Record ID: PUBLIC-596B22
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast lead alloy seal matrix of late medieval date (1200-1400). The fragment is irregular in plan - originally being a pointed oval / vesica-shape. The broken edges are all old and abraded and a light grey coloured corrosion product is present. The design on the front face is lost - the central element comprised a vertical hollow sided shape - possibly a vertical cross which is enclosed by a slight incised border which echos the shape of the seal. The inscription is similarly lost - from what survives the following letters can be seen: [...]RD [...] ENO [...]. In the …
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-53E127
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery pieces like the 'base', or small cannon, which was the smallest of the 'standard' list of guns of the late 16th century, at one and a quarter inch calibre, but equally could have been used as grape shot for some of the larger pieces. In the 17th century, during the Civil War, any iron object was us…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-53AAE4
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of cast copper-alloy casting waste of Unknown date. This piece is irregular in plan. One face is convex and the opposite face is broadly flat. It is light green with patches of an olive green patina. 33.44 x 22.82 x 7.17mm. Weight: 12.14g.
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-536C65
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead unidentified object of Unknown date. The object has a terminal, rectangular in plan and cross-section (height: 8.34; width: 17.87; thickness: 8.04mm). Two transverse circular holes penetrate the terminal and both are about 3.70mm in diameter. At each end of the terminal there is a curving arm, irregular in cross-section. The surfaces are uneven and it has a buff patina. Height: 22.92mm; width: 26.45mm; thickness: 9.12mm. Weight: 20.81g.
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-530122
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, damaged and misshapen post-Medieval to Modern cast copper-alloy 'hawking' whistle (c. 1700-c. 1900 AD). The main body of the whistle is hollow and tubular in cross-section with a semi-circular sound hole at the top. Between the sound hole and the mouth-piece is a narrow collar and level with the collar, on the inside of the whistle, is a vertical baffle with a small aperture at the top. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the lower lip of the player and has a narrow, semi-circular inlet hole. The lower part of the mouth pie…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5081B3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact of probable Late Iron Age to Early Roman date. The piece is roughly 'L-shaped', a near vertical arm extending into the remains of pointed-oval plate. The arm is of semicircular section, the lower end flaring into a foot which has a groove around its damaged outer edge. At its top, the sides of the arm extend smoothly into the pointed-oval plate, just over half of which remains. At the centre of this plate is a motif comprising a circular cell surrounded by two further, concentric, cells, the outer of which retains traces of its enamel inset. Dim…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colney Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4FF1A5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead-alloy artefact of probable Medieval or post-Medieval date. The artefact takes the form of a squashed cylinder, open at one end, the other end closed but for a central aperture. Immediately below the open end there are two attached strap handles, one on either side, their surfaces possibly decorated with a cast pattern of transverse grooves and ridges. The surfaces of the cylinder are heavily corroded but retain traces of a possible relief moulded pattern. A moulded ring extends around the cylinder, situated a short distance up from the closed end. Dimensions: …
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colney Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4FB166
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast lead Powder Flask cap, circa 1600 AD - 1700 AD. One of the integral loops that attached the cap to a bandolier is missing. The cap secured the mouth of a flask, that held a single charge of gunpowder for a Musket. Sometimes up to twelve such flasks were attached to a bandolier and were referred to as "Apostles". The images show the cap in its original as found condition, and also after restoration. It measures height 20.2mm, base diameter 19.02mm, and weight 25.2g. The diameter of the attachment loop is 8.7mm, and its perforation 2.5mm. It is in fair c…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrietsham.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4FABF7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman ceramic vessel. The base is flat and has wavy comb marks on its underside. The side forms an angle of approximately 60 degrees with the base and has rilling on its inner face, providing evidence of wheel throwing. The fabric is off-white with a creamy brown core, sand-tempered and has occasional grog inclusions. Dimensions: diameter of base (remaining): 71.4mm; surviving height: 31.8mm; weight: 70.61g. This would appear to be a sherd of Verulamium-region white ware, a coarseware produced in the St. Albans area during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The st…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colney Heath', grid reference and parish protected.