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.

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Record ID: SF-6A6240
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large piece of cast iron of unknown date. It is sub-triangular in shape and rectangular in section. One end is missing due to old breaks. It is probably agricultural in origin, possibly a weight. It measures 68.22mm in length, 61.78mm in width and 28.59mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6B9876
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval iron key of probable 14th-century date. The bow is incomplete and circular in cross section. The shank is broadly square in cross section 9.65mm thick. The simple bit has two clefts, 13.65mm and 4.85mm in length. The key is heavily corroded and is flaking.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-6A50D3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded and encrusted iron horseshoe of possible late Medieval or Post-Medieval date. It is U-shaped in form with relatively broad web and rounded toe, the branches narrowing and almost meeting at the heels to give the inner edge a pointed arch shaped profile. One heel has a folded calking, the other feathered. Each branch has four rectangular nail holes close to the outer edge, none of which are positioned at the toe of the shoe and no nails survive. The entire object shows signs of extensive post-depositional corrosion in addition to thick clay and flint encrustation that…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-53E598
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron nail head. Round head of a small nail or tack sheathed in lead; the rectangular section of an iron shank protrudes. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 12.5mm, Thickness (clear of shank): 3.2mm, Weight: 2.86gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-DA7FA3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval iron horseshoe belonging to Clark's Type 2b. The horseshoe has the wavy edge characteristic of the medieval period and six nail holes, some filled with corrosion, and two calkins. Length: 106.5 mm; Width: 106.5 mm
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-D79F25
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of unidentified object made from iron with a white-metal coating (perhaps tin) on the decorated face. The surviving piece is flat and roughly rectangular, measuring 18.4mm long and 11.0mm wide; there are no identifiable original edges. It is decorated with a pair of circular domed bosses with square or lozenge-shaped flat tops. The white metal has worn away here and there is some lumpy iron corrosion. Around the bosses is a groove with very fine transverse ribbing in the base. Outside this, each boss has a penannular ridge when appears to end in a pellet in the centre of the …
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ABAA90
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silvered head of iron pin or needle. A double-ribbed collar decorated with vertical grooves encloses a socket for the iron shank. Above the collar a female bust in high relief is worn and the facial features are missing. A discoidal terminal on the top of the head is pierced by an off-centre round aperture and is decorated on both faces with curving lines of punched dots. An ovoid and slightly concave patch of dark reduced fired clay visible in the centre of the reverse of the bust is surrounded by a raised rim of metal which is turn is surrounded by a dull grey deposit that is probab…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5860B0
Object type: CALTROP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval or Post Medieval caltrop made from iron. The object consists of six rectangular sectioned spikes which are arranged so that it appears cross shaped when viewed from any angle. Three of the spikes are complete. A caltrop usually has four spikes but this appears to have the same function. Compare LEIC-6F1C31 and DENO-198F30.
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-416B77
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife handle dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The handle is rectangular in cross-section with four iron rivets through it. The terminal of the handle is square with an acorn knop above it.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-30CB21
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small iron cannon shot just over 30mm in diameter and weighing 107g. It is not certain what type of weapon fired this but it is likely to be of 17th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2012
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Record ID: DEV-A00708
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval iron knife with blade and tang remaining.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-9F7666
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hand-forged iron nail of uncertain date, Roman-Modern. The nail has a square head and a square-sectioned shaft, which is bent in an S-shape.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-9F6B12
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hand-wrought iron knife, probably Early Medieval in date, but feasibly from any point between the late Roman to Medieval period. The knife is incomplete and is in two parts. The blade has a narrow tang of rectangular section, closer in position to the back of the blade, but slightly offset. Two points with thinner and slightly different corrosion may suggest the position of rivets that would have attached the handle plates to the tang. The knife blade itself was probably triangular, and has a broader face to it than most Medieval examples and fits best in the late Roman and Ear…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-9F3A20
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron head of an Adze, heavily corroded, dating from any point in the Roman to Modern periods. In plan, the adze has a trapezoidal head with a projecting base. In profile the adze is triangular with a gentle curve. The projecting base that fits into a haft is subsquare in section while the main blade of the tool is rectangular in section. The edge is more extensively worn in one corner, and this wear combined with the curvature of the blade indicates that the user was probably right-handed.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-86A8F8
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Halton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete forged iron arrowhead dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is leaf shaped in plan. The object is oval in cross-section with incomplete narrowed wings on either side. The object is a tanged example. No midrib is present. The tip of the object is rounded and was damaged in antiquity. Similar examples which can be found on the database is LANCUM-DC67D1 and LIN-E59C40.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runcorn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A0A8E8
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval? Iron cannonball, 95mm in diameter and weighing 1,760 grams (3lb 3.4 oz.). The ball may have been fired as it has a flat patch with scratching (the area reflecting light in the photo). Although the ball was found at Dadlington, a place long associated with the Battle of Bosworth, it is not believed to be as early as that. However it is interesting that several 'cannonballs' have been noted in this area.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-748C06
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy double-looped buck of 17th-18th century date. The outer frames are D-shaped with a cast integral crossbar, slightly offset from the frame. The outer frames are shallowly convex in section. The pin is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-4D0BF5
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Post Medieval, forged, wrought iron, large size, tongue draught horseshoe (1700-1815). This has a 'U' or tunnel shaped inner edge plan with a relatively wide frog and heels wide apart - usually used on draught horses. There are four rectangular nail holes, three with nails in situ on one branch and all four nail holes with one in situ on the other branch. There are small, tapering, down turned calkins and no fullering which could indicate an early date. The horseshoe is complete with four nails and has a relatively even brown surface. This horseshoe is likely to date to a…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.