Record ID: LON-0DCB79
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to early Neolithic, flint blade flake probably dating 7000-3001BC. This is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are four blade flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. The distal end is broken and there is some damage to the edges and the dorsal surface. There is no evidence of retouch. Dimensions: length: 46.80mm; width: 23.59mm; thickness: 4.96mm; weight: 4.78g
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-3FCD71
Object type: TILE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval tin-glazed London Delft earthenware tile, dating to the late 17th century. The background is a white-ish grey/ blue with detail picked out in thin and thick blue lines. Although smooth to touch, the glazing survives in patches only. The decoration takes the form of a central S-shape (outlined by two thin blue lines). Between the central and lower curve are two vertical thin lines with an annulet to either side. Extending horizontally left from the central curve are a pair of parallel thin lines, repeating at the upper curve. Above the S is a larger annulet…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-3FAD84
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval tin-glazed London Delft earthenware probable plate, dating to c.1660-80. All breaks are old and worn. The fragment depicts the lower part of a tunic, the upper leg, top of boot and part of cloak of a standing figure, presumably male. The inside line of the second leg is visible flanking one of the breaks. The outline of the figure and all further outlines and embellishments are brownish-purple in colour, as are the boots. The background is white/ off-white. The glazing now has a crazed appearance. The tunic is yellow with a pair of lines of crenellations …
Created on: Friday 16th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-40F4B4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval iron shoe buckle, dating 14th-15th century. The buckle is circular in both profile and section, with the pin attached around the frame of the buckle. Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (1991, 57) where they are described as shoe buckles and they were excavated from contexts dating late 14th - early 15th century and in Egan (2005, 34) dated 1650-1700, however this is described as residual. Egan (2005:34) writes "shoe buckles are first continued with the two standard late medieval forms (as this above example) with a hiatus in the early 17…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-96344B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Palaeolithic (500,000 - 130,000 BC) sub-oval flint handaxe with multi-directional flake removals, towards the outside edges, on both faces. The handaxe is lenticular in cross section, measuring max.52.6mm in width and max.28.2mm in thickness. It narrows to 38.3mm wide at the curved cutting edge and 37.0mm at the (now damaged) butt end. The patina is a deep orangey-brown 'toffee' colour, the damage at the butt end revealing a much paler, yellowy-coloured flint beneath. Iron staining is apparent along the arises. The handaxe measures 95.1mm in length, 52.6mm in max.width, 28.2mm in …
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6E0C9B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably late medieval/ early post-medieval (c.1400-1700) lead alloy sexfoil mount, slightly convex to the reverse with a short hollow central tube extending from a central 3mm diameter piercing. To the front three domed circular lobes, decorated with raised cross-hatching or 'brambling', alternate with circular hollow lobes, missing their original setting. Traces of an off-white residue can be seen inside these latter lobes, possibly a fixant of some kind of perhaps decayed enamel. The tube to the reverse extends 1.8mm and has a lip at its end. It is likely this functioned as an e…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2017
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Record ID: LON-0775B2
Object type: WEAVING BATTEN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) - Medieval bone pin-beater dating AD720 - 1100. This pin-beater is cigar-shaped with two working tapered ends; it has an oval cross-section with one flattened surface. There are two shallow depressions one on the upper edge near one end and one on the lower edge near the opposite end. The surface of the pin-beater is highly polished from wear against the hand and against the threads of the loom. One end has tapers but is the tip is broken and now missing. There are some longitudinal scratches across all the surfaces and there is a little damage to one…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
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Record ID: LON-D92870
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - early Post Medieval lead alloy mount dating AD1398-1550. The mount has been cast to from a stylised, six-armed, wavy star. The mount is decoratively cast with a raised ridge curving along the centre of each arm and there is a central pellet, there is also a pellet border around the edge. Areas of gilding survive on the upper surface. Egan (2005:69-70) notes that they were intended to decorate ceilings. Similar lead stars, often gilded, are known from the sites of palaces and other high-status buildings for example, Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire, Eltham Palace, Kent. T…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-D9553A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy stud, dating AD43-410. The object is discoidal with a flat front and flat back. In the centre of the reverse side there is an integral rivet with a flat terminal. There is what appears to be an integral loop projecting from the edge of the stud face, however it is incomplete, leaving approximately half of the loop remaining. The face of the stud has a small concave section in the centre, outlined with a raised border. This is surrounded by a slightly deeper section which would have contained enamel. A small section of dark green enamelling remains, …
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-1B8821
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval Black Glazed Ware tyg (c.1580-c.1700). This sherd includes the lower attachment point for two handles. The external surfaces are covered in a glossy black glaze with the exception of the base, which is only patchily covered. The fabric is red throughout. A tyg is a multi-handled mug. This vessel was probably made in Harlow, Essex. This tyg has an unusually large diameter base. Dimensions: height: 150.69mm; diameter of base: 111.71mm; weight: 70.04g
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: LON-9E619B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - Post Medieval lead alloy (pewter) spoon bowl dating to the 15th-16th century. The remaining spoon consists of a bowl and part of the stem, the break on the stem is rounded. The surviving section of the bowl suggests the original shape was pointed oval or 'fig-shaped' and the bowl was shallow. The stem is narrow with a hexagonal cross-section. There is no iron strengthening rod within the stem. The shape of the bowl has been modified with sections cut out either side of the tip. The spoon bowl is bent out of alignment and the tip is now angled upwards at an obtuse…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2017
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Record ID: LON-67E8F1
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman or Medieval bone object dating to AD50-410 or AD1066-1500. The object has a square cross-section and it is decorated with engraved oblique lines either just as single lines (on the top third) or as V-shapes or as saltire crosses (on the lower two thirds); this decoration forms a 'trellis' or 'lattice' pattern. On the top of the pin head there is a small knob just off centre. The object is broken. Stephen Greep discounts this as a Roman hair pin "as the cross section is all wrong and decoration going down the stem is very rare." Length: 40.96mm, width: 7.99mm…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-0D7F15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early-Modern sub-rectangular gold shoe or knee buckle frame dating from AD1700-1750. The buckle would have had a spindle and pronged chape which are now missing. One side of the buckle is split where the spindle would have been inserted, this damage, possible leading to the loss of the buckle. The buckle has a foliate or scroll design. There are no maker or hallmarks on the buckle possibly indicating that this buckle was made prior to May 1739. Dimensions: length: 34.32mm; width: 31.43mm; thickness: 1.98mm; weight: 10.02g A buckle with a similar design dating to th…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: LON-B9069E
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Mesolithic flaked flint biface adze "Thames pick" (10,000-7,000BC). The adze has been 'roughed out' from a flint nodule or pebble. It is roughly oval in cross section. Viewed edge-on along its longitudinal axis the adze tapers slightly from the broadly rounded butt towards the more pointed cutting edge. Viewed from above, the butt and cutting edge are both rounded and the sides are approximately straight and parallel. There are signs of crushing along sections of both edges. There are numerous conchoidal fractures and large flake removal scars extending from the edges on both…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-50AD75
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Roman copper alloy globular-headed pin dating from AD43-410. The pin has four ring and dot, spaced equidistant around the globular head, the top of which is flat and undecorated. The shaft of the pin is oval in section and is bent and broken missing its tip. A similar pin with ring and dot decoration on the database YORYM-E3AB48 is dated to the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) but these have a single banded circumferential collar which this example lacks. The find spot would also point to a Roman date as being most likely. Length: 37.05mm, Diameter of head: 9.25mm, Weight:4.07g
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Saturday 10th June 2017
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Record ID: LON-7A0264
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic polished greenstone axehead dating 4000-2000BC. The axehead is made from greenstone, dark brown-green in colour with a band of lighter green running through it. This is a type of stone formed of compressed volcanic ash and has similar knapping qualities to flint (see HESH-17B4B1 for more details). The axehead has been made on a big flake of greenstone, it is not a core tool. The surface has been polished though some shallow hollows remain from the original shaping. The fragment comprises the proximal end (butt) of the axehead, the distal end (blade) of the ax…
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: LON-1F445E
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Medieval, 13th-16th century, shelly limestone mortar or lamp, AD.1200-1600. This fragment is from the rim of the object and features a carved rib of decoration running down the wall of the vessel. The top of the rim is flat and smooth, this polished area extends to a band on the inside of the rim 30.91mm wide. The rest of the internal surface is deliberately rough to provide a grinding surface. The exterior is relatively smooth though not as polished as the internal band. The decorative rib begins at the rim, 61.74mm wide, narrows to 39.39mm, before flaring to 79.72mm, at …
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2016
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Record ID: LON-607A6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clipped silver Post Medieval, Commonwealth penny, North No. 2729. Reverse, conjoined shields of England and Ireland with part of a I above. Weight: 0.27g Diameter: 11.46mm
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Record ID: LON-1FADEB
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Medieval (13th-14th century), harness pendant suspension mount, missing the pendant and pin. The mount has traces of silvering on the front face, most prevalent on the upper edge. The mount is consistent with No.76 in Clark 1995. It has a short bar, triangular in section, with a cental perpendicular projection on the lower edge giving it a T shape, this projection's lower half is split in two and a there are holes pierced through the sides to accomodate a pin from which would have hung the pendant. The rear face of the mount is undecorated and has two rivets pr…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: LON-1EFD5A
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval, 13th-14 century, copper alloy harness pendant with traces of gilding and decoration, AD.1250-1400. This is a shield shaped mount with an integrally cast loop at the top. The shield has a flat top and tapering sides. The design on the shield appears to have been a red squirrel in a tree with red leaves as traces of blue (the tail) and red paint (The body) survive along with traces of gilding across the front surface. The copper alloy has corroded to a light green. The suspension loop is not completely closed, it has a gap at the apex, to allow it to be attached to the suspens…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
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