Record ID: SF-F5086E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint polished axehead of Neolithic date. It is struck from a mottled pale grey to white flint, is roughly triangular in form and pointed oval in section. The rounded butt end has suffered from some damage or possible retouch, and both faces while largely polished retain some evidence of flaking. The cutting edge is straight and has suffered from damage, perhaps in antiquity, in addition to extensive and highly polished resharpening that extends back onto both faces of the axe and gives it a triangular profile. Both faces have orange/brown staining, perhaps resultant from b…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arwarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F50854
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper-alloy casting waste. They are both slightly concave as though they have fomed on a surface. Though with irregular sides both are broadly of quadrilateral form. Both surfaces of both pieces are rough with cooling lines suggesting they were formed from molton metal. The pieces are not distinctive and could be of any date from the Bronze Age onwards although they are evidence for specialist, high temperature, metal working.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F4EB6D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I, dating to the period AD 323 - 324 (Reece period 16). SARMATIA DEVICTA reverse depciting Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm, pushing captive to right. Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 202, no. 435. Diameter: 17.4mm; thickness: 2mm; weight: 2.45g.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F4E184
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval dating (c. AD 1200 - AD 1400). The frame and the pin are both present. The frame has a lentoid cross section and is circular in shape with a recessed area. This recessed area still contains the original pin. The opposing side of the frame to the recess shows no notching to act as a pin rest. The pin has been made from a piece of copper alloy, sub rectangular in cross section and triangular in plan. It gradually tapers to a blunt point. The pin has been wrapped around the recess pin. A collar or loop of copper alloy wire is present…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F4D9EA
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring of uncertain date. The object is sub-circular in plan and hexagonal in cross-section. The surface of the object is worn and corroded. Plain rings of such proportions have often been suggested to be Medieval or Post-Medieval harness rings (Geake 2001, 74), though they are typically un-diagnostic. It has a light green patina.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wirral', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F4D961
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast lead-alloy button. Circular in shape, it had a slightly convex front and a flat reverse but is now bent inwards at 60 degrees down the centre. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded double six-petalled rose with stamens between the petals within a plain line border at the edges. The back is plain apart from the integral loop of which only the stub of the circular sectioned shank survives in the centre. It is 16.2mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick excluding the loop and 4.8mm including it, it weighs 3.35 grams. A similar button can be seen in Read (2005) p.65, n…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F4D652
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unpatinated short flint flake of later Prehistoric date. It is struck from a mottled grey flint with a slight bulb of percussion and striking platform that have suffered from post-depositional damage. The dorsal face has parallel flake scars. It measures 39.79mm in length, 18.45mm in width, 8.41mm in thickness and 5.22g in weight. This flake is of later Prehistoric date, c.4000-800 BC.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-F4D390
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (16th and mid 18th centuries) furniture fitting; stud. The copper alloy stud or mount head is a slightly domed circle in plan. The reverse of the head is hollow and has an integral square sectioned shank protruding from the centre. The shank, which is slightly bent, tapers to a sharp point. The surface of the stud has an incomplete mid green patina. It measures 8.09mm long, 15.11mm diameter and weighs 2.2g. It is difficult to date the stud, there are Post Medieval examples which are identified as furniture or household studs due to the square sectioned shank. Margeso…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F4B393
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval tin-coated copper alloy harness mount, almond-shaped with slightly convex face and outer flange, with a pair of integral, oval-sectioned attachment spikes (one bent outward) on the hollow reverse. Length 32.5mm. Width 16mm. Thickness excluding spikes 2mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F4AFD9
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of copper alloy metal working debris or casting waste. The objects are irregular in plan and have a mid-green patina.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wirral', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F4AD9E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sheet metal mend from a Medieval to post-Medieval vessel. The mend has been made from an octagonal piece of sheet whose two narrower sides have been folded towards the centre before having their ends bent backwards. No trace of the vessel itself survives. Dimensions: 38.3mm long, 18.9mm wide, 5.8mm thick. Weight: 6.5g. Examples of folded sheet metal rivets have been found in Medieval (Egan 1998: 176) and post-Medieval (Egan 2007: 101) levels in London.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lilley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F4A13F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end (Thomas Class B Type 1) of later Early Medieval /Saxon date (850-1000 AD). The strap end is complete being broadly sub-rectangular in both plan and cross section. The body of the strap end is rectangular in plan with a blunt terminal - the opposite end expands to form a rectangular split plate; this is pierced on it upper edge by two evenly spaced rivet holes - both of which are filled by extant iron rivets. The body of the strap end is decorated with two cast transverse ribs evenly spaced, the blunt terminal is also decorated with dish shaped depressions…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F491C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn silver halfgroat of James I, c. 1604-1619 AD. As North, 1975, p.123, no. 2105.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F48D86
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly a strap fitting, of probable Medieval date. Consisting of a flat circular plate 17.15mm in diameter, with a central circular aperture. At the base of the plate the object divides into two separate bars. The bar below is flat and rectangular and continues flush with the plane of the object and bends to a right angle. The bar above is D-shaped in section and rectangular. It bends to form a D-shaped loop 13.25mm in external height, 9.01mm in internal height, 19.45mm wide. This bar re-joins the object after the bend of the right …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-F487EB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle frame, angled double-oval with narrow central bar and sub-triangular outside edges, pin missing. Length 28.5mm. Width 30mm. See Whitehead 2003, p.55. c.1500-c.1650.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F483E9
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead or lead alloy probable pilgrim badge, of probable Medieval dating (AD 1400 to AD 1525). Only the face is present, the rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The probable badge was originally in the form of a human male bust, facing forward. The bust has pointed oval eyes, what appears to be long lower eye lashes but are actually tears, moulded sub-rectangular nose and pointed oval shaped mouth. The bust has the start of a long straggly beard. None of the edges are original. The reverse has a central vertical casting seam with an incomplete integral lozenge …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F481DA
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy sub-rectangular loop with rounded edges, unidentified object of uncertain date. Possibly a knife cap. It is a flattened D-shape in section and undecorated. This object measures 17.67mm in length, 14.42mm in width, 1.71mm in thickness, 2.23g in weight.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F47AF9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy hooked mount, probably from a sword-belt and dating from the early post-Medieval period. The inverted-drop-shaped plate has a perimeter border in the form of a single line of punched pellets. A rectangular tab projects from the apex, beneath which the plate has two circular rivet holes, the upper containing iron corrosion. A slightly wider, transversely grooved collar separates the plate from the hook below. This latter element is of rectangular section and has been curved forward, its squared-off end located less than 1mm from the aforementioned collar. Length: 4…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lilley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F442B1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl dating from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and is clyndrical. It has a central circular perforation with an internal diameter of 6.11mm. Each face is undecorated. It has a light brown patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the Medieval period c.1100-1500.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wirral', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F42AB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Severus Alexander, dating to the period AD 222 - 224 (Reece period 11). Reverse image: Mars standing left, holding branch and spear. Diameter: 19mm; thickness: 2.2mm; weight: 2.7g.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lilley', grid reference and parish protected.