Record ID: DEV-364FE4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval lead weight. The object is approximately conical in shape, tapering slightly towards the top. Both ends are circular and a circular perforation runs throughout the middle of the object. The item is probably a weight; possibly for fishing. Possibly rope or string would have been passed through the perforation and knotted at one end, with a loop at the other end to provide means of attachment. Lead weights have continued in use since the Roman period, therefore this type of artefact can be difficult to date with certainity without an archaeological context. H…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
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Record ID: DEV-35B1B5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy horse harness pendant of Medieval date. The pendant takes the form of a plain sexfoil with an arm extending vertically upwards at the top. This arm terminates in a loop which suspends the pendant within a larger frame of similar shape. This frame also has an apex loop, and this is contained within the slot of the remaining part of a suspension mount, where it is held in place by a bar.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-359CB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy trumpet type brooch of Roman date. The bow has an oval cross section; at the top, it flares to a sub-conical head with damaged pin attachment on the underside; the lower end of the bow tapers to a pointed foot. A moulded ring separates the upper two thirds of the bow from the bottom third.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: HESH-33DCDB
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection An Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead (2,500 to 1,500 BC), dark grey in colour. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-elliptical in section. The seventh of 10 pieces, the number "7" is written in brio on a small label stuck to the ventral face of this piece. Most likely to be attributed to the Conygar Hill typology of barbed and tanged arrowheads, this small piece has been bificially worked and is missing one of its barbs. The remaining barb is squared yet slightly rounded, and it can be assumed that the missing opposing barb would have s…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-33B463
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A later Neolithic bifacially worked blade (3,200 to 2,500 BC), dark grey in colour with a light grey single-mass inclusion, making up early half of this piece. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The sixth of 10 pieces, with the number "6" written in biro on the ventral face. Probably originating as a large flake, this piece displays ripple flaking on the side edges on both faces, forming blade edge, however the one could be utilised as a scraper given its small but significantly steep edge. A bulb of percussion is present…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-338E87
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A Neolithic secondary flake (4,000 to 2,500 BC), grey in colour with some lighter and darker inclusions. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The fifth of 10 pieces, with the number "5" written in biro on the ventral face. It comprises 3 main facets on the dorsal face, and displays patches of cortex on the distal-most end of the opposing edge. The ventral face comprises a single facet, with a pronounced bulb of percussion at the proximal end, and near the distal end, a very pronounced ring. This piece weighs 3.2 grams, m…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-338613
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lilly Chitty Collection A Mesolithic microlith (7,000 to 4,000 BC), off-white in colour. This piece is sub-elliptical in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The fourth of 10 pieces, this piece has the number "4" written in biro on the ventral face. The colour owes its origins to patination in chalk downland rather than having been burnt. There is minimal evidence of retouch on the blade edges of this microlith, however these edges remain sharp to this day - a lack of retouch does not account for a lack of utility. Whilst possessing 2 parallel edges running its length, this micr…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-33665D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A Neolithic scraper (4,000 to 2,500 BC), dark-red in colour fading to grey at the distal edge. This piece is sub-elliptical in plan and sub-elliptical in section - rather dome-like. The first of 10 pieces from one bag, with the number "1" written in biro on the ventral face. The most-proximal facet of the dorsal face retains cortex, whilst all other facets are heavily scarred. A thick specimen, the scraping edge has been formed by the removal of flakes from the ventral face up over the dorsal face, and this edge has been worked further with some fine hard …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Llan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-3352AC
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lilly Chitty Collection A Mesolithic microlith/bladelet (7,000 to 4,000 BC), grey in colour with a slightly blue hue. This piece is sub-triangular in plan and sub-triangular in section. This piece belongs to Type F of the Clark classification (Clark, 1934), however Clark himself has dated this piece to the Bronze Age; in the judgment of the identifier, this piece is more likely to be of the former. It has evidence of retouch on all edges but the most distal. At this end on the ventral face is an erailleur scar. The dorsal face comprises 4 main facets. The proximal end tapers to …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroxeter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-332AAF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A Neolithic primary flake scraper (4,000 to 2,500 BC), grey-blue in colour. This piece is sub-circular in plan and sub-triangular in section. The blue patination can be attributed to this piece lying in river bank clay until its discovery, which is documented in an accompanying note written by Chitty. Most of the dorsal face remains covered by cortex, with 4 main facets present at the proximal end and one side. The side edge would most likely have been utilised as a scraping edge, however unlike many scrapers there is not much evidence of retouch and this…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroxeter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-331B59
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A Neolithic fabricator (4,000 to 2,500 BC), dark grey in colour with some lighter patches nearer the proximal end. This piece is sub-rectilinear in plan, tapering to a point at the distal end, and sub-triangular in section. It is the result of an overshoot termination taken from a core, with 4 main facets on the dorsal face, 2 of which run the entire length of this piece, the remaining 2 being located one above the other. The 2 sides of the proximal to medial region have signs of retouch, the one being manufactured into a scraping edge, whereas the oth…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Anchor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-330449
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lilly Chitty Collection A piece of Neolithic secondary debitage (4,000 to 2,500 BC), grey in colour with a little cortex still present on the dorsal face. This piece is sub-rectilinear in plan and sub-rectilinear in section. The dorsal face displays some very prominent rings of percussion on the main facet. There are possible signs of retouch on one of the side edges, however these are likely to have been produced via plough damage. The ventral face has a very prominent bulb of percussion, corresponding to the blow that would have created the rings of percussion on the dorsal fa…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Earl's Hill, Pontesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-32C6A9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned cast copper alloy double-loop trapezoidal spur buckle frame with pointed ends, bevelled outside edge and semi-circular lobed protrusions at each end of the central strap bar. Within each protrusion is a punched annulet and the sides of the frame are also decorated with a row of punched annulets. The triangular ends of the frame are punched with pellets inside crescents, creating a floral effect. On the upper face of the frame are small flecks of silvery material which suggest that the frame was once tinned, but the back is too corroded to preserve any further remains. Read (…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-32904A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object of uncertain date and function.The object consists of a rectangular 'bar' with a series of flattened baluster mouldings decorating its upper surface. At either end is s flat-sectioned terminal with rounded end and the in situ remains of a corroded iron rivet. The reverse of the piece is flat and plain. Length: 50.76 mm. Width: 6.30 mm. Thickness: 1.00 mm. Weight: 1.948 grams.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 23rd June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-325EFB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast composite two piece lead/tin alloy button of probable medieval date, circa 1380-1450 . The head is of flattened-spherical form.The separate embedded drawn wire loop is largely missing, with only two short stubs visible. Diameter: 8.66 mm. Height: 6.62 mm. weight: 2.071 grams. Reference: Brian Read, Metal Buttons, c.900 BC-c.AD1700. pages 22.23.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3245EA
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy powder measure dating from c. AD 1600 to 1700. The powder measure is now squashed and mis-shapen, however it would have originally had a cup-like appearance, having a closed circular base with straight sides and being open at the top. Towards the base are two semi-circular attachment loops at opposite sides to each other. The powder measure would have been attached to a belt (bandolier) via a cord through these loops.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Record ID: IOW-318E4A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy and iron unidentified object (c. 1700-c. 1900). The incomplete copper-alloy part is flat and semi-circular in plan. At one end there is an integral tapering projection, sub-square in cross-section, which curves through 90° and terminates with a domed stud. On each side of the semi-circular part there is an incomplete thin sheet iron plate with chamfered corners. These plates are secured by two iron rivets which have flat heads on both sides. The copper-alloy part is reddish brown with flecks of a dark green patina and the iron is co…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-31705A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy spur with a short neck that is circular in section, and decorated with one thick moulded collar, 5 mm thick, and one thin collar, 1 mm thick, between two concentric grooves. The neck then extends towards a short straight-sided rowel box in two parts with rounded terminals. The rowel is missing but the remains of the iron pin that would have held it in place can be seen as iron oxide on both of the terminals. Where the neck is attached to the spur bar, the bar is widened and flanges above the neck, to accommodate an engraved linear lozenge that surrounds th…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-309C12
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
2014 T975. Addenda to the Little Smeaton Hoard. 7 silver siliquae dating to AD 375. Circumstances of Discovery Found in 1998 by [names redacted] and handed in to Pontefract Museum in December 2014. Original find (1st December 1997) = one solidus, 8 miliarenses, 169 regular siliquae and 6 irregular siliquae to AD 375, published by Craig Barclay and Gillian Crawley in CHRB XII, pp. 307-9. Disposition Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery Summary (addenda combined with original find) Trier Lyon Arles Rome Tes Uncert Irreg Total Constantius II - 23+2 24+1 - 2 - 1 53 Jul…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-3095C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper alloy mount, probably of Medieval date. The mount consists of a thin, flat plate of metal, sub-trapezoidal in form, with a central hole and copper alloy rivet in situ. The object is probably a fragment of a larger mount or strap fitting. It measures 12.65mm by 7.47mm, is 4.20mm thick and weighs 0.36g.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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