Record ID: WILT-5DE3E0
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Roman bent iron hobnail, measuring 16.13mm in length and weighing 0.8g. Unbent, it would be c.19.5mm in length. The shank is square in section (c.3x3mm narrowing to c.2mmx2mm), the head slightly domed.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A34D21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron Roman Strip-Bow brooch, missing the lower bow and catchplate and the pin shaft. It measures 42.53mm in length and weighs 4.12g. The head is 10.28mm wide, the wings curling backwards and underneath to hold the axis bar in place. The head of the pin is in situ in the central slot. The bow is 1.94mm thick and narrows in width to 3.38mm wide at the break. Strip-Bow brooches date from circa AD 43 to 70.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4331F2
Object type: RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post-Medieval iron ring, 19.1mm in diameter (internal 15mm) and weighing 1.7g. It is D-shaped in section, being flat on the inside surface. This ring may have been used with harness or possibly with a belt as a purse or key hanger, for example.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3B2904
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Roman iron probable knife (or blade of some kind), seemingly broken at both ends and measuring 97.9x15.4mm, weighing 18.8g. One long edge is thicker than the other (4.4mm to 1mm).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-C55544
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman iron hob nail, badly corroded. The head measures 11.6x8.9mm and stands 5mm high. The (probably square-sectioned, though obscured by corrosion) shaft survives to a length of 4.6mm. The hob nail is 9.6mm long and weighs 1.22g. Hob nails were used in Roman military footwear, boots were made from three main pieces of leather, the upper the sole and the insole, all three layers were clenched together with hobnails, frequently arranged in patterns, some which were created to facilitate compfortable walking (Bishop and Coulston 1993, 100, fig 61 ).
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Record ID: WILT-7733F1
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Roman (possibly post medieval) iron hob nail, with a hemi-sperical head 9.9mm in diameter and 4.6mm thick and a bent shank. It weighs 1.72g. The shank is square in section below the head (5x5mm) which tapers in thickness over a (bent) 9.2mm to 4.7x2.3mm. The unbent length would have been c.15mm. The condition of the iron may suggest a post medieval date as it is rather good for Romano British. The hobnail is 13.8mm in complete length. Hobnails were used in Roman military footwear, boots were made from three main pieces of leather, the upper sole and the insole, all th…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-84F5D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman iron knife not represented in the knives of Manning's Catalogue of the Romano-British iron tools, fittings and weapons in the British Museum, 1985. The knife is 187mm in length, the blade occupying 116mm of this. The handle is rectangular in section, measuring 10x11mm in width and thickness. It terminates in a loop 21mm in diameter (internal 5mm, although the loop is heavy with corrosion). The blade itself is curving along the cutting edge and is a (very) elongated S in shape. The back of the blade also curves in a very elongated S-shape, but at an angle so it narrows the blad…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-E5AC52
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron Roman tanged knife, missing some of its cutting edge. It is slightly bent but 115mm long with a maximum but just incomplete blade width of 32mm. It weighs 44.70g. The tang is 23x8x4mm (thinning to 1.5mm). There is a slight ?stop ridge where it joins the blade, 4mm tall. The blade itself is 25mm wide at the tang end. It flares over 62mm to the maximum width and then turns inwards to a point over 35mm. The tang possibly has the remains of a squarish rivet, 3mmx3mm. The back edge of the blade (the non-cutting edge) is 3.5mm thick. The cutting edge is c.1mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Record ID: WILT-F11562
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, iron spearhead, Roman in date and now in two pieces. Together, they are 139mm in length and weigh 55.43g. It is in a state of corrosion, though has maintained its shape well. The break is curious as it appears to be recent, while the worn area to either side much more ancient. At both breaks, either side has turned inwards, as though tapering to an end point. However, the two pieces clearly seem to join. The spearhead is an elongated leaf-shape - narrowing from 22mm at the widest point to 6mm at the broken tip over 99mm. The socket is circular in section with a slit up the …
Created on: Friday 27th August 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: NMS2377
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
?RB Small fragments of iron slag (122g).
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON', grid reference and parish protected.