Record ID: LANCUM-BE93E2
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of an arm of a post-medieval spur dating from the 16th-17th century. Only part of one arm and its terminal survives. The arm is flat oval in cross-section narrowing towards the terminal and curving slightly in profile. The terminal consists of two circular loops with bevelled outer edges. Discussion: This style of terminal appears on a pair of iron rowl spurs excavated in Winchester from 16th and 17th century contexts (Biddle 1990, 1039-41, nos.3868 & 3872), but the type appears to have been used into the 18th century too. Spurs with straight arms, like this one, tend t…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 15th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BE8784
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy clothes fastener or dress hook dating from the early post-medieval period, that is circa AD1500-1600. The dress hook is trefoil-shaped thin back-plate cut from a sheet, to which (on the reverse) the flattened base of a hook has been soldered. The edges of the backing plate have been punched to create cusps. The bar loop on the reverse is still in place but the hook is now missing. Each petal supports a hollow hemisphere, each bearing three small filigree circlets around single raised silver pellets (one off-centre). Larger pellets occur in the spaces between the fili…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BE81B7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.13 Socketed Axe; South Eastern - undiagnostic fragment Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. It has been broken across the body; the lower body and blade end survive. The sides are angular, flaring out suddenly to the blade end. There are prominent casting seams on both sides. There is a flat fragment of an undiagnostic copper alloy artefact in the socket, and a corroded fragment of another copper allow artefact adhering to the external surface of the axe. Length: 55.56mm. Weight: 126.06grams. Socket opening (at break): 21.23mm by 13.73mm.…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham on Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BE7706
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sword belt mount dating from the early post-medieval period, that is circa AD1500-1600. The fitting is almost complete, with only the top missing. Is is roughly triangular in shape with a hook as its terminal: a small bronze ring is still attached to the hook. There are two small rivet holes with remains of the rivets which would have attached the fitting to the leather belt.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BE74A2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.12 Socketed Axe; South Eastern - undiagnostic fragment Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead; only the lower body and blade end survive. The socket has been compressed. The sides are concave, flaring out sharply at the cutting edge. The body has a rectangular cross section. Casting seams smoothed. Cutting edge and blade tip damaged. Length:51.40mm. Weight: 57.17grams. Body across break: 24.42mm by 14.50mm. Cutting edge: 39.07mm
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham on Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BE70D3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint microlith of Mesolithic date 8300-3500 BC. The lithic is sub-triangular in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. Some fine retouch is present on the right hand side with coarser retouch on the left hand side of the lithic. The distal end is abruptly blunted while the proximal end terminates in a rough point. The ventral surface is smooth with some minor flaking to the distal left hand side and small cracking ripples running from the distal to proximal end. The flint is a light gr…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BE5FA6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy sword belt hanger, 16th - 17th century. The object is foliate in outline with incised foliate decoration on one side only. There are two rivet holes containing the residue of iron rivets. At the top of the object is a forward-facing close-butted globular-ended hook. See Read (2008), 220, no. 793. See also NMS-C3D6AD and DOR-5815DC on this database for similar examples.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BE5842
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy lock pin of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 410. The lock pin is comprised of a rectangular-sectioned shaft with a circular perforation and a wide, circular head. The shaft tapers slightly from the head of the lock pin to the base. From the widest end of the shaft is an integrally cast collar from which the spindle shaped head extends. The upper face of the head is sunken around a central boss. The metal has a mid greenish-brown colour and is worn. The lock pin is 31.9mm long, 6.3mm wide, 4.5mm thick, 13.8mm in diameter at the head and weighs 8.1g. A similar …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BE54E6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crotal bell fragment dating from the post-medieval or early modern period, that is c. AD1600-1900. Only a small fragment survives. The bell was decorated with the typical petal- or sunburst-design, of which only two or three petal remains in the outside of the upper and lower hemisphere. The bell appears to have broken along the line of the sound holes and the slit, the weakest part of the structure.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BE5014
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint microlith of Mesolithic date 8300-3500 BC. The lithic is sub-triangular in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains four predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. Some retouch is present on the right hand side of the lithic and the proximal end terminates in a rough point. The ventral surface is smooth with some minor flaking to the proximal right hand side. The flint is a light brown with cream inclusions throughout. Length: 41.9mm. Width: 18.3mm. Thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 5.1g. Bond, Pg 119, Fig, 5.103, No, 11.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BE4F27
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of Medieval/ Post-Medieval (1200-1800) copper alloy cooking vessel, measuring 40.04x31.97x3.81mm and weighing 17.1g. The rim is D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the outside surface (which is blackened from being used over an open fire) and curved on the smooth inside surface. The vessel is otherwise 2.80mm thick. All breaks are worn. There are also traces of black on the inside surface. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy)…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BE3E64
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of Roman (AD 100-300) copper alloy spoon, consisting of an incomplete pear-shaped bowl, the 'C' or 'U' shaped joint and the base of the offset handle. It measures 34.36x18.52x9.52mm and weighs 5.3g. The 'C' shaped joint is 9.52mm tall and 3.26mm thick. Less than half the bowl survives (old, worn breaks). It would have been c.25mm wide (18.52mm at present). The handle is circular in section at the worn break and measures 3.09mm in diameter. According to Crummy (1988: 69) and de la Bedoyere (1989: 102), spoons with pear-shaped bowls were in use from the first half of…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-BE3202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman knee brooch, missing its spring mechanism, pin & part of catchplate. There are slight traces of tinning on the surface which otherwise has a mig-green patina. The wings are tubular and C-shaped in profile with the ends of the wings enclosed with small circular perforations for taking the, now missing, axis bar. The neck bow extends in an accentuated curve and is rectangular in section To the rear of the bow at the top and bottom of the curve, are two projections creating the illusion of an almost enclosed C-shaped area. Below this arch the bow st…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blidworth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BE1B41
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint scraper/blade of Neolithic date 3500-2100 BC. The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and sub-triangular in section. The proximal end is abruptly blunted and there is a residual notch on the right hand proximal edge. There is some retouch on both the left and right hand sides. The ventral surface is smooth with one negative scar at the distal end, situated on a bulb of percussion. The flint is a dark brown through to cream with cream inclusions. Length: 80.7mm. Width: 36.2mm. Thickness: 13.0mm. Weight: 54.4g. Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database: U…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BE06B3
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy object of Roman date, possibly a pendant or similar item. It comprises a rectangular suspension plate that is triangular in profile with notches at the rounded upper edge. This has a large circular aperture through which is attached a single S-shaped and rectangular sectioned chain link. At the base of the rectangular panel are diagonal grooves that give it a triangular form on front and back faces, either side of which extends curving horse head terminals. Each head has a pentagonal sectioned neck with multiple diagonal grooves on the upper two surfaces depicting …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-BE01A6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded Post Medieval copper alloy rose and orb Nuremberg Jetton of Hanns Krauwinckel II. The jetton is perforated with a very small circular 0.3mm hole adjacent to the edge at 2 o'clock on the obverse and another breaking the edge at 12 o'clock. Circa 1586-1635 AD.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BDFCE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mount of probable late Iron Age date. The mount is a pointed ovoid in plan with a concave reverse and is decorated with the features of a human face. The hair is marked by incised lines forming a straight fringe and long sides which continue to form a beard. The eyes appear to be closed, the nose is quite pointed and the lips are downturned giving the appearance of a frown. The top of the head has a worn, sub-rectangular protrusion. The hollow reverse allows room for the lock mechanism which no longer remains. A small perforation is present throu…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BDF7B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman barbarous radiate (AD c.275-85), possibly Victorinus, reverse: figure standing left possibly Concordia holding (possibly) patera and (possibly) cornucopiae. Measures 14-15mm, die axis 12, exceedingly worn. Obverse: Radiate bust right Reverse: Figure standing left possibly Concordia holding (possibly) patera and (possibly) cornucopiae Date: AD 275-285
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BDE893
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint wedge shaped scraper of Neolithic date 3500-2100 BC. The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and section. There is invasive flaking across the dorsal surface and the proximal end is abruptly blunted. There is retouch present on the left and right hand edges and the distal ends. There is a small amount of cortex remaining on the mesial dorsal surface. The ventral surface is also invasively flaked with one predominant negative scar on the right hand side. There is remaining cortex running along the left hand edge. The flint is a dark grey with light cream cortex. …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-BDD2F0
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bridle boss, or harness mount, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, missing its rectangular attachment loops for the strap. The boss has a plain raised circle in the centre, with a recessed groove beyond and then two concentric borders: the first is a raised wavy line and the second is a line of raised squares, each with a circular perforation and defined by a recessed transverse groove. The closest parallel on the database is YORYM-9D5048 which is dated from the 18th century. Read (1988) illustrates similar plain centres and multi-roundel borders on lead …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.