Record ID: GLO-B4DED1
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron prick spur length 118mm, width 90mm, height 53mm, weight 53g. The arms of the spur move away from each other in a gentle V-shape that has a rounded base, these arms (8mm high, 5mm wide) are bent upwards in a high arch that would have terminated in a loop, this terminal has been truncated from both arms, this is an old break. The prick has a circular cross-section (8mm diameter), the head of the prick is diamond in cross-section with a point in the centre Considering that artefact is made from Iron it is in remarkably good condition, although that finder has coated it in wax which…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pucklechurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-096E92
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four iron nails of Roman date. Three of the nails have a rectangular head and have a rectangular shaft which tapers towards the tip. The shape of the fourth nail is unclear due to corrosion. Each of the four nails has some form of wood fibre adhering to the surface. 1) 28.02mm long, the shaft is 3.94mm by 2.69mm. The head is 8.19mm by 3.06mm, and is 2.53mm thick. weight 0.98grams. 2)20.16mm long, the shaft is 3.32mm by 2.87mm. The head is 6.67mm by 3.43mm. Weight 0.48grams. Worn break at tip. 3)14.35mm long, the shaft is 3.31mm by 2.57mm, the head is 6.47mm by 2.90mm. Weight …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-45EDE1
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cannon ball made from cast iron. It is spherical and is 40.08mm diameter. It weighs 216g (7 ¾ ozs). The surface of the ball is corroded and flaking. A cannon ball weighing 8ozs was fired from a Robinet cannon, which the recorded example may be. These type of cannons were used in the 17th century (Blackmore 1990 Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, Royal Armouries p. 83).
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-864D62
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron chisel dating from Post-Medieval period or later. The handle is square in section and narrows until it reaches the chisel end, which is thinner and wider.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-886731
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large headed handmade iron nail. The head measures 39mm x 43mm. The nail is probably medieval to early post-medieval in date, but an earlier Roman date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-886E45
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horse or oxen shoe. The shoe is likely to date from the late medieval period, but could be early post-medieval in date. Only part of the shoe survives, suggesting that it could be a part shoe (made in two halves for a cloven-hoof animal such as oxen. Three small countersunk nail holes remain, but no nails. The shoe has a slightly sinuous edge (curvy).
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C65252
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron key of probable post-medieval date. The dating of large door keys, such as this piece, is problematic since their form changed very little over a long period of time. Bailey illustrates several keys of similar form, in his book "Detector finds 5" (2002; pp. 51-52), which he suggests are of 15th to 16th century date. Whilst the evidence certainly seems to indicate that keys with internal projections in the bow are post-medieval in date, the discovery of a similar example found in an 18th century context in Southampton (C. Platt and R. Coleman-Smith; 1975; pp. 291, no. 2…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battlesden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-45B8E7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The incomplete carved bone handle and part of the wrought iron blade of a knife of probable early post-medieval date. The surviving portion measures 106mm by 18.1mm by 11.1mm and weighs 25.3g. A short length of the narrow tapering blade survives. The handle is rivetted onto the tang using three iron rivets. It is made from two matching bone panels, both of which have been carved to define three sections. The section adjacent to the blade is in the form of a tapering quadrangle, the central section is tear drop-shaped and the third is cuvilinear with a rounded end. At the end of the han…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Trinity', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-467328
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of vitrified iron slag.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5B21F1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife, possibly dating to the Early Medieval period. Iron knife blade and tang. The blade is flat backed and tapers to the blade edge. The tip of the blade is missing. The tang is oval in section and tapers to a point. The knife has a length of 120mm; the knife blade has a width of 35mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 7th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-5BD712
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forged iron arrowhead length 68mm, width 30mm, thickness 12mm, weight 15.91g. The head of the arrow has a diamond cross-section, long barb extend down either side and are rectangular in cross-section with squared terminals, one of the barbs has been truncated, this is an old break. The socket is circular in cross-section, the first fifth that emanates from the head is straight and solid, before it gently expands, this area is socketed. The whole of the surface is encrusted with corrosion, although the original shape is not distorted. This arrowhead is of a style called a broadhe…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Highnam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C19784
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron single-loop buckle. Evidence from London and elsewhere suggests that this form of buckle may be of late medieval date (G. Egan and F. Pritchard; 1991; pp. 103). Apart from the pin, the buckle is of one piece construction. The frame is D-shaped in plan and has narrow sides. The axis bar has flat faces and a central recess around which the tapering iron pin is wound. There is no plate, but instead, a framed rectangular void through which the leather belt would originally have been looped. The buckle measures 44.9mm long, 41mm wide and 8.9mm thick. The weight is 18.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woburn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-41B031
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought copper alloy needle of probable later medieval or early post-medieval date (1400-1600). The needle is very badly corroded and is broadly rectangular in plan with a square cross-section. It measures 89.2mm in length, 2.1mm width, is 2.2mm thick and weighs 1.57 grams. The head of the needle is broken but seems to thicken and the upper broken edge is bent back upon itself to form (a now incomplete) loop. The flaring has been produced by the end being hammered to form a wider flattened surface. The opposite tip or point of the needle has been formed by cutting the shaft at a 45 deg…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-58E447
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron Post Medieval cannon ball with prominent middle seam. The ball has a diameter of 3.2 inches (81.3mm), a circumference of 10 inches (255mm) and weighs 4.5-4 lbs (1.5-1.82 Kg). The ball would have been used as ammunition for a 'Minion' or more probably a 'Saker' cannon, both of which were in common usage during the English Civil War. The Saker for example had a calibre of 3.25 inches with a barrel approximately 9.5 ft (2.9m) long. It had a range approaching 7400 ft (2.3 km) but was used to bounce shot along the ground to cause as much damage as possible. Circa 1650 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-829E92
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron fitting, sub-triangular with circular section, with a gold domed top. Possibly a box fitting?
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-921AB5
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forged iron key length 76mm, width 36mm, thickness 10mm, weight 27.21g. The loop of the key is cordate shaped, this has a rectangular cross-section which is 6mm wide and 3mm thick, the top edge of the heart attached to the shank, the shank has a circular cross-section and is slightly wider in the middle. The bit has two notches cut into the forward edge and a single cut off centre at the rear. The artefact is encrusted with corrosion but other wise the object is in a remarkably good condition. Keys such as this are thought to date to the 15th to 16th century. Ward Perkins J …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-97C476
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron knife, dating from the Roman – Medieval period, between AD 43 – 1300 (length: 169mm; width: 24mm; thickness at blade: 2.5mm; thickness at tang: 6mm; weight: 33.3g). The knife blade is sub-rectangular in plan with a pointed tip and flat section. The back edge of the knife blade is straight sided along most of its length before curving down slightly to the tip. The blade edge is also straight. The rectangular sectioned tang protrudes outwards from the top corner of the blade’s back edge (length of tang: 70.5mm; width of tang: 9.5mm; thickness: 4.5mm) and…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EA7A03
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable draw knife made of iron. Only the blade survives; the tangs look to have been snapped off. The blade is 161.5mm long and 23.8mm wide. It seems to be double edged and has a thick central rib. In section it is shaped like a lozenge with concave sides. It is 11.4mm thick at the thickest part of the mid rib. The rib continues to the far extent of both ends, suggesting that the rib extended to form tangs, now missing, at both ends, meaning the tool had two handles. Two such double handed tools are draw knifes and spoke shaves. The iron is corroded but stable. No archaeological pa…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LON-F088A6
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval iron padlock with rotary mechanism (AD 17th century). The lock is semi-circular in plan with the locking arm hinged from a slight projection on the right side. The body of the lock has a front and back plate and a side strip that separates the two plates; as a whole, this encloses the rotary mechanism. The front plate has the central keyhole with an internal rod that, it would fit the hollow shaft of the key. A rectangular plate is secured by a single rivet above the key hole, it would swing to cover the key hole. Part of the internal mechanism is secured by a rectangu…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-FA0E14
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval iron knife with ivory handle and copper alloy plate between the handle and the blade (early – mid 16th century). The iron blade has a whittle tang that is central on the blade. There is a cutler’s stamp on the blade: on the x-ray the stamp appears to have a different metal in-laid. The stamp appears to comprise two curving lines that intersect; Geoff Egan suggests it may be a crozier. The handle expands towards the butt with an oval cross-section and it is decorated on both sides with two parallel grooves that extend the length of the handle. The ivory hand…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.