Record ID: PUBLIC-3C1146
Object type: CURRENCY BAR
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn half cast copper alloy object, probably one half of an African manilla dating to the 19th century.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3C04F1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife cap or knife end dating from the early post-medieval period that is c. AD1500-1600. The knife cap is made from copper alloy but the slit still retains some of the iron knife blade inside. The knife cap is curved, terminating in a point. It is undecorated except for a thin moulding around the base and possibly some moulding or grooves along the top. It has a rectangular cross-section with rounded corners. An end-cap of similar form, but with four grooves, can be seen on this database at SF-CD6F27 and there is a good parallel to this LANCUM example from Wiltsh…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BF134
Object type: ARMOUR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy unknown object, possibly a fragment of a Roman or later armour. The fragment is crescent-shaped/semi-circular and very thin. It has three perforations at the top, two of which are cracked but not broken. Is it slightly curved, with the concave side being the inner and the convex the outer side. It is undecorated. It is in very good state of preservation which suggests that it may be of post-medieval or later date. However, then it would not be an armour plate because medieval and modern armoury parts were more often made from iron rather than copper-alloy.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BC373
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron handle fragment dating from the post-medieval period, that is c. AD1500-1700. Only c. 50% of the handle survive, probably the lower bit which was attached to the body of the vessel. The upper part would have sat at a right angle, touching the rim of the cauldron or vessel just above the shoulder. The vessel was probably a globular cauldron with flaring rim and three or possibly four legs.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BA785
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, that is c. AD75-175. The brooch is incomplete and very worn with pin, pin rest and spring missing. It look as if the spring and pin had been made from iron: there is iron residue around the axis bar. Maybe the axis bar itself was made from iron. The internal axis bar loop and brooch boy were made from cast copper alloy with a trumpet-shaped head covering the axis bar and spring and a curved body which is decorated with moulded decoration. Even though very worn it is still identifiable: the middle of the bow was decor…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3B7801
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a bird, possibly an eagle, possibly dating from the Roman period, that is c. AD43-410. The mount is very worn and even though the upper surface still shows some details, most of the surface shows abbrasions and a flaky patina. The shape of the bird is retain well, however: it sits on a small pedestal that terminates in a small rivet. The bird sits quietly, with its wings half spread. The tail is slightly fan-shaped and the winds large and round. Moulded feathers are visible on the upper and underside of the wings. The bird's neck is thick and lo…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2A3A03
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl or possibly weight. It has a slightly domed top and flat base with a tapering circular hole running through it, slightly off centre. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taylors Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2A2796
Object type: LID
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy tobacco jar lid handle, probably dating from the later post-medieval or early modern period, that is c. AD1600-1800. The lid is worn and its formerly circular head slightly bent out of shape. The head is decorated with circular mouldings and the dome-shaped tip is pointy. There is no further decoration on the surface of the handle.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2A0B62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy gilded oval brooch dating to the late Roman period, i.e. the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The object is oval in plan and both obverse and reverse are extremely worn. On the reverse, none of the spring or hinge housing, pin or pin rest survive, while, on the obverse, almost none of the enamel, glass setting or goldwork remain. The brooch was composed of one central raised glass intaglio or a glass or gemstone which is surrounded by two moulded ovals with punch-decorated gold inlay on the raised ridges. The goldwork was decorated with X- and zigzag punches. The type is…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-29D624
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy undecorated finger ring of uncertain date. The ring is circular in plan and 'D' shaped. It is flat on the inner surface and is convex on the outer edge. All surfaces are undecorated. The ring is undiagnosed so is difficult to date, but it is felt that it is possibly of Medieval to Post Medieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taylors Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-298FE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of Langton Down type, c. 1st century AD. The head, crossbar, bow and fragment of catchplate are present. Some of the spring is also present within the cylindrical wings. The head looks as though it has a punched dot decoration creating at least two triangles just above where the head joins the bow and two incised horizontal decorative lines just above that. The bow rises gently from the head and then falls straight down to where the foot is cut inwards at either side before the bow ends. The bow has a double vertical raised rib running…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-28CF70
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Developed T-Shaped Brooch, dated to c. 65-160 AD. The crossbar, head, head lug and part of the brooch body are present. Although the spring is missing, a small corroded fragment remaining at the end of one of the crossbar arms indicates that the spring was probably composed of iron. The spring hood appears to have curved around the spring in a half-cylindrical manner and a portion of the lug on top of the head suggests that a portion of the spring chord passed through it. The head lug is part of a small serrated rib running down the centre of th …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-264B85
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast toggle clasp of early post medieval period, convex one piece moulded-relief. Circular eye and circular extension loop, rivet still present at bottom end of eye. Length 46.1mm, Width of eye 15.8mm bottom end 8.31mm, Thickness 4.81mm, Weight 6.73g (cf Similar to Read Hooked Clasps and Eyes, p 211 No 764)
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-260051
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
c.16th to c.17th Century complete copper alloy dress hook. Hooked section; a trefoil-shaped plate with heart aperture and a rounded attachment knop on the end and a forward facing, close butted, blunt- hook at the other end, a rounded knop either side with a rivet-hole between. Laterally projecting circular eye in which the hooked-section is suspended. Corroded, dark green colour, hook slightly bent to one side. Suggested by Read 'Hooked- Clasps and Eyes as possibly being from a sword-belt or horse harness (cf Read p223, No 802) Length 54.4mm, Top end Width 21.74, Hook Width 5.34mm, T…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-255D13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy double looped buckle, both loops identical. Each is a wide short oval with the outside edge widened to a rectanglar shape, with tiny short grooves or notches cut into the edge. Corroded to mid/dark brown, pin is missing. Length 38.04mm, Width 32.81mm Thickness 1.96mm, Weight 8.47g. Compare NMS-B2F4CE. A similar example was found unstratified at Winchester (Biddle 1990, no. 1261) and dated on stylistic grounds to the post-medieval period. Whitehead 2003, 63, no 381 also has similarities and is dated by Whitehead to c. 1550-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-254634
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy unidentified object, very possibly a Roman patera or pan handle, but generally undatable. The object seems almost complete with a rip or break towards the left, opposite the fish-tailed terminal. The underside or reverse is plain and rough to the touch while the obverse is smooth and decorated with a crescent-shaped punch mark. There are also two perforation (possibly rivet holes) of unknown function.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-24EE84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy, double loop asymmetrical buckle of post medieval date. Bevelled inside and outside edges. Trilobed knop at either end of where the strap bar would connect, bar and pin are missing, although small holes for pin still visible. It is undecorated and corroded to a mid/dark green and mid brown colour. Length 25.8mm, Width 20.6mm, Thickness 2.03mm, Weight 2.83g (cf Whitehead p91, No 569)
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-24B654
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver sixpence of Charles I dating from c. AD1636-1639. 4th (Aberystwyth) bust. North 2242.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrith area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-24AA27
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy, double looped oval buckle with moulded acorn knops on the outer edge od each loop. Length 49.97mm, Width 20.75mm, Thickness 2.32mm, Weight 8.44g. Corroded to a mid green colour, pin still in place but damaged. It is undecorated and one end has been slightly bent upwards. (cf Whitehead, p 65, No 405)
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-242560
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double-looped buckle frame of medieval to post medieval date. The frame is formed of two conjoined ovals such that the sides incurve. The frame is bevelled both internally and externally on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar has a trapezoidal cross-section. The frame has corroded to a light/mid green colour and the pin is now missing. Length 23.56mm, Width 21.45mm, Thickness 2.6mm, Weight 3.44g. (cf HAMP-BCC6E5)
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart With Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.