A Post-Medieval Silver Annular Brooch
This beautiful silver brooch was found at Little Casterton in May 2020. It dates between 1600 – 1700. Although annular brooches are typically Medieval in date, plain silver examples continue …
Medieval Harness Pendants
My third blog post has advanced forward to the Medieval period (AD 1066 – 1509). The Medieval period has the second largest group of finds recorded from Rutland, totalling at …
Roman Brooches
My second blog post for the festival of archaeology is focusing on the Roman period which spans AD 43 – 410. In Rutland, 648 Roman objects have been recorded, the …
A History of Finds from Rutland
This year the festival of archaeology has gone digital! It is my first time contributing to the festival of archaeology in Rutland. For this year I thought I would select …
Introductions…
My name is Megan Gard and I am the new Finds Liaison Officer for Leicestershire and Rutland. Having only taken up the post a few weeks before lockdown began, I …
Welcome our Finds Liaison Officer
My name is Megan and I am the new Finds Liaison Officer for Rutland and Leicestershire. I am based here at Rutland County Museum. It is my job to record …