Record ID: IOW-F3883D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a later Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy spearhead (c. 1200-c. 800 BC). This fragment is the tip and it is sub-triangular in plan and sub-lozengiform in cross-section. It has a prominent midrib on both sides flanked by two smaller ridges. The edges and point are sharp. There is no indication of a socket. The surface has an even brownish green patina and the transverse break is old. Length: 43.0mm; width: 15.8mm; thickness: 6.2mm. Weight: 9.46g.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F30D81
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy cooking vessel leg/foot (c. 1250-c. 1650). This object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. At the front there is a vertical central mid-rib. The rear is flat and the underside is uneven. It has a transverse abraded break at the top. The object is generally green with consolidated soot in places. Length: 37.0mm; width: 40.4mm; thickness: 7.7mm. Weight: 85.98g. 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: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F2D03E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and slightly squashed Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550). This thimble would have originally been circular in plan. It has thick walls which taper inwards from the base towards the crown. There is a plain rim and no manufacturing marks. The outer face has a line of evenly spaced sub-circular indentations/drilled pits which spiral clockwise from the base to the top including the crown. The outer face of this thimble has a green patina and the pits are filled with off-white deposits. The inside is green with patches…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F27064
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), minted at Durham. Class 2b, 1279-1280 (North 1991: 28, ref: 1015). Obverse: EDWR'ANGL'DNS hYB (Ns with reversed bars); Crowned bust facing with a trifoliate crown and wedged drapery. Reverse: CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME; Long cross dividing the inscription with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.9mm. Weight: 0.98g. DA=12:1. North, J.J. 1991. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.