Record ID: KENT-27BC71
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly complete, probably late Roman, cast, copper alloy, unidentified object. The object is flat, curled or serpentine shaped with a loop terminal for attachment or to pivot around. It looks as though it could possibly be a broken military hamata fastener, an incomplete fragment once of the serpentine form. This could have served as a fastener for the shoulder section of chain mail with a pair of ornate fasteners attached to the chest. This type of fitting was more evident in the auxilliary forces and cavalry units. The fitting has eleven hand punched ringed annulet decorations, th…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-277142
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval-Tudor, forged/wrought, rusty iron Guildhall probable draught horseshoe. The shoe is a fair size, relatively broad with a rounded outer edge and arched inner edge. The point of the arch disappears by the early C16th. The shoe has fairly long branches with the heels inclined together. Calkins are present although on is turned down a little more than the other. There are seven or possibly eight square nail holes. The surface is very corroded/encrusted. The horseshoe is likely to date to 1375-1500. Ref. Old Horsehoes, Shire Album 19, Ivan G. Sparkes, Shire Publishing,…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-273ED2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Late Medieval-Victorian, wrought/forged, rusty iron door key. The key is large in size, very rusty and relatively plain. The key has an oval bow handle, solid shank with possible collar just before the rectangular bit with possible cleft and bullets. The pin projects a little forward beyond the bit. The key is badly rusted with an irregular encrusted surface. This is likely to date to 1400 - 1899. Ref. Keys - Their History & Collection, Eric Monk, Shire Publications 1979, page 13-26 and Detector Finds 3, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publications 1997, page 4-9 no. 41-42. The …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-2708F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Mid Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy - bronze, sestertius of unknown Emperor. Obverse: Extreme corrosion - no details. Inscription: Illegible. Reverse: Extreme corrosion - no details. Inscription: Illegible. The coin has extreme wear and is in poor condition. It is very corroded with a matt, slightly irregular eroded pale green surface. Roughly half the coin has a raised, matt, pale brown area, this is probably due to being found in water logged ground conditions. This coin is likely to date to 43-250AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2011, page 50-57…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-26C0A4
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Georgian-Modern, die-stamped, silver alloy, subrectangular shoe or clog clasp. Between 1790 and 1810 some wooden-soled shoes were fastened with pairs of metal clasps. The same clasps were also worn on clogs from c.1850. First in the Lake District, before spreading to Lancashire and Yorkshire, being widely used in mill towns and the countryside. Textile mill girls normally wore traditional clog-clasps and they remained in use until the 1920's.This is a rather elaborate clasp with wavy/scalloped sides and down turned anchor shaped hook at one end. The clasp has a worn engrav…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-265AC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Continental Ansate Brooch of Early Medieval date. Only the foot and the bow of the brooch remain; the head has been broken away by an old break leaving a sub rectangular stub at the top of the bow, 9.2mm wide and 1.6mm thick. The edges of the stub appear to have been recessed. The bow is14.5mm long, 6.6mm wide and 4.1mm thick. It has a very curved profile. (7.7mm deep from foot to center of the bow). The foot extends from the base of the bow in a fantail shaped plate, 7.9mm wide nearest the foot and 20.3mm at the furthest point. The edges of the foot plate h…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyminge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-24EDD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date. The brooch is formed of a flat, circular plate, part of which has been broken away by an old break, forming a cresent shape, 21.1mm wide. The front surface of the brooch has incised decoration on the front face, alot of which has been worn away. What remains is a small central perforation is surrounded by two concentric circles, which in turn is ringed by shalow punched dots. Outside of this is anothe incised concentric circle. The back face of the brooch is flat and undecorated. The remains of the integrally pin h…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodensborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-231D21
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken into two fragments, late Medieval-Victorian, wrought/forged, rusty iron chest or door key. A medium size, very rusty, relatively plain key with circular bow handle, shank with possible collar and rectangular bit. The heavy encrusted corrosion masks any fine detail but the bit could possibly consist of a nose and two bullets. Badly rusted, irregular encrusted surface but also corroded and broken right through just below the handle. This key could date between 1400-1899. Ref. Keys - Their History & Collection, Eric Monk, Shire Publications 1979, page 13-26 and Dete…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-22AAF3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Roman, cast, copper alloy, phallic mount. Phalluses were a popular representation and unlike the situation today were openly displayed on public buildings. They were sometimes worn by the military as amulets or good luck charms to ward off the evil eye. They could represent fertility, masculinity and strength. This example has two small, now broken, integral attachment pins one at each end on the back which is otherwise recessed. There appears to be little wear and an attractive even brown patina which may be due to the water logged ground conditions in which it was found.…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.