Record ID: HAMP-0001F5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead probable weight of uncertain date, but probably post-medieval, c.1600-1800. The object is sub-circular in shape with a flat underside and moulded decoration to the opposite face. This decoration takes the form of a large central hemisphere with eight smaller hemispheres around. At the centre of the reverse are two holes (1.8 and 2.0mm deep) angled towards each other. The object measures 35.8x34.2mm in 'diameter', 11.4mm at maximum thickness and weighs 53.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston', 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-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-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-B1DDE1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval apparently uniface lead alloy token of Powell Type 3, dating from 1550 to 1800 AD. One side is decorated with eight equidistant arms radiating from the centre, creating a cartwheel pattern. The token has been damaged and has a fold in the centre. The reverse is probably undecorated. The token is an irregular circular shape with uneven edges. It is a white-grey colour. The token measures 24.4mm in length, 21.7mm in width, 3.1mm in thickness and weighs 7.69g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horndean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CAE0CD
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early post-medieval open-top copper-alloy thimble, now squashed flat. There is a hint of a groove around the lower, wider rim. The sides taper very slightly to the top, and have a right-hand spiral of punched sub-rectangular indentations.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-66AC1C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy thimble of closed construction, dating from the early Post Medieval period (c.1500-1700). The crown is domed and the walls below flare to the open end. A spiral of drilled circular pits start at the centre of the crown and continue around the walls to the base. The walls of the thimble are very thin (0.55mm thick) and show cracking around the base of walls and just below the crown. The thimble is slightly squashed and has a 'diameter' at the open end of 20.04x15.02mm. The diameter of the crown is 12.10mm. It stands at 16.39mm high and weighs 1.78g. The metal is a dull d…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-00B81A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late post-medieval to early modern (1600-1900) two-part strap fitting, consisting of a copper alloy ring attached to a sheet metal strap of indeterminate metal (probably a copper alloy), secured with three corroding iron rivets. The ring is circular in shape and hexagonal in cross section. It has a smooth green patina. The plate is rectangular in shape but cut inwards where it wraps around the ring. The metal is now purple in colour with a smooth surface. The ring measures 14.0mm in diameter (10.6mm internal diameter) and is 3.4mm thick. The plate is 11.6mm in length, 10.2mm width,…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-014FF1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval (1500-1700) strap fitting, with the incomplete stumps (old breaks) of two integral attachment spikes to the reverse. The fitting is shaped like an acorn, with grooves decorating the 'cup' in a cross hatch pattern. A transverse rib separates the 'cup' from the 'nut'. From the base of the cup projects a short stem while at the apex of the nut is a triangular knop. The strap fitting is concave to the reverse and slightly convex to the front. It is green-brown in colour with only small patches of original patina remaining and a possible trace of gi…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', 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-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-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-0A300E
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early 20th century lead alloy seal from a Johnny Walker whiskey bottle, displaying the arms of Kilmarnock on both faces (shield with hand in benediction above, and squirrel supporters at sides). A more detailed report of such seals can be found in LIN-05F723, with references to others on the PAS database therein. The seal measures 10.6mm in diameter, 1.7mm in thickness, and weighs 1.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Monday 29th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Parham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8EEA70
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy casket key. The key has a kidney shaped bow with two internal projections at the stem end. On the shoulders underneath the bow there are three decorative collars which are worn. The stem extends to a projecting pin below the bit which is narrow, rectangular and uncut. The key is a dark brown colour with patches of green and pink corrosion. The key measures 31.1mm in total length. The bow measures 15.7mm by 11.1mm. The bit measures 4.8mm by 7.1mm. The pin measures 3.3mm in length. The key weighs 2.52g. There is a similar example in Read (2001…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B27F92
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval (c.1500-1600) iron rotary key with kidney-shaped bow. The bow measures 30.7mm by 17.4mm and has a sub-circular projection coming from the stem. The stem is circular and hollow in cross-section. The stem is 36.4mm in length, and is 8.9mm thick. The bit is rectangular in shape and has a rectangular notch on the inside edge. There are three projections from the lower edge of the bit, these are worn and are a sub triangular shape. The key is corroded and is a dark orangey brown colour. The bit measures 15.2mm by 11.2mm. The key is 56.2mm in length, and weighs 14.62g. Si…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ropley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B23B6D
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval (c.1500-1800) iron Jew's harp missing the tongue and part of one of the prong-like arms (old break). The harp consists of a rounded C-shaped end which extends to two prongs, which would have rested in the mouth. There is a groove on the centre of the rounded end where the tongue would have attached. It is lozenge shaped in cross section. The iron of the harp is corroded, and is a dark orangey brown colour. The harp measures 60.8mm in length, 31.6mm in width, and is 7.3mm at maximum thickness. The prongs measure 36.2mm and 20.8mm in length. The harp weighs 19.55g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ropley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CB921E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked tag with a circular plate, missing the hook. It is a class E type 3, from 1500-1700. The moulded decoration possibly depicts a human mask.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.