Record ID: BM-4E550E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Tubular casting of silver, broken at both ends and with cast decoration on all external surfaces and one glass inlay remaining; maximum length 38mm; width 14.5 mm. There appears to be gilding and this is neither confirmed nor denied by the scientific report. Part of the original upper edge remains together with a broken hole for an attachment rivet, showing that this is a discrete finial or decorative terminal. The broader part of the tube consists of three panels of similar six-strand interlace in low relief which taper slightly to a narrow collar above a prominent rounded collar (le…
Created on: Friday 6th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-138695
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Third fragment of an Anglo-Saxon silver brooch from the Heckington area. The previous two fragments were reported as 2004T162, recorded on the PAS database at LIN-9B7487, and included in Weetch's (2013) catalogue as no. 591. Description: Fragment of a silver disc brooch. About one fifth of the original object is preserved, with remains of one boss on the front, surrounded by probable iron corrosion products, perhaps the remains of the filling of the boss. The rivet stump from the boss is visible on the back. The mount was engraved with Trewhiddle-style floral ornament, which reta…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington area', grid reference and parish protected.