Record ID: YORYM-20B68C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled vessel of Roman date, c.AD43-150. Eight fragments including a handle, base, and six body pieces were found. A further two copper alloy fragments, also possible body pieces, were found in close proximity though are undecorated and cannot be definitively linked to the patera. The handle is sub-ovate and elaborately decorated, flaring out to either end. The terminal is a rounded trefoil from which a roughly even-sides stem extends. The opposite end of the handle flares again into two wide, integral semi-circular arms which would have joined to t…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E15DD4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy artefact, probably the head from a late Iron Age ring headed pin variant, dating from 300 BC to AD 100. It consists of three conjoined hemispheres surrounding a central shank, arranged in a trefoil. The shank has broken away and only a short stub remains in place. The convex face (the side from which the pin shank would have extended) of each hemisphere is decorated with a triangle of incised, narrow grooves and the flat face of each hemisphere with a raised ring and dot motif surrounded by a deep circular groove. Any enamel or coral that may have been in th…
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2016
Last updated: Saturday 12th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8A1BCA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy weight dating from the Early Medieval period, about AD 800 - 1100. The weight is hexagonal in plan with a flat base and sides that taper slightly inwards towards the top. Three sides are longer than the other three sides, arranged alternately. The top is inset with a decorative copper alloy plate that is also hexagonal but with concave sides. The central motif on the plate is an equilateral triangle with concave sides, each of the three apices of the triangle terminating in a crescent with the points facing outwards to create three sides of the hexagon. Each of the concav…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-645D38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch of Leeds 1945, Trefoil-headed type. The head is decorated with punched crescentic impressions around the edge of each foil and in three straight lines at the centre as a pseudo panel. The hollow-backed bow lies below and above a rectangular panel forming facets. A blob of white metal or solder adhering to the lower part of the bow continues onto the footplate as a thin deposit which runs over a single transverse engraved line. Below a short length of side chamfers a single transverse half-round moulding is engraved with five transverse lines.…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2020
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Record ID: ESS-AC1B78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, dating from the late 1st-2nd century AD. Much of the brooch survives with only part of the pin missing. At the head, there are three coils of the spring on either side of the central lug. There is a ridge running down the centre of the bow with a groove in the middle. There are traces of walked graver work over the groove, common for the Springhead type. There appears to be further engraved decoration below the ridge, though some of the patina has been removed making it unclear. The bow ends in a rounded knop and there is a triangular perforati…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7DA13A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon copper alloy Ansate brooch, worn and corroded with trefoil or lobed terminals and traces of two transverse grooves defining a central rib on the bow. Both terminals are decorated with pairs of oblique grooves flanking the central lobe. There is a catch-plate and a double pin lug both containing corroded fragments of an iron pin on the reverse. Cf. Hübener 1972 Gruppe 9; and Thörle 2001 Gruppe XII A 1 Typ East Harling. Length 35mm. Width 6.5mm. 8th-9th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-40023A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval framed brooch of uncertain form with none of the frame present, apart from a collet and a large flat plate. A collet, round internally, ovoid externally and containing white fixative lies next to a break on one side and a three-quarter-round plate on the other. This is pierced in the centre by a rivet hole with the remains of a rivet and there is another break opposite the junction with the collet. The curving inner edge of the collet and projection suggests an inner diameter of c.20mm. It is likely that the complete object might be reconstructed as an open tref…
Created on: Saturday 12th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-7070E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy small long brooch, of Anglo-Saxon date (5th to 6th Centuries AD). Only the head and part of the bow survive; the footplate and pin are missing. The brooch would originally have had a trefoil head around a central square head. Only the lobe on the left side survives; the central and right lobes are missing. The left lobe is decorated with parallel ridges. The central square head is decorated with two rows of ring and dot motifs (6 complete and traces of a 7th on the left side and 6 complete on the right side). The bow is curved and hemispherical (D sh…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DBDC6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch of Leeds 1945 Trefoil-headed type, one damaged arm, part of another and the lower end of the bow and all beneath it missing. There is the stump…
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-83685B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn flat fragment of copper alloy with most of the unbroken rounded edge followed by a row of short punched dashes and with a central punched ring-and-dot, possibly the left-hand lobe of an Early Saxon Small-long brooch of Leeds 1945, trefoil-headed type, cf. ibid. fig. 4 f. Dimensions 20.4 x 21.5 x 1.3mm. Weight 2.40g. c.480 - c.500.
Created on: Saturday 20th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2020
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Record ID: KENT-21ED60
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An assemblage of grave-goods probably belonging to that of an Anglo-Saxon (Kentish) woman of the late 6th-early 7th centuries (c.575-625 AD). The assemblage was discovered by a metal detectorist, with a follow-up archaeological excavation identifying a number of associated items although no clear grave cut was discernible. The assemblage contains the following artefacts: Items found by metal detector: (a) and (b): Two silver disc-on-bow brooches with garnet inlays (c) and (d): Two silver pins (e) Gilded silver disc brooch with garnet inlays (f) Three copper-alloy sho…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Maidstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-0BA8A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold ring, formed of a band, slightly D-shaped or convex in section. The exterior is decorated with four five- or six- petalled flowers, each with foliage on either side. Each flower and foliage motif is separated from the next by a diagonal groove filled with tiny pellets. The interior is plain, except for an inscription in black letter text which appears to read, 'nul sy byen' which translates as 'none so good'. Other finger rings which bear this inscription are SUSS-9BAEF6 (2004 T429) and BUC-E07744 (2011T852). It is also to be found on an enamelled trefoi…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F6CED9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch of Leeds 1945 Trefoil-headed type, one arm, part of another and the lower end of the bow and all beneath it missing. On the headplate lines of double half-annulet stamped impressions form a rectangular panel and border both the extant arms. There is the stump of a single pin lug on the reverse and opposed notches and three transverse lines on a rectangu…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0C8C91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy brooch dating to the 14th century. The frame is trefoil shaped with a narrowed constriction for the pin, now missing. There are bevelled edges to the frame on the 'face' side with the reverse being flat.
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-58ABBE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete coper alloy trefoil plate brooch of Later Early- Medieval date (AD 850-1050). The object is composed of three integral arms which are decorated with a raised elaborate knot motif across the entire face of the object. The object is heavily corroded and abraded and further stylistic detail has been lost due to this. The reverse is smooth and undecorated and retains two rectangular projecting spurs with semi-circular recesses. These spurs would have been the pin mount (or lugs) which consists of two half-round plates set vertically into one arm; the pin would originally hav…
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: SUR-2A90FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, with possibly incomplete side wings and with a flat oval-sectioned bow. There is a trefoil of three punched rings and dots on the upper bow.
Created on: Saturday 5th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2016
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Record ID: BH-2F94CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy plate brooch. The brooch takes the form of a trefoil, its upper surface occupied by a cluster of three circular cells, all of the same size. These cells have damaged rims and are largely empty, but one has adhering traces of a black substance, possibly enamel. All three cells have a circular depression at their centre, surrounded by a series of concentric grooves and ridges which suggest that either the brooch or the former was turned on a lathe. Additionally, the outer ring of each cell bears lightly incised zigzag grooves, which may represent 'keying' for the…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C91156
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy badge. Cast discoid badge resembling the form of a small annular brooch, with a broad band and nine [or ten originally] moulded ring and dot spaced equidistantly around its band. The central part appears to have been filled with five or six small trefoils projecting from the cusps of a tressure, and subsequently partly removed by the knife-cut trimming of a roughly cruciform figure, possibly to permit sewn attachment. A mould line and opposed stubs of fastening gear appear on the back. This object appears to be a member of a class of base metal gew-gaws or trinket jewellery…
Created on: Friday 6th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A0FABA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch, dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the foot and part of the pin mechanism is missing. The head is a pointed oval trumpet which is decorated with cells for enamel. There is a trefoil on each side of the trumpet head. On the shoulder of the bow is a worn acanthus moulding which continues right round the bow. The back of the head carries the remains of the pin mounting which was an integral loop, now incomplete. The pin and foot of the brooch are missing too. The breaks are worn and patinated. The brooch has a worn, dark green patina. I…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-4E5328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval long brooch dating to the 450 to 550 AD. The brooch consists of a square plate with 3 semi-circular projections, forming a trefoil shaped head decorated with ring and dot patterns. The reverse of this contains an incomplete semi-circular pin attachment but the iron pin is missing. The bow has a D shaped cross-section curving upwards, forming an arch before returning to a flat alignment where its reverse holds a catchplate. The length is 62mm, the width is 40mm, thickness 15mm and the weight 11.35g. The brooch is similar to fig. 15.74, p.144 in MacGregor, A. and Bolic…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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