Record ID: GLO-3F39F2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy purse bar fragment length 39mm, width 8mm, thickness 5mm, weight 5.92g. These are two fragments from a purse bar arm. They are triangular in cross-section with a concave underside. On one face is the inscriptionwhich is flanked by a curvilinear foliate pattern before and after the inscription. On the other side is a pierced hole to sow a bag onto. Date 1400-1600. Malcolm Jones has been able to identify the inscription as OLI and HO which would be elements of SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA Williams 2018 p.4 Inscription 5.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Newnton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-591475
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly bent gold pin. The shaft is a flattish oval in section and tapers from 3.14mm to 1.49mm at the point. The broad end is finished with a simple knop. Below this is a round hole 1.5mm in diameter and an oblong hole 8.50mm long by 1.10mm. 5.12mm further down is a slightly smudged makers mark, stamped onto the metal, in the form of two letters possibly G over W (GW). (This is similar to two other bodkins, made of silver, from Buckinghamshire/Milton Keynes: BUC-6A6E01 and BUC-72A544) The pin is otherwise undecorated. This type of headdress pin, (sometimes referred to as a bo…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wing area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3BC242
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver Post Medieval dress pin; only one terminal end survives. This terminal has a circular ear scoop at its tip (the end is bent) and then a perforated circular hole with a groove extending from the hole along the centre of the shaft towards the scoop on both faces. Below this is a moulded collar - the sides of the rectangular sectioned shaft are indented above and below the plain collar and there are corresponding grooves across the faces. Next is a decorated area of shaft. It has a curved line across the top with triangular incisions depending from it, and from the …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glentham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-975E96
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval bodkin dating from about 1600-1700. The bodkin is sub rectangular in section and plan. It has a small knop at one end, and the body tapers from that end to a point at the other. It has been bent to a 45 degree angle about one third from the wide end. The decoration is alike on both faces and there are three perforations - two are longitudinal and the other is circular: the first is at the knop end and is two open circles connected by an open strip (7.7mm long); the second is sub rectangular in shape (8.1mm long) and the third is a sub circular perforat…
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-E94496
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact, probably of Bronze Age date. This incomplete artefact may well have been a chisel. It has a sub-square cross-section tapering down to a flattened rectangular cross-sectioned pointed terminal at the complete end. This piece of copper-alloy weighs 36.98g and has a maximum length of 83.2mm to the furtherest point of the iregular and diagonal break across the widest end. The widest end measures 11.7mm x 11.2mm and the thinest end measures 7.5mm. The break reveals that artefact is at least partially hollow and that the walls of the object have a thicknes…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E93A83
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy blade that weighs 24.12g, has an incomplete length of 44.3mm, width of 22.9mm and thickness of 5.4mm. This fragment has a relatively fresh transverse break at both ends and a narrow pointed oval cross-section. Patches of corrosion and light green patina are present on this artefact. This blade fragment is probably from an artefact of Bronze Age date. This fragment cross-fits with fragment CAM-14C0B5. This fragment may possibly be from an object similar to that shown in Watson, P., 1993 Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham Ci…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E94D95
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double ended awl, probably of Bronze Age date. This artefact has a lozenge shape of 58.2mm length and maximum width of 5.7mm tapering to a point at both ends (rounded point at one end and a flattened point at the other). The cross-section is sub-square at the centre with a thickness of 5.4mm that also tapers towards the pointed terminals. One of the terminals retains the sub-square cross-section, becoming rectangular at the very tip, but the other terminal gains a more circular cross-section for approximately the last 8.7mm of the length. Weight is 6.42g. Awls were a r…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3D19D5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sheet blunt-hooked dress fastener or hooked tag with a mushroom-shaped outline, the hook at the base of the broad stem and four attachment holes across the top. On the front two engraved chevrons, one above the hook and the other at the top of the stem, are joined by two lines. Four short oblique lines spring from the inner edge of the lower one. Length 20mm. Width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Weight 0.87g. When discovered, this hooked tag lacked parallels and its dating was debated between early medieval (8th-10th century) and post-medieval, with the use of sheet metal thought to fa…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B40ED6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle, 61mm long, 59mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 42.9 grams. The object consists of an openwork handle which is Octagonal in section and has a curved W shaped base with a trapezoidal upper half. The narrow straight upper edge is attached (by a central circular hole) to a rectangular sectioned sub oval lug which has a flat narrow end with a small circular platform (for attaching to the main body of the vessel).
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: KENT-7B6924
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-Medieval drop or Loop-handle from chafing dish c. 1400-1600 Ad. The handle is an inverted openwork T-shape with filed chamfered edges. The handle has a shouldered attachment-loop, rectangular-sectioned with collared integral rivet. For similar examples see Egan (1998) 175, fig.143, no.487, and Margeson (1993) Norwich Households 78-80, fig.45, nos.489-91. Similar examples can be seen on the database recorded as both chafing dishes NMS-91CC97 and as casket handles,KENT-5E5F87. The handle is 60.8mm wide, 47.3mm high, 5.2mm thick and weighs 19.47 grams.
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-857A62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered shilling of Elizabeth I, with rose and date. Very worn. 1573.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-2AC6C2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Bronze Age axe, probably a socketed or flanged axe. The fragment is from one corner of the blade. The cutting edge is curved and still relatively sharp. The bottom and rear sides are breaks but the top is inward curving and part of the original perimeter. The fragment is mid-green in colour with patches of bright blue corrosion.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-DAA1A3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age flat axe, consisting of the blade edge and a portion of the body. The axe blade probably dates to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2150-1500 BC. The flat axe fragment has an elongated oval cross-section. The fragment is in fairly poor condition, with extensive mottling and surface corrosion; the metal is a variation of green colours, with some areas of greater patina. The fragment measures: 20.44 mm long, 31.20 mm wide and 7.64 mm maximum thickness; it weighs 20.39 grams. Not enough diagnostic information remains to identify this fragment typologica…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BC2155
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The front part and cutting edge of a cast copper alloy axehead of Bronze Age date. The broken rear face is sub rectangular in section. The blade flares widely and still has a keen cutting edge despite corrosion. The axehead is in poor condition with pitting over all surfaces including the broken rear face, suggesting breakage in antiquity. It is 53mm long, 65mm wide, 12mm thick and weighs 183.6g.
Created on: Saturday 10th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3C03F5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worn and corroded post-medieval cast copper-alloy post medieval dress fastener circa 1649 - 1660 AD. Read Class A Type 8. The clasp is oval in plan with a rectangular eye section on the top flanked by two attachment loops and with another attachment loop on the right hand side. The centre of the clasp is decorated with a moulded relief displaying the joined shields of the Commonwealth Arms surrounded by a wreath of leaves. There are ornamental knops to either side of the single attachment loop and either side of the central oval. The object has a dark green patina with patch…
Created on: Sunday 4th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-124D04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Canterbury style A/1, portrait type (N 629), moneyer: Burgnoth, mint: Canterbury. Ref: North 1994; Naylor 2022: 75-76, this coin listed as no. 6 in 'revised checklist', p. 222,  Obverse description: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: ÆLFR / ED REX Reverse description: Long cross with central rhomboid containing central cross and three triangles. Reverse inscription: +B / VR / GNN / OÐ (NN ligated) Diameter: 19.7mm, Weight: 1.05gms, die axis: probably 3
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-D784F1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval "fede" type finger ring which is inscribed on the outside of the hoop. The inscription is difficult to read because of damage, but appears to read: "C' IL (M)RONE(WH)•IALEALA". The bezel is in the form of clasped hands but has been twisted and bent inwards and the hoop is broken. The rest of the hoop is rectangular in section and fairly crude. Lovers' 'Fede' type rings are well known and a number of complete and fragmentary examples have been recorded under the Treasure Act (eg 2007 T49; 2007 T107; 2007 T342; and 2010 T158).Co…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-BAFA74
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy axe. The blade portion of the axe remains with the broken edge traversing the axe and revealing the tip of the socket. The blade cutting edge is asymmetrical, rounded and blunt, and is convex in plan. The blade has slightly flared sides, and on these side faces the casting seams are still evident. The break edge of the axe is not recent as there are traces of a patina on the break that matches the traces of dark green patina on the surface of the axe. The surface of the axe is abraded with only traces of a well developed patina. From the cutting edge t…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: GLO-8B8AC6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age Arreton Down type flanged axe, from the Aylesford and Arreton periods, c. 1700-1500 BC. The handle is rectangular and only expand to meet the blade three quarters down its length. The side flanges are low and are at their highest in the central point of the handle. The blade is semi-circular and at its widest point measures 87mm wide. The blade is narrowed and has a thin cutting edge all along the blade edge. The butt of the axe is semicircular. The first half of the handle, behind the blade, has been decorated with a series of engraved lines. These consist of six horizontal…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: LIN-4BC083
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy flat axe of the early to middle Bronze Age. The blade end is crescentic in form, flaring to either side of the axe. The cutting edge is damaged in places but otherwise is in good condition. It has a flat, rectangular body that gradually tapers towards the butt end. Half way along the axe on either side is a shallow stop-ridge that seem to be early forms of the more prominant versions seen on palstaves. The axe has patches of a brownish patina; the surface is smooth and in good condition.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettleton', grid reference and parish protected.