Record ID: PUBLIC-5B13DE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, probable single loop copper alloy Medieval buckle consisting of a folded copper alloy plate with three copper rivets for attachment. Two of which have pulled through the plate. One rivet is fixed to both sides of the plate and contains a burr which suggests a possible repair. There is a fragmented central pinbar, probably from a single loop buckle. A folded, sheet copper alloy pin remains in situ. The front of the buckle plate is decorated in a light coloured enamel with a geometric design similar to a snowflake. It is not clear whether the design continues under the folde…
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5A1CF0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel foot (c. 1250-c. 1650). At the front, this foot has a vertical central mid-rib and has a transverse break at the top. The base of the foot is rounded and worn. The object is corroded and has patches of consolidated soot. The break is abraded. This leg was probably originally part of a cauldron. Height: 30.0mm; width: 38.6mm; thickness: 16.3mm. Weight: 42.33g. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001: …
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-59EB69
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double oval buckle frame with a narrowed triangular-section strap bar. A copper alloy pin which appears to be reused is in situ. The outside edge of each loop is scalloped forming seven foils defined by deep transverse grooves, with slightly shallower transverse grooves between. The frame is concave. Condition is good with a patchy green patina. The reverse face of the buckle is plain and flat. Whitehead dates buckles of this type to circa 1450-1600 AD. Dimensions:Length: 30.46 mm, Width: 30.92 mm, Thickness: 2.52 mm and it Weighs: 6.78 grammes
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-59C1BA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel foot (c. 1250-c. 1650). At the front, this foot has a vertical central mid-rib (just visible) and has an uneven break at the rear. The base of the foot is flat. The object is corroded and has flecks of consolidated soot. This leg was probably originally part of a cauldron. Height: 24.1mm; width: 56.7mm; thickness: 28.9mm. Weight: 101.18g. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001: 52). Geak…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-58ECBD
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded iron dove type horseshoe from the medieval period. The branches are unequal in length with one heel tapered. There are three nail holes to each branch which are sub-rectangular with four square headed nails in situ. The nail heads are designed to protrude from the shoe. The shoe is almost flat in plan with the heels inclined upwards, there is no evidence of thickening or calkins. A similar type shoe in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940 page 113 plate 12 is dated 1361. Also Ivan G . Sparkes Old Horseshoes page 15 for a similar example. Probably a saddle sho…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-54754D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, double oval with narrowed central bar, pin missing. Length 25mm. Width 20mm. c.1350 - c.1500.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: LIN-545EEE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the foot from a medieval or post-medieval vessel or cauldron. The foot has a rounded terminal and is arched in section.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-541224
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (c.1270-1340) copper alloy armorial shield-shaped horse harness pendant displaying the arms of England before 1340, with a (broken and damaged) loop turned through 90degrees and remains of a decaying enamel with traces of gilding. It measures 30.19mm in length, 18.01mm in width, 8.47mm in depth and weighs 4.77g. The shield is 22.52mm tall and 2.41mm thick. The loop is slightly offset and distorted. Blazon: Gules three lions passant guardant (probably Or). The use of enamel suggests a date from c.1270.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: LIN-53EF23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper-alloy buckle and plate. The buckle frame is D-shaped and has two reels on the lip. The bar is narrowed and offset. A rectangular plate attaches to the bar. It has two rivet holes at the attachment end; it is undecorated. The surface has been silvered or tinned.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-53D99E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy simple bar mount, measuring 15.56x6.56x3.43mm and weighing 0.76g. The mount is D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the reverse and curving to the front with a central 2.59mm wide mid-rib with a rivet hole at either end, complete with separate, in situ rivets (max.3.43mm in length, the max.depth of the object, and 1.3mm in diameter). A narrow flange flanks the long edges of the object, which measures 1.53mm in thickness. Comparable simple bar mounts from excavations in London (Egan 1991, pp.211-13) are dated between 1270 and 1450.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-53CCA3
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval gold pendant with a gemstone setting, in the form of a flower dating to the fifteenth century. The pendant comprises three parts; two plates of thin gold sheets, each representing five double petals, and a central mounted gem or glass setting with integral rivet (which passes through the two sheet layers). The surface of the upper (and smaller) group of five petals is cut convexly at the end. The surface of the lower petal group has hammered decoration while to the reverse incised, scored straight lines radiate from the central rivet hole to the edges of the petals. T…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherfield English', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-53A9A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1250-1500) copper-alloy buckle with an integral plate, missing almost all of the frame, its pin and an indeterminate length at the end opposite to the frame. It now measures 21.53mm in length with worn breaks at either end. Only two worn projections of the frame survive. Behind, the integral plate measures 9.92x1.61mm and has a hole for the pin 2.06mm in diameter, centrally placed. Behind this is a rivet hole, 1.57mm in diameter. At the other end, the plate measures 9.24x1.39mm and appears to have two stepped arms at this point, although this might represent t…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: KENT-53A23D
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Medieval equal-armed cross horse harness pendant (c.1200-1400 AD). The pendant consists of a central square flat boss with four arms, each extending from one side of the central square; there are four circular domes at the terminal of each arm, D-shaped in cross-section. From one of the circular domes extends an integrally cast, rounded suspension loop, with a circular perforation approximately 2.1 mm in diameter. The reverse of the pendant is flat and the object is completely covered with copper alloy corrosion. It measures 36.7 mm in length, 29.2 mm wide, 7.0 m…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th July 2014
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Record ID: NMS-539F2A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead irregular conical spindle whorl or weight, central perforation. Diameter 17.5-19mm. Height 9.5mm. Hole diameter 6.5mm. Weight 16.95g. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: LIN-538442
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead weight. It is heptagonal in section and domed in profile. The apex is pierced and a hole is located in the base.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Record ID: LIN-53780A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead weight. It is bun-shaped and has a concave top and bottom. No decoration is visible.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: LVPL-536BAF
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy thimble probably dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The thimble is covered in irregular pits which are spiral on the crown and run vertically down the sides. The pits are irregular in diameter and the vertical rows converge in places. At the base of the object on the outer face is a circumferential groove, below which there are no pits. The object has a light green patina and is corroded in places. The object can be dated from the Medieval to the Tudor period, Cuddeford, (1994), p48.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-535ABA
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy thimble probably dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The thimble is covered in irregular pits which are spiral on the crown and run vertically down the sides. The pits decrease in size about halfway down the sides of the thimble clustering closer together with some overlapping. At the base of the object on the outer face is a circumferential groove, below which there are no pits. The sides of the object are of uneven thickness which can be seen from the base of the thimble. The object has a dark green patina and is in fair condition. The object can be da…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-532504
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy casket key dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object consists of an incomplete circular bow, stem and bit. The stem is hollow and is oval in cross-section. The bit has two worn clefts one on either side resulting in one long simple ward. The ward measures 8.55mm in width and 4.46mm in length. File marks are visible on one face on the base of the bow where the patina remains. The object has a dark brownish green patina. Similar examples can be found on p72, Read, (2001). The object can be dated from the late 12th to the early 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-532011
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward I, class 9b1, minted in Durham, dating 1299-1301. North no 1037/1.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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