Record ID: SF-1BFB96
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable incomplete early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy strap end with a wedge shaped terminal end which is not split, but has two rivet holes, one through either corner with the remains of copper-alloy rivets within them. The shaft is incomplete and what remains is decorated with four transverse mouldings. Superficially this strap-end is of a similar form to the attachment end of a Thomas Class B type I, however, as the wedge shaped attachment end is not split it may have been created from the foot of a small long brooch (Thomas, 2003, pg4-5, fig2). Length: 25.85mm Widt…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickhambrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1BDA32
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible die stamp. Circular moulded die or mount with intertwined bands. Traces of solder on back. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-650 Height: 29.5mm, Width: 28.1mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 14.49gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-18D99A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy possible polyhedral weight. They are basically a cylindrical shape but are faceted unevenly on all sides. All of the faces have a pattern of parallel lines on them. Their weight fits neither the Scandinavian nor Dublin Viking unit weight systems, inspite of this similar shaped weights have been found at various sites of the Viking Great Army camps, see Hadley and Richards (2021) and British Museum accession number 2006.1203.104, dated to 9th century AD. Such shapes are also seen on for example pin heads (BM 1985.1101.11…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-07DA07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early medieval to medieval D-shaped buckle loop frame with a narrowed bar, and a fragment remains of the pin attached to the bar, pin missing. The outside edge of the loop is bevelled. There are zoomorphic mouldings each side of the strap bar. It is 28.49mm in length, 22.02mm in width,3.97mm in thickness and weighs 5.93g. Similar examples can be see in Griffiths et al, 2007, pg62, 310, which they date broadly to the 11th-12th Century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyverstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-07865A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Harthacnut (1035-1042 AD), 'arm and sceptre' type (North 811; Spink 1169) dating to the period c.AD1040-42, moneyer: Godric, mint: Stamford. Refs: North 1994: p.171; Spink 2016: p. 138.  Measurements: Diameter: 18.3mm; weight: 1.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-071BE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Series E, Secondary Phase type, dating c.AD720-40. Obverse: Quilled crescent coiled right, enclosing line of pellets and four bars. Reverse: Standard, beaded to four sides, containing 'TOTII' legend. Measurements: Diameter: 11.84mm; weight: 1.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-06EB59
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end. The strape end is made of two trapzoidal zones whose narrow parallel edges touch, the upper being much bigger than the lower so that it is similar to a butterfly or hourglass shape. The larger section is split into two to provide a slot for a strap to be placed within. It is also pierced by two circular holes which contain circular domed headed rivets. This section is decorated by three incised slightly diagonal and non-parallel lines running across its width. The reverse is plain and undecorated and plain barring one circular pit. The obj…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-06E092
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper-alloy hexagonal 'norse' clapper bell of Early Medieval date (c.AD 850-1050) . The sides are divided into six evenly spaced straight faces with shallow U-shaped notches at the base. At the top is a complete integrally cast rectangular suspension loop with a central circular hole. One side of the bell is missing. The clapper is also missing.  It has a light green surface patina. It measures: length 24.9mm, width 20.8mm, thickness of wall 1.6mm. It weighs 5.3 grams. NMGW-3D73E7 is a similar example and the record notes that:…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-06CB7C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Series E, Secondary Phase type, dating c.AD720-40. Obverse: Quilled crescent coiled right, pellet on body, body outlined in small pellets above and below. Crescent enclosing two bars and cross pommee.  Reverse: Beaded standard containing opposing pairs of interlocked crescents, inner pelleted crescent bridging one corner and cross pommee in opposite with pellet, with central annulet. Measurements: Diameter: 11.55mm; weight: 0.99g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-06B522
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end dating from the Early Medieval period, in the 9th century AD. Although in one piece, the strap end has two distinct parts: the strap attachment plate, and a long tapering shaft. The split-end strap attachment plate is trapezoidal in plan (being 13.4mm long and its width tapering from 9.6mm at the split end to 4.5mm where it joins to the shaft), and wedge-shaped in profile. Near its widest point is one rivet hole. The shaft is 27mm long, and in cross-section goes from circular at the tip, to sub-rectangular where it joins with the s…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-065BE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Series E, Secondary Phase type, dating c.AD720-40. Obverse: Quilled crescent enclosing four bars and two pellets. Reverse: Triple beaded standard containing angular symbols and pellet in annulet in centre. Measurements: Diameter: 12.36mm; weight: 1.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-05A504
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase Series PaIII (type iii) (cf. Gannon 2013, no.39) dating to c.AD660/65-70  Obverse: Diademed bust right, square shoulder, legend [OVN]C surrounding.  Reverse: Plain central cross, annulets in quarters, within beaded circle, part runic legend reads ᛞᛞᚪ AVNAV[...]O[...] Measurements: Diameter: 11.55mm; weight: 1.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-05913B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an Early-Medieval cast copper alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD. Only the zoomorphic terminal and a small section of the plate survives. The fragment begins with a diagonal break truncating a section with a rectangular panel likely displaying a chip carved zoomorphic design. Below this it narrows to a squared off terminal which has incised decoration creating a zoomorphic style terminal This includes large comma-shaped ears and a snout. The strap end has a medium gree…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-056503
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval cast copper alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD.  The strap-end is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan with sides which widen and then narrow from its upper terminal in smooth convex (almsot crinoline) curves. It has an elongated narrow squared off zoomorphic terminal. The plate is split for c. one sixth of its length to provide a slot for a strap to be placed within. The upper terminal of this split end are pierced by two circular holes (c.1.0mm d…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-05406F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900.  The pin comprises a spherical head and circular sectioned shaft. The head is decorated with sinuous spiralling grooves, a decorative type known informally as 'wrythen-headed'. The shaft extends from the base of the head and terminates in a worn break. A collar is present at the junction between the head and shaft. The metal has a dark brown patina and survives in good condition. The pin is 31mm long, 9.5mm in diameter at the head and 1.8mm in diameter at the shaft, and weighs 3.3g. Early Medieval col…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-052BEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early-medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch. The object consists of the zoomorphic foot below two transverse moulded ribs. Immediately above the ribs is a worn transverse break. The creature is heavily stylised, moulded pellets for eyes below two thin incised grooves representing brows. The face flattens before opening out into two flat and semi-circular nostrils which are wider than the rest of the head. The nostrils are separated by a ridge - the snout - which begins at the midpoint between the eyes and runs longitudinally, before terminating in a bifurcat…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-050B2C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Primary Phase Series C1 dating c.AD690-710. Obverse: Radiate bust of crude style, right, runic 'ᚨᛖᛈᚨ', 'ÆPA' or 'ᚨᛈᚨ', 'APA' before, A and annulets behind, pyramidal neck rests on curved exergual above beaded line. Reverse: Standard, beaded to four sides, containing 'TOTII' legend, crosses to sides, Ts at angles.  Measurements: Diameter: 11.91mm; weight: 1.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-045F93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. Only the terminal end survives. The terminal is flat, triangular in form and missing parts of its outer edges due to old breaks. There is no evidence of decoration on the front plate.  On the back face is a single D-shaped pin lug with circular aperture. It is 22.15mm in length, 32.91mm wide and 11.36mm in thickness, weighing 8.12g. This is an incomplete equal-armed brooch. It is similar to those known as the 'Anglian' type, seen as having Scandinavian influence …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-04053E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. The head plate is incomplete missing the top projection and left side knob, roughly trefoil-shaped consisting of a central square with a D-shaped section projecting to the side with a notch to the side behind it. The outer face of the central section is decorated with a raised square while the D-shaped section is decorated with longitudinal lines engraved. In the centre of the reverse of the head there is a sub-rectangular pin lug covered with heavy iron corrosion from the now…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-03EBD6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date (c. AD 900-1100), Thomas Class E, Type 1b (Winchester Style). The artefact comprises a tongue shaped plate with a near complete rectangular attachment plate immediately above. Two rivets (left and middle) are still present on the attachment plate, the third is missing, along with the right corner of the plate. The plate is composed of Winchester style decoration in high relief and in the form of a series of elongated tendrils or leaves in an irregular pattern. At the top of the p…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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