Record ID: PUBLIC-16D347
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast pale green window glass of probably Roman date. roughly triangular in shape, measuring 35.66mm in length and 11.63mm in width and 3.95 in thickness and weighs 2.3 grams. No edges to the pane survive, so impossible to tell what the original shape was when complete. One face is rough to the touch with tiny wavy lines which would indicate the pane was made by pouring molten glass onto a slab of sedimentry rock, the other side is smooth and more translucent. Small air bubbles can be seen within the glass. Cast window glass first appeared around the middle of the 1st …
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-15E4E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy post medieval double loop trapezoidal buckle frame. Frame is simply decorated with an ovoid knop on each external corner of the frame and a triangular expansion on the outer edge of each loop with incised transverse pin rest. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with the pin missing; there are knops at each end of the strap bar. (Whitehead 2003) illustrates a very similar buckle, No.524, which he dates to c.1620-1680 AD. The buckle is 35.84mm in lenth, 22.29mm in width, 3.14mm thick and weighs 6.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-11E736
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy handle from a Roman skillet or patera. The handle is trapezoidal in plan with concave edges which expand toward both ends and rectangular in cross section. The end which would have attached to the vessel is wider at 27.4mm than the other broken terminal which is 24.6mm wide. The top surface of the handle is decorated with a molded male figure standing right with one hand on a hip. The figure is unclear but appears to have cloven feet, an erect penis and possible horns. The reverse of the handle is undecorated. A patera with a similar shape of handle, bu…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE', grid reference and parish protected.