Record ID: IOW-9C75B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and tinned unidentified object of Unknown date. Length: 35.3mm; width: 10.6mm and 20.3mm thick. Weight: 18.97g. This object is in the form of the lower part of a human leg, including the foot (or shoe). The calf is sub-circular in cross-section, slightly bulbous, and tapers towards the ankle. Viewing the calf from the side, its front curves outwards. The rear of the calf is slightly concave. At the top of the calf there are two incomplete and integral projections which have old breaks. These features form a U-shape when viewed from the side and the…
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-97BCD6
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polyphant cresset stone or lamp, circular in plan and sub-square in profile, with a hollowed out, semi-circular interior. The word 'cresset' is derived from the old French 'craicet', 'craisset' or 'cresset', a cup of metal or other material fastened to a pole to form a portable lantern. A 'cresset stone' was a flat stone with cup-shaped hollows, each being used to hold a quantity of tallow and a wick, which were burned to produce light. This was a common method of lighting churches in medieval times. It was also common to find such stones near doorways or corners where people had to fr…
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-97A118
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polyphant stone ingot mould, probably for tin ingots as there is likely to be alluvial tin in the form of cassiterite (tin ore) in the area just to the west of the findspot, around the springs that form the source of the River Camel. During the medieval period Bodmin Moor was an important source of alluvial tin and streamworks such as those around St. Breward parish, to the south, and Lesnewth parish, to the north, are likely to have been worked and reworked in to the Post-medieval period. Austin, Gerrard & Greeves (1989) refer to one of the earliest documentary records of …
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-972292
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I Mint of Cyzicus, c.AD 325-6 Classification: RIC VII, p. 648, no. 34
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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