Record ID: LIN-3A4E60
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.810-900) barrel-shaped Viking weight. The weight is sub-spherical with two flattened ends. These flattened ends are each decorated with six ring-and-dots. The ring-and-dots at one end are arranged in a regular pattern with one in the centre surrounded by the other five. The ring-and-dots at the other end are arranged irregulary. Overall, the object measures 10.3mm in height and 13.2mm in diameter. It weighs 8.60g.
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-752A9C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.800-1000) weight in the form of a fourteen-sided polyhedron (a cube with the corners cut off). Eight of the sides are equilateral triangles, the other six are rectangular. Each of the rectangular sides is decorated with four punched annulets and their borders are delineated by a line of smaller incised dots. Each triangular face is undecorated. Overall, the weight measures 8.3mm long, 8.2mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 3.47g. There are now over 50 of these weights on the database. Nearly all of the weights recorded by the PAS are within the he…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-073B03
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd from an early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) vessel, possibly a cremation urn. The fabric is hard and black in colour with a slightly lighter core. There are frequent quartz and stone inclusions. Overall it measures 46.8mm in height, 39.5mm wide and 9.6mm thick. It weighs 18.02g. The outer surface is has two lines of stamped decoration. The first is a pattern of S-shapes formed from pairs of wavy lines with small stamped quadrilaterals between. The second is a pattern of stamped circles, each divided into nine segments.
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A28A63
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold artefact comprising a rectangular strip decorated with beaded wire. The strip has parallel sides and straight ends, but is slightly distorted and bent out of shape at one end. At one corner is a small additional gold strip, applied to the back of the larger strip but now partly torn away and twisted at a right-angle. This smaller strip is pierced, presumably for attachment. A small lumpy accretion on the adjacent corner may be the remains of a second attachment hole. At the opposite short end of the strip is a seam-like feature where the end of the strip appears to have been de…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-68B0E8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Date: Probably Viking, c. 870-950 Description: Moulded gold bar of roughly D-shaped section, part cut, part broken at each end, tapering towards one end. Smooth on curved edge, rougher on flat edge. No test marks, but slight cut close to one end, near line of final cut edge. Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 4.5-6mm Weight: 3g Discussion: The form of the bar is not diagnostic, but the way in which it has been partly cut then snapped off at each end is typical of Viking hack-silver and hack-gold. The use of cut fragments of gold and silver as bullion in Viking England was relatively commo…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-05D774
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman to early-medieval (AD c.43-c.700) pair of tweezers, bent out of shape and missing one of its arms and its loop. Overall, the fragment measures 22.3mm long, 12.3mm wide and 15.1mm thick. It weighs 2.92g. The fragment is made from sheet copper alloy which is 1mm thick and tapers in width from 9.9mm at the gripping end to 4.7mm at the broken loop end. The gripping edge is bent downwards at 45 degrees. The fragment has been rolled into a C-shape and bent further at the loop end. The outer surface of the tweezers is decorated with two pairs of longitudinal grooved lines.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-ED172D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval "ball-ended" strap fitting dating to the 11th century AD, missing one of its ends. The surviving part of the object is formed from a roughly rectangular-shaped plate, the complete end terminating with three circular knobs. Decoration consists of pairs of openwork shapes: two circles at the complete end, then two small trefoils, then two larger trefoils (one of which is incomplete due to the break. The plate is also decorated with incised lines. On each of long edges of the plate is a copper alloy rivet. Overall, the object measures 33.4mm long…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6017B9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval (AD c.800-c.1000) strap end. Overall, the strap end measures 38mm long and 9mm wide. The strap end is a Thomas (2004) Class B1, distinguished by its zoomorphic terminal, the decorative transverse grooves and its overall shape. The strap end is convex on the obverse and has an animal headed terminal and two pairs of transverse grooves, one immediately behind the head and the other halfway along its length. The strap end narrows in the centre and then expands towards the attachment end. The attachment end divides into front and rear parts between which the …
Created on: Sunday 3rd May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-AD0E0D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval/late Anglo-Saxon/Viking (AD c.750-c.1100) styliform strap end, missing the tip of its terminal and the end of the attachment end. Overall, the strap end measures 47.3mm long, 7.2mm wide and 3.0mm thick. It weighs 2.46g. The strap end is very worn but appears to be a Thomas (2004) Class B Type 1, distinguished by its zoomorphic terminal, the decorative transverse grooves and its overall shape. At the incomplete attachment end, the strap end slightly narrows to a rectangular strip. Here the decoration survives better than on the rest of the obje…
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-A12ED5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval strap end (AD c.800-c.900), missing its attachment end. Overall, the object measures 28.5mm long, 11.9mm wide and 2.8mm thick. It weighs 3.66g. The strap end is tongue shaped and has a flat rectangular cross-section. It has a zoomorphic terminal, which is moulded and represents an animal head with large round ears. There is a decorative panel above it which appears to show an animal seated left in profile with its head turned to face right. The strap end is therefore a Thomas (2004) Class A Type 1 strap end, decorated in the Trewhiddle style. …
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-858B74
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval/late Anglo-Saxon (AD c.750-c.1000) strap end, missing split attachement end and an unknown length of its body. It can be categorised as a Thomas Class A, Type 2: Patterned strap end (Thomas, G., 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1', FRG AD700-1700 Datasheet 32, p.2). Overall, the strap end measures 29.7mm long, 14.2mm wide and 2.0mm thick. It weighs 2.73g. The surviving end of the strap end is triangular. The wide end has a very worn break. The narrow end has a zoomorphic terminal. The front face of the strap end is de…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-CC9914
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early-medieval strap-end dating to the period AD 700-1100, of Class A, missing one of its ends. The strap-end is 36.40mm long, 1.90mm thick and tapers from 12.70mm to a sharp point. It weighs 2.23g. There is a single semi-circular recess in the edge of the wide end which suggests there was a rivet there. The front of the strap-end is has engraved decoration, likely include an animal head at the point (cf. Finds Research Group Datasheet 32 p.2-3) and possibly a representation of a human figure.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D15DA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval (AD c.800-900) strap end. It falls into Gabor Thomas' (2003, 2) Class A Type 2: Patterned. It measures 50.60mm long, 17.50mm wide and 3.90mm thick. It weighs 8.85g. The strap end has convex sides, a zoomorphic terminal with a rounded point, and a wider split end with two copper alloy (possibly tinned) rivets. The front surface is decorated with an engraved pattern of entwined plants or snakes (two larger and two smaller) around a vertical column or tree, within a border which follows the shape of the object. The zoomorphic terminal is moulded and repre…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Damerham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-AB4041
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval (AD c.750-1000) strap end. It can be categorised as a Thomas' (2003, 2) Class A strap end. Overall, the strap end measures 48.0mm long, 9.4mm wide and 2.3mm thick. It weighs 3.03g. The strap end has convex sides, a zoomorphic terminal with a rounded point, and a wider split end. The strap end is very worn but traces of the original decoration are visible. It has a zoomorphic terminal in the shape of an animal's head. The rest of the strap end is decorated with a possibly zoomorphic pattern, possibly of entwined snakes. The reverse of the strap end is flat.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C8E638
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.750-c.1000) strap end. It can be categorised as a Thomas Class A strap end (Thomas, G., 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1', FRG AD700-1700 Datasheet 32, p.2). Overall, the strap end measures 28.6mm long, 10.9mm wide and 3.0mm thick. It weighs 3.03g. The strap end is trapezoidal. The narrow end probably had a zoomorphic terminal but a small fragment of the tip has broken off and it is very worn. The wider end is split to house the end of the strap. The strap end is very worn and very few traces of the original decoration ar…
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 17th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3B4BC2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and silver early medieval strap end (AD c. 750 - c. 1100). The strap end fits into Thomas (2003) Class B, Type 4: multi-headed. It consists of a long shaft with rounded ends. One end is split to accommodate the strap. There is a zoomorphic terminal at each end. Each head is snake-like with circular eyes and raised browridges over each eye. The head at the opposite end to the strap has a raised triangle behind the eyes and the mouth is formed by a groove around the end. The mouth at the attachment end forms the slot for the strap. The strap end is further decorated with …
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-E40172
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval/Anglo-Saxon/Viking strap end (AD c.800-c.1100), missing its attachment end. Overall, the object measures 34.8mm long, 13.2mm wide and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 6.4g. The strap end has broadly parallel sides and a trapezoidal cross-section. It has a pointed zoomorphic terminal, which is moulded and represents an animal head with large semi-circular eyes and ears. Above the head is a short rectangular shaft with bevelled side edges. This part is decorated with a zigzagged pattern which may represent a snake. Above the shaft is a moulded stylised hu…
Created on: Friday 1st April 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-06BEA7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly incomplete copper-alloy early-medieval (AD c1050-c1100) possible stirrup terminal. It is similar in shape and style to other stirrup terminals but is quite small, measuring only 24.60mm x 7.45mm x 6.45mm weighing 3.14. There is a possible break at one end which suggests it may be a strap-end. The terminal is zoomorphic, with decorative features of a horse-like animal with ears, eyes, open mouth and tongue visible. These features are formed from raised ridges. Above the ears there is a straight section (4.75mm long and 6.50mm wide), which is decorated with a diagonal groove …
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2013
Last updated: Sunday 27th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-8F8CC6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stirrup-strap mount of early-Medieval date (AD 1000-1100). It is a 'Sub-triangular Class A mount' according to Williams (1997), broadly fitting his Type 11 in terms of its overall shape, particularly the apex loop and the flange, but is decorated with a coiled animal rather than the typical lion. Therefore, its decoration more closely matches those of Type 10 mounts. The stirrup-strap mount is 57.60mm long, 34.15mm wide and 3.35mm thick throughout. It is sub-triangular and has a trilobed apex (14.90mm long by 15.80mm wide) which is perforated to create a loop. There is another pe…
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Last updated: Sunday 27th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-9123D4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stirrup-strap mount of early-Medieval date (AD 1000-1100). It is of Williams's (1997) 'Trapezoidal Class B mounts' and fits with Type 1 Group 3. This identification is based on the arrangement of the apertures, the number and position of the animal heads, and the overall shape. The base edge, with its flange, is missing. The single upper fixing hole is also missing. When complere would have been roughly pentagonal in shape. There are three symmetrically placed projecting animal heads arranged in a triangle with two above and one below. The apertures are arranged symmetrically in …
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.