Record ID: BH-5DDC0B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single-loop buckle, dating from the Medieval period. The frame is trapezoidal, of 'D-shaped' section, the inward curving outer side terminating in two corner lobes. The subrectangular upper side of the plate has an incised perimeter line border and traces of gilding. Two copper-alloy rivets with flattened-hemispherical heads punctuate the upper plate. The now-missing pin would have been attached to the axis bar at a central slot between the two folded tabs that link the upper plate to the much smaller back plate. The possible remains of a textile strap survive betwee…
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5DA717
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy jetton brooch. The side of the jetton employed as the upper surface of the brooch is decorated by a plain cross fleury, the quarters of which contain two diagonally opposed crescents and two diagonally opposed stars; a ring of pellets extends around the circumference. The reverse side displays a cross fleury within a double, four-arched tressure. A rectangular-sectioned strip of copper-alloy has been attached to this latter side, aligned on one of the cross arms, which it obscures. At one end this strip has been curved back on itself, forming a loop; a narro…
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5D718A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy French jetton, struck at Tournai and dating from the late 15th to early 16th century. 'Three circles badge of Tournai' type (Mitchiner 1988: 242 - 243). Diameter: 26.7mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 5.6g.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5D3CF3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy weight, probably dating from the Late Medieval to early post-Medieval periods. One side of the subcuboidal weight bears a crudely cast, relief-moulded cross, with a pellet in one quarter and a transverse line at either end. The other side has a series of indecipherable, incuse, markings, which may be casting flaws. Length: 19mm; width: 14.3mm; thickness: 4.5mm; weight: 8.8g.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5D1D88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch, dating from the early to mid 1st century AD. The spring cylinder is heavily damaged, but part of the pin and three coils of the spring remain, albeit detached from the brooch. The bow is of triangular section and tapers from the top to the point of the break. Length: 20.4mm; width (head): 18.6mm; weight: 4g.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5CF99C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver halfpenny of Edward III. Third, or 'Florin', coinage, Withers type 7. Minted at London, 1344 - 1351. Diameter: 14.1mm; thickness: 0.6mm; weight: 0.4g.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 10th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5CD171
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Edward III. Third, or 'Florin', coinage; Withers type 13(i) (2005: 31), minted at London, 1344 - 1351. Diameter: 15.1mm; thickness: 0.5mm; weight: 0.5g.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 10th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.