Record ID: SOM-83F4E6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, of two disc type, from Augsburg. One disc survives with the integral central rivet which previously held the two together. The edge is broken and torn at one point where the connecting strip has broken away along with the second, ring shaped, disc, the damage is the same patina as the rest of the fragment. The front has a raised design of a large letter A within a circular border of oval pellets alternating between ovals going around the circle and ones at right angles. On the back the rivet is stamped with part of the design of a pinecone, the res…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-83EE95
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval (AD 1650-1800) toy pistol. The toy consists of the butt,which is decorated with diagonal lines, barrel and lock which is cast in an elaborate foliate style. The long cylindrical barrel is hollow and the end appears to be missing. It is cast in a mininum of two pieces, with the butt then attached to the trigger section; however it is possible that this is a later repair. It measures 80.2 mm long, 21.5 mm wide, 11.2 mm thick and weighs 41.6 g. The form resembles that of toy petronels or cavalry pistols reported from London, where a 17th-century date is sug…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-82B474
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead papal bulla of Pope Gregory IXth (AD 1227-1241). The object is sub-circular, with a small flattening at the bottom at the point at which the cord would have emerged having travelled vertically through the bull from the top in an internal pipe, now filled with corrosion product. This pipe is indicated by a raised line on the reverse. The obverse bears the inscription GRE/GORIVS./PP.VIIII. in three lines, within a pelleted border (omega above the 'P's; V for U). The 'PP' stands for 'Pastor Pastorum', translated as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. The reverse bears the c…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-817935
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two complete lead alloy Post Medieval musket balls, with attached sprue and casting waste, dating to AD 1600 - 1800. The balls are sub-spherical, with sub-cyclindrical sprues extending from the top of each ball, casting seams are visible on both the shots and the sprue. The sprues are connected to a sub-rectangular, flat piece of casting waste, which is sub-triangular in cross-section. Overall, it is light grey in colour and has an uneven and pitted surface. It measures 26.5 mm in length, 9.7 mm wide, 18.0 mm thick and weighs 17.8 g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded.