Record ID: LANCUM-AB7E52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle. It is a D shape, with an indented bow, in plan, and is sub triangular in section with the thickest part being the bow. The outer face is undecorated but has a pin rest at the indented centre of the bow The pin has been lost. The strap bar has been intentionally reduced in thickness. It shares similarities with Whitehead's No 48 and 118 but they are not close matches. Dates from c410 to c1500 AD, but the size and shape suggest it is most likely to be Early Medieval.. The length is 18mm, width 12.5mm, thickness 2mm, and the…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-62AD97
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable mid Saxon (AD c700 to c850), or may be late Iron Age, rim sherd. External black burnishing, with an external groove halving the thickness of the rim, and a broken off rib or flange immediately below that. Red brown body fabric with grey black reduced core, slightly hackly, with fine well sorted inclusions, it appears to have been tempered with sand. It may have been wheel thrown. Measures 35 x 29 x 10mm, weight 11.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.