Record ID: SOM-C304F9
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper-alloy ingot of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1150 - 600BC. Part of a plano-convex (bun) discoid ingot possibly suggesting the production in a bowl furnace rather than a mould. The upper is flat and the bottom is convex. Only a small section remains with a part of the original edge and very worn irregular breaks on the other sides. The section of the outside edge is too small to idenify the complete diameter. The ingot is pitted likely due to a mix of impurities in its matrix and the uneven natural material used to create the bowl in which it was cast. …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FE63F9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy circular seal matrix. On the front there is a central incuse design of a flower of eight equally spaced narrow pointed oval petals radiating out from a central dot and small dashes in each gap between the tips of the petals. There is no border around the design just the inscription which does not start with a cross having only a pellet between the start and end. The inscription reads: S' WIL(L'MI) : FIL' WARINI, Seal of William son or Warin. There is no outer border. The flat back has bevelled edges and raised line running down the centre which expands into a solid…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1A6608
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T902: Disclaimed and returned to finder Description: Front disc from a silver gilt 'hat-hook'. The disc is flat with a front decorated with a branch coming in from the base to the centre, possibly laurel, with two side leaves or branches, and a multi leaved terminal. The branch is surrounded by incised areas so it appears raised and details of the leaves are again picked out by incisions. The centre is surround by an unrecessed border, broken at the stem of the branch, and defined by an incised line separating it from the edge of the disc. On the border is the …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennington', grid reference and parish protected.