Record ID: DOR-1790D0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of medieval date (c. 14th century). This sheet mount takes the form of an equestrian scene depicting a knight on horseback, galloping left, his sword raised. Due to old breaks the horse's ears and legs, and the knight's shoulders and head, are missing. The knight is holding a triangular shield in his left hand which covers his upper body and is decorated with raised rim surrounding a triangular field divided by a slightly curved diagonal groove. His right arm is extended back over the rear of the horse&nbs…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Litton Cheney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-172545
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman, copper alloy figurine, probably a figurine of Mercury or Priapus dating from the first century AD. Only the hinged phallus of the figurine survives. The fragment has a sub circular cross section and is curved. The wider end is a very corroded hinge. The phallus divides into two and a separate hinge loop slots between them. A pair of testicles is moulded on the underside of the phallus, which tapers to a rounded glans. There is also a narrow crest on the top face of the phallus. This is perhaps the corroded remains of a suspension loop. The artefact…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-DCAAAD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy small-long brooch. The plate head, part of the bow and the rear lug only remain. The brooch has rectangular head plate with rounded corners. It is decorated on the front with a row of stamped triangles, points inwards, arount the outer edges. The reverse of the head plate is undecorated and has an integral, incomplete, perforated, vertical lug. At the centre adjacent to the lower a-edge is a raised rectangular area from which the bow extends from the lower edge of the plate. .The top of the bow is decorated with a large lozengiform boss, hollowed at…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: LIN-DBB8C8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian mount dating to c.AD 950-1100. The mount is rectangular with one broken end, and is rectangular in cross-section with fairly straight sides. It is decorated on one side with Ringerike or Mammen art style consisting of zoomorphic beast surrounded by tendrils and rectilinear blocks. At the complete width are two circular copper-alloy rivets in each corner.  The decoration includes an animal strides forward, depicted in profile, from the broken width, it has a curved body, long thinning neck, curved head and at least one foreleg wi…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-C54E7B
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed sickle of Late Bronze Age date (c.1000-800 BC). Description: The sickle remains as approximately three quarters of the socket and the base of the blade. The socket has an oval opening, 26.7mm in length with one half of this missing to halfway down the length of the socket. It has a raised rim with a thickness of 3mm. The socket narrows gradually on all sides, squaring off at its end from which the blade emerges. On the complete side of the socket, the wall is perforated with a single circular hole. The blade extends from the end and b…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-B25B7C
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval hooked tag: The copper alloy tag is sub-circular with the upper two corners having protruding angular perforated lug, although one lug is missing The edge of the tag has a broken area at the 12 o'clock positionand there is a small perforation on the body of the tag, possibly to replace the missing lug. The outer face is decorated with a central incised slightly spiralled grooves. This motif is within a frame which is bisected by a series of grooves. The reverse is undecorated. The hook element of the tag is integral to the lower edge of the tag and curls to…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-AE9B44
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (mid 12th to 16th century) copper alloy fitting, mount or hasp, possibly for a harness, casket, box or chest. The object is an arm which is slightly curved in profile. One terminal has an angular, asymmetrical thickened U-shaped profile. The terminal of both of the arms of the 'U' are probably broken, but not recently. The 'U' section is perpendicular to the angle of the arm. The arm is rectangular in section and expands in width towards the other terminal. where the arm is expanded there is a trapezoidal void. The second terminal is slightly waisted …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AD76FA
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable figurine fragment. A solid cast fragment representing a simply rendered arm emerging from a short garment sleeve and clutching a narrow oval object, possibly a thunderbolt. Grooves between the fingers are represented. A flap of thinner metal representing the continuation of the putative figure is partly melted, which would not be easily achieved by accident, and is now folded back or slumped as a result. The body whence the arm projected may have been hollow to judge from the rough back visible behind the springing of the arm. The putative figurine is of complete…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AD41FD
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy figurine. Solid cast figurine representing Mercury, identifiable from the stub of a wing remaining on one side of a skull-cap style hat, otherwise nude and naturalistically modelled at a scale of c.75mm. The god is rendered as a standing youth with arms at his side – both are lost above the elbow. The body is angled slightly to the viewer’s right, and his left leg is bent at the knee and advanced slightly. Both feet are lost, though his left leg was probably on the base of the figure and his right foot raised. These details confer a degree of animation to the s…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-9D301E
Object type: BOLT (LOCK)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A larger and a smaller fragment of copper alloy, most likely deriving from the same object. Based on the shape, a tentative identification of a Roman slide key lock bolt has been proposed, although this object is less complete than other examples on the PAS database. The larger fragment consists of a long section, rectangular in cross section, which on one side features two pairs of perpendicular raised ridges, with a fifth ridge featuring near one of the short ends, where the object ends in a rough flattened L-shape. On the side of the long section, lining up with the middle pai…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-9D2026
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast spherical iron canon ball with a diameter of 78 mm  weighing 1758 grams dating to c. AD 1550 – 1750. It is spehrical and a dark orange brown colour. It likely relates to the civil war. The size of the ball suggest that it is from a Falcon, Minion, or possible it might have been used in a larger calibre field piece, firing canister shot. The Minionis referenced at P 55 - Principal English guns of the sixteenth century - Artillery Through the Ages https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20483
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-9A0B01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold Brancaster type Roman finger ring with decorated with a square shaped bezel, dating to about AD350-AD450. The ring is broken and mishapen. The band either side of the bezel is stretched. On one side the ring band turns down 90 degrees before terminating with a break. On the other side the band turns 90 degrees again, though this time the remaining section is bent back on itself. It is not possible to deduce if any part of the ring band is missing, or to confirm its original shape. The profile of the ring band is straight on the inner face and slightly…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cowesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-8937BB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and iron knife, the handle of which depicts an erotic scene, dating to the Roman period (c. AD43-410). The knife is missing all of the blade with the exception of the tang and the surviving handle has suffered significant corrosion and wear. The base of the handle is an irregular worn block 15.8mm wide and 4.7mm thick, with a slot containing the corroded remains of the blade. The blade appears to have been fixed, as there is no evidence of a pivot for a folding blade. The rest of the handle is an erotic scene consisting of three human figures standing o…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-884AA8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt mount, of unknown use, although possible from harness c. 1075-1200AD. Rectangular with an arched upper edge, decorated with two crouching animals either side of a tree of life motif, in relief.  The relief decoration has been worn but gilding remains on the ground.   On the reverse there is the remains of a possible angled flange at the base and an integral rivet (20.4mm in length). Mounts of this type are discussed in Rogerson and Ashley (2017, 412) who have identified this as a Type I, characterised by an integral rivet and a gilded front fa…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-781DCA
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy possible knife handle dating to circa AD 43-410.  The object appears to be in the form of an open-mouthed lion. The handle is solid and broadly rectangular in form. One short edge is damaged and the opposing end has a zoomorphic terminal. The detail is worn and damaged however a gaping mouth is visible with an incised eye at either side of the head. Much of the original surface detail is lost however towards the damaged end terminal on both sides and the upper edge is a small area of decoration. The decoration consists of a central linear panel with…
Created on: Sunday 19th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-777E0A
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead, dating to the Bronze Age, between 1350 - 1050 BC. The arrowhead is triangular in form. In antiquity the object would have had two barbs and a central tang. Only one barb is now complete. The remaining barb is broader at the body and tapers to a rounded damaged point. The upper end of the object is pointed. There is a central shallow rib running longitudinally from the point to the broken tang. This is seen in both faces of the arrowhead. The object has a green coloured surface patina.  The…
Created on: Sunday 19th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-48A9AC
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age cast copper alloy socketed, flat-topped sickle of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Periods 7 - 8, dating to c. 950 - 500 BC. The find is comprised of the socketed end and part of the sickle blade. The socket is integrally cast (without a visible casting seam) and is positioned at right angles to the blade. It is sub-conical in profile and oval in section. The side opposite the blade is at a slight angle and has a large oval dent, caused by old damage. The socket body …
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: GLO-47F292
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Cross-and-Lozenge type (North 629) dating to c.AD875-80, 'West Mercian' style, moneyer: Lulla. Refs: North 1994: 124; Naylor 2022 (in Naylor and Standley 2022): 93-6; Blackburn and Keynes 1998: cf. nos 53 and 54. Obverse: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. AELFRED REX SAX Reverse: Cross Pattee with central lozenge, cross saltire in the centre. Cross bar on each arm of the cross. MON/ETA/LVL/LA North 629
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-45B905
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'small flan' type (North 818; BMC ii; Hild. B) dating to c.AD1048-50 (Naismith's revised dating: late 1040s), moneyer: Cild, mint: Bedwyn (Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire). Refs: North 1994: 179; Naismith 2017: table 17.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-452D1D
Object type: HASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval hasp in two sections. Overall the object is trapezoidal in shape with breaks across either end and roughly in the centre. The larger fragment has three sub-circular holes arranged transversely across its outer end, behind this a elongated semi-circular hole to either side and a small circular hole to either side behind this. The edges of two further circular holes can be seen within the break on each fragment. The smaller fragment has two small circular holes to either side. Surrounding these holes the outer faces of both fragments are decorate…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.