Record ID: CORN-91A7F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate spindle whorl, oval in plan and flat in profile, with parallel faces, a smooth flat edge, and a slightly off-centre perforation. The perforation is about 6 mm in diameter at the surface of each face, and has been drilled from each face, but has only just met in the middle, exposing a small hole about 0.6 mm in diameter. Both of the apertures are off-centre, suggesting that the whorl would not be quite balanced while used in the spinning process, and perhaps this is why the piece was never completed. Slate is commonly used in the county for spindle whorls as it is light and easy …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: CORN-912B61
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast lead seal used for flour with the names HOSKEN & SON HAYLE. embossed on both faces. W. Hosken & Son was started by William Hosken of Carwin Farm, Phillack in 1852 when he commenced milling at Loggans, a mill still standing, bearing the date 1852 on its south gable. It became the largest milling firm in Hayle and in 1890 joined with Richard Trevithick, grandson of the famous innovator and a Truro based miller, J.S.Polkinghorne to form the partnership "Hosken, Trevithick and Polkinghorne", the initials of which "HTP" were to become a household word for flour throughout…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 27th April 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-90B5E2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy dome-shaped "pimple" button of Post Medieval date. It has a wire attachment loop. The button probably dates from the late 15th or 16th century. It is undecorated except for a prominent, raised pellet in the centre.It is a silver/grey colour and probably has a high tin content. The button is 12.99mm in diameter and 4.83mm thick. It weighs 2.4 grams. Compare to BH-2776F2 and SWYOR-BO99A2.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-902366
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy Medieval mount in the form of a quatrefoil. There is a circular rivet hole in the centre, but no rivet remaining. Compare NLM-08E064, BH-E5E8B2, LEIC-B84843 and SWYOR-E10F96.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
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Record ID: IOW-8FCE54
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy strap slide (c. 1150-c. 1400 AD). The slide consists of a single rectangular loop, oval in cross-section. It has a pair of opposed internal abraded projections about mid-way along the sides of the frame. This very worn fitting has no patina and the surface colour is dull reddish brown. 18.68 x 30.02 x 3.17mm. Weight: 4.70g. Egan and Pritchard (1991: 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1256 and ref. 1259 which they assign to a late 12th to late 14th century date. They note that these strap-slides are thought to be the e…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8F93E2
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crotal bell, complete, but some damage on lower sounding holes. Sunburst design on lower half, upper half plain. Iron pea intact.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: BERK-8F7D92
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large iron spur with shaped neck and rowel, part of which survives. 3 large iron rivets to nail spur to boot. Probably 18th/19th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: BERK-8F7251
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron rowel, 6 points (one missing). Sub-circular mounting hole. c15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: BERK-8F6517
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval iron rowel spur fragment; no rowel, cradle only. Possibly 18th century in date, and possibly a childs.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: IOW-8F5C50
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver short cross cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216 AD), minted at London. Class 5b-5c, 1205-1210 (North 1994: 221, refs: 970-971). Obverse: [ ]VS RE[ ]; Crowned bust facing with sceptre Reverse: +WIL[ ]ON.L; Voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quadrant Diameter: 15.57mm. Weight: 0.47g. DA=12:4.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
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Record ID: BERK-8F54E4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete socketed Medieval tanged arrowhead, a hunting arrow. One barb and point missing. General Medieval date (12th to 16th centuries).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: BERK-8F42A5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed Medieval iron 'spearhead' shaped arrowhead; point broken (?used). Mainly used for hunting. General medieval date (12th - 16th centuries).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
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Record ID: BERK-8F2EC0
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval iron tanged arrowhead, with circular socket and broad head; used for hunting. General medieval date, 12th - 16th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
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Record ID: BERK-8F14E2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark blue glass bead, dating to the Early Medieval period. The bead is on the right of the photograph and was found with the green glass bead.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: BERK-8F0597
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue/turquoise glass bead, dating to the Early Medieval period. The bead is on the left of the photograph and was found with the dark blue glass bead.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8E3084
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Published
1) Neolithic secondary flake with snapped proximal.Two ridges. Three flaking scars on dorsal. No signs of retouch. 10% cortex. No visible Bulb of Percussion. Brown/black flint with natural light greyish colouring on right side. 2) Neolithic secondary flake. Small Bulb of Percussion with flaking scar. Small amount of cortex on left mesial toward distal. Two flaking scars on dorsal. Two small notches left of proximal. Brown/black colour flint. 3) Neolithic tertiary flake, small Bulb of Percussion with flaking scars. Five flaking scars on dorsal. No visible retouch. Grey patch natu…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2018
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Record ID: NARC-8D8536
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
An example of a copper alloy late Roman 'long exuberantly decorated nail cleaner of Eckhardt and Crummy's (2008) 113, fig. 76.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-8D7AD4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy hooked mount of post-medieval date. The mount is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a cusped upper edge. It tapers towards the hook (now missing), widening slightly just above the hook. The recurving hook has been squashed inwards at its tip. The mount is broadly flat with slight bevelling on its upper surface. It features two iron rivets, one towards the upper edge, the other just below the centre of the plate. Much of the lower rivet survives corroded in place. The mount has corroded to a red-brown colour overlain with patches of large light-green…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8CD301
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Irish shilling of James I, London, rose initial mark, 1604-7
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-8C8BD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The leg and foot from a corroded cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st-century AD date. The sub-triangular catch-plate survives well and has a curved inner side. It features two opposing broadly triangular perforations within a zone slightly recessed from the sides. The curved element which retains the pin is 18.6mm long, with some abrasions along its length. It is delineated by a longitudinal groove. The bow is broken just above the catch-plate; it can be seen to be broadly triangular in cross-section. It tapers gradually towards the terminal. It upper surface is decor…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
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