Record ID: LANCUM-7797D7
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a wrought iron socketed sickle fragment dating from the Earliest Iron Age, that is c. 800-600BC. It would have been part of the Early Iron Age Llyn Fawr metalwork assemblage and contemporary with early iron spearheads, wrought iron socketed axes, copper-alloy socketed axes of Sompting and related types and Hallstatt razors.The fragment is very worn and the surface on both obverse and reverse is pitted and flaky and in need of conservation. The edges of the blade are jagged and the original line is difficult to ascertain. The artefact has a strong midrib along its entire lengt…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4DFBD2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron button front. Cast plano-convex discoid button with the stub of a corroded iron loop in the flat back. A low rim surrounds the front. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Possibly Late Medieval, 1400-1500. Diameter: 24.7mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 16.88gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4B0202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron brooch dating from the Late Iron to Early Roman period. The brooch is in the one-piece Colchester style, missing the pin and spring and the foot including the catchplate. Although iron brooches are unusual there are a number recorded on this database. First century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherwell district', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-35E296
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete and probably Roman iron hobnails, with broken square-sectioned shafts. One has a conical, rectangular head (9.97x6.06x4.21mm), its overall length is 11.88mm and it weighs 0.81g. The other has a square conical head (8.44x7.83x4.14mm), its overall length is 14.26mm and it weighs 1.16g. The shaft is bent towards the end. Although it is rare for iron nails to survive for a prolonged period, this size and shape conforms to known examples of Roman hobnails.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E3D887
Object type: DRILL BIT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible tool bit. Wrought Iron shank with spatulate end. Heavily corroded, which has conferred a possibly misleading rectilinear section, and bent at its narrower end. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1100-1800. Length: 102mm, Width: 21mm, Thickness: 13mm, Weight: 51.32gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-A63816
Object type: SHEARS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a set of Medieval to Modern shears. One complete blade and arm survive, along with roughly half of the broader connecting loop. The shears are undecorated three pairs of double notches on the sides of the arm. The shears are covered in iron corrosion and part of the edge of the blade has chipped. Shears are often undecorated or simply decorated and there shape changes little between the Medieval and Modern periods, therefore a broad 1200-1900 AD date is suggested. Dimensions: length: 124.29 mm; width: 16.77 mm; thicness: 11.23 mm; weight 11.84g.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: LON-A5F7C4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval to Modern iron knife. The knife has a complete scale tang with a, now flattened, round terminal. There are two in-situ rivets through the tang, and a hole for a third, which would have held the scales in place. The scales are no longer present. The tang and the blade are integrally attached by a short solid bolster. The blade itself is broken, so the true length of the knife is uncertain. None of the remaining iron knife is decorated. Scale tang knifes were made from the late medieval period onwards, and the lack of decoration or maker's mark on this ex…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: LON-A597E4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1600-1650. The knife has a long, solid bolster, hexagonal in section, which flattens into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width, 47.9mm from the bolster. At the other end of the bolster is a pin tang with a worn tip. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is undecorated beyond its six facets. A knife with a similar hexagonal bolster previously found on the Thames foreshore is early 16th century in date(Brown 2001, 83), so this knife is likely of a similar date. Dimension: length: 119.38 m…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LON-A4E4C0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval iron knife, dating AD 1550-1650. The knife has a long, solid cylindrical bolster which flats into a narrow blade. The blade has a straight, worn break across its width. At the other end of the bolster is the remains of a tang which has broken near to its start. The rest of the handle is missing. The bolster is decorated with two engraved sets of four-petalled flowers; one set aligned with each face of the blade. The narrow blade and the bolster/tang configuration suggests an early Post Medieval date, AD 1550 to 1650. Similar examples can be found in Brow…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: LIN-621CA3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron fragment containing remains of copper alloy. Possibly from an Anglo-Saxon knife.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Louth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4F3F46
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of iron metal working waste. The objects are sub-oval in plan and are dark brown in colour. Each piece is pitted but not corroded. Found within the same area the pieces indicate possible metal working. The date is unknown. Large piece: 33.01mm in length, 30.23mm in width, 5.71mm thick, 15.9g. Medium piece: 32.96mm in length, 23.07mm in width 12.89mm thick, 19.4g. Small piece: 27.02mm in length, 26.20mm in width, 9.84mm thick, 7.5g.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Smarden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0D82C1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball dating from the Post Medieval period. At 61.55mm diameter (2.4 inches) and weighing 951g (2lb, 1.5oz), it corresponds with the standard size of a Falcon cannon ball. The spherical iron ball has been coated with a preservative.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: LIN-0D0012
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron spearhead, probably Early Medieval. Leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The end of the blade has been lost. Swanton group B. Blade width: 28mm. Blade thickness: 6.3mm. Socket diameter: 17mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
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Record ID: NCL-A35666
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron cannonball of Post-Medieval date, probably dating to 1640 or later. The cannonball is spherical with an even coat of corrosion across its surface. There may be some indication through the corrosion of the flashmarks, from the two moulds from which the ball was cast. The weight is approximated at 2.5kg or 5lbs.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-922FB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron probable brooch fragment. Wrought iron coil of spring and pin of a wire brooch, a very simple form of bow brooch related to the La Tene III style but locally considered (at Dragonby - May 1996, page 235) as a possible local development of that form. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 100 BC-AD100. Length: 44.5mm, Width: 11mm, Thickness: circa 5mm (corroded), Weight: 3.59gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-53E127
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery pieces like the 'base', or small cannon, which was the smallest of the 'standard' list of guns of the late 16th century, at one and a quarter inch calibre, but equally could have been used as grape shot for some of the larger pieces. In the 17th century, during the Civil War, any iron object was us…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-251B02
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron cannon ball, spherical in shape, pitted and corroded on the surface but not damaged from use. The diameter of 82 mm and weight of almost 2kg of the cannon ball compares well with examples of Civil War shot in the Royal Institution of Cornwall's collections, in particular a cannon ball from Castle Dore, Lostwithiel (TRURI 1992.91) and another from Tresillian Bridge (TRURI 1993.8), both Civil Ware battle sites. The size and weight of the ball suggests that it would fit a 'Minion' cannon which had a 3.5 inch bore and shot a 4 pound ball (Bailey, 2000, 95). These were used from …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-11CBF4
Object type: SCREW
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible screw. An iron shank sheathed in copper alloy, with three turns of a finely inscribed screw thread on its outer surface. Corroded iron projects from one end; the other appears to have been cut with heavy shears. The mass may suggest further iron within the object, which is perhaps treated to retard corrosion while retaining strength. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Length: 29.8mm, Diameter (mid shaft): 6.1mm, Weight: 7.26gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SOM-7CCFD3
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spur with white metal coating, probably of later 18th to early 20th century date. The spur sides are d shaped in section with a flat inner side and a plain flat circular terminal, 9.3mm in diameter, with a circular hole to hold a mushroom stud. The sides widen and thicken slightly towards the back, from 5.4mm by 4.4mm to 7.9mm by 6.2mm. There is no crest. The long neck is circular in section, 6.2mm, and straight, projecting from the middle of the back of the spur. It is now 43.8mm long and ends in a V shape, presumably the broken end of the rowel box. It is now 129mm long, 70.9mm …
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-6C4FF7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified artefact of high iron content metal. Sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded corners and one end wider then the other, and with transerve grooves at the wider end, the object takes the form of an animals paw, or foot. Slightly bent, there are two grooves on the reverse of the object. Bothe ends appear broken. The wear and corrosion of this object make an identification difficult. Images have been sent to curators at teh British Musuem, and to Finds Advisors of the PAS, and so this record will be updated in due course.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.