Record ID: SF-BE7600
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy small-long brooch of Early-Medieval date (Anglo-Saxon).  Only the head remains, which would have formed a trefoil shape, one arm is missing. To the rear, there is iron corrosion remaining from the now missing pin.  Length: 23.64mm Width: 25.15mm Weight: 5.03g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iken', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2C0C14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small long brooch dating to c.AD 450-550. Penn and Brugmann (2007) Sm2 or Sm3. Only the headplate and part of the bow has survived. The headplate comprises a trefoil head with three projecting sub-rectangular lobes with semi-circular cut aways at each angle. The bow springs from the headplate; it has a D cross-section and is decorated on the convex side with oblique indentations where the bow meets the headplate, creating a trapezoidal block at the upper portion of the bow. A central raised band extends from the block.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D661C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy cloisonne enamel lugged disc brooch of the late early-medieval period dating c.AD 975-1125. The brooch comprises a circular back plate with a raised circumferential flange within which contains a central trefoil design formed of cloisonné (inlaid enamel or glass) decoration within cast cells.The decoration comprises  three semi-circular cells, each filled with (now mostly missing) red enamel and with a raised copper alloy boss in the centre of each cell. The three cells are equally spaced around a central circular boss, form…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-454737
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy continental plate brooch, dating to c.AD 80 BC - 250. The brooch appears to have originally been trefoil shaped in plan, one of the lobes is missing. Each lobe is decorated with a convex circular boss. At the top of the brooch is a drop shaped protrusion which to the rear houses the lug to support the now missing pin. Part of the catchplate remains and sits in the centre of the lower lobe.  Length: 31.1 mm Width: 17.7 mm Thickness: 7.1 mm Weight: 5.22 g A similar brooch is illustrated in Mackreth, plate 118 no 1473 An identical…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D0333A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch with most of the pin missing. The frame is oval, flat on the reverse and bevelled on the internal and external edges on the front. There is a constriction for the pin at one of the narrow ends and opposite this an externally-projecting approximately trefoil or T-shaped knop. This has two short opposing convex-edged and pointed lateral foils and a larger and longer central foil, perpendicular to these and parallel with the pin. It terminates in a rounded point shortly after a step-down in thickness from the front of a fraction of millimetre.  T…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-7D9469
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. At the head there is a trefoil-shaped plate consisting of a central rectangular section with a D-shaped projection to either side, each with a notch to either side behind it creating a constriction. A further D-shaped section would have projected from the outer end originally, but this is now missing. To the reverse there is the inner remains of a single lug pin fitting. The upper part of the bow projects downwards from the lower edge of the head. This is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat rev…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-17BB93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The piece is virtually complete save for the missing pin. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. The front face of the headplate is decocorated with two parallel incised grooves running along  the edge. The edge of the trefoils are decorated two parallel incised transverse grooves. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section and curved. Its underside is concave. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-36B5FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper alloy possible small long brooch, c.AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a flat, possible trefoil head plate. The bow, foot and catchplate are missing. The headplate is sub-rectangular in form with an old break three sides and a waisted section leading to a triangular plate, possibly of the head. The reverse of the sub-rectangular plate has a slight lip to it, which suggests the beginnings of the catchplate. The obverse face is heavily abraded, obscuring any potential remains of decoration. Overall the object has a …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F8E0D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a, trefoil head plat and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. Each arm has a triangular knop positioned before the trefoil terminal. The front face of the headplate is now heavily worn but appears undecorated. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section  and curved. It in. It is decorated with a median longitudinal incised groove…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-65EAE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete trefoil head plate and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. Only one arm now survices, projecting from the side edge. It is broadly an elongated crescent. It carries punched ring and dots running along the heavily abraded outer edge. The headplate is plain. The bow projects from the underside of the headplate and is C-shaped in section. It is decorated with a median longitudinal arris. At the junction of the headplate a…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-994A3C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Middle to Late Early Medieval copper alloy 'ansate' or 'equal arm' type brooch dating to c AD 700-1000.  Weetch (2014) type XIII 'Other or unknown type'. The pin of the brooch is missing and the catchpate loop is damaged, otherwise the brooch is in remarkable condition.  The brooch comprises trefoil terminals at each end which are attached to a wider heart shaped lobe.  The brooch then rises up into a semi-circulare section which has parallel sides and is decorated with two raised horizontal ribs and in the centre a rectangular section whi…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-920A20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy lozenge-shaped continental series plate brooch dating to c. AD100-250. Around half of the piece is extant. Lozengiform in in plan with straight edges it has double lobed terminal. The lobes are inlaid with blue enamel on the front face. The surviving body would have been inlaid with enamel but none now survives. Three circular cells would also have been inlaid with enamel. Projecting from each edge at the midsection are two trefoil knops. On the reverse, situated just under the head is a D-shaped lug which would have contained a now missing hinged …
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Broome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F95817
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon small-long bow brooch dating to c.AD 450-550. Only the head plate has survived, which has is flat an in a trefoil shape with 3 knobs. There is evidence of the pin arrangement at the back. The pin was likely made of iron indicated by the iron corrosion around the pin arrangement. The plate is worn and has irregular scratches across the front, especially worn around the top knobs which may be decorative but is unclear due to its irregularity. The pin has a brown/green patina. Measurements for thickness were taken without the pin arrangem…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-E8D616
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of a copper alloy Cruciform Brooch of Early Medieval date (AD 475-525). Leeds (1945) Trefoil-headed type. Ascribed culture: Anglo-Saxon. The object is composed of a partial headplate in two parts and a foot or lappet. The larger of the fragments consists of a square central plate with recessed longitudinal outer rectangular panels flanking. From the left-hand side, a trefoil lobe is with a raised rectangular panel which expands into the lobe which is decorated with curvilinear grooves defining each lobe and repeating punched rings around the outer edges of the lobes. …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-FD3483
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of early medieval date. Description: Fragment of an early medieval copper alloy brooch of the cruciform type, dating from AD450-600. The remaining portion consists of the lower end of the bow and the foot. There is a ridged collar across the top of the zoomorphic animal head foot. Below the grooves there is a low brow ridge with two bulbous eyes above a long face of what appears to be a horse head terminal. There is a slightly enlarged trefoil shape terminal representing the nose. The stump of the catch plate remai…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Haconby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-2DCB3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy brooch (probably ansate) of early medieval date (c.500-1000). Description: The brooch remains as one terminal which is now trefoil in shape due to wear and breakage to the edges. Approximately one third of the curved bow remains. The terminal is decorated on the front with a single ring-and-dot motif at the centre. The reverse of the terminal has the remains of a lug for the pin which is missing. The object has a dark brown pitted patina revealing a light green colour underneath.  Measurements: length: 24.2mm; width: 14.2mm; thick…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-C4B7D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 475-550. The piece is complete save for the now missing pin. The headplate is trefoil. It is flat with a square shaped central panel and three rounded knops projecting from the edges. Emerging from the base of the headplate is the curved bow, plano-convex in section. It is plain. The foot has a rectangular flat panel which gives way to a zoomorphic terminal. The terminal is a very sytlised rendering a of a horse's head. Its eyes are formed of recessed rectangular slots with bevelled edges before the snout is…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BF68A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch dating to c.AD 450-550. Penn and Brugmann Type sm2 or sm3. The brooch has a trefoil head with circular cut outs between each lobe. The three lateral lobes are broadly sub-oval in shape and extend from a central rectangular block, one of the lobes has traces of ringed dot decoration.  The bow springs out of the headplate, a prominent D-shape in cross-section. The bow tapers gently to a old break. At the junction of the headplate and bow is a transverse ridge. On the reverse, the pin lug is parallel …
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Irby upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AD3858
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 trefoil-shaped consisting of a central square with D-shaped sections projecting to either side and the outer end, each with a notch to either side behind it. The majority of the D-shaped section on the right is missing and some of the outer one. The outer face of the central section is decorated with a raised square while each D-shaped section is decorated with a line of small C-shapes along the outer edge and an engraved line across the inner edge. In the centre of the reverse …
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AD0EF8
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 in two connected sections. One section consists of the head and the other the bow and part of the foot. The head plate is trefoil-shaped consisting of a central square with D-shaped sections projecting to either side and the outer end, each with a notch to either side behind it. The outer face of the central section is decorated with a raised square while each D-shaped section is decorated with a line of small C-shapes along the outer edge and an engraved line across the inner edge. In t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.