Record ID: HAMP-80B239
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 17th century farthing trade token of the Borough of Newbury, dating to 1657. Obverse: *BOROVGH OF NEW depicting Castle tower with four raised portions to the battlements. Reverse: *IN COVNTY OF BERKS around BN / 1657. Reference: Williamson (1889) Berkshire 52.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5870C7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval copper alloy spur, consisting of the terminal (16th-17th century in date). The terminal consists of three conjoined circular lobes with pierced rounded perforations. The diameter of the two outer perforations is 4.0mm, the central one is 2.9mm. Between two of the lobes there is a small ridge extending out 2.1mm. Diagonally opposite this is an incised line and an old break where the main arm of the spur would have extended. The object is D-shaped in cross section with rounded corners, and a flat face. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The fragment measure…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chitterne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0CB50C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Post-Medieval copper-alloy toy cannon dating between c. AD 1675 - 1800. The barrel is called a cascable and the knop at the end of the breech chamber a cascable button. The barrel has circumferential mouldings and a breech chamber with a vent-hole sometimes referred to as a 'touch-hole'. There are two trunnions or basal lugs for attachment to a block or stock that are circular in cross-section. The trunnions sat in the top of the cheeks of the gun carriage and enabled the piece to be elevated. The muzzle flares outwards and is slightly misshapen. The canon is similar to…
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0CE842
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token dating from c. AD 1550-1800. Powell Type 2. The token is decorated on one side with a capital 'W' created with two overlapping V's. The reverse is blank. The token has an even dark grey colour. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were easy to manufacture and distribute; they are therefore difficult to date precisely, but those with initials are thought to date to the Post Medieval period.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0DD1C8
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Post Medieval copper alloy heraldic type stud, possibly 16th-18th century AD. It is a shield shaped plate with an integral attachment stud on the reverse side which is bent. The front face is decorated with a central cross which has been divided by thin diagonal lines creating a diamond pattern. The area around the cross is recessed with traces of red colour, suggesting that there could have been red enamel inlaid in these segments. There is a raised border round the edge of the shield. The stud measures 17.5mm in length, 14.3mm in width, and 1.3mm in thickness. The stud we…
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0E5397
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy probably Post Medieval buckle, c. 1550-1650. The frame has a slightly thicker outer edge and incised decoration, missing its pin. Overall the buckle measures 34mm long, 28.21mm wide and 2.23mm thick. The internal measurement of a loop is 21.07mm long and 9.64mm wide. The frame is D shaped in cross section and has bevelled edges. On both loops the outer edges there are three traverse grooves where the pin would have sat. The buckle is similar in style and decoration to one illustrated in Whitehead 2001 (p. 54, no. 302).
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-8B6CCD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval double oval buckle frame, complete with its sheet pin (cut in a point at its end) but missing one loop. The loop is D-shaped in cross-section being flat to the underside. The central bar (triangular in cross-section) extends beyond the frame with a moulded knop at either end. The buckle is undecorated. The buckle is 19.5 mm by 24.7 mm, and weighs 2.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-06DE6E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy oval buckle frame of post medieval date (c.1650-1720), missing its pin. It has a narrow central pin bar which is rectangular in cross section. The outside edge of the buckle frame curves gradually externally and the frame is triangular in cross section (being flat to the underside). The buckle has no decoration. The patina is smooth and shiny and a light green colour. The buckle measures in 19.9mm length, and 17.4mm in width. It is 2.5mm thick and weighs 1.9g.
Created on: Monday 9th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0942E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy sword belt fitting, incomplete in so far as it is missing its rivet. The object comprises a triangular plate with rounded corners at the short edge, a rounded knop (flat to the reverse) extending from the third corner and a trefoliate terminal extending from the centre of the short edge. One face is decorated with an elaborate scrolling foliate pattern with fronds to either side from a central stem, reaching into the trefoliate end (the centre of which has a circular perforation surrounded by iron corrosion from the missing rivet). All original…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-09D808
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy strap fitting with a pair of integral prongs on the reverse, both bent outwards. The mount is flat and oval in shape with a worn trefoil knop extending from both long edges. There is no decoration on the surface or the reverse of the mount. All original patina is missing to the front and the metal is now a red/ purple-brown in colour. The reverse has a dark green/ black surface, rough with silvery-coloured areas. The strap fitting measures 31.9mm in length, 16.9mm in width, and 2.1mm thickness. It weighs 3.6g. It is similar to Read 2001, pages …
Created on: Monday 9th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-465082
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy post-medieval button, probably dating to the 17th century. The button is hemispherical in shape and is decorated on the convex face with a central raised cross on a sunken cross background, surrounded by raised triangles extending from the ends of the cross and raised lozenge-shapes from the angles. Between the triangles and lozenges is a diagonal rib. The ribs are decorated with transverse incised lines while the triangles and lozenges have a central incised line with diagonal lines extending from it, in imitation of a leaf pattern. The edge of the button is …
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4720F8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late medieval/ early post-medieval (1450-1600) button. The head of the button is lozenge shaped with a pyramidal front and flat back. Patches of now-yellow corrosion on the surface are probably decayed enamel or paint. Otherwise the four faces are very worn. The edges of each face are slightly raised forming a cross shape. The reverse has an integral rectangular shank with circular piercing 3.2mm in diameter at the furthest end. The button is 13.6mm long, the head measuring 9.7x8.9x4.3mm, and it weighs 1.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-47DB2D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval (1500-1700) single-loop D-shaped buckle, missing the pin. It has concave sides with an additional moulded U-shape, decorated with diagonal incised lines. The internal line of the outside edge is also incurved, with a grooved V at the centre point of the outside edge and a transverse groove inside. This is a rest for the missing pin. The strap-bar is rectangular in cross-section, being higher than it is wide and measuring 2.5x3.5mm. The patina is a greeny-grey where it survives although much of the surface beneath (orangey-brown) is showing thr…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-612316
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval/post medieval copper double loop buckle with missing pin. The buckle is very worn, and has an angled inside edge. The buckle frame measures 23.62 x 19.63mm, and weighs 2.78g.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-619BAA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper double loop buckle, dating from 1250-1450. One loop is D shaped, the other is square with a profusion on the outside edge. The inside edge is angled. The buckle is worn, and the pin is missing. The buckle meases 18.63 x 13.37 mm, and weighs 1.01g.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-637789
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper double loop oval buckle. The buckle has been decorated with regular grooves around the loop edge. The pin is missing. The buckle measures 14.90 x 21.64mm, and weighs 1.54g.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2FE72C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval 'seal-top' knop spoon or 'Baluster seal' type spoon (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1), consisting of much of the stem and the seal-top knop only. The knop begins with a circular collar then an inverted pyramidal shape with foliate decoration. Above are a further two collars, one narrow while the upper one is thickened with incised vertical lines. Above is flat and plain circular seal top, 12.19mm in diameter. The object measures 78.23mm in length. The stem is oval shaped in cross section, and measures 4.21mm x 2.57mm, narrowing to a worn …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3EDD70
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval (1350-1700) copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. It measures 30.73x19.19mm (internal loops 13.36x9.15mm) and is 2.57mm thick. It weighs 3.30g. The loops are slightly angled on their outside edges, and are decorated to the top with diagonal and transverse grooves, although much of the decoration is lost due to wear and loss of patination.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-634763
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged post-medieval lead alloy (possibly pewter) spoon, consisting of the (incomplete) oval spoon bowl and a stump of the stem only. It measures 75.46x44.35x1.13mm and weighs 18.83g. The bowl is missing part of its edge and has a patch of metal degradation to the reverse, visible as a crazed and flaking patch, possibly the result of contact with fire. The base of the stem, where it extends onto the bowl, it is pointed-oval in shape. Within this area is a raised lozenge outline possibly with the raised initials R (or B) O inside. The stem measures 10.45x4.21mm in cro…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-662407
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I (1625-1649), second coinage (Briot's hammered issue) dating to 1636. Reference: Spink 5550.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th July 2014
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