Record ID: YORYM-115744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2008 T745 Silver-gilt brooch Date: 13th - 14th Century Description: A medieval silver-gilt brooch. The brooch frame is formed from six rounded lobes, each with a trefoil shaped knop extension at the apex. The overall form of the brooch being sexfoil. The edges of the arches are slightly chamfered. The brooch reverse is flat. One of the lobes is missing a trefoil and has a pin constriction instead. The pin has a lozenge shaped head, which has an open loop cut into it. This loop fits around the pin constriction. The pin itself has a square section and a blunt po…
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandsby-cum-Stearsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-03C056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy small-long brooch, dating to the 6th – 7th Century. Small-long brooches tend not to have the side knobs. The brooch has a rectangular head plate, with the trefoil type extensions. These extensions are decorated with incised triangles formed from individual incised lines and raised pellets. The upper part of the bow survives, with a convex arch- with a raised spine down the centre. The brooch is then broken below this, the break is worn. The break has resulted in the loss of the lower bow and foot. On the reverse of the head there is a small, broken central pierce…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-126AF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A miniature Medieval brooch in the shape of a trefoil with three globular projections positioned at each external recess. The frame is nicely shaped with a chamfered edge. The brooch retains its pin, which is designed to lie diagonally across its breadth, resting beneath the opposite globular projection. Miniature brooches are an enigmatic category of object and may have been designed for infants, children or even pets; or they may have been worn as multiples. They were either used with very fine fabrics or they were stitched into place. The brooch is silver-gilt and dates f…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM1684
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Trefoil brooch of Borre chain/interlace style. 1 arm of uniface, flat section, moderate relief moulded decoration. Even, light brown surface. Broken fairly recently in situ.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE POCKLINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM1706
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
local version? Very crudely executed, dull brown surface, near trefoil shaped head tapering sharply to mid proximal section, expanding to lozenge shaped mid bow, angular fan tail below lozenge. Central lozenge decoration circle divided in to segments with inner central circular recess, infilled with orange coloured enamel. Pin extinct, v denuded esp. reverse.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE SHERBURN IN ELMET', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM908
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small head with very simple trefoil head, v flattened Stamped borders across foil and in square to delineate panel in centre head. Inside borders, irregular stamped circlets. Bow undecorated save for 3 sets 3 incuse horizontal lines. Foot undecorated. V pronounced iron hinge, corroded in situ on reverse. Catchplate extant, pin extinct. Dull dark grey-green and brassy surface. Severely denuded by wave action.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE SKIPSEA', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4D4341
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch of medieval date. The brooch frame is sub ovate in plan as it has been broken and bent out of shape. It has a trefoil design of tall circular collets (or turrets) projecting from the upper surface at quarterly intervals. Eleven of the collets are filled with an off-white substance which is probably calcium carbonate paste and the third is now empty. A constriction is present in one remaining quarter around which a D-shaped sectioned pin is hinged. The reverse of the brooch frame is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid brown-dark green p…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-070C62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2017 T1012. An incomplete silver-gilt sexfoil brooch of medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch frame is formed from six rounded lobes, five of which have a trefoil shaped knop extending outward from the apex. The sixth lobe has a recess for the pin though the pin no longer survives. The point at which four of the lobes meet to the inner side of the frame also have trefoil knops. Two of the lobes do not have these features though they may have been lost to worn breaks. The edges of the lobes are chamfered with traces of gilding remaining and the reverse of the…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DCBCA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bow and fantail brooch of Roman date, c.AD 50 - 150. The brooch survives as the fantail and part of the catch plate only. The upper face of the fantail is decorated with a central concave trefoil design, depicted in blue enamel and surrounded by an enamelled, triangular border. The border on the left and right sides is depicted in red enamel. The metal has a pale-green patina throughout, with pale brown concretions present on the underside. Length: 20.7mm, width: 17.1mm, thickness (from base, including catch plate): 7.8mm, weight: 1.9g The specific…
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-C2BBAC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy headstud brooch of Roman date, c.AD 75 - 200. The head of the brooch comprises rectangular wings with a concave reverse which retains a single centrally positioned semi-circular integral lug. No pin or hinge/spring remains. The front of each wing has three vertical grooves resulting in a stepped effect. An integral rectangular bow extends centrally from the front of the wings, tapering to a worn circular foot knop. The front of the bow is decorated with a central column of three vertically aligned rectangular cells each of which retain yellow enamel. A fo…
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th September 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-3C89E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval Scandinavian cast copper alloy Borre-style convex disc brooch of Jansson's Type II, dating to c. 850-950. It is discoidal and domed, decorated on the upper face with three inward-looking Borre style animal heads separated by the lobes of a double-contoured trefoil. On the reverse it has an Anglo-Scandinavian arrangement for attachment comprising a transversely-set pin-lug surrounded by iron oxide corrosion, and the stump of an off-set catch plate. On the front face it is strongly abraded at the apex of the boss but traces of gilding survive at the fla…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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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: YORYM-2D034E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch of Roman date, c.AD 100-200. The brooch is lozenge shaped with a worn trefoil shaped knop at each corner. A raised lozenge shaped rim is inset from the edges of the plate and contains a recessed cell, with a circular raised rim around a circular recessed cell in the centre of the brooch. The lozenge shaped cell is filled with the remnants of an enamel which is bright orange in colour. No trace of enamel remains in the central circular cell. On the reverse is an incomplete open sprung pin mechanism. An integral lug projects f…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-87A10A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 500 – 550. Martin Type 3. All that remains of the brooch is a length of lower bow and a horse-head style terminal foot. The upper portion of the brooch is lost to an old, worn break. The bow fragment is sub-rectangular with a D-shaped section and moulded decoration on the upper surface. Three transverse raised ridges are present at the juncture of the bow and foot, presumably representing the brow and eyes of the horse. The foot is trefoil in plan with an elongated central spatulate snout flanked by a pai…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-E17823
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Medieval copper alloy single loop sub-triangular buckle c1250-1400. The outer edge of the look is expanded and terminates in a trefoil shaped moulding. There is a narrowed and offset strap bar. The top surface of the buckle is decorated with and has a notch for the pin to rest in. The back of the brooch is plain . The pin is a strip of copper bent round the strap bar, the tip of the pin is missing. The buckle is well preserved and has a dark green patina. For similar examples see Whitehead (2016) pg. 24, No. 112. Length: 25.19mm; width: 35.99mm; thickness: 3.…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockshutt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-E4F9B5
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman: An incomplete cast copper alloy scabbard runner, of Roman dating (1st to 4th Centuries AD). The scabbard runner is sub rectangular in plan, and irregular in section. It consists of a tapering chamfered shank, with a saltire incised on the trefoil terminal. Two short incomplete shanks are present on the reverse. It measures 60.94mm in length, 7.84mm wide and 16.71 mm thick. It weighs 8.1 grams. A similar example has been published as #515 in Allason-Jones, 2008, chapter 11. Scabbard runners of this type are fairly common in the northern provinces from the 1st Century onwar…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
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Record ID: WMID2454
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The body of the brooch is rectangular with central high-relief rectangle. This high-relief rectangle has a rectangular cell on its upper surface. Protruding from one narrow end of the body is a sub-oval with a circular hole. Protruding from the opposite edge of the body is a trefoil decorated with a ring and dot design. On the reverse of the trefoil is the remains of a catchplate. Opposite is a lug holding a sprung pin, which is intact. The reverse of the body of the brooch has a hollowed circle.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GLOUCESTERSHIRE WILLERSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID4073
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Only the bow head of the brooch remains. The bow head has a vertical trefoil plate, from which the bow protrudes. The bow is triangular in section which tapers, however only a short portion of the bow remains. On the reverse of the plate there is a vertical lug with a central circular hole. The surface of the brooch has a light green patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE TEMPLE GRAFTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID740
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Annular brooch which has a pin curled around the frame. The section of the frame is 'D' shaped. There is a single notch in the frame for the pin. On the outer edge of the frame, at the tip of the notch is a protruding uniface trefoil. Only the upper face is slightly moulded to define the leaves. The pin is incomplete.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 1999
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER NAUNTON BEAUCHAMP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-88BA43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy small-long brooch (length: 33.8mm; width: 25.9mm; thickness: 12mm; weight: 7.55g) with a head-plate trefoil around a central square. The arms are D-shaped with a singular ring and dot decoration in between each of the arms and the central square. There is also probable ring decoration along the curved and corroded outer edge of two of the arms (the other arm is more damaged), as well as traces of gilding. The brooch is incomplete from beneath the arched bow (convex in front, flat behind). On the back of the brooch, there is a single hinge with a brok…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.