Record ID: LON-81BA40
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Three Post Medieval bone scoops. Each of these is made from a metapodial (foot bone) of a sheep. The distal end forms the handle, with the articular condyles left intact. The proximal end is cut off and about half the length of the shaft has been exposed by removing part of the wall. The exposed end has been rounded. Two of the handles are decorated; one with three incised lines; the second with three lines and ring and dot motifs and the third is plain.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-19AFD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long-cross cut-halfpenny, Henry III.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-197AB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy circular brooch of Weetch type 24, dating to the late early-medieval period. The frame consists of eight false, faceted conical gems in beaded collets, with small, outer false-gem pellets between each of the former. In the centre is an openwork, eight pointed star-like design with a central pellet. The back has a casting seam, but is missing its pin. Compare Weetch (2013) nos. 809 (from Bradenham, Norfolk, HER 30636) and 810-812 (from London). Two examples were found in the Cheapside hoard, which was coin-dated to c. 1000 AD.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherhithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-18F481
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy button, dating to the post medieval period. The front of the button is slightly convex with the design of a sheep within a eight pointed star. It is circular in plan. The back has evidence of a casting seam, and a simple semi- circular loop.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-182953
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy trading token, dating to the medieval period. Disc shape token, with a five petaled flower one one side with raised dots inbetween each of the petals, and also raised dots around the outside edge. The other side has a possible half cresent shape to one side, with more linear decoration, but this side is more eroded.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-17FA51
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy two disc, large alnage seal dating to the post medieval period. Missing one disc. Seal has shield with arms of post 1707- union britian. Garter motton HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE around, surmounted by crowned helmets having lion passant on, with mantling and supported by lion and unicorn (Egan 1994. NO 196, Figure 28).
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-17DBD0
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible cloth seal dating to the post medieval period. The seal is part of a two disc seal, although one of the discs is missing. The front of the seal has a privy mark.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-17C948
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Lead alloy tokens dating to the post medieval period. The tokens is disc shaped, with flat faces. One face has a bottle, a wine glass and a pipe on it, there is writting around the edge but on both it is illegible.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-178122
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy trading token dating to the post medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-169265
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy two disc cloth seal, dating to the early post medieval period. Only one disc of the seal remains. The cloth seal has a privy mark on one side, only part of which remains, either side of the cross there is a D and C, next to the C there is a star, above the C there is a cross, which is part of the privy mark.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-163F75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy annular buckle of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The simple circular frame with a central bar, which has a convex upper surface, a D-shaped section and the reverse is flat. The frame has been broken at one side. The bar is narrowed slightly with a sub-oval section. It is set back from the frame attached to reverse of the frame. The pin is missing. Patchy dark-greeny brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-1609E3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy buttons dating to the post medieval period. The three buttons are still attached to the sprue (a rectangular bar) and each other. The buttons are circular, with a diameter of 13mm and slightly convex in shape, with the front decorated with a rose, whilst the back remains hollow.
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackfriars', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-15C202
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked plate sword belt fitting dating to the post medieval period. This would originally have been fixed to a scabbard strap and used to attach it to the sword belt. The plate is a decoratively curved narrow triangle, ending in a bent hook. The hook end flares out slightly and is rounded at either side, whilst the strap attachment end is more triangular in shape, flaring out. The object has three rivet holes, two are at the hook end, either side, whilst the other in in the flared strap attachment end. The front of plate is decorated with raised floral decoration, in a …
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bankside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-158A05
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bar mount with two spikes for attachment. The mount consists of a flat bar with expanded circular ends. The bar has reounded ends and double concave sides with cast counter relief decoration. There are two spikes at either end of the back of the bar - both are subrectangular in section are bent inwards towards the centre of the bar, one of which has broken of just before its terminous. Length 24mm, width 14 mm, thickness (i.e. including longest spike) 15.1, weight 2.8g. Margeson (1993) suggests that such mounts are probably 16th-17th century, for use on leather belts…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bankside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-58C805
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy finger ring, dating to the post medieval period. The finger ring is a simple band, which is made up of joining circles. On the outside edge of each of the circles are letters which are gothic in style; the inscription beings with a star.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-04AC46
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit dating to the iron age. Uninscribed silver unit of (possibly) Western 'Regular' type. Diameter 12mm; weight 0.55g. Dished flan. Obverse: head right with pellets. Reverse: horse left with pellets. Type dated c. 30-15 BC by Van Arsdell (1989, 273).
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wandsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-048C36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small bronze unit. Uninscribed South-Eastern AE unit (Hobbs 1996, 149). Diameter 12 mm; weight 1.47g. Obv. Wolf? l, above ?, above tail ring, below pellet, pellet border. Rev. horse r., foreleg raised, above animal ‘i’, below ring, above tail 2 pellet-in-rings and pellet, pellet border. Often described as a Kentish type on the basis of its distribution pattern, and dated c. 50-30 BC by Van Arsdell (1989, 95). Hobbs (1996, 149) notes an example in the BM Collection from ‘the site of Old London Bridge’ a little upstream from Chamber’s Wharf.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LON-047293
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron dagger in a wooden sheath, dating to the iron age. The piece measures 00mm in overall length, 00mm in width and is 00mm thick; it weighs 00g. It comprises a long slender iron dagger housed within an ash-wood sheath. Both are in a reasonable state of preservation although the dagger's organic hilt-plates and pommel, and the sheath's suspension loop(s) and chape, are missing. Initial cleaning of the surface corrosion products on the sheath in the laboratory by Rebecca Lang has revealed negative traces clearly demonstrating the former existence of a series of overlapping ? copper al…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-044545
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds representing the lower wall/base of a round-based bowl with an external zone of finger-tip/finger-nail decoration, combined weight 121.79g. Hard, laminated sandy fabric fired grey internally and grey/brown externally, tempered with sparse-moderate amounts of sub-angular crushed burnt flint up to 8mm in size. Contraction cracks are visible on the interior wall surfaces. Peterborough Ware: Mortlake/Fengate type.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LON-042FA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn, undecorated rim sherd of necked open bowl with expanded rim, weight 19.43g, dating to the neolithic period. Hard sandy fabric fired grey/black internally and brown/black externally, tempered with moderate amounts of sub-angular crushed burnt flint up to 4mm in size. A coil junction is visible just below the rim; there are traces of wiping on the interior.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.