Record ID: BH-0C0490
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete lead cloth seal of probable 16th to 18th century date. The piece consists of two sub-circular discs. One side bears a privy mark which has, at the centre, a cross with expanded arms. A letter "I" is located in the left field and above this is a small flower head. On the other disc is stamped the following: "R.". The seal measures 25.57mm in diameter, 3mm thick and weighs 7.1g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0BE1E4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal of probable 17th to 18th century date. The piece consists of two sub-circular discs joined by a folded connecting strip. Both sides have designs in relief. One side bears a crowned portcullis, whilst the other side has lettering - possibly "IHA" - within a circular border. The seal measures 27.71mm long, 18.2mm wide and 3.72mm thick. The weight is 5.4g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0BBA74
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration of post-medieval date. The main part of the mount consists of a sub-triangular plate with slightly convex edges. Extending upwards from the top of the triangular section is a pointed projection of roughly equal length. A small sub-rectangular protrusion extends downwards from the centre of the bottom edge. The upper surface of the mount is convex. On the reverse of the plate are two integral copper-alloy rivets. Both of these rivets are located on the back of the triangular section of the mount and both have been deliberately ben…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0BA217
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt mount or horse harness decoration of post-medieval date. The mount takes the form of a lozenge-shaped plate with a flat upper surface and slightly angled outer edges. On the reverse are two short rivets - one integral, the other attached - which are situated at opposite ends of the mount and have been deliberately bent outwards. The corroded surfaces of the mount are tinned or silvered. The object measures 17.21mm long, 16.25mm wide and 5.8mm thick. The weight is 2.24g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0B6227
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy frame and pin from a single-loop buckle of medieval date. Evidence from excavations in London suggests that the fashion for ornate buckle frames and plates probably spanned the period of the late 12th to late 14th centuries AD (G. Egan and F. Pritchard; 1991; pp.76). The frame is roughly D-shaped and has convex upper surfaces. At the centre of the outer edge is a moulded pin rest comprising two globular mouldings separated by a horizontal groove. The offset axis bar is of sub-square section. The pin, which is made from a flattened and tapering length of copper-alloy w…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0B3B45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy frame from a medieval single-loop buckle. The frame is roughly D-shaped in plan and has a pointed pin rest, with a longitudinal slot, at the centre of the outer edge. The upper surfaces of most of the frame slope downwards and outwards, the offset axis bar is of thin rectangular section and the underside of the piece is flat. The pin is missing. The object measures 13.94mm long, 18.52mm wide and 2mm thick. The weight is 0.9g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0AFE56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy brooch of probable medieval date. No parallel could be found for this unusual form, but the style of the setting and the method of pin attachment suggest that it is a variation on the well-known ring brooch series of the 13th to 15th centuries AD. Just under half remains of what appears to have been an openwork cruciform brooch. The surviving complete arm has slightly concave outer edges and a raised circular collet, containing a corroded glass paste inset, at the centre of the vertical side. One side of two other arms survives and at the point where on…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.