Record ID: FAKL-DED34A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object, c. AD 50-1950, this object may have been a bracelet but no parallels have been found and it could be a recent machine part. The object consists of a ring, now distorted by but with an original diameter of about 53mm. For most of its circumference the ring has a 3.2mm diameter, circular section but at two opposed points it is expanded to form 6.7 x 4.2mm plates, the wider face being in the plane of the ring. Through each of these plates is a centrally placed, 1.5mm diameter hole, drilled at 90 degrees to the plane of the ring. Length (crushed) 67.3mm, Width (crushe…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAKL-10941A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy, leaf shaped and bearing deeply incised lines. These from a central groove across which are three, curved, transverse grooves. At one end is a 3.0mm diameter hole which appears to be slightly countersunk on its upper face. On the underside of the object the hole is surrounded by a burr left by drilling. The object has a flattened D shaped section. At one end is a rounded finial, separated from the main part of the object by a transverse groove. At the other end of the object is what might be a highly stylised animal's head, a diamond shaped area with a ce…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAKL-0FA68B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
Sheet copper alloy strip, tapering slightly along its length, decorated with a pattern of small repouse bosses, the design consists of a central line of bosses flanked by bosses making up triangles While the two fragment do not joint it is likely that they formed part of the same strip. The broader end of the strip is, transversly, slightly curved. This object is clearly of some antiquity but its date and function are unknown. Patterns of raised bosses are used on Roman votive plates but also appear on Early Anglo-Saxon bucket mounts. Associations on the site suggest a Roman date. Len…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAKL-00B726
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy finial, end shaped like an acorn separated from an oval sectioned fitting by a deep groove the faces of which bear incised lines radiating from the centre. Within the groove is a transverse disc, the edge of which bears a circumferential groove. Around the base of the 'acorn' is a raised band bearing massed, longitudinal, incised lines. Through the oval sectioned fitting is a 2.3mm wide slot which contains iron corrosion products. The decoration on this object suggests a Roman date although its function is uncertain although it may have been part of a piece of sur…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-116182
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy plate now in two pieces and decorated iwth a deeply cast design consisting of sinuaous scrolls. Although the object is now broken and some distortion has occured it appears that it was curved along its length suggesting that it was some type of decorative mount
Created on: Sunday 21st August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.