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<response><meta><generated>2013-05-25T10:57:14+01:00</generated><formats><json>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/json</json><xml>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xml</xml><rss>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rss</rss><atom>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atom</atom><kml>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kml</kml><geojson>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojson</geojson><html>http://finds.org.uk/database/search/results</html></formats><statistics><totalResults>2479</totalResults><currentPage>1</currentPage><resultsPerPage>20</resultsPerPage></statistics></meta><results><result><id>561301</id><old_findID>IOW-C73505</old_findID><objecttype>PIN</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy polyhedral-headed pin (700-900).
This pin has a cuboid head with the corners cut off and the shank is incomplete.
The head has fourteen facets including the top face and the underside from which the shank projects. The top and side facets are lozenge-shaped and the others are triangular. Each of the upper and side facets has been punched to form a ring-and-dot motif. The other facets are plain. Between the head and the shank there is an irregular (angular) collar. Beneath the collar the shank is circular in cross-section throughout its length. It tapers very slightly from the collar towards an abraded break.
This pin has an even green patina.
Overall height: 22.65mm; width of head: 5.19mm; thickness of head: 4.74mm; height of head: 7.61; diameter of collar: 1.45mm; diameter of shank at the top: 2.07mm. Weight: 1.16g.
The presence of a collar suggests this pin is Saxon rather than Roman (Geake 2001:38).
The design is typically Middle Anglo-Saxon and there are close parallels from the Hamwic site at Southampton (Hinton 1996: p. 22, nos. 169/327; 349/38 and 169/1905).</description><classification>Polyhedral</classification><fromdate>700</fromdate><todate>900</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-22T08:27:13Z</created><updated>2013-05-22T14:19:04Z</updated><weight>1.16</weight><height>22.65</height><thickness>4.74</thickness><width>5.19</width><quantity>1</quantity><county>ISLE OF WIGHT</county><district>ISLE OF WIGHT</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Isle of Wight</knownas><fourFigureLat>50.681357</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.449354</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/fbasford/</imagedir><creator>Frank Basford</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>IOW2013-3-45.JPG</filename><thumbnail>427326</thumbnail><regionName>SOUTH EAST AND LONDON</regionName></result><result><id>560700</id><old_findID>LEIC-681EC6</old_findID><objecttype>BROOCH</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Part of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch.  The upper part of the upper surface is flat and undecorated with rough edges through breakage.  Below this is a raised band of semi-circular profile decorated with two transverse central incised lines.  Below this are two 'eyebrows' which extend slightly outside each lateral edge.  The lower surface retains the remains of a catchplate. The object is in poor condition, is 31mm long, 18mm wide, 7mm thick and weighs 7.57g.</description><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-17T20:15:57Z</created><updated>2013-05-17T20:16:09Z</updated><weight>7.57</weight><thickness>7</thickness><width>18</width><length>31</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>LEICESTERSHIRE</county><district>MELTON</district><parish>HOBY WITH ROTHERBY</parish><fourFigure>SK6716</fourFigure><fourFigureLat>52.73749</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.009108</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/philharding/</imagedir><creator>Phil Harding</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>CAD2495e.jpg</filename><thumbnail>426969</thumbnail><regionName>EAST MIDLANDS</regionName></result><result><id>559742</id><old_findID>SF-0C85E2</old_findID><objecttype>STRAP END</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Description: A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end of Gabor Thomas Class A (Thomas 2003, 2) consisting of the zoomorphic terminal only.
The fragment tapers from the broken edge to a rounded point. The upper incomplete edge has the lower part of what appears to be an openwork design, consisting of two symmetrical V-shaped notches with part of a central small rounded hole, resembling a rivet hole, between. The breaks appear worn. Below is an unusually elaborate animal-head terminal with engraved decoration leaving the features in relief. The usual oval ears with central inverted V-shapes are small and set close together, within a pair of inward-curving scrolls which end in circular lobes. These spring from the reserved border of the animal's head, as do a pair of downward-slanting eyebrows which do not quite reach the top of the nose. Above the top of the nose, and again slightly separated, is a reserved silver dot. There is a second, slightly smaller, reserved silver dot just below the terminal of the left-hand scroll, but apparently none in the right-hand dot.  The top of the nose is a lozengiform lobe, and the rest of the nose flares gently to the tip. To either side is a reserved circular eye which merges with the border; above and below the eyes the reserved area of the border curves slightly out and then in again. There is a short silver rivet through the tip of the snout which is flush with the reverse and has a small head flush to the front; the total length of the rivet is 2.16mm. The engraved areas of decoration were probably originally inlaid with niello, but none is now visible. They do however retain some soil which may obscure any surviving niello.
There are scratch marks on the flat reverse; these are more apparent close to the longitudinal edges, one more than the other, and are short and diagonal in nature.
Dimensions: 21.81mm in length, 12.46mm in width tapering to 3.25mm in width, 1.790g in weight.
Discussion: Although this object is almost certainly a strap-end of Thomas's Class A, as only the zoomorphic terminal now survives the precise type within this class is uncertain. The openwork central panel is very unusual but is not unprecedented; openwork plates are known from Thomas's Class K (Thomas 2000, 126; especially one from York, cat. no. 1363, fig. 3.33E) and from some examples of Class A, Type 1 (Thomas 2000, cat. no. 291, fig. 3.2D, from Ipswich; also illustrated in West 1998, fig. 96.17) and cat. no. 441, fig. 3.10D, unprovenanced, BM acc. no. 1990,0706.5) Also compare IOW-B59403 and SF-3CD4F1, which both have openwork elements coupled with the usual Class A type of zoomorphic terminal.
Date: The use of the standard Class A type of zoomorphic terminal dates this strap-end fragment to the 9th century AD.</description><notes>As the object is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.</notes><classification>Thomas's Class A</classification><fromdate>800</fromdate><todate>900</todate><TID>2013T301</TID><workflow>3</workflow><created>2013-05-13T12:02:54Z</created><updated>2013-05-16T09:22:49Z</updated><weight>1.79</weight><thickness>2.16</thickness><width>12.46</width><length>21.81</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>SUFFOLK</county><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Frostenden</knownas><fourFigureLat>52.371317</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>1.62711</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/fminter/</imagedir><materialTerm>Silver</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>SF-0C85E2.jpg</filename><thumbnail>426325</thumbnail><regionName>EAST</regionName></result><result><id>559691</id><old_findID>IOW-FF5A47</old_findID><objecttype>BROOCH</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy and gilded button brooch (c. 500 - c. 550). Suzuki Class A2.2.
Suzuki 2008: Plate 31 (Bifrons).
This brooch is circular in plan and some of the upturned rim is missing. The pin is also missing.
The upper surface of the brooch has a border which has been punched with unevenly spaced 'dots' or pellets. Within the border is a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask. The 'helmet' (or possibly hair) is a semi-circular shape. The eyebrows and nose are formed of a single element and the eyebrows are horizontal and the nose is a sub-triangular shape. Both eyes are portrayed as pellets and the cheeks are sub-triangular. The horizontal mouth is pointed-oval. The rear surface is slightly convex. At the rear there is a single pin-lug and a catch-plate which are both incomplete. There is no iron staining at the rear. With the mask upright, the pin-lug is at 12 o' clock and the catch-plate is at 6 o' clock.
This brooch is corroded in places and has a matt green patina at the rear. Gilding is present at the front. 
There is no indication of burning or melting.
Diameter: 15.13mm; thickness of plate at the centre: 1.55mm; overall thickness: 6.03mm. Weight: 2.25g.
Button brooches are distinguished by their small size and by the anthropomorphic face-masks which they feature. They may have been used in different ways as dress fasteners. It is thought that they may have been used singly rather than in pairs like the similar but larger saucer brooches. Button brooches are found throughout much of southern England and date between the later fifth and mid-sixth centuries.
Compare this brooch with find: IOW8DF476.</description><classification>Button</classification><fromdate>500</fromdate><todate>550</todate><workflow>4</workflow><subClassification>Suzuki Class A3</subClassification><created>2013-05-12T21:03:49Z</created><updated>2013-05-15T20:47:36Z</updated><weight>2.25</weight><diameter>15.13</diameter><thickness>6.03</thickness><quantity>1</quantity><county>ISLE OF WIGHT</county><district>ISLE OF WIGHT</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Isle of Wight</knownas><fourFigureLat>50.672365</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.449459</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/fbasford/</imagedir><creator>Frank Basford</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>IOW2013-3-34.JPG</filename><thumbnail>426227</thumbnail><regionName>SOUTH EAST AND LONDON</regionName></result><result><id>559322</id><old_findID>SF-A7B790</old_findID><objecttype>STRAP END</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap end of Thomas Class A. It is missing most of the attachment end due to old breaks and has extremely worn surfaces. The strap end is sub-oval in shape with convex sides, tapering to a decorative zoomorphic terminal. The terminal has a rounded snout above which are possible eyes and elongated oval shaped ears with punched dots and crescentic decoration. Any additional decoration on the front face of the terminal or plate itself is unidentifiable due to extensive post-depositional wear and corrosion. The attachment end has the remains of a split terminal, which includes two possible incomplete circular rivet holes at the outer edge, as well as what appears to be a central circular rivet hole beneath them. The back face of the object is flat and undecorated and all surfaces have a worn brown patina. It measures 49.64mm in length, 13.58mm in width, 3.94mm in thickness and 9.81g in weight.
This strap end falls into Thomas' Class A Saxon strap ends, its precise subgroup uncertain due to the preservation of the object. This indicates a probable 9th century AD date for the object.</description><classification>Thomas Class A</classification><fromdate>800</fromdate><todate>900</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-08T17:21:13Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T12:24:31Z</updated><weight>9.81</weight><thickness>3.94</thickness><width>13.58</width><length>49.64</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>SUFFOLK</county><district>ST EDMUNDSBURY</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Barningham</knownas><fourFigureLat>52.355651</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>0.891386</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/abrown/</imagedir><creator>Andrew Brown</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>BNG_SF-A7B790.jpg</filename><thumbnail>426085</thumbnail><regionName>EAST</regionName></result><result><id>559317</id><old_findID>SF-A79624</old_findID><objecttype>BROOCH</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. It is missing most of its pin, side knobs and exterior edge of the catchplate due to old breaks but is otherwise complete. The brooch has a small rectangular headplate, from the top of which extends an integrally cast and full round knob. This has a domed terminal end that is faceted giving a lozenge shaped plan. At the base of the knop is a deep transverse waist and projecting collar at the juncture with the headplate. The front face of the headplate is very worn but traces of a possible cross saltire motif are perhaps present but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. On the back face of the head is an integrally cast single semi-circular pin lug. This has the corroded remains of an iron axis bar, as well as one coil and the top of a copper-alloy wire pin that is circular in section and mostly missing due to old breaks.The integrally cast bow is steeply curved, D-shaped in section with flat back face and moulded front face that has a vertical mid rib. At top and bottom of the bow are flat rectangular panels that perhaps have additional moulded decoration but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. Extending from the base of the bow is the foot, which is D-shaped in section and zoomorphic in form. The upper half of the foot has a flat panel at the juncture with the bow, beneath which the front face is faceted to produce a trapezoidal cross section. The lower half of the foot is in the form of a stylised horse head terminal with bulging circular eyes and an elongated snout with slightly flaring semi-circular nostrils. On the back face of the the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is flat, triangular in form and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. The entire object measures 67.87mm in length, 10.67mm in width at head, 7.50mm in width at bow, 2.98mm in thickness at bow, and 12.27g in weight. 
This is a cruciform brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date. It finds parallels in examples with similarly small headplates and fully round knobs noted from Suffolk (e.g. West, 1998: nos. 100.8, 133.11). The form of the brooch suggests a date range early in the Anglo-Saxon period, perhaps in the late-5th century AD, c.450-500 AD.</description><classification>Cruciform</classification><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>500</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-08T17:12:18Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T12:25:34Z</updated><weight>12.27</weight><thickness>2.98</thickness><width>10.67</width><length>67.87</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>SUFFOLK</county><district>ST EDMUNDSBURY</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Barningham</knownas><fourFigureLat>52.355651</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>0.891386</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/abrown/</imagedir><creator>Andrew Brown</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>BNG_SF-A79624.jpg</filename><thumbnail>426086</thumbnail><regionName>EAST</regionName></result><result><id>559064</id><old_findID>NLM-90AC62</old_findID><objecttype>BEAD</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Dark Blue Translucent Glass
Bead. Globular or spherical Bead bearing circumferential turning marks with a moulded aperture of diameter circa 2.5mm; appears cobalt blue in transmitted light. Suggested date: Early Anglo-Saxon, 450-700.
Diameter: 8.5mm, Height: 7.7mm, Weight: 0.69gms.</description><classification>Globular</classification><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>700</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-07T15:08:06Z</created><updated>2013-05-23T12:53:42Z</updated><weight>0.69</weight><height>7.7</height><diameter>8.5</diameter><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</district><parish>BARNETBY LE WOLD</parish><fourFigure>TA0508</fourFigure><fourFigureLat>53.558128</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.416356</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Glass</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22308.jpg</filename><thumbnail>427439</thumbnail><regionName>YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER</regionName></result><result><id>559056</id><old_findID>NLM-908608</old_findID><objecttype>PLATE BROOCH</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Copper alloy with silver plating
Plate Brooch. Cast S-Shaped zoomorphic brooch, comprising an S shaped scroll with each end terminating in a long-beaked raptor's head. The division of the bills are each marked by a thin moulded line which expands at its end to represent an eye. Faint traces of a border of crescentic stamps of length 1.7mm appear around the outside of the bodies and necks of the creatures. Patches of white metal appear on an otherwise smooth display face and the back, probably as relicts of silver plating. On the back are the aligned stubs of a hinge position and a catch plate, arranged vertically relative to the brooch front motifs. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 400-550.
Length: 44.9mm, Width: 24.6mm, Thickness (clear of fastening gear): 1.6mm, Weight: 8.15gms.</description><classification>S-shaped</classification><fromdate>400</fromdate><todate>550</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-07T14:57:53Z</created><updated>2013-05-23T12:50:19Z</updated><weight>8.15</weight><thickness>1.6</thickness><width>24.6</width><length>44.9</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</district><parish>BARNETBY LE WOLD</parish><fourFigure>TA0508</fourFigure><fourFigureLat>53.558128</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.416356</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22306.jpg</filename><thumbnail>427437</thumbnail><regionName>YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER</regionName></result><result><id>559033</id><old_findID>NLM-8FF1B0</old_findID><objecttype>SPINDLE WHORL</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Pottery
Spindle Whorl fragment. Roman Greyware sherd with quartz and iron inclusions, reworked into a flat discoid whorl with central drilled perforation of diameter circa 7mm. As a whorl this would be apt to spinning a fine yarn. Suggested date: sherd Roman, 40-400; probably reworked in the Early or Middle Anglo-Saxon period, 450-850. 
Diameter (estimated): circa 40mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: 4.43gms.</description><classification>Greyware</classification><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>850</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-07T14:18:19Z</created><updated>2013-05-23T12:38:16Z</updated><weight>4.43</weight><diameter>40</diameter><thickness>7.7</thickness><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</district><parish>BROUGHTON</parish><fourFigure>SE9608</fourFigure><fourFigureLat>53.559849</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.552173</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Ceramic</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22299.jpg</filename><thumbnail>427429</thumbnail><regionName>YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER</regionName></result><result><id>558286</id><old_findID>BH-12CC42</old_findID><objecttype>PIN</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>A copper-alloy pin of probable Middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date.
The head of the pin is polyhedral, taking the form of a cuboid with truncated corners and a single ring-and-dot punchmark on all but its uppermost surface. A collar separates the head from the circular-sectioned shaft, the latter of which is incomplete.
Dimensions: 16.1mm long, 6.1mm wide, 3.3mm thick. Weight: 1.11g.</description><fromdate>720</fromdate><todate>850</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-05-01T15:55:00Z</created><updated>2013-05-01T15:57:43Z</updated><weight>1.11</weight><thickness>3.3</thickness><width>6.1</width><length>16.1</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>BUCKINGHAMSHIRE</county><district>WYCOMBE</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Longwick cum Ilmer</knownas><fourFigureLat>51.738289</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.871803</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/jwatters/</imagedir><creator>Julian Watters</creator><materialTerm>Copper alloy</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>Earlymed_pin_13_38_16.jpg</filename><thumbnail>425234</thumbnail><regionName>SOUTH EAST AND LONDON</regionName></result><result><id>557275</id><old_findID>NCL-7F4417</old_findID><objecttype>UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An unidentified object contained within an iron corrosion  conglomeration, dating c. 450-600. 
The conglomeration is irregular in shape, though one portion of it  appears to contain fragments of bone, though they cannot be further  identified. The weight of the conglomeration suggests that some intact object is  contained within the corrosion, though no such object is identifiable on the  surface or through X-ray.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.7</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T16:03:30Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T12:15:30Z</updated><weight>440</weight><thickness>52.87</thickness><width>72.45</width><length>85.36</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F4417.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424476</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557273</id><old_findID>NCL-7F3D46</old_findID><objecttype>UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An unidentified object contained within an iron corrosion conglomeration, dating c. 450-600.
The conglomeration is irregular in shape, though one portion of it appears to contain fragments of bone, though they cannot be further identified.
The weight of the conglomeration suggests that some intact object is contained within the corrosion, though no such object is visible on the surface or through X-ray.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.6</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T16:01:40Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T11:57:10Z</updated><weight>76.2</weight><thickness>32.23</thickness><width>48.13</width><length>64.02</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F3D46.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424473</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557272</id><old_findID>NCL-7F3784</old_findID><objecttype>MOUNT</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An oblong, corroded piece of iron that appears to be a mount, dating c. 450-600.
The iron object can be roughly described as hourglass in shape, though there is so much corrosion it is uncertain if this reflects the actual shape of the object or not.
It can be speculated that the object is a handle, though it may function as something else.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.5</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T16:00:08Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T11:49:17Z</updated><weight>87.9</weight><thickness>24.54</thickness><width>38.34</width><length>61.01</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F3784.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424472</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557270</id><old_findID>NCL-7F28C0</old_findID><objecttype>MOUNT</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An iron corrosion conglomeration containing elements and impressions of a mount, a ring, and some other fitting, dating c. 450-600.
The conglomeration is irregularly shaped, with one 'face' revealing the outline of a drop-shaped mount (length = 31.90mm) with a circular perforation in the centre of the rounded end. The pointed end of the mount appears to expand into the base of a circular loop. Seemingly interlinked with the loop of the mount is the remains of half of a copper-alloy ring, seen as a C-shape in plan and section with an outer diameter of 37.41mm.The ring is somehow connected to a further socketed fitting that is only partially visible in the corrosion, but seemingly more complete. The fitting consists of a cylindrical base that appears to be a socket to be fit into something. In profile with only an outer edge visible in the corrosion or two possible lugs emerging in parallel and outward from the socket.
Further description is difficult, but it can be speculated that the mount, fitting, and ring either relate to horse harness or possibly a hanging bowl/vessel.
A narrow length of bone is visible in the corrosion on the opposite face, though it is too small to be identified further.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.4</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T15:56:12Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T11:33:27Z</updated><weight>94.4</weight><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F28C0.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424471</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557268</id><old_findID>NCL-7F19D3</old_findID><objecttype>KNIFE</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete iron knife of Early Medieval date, c. 450-600.
The knife consists of the majority of the blade and the base of the tang. The blade is sub-triangular in planview and section, with a single edge. The tang (17.34mm in width) emerges from the base of the blade near the back edge of the blade, with the edge of the blade projecting approximately 12mm further out from the tang. The blade edge gently curves back toward the now-missing point. The rear edge of the blade starts in a straight line from the tang, but then bends inward toward the now-missing point.
The whole blade is covered in iron corrosion, though the tapered edge can be seen in section, and there is a slight bend in the blade so that it appears slightly convex in profile.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.3</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T15:52:13Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T11:12:15Z</updated><weight>76.3</weight><thickness>4.54</thickness><width>44.39</width><length>106.66</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F19D3.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424470</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557266</id><old_findID>NCL-7F11C1</old_findID><objecttype>SHIELD</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete iron shield boss (probably) of Early Medieval date, c. 450-600.
Only the peak of the shield boss remains, with the top of the presumably domed boss retaining the integral stud, which has a cylindrical shank flaring up to a flat, circular base. The whole object is covered in iron corrosion.</description><classification>Boss</classification><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.2</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T15:50:04Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T11:34:38Z</updated><weight>59.2</weight><height>38.21</height><diameter>47.69</diameter><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7F11C1.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424468</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>557262</id><old_findID>NCL-7EF795</old_findID><objecttype>SWORD</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>An incomplete iron pattern-welded sword of Early Medieval date, c. 450-600.
The sword is the main component of a small group of objects, fused together with iron corrosion. Individual component measurements are offered in the description of each object, while the figures provided in the 'Measurements' section of the record (below) apply to the group as a whole. The object has been conserved, and the following description has been provided after conservation.
1. Sword:
The sword consists of a 366mm length of blade that has been 'folded' in half, such that the blade creates a U-shape with the two broken ends of the blade touching. The iron at the curvature of the fold is generally undamaged, but there is more corrosion and lamination of the iron of the blade away from the fold. There is no evidence for tip or tang of the sword, or any other related hilt and handle fittings. X-ray reveals that the sword is pattern welded, though the folding of the sword makes it difficult to identify the width of individuals strands; it appears to consist of three wide strands on the X-ray, but a patch of displaced corrosion reveals two adjacent strands that would allow for the full width to consist of five strands. While the sword would have been double-edged, corrosion of the iron has limited this to very short sections. The maximum width of the blade is 47.71mm and the maximum thickness (where least corroded) is 5.96mm.
Viewed in profile, it is clear that other objects were inserted in the hollow of the fold, and other objects are corroded to the sword on its outside. The knife (2) and the chape of its sheath (3) are found in the hollow of the fold, with a possible blade or tool (6) inserted further up between the 'arms' of the folded blade. And oblong fitting (5) can be found fused to the side of one portion of the blade, and a socketed fitting (4) can be found placed centrally on one broad face of the blade. In addition, there are visible fragments of bone material, and the conservator has commented that some of the corrosion byproduct appears to have mineralized bone material.
2. Knife
The knife blade is 57.78mm in length, 14.64mm in width, and 3.42mm (max) thick. The full view of the knife is impossible, positioned as it is in the fold of the sword, but it appears to be a roughly triangular shaped blade, with a triangular section. It was probably placed while still in its sheath, as a copper-alloy chape (3) is found over the pointed end of the knife, the tip of which pokes through the chape.
3. Knife sheath chape
The chape is made of a sheet of folded copper alloy, with the outer face of the chape appearing to have a convex or domed appearance. The chape is 19.82mm in width and 6mm in thickness.
4. Socketed fitting
A sub-rectangular hollow or socketed fitting is found fused to the blade. It is incomplete, but what remains is 52.84mm in length, 22.45mm in width, and 8mm in thickness. It is unclear if it is made of iron or copper alloy. When complete, the object would have been oval in section.
5. Oblong fitting
And oblong, iron fitting rests against the outer edge of one portion of the sword blade. The fitting is relatively amorphous, but distinct enough in its shape and position to clearly be a different object. It is 66.43mm in length and 12.23mm in width.
6. Possible blade or tool
A possible iron blade or tool is visible in profile between the 'arms' of the folded sword, providing an oblique section view of the object. The object is approximately 10mm in width and 4.84mm in thickness, with a narrow triangular section.
While incomplete, the folding of the blade, which would have required reheating of the iron, suggests the 'ritual killing' of the sword; the attached objects are probably other objects that were included in a funerary assemblage, to which this sword belonged.</description><fromdate>450</fromdate><todate>600</todate><workflow>4</workflow><musaccno>2013.1</musaccno><created>2013-04-24T15:43:05Z</created><updated>2013-05-09T14:50:10Z</updated><weight>535</weight><thickness>41</thickness><width>63</width><length>177</length><quantity>1</quantity><county>NORTHUMBERLAND</county><district>ALNWICK</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Field 26</knownas><fourFigureLat>55.401933</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-1.95418</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/rcollins/</imagedir><creator>Rob Collins</creator><materialTerm>Iron</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NCL-7EF795.JPG</filename><thumbnail>424466</thumbnail><regionName>NORTH EAST</regionName></result><result><id>556937</id><old_findID>NLM-670598</old_findID><objecttype>COIN</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Silver
Coin. Cut Farthing, Early Medieval, probably from a Penny of Wessex (871-959).
Obverse description; Bust in Roman style, probably draped and probably right.
Obverse inscription: (--)? REX(--)
Reverse description: Possibly edge of a cross or cross crosslet.
Reverse inscription: (--)?CVXL?(--)
Diameter (inferred): 21mm, Weight: 0.28gms.</description><fromdate>871</fromdate><todate>979</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-04-23T12:28:26Z</created><updated>2013-05-07T09:52:02Z</updated><weight>0.28</weight><diameter>21</diameter><quantity>1</quantity><county>LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>WEST LINDSEY</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Bigby</knownas><fourFigureLat>53.549143</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.416691</fourFigureLon><obverseDescription>Bust in Roman style, probably draped and probably right.
Obverse inscription:
Reverse description: 
Reverse inscription:</obverseDescription><obverseLegend>(--)? REX(--)</obverseLegend><reverseDescription>Possibly edge of a cross or cross crosslet.</reverseDescription><reverseLegend>(--)?CVXL?(--)</reverseLegend><rulerName>Uncertain Wessex (Alfred, Æthelred, or Burgred)</rulerName><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Silver</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22245.jpg</filename><thumbnail>425686</thumbnail><categoryTerm>Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries</categoryTerm><regionName>EAST MIDLANDS</regionName></result><result><id>556737</id><old_findID>NLM-5504B5</old_findID><objecttype>COIN</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Silver
Coin. Cut Halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016)
Obverse description: Bareheaded bust mantled left.
Obverse inscription: AE[?]ELRE(--)
Reverse description: Voided long cross.
Reverse inscription: (--)EMA/NM'O/(--)
Diameter: 19.2mm, Weight: 0.79gms</description><fromdate>978</fromdate><todate>1016</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-04-22T15:59:25Z</created><updated>2013-05-02T10:34:29Z</updated><weight>0.79</weight><diameter>19.2</diameter><quantity>1</quantity><county>LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>WEST LINDSEY</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Bigby</knownas><fourFigureLat>53.549143</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.416691</fourFigureLon><obverseDescription>Bareheaded bust mantled left</obverseDescription><obverseLegend>AE[?]ELRE(--)</obverseLegend><reverseDescription>Voided long cross.</reverseDescription><reverseLegend>(--)EMA/NM’O/(--)</reverseLegend><denominationName>Cut halfpenny</denominationName><rulerName>Æthelred the Unready</rulerName><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Silver</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22211.jpg</filename><thumbnail>425362</thumbnail><categoryTerm>Coin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066</categoryTerm><typeTerm>Æthelred II (978-1016), no further details</typeTerm><regionName>EAST MIDLANDS</regionName></result><result><id>556261</id><old_findID>NLM-0F8FC7</old_findID><objecttype>SPINDLE WHORL</objecttype><broadperiod>EARLY MEDIEVAL</broadperiod><description>Lead
Probable spindle whorl. Disc cut from cast sheet with a probably drilled central aperture of diameter 7.5mm. The object is slightly dished in profile, possibly the result of drilling the aperture. On the (slightly) convex side four drilled or punched dots of diameter 1.3mm are arranged approximately equidistantly around the hole. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850.
Diameter: 31.6mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 22.39gms.</description><fromdate>700</fromdate><todate>850</todate><workflow>4</workflow><created>2013-04-19T08:57:49Z</created><updated>2013-04-30T12:34:06Z</updated><weight>22.39</weight><diameter>31.6</diameter><thickness>3.2</thickness><quantity>1</quantity><county>LINCOLNSHIRE</county><district>WEST LINDSEY</district><parish>Restricted Access</parish><knownas>Bigby</knownas><fourFigureLat>53.549143</fourFigureLat><fourFigureLon>-0.416691</fourFigureLon><imagedir>images/mforeman/</imagedir><creator>Martin Foreman</creator><materialTerm>Lead</materialTerm><cultureName>Anglo-Saxon</cultureName><filename>NLM22101.jpg</filename><thumbnail>424952</thumbnail><regionName>EAST MIDLANDS</regionName></result></results></response>
