Record ID: LANCUM-8F0F3E
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medal bar from the Territorial War Force Medal (1914-19). An oblong, copper alloy medal bar covered in ribbon which is yellow with two narrow green stripes vertically through it. Two copper alloy fixing rings are still present on the rear. The bronze medal would have depicedt George V on the front, with 'Territorial War Medal' and 'For Voluntary Service Overseas 1914-19' on the reverse. The Imperial War Museum website states that: This bronze medal was awarded to those who were either Members of the Territorial Force or Territorial Force Nursing Ser…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gilsland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-47E694
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Stoke-on-Trent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"…within the mass, wrapped in coarse-weave material". The textile therefore seems to have been found within the mass of the corroded coins (described as a pear-shaped lump from within the pot, which was broken on discovery. Miss A. Henshall examined the fragments of textile and provided the following report on them: 'The textiles consist of a number of very small fragments, the largest measuring about ½ x ¾ in. Many of the fragments are curved from being wrapped round the brooches, and consist of a number of layers. The thread is very degraded, now dark brown-black, stained green…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lightwood', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1DA225
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The silver objects lay together within the mass of bronze coins and in association with two fragments of a textile wrapper or purse in which they may originally have been contained. NC, 1974 has note on the textile frags, by J.P. Wild, 73f. Plain weave, Z-spun, probably linen. No information on functional shape.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oldcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-D9A6FE
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Coins may have been originally wrapped in linen (according to Shotter’s coin report).
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bowes Roman Fort', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-8D4C3B
Object type: BAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Described as fragments of a "sewn woollen container". Thought to be a bag. HER records: two textiles identified: one fine half basket weave and one coarser half basket weave.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1A114E
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
No container found but the fact that the coins were fused in a column might suggest that they were wrapped in textile.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ribchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-12A794
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"lying on a decayed fragment of cloth, as though they had once been wrapped in it"
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberkenfig', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1C6D60
Object type: BAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"The spherical shape of the deposit indicated that the coins had been buried in a bag. Specialist examination of coins from outside of the hoard revealed wool fibres embedded in the corrosion, confirming that it had been contained in a woollen cloth or bag."
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourton-on-the-Water', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-13EA0B
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"..there was no trace of a container. Since the finder noticed that some of the coins were still stacked together and lying on their edges, it is probable that the coins were packed in rolls and wrapped in cloth which had perished"
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredgar', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-17296A
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Several of [the coins] were corroded together, suggesting that originally they were in some receptacle such as a bag or purse. Traces of linen fibres were found in the box and attached to iron shears associated with it.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richborough (Pit 20)', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1A4104
Object type: BAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nobottle', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1DC527
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
…"they were stacked in a roll, and had been tightly sewn up in a piece of coarse linen cloth. The cloth, though somewhat brittle, was very well preserved..The weave is a plain 'tabby' with approximately 28 threads to the inch."
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-BE2AEC
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
No container was found with the coins but traces of textile in the corrosion product of one coin suggest they were within a sack or bag.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1100AC
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Some coins from pot in concreted rolls, remains of fabric & string in corrosion products etc, so may have been in small bags/wrapped in fabric.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yeovil', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-18E4DF
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Some of the corroded lumps of coins were in small columns, suggesting a possible textile wrapping. Textile remains noticed on the inside of the pot during conservation.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maryport area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1B3B0A
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found "wrapped in sacking" but this was not preserved for study.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gunnersbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-320DFD
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"Several were enclosed in some woven material, as a studied tribute or offering. Four bunches of coins were found together, and in their drop the piles became out of alignment, which made them serrated"
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cunetio (well)', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1077B6
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Textile fragments found adhering to silver coins
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Cannings', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-13A79D
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Linen. There are three main textile fragments, which are pale green in colour with brighter green patches and particles on the surface. This colouration is almost certainly the result of having been stored in close proximity to coins with green corrosion products. There are also two bags of associated tiny textile fragments.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-A0E058
Object type: TEXTILE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The textile which survived was made in a simple tabby weave from vegetable fibre – possibly flax or hemp – with a loose Z-spun warp thread and probably covered the mouth of the pot (Liu and Crowfoot 1991).
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fring I', grid reference and parish protected.