Record ID: WILT-047110
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of Roman copper-alloy vessels consisting of a symmetrical flanged bowl strainer, a Bassin Uni, a carinated basin with a foot ring and an Irchester bowl. The vessels were part of a structured Roman deposit with each vessel nestled within another and all contained within the Irchester bowl. The vessels are fragmentary and fragile, the carinated basin and Irchester bowl are in multiple pieces and the bases of the Irchester bowl, cauldron and the Bassin Uni have become detached. The symmetrical flanged bowl strainer: The strainer is circular (260mm in diameter) with a flat o…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilcot', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-04582A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy single loop buckle with forked spacer dating to c AD 1350-1450. The buckle has an integral forked spacer onto which originally front and back plates had been soldered. The loop of the buckle is ovoid with a small point at the opposite side to the pin and with a small indentation to hold the pin. The loop of the buckl is attached to the remains of the spacer plates, the long ends have broken off. the pin comprises a flat pointed strip of copper alloy which has been wrapped around the bar between the spacer plates. The spacer plates are slightly thinner than the …
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0450B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval, copper alloy, asymmetrical, flat, decorative strap fitting with separate rivet, probably once a sword belt fitting dating to AD1600 -1700 . There is an early break close to the rivet and so only part of the mount is extant. It has a moulded and engraved foliate design with a rounded, D section knop at one end (part missing), under which is a collar and narrowed neck leading to a circular plate pierced with a crcular perforation. The edges here are decorated with wing or leaf like extensions with some damage. The mount then widens again to what may have bee…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-0427A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch dating to AD 43-75. The brooch is incomplete and all that remains is the top section of the bow. At the top the wings are rolled forward with an indentation in the centre where the pin mechanism fitted. Below the wings the bow narrows and continues downwards with slight narrowing. The bow has a raised lip at the edge and two raised ribs of decoration with sawtooth pattern down them. At the bottom of the decoration the bow widens and has then broken. The back is undecorated. There is evidence of silvering or tinning down the groove between the two r…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-03C5FB
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic clasp with decorative rigid integral plate, dating to c AD 1250 - 1400. An oval frame expands at the outer end of the clasp into a sub rectangular piece, convex U shape in section, which is the head of a beast, with broad nose or snout, cheeks, almond shape eyes with pronounced brow ridge, and, on the frame itself, moulded longitudinal ridges which represent the hair. On each side of the frame are moulded representations of pointed ears. The integral rectangular plate, also a convex U shape in section, is decorated wth a central spine-like lo…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-03A29E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy thimble dating to c AD 1400-1550. The thimble is a domed type with almost vertical walls, although the thimble is bent and there are some vertical fractures. The thimble is covered in about twelve rows of indentations. Some of the indentations have been pierced all the way through the thimble, probably through wear as the piercings are all in a similar area of the thimble. The indentations are uneven suggesting that they are hand punched. The inside of the thimble is smooth and undecorated. The thimble weighs 4.57g and measures 17.99mm in height, between …
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-032F20
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged post-medieval lead cloth seal probably dating from the 16th century AD. On one face is perhaps the Tudor royal coat of arms, ie a moulded shield bearing the Fleur de Lys of France and the three lions of England quarterly. The seal was apparently made up of two discs, now crushed together, and with an oval piece held to the surface of one side onto which has been moulded the letter F positioned centrally within a beaded circle Further lettering, perhaps [...] C O M I '. V, appears within an outer border. Any tab or lug, linking the two discs, is now missing. D…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-030F60
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy probably Roman figurine of a flying bird probably dating to AD 43-410. The figurine is complete. The bird is of uncertain type, possibly a crow (corvid). The bird is flying with an extended neck broadly circular head and extended beak. The wings to either side are incomplete and bent (one is damaged and the end is missing). The bird has a broad tail. Below there are two legs hanging down and which are twisted, the feet of the bird appear to have incomplete loops suggesting the figurine was attached to a further object. The bird is gilded and there is numerous small pat…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-029D2B
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman Irchester bowl which was deposited with the rim facing the surface. Roughly a third of the bowl is missing. The bowl is 85mm in height, the base is convex and from the base the body expands to its maximum width just below the rim (256mm) before tapering inwards slightly to the rim (236mm) which has a bevelled edge (2.5mm thick). The omphalos base is convex on the outside and is domed upwards in the centre (70mm in diameter), internally the centre of the raised boss to the rim is 81mm. The base is perforated presumibly evidence of manufacture on a lathe. …
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lacock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-027FA6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny probably of Ceolwulf I dating to AD 821-823. The coin is incomplete. [COELW]LF REX obverse depicting a finely drawn crowned bust facing right within a penannular ring with a break beneath the head with lines flaring to the edge of the flan and in the centre a cross in saltire with pellets in each quarter. HEREBE+RH[T] reverse the legend in three lines separated by raised lines. Moneyer HEREBERHT. Mint of East Anglia. Probably North 392 (North, JJ, 1994, English Hammered Coinage Volume 1, p 96, no 392).
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wherwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0143E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch dating to AD 43-100. The brooch is incomplete and only part of the bow and catchplate remain. The bow is broken at the top and bottom. The back of the bow is slightly convex and in cross section and the front of the bow has a deeper convexity. The bow narrows towards the foot and it decorated with an incised line down the long edges. In the centre of the bow, there is a line of sawtooth decoration with further incised lines running down the edge of the decoration. The catchplate is missing the foot section and is a single…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-002B72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plaque or badge in the shape of a castle with crosses on the towers which is probably medieval to post-medieval date. The plaque is sub-rectangular in plan and depicts a castle. At the base the mouldings suggest a moat which leads to a central section with an arched doorway decorated with a central raised line and two transverse lines. Above the doorway are two transverse lines across with central section with a central turret above, which may be broken at the top. The central turret is decorated with a rectangular depression (possibly a murder hole) with a rectangular window a…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cranborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FFC218
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave mould consisting of one half of the mould dating to the period c.1500-1300 BC. The mould varies in thickness it is 9.9mm thick at the funnel, the walls are 13.4mm wide at the loop and the walls taper in width to a minimum width of 6.85mm at the blade. The mould is 182mm in length and has a maximum width of 70.85mm at the blade. The front face is decorated with a raised shield and central vertical rib. Projecting from this vertical rib are three raised chevrons pointing towards the funnel. There is corrosion visible within the mo…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Devizes', grid reference and parish protected.