Record ID: WILT-2A41E6
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy strap clasp missing most of the frame including the rotating end. It measures 52x16.3mm and weighs 9.02g. The fram consist of fragments of the side bars and the rotating plate end only. On each surviving side bar is a tiny transverse ridge. The buckle plate itself measures 50.4x15.8mm. It is openwork with, at its centre, the edges and centre cut away to give the impression of pillars. Inside the resulting rectangular open area is a backwards C-shape on top of a C-shape rising from the bottom of the area. On top of this is a ?pot with a triangular …
Created on: Friday 15th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-7D5DD4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/ Early Post medieval copper alloy finger ring with clasped hands on one side and a mounted rose with a crowned heart at its centre on the other. It is max.24.5mm in diameter from clasped hand to mount (internal 19mm), otherwise 21.4mm in diameter. The finger-ring weighs 4.18g. The hoop is flat in section behind the hands and slightly faceted in section further on, different from the hands which are rounded and slightly three-dimensional. Each hand has four fingers, and the thumb of the undermost hand crosses on to the other. At the end of each hand is a slight wrist an…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7E7344
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of medieval harness mount, possibly joining with extremely worn breaks or (more likely) part of a three-loop mount. Together, the mounts are 62mm in length. The metal is copper alloy and there are traces of gilding on both. The style of the surviving terminal is similar to some harness pendant suspension mounts, cf. Griffiths 1986, Finds Research Group Datasheet 5, no.21d. It has a pointed but rounded D-sectioned projection from a circular loop 2.4mm in diameter with two little ribbed mouldings joining it to the arm, which narrows and widens before another transverse rib…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Record ID: WILT-7EEF93
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly medieval in date, two pieces of lead, square in shape, one of which is squashed. The square surviving intact measures 42x42.8mm and is 7.2mm thick. The arms are c.7mm wide. Around both inside and outside surface is a groove. On the outside surface this seems to be showing a join with another same-shaped object. From one corner the two arms metting there extend slightly beyond their frame. The second, squashed frame is c.51mm long and at present 30mm wide. The arms are 7mm thick and the un-squashed 7.8mm wide. The other arm is bent inwards in an S shape and is thinner at …
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7F2B71
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy probable harness mount, square in shape with a pierced projection. This has probably been broken in antiquity as has the opposite face of the mount, although this is not certain as the metal has been stripped and removed traces. The mount measures 12.8x20.6x1.7mm and weighs 1.75g. The piercing is 3mm in diameter. It depicts a dog walking right and facing forwards within a circle, within a square. In each corner is a lis. A hook, another similar projection or arms for a harness pendant may have originally extended from the mount. 13th/ 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: WILT-7F52D8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late medieval copper alloy strap-end, consisting of the crescentic outer edge and large trefoil terminal and missing its backplate. It measures an incomplete 41.6mm in length and is 30.5mm wide. It is 3.3mm thick and weighs 13.2g. The outer edge is broken across two rivet holes c.2mm in diameter. Here, the frame is 5mm wide. It extends to 12.6mm wide at the centre point, over a distance of 25.7mm. The outer edge has grooved linear decoration, much of which is obscured by the loss of patina. At the centre is an inverted V. Either side of this are two in situ rivets, 3.4mm in…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-6095E6
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment from the angle at the top of a medieval ridge tile with the remains of a low knife-cut crest. This crest has been stabbed twice from one side. There is a sparse wash of green glaze. This tile comes from the kilns at Minety. For a description of very similar tiles see Wiltshire Archaeology Magazine 68 (1973) 79-88 with particular reference to fig.2 nos 24 and 25. The height of the crest, only 25mm, suggests that this piece is most probably 14th or 15th century. Measures 68x78x11.2mm and weighs 96.33g.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-60C6B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two unglazed medieval body sherds of probably Minety ware. The smaller fragment measures 33x38.2x8.3mm and is from an everted rim jar (cooking pot). The larger fragment measures 48.7x46.4x11.8mm and is from a heavy storage jar. The sherds together weigh 44.35g. Probably 13th-15th century in date.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F8AC41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/ Early post medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. It measures 26.8x21.9mm, and the internal dimensions of the loops are c.10x17.5mm. The buckle frame weighs 1.80g. Iron staining on the axis bar suggests the pin would have been iron. The frame is very thin (max.1.4mm thick) and the metal worn. There is no original patina surviving.
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-086601
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy buckle frame with central bar and loops of different shapes, missing its pin and with a broken central bar. It measures 22.2x23.3mm and weighs 3.10g. The outer-most loop is oval (23.3mm high) with a notch on the outside edge for the pin to rest on. The internal dimensions are 10.4x19mm. The central bar is narrowed at the centre for the pin and has broken at this point. The other loop is rectangular and 15.6mm high. Its internal dimensions are 5.2x11.9mm Cf. Egan & Pritchard, 1991, no.472. This is dated to the first half of the 15th century.
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Record ID: WILT-08A0E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame with broken iron pin. The frame is angled and has spots of tinning. It measures 35.6x25.3mm (internal loops c.13x19mm) and weighs 6.47g. Cf. Egan & Pritchard, 1991, no.333. This is dated to the second half of the 14th century.
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-0A05C4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy unusual horse harness pendant, probably missing enamel decoration, and possibly also missing a centre-boss. The pendant is 20mm in diameter and is 4mm thick. It is 29.8mm in length, with the loop. Weighs 7.18g. The loop appears to have the remains of an axis bar held within it. The pendant has a flat back and rounded front. The front is decorated with eight double-petals radiating from a sunken centre with possibly the remains of a very small rivet in situ. Around the petals is a shiny black substance, possibly the original patina. While petals and flower de…
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-88BFB2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two unglazed base sherds, unglazed body sherd, unglazed handle fragment, glazed base sherd, two glazed handle fragments, two glazed rim sherds and five glazed body sherds of medieval Nash Hill ware, dating to the 13th/ 14th century. The fabric is sandy with quartz inclusions and pink to ornage in colour, the glaze is light and dark olive green. The two unglazed body sherds have thumb impressions at their base. They measure 79x63x9mm and 42x48x8mm. The largest would have had a base diameter of c.220mm. The unglazed body sherd has had many inclusions worn away and has a very pit…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-DE2985
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Not quite spherical, although each half could be described as hemispherical, unidentified lead object, with a diameter of 16.2mm around the casting seam, and a thickness of 13.2mm. It weighs 17.50g. The lead has a dark shiny patination and along the casting seam, exactly opposite each other, is a lattice impression, the larger of the two of which is 6x6mm. It seems unlikely this is textile as the holes in the lattice are too deep. Probably late medieval to post medieval in date. Possibly shot, but its non-spherical shape would impede its flight through the air.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-DE4441
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object, D-shaped in section with a flat underside and an elongated triangle in shape with a pierced wider end. This end is also bent. The object measures 28.2mm in length and is 17.6mm at the wider end, narrowing to 8mm. The piercing is 4.9mm in diameter. The object is max.3.7mm thick. It weighs 8.94g. The lead has a darkish very shiny patina, suggesting the object may be late medieval/ post medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-0783D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One rim sherd, one base sherd, three plain body sherds and one body sherd (see image) decorated with rouletting of a Medieval West Wiltshire ware. The largest sherd (base) measures 52.1x42.3x12.2mm, the smallest (body) 24.1x18.3x7.4mm. The six sherds collectively weigh 46.94g. The fabric is sandy with quartz inclusions and a pale/ pinky colour, a West Wiltshire type, the distribution of which is centred on Warminster. 11th-12th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-1B8478
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval short cross penny class 4, of Richard I or John. It is 18-19mm in diameter and weighs 1.37g. The die axis is 0. Mint: Canterbury Moneyer: Roberd Date: 1194-1205 Reference: North 968
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-1BF291
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval farthing Class XV of Edward II or III. It is 11mm in diameter and weighs 0.31g with a die axis of 9. Mint: London Date: 1320-35 Reference: North 1070
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-6F8A11
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete sheet copper alloy mount with an incomplete shield design stamped within it, there are traces of red enamel on the shield. The shield measures 23mm in width across the top. It extends c.14mm to a clean break or cut running horizontally through the centre of the shield. Within the shield are seven raised dots, c.5mm in diameter. A row of four with a row of three beneath. Red enameling appears around the top-most (row of four). In shape the object is roughly rectangular, with one curved corner. The lower long edge beside the corner is jagged. Projecting from the corn…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2016
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Record ID: WILT-86E912
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. In shape it is rather squashed on the slant. Measures 32.6x26.2mm (internal loops c.10xc.19mm) and weighs 4.92g. One outside edge is decorated with three transverse grooves. The other outside edge is plain. The buckle frame is slightly tilted upwards. It has been coated in a ?preservative material. Cf. two examples in Egan 1991, nos.332 and 333, which date to the second half of the fourteenth century. However buckles of the double oval type continue to the mid-15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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