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Record ID: SF-FA4EB5
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Girdle Hanger or symbolic key dating to the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period, c. 480-570AD. The bottom of the shaft and part of E-shaped terminal are preserved. It is decorated with transverse grooves and ring and dot motif. It is a Felder type B2f, inclined upward closed terminal frame with plain prong ends.  This is an Early Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger, an object typically found in burial contexts associated with women. It finds parallels in other examples from Suffolk (see for example West, 1998: nos. 36.2, 53.1-2). Lengt…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-D012DB
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy girdle-hanger. Using Felder's terminology (2014, 35, fig. 3.1), the fragment consists of the suspension loop, shank neck and part of shank, with a granular, unworn break. The suspension loop is a narrow, rounded lobe at the top, pierced from side to side, but the perforation is now blocked with iron corrosion. The shank neck is a D-section area below the suspension loop, divided into five rounded lobes; its junction with the shank is marked with a transverse ridge. The shank itself is rectangular-section and flares very slightly …
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-554D4A
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger dating to c.AD 470-560 Only the shank/neck has survived. It is plano-convex with a thickened side terminating with a broken loop. The thickened end (4.6 mm thick) is decorated with cast transverse ribs: two raised bands, followed by a space, then a further two bands. A medial ridge runs the entire length of the extant piece. Below the thickened section the shaft widens gently and is flatter and is D-shaped in cross-section (2.2 mm thick near the break).The shaft terminates with an old break. The reverse is undecorated…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AC5BE1
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy girdle hanger. Cast E-shaped plate with slightly concave outer edges and a longer central stalk, broken at its upper end. A series of semi-circular stamps, each arc enclosing a dot and so resembling halved ring-and-dot, passes along the outer borders of the central stalk, follows the edges of the troughs on either side, and ascends the inner side of the outer elements. The series also runs intermittently on the outer sides of the latter. Extensive traces of white metal plating were observed during image processing. The girdle hanger was part of an object suite associated w…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-183BED
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal terminal-end fragment of a copper alloy early Saxon girdle hanger. A significant part of the central lower shank survives, flanked by a complete prong to one side, with the formerly symmetrical stub on the other side which is now entirely missing from an old break. The undamaged prong terminates in an outward canted rounded end. One face of the fragment has the entire border decorated with continuous rows of spaced punched dots. The rear face is undecorated. Brown patina over most of the surface. Circa AD460-550. Extant length 46mm, thick…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CA11E6
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal terminal-end fragment of a copper alloy early Saxon girdle hanger. A small part of the central lower shank survives, flanked by a complete prong to one side, and a broken formerly symmetrical stub on the other. The complete lingulate-shaped prong has a surviving outward projecting tab positioned just short of its end. The basal terminal edge of the hanger spanning the width across both prongs has three spaced crenels. One face of the fragment has a decorated border consisting of irregularly spaced lines of punched dots and ring-a…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-556B78
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy girdle hanger fragment. Moulded fragment of a girdle hanger, top end with part of the suspension loop. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 27.3mm, Width: 7.6mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 3.37gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-C65338
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the shaft from a cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger, probably dating to the period AD 400-600. This is the third, central part of a broken incomplete girdle hanger already recorded as LEIC-A4381. The upper surface of the shaft fragment is decorated with a series of paired triangular indentations, and has a  mid-green patina.  The parts of the girdle hanger were found close to the basal part of a similar hanger (LEIC-844097), and may possibly be parts of the same item. The object measures15mm long, 6mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 1.14 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-892BD7
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy girdle hanger. Cast lower part or ‘bit’ of a girdle-hanger, a non-functional or symbolic key worn suspended from the waist as part of the object kit associated with the Anglian burial costume of an adult woman. The object is now of E-shaped form, with the lost central stem represented by a central shorter member which is broken. The lack of decoration is a little unusual and might hint at a piece made for the purpose of equipping a burial, rather than one worn and cherished in life. Corrosion on the rougher side might preserve traces of textile against which th…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Messingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-78F413
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy girdle hanger of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 475 - 600. The object is rectangular in plan and triangular in section. It has a loop at one end from which the rectangular plate extends downward. The loop is at a 90-degree angle to the plate and retains a partial iron axis bar or hinge. The plate is thicker at the loop end narrowing to a worn break at the opposite end and has with facetted moulded decoration to the upper surface. Below the loop, the plate is decorated with two incised chevrons extending from a slight raised spine. Below this is a raised s…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-AD467A
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy girdle hanger. The fragment consists of a section of the shank, shank neck and suspension loop of the girdle hanger, while the lower terminal end now missing. The shank neck is decorated with a wide raised section immediately behind the loop followed by a wide gap and then three widely spaced narrow transverse ridges. Below this the surviving upper part of the shank has a flattened oval cross-section and terminates in an abrupt break. The upper end culminates in a circular suspension loop positioned at a right-angle t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-00540C
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible girdle hanger fragment. Cast object with the stub of a D-section stem and a rectangular bit with two vertical openings, one now blocked by a sliver of ferrous metal. A possible collar is set between stem and bit. The key-like construction and closed wards are features which recall a 6th-century girdle hanger though on a markedly diminished scale, albeit the length of the lost part of the stem is unknown. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 410-700 Length: 24.9mm, Width: 14.6mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 3.75gms
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DC67C5
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy girdle hanger fragment, from the Early Medieval period, around AD 475-600.  It is a cast terminal fragment from the end of a girdle hanger. Part of the base bar and two incomplete vertical bars survive. One face is flat and smooth, and the other is more uneven. The piece has a green patina and there is no visible decoration. The object is 27.4mm long, 30.5mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 10.59g. Girdle hangers are thought to have been non-functional keys which symbolised domestic and marital roles of adult Anglian women in their grave costume, and presumably al…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 22nd July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DB98AB
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early  Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger, dating to the period AD 475 - 600. The object is rectangular in plan and is triangular in cross section with an old breaks at either end of the piece. Only part of the shaft survives, with the suspension loop and characteristic terminal both missing. The upper surface has a central spine decorated with small stamped dots at the apex. Near one end is a raised collar of semi circular cross-section decorated with three grooves along the collar. Below the semi circular collar…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 22nd July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EA960A
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy girdle hanger, an incomplete terminal with almost half of the base element and all of one prong missing, Felder 2014, Type A2b. The two breaks are not recent, but there is much recent scuffing. Despite this it is clear that there is no decoration on the front face. Some rust adheres to the reverse of the lower end of the shank. Weight 13.33g. Extant length 34.6mm. Estimated width 42mm. Thickness 4.1mm. Mid 5th - mid 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AF436D
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy girdle hanger fragment. Cast oval-section bar with a tapered top bearing a drilled suspension loop set at right angles to the broader display face. Broken and bent at its lower end. A moulded set of horizontal ribs appears near to the top. Fiercely abraded and corroded. The girdle hanger was an item of 6th-century metalwork worn at the waist by adult women, perhaps betokening their marital responsibilities. As such, it former part of their traditional burial costume. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 450-600 Length: 60.9mm, Width: 7.8mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 7.90gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-FB6924
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval girdle-hanger dating from AD 500 - 600. The suspension loop is missing. The shaft is flat and rectangular in cross setion at the top, and decorated with a row of stamped dots down the centre of both faces. The lower part of the shaft is narrower and oval in cross-section. This area is not decorated. At the terminal, the central shaft expands again and is decorated with a border of similar stamped dots. The terminal is a wide transverse bar from which three prongs project backwards parallel with the shaft. The border of dots suggests that the te…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B6EA47
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy girdle hanger fragment. Fragment of the upper half. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600 Length: 40.4mm, Width: 7.4mm, Thickness: 5mm, Weight: 4.79gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-55564D
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy girdle hanger, dating to c.AD 450 - 600. The terminal is E-shaped in plan with a rounded base, it is rectangular in section, with old breaks at the top of the central shank, and right prong. One face is decorated with punched U-shaped marks, each mark has two pellets inside. The left prong has a horizontal rib at its edge. The other side is undecorated.  Length: 42.2 mm, Width: 28.6 mm, Thickness: 2.2 mm, Weight: 11.6 g
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ratcliffe on Soar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EED103
Object type: GIRDLE HANGER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Girdle hanger. Stamp irregular and formless. Made from sheet copper alloy. Surviving Length: 51.2mm, Width: 30.2mm, Thickness: 2mm
Created on: Friday 1st July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
No spatial data available.