Record ID: BH-B93B75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of a Gallic emperor (probably Tetricus I or Victorinus), dating to the period AD 269-274 (Reece period 13). Uncertain reverse. Gallic mint. Dimensions: 17.7mm diameter, 1.3mm thick. Weight: 1.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B91B95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of Victorinus, dating to the period AD 269-271 (Reece period 13). Uncertain reverse. Gallic mint. Dimensions: 16.8mm diameter, 1.6mm thick. Weight: 1.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B51516
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-disc cloth seal of post-Medieval date. The seal comprises two sub-circular discs and a folded connecting strip. One discs bears an ornate relief-stamped shield containing a sword with a cross at the point and four flanking stars. On the other disc is the number '20' within a beaded border, a ring of alternating stars and squares (probably) surrounding. Dimensions: 30.8mm long, 24.9mm wide, 4.6mm thick. Weight: 12.76g. A parallel for this cloth seal was found in London (1995: 110/fig. 43, no. 321) and is discussed by Geoff Egan, with reference to other excavated exampl…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Blossomville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B4C3F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-oval buckle, dating from the early post-Medieval period. The symmetrical frame has two 'D-shaped' sides, each with a projecting, moulded pin rest in the form of a flower head. A similar moulding is also located at either end of the central, semicircular-sectioned axis bar. The remainder of the frame has bevelled surfaces and steep inner edges. Both the upper and lower surfaces of the frame are tinned or silvered, as is the flattened and tapering pin, which is loosely looped around the axis bar. Dimensions: 50.2mm long, 26.7mm wide, 3.7mm thick. Weight: 13.81g…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Blossomville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A00132
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a socketed copper-alloy arrowhead (probably) of uncertain date. The socket, which appears to survive to its original length, is of circular section, tapering towards the top. At the basal opening it measures 6.8mm in internal diameter. This opening appears to be flanked by a pair of low flanges, which gradually dissipate as they extend upwards. Approximately 10mm up, the sides of the socket flare into a damaged, 'leaf-shaped' head. Overall dimensions: 31.2mm long, up to 13.9mm wide and 9.4mm thick. Weight: 7.27g. The form of this piece is reminiscent of Late Bronze Age s…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9F7871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch has been lost in antiquity. At the top of the surviving piece, there are parts of two cells of equal width. The bow is of triangular section, with a pair of leaf-like mouldings at the top, arranged in an inverted 'V shape'. A transverse ridge with central groove marks the transition between the bow and the foot, the latter of which has a convex upper surface and tapers towards a basal moulding. The unperforated catchplate is complete, retaining its rolled outer side. Dimensions: 36.2mm long, up to 9mm wide…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9E7196
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Roman date. The largest element of the openwork mount takes the form of a deeply moulded, three-tiered crescent with a convex surface and inward-curving points. Contained between these points, bordered by a pair of angled mouldings, is the base of the second element, a 'T-shaped' plate. This base is bulbous and has a vertical groove at the centre. The distal ends of the top bar of the 'T' curve downwards, into damaged vertical ribs, which join up with the sides of the crescent. The underside of the crescent is hollow. There are two integral, circular-sectione…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9DF8B4
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy hooked tag, dating from the Late Medieval to early post-Medieval periods. The plate is of openwork form, with a rectangular hanger at the top, vertical upper sides and converging lower sides. The moulded decoration is reminiscent of Gothic tracery. In the upper half, two foliate columns separate three trefoil-shaped apertures. A horizontal ropework ridge separates this element from the lower portion, in which there is an 'M-shaped' arch flanked by a pair of beaded sides. The hook is missing. Dimensions: 19.1mm long, 14.8mm wide, 1.6mm thick. Weight: 1.66g. …
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Sunday 25th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9D9915
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy weight of probable Medieval to post-Medieval date. The weight takes the form of a truncated pyramid. The square upper surface is defined by a raised perimeter border, with an inward-pointing triangle at the centre of each side. The artefact is heavily corroded and one of the bottom corners has been lost. Dimensions: 14mm long, 12.3mm wide, 6.1mm high. Weight: 3.75g. Similar, albeit larger, weights are illustrated by Biggs and Withers (2000: 27-29). Given the small size, it is also possible that this is a gaming piece.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9C8494
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-loop trapezoidal buckle, dating from the post-Medieval period. The buckle is symmetrical, the two trapezoidal sides converging towards the centre. Both sides angle upwards from the central axis bar, which has a protruding knop at each end. The upper surfaces of the frame slope downwards and outwards; the underside is flat. The surfaces of the buckle have been tinned or silvered. Dimensions: 25.7mm long, 19.5mm wide, 1.7mm thick. Weight: 3.28g. Ross Whitehead (1996: 82) suggests a late 16th to late 17th/early 18th century date for buckles of this form.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9C61E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy open-frame brooch, dating from the Medieval period. The slightly bent frame is circular, a series of angled grooves in the upper surface creating a ropework effect. There is a pin constriction but no trace of the pin itself. The underside of the frame is flat. Dimensions: 21.4mm diameter, 1mm thick. Weight: 0.88g. Brooches of similar form were found in excavations in London (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 252-255, cf. nos. 1311, 1325 and 1334), in contexts ranging from the early 13th to mid 14th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9C3461
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle frame and pin, probably dating from the Late Medieval period. The frame is trapezoidal, with flat upper surfaces and downward-angling outer faces. The rectangular-sectioned axis bar is located off-centre, being closest to the shorter vertical end. The flattened and tapering wire pin has been loosely looped around the axis bar's central constriction, its point resting on a recessed pin rest, located midway along the vertical outer side of the frame. The flat underside of the buckle exhibits numerous file marks; such marks are also visible on the upper surface, a…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9BD506
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy plate from a Medieval buckle. The double-sided plate has been folded around the axis bar of the now-missing frame. Both the upper and lower sides of the plate are rectangular, the upper being slightly longer than the lower. The perimeter of the upper plate is marked by a double row of punched, opposed triangles. A pair of in situ copper-alloy rivets joins the two sides of the plate together. The folded tabs at the frame end are narrow and are separated from each other by the pin slot. Dimensions: 29.7mm long (slightly bent), 9.8mm wide, 4.7mm thick (total). Weight: …
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F202E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch of Roman (2nd century) date (cf. Hattatt 2000: figs. 219-220). The damaged brooch takes the form of a sitting bird. The body is oval in plan, domed, with a hollow underside. The upper surface bears three longitudinal bands of cells. The central band consists of a series of blue-enamel-filled lozenges flanked by two rows of inward-pointing triangles, the latter possibly containing traces of red enamel. The two outer bands each consist of a series of triangular cells, again filled with dark blue enamel, each cell set at 180 degrees to the next. A dama…
Created on: Saturday 2nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F10D12
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked clasp of post-Medieval date. The plate is oval in plan, its upper surface bearing a central cell in which there is a relief-moulded design, probably depicting a flowerhead flanked by two spirals. A border of three grooves and interspersing ridges surrounds this central area. At the top is a loop, at the base of which is a pair of rounded lobes. Two further lobes project outwards from the mid points of the long sides of the plate. A blunt, forward-facing hook extends from the base of the plate, with a loop on either side. The corroded surfaces of the object bea…
Created on: Saturday 2nd July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F09751
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of initial type dating from 1st to mid 2nd century AD. The head consists of a horizontally aligned cylinder which has a longitudinal seam on the underside. At the centre is a vertical slit and it is at this point that the copper-alloy pin loop is attached to the internal, iron axis bar. On the upper surface there is a simple moulding at either end of the cylinder. The sides of the bow converge towards the point of the break. A moulded transverse ridge marks the transition between bow and head, and an inverted triangular moulding extends do…
Created on: Saturday 2nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-272284
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy frame from a Medieval single-loop buckle. The frame would appear to have originally been sub-oval in plan. The pin rest comprises four sub-rectangular mouldings, separated by transverse ridges and grooves, with a deeper slit at the centre. Only portions of the bowed top and bottom sides remain. These are much narrower than the pin rest and are of flattened-oval section. The piece measures 28mm wide, 13mm long, 4.1mm thick (pin rest) and weighs 2.27g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-799E34
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy button of Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date. The upper surface of the flattened hemispherical head is decorated with a pattern of cross-hatched grooves, which creates a series of small squares. The integrally cast loop extends from the centre of the head's flat underside. It has convex sides and a small circular aperture. The button measures 14.5mm long, 13mm wide and weighs 3.31g.
Created on: Friday 25th February 2011
Last updated: Saturday 5th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Blossomville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6821C3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap fitting, probably from a book or casket. No parallel could be found for this piece, but the patina and general form suggest a Medieval date. The artefact is rectangular in plan and has been made by folding widthways a cast piece. The central portion of the upper fold is of trapezoidal section and is solid. Below this is a short rectangular portion with a flat upper surface, into which has been incised a pair of saltires within a single groove border. Projecting downwards from the centre of the bottom edge is a loop, in which sits the remains of a short …
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-67C793
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-oval buckle of Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date. The frame is symmetrical, having two 'D-shaped' sides which angle upwards from a central axis bar. The upper surfaces slope downwards and outwards, there is a moulding at the points where the axis bar meets the frame and, at the centre of one of the outer sides, there is a transverse groove pin rest. The pin has been made from a length of flattened and tapering copper-alloy wire. It is looped loosely around the axis bar, it's point resting on the underside of the frame, beneath the aforementioned pin…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Saturday 5th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.