Record ID: BERK-C89FDA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy jewelled disc brooch dating to the early Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The brooch consists of a single piece of cast copper alloy, and has a central circular cell, now missing its setting but probably of a white shell or bone or possibly chalk. Set equidistant around this central cell are four trapezoidal or keystone cells each containing a red stone, probably garnet, and possibly above hatched foil or gilding. Located at the outer, narrower end of these cells is a small circular setting, only one retaiing what appears to be a chalk insert around a small…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-7519D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot terminal of an Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch cast in copper-alloy, dating to the 6th century. Only the foot terminal remains, consisting of a sub-circular disc with a short length of the remaining foot projecting from the disc. The face is decorated moulded linear motif from the foot projecting into the centre of the terminal, consisting of a broad band flanked by two smaller bands and ending in a mask motif, all within a raised, moulded border. Surrounding the mask-motif on the terminal is an outer crescent-shaped band with continuous scroll decoration in relief.…
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6554A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy saucer brooch, 45mm long, 35mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 12.70g. The brooch is incomplete, missing all of its raised edge and some of its flat surface. There are no original edges surviving and the breaks are all old, worn and corroded. The decoration is cast in fairly soft relief around a central circular flat boss surrounded by a concentric ridge. There are two bands of Style I decoration, separated by another concentric ridge. The inner band has three elements shaped like reversed figure-2s, alternating with two …
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-A7A125
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Early-Medieval date, Weetch type 18. It has a flat, circular plate with the remains of enamelled decoration on the front face. This comprises a raised border from which extend four semi-circular fields, one at each of the cardinal points. Each field is recessed for enamel, as are the surrounding areas of the front face, but the enamel is now missing due to post-depositional corrosion. On the back face is an integrally cast pin lug that is rectangular in form with a single circular aperture. The opposite side of the back face has a corresponding catch…
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-04A5EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of an applied gold disc from the centre of an early medieval composite disc brooch. The fragment is part of the curved edge of the disc. Around the outer edge is a border of fine gold beaded wire. The flat part of the disc is decorated with tiny annulets of gold beaded wire and the remains of three settings. One is circular with a collar made from gold strip, now flattened, within a border of gold beaded wire. The setting is now empty and the centre is pierced. The second is much damaged and consequently of indeterminate original shape, now appearing sub-trapezoi…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanstead Abbots', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68E55B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy disc brooch of probable Early-Medieval date. It is missing the edges of the disc, central setting, hinge, pin and catchplate due to old breaks. In its current condition the plate is roughly lozenge shaped in form, slightly convex with a concave back face and moulded front face. At the centre of the front face is a raised circular collet or border, decorated on its outer face with a circular collar that has multiple globular pellets arranged at regular intervals. The interior of the collet contains the remains of white solder or paste that would…
Created on: Friday 4th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Whelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-83BECB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Two fragments of a cast gilded silver disc brooch from the early early-medieval period. The fragments join together and comprise approximately a quarter of the original brooch. One fragment is smaller than the other. The front is decorated with settings for garnet inlays, and panels of stylised zoomorphic designs in Salin's Style II. The outer rim of both fragments is decorated with a single row of punched annulets around the circumference. The remains of a large circular central setting with raised collar survive on the broken bottom edge of each fragment. The smaller f…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hendred CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D77DB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Great Square-Headed brooch of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing one corner of the headplate, the foot and the pin due to old breaks. The headplate is flat, rectangular in form with slightly concave edges. On the back face is an integrally cast double pierced lug that preserves the corroded remains of an iron pin. The front face of the headplate has multiple decorative motifs. These comprise a central rectangular panel that has raised rectangular borders on its upper edge and along both sides, each decorated with multiple punched annulets. W…
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fordham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0CA342
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. 400-c. 600). Part of the flat circular plate, part of the catch-plate, the pin and pin lug are missing. This brooch is corroded, worn at the front and appears to be undecorated. The rear face has an almost complete catch-plate and a raised rib. This brooch is drab green with patches of a matt green patina and traces of a white metal coating (probably tinning) at the front. There is iron staining at the rear. There is no trace of melting or burning. Diameter: 32.83mm; thickness of plate: 2.29mm; overall th…
Created on: Sunday 16th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BABCE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch, circular, flat and with plain unthickened edge. It has a central circular indentation, surrounded by a pair of concentric grooves about halfway between the centre and the edge. Closer to the edge are two rings of stamped decoration, the inner made up of sub-rectangular punchmarks which are narrow in the centre and flare to either end, looking a little like seriffed I shapes; these are set radially. The outer ring of stamps is less clear, perhaps due to abrasion at the edge; they appear to be crescent-shaped, set with their curved backs outwa…
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-A55CB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early early-medieval copper alloy disc brooch, 30 mm in diameter and 2mm thick (9mm thick at catchplate). It is in fair condition and weighs 12.37g. The brooch is flat and is decorated with an incised circular border, which has tiny punched dots on its outside, at least in parts. Some dots have broken through to the reverse to form holes. Inside this border it is decorated with four incised ring-and-dot motifs arranged in a square, with a further slightly larger example in the centre (but slightly off centre). This may have traces of iron staining in its larger circular centre. The re…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: BH-CA8D72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy disc brooch, dating from the early part of the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. Just under half of the disc remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. The upper surface of the flat-sectioned brooch is decorated with a number of equal-sized ring-and-dot punchmarks. A ring of such marks extends around the remaining perimeter, with one complete and two incomplete marks at the centre. On the reverse, a right-angled lug, located a short distance in from the edge, represents the remains of the catchplate. Diameter: 33.6mm; width: 21.6mm; thickness of d…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-93AF63
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. 400-c. 600). Part of the flat plate, the pin and the catch-plate are missing. A circular hole at the centre has a diameter of 2.15mm. At the front there is three circular concentric grooves, two of them are close to the periphery. The rear face has the remains of a single pin lug. This brooch has a green patina and is abraded. There is iron staining at each side of the pin lug. There is no trace of tinning, melting or burning. Diameter: 25.92mm; thickness of plate: 1.45mm; overall thickness: 6.19…
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-7F2D44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gilded copper-alloy openwork object, probably an 8th- or 9th-century brooch, with a central silver rivet and the remains of iron fittings. About a quarter of the brooch survives, with two iron rivets which originally appear to have attached an iron pin. It can be read as a cross with four flaring arms, each one attached by a pointed apex to the small central roundel through which the tall, round-topped decorative silver rivet is fixed. The best-surviving arm consists of two back-to-back openwork crescent shapes, each with a transverse central bar; the end…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C09371
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch of the Early Medieval period missing pin and part of hinge lug. The brooch is circular in plan and decorated with a central ring and pin motif surrounded by four similar ring and pin motifs, the five pins perforate through the brooch. The catchplate is present and the single looped hinge lug is broken. The brooch measures 37.74mm in diameter, 8.56mm thick (maximum including catchplate) and weighs 6.94 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-609CF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy disc brooch (c. 400-c. 600). The plate would have originally been circular in plan. Most of the peripheral edge and the pin are missing. At the front there is a central ring-and-dot motif. This consists of a central pit (the dot) with two concentric rings and grooves. There are three outer concentric grooves close the damaged edge. The rear face is flat except for the stubs of a single pin-lug and catch-plate. This brooch is green and corroded overall. It has tinning at the front and tinning can also be seen…
Created on: Saturday 22nd June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-504C06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Anglo-Saxon incomplete gilded copper alloy brooch or possibly mount. Originally circular, about a quarter survives, broken accross the edge of a central circular setting or field with a broad band of triple and double-strand Style II interlace in low relief which fills the area btween the central setting and the edge of the disc with no surviving outer border apparent. On the reverse is a squashed single pin-lug or possibly the stub of an integral rivet with a very small amount of iron corrosion to either side. Pin missing. Original diameter (reconstructed) circa 32mm. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3AF2F5
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc-shaped plate brooch. About a quarter of the edge is missing. The front of the plate retains solder from a missing, separate element (see for example Mackreth, 2011, vol.2, pl.104 for examples retaining thier separate decorative elements). On the reverse is a double pin-lug retaining a short copper alloy bar surrounded by iron corrosion fromt the (missing) pin. The incomplete catch-plate is broken at the fold. Diameter 29mm. 2nd - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-3A9FD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The brooch is approximately 3/4 complete, with the damage probably occuring post-deposition. The brooch has a central ring motif and multiple ring and dot motifs located around the circumference near the external edge. Around the periphery are multiple raised dots, punched through from the reverse side of the brooch. Both faces of the brooch retain some silvering. The reverse of the brooch retains the catchplate however the spring and pin is missing. This style of disc brooch …
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-03FAE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy disc brooch (c. 400-c. 600). The plate would have originally been circular in plan and the pin is missing. At the front there is a central ring-and-dot motif. This consists of a central pit (the dot) with four concentric rings and grooves. There is an outer ring with two grooves close the damaged edge. The rear face is flat except for the single pin-lug and catch-plate. The pin-lug is incomplete as a break has occurred across the hole for the bar that secured the pin. In side view the catch-plate is an elongat…
Created on: Saturday 6th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.