Record ID: BH-C40F16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Saxon Cast Saucer brooch, dating to Early Medieval period (c.AD 430-550). Description: The brooch is sub-circular in plan and broadly rectangular in cross section, forming a disc shape. It is incomplete around the edges, retaining only a very small part of its upturned rim; it is also missing some of its flan.  The front of the brooch is decorated with moulded geometric design formed of a central pellet in ring within a pentagon, from each corner of which a clockwise spiral expands.  An oblique line connects each…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-70F9EA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Medieval or early Post Medieval period, about AD 1450 - 1550. It is of Walton Rogers form C2, unevenly bi-convex with a broad median ridge and a central, sub-circular perforation of internal diameter 7.1mm. There is a small, rectangular depression in the interior wall of the perforation. Both sides are decorated with a pattern of radial raised lines creating panels, each of which contains two circular pellets. The whorl has a light grey patina. It is  26.2mm in diameter and 14.3mm thick. It weighs 38.05g.…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-6EF7DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval copper alloy rectangular two piece buckle - frame and spindle, dating to c AD 1720- 1790. What remains is most of one long side of the frame with the slightly rounded corner and a short section of a short side. There are early breaks at both ends, the one on the short side being at the point where the separate spindle was held in the thickness of the frame. Parts of the drilled hole for the spinde have been exposed in the break. The frame is decorated throughout with crimped inner and outer margins, a central band, the field of which is pitt…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: WREX-36F533
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy swivelling strap fitting, possibly from a dog leash, dating c.1100-1200AD. The loop of the object has two stylised animal-head mouldings either side of a narrowed bar, with an integral shank.  This shank projects through a separate domed element that swivels.  The domed element has 7 sub-triangular projections the tips of which are rounded and slightly up-turned.  The upper edge of the dome is covered with a series of grooves. These swivel objects are discussed by John Cherry in the context of a much more elaborate example exc…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dyserth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-36E6FC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object of uncertain date and function, although stylistically it is possibly early medieval in date (c. 500-1100 AD). The object is broadly shield shape in plan with a broken edges at the bottom and in the central part of the top edge (as photographed).  It is decorated on one side only with an elaborate frieze of incised lines and chevrons above a central panel of incised diamonds, triangles, ovals and, ring and dot motifs, with possible niello dots or pellets.  The reverse of the object is undecorated.  The object has patches of corrosion and damage, but …
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dyserth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-36D353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy ring, possibly a finger ring, most likely of post medieval date c.1700-1850AD. The ring is formed with a rectangular strip of metal.  The bezel is formed from a separate piece of metal in the form of a belt and has been riveted or soldered onto the main hoop.  The bezel comprises a line of three square panels, each with a single pellet in each corner.  These square panels are flanked by a triangular panel with a pellet in each angle. The object is worn and pitted with only slight traces of the original surface. Measurements: Diameter: 16.7mm; widt…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dyserth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F3FD93
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bracelet fragment. This is a strip bracelet, with parallel sides and incised geometric decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-F2391D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy discoidal livery type button dating to c.AD 1600-1800. The head is a hollow dome with a sub-rectangular shank perforated by a single circular hole projecting from the centre of the reverse. The head surface is decorated with a double-grooved cross from edge to edge and a small circular at the centre. The quarters are decorated with stamped circles. The patina is dark brown in colour. The button measures 22.5mm diameter, 11.5mm high (the head plate is 2.9mm thick) and weighs 9.3 grams. See WILT-2B8789 on the Portable…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-F10606
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete white metal coated cast copper-alloy Post Medieval button of the 18th century. The button comprises a domed circular head with white metal coated decoration of cross-hatchings. The reverse is hollow and uncoated with a circular-sectioned loop projecting from the centre. Attached to the loop are strands of brown fabric. Light and mid green patination. The button measures 24.1mm diameter, 9.4mm in height (the head 1.1mm thick) and weighs 4.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-F09EE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Romano-British sprung Headstud brooch dating to the period AD 75-200. All components of the brooch survive except for the lower part of the pin stem. The wings are short and rectangular in shape and cross-section. There are three stepped mouldings on the face of each and the reverse is hollowed. This space is occupied by an eight-coiled spring made of circular-sectioned copper-alloy wire. One of the inner coils extends into the broken pin stem. An external chord connects the two outer coils, looping downwards passing through a forward-facing…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: CORN-60992D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Intact copper-alloy buckle of c.1550 - 1650 AD dates, slightly lopsided, which is probably a result of taphonomic processes during deposition. Dark grey-green patina (80%), with some mid red-brown patches of corrosion (20%). Found near CORN-609804, it is likely that they are contemporary in date.  An 8-shaped spectacle buckle, with moulded rosettes on the outer edges of each loop, and notched decoration at both ends of the strap bar. "Moulded trefoil, floral and scrolled decoration predominated on buckles during the 16th and 17th centuries". [Whitehead 2016, p.1…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-5D28F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or counter of uncertain date. The object is cylindrical being oval in plan and rectangular in cross section shaped and crudely made. One side has been lightly scored with a grid or checkerboard pattern and the other is undecorated. The weight is grey in colour. The weight is 37.98mm in diameter is 6.75mm thick and weighs 76.05 grams. The plainness of this object make its purpose hard to identify. The scratched checkboard pattern on one side may suggest that the object was a gaming token although its weight is also irregular suggesting t…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-4A17E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy buckle plate dating to c AD1250 - 1400. It is a strip of sheet metal, with convex attachment end, the buckle end recessed for buckle, folded, with a narrower profile against the under side of the main plate and recessed again before flaring and stopping short. There is a neatly drilled hole at the attachment end and decoration longitudinally of an inscribed central panel running full length, with saltire crosses  forming triangles each side of a midline.This slightly primitive decoration is partly obscured by damage caused by an earlier …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-E0BDBB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lipped decorated terret (rein ring) of Iron Age date c. 100 BC-100 AD, with La Tene style enamel decorations . The fragment is sub-circular in section, and would have originally been a sub-oval or D- shape, and features intergrally cast raised discoidal transverse moldings ( 2 sets of lips made up of four sub-oval projections).  One end of the ring is thicker than the other ( 10.70mm diameter vs 7.74mm diameter). The terret is decorated with two triangular cells on each lip ( a total of 8 triangular cells, 5 of which still contain  red enamel). There is a cast…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: WREX-CDD85E
Object type: ARM BAND
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Introduction In about 1990 (‘about 29 years ago’ according to the signed Treasure Receipt Form dated 2.6.2019) Mr Russel Bates of Flint found a fragmentary silver arm-ring in a field near Oakenholt, Flintshire. The object was first reported to Susie White at Wrexham Museum on 20 June 2019 once the finder realised its possible significance, and subsequently deposited with Adam Gwilt of the Department of History & Archaeology, Amgueddfa Cymru, and then transferred to Mark Redknap for analysis and a report. The date of discovery predates the Treasure Act 1996, but the find…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-B64B55
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Crotal bell of a single cast form of Post-Medieval date (AD 1770-1813). The object comprises two hemispheres divided by a slightly raised horizontal circumferential rib. There are two sound holes one on either side of the integral rectangular suspension loop with a sub-circular perforation, which projects from the upper hemisphere. The lower sound hemisphere is composed of two circular sound holes close to the ridge between which is a rectangular sound slot. The lower hemisphere has a break resulting in the loss of  a large portion of one side of the low…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: WREX-62AF22
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a circular lead alloy (pewter) object, possibly a uniface token or large button of possible post-medieval date (c. 1650-1800AD).  The object is decorated in relief in a wheel motif, with a pellet at the centre and what may have been 18 spokes when complete. There are then 3 concentric circles which, combined with the spokes, creates a number of sub-rectangular cells.  In the centre of each is a pellet.  Around the outer edge of the object is rouletted border.  The reverse of the object is plan and undecorated.  Measurements: Diameter: 55mm; weight…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: BUC-3D66AF
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy, Roman - Medieval, facet headed pin, AD.150-1200. The object comprises the head and part of the shank of the pin. The head is faceted with 13 decorated facets each with a single ring and dot. The 14th facet is where the pin shank emerges, below this is a narrow faceted collar. The shank has broken probably halfway down its length. This form of pin is common from the Roman period to the medieval, though perhaps most common during the Roman and Early Medieval periods.
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-366545
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Strap Slide of Post Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of the rectangular upper portion of the slide, with downturned edges which retains short iron spurs which would have formed the remainder of the rectangular frame. The upper side of the retained portion is decorated with a geometric motif, composed of two annulets and repeating pellets in forming a curvilinear motif.   Length: 33.03mm, Width: 10.12mm, Thickness: 1.88mm, Weight: 5.5g The metal is dark green in colour with brown iron spurs, and a smooth patina. Simil…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-361C15
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Crotal bell of a single cast form of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object comprises two hemispheres divided by a raised horizontal circumferential rib. There are two sound holes, one larger, one on either side of the integral rectangular suspension loop. The loop projects from the upper hemisphere. The lower hemisphere is composed of two circular sound holes close to the ridge between which is a rectangular sound slot, approximately a quarter of the lower hemisphere is missing due to old, abraded breaks. The lower hemisphere is decorated with a …
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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