Record ID: WILT-7EC9C1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Early-Medieval iron knife, discovered with WILT-7E5176. It is 148mm in length and weighs 21.25g. It has a narrow tang c.7x5mm in section and c.32mm long. The blade itself is max.13mm wide and still sharp. It is mostly straight with very little curve. The back of the blade is slightly curving and 4.5mm thick. Both ends come together to create the point. The blade is triangular in section. Although the corrosion obscures much of the knife, it is probably most similar to Evison 1988 An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Alton, Hampshire p.23, fig.8, Type 3. This is known to have a wi…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E5176
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Early-Medieval (c.500-600) sheet copper alloy bowl with an iron handle, broken and in two pieces. The base is slightly squashed - it is mostly flat but was probably originally slightly convex. It is 120mm in diameter. The body is globular with an everted rim, which springs into two opposing triangular projections or lugs c.60mm wide and c.30mm tall. Each lug has a 6mm diameter piercing at the centre. One of these retains the end of a circular-sectioned iron handle. The surface of the bowl is obscured by earth deposits and slight corrosion. However several patches show a coppery …
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7A8C44
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/ early post medieval copper alloy sword pommel. It measures 44.5x11.6x10.7mm and weighs 15.60g. The pommel is a D shape in profile with a rectangular opening 8x3mm passing from the highest point to the underside. The pommel has a central square-ish block, slightly wider at the underside, with a figure-of-eight sectioned part either side dimishing in height towards the ends of the pommel. The underside of the pommel has a wide groove 3.7mm, possibly to cover the top of a sword blade. Broadly similar sword pommels with a rectangular hole all the way through the objec…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-135C98
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Description of find A distorted and fragmentary silver-gilt decorative mount of probable Roman date. The mount, probably a component of a composite object, appears to have been of flared octagonal form and seems to retain original upper and lower edges. There is an irregular W-shaped cut-out in one edge. The outer face has a symmetrical decor comprising a toothed band below each edge and two bands of running chevron with gilded ribbing between the bands. Discussion The damaged nature of the mount prevents a definitive identification or an unequivocal assignme…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-116095
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Hollow silver-gilt object in the form of a human arm, bent at the elbow and wearing armour. Two small holes are punched through the arm near the top, presumably for attachment to the figure, now missing. The detail of the armour on the upper arm is engraved and punched, representing a combination of mail and plate armour. The depiction of the sleeve covering the lower arm is probably intended to represent fabric. The edge at the top of the arm is serrated, and is damaged. The original function of the object is unknown. It may possibly have been part of a devotional …
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coberley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-011081
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle plate, consisting of a rectangular plate 12.6x24mm from which extend three equidistant prongs from one long edge and two wider prongs which curve behind the plate from the opposite long edge. Two of the three long prongs are incomplete. The plate is decorated with a central rib c.2mm wide and another flanking the long edge with the three long prongs. The zone between and on the other side of the central rib (up to a much slimmer rib 1mm wide) are ever so slightly sloping from a central barely definable rib, and each slope decorated with short …
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-00B657
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late medieval/ early post medieval copper alloy hooked tag of the semi-cylindrical type. It is missing its hook. The tag consists of a thin (0.7mm thick) sheet copper alloy backplate within which a square has been cut out c.11x9mm which would have aided fixing the object to a cloak or other garment. This attaches to a curving front plate with a broad groove running down each long edge with a zone of diagonal criss-cross groove decration in between and a double grooved border at top and bottom. The criss-cross grooves may once have been inlaid with niello (a black silver s…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FFF177
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval oval pewter spoon, consisting of the bowl only. The stem has snapped off at the join. A slight bump below the break is possibly the end of the stem. The bowl measures 35.5x20.3x1.5mm and weighs 7.24g. The surface is covered with much white-ish concretion. The shape of the bowl is similar to ESS-0E8078, from Castle Hedingham in Essex, although this example is decorated and the East Wiltshire example is plain. 16th/ 17th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FDADC8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy pointed oval mount, probably for a belt, slightly convex to the front and hollow to the reverse. It measures 25x12.2mm and has a sqaure-sectioned shaft extending 12mm (a little bent) from the reverse, at the centre. This is max.2.4x2.4mm at the base and narrows to 1.4x1.4 at the opposite end. Weighs 1.97g. 16th/ 17th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FD5387
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. One edge is slightly mangled. It measures 21.5x17.2mm (internal loops c.12.8x6.7mm) and weighs 2.05g. The frame is D-shaped in section, being flat to the reverse. Similar buckles from London date from the mid-14th to mid-15th century (Egan & Pritchard 1991, pp.82-83).
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FCEBC1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman phallic pendant, missing roughly half of the loop. The phallus is slightly curving in shape and 42.4mm long, with one rounded and one pointed end. The pointed end has additional moulding either side to represent the glans. This is also represented on the reverse which is otherwise plain. The rounded end has a small roundish testicle either side. The phallus is rectangular in section with a groove running down the centre, petering out where the moulding begins. The phallus is widest just below the testicles at 6.3mm (and 5mm thick). This tapers…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E817C6
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy rowel spur, c. 17th century AD. The rowel and one arm is missing with the terminal for the part of the remaining arm missing as well. The spur measures 58mm wide and is 8mm thick across the widest part of the arm, weighing 9.9g. The neck of the spur has a lozenge followed by a single incised line leading to the rowel box. The rowel box is split in two and is straight with a single raised line on both sides before two rivet holes which would have been used to attach the rowel. Cf. other 17th century examples in Read, 2001, p.60.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E83868
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration. The fragment measures 18x11.7x(max)3.1mm,(min.2)mm and weighs 2.50g. The fragment is from the main body of the axe. The 'inside' surface is flat while the outisde ever-so-slightly sloping either side of the rib, which is 2.9mm wide and 0.5mm high. Socketed axeheads date from c.1100 BC to c.700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E7AE82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.d1. Plate 50. The brooch is bent to one side roughly at the middle of the bow. The brooch measures 59.5mm in length and weighs 12.38g. The wingspan is 22.1mm, and the axis bar extends a little beyond the wings on one side giving a max.span of 22.7mm. The wings are tubular in shape but hollow and cut away, so a C-shape in profile. The ends are closed with circular lugs, pierced to hold the axis bar in place, as is typical of Polden Hill…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E78907
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, c.12th-14th century AD. The buckle plate appears to be half of a sheet plate, broken where there is a recess for the frame (see Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg51). Below the slot for the pin there is a single rivet and next to there is an impression of a hole where a second rivet should have been. Below these, near the square end of the plate are two rivets side by side, suggesting that the first rivet was not fastened in place correctly. The plate measures 33mm in length and 16mm wide, weighing 3.4g. The plate is bent slightly inbe…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E74AC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount, c.14th century AD. The mount is a sexfoil shape, domed, with a central hole and two separate rivets. It measures 13mm across and weighs 0.5g. It also appears to be irregularly trimmed. cf. Egan (Egan and Pritchard, 1991) nos. 990 and 1001, pg 189.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E719F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval iron double oval frame buckle, c. 14th century AD, missing the pin. The frame measures 26mm wide and is 22mm long, weighing 5.2g. The frame is thicker than many buckles, measuring 5mm in thickness in comparison with most measuring 2/3mm. The frame is plain and undecorated. Egan describes these style of buckles being used on shoes in the late 14th century, no.347 (1991, pg85) is of similar shape and material.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E6DB28
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy double loop frame buckle, c. 14th-15th century AD, missing the pin. The frame is rectangular in shape measuring 29mm wide and 17mm in length, the frame is 3mm thick. The buckle weighs 4.1g. The buckle is plain with no decoration and has a smooth green patina. cf. Egan and Pritchard (1991) no.442, pg 98.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E6B2E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy and enamel Roman hinge-headed enamel bow brooch, missing one half of the tubular wings, the possible zoomorphic terminal, pin and catchplate, as well as much of the enamel decoration. The brooch measures an incomplete 25.2mm in length and is max.20.3mm wide. It weighs 4.38g. The bow consists of a lozenge-shaped plate which carries the remains of a turquoise enamel. Around the edge is a copper alloy rim divided by a groove. To the external edge this is decorated with tiny transverse lines. The internal edge is plain. At the centre of the bow is a smaller…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E69C86
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy vessel leg, c.15th-18th century AD. The leg measures 48mm in length and is 27mm at its widest part, weighing 75.4g. The thickness of the leg is 12mm. It has a smooth green patina. The top of the vessel leg has a break from where it was attached to the rest of the vessel which is an old break. The leg is curved slightly outwards with the bottom of the leg narrowing to a rounded point.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.