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Record ID: GLO-2DCC96
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
12 Lithic implements.
1, Leaf-shaped arrowhead. Flaking scars covers the dorsal, no bulb of percussion on the ventral. Direct invasive flaking scars on the dorsal. Light grey flint with darker patches. Date Neolithic.
2, flake, possibly a knife. Three Blades; Two arises on the dorsal. Soft hammered bulb on the ventral. Bifacial short, low angled retouch on the right side, the left side has inverse, short, low angled retouch.. Mid grey colour with lighter speckles, patina forming. Date Neolithic.
3, End Scraper; No bulb of percussion on the ventral, forward edge has scaled, a…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: GLO-2DBE04
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
10 lithic implements
1, Side scraper; No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Right side has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Mid grey colour with darker patches. Date Bronze Age.
2, Truncated piece; No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Left side of the dorsal has long, low angled, direct retouch. The dorsal has a thick creamy patina, the whole of the ventral has been truncated revealing dark grey flint, the break is probably plough damage. Date Prehistoric.
3, Blade; Two arises down the centre of the dorsal. No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Short inverse retouch down …
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'St Briavels', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-2DADF4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy spindle whorl or weight of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 19.1mm and is 5.4mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 6.3mm. The whorl weighs 9.85 grams.
The spindle whorl is undecorated. The spindle whorl is of a mid-light grey white colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. The whorl has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil. The edges of the whorl have also been damaged and this h…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: GLO-2DA6F2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
7 Lithic implements.
1, End Scraper. Bulb of percussion on the ventral. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, the forward edge has scaled, semi-abrupt, direct retouch, cortex. Mid grey colour with lighter patches. Date Late Bronze Age.
2, Notch. No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Retouched with short, low angled, inverse, flaking scars down one side. dark grey colour with lighter patches. Date Bronze Age.
3, Two Tertiary flake with no cortex remaining and two secondary flakes with less then 50% cortex remaining. Most have a dark grey colour, one is mid brown, all have. Da…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'St Briavels', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-2D9EC2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 29.4mm and is 9.7mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 10.5mm. The whorl weighs 51.68 grams.
The spindle whorl is undecorated. The spindle whorl is of a mid-light grey white colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. The whorl has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil. The edges of the whorl have also been damaged and this has resul…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-2D9544
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy spindle whorl or gaming piece of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 23.1mm and is 4.8mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 5.3mm. The whorl weighs 12.49 grams.
The spindle whorl / gaming piece is badly abraded and also corroded, however, it may have once been decorated with a series of radial lines and small annulets. These are most evident on the upper face. The reverse is much more worn. The artefact…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-2D8D46
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 21.1mm and is 7.2mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 7.4mm. The whorl weighs 15.92 grams.
The spindle whorl is undecorated. The spindle whorl is of a mid-light grey white colour with an abraded patina which covers all surfaces. The whorl has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil. The edges of the whorl have also been damaged and this has result…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: GLO-2D8CE7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
7 Lithic implements.
1, Four miscellaneous retouched pieces. All have been retouched with short, low angled flaking scars. Two are a grey flint with a patina forming the other two have light grey patinas with darker patches, one has a creamy patina with a grey patch . All are Neolithic-Late Bronze Age.
2, Three Tertiary flake with no cortex remaining and two secondary flakes with less then 50% cortex remaining. Most have a dark grey colour, one is mid brown, all have. Date Prehistoric.
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'west dean', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-2D7941
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13 Lithic implements.
1, End Scraper. Slight bulb of percussion at the base of the ventral, forward edge has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Mid brown colour with light grey patches. Date Neolithic.
2, Awl. One arises on the dorsal, no bulb of percussion on the ventral. the right edge has semi-abrupt, direct, parallel flaking scars that create a point. Mid grey with a lighter patch, patina forming. This artefact dates to the Neolithic.
3, Core rejuvenation flake. Multiple flaking scars on the base, one flaking scar on the top. Light grey colour with darker patches. Mesolith…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Alvington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-2D6BE4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 26.9mm and is 9.1mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 18mm. The whorl weighs 22.17 grams.
The spindle whorl is undecorated. It is a mid –dark green colour with an even but abraded patina which covers all surfaces. Where the patina has been removed a light green powdery copper corrosion has developed. The abrasion is most likely to have been caused by mov…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: GLO-2D4895
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy square coin weight length 15mm, width 14mm, thickness 1mm, weight 2.77g.
Obverse, Crowned shield with three fleur-de-lis, with a crowned fleur-de-lis on either side, all contended within a circular border.
Reverse, worn.
Mid brown colour, the surface is worn, obscuring much of the detail, particularly from the reverse.
This is a French coin weight for the ecu, first issued in 1475. This style of weight would date to the 16th century.
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-2CF2F2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an integral cast copper alloy handle lug, which possibly dates to the 13th to 17th centuries. The rest of the vessel is missing. As an example Egan (Egan, G. 1998 The Medieval Household: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 6. The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150-c.1450. Museum of London) illustrates an example of a suspended cooking vessel with integral handle lugs (fig.137).
In plan the lug is semi-circular with a concave upper edge, and a flat but slightly uneven lower edge. In the centre is a single sub-oval hole which is approximately 15.0mm lon…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-2BFA86
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flint flake, with evidence of secondary working / retouch, probably dating to the later (upper) Palaeolithic period (40,000 -8,300 BC). The flake is irregular in both plan and profile. The ventral (reverse) face of the flake exhibits a small bulb of percussion; however, the wave like ripples from the blow cannot be seen. Above the bulb of percussion is a small striking platform. The dorsal (upper) face has also a number of scars where flakes have been removed. This has left the body of the flint flake with several dish-like scars. The dorsal also has two areas of cortex (the ou…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: HESH-2B3DC7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th-century date. It is sub-triangular in plan with a slight convex (domed) front and a concave rear face. The edges of the mount are slightly bevelled.
The body of the mount has relief decoration of a pair of sinuous snake-like beasts which are joined at the top of the mount by a single collar or knot. The tails of these beasts are forked and terminate in lobes forming the wide shoulders of the mount. The bodies of the two beasts form the edges of the mount. The heads of both the beasts terminate at the base of the mount, where the…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
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Record ID: WMAS-2AF421
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an integral cast copper alloy handle lug and rim fragment, which possibly dates to the 13th to 17th centuries. The rest of the vessel is missing. As an example Egan (Egan, G. 1998 The Medieval Household: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 6. The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150-c.1450. Museum of London) illustrates an example of a suspended cooking vessel with integral handle lugs (fig.137).
In plan the lug is semi-circular and flat. It is 27.1mm wide and 17.8mm long. In its centre is a single sub-oval hole which is approximately 9.5mm long and 7.…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-216692
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing trade token of Arthur Ayre of Great Torrington, Devon, undated but he is known to have issued these during the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-211172
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy English uniface hexagonal coin weight of the French ecu au soleil, which began being issued in 1475, and by 1525 was current in England for four shillings.
The obverse depicts the shield containing three fleurs de lis, with the crown above having a star in place of the central fleur de lis.
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-20D377
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
brass dupondius of Hadrian (AD 117-138)
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-2095E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
brass sestertius of Vespasian (AD 69-79)
Created on: Friday 16th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2012
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Record ID: BUC-1D3FA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'rose' farthing or contemporary imitation
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.
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