Record ID: KENT-4F3943
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age toggle. The fastener has been cast in copper alloy and has a solid double-boss head and heavy ring-loop. Only the double boss part of the fitting survives as the loop has broken off, leaving behind a small worn stump on the flat reverse of the bosses. The double-boss head consists of two parallel identical joining circular bosses each with a rounded front face and a flat back. In the centre of these bosses is a circular recesses surrounded by an concentric collar with a diameter of 7.3mm. There are smaller collared recesses, 6.7mm in diameter, on either side of th…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-4FD1C1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lead alloy Finger ring of uncertain date. The ring is cast in a form of a snake with its head eating its tail. The surface has molded scale decoration of the whole surface. No parallel has been found for this ring. The ring is 26.3mm in diameter, 5.6mm wide, 4.8mm thick and weighs 15.81 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WOODHAM FERRERS AND BICKNACRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-506402
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmnet of an enamelled cast copper alloy buckle frame of mid to late seventeenth century date.The frament appaers to be the top part of the buckle frame with the two legs of the animal, which are broken off by old breaks, would have extended to form the other sides of the frams. The fragment is in the shape of an animal with a head at one end and curled tail at the other. There are traces of a white enamal remaining. According to Geoff Egan, the manufacurers of these buckles also produced enamelled buttons, stirrups and ornate candlesticks. This material was being made at the …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-51E7A2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end (Thomas Class A, Type 2) of sub-rectangular form which tapers towards the tip. The strap-end made from a solid piece of copper alloy with a split terminal at the attachment end. Both sides of the split have two perforations, both od which are now broken. The upper surface of the strap-end is decorated with geometric patterns, now worn. Below is a zoomorphic terminal: two deep linear incisions above the terminal depict ears. Below the end is moulded to form an animal's head, with a narrowing to form the snout. The reverse has no dec…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-524870
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object of uncertain date. The object has a spherical body 22.0mm in diameter. There is a circular drilled suspension loop on the top surface. There are five pointed protrusions(11.5mm long) emerging from the body, four round the circumference and one from below. The suspension loop suggests that the object could be some form of weight. The object weighs 52.7 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-538B14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus probably of the House of Constantine. Obverse: worn. Reverse: [BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS]; probable globe on altar, inscribed VOTIS XX. Reece period 16. 321-323AD.Minted in Trier.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-53BB13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus probably of the House of Constantine Reverse: [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; Two soldiers standing, holding spear and shield; between them, two standards. . AD 330-5
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-54F624
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman (AD 50-150) cast copper alloy Dolphin (or Colchester Derivative) brooch with spring mechanism. Five turns of the spring mechanism are present on either side of the head lug. The pin in missing. The wings are D-shaped in cross-section and span 30.6mm. To the reverse is a double-pierced lug for the cord and axis bar. The bow is triangular in cross-section and extends from above the wings, creating a subtle but characteristic 'dolphin hump'. The bow tapers to a point. The catchplate is missing. The brooch is 33.1mm long and weighs 12.46
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-552F90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD ). It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head; it is bent back on itself to meet the front of the bow. The stub three cois of thespring survives on one side at the back of the head, below the hook. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; 12.1mm wide, P The bow bends through ninety degrees just above the head, The bow is sub-oval in cross-section, flattened at the top and bottom, and tapers consistently from the head to the p…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-558876
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Post-medieval hooked clasp with engraved decoration. The hook is ovoid in plan with five attachment loops, two on either side and one at the end. At the opposite end there is a rectangular hook The surface is decorated with engraved foliate designs. A very similar example can be seen in Read page 173 n.653. The hook is 34.6mm long, 24.1mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-55E653
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval or Modern copper-alloy clog or shoe clasp. The clasp consists of a sub-rectangular plate which extends at the base, terminating in a wide, backward-facing hook. At the other end a narrow lug terminates in an irregular shaped cross bar, possible how the fitting was attached. The upper surface bears decoration, both incised and stamped; in side a pellet border there are two zig zag lines, some cross hatching ans stamped diamond shapes, all of which are crudely done. The object is 48.1mm long, 24.6mm wide, 1.1mm thick and weighs 8.61 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-560412
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy figurine, in the shape of a bird. The figurine appears to have broken off from a much larger object as a stump of copper alloy projects from the upside of the bird's stomach. The birds itself looks like an egal or dove. It has its wings out stretched - the wing span measures 33.1mm. From head to tail the bird measures 31.1mm. Feather detail can be seen on the bird's wings and tail and two engraved rings indicate the eyes. The bird's beck has been broken slightly, resulting in the loss of the tip. Likewise the tip oone wing is broken away. The head is …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-50CF33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Early Medieval sceat, Series E (Metcalf variety C), Secondary phase, dating c AD 710-50, minted in the Netherlands.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-5111F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Early Medieval Sceat, Type 30, dating c AD710-35.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.