Record ID: SWYOR-0D82C1
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball dating from the Post Medieval period. At 61.55mm diameter (2.4 inches) and weighing 951g (2lb, 1.5oz), it corresponds with the standard size of a Falcon cannon ball. The spherical iron ball has been coated with a preservative.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: LIN-0D0012
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron spearhead, probably Early Medieval. Leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The end of the blade has been lost. Swanton group B. Blade width: 28mm. Blade thickness: 6.3mm. Socket diameter: 17mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
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Record ID: NCL-A35666
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron cannonball of Post-Medieval date, probably dating to 1640 or later. The cannonball is spherical with an even coat of corrosion across its surface. There may be some indication through the corrosion of the flashmarks, from the two moulds from which the ball was cast. The weight is approximated at 2.5kg or 5lbs.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-922FB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron probable brooch fragment. Wrought iron coil of spring and pin of a wire brooch, a very simple form of bow brooch related to the La Tene III style but locally considered (at Dragonby - May 1996, page 235) as a possible local development of that form. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 100 BC-AD100. Length: 44.5mm, Width: 11mm, Thickness: circa 5mm (corroded), Weight: 3.59gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-53E127
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery pieces like the 'base', or small cannon, which was the smallest of the 'standard' list of guns of the late 16th century, at one and a quarter inch calibre, but equally could have been used as grape shot for some of the larger pieces. In the 17th century, during the Civil War, any iron object was us…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-251B02
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron cannon ball, spherical in shape, pitted and corroded on the surface but not damaged from use. The diameter of 82 mm and weight of almost 2kg of the cannon ball compares well with examples of Civil War shot in the Royal Institution of Cornwall's collections, in particular a cannon ball from Castle Dore, Lostwithiel (TRURI 1992.91) and another from Tresillian Bridge (TRURI 1993.8), both Civil Ware battle sites. The size and weight of the ball suggests that it would fit a 'Minion' cannon which had a 3.5 inch bore and shot a 4 pound ball (Bailey, 2000, 95). These were used from …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-11CBF4
Object type: SCREW
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible screw. An iron shank sheathed in copper alloy, with three turns of a finely inscribed screw thread on its outer surface. Corroded iron projects from one end; the other appears to have been cut with heavy shears. The mass may suggest further iron within the object, which is perhaps treated to retard corrosion while retaining strength. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Length: 29.8mm, Diameter (mid shaft): 6.1mm, Weight: 7.26gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SOM-7CCFD3
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spur with white metal coating, probably of later 18th to early 20th century date. The spur sides are d shaped in section with a flat inner side and a plain flat circular terminal, 9.3mm in diameter, with a circular hole to hold a mushroom stud. The sides widen and thicken slightly towards the back, from 5.4mm by 4.4mm to 7.9mm by 6.2mm. There is no crest. The long neck is circular in section, 6.2mm, and straight, projecting from the middle of the back of the spur. It is now 43.8mm long and ends in a V shape, presumably the broken end of the rowel box. It is now 129mm long, 70.9mm …
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-6C4FF7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified artefact of high iron content metal. Sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded corners and one end wider then the other, and with transerve grooves at the wider end, the object takes the form of an animals paw, or foot. Slightly bent, there are two grooves on the reverse of the object. Bothe ends appear broken. The wear and corrosion of this object make an identification difficult. Images have been sent to curators at teh British Musuem, and to Finds Advisors of the PAS, and so this record will be updated in due course.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Record ID: SF-6A6240
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large piece of cast iron of unknown date. It is sub-triangular in shape and rectangular in section. One end is missing due to old breaks. It is probably agricultural in origin, possibly a weight. It measures 68.22mm in length, 61.78mm in width and 28.59mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6B9876
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval iron key of probable 14th-century date. The bow is incomplete and circular in cross section. The shank is broadly square in cross section 9.65mm thick. The simple bit has two clefts, 13.65mm and 4.85mm in length. The key is heavily corroded and is flaking.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
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Record ID: SF-6A50D3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded and encrusted iron horseshoe of possible late Medieval or Post-Medieval date. It is U-shaped in form with relatively broad web and rounded toe, the branches narrowing and almost meeting at the heels to give the inner edge a pointed arch shaped profile. One heel has a folded calking, the other feathered. Each branch has four rectangular nail holes close to the outer edge, none of which are positioned at the toe of the shoe and no nails survive. The entire object shows signs of extensive post-depositional corrosion in addition to thick clay and flint encrustation that…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-53E598
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron nail head. Round head of a small nail or tack sheathed in lead; the rectangular section of an iron shank protrudes. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Diameter: 12.5mm, Thickness (clear of shank): 3.2mm, Weight: 2.86gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SUR-DA7FA3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval iron horseshoe belonging to Clark's Type 2b. The horseshoe has the wavy edge characteristic of the medieval period and six nail holes, some filled with corrosion, and two calkins. Length: 106.5 mm; Width: 106.5 mm
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-D79F25
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of unidentified object made from iron with a white-metal coating (perhaps tin) on the decorated face. The surviving piece is flat and roughly rectangular, measuring 18.4mm long and 11.0mm wide; there are no identifiable original edges. It is decorated with a pair of circular domed bosses with square or lozenge-shaped flat tops. The white metal has worn away here and there is some lumpy iron corrosion. Around the bosses is a groove with very fine transverse ribbing in the base. Outside this, each boss has a penannular ridge when appears to end in a pellet in the centre of the …
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ABAA90
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silvered head of iron pin or needle. A double-ribbed collar decorated with vertical grooves encloses a socket for the iron shank. Above the collar a female bust in high relief is worn and the facial features are missing. A discoidal terminal on the top of the head is pierced by an off-centre round aperture and is decorated on both faces with curving lines of punched dots. An ovoid and slightly concave patch of dark reduced fired clay visible in the centre of the reverse of the bust is surrounded by a raised rim of metal which is turn is surrounded by a dull grey deposit that is probab…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5860B0
Object type: CALTROP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval or Post Medieval caltrop made from iron. The object consists of six rectangular sectioned spikes which are arranged so that it appears cross shaped when viewed from any angle. Three of the spikes are complete. A caltrop usually has four spikes but this appears to have the same function. Compare LEIC-6F1C31 and DENO-198F30.
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2012
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Record ID: LIN-416B77
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron knife handle dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The handle is rectangular in cross-section with four iron rivets through it. The terminal of the handle is square with an acorn knop above it.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saltfleetby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-30CB21
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small iron cannon shot just over 30mm in diameter and weighing 107g. It is not certain what type of weapon fired this but it is likely to be of 17th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2012
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Record ID: DEV-A00708
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval iron knife with blade and tang remaining.
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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