnet survives complete in the setting. The surface of the gem is scratched but there appears to be a gold foil backing, visible along the broken line at the rear. Beside this setting is a rectangular cell containing another plate …
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-6FEB5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of an early-medieval gilded silver keystone disc brooch, refitting with Fragment B of brooch NMS-B402BB (2017T673) and almost certainly an addendum to NMS-2E39EB (2015T43) and NMS-91234D (2018T158), although the new fragment does not refit with this last fragment. The fragment is sub-triangular, with one original edge intact. The upper surface bears cast and chip-carved decoration comprising concentric lines and the remains of an inner panel, the detail of which is too incomplete to identify fully. The remains of gilding are present across the surface, although w…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winfarthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E7A282
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, 32.2mm in diameter. The face is heavily corroded but carries traces of incised decoration in the form of a row of dots within a pair of lines around the circumference and a single larger dot or hole (of 1.7mm diameter) at the centre. No other decoration is discernable, although the surface shows signs of having been tinned. The reverse is undecorated and has in-line stumps for the catchplate and hinge lug. Circa 5th-6th century.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: GLO-8F79CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular gold sheet enriched with filigree ornament, granulation and inlaid gems. The sheet is circular but is now bent back on itself along one side. The upper surface is decorated with a central circular setting made from an upright strip of gold surrounded by a collar of gold twisted wire. The setting contains a large dark red cabochon, possibly garnet or glass, with a conchoidal fracture to one side. Evenly spaced around the central setting are two small rods (2-3mm high), each wrapped 3-4 times in filigree wire; empty rivet holes suggest two similar rods have been lost. Around th…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Nibley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-45144D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo Saxon disc brooch, incomplete, missing its catch plate and pin, but otherwise in excellent condition. The brooch is circular, cut from a piece of flat metal, and decorated with an equal armed cross with a ring and dot in the centre of the cross and at the end of each arm. The quadrants formed by the angle of each two arms of the cross are outlined with an incised line, and each quadrant is in-filled with punched dots. On the back of the brooch there is a strip of shiny silvery metal across the centre line, which must represent a line of solder where the pin mechan…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.