Record ID: HESH-A423D5
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate cast and enamelled copper alloy pommel from a small sword or dagger of Medieval date (1150-1350). The pommel is broadly rectangular in plan and profile; in broad shape it is a stylised crown with a broad central lis and two bi-foliate side fleurs, the details of which are picked out within an openwork design. The right hand fleur is lost due to an old patinated break which is flush with the body of the pommel. The petals of the lis and side fleurs conjoin. A small sub-rectangular cast hole (measuring 5.7mm x 3.8mm) is present on the upper edge positioned at the peak of th…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-10781B
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon c. 5th to 12th century) bone comb fragment: The portion of the comb which remains is one side edge and a short portion of the teeth element of a comb. The side edge of the comb is sub-rectangular with slightly tapering outer corners, the tapering occurs in plan and in depth towards the upper edge. Protruding and integral to the interior of the side is the body of the comb. The body has traces of teeth on the upper and lower edge, all but one of the teeth are broken. The teeth on the upper edge have a tooth gauge of 5 per cm, and the teeth on the lower ed…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: KENT-A569D6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A fine cast copper-alloy probably Early-Medieval buckle plate, dating to the 8th-9th centuries. Description: The plate is sub-rectangular in plan with concave edges. The front plate drops down to a flange at the attachment end. There are three rivet holes at the frame end of the buckle plate, below the extended arms which would have gripped the buckle frame's pin bar. Judging by the shape of this buckle, the pin would have been separate from the buckle, which is unusual for this period. The plate is quite substantial for its small size and appears to be formed by a single piece of …
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: ESS-8FC15C
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy openwork book fitting dating to the Medieval period, c. 1100-1200. The plate for attachment of this fitting onto a book has been lost, and only the 'clasp' portion now remains. The item is sub rectangular in plan and takes the form of a bird with an openwork vine design at the centre. The bird's head is prominent and forms the tip of the clasp. The head protrudes from the main frame of the fitting with the beak wide open. The eye sockets are inset on the upper jaw or beak and take the form of two semi-circular indents when viewed in plan. The eyes themselves ar…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: KENT-6849FE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (c.AD1250-1450) copper-alloy, folded sheet buckle plate and buckle. Description: The buckle plate is folded sheet copper alloy, with two rivet hole at the end furthest from the fold around the buckle. The plate is recessed to fit the buckle and the strap end is secured by two domeheaded rivets, both in situ. The upper plate surface is decorated with an inscription wihtin two bands, the upper band has 'A V E . M'. running from rivet to buckle; while the lower band has 'A R I A' inverted, running from buckle to rivet. The buckle bar is insitu, alougth the loop is missing a…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: KENT-DCFEFE
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy probable Early-Medieval harness pendant c.1000-1100. Description: The object is a flat and roughly bell-shaped and openwork plate. The plate has a suspension loop formed from a bar between two small circular knops, this forms a large D-shaped openwork loop. The knops form the terminals of a crescentic section of plate with five small circular piercings. From the concentric plate emanates two horse/beast heads with arching necks, they reconnect roughly at their 'manes; creating an ovoid openwork section, this is flanked by two circular holes. between the…
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: KENT-4ECBC6
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn medieval copper alloy heraldic mount, dating to the medieval period, probably dating c.AD 1247-1377. Description: The mount is shield-shaped, with a square top tapering to a point below, with slightly convex sides. The shield is in good condition with the heraldic motif of 'barry of twelve argent and azure an orle of six martlets gules' clearly visible and mostly unworn. Colloquially the design is '12 lines of alternating silver and blue alternating with six red martlets (aligned top to bottom 3,2,1). The device is picked out in champlevé enamel for the martlets and the b…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: KENT-8CAD72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval copper alloy heraldic mount, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. Description: The mount is shield-shaped, with a square top tapering to a point below, with slightly convex sides. The shield is heavily worn but the heraldic motif of 'Five lozenge (fusily) bend', the tincture (colour) is uncertain due to the wear of the object, this also prevents us from establishing the provenance of this heraldry. Due to the wear there is no evidence of gilding or enamelling of the device (common on such objects such as DEV-AD12F8. The object is mottled various shades of dark grey g…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
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Record ID: SF-4F791B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast gilded silver radiate-headed brooch of early medieval date, comprising the head-plate and most of the bow (the pin, lower bow and foot-plate missing to old damage). A relatively fresh break has truncated the surviving portion of the brooch into two fragments across the upper portion of the bow, where it joins with the head-plate. These fit together snugly, though the break is not particularly recent. The entire front of the object is gilded, most of which survives with slight areas worn away on the very highest points of the bow. The head-plate is flat and semi-circ…
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F9D919
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy gilt mount of probable Anglo-Saxon attribution, probably dating to the first half of the 7th century (c. AD 600-650). The mount is anthropomorphic, consisting a facing male mask wearing what appears to be a horned helmet (the 'horns' mostly missing in an old break) that originally would have joined at their apex. The eyes and sides of the face have been well rendered, but all features below the upper nose are illegible due to corrosion. The front face of the object retains most of its gilding, though its rear face is plain and undecorated with the excep…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radwinter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B8F318
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly worn gold and gemstone pendant of early medieval date, c.6th-7th century in date. Description: The pendant is ovoid and compromises a Roman intaglio set within an early medieval gold frame. The intaglio is a deep orange in colour and is engraved with two helmeted figures standing side-by-side, the figure on the right appearing to wear female dress and the figure on the right in male dress. Both appear to hold spears before them, and there may be an upright shield on the floor between them. The intaglio is set within a composite gold frame, comprising a sheet gold back…
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-665565
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a Medieval copper-alloy swivel. The piece would originally have comprised two linked, D-shaped frames. The surviving side is of lozenge-shaped section, flaring at either end, terminating in what maybe a pair of inward-facing, zoomorphic heads. The flat undersides of these jaws flank a circular-sectioned aperture, into which the spigot of the opposing side of the swivel would have fitted. Length: 30.74 mm. Height: 23.05 mm. Thickness: 9.71 mm. Hole diameter 7.75 to 6.43mm. Weight: 7.33 g This swivel strap fitting is of an ubiquitous type seen from the medieval period …
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-642755
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half mould for making a figurine of Christ, probably to be mounted on a crucifix or bible, or perhaps a pilgrim badge, probably of Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1850. The mould is a sub-rectangular block of copper alloy. One short end is broken. The complete sides are slightly concave and one is utilised as a secondary mould chamber. It has a deep oval hollow at the end; a socket for holding a projecting lug on the othe rpiece of the mould, to hold the two pieces toegther in the right place. Four flowers are punched below, apparently from the same punc…
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-15A288
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable strap end of Early Medieval date, about AD 750 - 950. It is probably of Thomas Class A, uncertain subtype. It is incomplete, both ends having broken off, but the central part has convex sides which are scalloped. There is a central rectangular panel which appears to be decorated with an inscription or maybe just two letters: a Roman N [retrograde] and a curved letter which is incomplete. The letters are formed from many tiny dots or circular punches and appear to have serifs. An iron rivet perforates the plate near the narrower end. The narrow end appears to ha…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: SF-F4B784
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete handmade Early Medieval (of Scandinavian/'Viking' origin) antler comb of composite construction, dating c. 800-900 AD, corresponding to Ambrosiani's type A1 and Ashby type 5: 'combs of large size with plano-convex profiles and shallow plano-convex sections'. Only one of the two connecting plates survives, the opposing plate, internal toothplates and rivets all missing in old damage. Originally, the object would have consisted a pair of such plates (one on each side of the object), secured together by means of iron rivets (small pieces of which survive in two of the rivet…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-FF3C2C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and bent composite gilt copper-alloy and enamelled object, probably a mount, of 13th or early 14th century date. Description: The object is formed from two elements. First is a thin circular backplate with a heraldic device executed in champlevé enamel and gilding. The device consists of a red circular enamel border, now mostly missing, with straight diagonal bands of alternating gold and blue within. The enamel is all in sunken cells indicative of champlevé enamelling, while the gilding is on raised bands. The heraldry can be described as 'Bendy of six or and a…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: SF-F1249A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy, gold leaf and garnet Early Anglo-Saxon zoomorphic shield mount of Dickinson and Harke's group C (figural appliques usually of gilt bronze in the shape of fish or other animals), dating c. 500-600 AD. In plan the mount would probably have taken the form of a fish or aquatic creature: the 'head' end is broken away, but the rest of the object is preserved intact. The main body of the object is oval in plan, with a raised elongated oval section at its midpoint (thus creating a 'tiered' efect) containing three recessed cells that appear to retain the residu…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-ECA76E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn cast gilt-silver cast iconographic finger ring of medieval date. Description: It has a bezel rectangular plan and is divided into three sunken fields divided by raised ridges. Each field has incised decoration; the outer two panels have foliate motifs which flank the central panel containing a crude haloed saint. This figure holds an object in their right hand and gestures to it with their left. It is not clear what this attribute is, it takes the form of a triangle topped with a circle and may represent the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ or John the Evangelist hol…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C4B36C
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead medieval inscribed pilgrim's badge. Description: The pilgrim badge is flat and appears to have been lozenge shaped originally although a number of hexagonal types are known and cannot necessarily be discounted. The object has two primary fields. The outer border with an inscription divided from a decorative inner field by a raised border. The decorative field appears to show a bishop, mitred with a transverse crozier or sceptre held centrally on the figure. Much of the detail is obscured by wear which makes the details of the figure and the inscription are d…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-1A54A6
Object type: BOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oxfordshire PAS find no. 35,000 is this incomplete sheet copper alloy 'work box' or 'relic box' and chain of early-medieval date (c. 7th century AD). The work box is missing its lid and some of the chain and is slightly distorted but otherwise survives in remarkable condition. The body of the box is now lentoid in shape due to damage but would have circular originally. The extant base of the work box is formed from a separate sheet of copper alloy, is (sub)circular in plan and domed. The body of the box has been formed from a single rectangular sheet of copper alloy which has been cur…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.