Record ID: HESH-AD1571
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy seal matrix, with a central motif of a crouching Hare, of medieval date (1250-1400). The die is roughly circular in plan with a diameter of 15mm. The reverse rises to a height of 14.1mm terminating in a broken lug. This is presumably the remains of a small loop. The body of the matrix is roughly hexagonal in section. It weighs 3.71 grams. The die depicts a crouched Hare on all fours with long ears and an arched back. This design is enclosed within a circular motif created from a series of small incised circles. This would create a circular beaded border of …
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: HESH-ADE183
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead or lead alloy Papal Bulla of Pope Paschal I of early medieval date (817 - 824). The bulla is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) in plan and rectangular in cross section. It measures 32.5mm in length, 22.9mm width, and is 5.6mm thick. It weighs 28.912g (1.0198oz or 446.17 grains). Both the left and right edges of the bulla have been clipped or trimmed, however, this clipping respects the central inscriptions on both faces. Both edges have an even patina which matches the rest of the bulla. This suggests that this damage occurred in antiquity probably before …
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frome Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-BBC503
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy rowel spur of probable medieval to early post medieval date, 1300 - 1600 AD. One of the two sides (arms) of the spur is broken, but both pieces have been recovered and fit exactly. The spur is 68.8mm in length and is broadly Y shaped in plan, with the two sides forming an angular U shape. The maximum width of the spur is 41.9mm, however this measurement is taken between the two sides which have probably been bent out of their original shape. The spur weighs 27.79 grams. The rowel from the spur is missing. The rowel box and neck of the spur are…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: HESH-BEAAE6
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy steelyard weight with a lead core of medieval date (c. 1200 - 1450 AD) decorated with three shields in relief. The steelyard weight is sub-circular in plan and cross section. It has a diameter of 53.4mm and is 55.7mm high. The top is flattened and the centre occupied by an integral cast thick triangle of metal, which is pierced by a sub-oval (D shaped) perforation to form a suspension loop. This triangle of metal is 34.6mm long, 12.1mm wide, and 8.1mm thick. The suspension perforation is 5.7mm wide and 6.5mm high. There is a sub circular hollow (wit…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Lacy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-510D31
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy strap end with a stylised zoomorphic terminal of later early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, 750 - 1000 AD. The strap-end is sub-rectangular in plan with two parallel sides which taper slightly to a blunt point. The profile is sub-rectangular and the cross section is semi-cylindrical (D Shaped). The strap end measures 32.6 mm in length, 5.8mm width, and it is 3.4mm thick. The strap-end weighs 2.86 grams. The majority of the strap is cast as a solid piece, with the exception of the widest part of the terminal which divides, in profile, forming a…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frome Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-5322B4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic spout from a 15th-century pedestal-base ewer. The spout is in the shape of a dog's head, and is sub-rectangular in both plan and profile, with a sub-triangular cross section. It measures 78.2mm in length, 48.5mm in width, and is 17.6mm thick. It weighs 59.49 grams. The spout can be divided into two distinct areas. The first of these is at the rear of the spout. This is undecorated and consists of a swan neck with a large sub-rectangular opening. It measures 58.6mm in length and 17.5mm in width, and the metal here is 3mm thick. This part of the spout wo…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frome Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-548857
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Leaf shaped flint arrowhead of probable Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (2900 - 2150 BC). The arrowhead has been knapped from a light-mid brown translucent flint and is 42.8mm long, 18.1mm wide, and is 3.5mm thick. It weighs 2.72 grams. Both faces have been pressure (ripple) flaked with small neat narrow facets. The upper two thirds of both edges exhibit areas of secondary flaking or retouch. There are three areas of damage; the first is to the point of the arrowhead, the second is to one of the sides, and the third is to the base. None of these areas se…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-A26F53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-A68BE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E09153
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bi-convex spindle whorl of Roman to later Medieval date (1 – 1500 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 25.7mm and is 16.5mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this tapers and is set slightly off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 9.1mm. The whorl weighs 45.63 grams. Both sides of the spindle whorl have been decorated with a series of cast high-relief lines which are set at a number of angles. These lines produce a series of sub-triangular tessellating panels. Much of this pattern is lost th…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E0F024
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leg from a copper alloy vessel probably a skillet, cauldron or ewer of medieval date (1300 - 1500). The leg is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular (triangular with rounded corners) in cross section. The reverse of the leg is a flat surface, whereas the outer face of the leg is the apex of the triangular cross-section. The leg tapers from the top at a large jagged terminal, where it would have been soldered to the body, to a point just above the foot (the ankle). Here the leg flares into a sub-rectangular angled foot. The angle of the leg, when the foot is pl…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: HESH-E23843
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy harness link of later early medieval date (AD 1000-1100) The fragment consists of the right side arm of a harness bar. It is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-cylindrical in section (D shaped). The body of the bar measures 54.3mm in length, 7.7mm width, and is 5.7mm thick. It weighs 17.99 grams. In the centre of the fragment are a series of three cast sub-rectangular projections. These are positioned in a semi-circular raised band. They are arranged vertically with one at the top, one in the middle, and one at the bottom. The central projection is …
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2016
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Record ID: HESH-E487F2
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved sub-rectangular open stone mould for the production of lead tokens of probable post-medieval date (1500-1700). The stone has been carved into a roughly sub-rectangular block with slightly angular sides. It measures 76.4mm in length, 69.5mm width, and is 33.9mm thick. It weighs 378 grams. The stone used to make the mould is 'a very fine sandstone with large quantities of mica within it'. Similar types of sandstone are found locally across both Herefordshire and Shropshire (pers. comm. Daniel Lockett). All the faces, apart from the top, are roughly chiseled flat. The up…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: HESH-E5ECA0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
It is likely that this token came from the open stone mould described in record HESH-E487F2. A number of these were found with the mould (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E61942
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for making tokens (HESH-E487F2). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E639B8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for making tokens (HESH-E487F2). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E651C8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for making tokens (HESH-E487F2). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E65DF2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for making tokens (HESH-E487F2). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-E67611
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A number of lead tokens (HESH-E5ECA0, HESH-E61942, HESH-E639B8, HESH-E651C8, HESH-E65DF2, HESH-E67611) were found with an open stone mould for making tokens (HESH-E487F2). Also found with these items was some lead waste (HESH-0A0041)and a large lead cannon ball (HESH-0A8EC3). This group could be interpreted as a metalworkers or token makers assemblage with both used (and recycled) tokens as well as a large amount of lead awaiting to be melted down. Similar tokens are often found and are dated to the post-medieval periods (1500 - 1700 AD).
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-0A0041
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This group consists of four pieces of cast and miscast lead alloy found in association with a group of lead tokens and an open stone mould. These are likely to date from the post medieval period (1500-1700 AD). 1) Badly cast or miscast sub-circular token: The token measures 25mm in length, 23.5mm in width, it is 3.6mm thick, and weighs 9.02 grams. The front face is decorated with a raised cast cross, which divides the token unevenly. The surface of this face is very uneven with a number of ridges in the metal. The rear of the token is undecorated. It also has a number of ridges…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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