Record ID: HAMP-F46E8E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rather worn Roman copper-alloy rectangular mount, or perhaps knife handle, with red enamel decoration. The object takes the form of a rectangular bar, flat but with slightly thickened edges on both faces, giving an H-shaped cross-section. From one short edge a rectangular lip extends with a corner missing. The object measures 48.0mm in length, 12.2mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 6.96g. Due to its state of wear, it is uncertain whether the object is complete or not. The upper face is split into decorative cells, some of which retain red enamel. Along the centre are four lozenge-sh…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F446EA
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (c.1600-1900) cast lead alloy possible palm guard for use by a leather worker or sail maker to protect the palm whilst stitching. The shape of this example (oval, and thicker to one long edge than the other) suggests it may have solidifed in a shell. The underside is flat with an off-centre raised ring; to the opposite face this is at the centre of a wider (and more roughly shaped) circular depression. This other surface is smooth and contoured with a rough area to one end, presumably as a result of bubbles forming during the solidifying process. The object measu…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F452A4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval (1550-1650) copper-alloy double-oval buckle frame, missing its pin. The frame is now slightly buckled. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the underside. Both outer edges are ornate, decorated with a stylised rosette motif at the centre and two triangular knops to either side. The object measures 49.3mm in length, 35.7mm in width, 3.2mm in max.thickness and weighs 9.47g. Whitehead has published a similar buckle and suggests a date of 1550-1650 (2003, 66; ref: 409). Also see IOW-7BFB48 and references therein.
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F51B19
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval/ post-medieval copper- or lead-alloy finger-ring with an undecorated rectangular bezel. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section,being flat to the inside surface. The metal has badly worn and corroded, especially at the back of the hoop (5.7x1.5mm). The hoop thickens at the shoulders (c.2mm at the base) and expands in width at the top to measure 7.8x3.9mm. The rectangular bezel measures 15.6mm long, 7.8mm wide and 2.7mm thick. The finger-ring measures 23.2mm in height and 23.3.mm in width, with an internal diameter of 19.5mm. It weighs 4.48g. The patina, where it survive…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stroud', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F44D4D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably late medieval/ post-medieval (1400-1700) copper alloy link or strap distributor, cast in one piece and comprising two annular rings (c.15mm diameter) linked by two bars c.12mm in length and c.12mm apart. One of these bars has a central recessed area to the outside edge only, c.5mm in length. All components have a roughly rectangular cross-section c.2x2mm and there is evidence for the removal of casting flashes and seams. The metal is dark green in colour with a smooth, shiny patina. The object measures 37.8mm in length, 15.3mm in max.with, 2.5mm in max.thickness and weigh…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F56258
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval to early post-medieval copper-alloy button, dating to 1450-1600. The head of the button is lozenge shaped with a pyramidal front and flat back. At the centre of the button is a raised cross, with trefoils in each quadrant. The reverse has an integral rectangular shank The corners cut away where it joins the reverse of the head) with circular piercing, measuring 3.0mm in diameter. There is no discernible decoration on the reverse. In total, the button measures 14.1mm in length, 10.1mm wide and 1.59g. It is similar to HAMP-54F133, HAMP-4720F8, HAMP-113465 and Read (20…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F6ACBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1200-1400) copper-alloy pointed oval brooch with protruding collets/ turrets to the upper face. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing. What remains of the brooch measures 37.3mm in length, 23.2mm in width and weighs 6.17g. The frame is ovoid with a rounded convex front. It's decorated with six, broadly oval collets/ turrets, two at the very top being quite close together. The other five collets have small settings, which may once have held a glass stone or paste. In between the collets there are small ridges on the frame, but no further discernible …
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F86F7D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman cast zoomorphic copper-alloy strap-fitting. A strap-distributor dating to the period 50 BC - AD 50. It is incomplete insofar as at least one of the two conjoined circular loops (D-shaped in cross-section) has broken off. There are worn projections which emerge beneath the horse's head, and it is from here that a possible third circular loop projected, now broken off. The remaining loop is circular, measuring 20.47mm in diameter, with the frame of the loop measuring 3.21mm in thickness. Inbetween the two (or possibly three) loops projects a …
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steventon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F2BCF6
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval / early medieval (Norman) now rather squashed copper alloy openwork finial or ferrule from a staff or sceptre, probably dating to the 11th or 12th century. It consists of a 41.8mm long cone divided into two sections, both with a square or lozengiform cross-section but set at 45 degrees to each other. The bottom section comprises four pentagonal openwork panels, a bulbous knop at the apex of each. The top-section, which slots around the apexes of the lower section, consists of four diamond- or lozenge-shaped openwork panels, converging in a rounded tip to form th…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F4CAD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon, c. 450-550), copper alloy button brooch of Suzuki's class C, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin and has probable (though not apparent) damage to the pin lug. Traces of gilding are visible to the front of the brooch. The brooch comprises a circular base with angled walls (turned outwards) surrounding it. The base depicts an anthropomorphic face within a concentric raised rib, a central T-shape to represent the nose and brow ridge, and a broad inverted-V below to represent a moustache. Below and flanking this latter element is a narrow r…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F4F5EC
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age copper alloy side-looped spearhead of Greenwell & Brewis' Class IV, consisting of an incomplete socket-end only. The metal is badly pitted and little original patina remains. The socket-end is worn and damaged and measures 10.2mm wide and 10.8mm tall (internal 7.5x8.1mm). To one face, just above the socket-end where the patina is retained, are two sections of parallel line. Possible traces of linear decoration on corresponding worn areas at this point suggest these might have been a pair of decorative concentric grooves. Above, the loops extend t…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.