Record ID: WMID-BBCC99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob from a florid cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 525-560/70.  This object is a side knob from a florid cruciform brooch which has been cast seperately and would have been attached to the wing of the brooch with rivets. The end terminal where this side knob would have attached to the wing of the brooch is damaged and the rivets missing.  Adjacent to the damaged edge where the knob would have attached to the rest of the brooch is a rectangular panel decorated with four broadly rectangular annulets with rounded edges. Surrounding the …
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: WAW-3AA3C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Early-Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch made from gilded copper alloy. It is sub-circular and has abraded and incomplete edges. There is an incomplete lipped edge which is obliquely angled outwards. The front of the brooch is decorated with high-relief Style I animal motifs that are degenerate and are spiralling around a central undecorated boss. The motifs are formed by triple-stranded curved blocks all within a high-relief border with transverse grooves. The angled rim has a fine linear groove running around the base. The reverse has two incomplete, integr…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
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Record ID: WAW-BAA488
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron hammer head of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date. Rectangular section 14.8 x 12.8 thinning to form a flat sectioned (16.0 x 7.7mm) pane, the transition being marked by a tight curve behind the eye. The eye is oval, 13.0 x 7.2mm, The iron is exfoliating. Length 76.0mm, Mass 57.02g. Iron tools are difficult to date but this hammer can be compared to examples from Old Saram, Wiltshire, dated to the 11th century and Wintringham, Cambridgeshire, early 14th century (Goodall 2011, Fig. 2.5, Nos 32 and 33). It can also be compared to hammers from the Tattershall Thorpe, Lincoln…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Record ID: WAW-410444
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Early-Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch made from gilded copper alloy. It is sub-circular and has abraded and incomplete edges. There is an incomplete lipped edge which is obliquely angled outwards. The front of the brooch is decorated with high-relief Style I animal motifs that are degenerate and are spiralling around a central undecorated boss. The motifs are formed by double-stranded curved blocks all within a high-relief border with transverse grooves. The angled rim has a fine linear groove running around the centre. The brooch appears to have a circular pe…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-CE26BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch: The copper alloy brooch is circular in plan, although the edges are heavily abraded. The original edge is not visible, but a fragment, in profile, reveals the edge has a small lip which is obliquely angled outwards. The outer face of the brooch is decorated with a central thick annulet with a finer annulet without. Radiating from this fine annulet there are four lozenges in high-relief equi-distant from each other. Between two lozenges there is a rectangular platform, between the others are curvaceous strands forming almost a q…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: WMID-CE6945
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval copper alloy and gilded saucer brooch, dating to the late 5th to 6th centuries. The copper alloy brooch is circular in plan and in profile the brooch is a trapezoid due to the outer rim which is obliquely angled outwards. The outer face of the brooch is decorated with a centrally placed incised five pointed star motif. There is a circular boss in the centre of the star motif which has been moulded in light relief. The star is enclosed within a circumferential band with a radial bar design. This design consists of a series of incised linear ribs in groups equally s…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-FF2E4D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead, which originally was probably a biconical shape. The bead is made from rolled sheet metal which has transverse ribs on the exterior with a wider, undecorated central strip. The interior of the bead is undecorated. A portion of the bead is missing, running the length of the bead. The broken edges look to have occurred recently.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: WAW-5C71DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch which is broken into two pieces: The copper alloy brooch is sub-circular in plan and has abraded and incomplete edges. There are traces of a lipped edge which is obliquely angled outwards. The outer face of the brooch is decorated with high-relief Style I animal motifs that are degenerate and are formed by double and triple stranded curved blocks surrounding a central flattened boss. The reverse has two integral lugs, one at each edge. One lug has a bent, perforated terminal. The other lug is a rectangular protrusion which has i…
Created on: Saturday 19th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cubbington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-5C502B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch: The copper alloy brooch is circular in plan and in profile the brooch is a trapezoid as the edge of the brooch, on the outer face, has a lip which is obliquely angled outwards. The outer face of the brooch is decorated with high-relief cross motif. The cross has a swollen centre with a central, circular cell. The cell appears to have the remains of a black substance which has a pitted surface. Each quarter has two quarter, concentric ridges, at the centre of the brooch. At the apex of the outer ridge there is a wide rectangular…
Created on: Saturday 19th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cubbington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5105C9
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2015 T270. INITIAL RECORD OF DISCOVERY (see below for Curator's report). A copper alloy long handled pan, associated silver mounts as well as box hinges and mounts were discovered by a metal detecting user on 28th March 2015. The detectorist stopped exploration and over the following few days a controlled archaeological excavation was carried out. The grave of an adult female was exposed, and a number of other artefacts were found and recorded in situ. The pan appears to have been in a wooden box, which was decorated with c.10 copper alloy sub-rectangular mounts (undecora…
Created on: Monday 20th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Compton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-77A22D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver pyramid mount of Early Medieval dating (first half of the 7th Century AD). Around 50% of the pyramid mount is present, consisting of the top (apex) and two sides (faces). The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The mount is hollow and originally would have had a square base. The broken stub of a transverse bar, originally for a strap attachment, is preserved on the base. The two surviving faces of the pyramid mount are decorated with the same chip-carved design, comprising a hanging triangle at the tip of the face, with sub-trian…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellesbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-E96A51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy gilded great square headed brooch fragment, of Early Medieval dating (c. AD 450 to c. AD 600). Less than 25% of the brooch is present, consisting only of part of the bow and a small amount of the head plate. The rest of the brooch is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The brooch fragment is sub triangular in plan, and curved in section. The front has been gilded. The decoration on the front can be separated in two parts: the bow and the square plate. The bow is decorated with a central rectangular ridge, with two lower ridges diagonally to either sid…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rugby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D4F8B6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blue and white annular glass bead of Early Medieval dating (5th to 7th Centuries AD). The bead has been made from an opaque white glass, with translucent dark blue glass trails as decoration on the surface. It is circular in plan. It has convex sides, with the ends flattened, almost an oblate form. Slight pitting is present on the surface. The decorative pattern consists of a central pellet within an oval border. Three pattern repeats are present. The central perforation has been located slightly off centre, it has parallel sides, with an internal diameter of 2.88 mm. T…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North warwickshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-7A89A7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gilded silver early Anglo-Saxon pyramidal scabbard mount. The mount is sub-square when seen from above, and trapezoidal when seen from the side. The base reveals the mount is hollow, with an integral transverse bar running across the centre. The exterior of each of the four side panels is filled with a wide curvy squiggle, consisting of a standing arch (inverted U) with upturned ends to form an omega motif. Each of these shapes has a ridged border and a slender, low-relief central groove, and is set within a trapezoidal low-relief border. There is gilding survi…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-916283
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Holmegard / Kragehul type sword pommel, of Early Medieval dating (5th to 6th Centuries AD). The sword pommel is sub boat-shaped with an enlarged trapezoidal central section, with two broad flutes between three double incised lines on both faces. Both flanking 'arms' have upper edges, which curve gently downwards the terminal and have four double incised lines between four broad flutes on both faces that continue over the narrow upper edge. The base is flat. There is a tapering vertical rectangular perforation for the missing tang (tapering upwards fro…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2013
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Record ID: PAS-CF6701
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold biconical bead from a necklace, made from a single coiled length of plain unbeaded wire. Both ends of the wire appear original; one is neatly tapered and the other has a blunter end. The coils are soldered together, but there does not appear to be an internal backplate to which the wire is soldered, as there are occasional cracks through which the solid soil infilling can be seen. The bead is slightly flattened lengthways and there is an indentation on one side. Dimensions: It measures 12mm in length and 5mm at its widest, and weighs 1.9g. Discussion: This…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burmington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-5C23C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
REPORT FOR HM CORONER Potential find of Treasure: Viking silver ring from Kings Newnham, Warwickshire Ref.: 2011 T35 (Rec. no. 7421) Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ring of 92%, with at least 6% copper and detectable amounts of lead and gold; it weighs 1.96 grams. The ring is made from a lozenge-sectioned rod of silver with the ends overlapping by about 15 mm and the tapered tips each twisted once round the hoop; diameter (max) 17 mm. Two rings of similar form, but of different sizes, were found in …
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Newham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3498B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch. The fragment consists of an incomplete head plate with a central panel, incomplete wings and an integral top knob. The front of the rounded knob is broadly flat with a horizontal groove towards the base. The central panel runs from top to bottom of the head plate, with straight sides which diverge towards the break at the base of the head plate. The wings are incomplete, particularly on one side which only retains a fragment beyond the central panel. In profile, the rounded knob protrudes beyond the central panel on t…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-DA3434
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of thin copper-alloy sheet, now roughly square (42 x 32.5 x 0.7 mm), with three of its four edges broken. The fragment is curved, and if the curve were extended, it would give a maximum diameter of 120 mm. The upper edge is the only original edge, and this is undecorated; below, the strip is decorated with repoussé dots arranged in pairs. There is a horizontal line of paired dots below the rim, and what is probably a lattice design below this. The dots are convex on the exterior and concave on the reverse. The surface has traces of a dark green patina. At first, the …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolfhamcote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-345866
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy possible small-long brooch, dating to the Early Medieval period between AD 400-600 (length: 17mm; width: 28mm; thickness: 12mm; weight: 8.56g). This fragment appears to be part of the flat sectioned head-plate (broken and incomplete) and arched bow (also broken and incomplete) of a small-long brooch, with a ridge and recess moulding directly above the arch and two irregular incised lines running down the length of the arch. Additionally, there is a faint crescent ridge radiating from the top of the arch onto the head-plate. The back of the artefact …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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