Record ID: HESH-D30C32
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two conjoining fragments of a cast copper alloy turned vessel of probable late medieval to post medieval date (1400 - 1650). The fragment consists of part of the rim and small section of the sidewall. The internal and external surfaces have a brushed / turned surface. The vessel fragments are a mid green grey colour with a coroded surface patina. The fragments when joined measures 55.8mm length, 41.2mm width, is 4.1mm thick at rim and 2.2mm thick body; it weighs 21.25 grams. When conjoined the external diameter of the plate can be projected - suggesting it was originally at least 4…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D2EC34
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy lead weight of probable later medieval or post medieval date (1400-1800). The weight is circular in plan and rectangular in profile.The upper face is stamped with a C with distinct serrifs; it is positioned below the mid-point. Apart from this mark - it is undecorated. The weight has a mid-grey -cream coloured surface patina. The mass of teh weight is very close to the 2 oz - therefore it is likely to represent a 1/8th of a lb Diameter: 33.9mm, thickness: 7.1mm, weight: 58.6 grams (2 ozs)
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D25585
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small lead alloy unifaced token. It is circular in plan and rectangular in profile.The upper face is decorated with a two indistinct initials D N or V N positioned centrally. The reverse is plain and undecorated - two small projections are present. The token has a cream coloured surface patina. Diameter: 8.5mm, thickness: 1.6mm, weight: 0.28 grams
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D24239
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy unifaced token. It is circular in plan and rectangular in profile.The upper face is decorated with a daisy wheel flower formed of six lentoid raised hoops or loops positioned evenly around a central pellet / boss. A circular raised ring passes through the daisy wheel. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The token has a grey coloured surface patina. Diameter: 17.5mm, thickness: 2.0mm, weight: 2.50 grams
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D2242A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A voided long cross cut half penny of Henry III of Class Va-d (AD 1250-1256) struck by the moneyer Nicole at the Canterbury Mint North: 991-3
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D1FC7A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A voided long cross penny of Henry III of Class Vb (AD 1250-1256) struck by the moneyer Ricard at the London Mint North: 992
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D19A4D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy 'Winchester style' strap end of later Early Medieval (10th - 11th century) date. The strap end is incomplete and the upper and lower faces are lost. The damage appears to be old as the breaks are either corroded or patinated. Originally the strap end would have been rectangular (tongue shaped) with a rounded base and riveted attachment plate. The stepped attachment plate is lost and broken across the rivet holes whilst the rounded terminal has lost its projecting point. A thickened transverse rib separates the rivets from the body of the strapend. The body of the s…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D17A1C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Valens dating to AD 364 to 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left with a wreath and a palm. Mint of Aquileia. LRBC pt.II no. 1036.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-D1784E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a tapered foot knop. The head of the brooch is complete, it is very robust being oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is concave and has a cast D shaped projecting bar which extends from the upper to lower edges of the reverse. This projection has a small circular hole (2.3mm) through it; this would originally have held a wound wire spring / pin - which is now l…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D14AD9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint scrapers, probably dating to c. 3,300-1,600BC. 1. A thumbnail scraper worked from a reused primary or secondary flake of grey-brown flint; cortex covers those areas of the dorsal face which do not exhibit retouch, c. 60%. The flake has no clear point or bulb of percussion, with one facet of the dorsal face at the proximal end and the ventral face much more heavily patinated, suggesting the reuse of an older tool. The dorsal face exhibits long, scalar retouch, abrupt along the left edge, becoming semi-abrupt at the distal end and right …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-D108DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn bent and cracked silver Venitian Soldino of Daubney Type 3 (1486-1538 ) Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501 - 1521). Obverse : Doge, as standard bearer of Venice, kneeling left, receiving the banner of St. Mark from the patron-saint standing right. [LEO] LAV [D.V.X.] S.M.V. Reverse : Standing figure of Christ with halo, holding a cross right. [LAVS.TI]BI.SOLI
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D0F53D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible copper-alloy post-medieval dagger scabbard chape with pressed decoration. The chape has been squashed and is now 15mm in diameter at one end and 11mm at the other and is cone shaped being circular in cross section. The chape is decorated. At the wide end is a band of sloping lines between two horizontal lines. There is a vertical diamond pattern above the band. The chape is 25mm in length.It weighs 4.25 grams. The cone is split vertically through the diamond pattern. Directly opposite in a vertiacal line are a series of four circular perforations. The last one at the wide e…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D0C69E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy post-medieval seal matrix. The seal is oval12.9mm by 13.5mm, with a carved circle near the circumference. Inside this are the letters EB or JB (with the J carved as an I with three horizontal bars), also with two 6-armed stars one each above and below the intials. The matrix base curves inwards towards the flattened handle to 4.6mm wide then curves outwards. At the top end of the handle are three horizontal holes, 3.4mm diameter, in a line above which the handle has two small projections. These are probably the remains of the top loop which has snapped off. Overall heig…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D08EAE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). Milled issue. Long cross fourcée reverse over squared shield. London mint. AD 1561-1571. Diameter: 19.76mm, Thickness: 0.93mm, Weight: 1.9g. North Vol II, P 138, No 2024-2031
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-D08B5D
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two coins of Elizabeth I 1) Silver shilling of Elizabeth I Dated to 1602 Obverse: crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: ELIZAB: D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI Reverse: shield on long cross fourchée Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV Mint mark: 2 Diameter 30mm, weight 5.43g, die axes 4 o'clock 2) Silver shilling of Elizabeth I Dated to 1558-1603 Obverse: crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: ELI[ZAB: D G ANG FR ET] HIB REGI Reverse: shield on long cross fourchée Reverse inscription: POSVI DE[V ADIVTOREM MEV] Mint …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-D0536C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy bi-convex decorated spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 - 1650 AD); most probably medieval date (AD 1300-1550). The spindle whorl is broadly circular in plan and a globular bi-convex shape in profile. Both faces have a cast rim around the edge and also a similar rim around the circumference of the inner hole - this central rim is very high compared to most examples recorded to date. The central hole is broadly circular and has been cast / set slightly off centre; it has an internal diameter of 7.8mm. The upper and lower faces are decorated with the …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D047F2
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval barrel padlock dating from the 12th-16th century. The case is rectangular in section with flat ends and bulges around middle. One end of the case has a rectangular slot for the key and at the other end the rectangular aperture is divided into two by an internal bar. This would have taken the spring mechanism, a detachable portion that would have had an integrally cast, flat projection, terminating in the loop to hold the point of the padlock pin. Above the key slot on thr top face is an integrally cast projection or tab that has the stub of …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freiston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D0452E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Halfpenny of Henry VII (AD 1485-1509). North standard type G. Withers type 3c. Long cross fourcée reverse with three pellets in each quadrant. London mint. Diameter: 12.74mm, Thickness: 0.68mm, Weight: 0.4g. North Vol II, P 103, No 1735.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-D0375D
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crotal or rumbler bell of probable late medieval or post medieval date (1400-1800). The bell is sub-circular in plan and profile with an integral cast sub-rectangular suspension loop attached to the top. The upper hemisphere of the bell is decorated with a star burst pattern around the suspension loop; it has two cast circular holes (diameter 6.5mm) positioned either side of the suspension loop. The lower hemisphere is decorated with radial lines eminating fom the central split - this is formed from two circular perforations joined by a linear slot. The initial B is …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D02459
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of copper-alloy tweezers of probable early medieval or medieval date, and which were probably used to hold pages of a book. The tweezers comprise two slender arms, arced at the top, and with slightly flared and inturned nibs at the terminals. The loop end has a very slight shoulder making it 1mm wider than the arms at that end. Approximately one third from the end is a metal bar which is bent around the arms which would have been used to secure them when not in use. The arms are not decorated. They measure 64.56mm in length, 9.73mm in width, 5.67mm in thickness and weighs 8.63g…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frieston area', grid reference and parish protected.