Record ID: HAMP-D2EC8D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval (1250-1600) copper alloy D-shaped buckle frame complete with pin. The axis bar is buckled and cracked. The pin is flat and measures 21.9mm in length. It curls around the bar at one end and tapers to a pont at the other. The axis bar has a square cross-section. The frame and pin have a red/brown patina with patches of bright green corrosion. The object is 25.1mm long, 21.0mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 4.52g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead (1996; p 19, ref 53), very broadly dated to 1250-1650.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colden Common', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D2554E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle frame with pointed ends. It is incomplete in that the pin is missing. The strap bar has lobed protrusions at either end. The reverse is flat and the front has a bevelled edge. There is no visible decoration and the buckle has a red/brown patina with patches of dark green corrosion. The object measures 44.4 mm long, 21.1 mm wide, 2.3 mm thick and weighs 5.31g. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (p. 82, no.513), which he dates to c.1620-1680.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colden Common', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D1B615
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group) dating to AD 80-120. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section, being hollow to the reverse, and span 25.4 mm. The wings has a circular cap at either end, both of which are notched (1.3 mm wide, 1.5 mm deep) to hold an axis bar and spring mechanism (now missing). The bow (33.2 mm long) is missing its foot and catchplate. It measures 9.4 mm wide at the head (where it meets the wings) and narrows to 1.6mm at the foot. The lower bow narr…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colden Common', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-81E464
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1350-1400) copper-alloy oval buckle frame of Meols type 10 with ornate outside edge; it is missing its pin. The oval frame has short curved edges, oval in cross section. The bar is slightly offset from the frame and narrowed, and is circular in cross section. At the centre, inside the central slot of the plate, there is an expanded squarish section to the inside edge of the bar, presumably to prevent the plate from sliding up or down the bar. At either end of the bar is a diagonal moulded decorative knop, angled into the corners of the plate (which have been c…
Created on: Friday 26th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-345E76
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy thimble of closed construction, dating from the early post-medieval period (c. 1500 - 1700). The crown is shallowly domed and the walls below flare to the open end. A spiral of drilled sub-square pits (probably) start at the centre of the crown and continue around the walls to the base; corrosion product obscures on the crown. The walls of the thimble are thin (1 mm thick). The thimble is very squashed and has a 'diameter' at the open end of 23.2 x 1.4mm. The diameter of the crown is 12.77 mm. The object stands at 20.7 mm high and weighs 1.78 g. The metal is a dull dark…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-33C335
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and worn cast copper-alloy leg and foot from a cooking vessel of post-medieval date (c. 1500-1700). The fragment is broadly triangular in cross-section with a flattened reverse, with a central rib extending prominently forward. The base of the foot is worn and uneven. The leg is set at at oblique angle to it, expanded at the front of the base. The body is green/brown in colour and is coated in a black sooty residue. The surface is pitted and uneven overall. The leg has a horizontal break across the top where it has broken away from the rest of the leg. The break is corro…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-332D8D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy crescentic-shaped composite strap-end of medieval date (c. 1400 - c. 1450 AD; Geake 2001, 32), incomplete in that it is missing its back plate. The object comprises a crescentic element with an elaborate, large sub-triangular protruding terminal. The artefact has a flat, undecorated reverse. The crescentic part has two rivet holes positioned symmetrically (from the centre line) in its lower section, towards the protrusion. The rivets remain in situ. The moulded terminal is openwork and features twelve drilled pits (blind holes) arranged symmetrically around a…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-31406E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (active 1586-1635) dating to 1586-1635. Rose/orb type inscribed GOTT ALLEIN DIE EERESEI. Minted at Nuremberg. Mitchiner (1988, 439; no. 1522). The jetton measures 21.47 mm in diameter, and weighs 1.15 g
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'RINGWOOD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-618913
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A single-looped copper-alloy buckle of late early-medieval to medieval date, incomplete in that it is missing its pin, but intact as a frame. It is D shaped (17.0 x 17.7mm) with a thickened (1.9 mm) and expanded (4.3 mm wide) outer edge of oval cross-section, slightly rebated at its edge. The object weighs 1.48g. A narrowed pin bar (1.7 x 2.0 mm thick) is grasped by crude zoomorphic terminals resembling heads. Both the front and reverse are uneven and corroded, thus hindering identification of the decoration. The buckle frame has a light red/brown patina with patches of light gr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-60A56E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1150-1450) copper alloy gilt buckle plate with an old break across the projecting arms (which probably originally extended into a back plate, now missing). It measures 42.8mm long x16.2mm wide and 0.93mm thick. The plate weighs 3.05g. The buckle plate is rectangular in shape, narrowing from max.14.4mm behind the projecting arms (which would have curved around the aixs bar of the buckle frame) to 15.8mm at the opposite end. Five rivet holes are situated one in each corner and one in the centre. All of these are missing their rivets. The plate has lost almost …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-603BA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch consisting of the lower bow and catchplate only. At the break the bow is oval in cross-section. It narrows from 2.4mm wide (3.3mmthick) to 0.9mm wide just above the foot. This takes the form of a knop (approx 1.5x1.5mm) projecting from the base of the bow. The catchplate extends to the reverse and is formed by one edge (3.2mm long, 13.4 mm wide) being flattened and bent around. The fragment has a light grey/green patina and measures 21.2 mm long, 8.8 mm wide, 2.2 mm thick and weighs 1.45g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5F6772
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy double oval buckle frame of medieval to post-medieval date, now missing its pin. The frame is 46 mm long, 40 mm wide, 2.9 mm thick and weighs 12.10 g. The top and bottom edges are incurved; the bar is barely narrowed compared to the rest of the frame. The front of the frame is decorated with engraved transverse/diagonal lines (approx 5.5 mm apart) all over. One of the lines is much deeper than the others (as if over cut) causing a weakness in the frame where the metal has been left comparively thin. The reverse of the frame and the central bar are flat and undecorated. …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-5E3F74
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval buckle. The frame is rectangular (23.1 long x 24.2 mm wide and 2.3 mm thick) and double looped: divided in to two separate halves by a central bar (each aperture is 6.5 mm across). The frame weighs 4.13 g. The top and bottom edges of the frame, at 3.6 mm across, are narrower than the outer edges, at 4.5 mm. A copper-alloy pin (12 mm long) is crudely looped at one end to fit around the bar. The reverse of the frame is undecorated and flat. The front is decorated. The outer edges each have a long rectangular protusion (7.8 mm long, 3.3 mm wide) w…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E6D091
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval (1300-1400) strap clasp element with a bar mount at one end. It is formed of a shield-shaped sheet plate (0.8mm thick, 12.8mm wide,16.5 mm long) which is waisted (13.7mm wide) before the terminal at which the bar mount is attached. The bar mount itself is irregularly six-sided in cross-section, pentagonal but with a flattened apex, this part being a narrower upper surface. Unlike similar examples (eg. HAMP-E8AC60) the bar has a trapezoid slot cut in to the edge flanking the body of the strap-end, in line with a rivet that passes vertically through the bar attac…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-5399C3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (c.1590-1690) spherical iron cannon ball of uncertain post-medieval date. The object weighs 970g and measures 63.3mm in diameter. The surface is pitted (some deeper than others) and dark brown in colour, with patches of orange corrosion in many of the deeper pitted areas. There is no apparent damage to the surface. Blackmore, H.L. 1976 (pp. 293-8) suggests an English 'falcon' cannon for bore sizes of 2.5 inches (c.63mm) and 2lb in weight during the period c. 1590-1690. Reference: Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. Lo…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2CAC95
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval bar-mount, incomplete insofar as it is missing one of its two separate rivets, dating to c.1200-1400. The mount is formed of a central, solid, oval body. From the long edges an oval, solid terminal lobe extends. All three lobes are hemispherical in shape, the two smaller lobes having a central piercing for a rivet. The upper surface of the central oval lobe is undecorated with a smooth and shiny patina. The surviving rivet measures 5.7mm long and 2x1mm at the head. The patina is dark green in colour. The majority of similar bar-mounts with central and terminal…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2C22F7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy spoon consisting of the shank (11.4mm long, 2.9mm wide, 2.3mm thick and oval in cross-section), the 'C' shaped projection (15.8mm long, 6mm wide, and 2.8mm thick) and a small part of the dished offset bowl (11mm wide, 8.9 long, 2mm thick). The metal has a grey/green, pitted patina. The object measures 36.5mm long, 11.1mm wide, 8.1 high and 3.5 mm thick. It weighs 2.61g.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2B04AA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and slightly bent cast lead token of post-medieval date with a fleur-de-lis on one face (Powell type 4) and a heart surrounded by pellets on the other (Powell type 33), in relief. The rim is raised to both faces and retains a small (2.5x1mm) lump of lead, presumably a flaw resulting from the manufacturing processs. The token weighs 4.99g, measures 21.2mm in diameter and 2.6mm in thickness. Cf. HAMP-5BA643 from the same parish.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crondall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2AB908
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, apparently zoomorphic lead object, perhaps a terminal from a knife given its obvioius similarity to HAMP-8E1665, which has been interpreted as such given the remains of iron blade or tang found with it; unfortuntaely there is no trace of iron surviving here. The object is triangular in shape and weighs 6.18g. It measures 21.5mm long, 15.7mm wide and 3.7mm thick. To the upper face of the object, the wide end is open and the end opposite, rising to a point, has a slot cut side to side for approximately half the length of the object. Half way, just at the end of the s…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2970AD
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic folding strap-clasp frame, consisting of one arm and the outside edge only. The outside edge is in the form of a crowned head facing, interpreted as a king's head. The face is in high relief with prominent brow ridge, nose and cheekes. The eyes and mouth by contrast are enhanced by engraving. The hair is depicted realistically with three vertical parallel ridges and corresponding grooves terminting in short raised diagonal moulding beneath with three diagonal grooves; this latter decoration representing curls at the ends of the hair…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farringdon', grid reference and parish protected.