Record ID: WILT-2BD9F2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450 - 900 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, missing its socket end and its tip. The edges are very damaged, some ancient and some recent (plough). It measures 83.50mm in length and weighs 36.05g. The spearhead is max.20.73x10.62mm and min.13.42x7.08mm at either end. In cross-section, the central rib is diamond-shaped with the c.2mm thick blade extending from opposing points. At both breaks, the central rib is solid, suggesting the spearhead would have originally been quite long. It is uncertain if any part of the edge is original (ie.not damaged) …
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2A47C0
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Warminster hoard Circumstances of find Between the 17th and 21st February 2010 1669 late Roman coins (including some minor fragments) and a broken jar were found. Some of the coins were fused, others spread on an area about 10m². Description of the coins The coins are of a base metal denomination commonly known as the nummus, covering the reign of Constantine I (AD 306-337) and that of his sons; the earliest date to the period AD 318-24. The latest is a coin of the usurper Magnentius (who briefly challenged the Constantinian dynasty, AD 350-3) dating to the earlier part of his re…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South West Wiltshire', grid reference and parish protected.