Record ID: LVPL-5F83C5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a 9th century silver strap-end. Animal head terminal Potential Treasure find from Collingham, Nottinghamshire: Fragment of Anglo-Saxon strap-end (2006 T552) Date: 9th century Description: Anglo-Saxon fragment of strap-end. Only the tip survives, with its typical zoomorphic terminal, showing a stylised animal mask seen from above, with a rounded muzzle and prominent triangular ears raising from rounded diameters, in a style typical of the midlands. Discussion: The main body of the strap end would have been filled with decoration that can be postulated when compared to conte…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Sunday 16th March 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-C533B0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment with chip carved decoration and substantial gilding surviving. The decoration comprises a beast or mans head with a bifurcating tongue protruding from the mouth. Two small copper alloy rivets present towards the top edge.
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F44B72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable fragment of an Anglo-Saxon shield mount in cast copper alloy dating to the 6th century AD. Rounded body with rectangular projection with dome headed rivet on back. The body is decorated with two rows of punched ring and dot between two pairs of incised lines. The rectangular projection has a double collar. Extensive gilding survives on the front face. Reference: T. M. Dickinson, Symbol of Protection: The Significance of Animal-ornamented Shields in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Medieval Archaeology Vol. XLIX 2005, pp109-163. Alternatively this may be part of a mount from ho…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-F15235
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hook piece of an Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp, three attachment holes along the rear edge, central hook on front edge. Decorated over entire surface with chip carved motif incorporating a central incomplete elongated oval containing a possible animal/beast design. Extensive gilding survives on the decoration.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-590945
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut half penny of Harold II
Created on: Monday 13th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-C86A61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of bow of Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Band of double lines, remnant of animal head terminal. Catchplate present.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-4EEDA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century AD. Head missing, arched bow with facetted bottom corners, (the top corners are missing) deeply concave behind with medial moulding on the front; transverse beaded moulding at junction with bow, transverse lines below, semi-circular lappet to either side (one missing), step at junction with foot; animal head terminal with prominent eyes, V-shaped step to nose decorated with triple incised lines, fused nostrils with terminal loop supporting a split bronze ring.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-D492B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy openwork mount in the Urnes style. Decorated on one side with cast interlace, plain on the back. Irregular in plan but roughly tapers to a narrow end where it has broken. The opposite wider end has an off-centre pointed projection.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8CBBE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy open work disk with possible animal motifs. Decorated with ring and dot on both surfaces. The dots are drilled. Incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-E54F86
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, cast copper alloy, probable strap end. Rectangular body with a rolled flange (damaged), the apex is missing. The base extends beyond the flange and has a row of four rivets, two of which survive. The body is decorated in cast relief with a branching design set within a frame. Traces of gilding visible of front of mount.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-E2F3E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. Corroded and denuded head plate which has two perforations and appears to have been notched to either side of the bow. Transverse groove on the arched bow toward the junction with the head plate.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-E1EA50
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crudely cast lead alloy finger ring. Prominent casting seam around the inside of the loop. Heart-shaped bezel with a quatrefoil at the centre of a cross - the vertical arms of which are expanded at the terminals like a cross patee, the horizontal arms are pointed. Half pellet at each angle of the cross. The cross is framed within four arched tressures.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-E1CE93
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon hipped dress pin. Shank is bent at a 45 degree angle at tip. Swelling, or hip, on shank immediately before the bend. Solid cast ovoid head with grooved twist (wrythern) decoration. Small collar between shank and head. Diameter of head 9.5mm, diameter of shank 2.2mm.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-810C44
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Late Anglo-Saxon iron padlock key. Lanceoloate handle with terminal loop missing, the bit is missing apart from a fragment which bifurcates. For possible parallels see Biddle 'Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester', 1990, Nos. 3693-3723. These are dated to the 10th and 11th centuries A.D.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-16F352
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
End fragment of a cast silver ingot which has been cut from a longer ingot. Sub-rectangular in section tapering to blunt point. Knife cuts visible on the upper and lower surfaces. Likely to be of Viking date and commonly referred to as hack silver.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barmby Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL-5D64F3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irish bronze vessel mount. Robust bronze casting dominated by a stylised human face mask. The top of the mount is flat with a slight lip around the front edge. The eyes are simple raised mouldings. The nose is a narrow vertical ridge which goes on to divide a 'mouth' which is represented by an oval moulding forming a pair of sub-triangular cells. The moulding may represent the mouth or even nostrils. The mount has been drilled once between the 'mouth' and the long chin, resulting in a circular hole suggesting mechanical re-attachment or re-use. The long chin projects in side pro…
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-615CA5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Openwork symmetrical bronze mount. Triangular in plan with one incuse side. A pair of countersunk holes at the centre. Pierced with single small hole at each apex. Small spur-like projections to either side of the apices.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-612738
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Openwork symmetrical bronze mount. Central design of adjoining opposed C's decorated with incised lines each containing an openwork 'eye'. Perforated oval projection to either. Flat on the back. Resembles a face with prominent eyes if positioned vertically. Decorated in abstract Ringerike-style motifs and, as such, broadly 11th century in date.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-BEDF02
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Anglo-Saxon stirrup-strap mount. Triangular with slightly bowed sides. Depicting a lion looking upwards with its fron paw raised and tail curled between its legs and over its back. Pierced tri-lobed apex from which a pendant lobe penetrates the frame above the liaons head. The base is pierced by two lower fixing holes and a right-angle flange projects rearwards. This example fits into William's Class A, Type 11A (Williams 1997)
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
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Record ID: LVPL2390
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Styca of Wigmund, Archbishop of York
Created on: Monday 9th December 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.