Record ID: NARC-D2CEFB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-800). The object is composed of a sub-rectangular flat head plate with an integral circular sectioned shaft projecting from the lower edge of the head. The upper edge of the head plate is broken and abraded. There is a raised circumferential collar at the junction between the plate and shaft. The lower end of the shaft tapers to a sharp point. The head plate is decorated with a design in relief composed of am interlace motif with gilding retained within the recessed portions. The back of the head plate is undecorated,…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-C0D7CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a Continental plate brooch, c.AD 100-300. The brooch is a lozenge shaped plate with corroded rounded knops surviving at two of the four corners. One of these knops hides the catchplate, which is incomplete. The knop's obverse face is flat and is decorated with a raised edge, which may have contained enamel. The main plate of the brooch is corroded but has no decoration apart from the stepping. There is a raised, concentric, stepped, two tier, circular boss at the centre of the plate. No further decoration is visible on the obverse fac…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-F2854D
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. The lower hemisphere of the object is decorated with a radiating curvilinear ‘sunburst’ pattern. The iron pea is ret…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-DC304B
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Crotal bell of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of approximately 1/2 of the lower hemisphere of the bell. There is a section of raised circumferential mid-rib retained with minor portions of the upper hemisphere retained above. The bell is of single cast form. Both the upper and lower portions are decorated with a radiating curvilinear 'sunburst' pattern. Within the retained lower portion, is the founder's symbol, in the form of a hammer. Length: 33.43mm, Width: 36.64mm, Thickness (body): 2.73mm, Weight: 18.5…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-DB44E6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
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, on either side of the upper hemisphere where the remnants of a now lost integral suspension loop would have been situated. The lower hemisphere is composed of two circular sound holes close to the ridge between which is a rectangular sound slot. There is no visible retained decorative patter on the upper hemisphere. The lower hemisphere retains portions of a…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7222BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a decorative gold posy ring. The ring consists of a thin gold band, D-shaped in section, with a tightly set repeating pattern of tooled S-shaped indentations on the external surface, possibly for enamel, although none appears to have survived. The internal surface in engraved with an inscription which reads ‘Though absent yet constant’ in italic letters in sentence case. The ring profile is slightly misshapen.  Measurements  External diameter: 19.5 x 18.7 mm Internal diameter: 17.5 x 16.5 mm Depth: 2.4 mm Ba…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5B5E27
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy and enamelled button and loop fastener of Wild Class III dating c. AD 50-200. The fastener has a teardrop shaped head that is sub-D-shape in cross-section. On the face are two moulded concentric grooves forming a raised edge and domed centre with recessed apex. At the centre of the apex is a small circular recess filled with the remains of white enamel. The sides of the head are rounded and the underside is flat. Projecting from the non-pointed end of the head is a square-sectioned shank that turns at approximately 90 degrees after a straight secti…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-4A0A8B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Strap Fitting (Sword Belt) of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1700). The object is composed of a flat plate with moulded foliate or vine scroll decoration. It has a trefoil terminal and a tapering body and a rounded terminal. There is a single rivet hole in the upper trilobed portion with iron corrosion surrounding. Length: 25.87mm, Width: 13.65mm, Thickness: 1.94mm, Weight: 1.7g The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. This is one of usually three fittings that together with an upper plate formed a hanging arrangemen…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-21DAD8
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval lead cloth seal, c.AD 1500-1800. This is a seal with a distinct design on the obverse face. The design appears to be a series of initials, possibly of the seal owner, surrounded by twined decorative embellishments. The remaining initials appear to be "U S". Both faces are worn and the edges are slightly abraded.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-219158
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post Medieval probable escutcheon plate, c.AD 1700-1850. This is a fragment of a possible escutcheon frame for a piece of furniture, only one side and one end remain. The frame has flattened faces and a sub-rectangular section. The frame curves inward toward the centre at the mid-point of the side and the end, creating a waisted appearance. The end has an additional bar that arches over the curved section of the end, creating a decorative opening in the frame; this bar also has a small rivet hole at each end where it could be attached to a larger furniture…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9465B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper-alloy Aesica brooch, of Mackreth 2011, Aesica 2.a1, dating c. AD 50-75. The majority of the brooch survives. Only one half of the spring and the pin are missing. The wings are semi-cylindrical, open-ended and have a hollow interior. The front faces are plain. At the centre of the upper edge is a short sub-circular-sectioned rearward hook with rounded tip that would have held the spring in place. The surviving half of the spring comprises ten coils of circular-sectioned copper-alloy wire with a circular-sectioned axis bar through the centre, the end of which extends…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-8FF6BD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of anonymous 'ship-penny' type dating c. AD 1490-1550. Obverse: sailing ship with rigging and sail, with waves beneath, the bow has a pennant pole on the right, the stern a flag on the left. Reverse: Four fleur-de-lis in a lozenge surrounded with trefoils flanked by small annulets in each quarter of the field. Fictitious legends. Similar to Mitchiner, 1988, no. 1171. 
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-8FB77E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a pin or mount, probably dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1200-1400. The object is cruciform in shape with four equally spaces tri-lobed terminals extending from a sub-square centre decorated with a cross made of short grooves. The face of each terminal features moulded foliate decoration. The upper terminal is surmounted by a rectangular bar before a short circular-sectioned bar, a collar and another shorter circular-sectioned bar. The face of the bar has a recessed notch across it. The reverse of the object is less ornate…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-D13520
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Rosette brooch, probably of Mackretch ROS 2/3, dating from the Iron Age to the Roman period (c. AD 20-60). The brooch consists of part of the upper bow, bow plate and part of the catch plate. The wings, spring and pin are missing. From a worn uneven transverse break the surviving portion of the upper bow is broadly rectangular in shape, shallow D-shape in cross-section and slightly arched. It is decorated on the front with three very worn longitudinal grooves dividing four ridges. The base of the bow connects to a flat and slightly convex…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-19CD71
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 17th-18th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. The upper hemisphere has two sub-circular sound holes. Projecting from the top is a rectangular attachment loop with sub-oval aperture. The surface of the upper hemisphere is plain in appearance. The lower hemisphere has two circular sound holes connected by an even rectangular slot. This is surrounded by a single grooved border. Along one edge of the slot are the recessed letters 'WG' w…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-19A129
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 17th-18th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. The upper hemisphere has two sub-circular sound holes. Projecting from the top is a rectangular attachment loop with sub-oval aperture. The surface upper hemisphere is plain in appearance. The lower hemisphere has two circular sound holes connected by an even rectangular slot. The arrangeent ha a single grooved border. Along one edge of the slot are the recessed letters 'W G'.&…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-196107
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 17th-18th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. The upper one has two sub-circular sound holes, one larger than the other. Projecting from the top is a rectangular attachment loop with sub-circular aperture. The upper hemisphere is decorated with palm leave decoration. The lower hemisphere has two circular sound holes connected by an even rectangular slot. A crack runs from one sound hole part way around the lower hemisphere. To one…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-1946C4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 17th-18th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. The upper hemisphere has two sub-circular sound holes, one larger than the other. A small part of the separately cast attachment loop survives. Adjacent to this is the scar where the other arm of the loop attached to the top of the hemisphere. The lower hemisphere has two oval sound holes connected by an uneven rectangular slot. Either side of the slot is an initial within a grooved bord…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-1903F4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 16th to 17th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. Projecting from the upper edge is a sub-oval attachment loop with drilled circular aperture. On each side of the upper hemisphere is a circular sound hole, one of which is significantly damaged. The surface of the hemisphere is decorated with a 'starburst' motif of wide flutes. The lower hemisphere has two circular sound holes joined by a narrow rectangul…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-18BA2C
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 16th to 17th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. Projecting from the upper edge is a rectangular attachment loop with drilled circular aperture. On each side of the upper hemisphere is a circular sound hole. Between them on one side is an indented area of damage. The surfaces of the hemisphere are plain. The lower hemisphere has two oval sound holes, one damaged, joined by a narrow rectangular slot, and, unusually, another ci…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-18625E
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval crotal bell dating to the 16th to 17th century. The bell comprises a hollow sphere of two hemispheres divided by a raised circumferential band. Projecting from the upper edge is a sub-rectangular attachment loop with drilled circular aperture. On each side of the upper hemisphere is a circular sound hole, one of which is irregularly shaped. The lower hemisphere has two oval sound holes joined by a narrow rectangular slot. Both hemispheres are decorated with a 'starburst' motif of wide flutes. The interior …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-5D162C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 2 with patterned decoration. The strap end is broadly triangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and an incomplete attachment at the other. One side of the attachment with two rivet holes remains while the other side is lost. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with raised rounded pellet eyes and a stub-nosed snout. Circular cells with internal inverted Y-shapes may represent ears. The central panel bears a cu…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: DYFED-F7B3F3
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object is a near complete, copper alloy croatal bell dating to the Post Medeival Period. The bell is cast in one piece and has a raised girth band around its middle. The crotal bell has curvilinear and circular designs on both top and bottom spheres. There are 2 sound holes at opposing sides on the top half of the bell. There is an integral suspension loop at the apex of the bell which is broken and missing a piece, while the underside of the bell has a sound-slit, internally remains the iron pea. The bell has a dark brown and green patina and is is a fair condition but shows signs of …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spittal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-BCD30E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead weight of Post medieval to Modern date, 1500 – 1900AD. The object is a thick block of lead which is flat on the underside, apart from a central hollow, and uneven and slightly domed on the upper face.  There two circular holes through the main body of the weight, one near each end. The object has a powdery off-white patina. Measurements:  Length: 47.2mm; width: 13.1mm; thickness: 6.4mm; weight: 24.57g For a similar object see SWYOR-C9388D on the database.
Created on: Friday 27th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-BCB8B5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy disc, possibly from a disc headed pin dating from the Early Medieval period, c. 700-800AD. The disc is decorated with incuse scrolls which has been gilded.  There are traces of gilding surviving in the grooves of the decoration.  The reverse is plain and undecorated. There are two circular holes surviving which may have been the result of the disc being riveted to a plate with a pin. There are a number of similar objects recorded on the database.  See SWYOR-3DEE70, NLM-028751 and SUR-CFE0C7. Measurements: Di…
Created on: Friday 27th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A215AE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval handmade copper alloy button, c.AD 1720-1790. This is the top of a composite button, made from a single, large, domed disc that would have a flat disc soldered to its base. The surface is slightly worn and bears a repeating scrolled design. The reverse is filled with packed dirt from the deposition site.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-91EBAD
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Crotal bell of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of approximately 1/8 of a hemisphere of the bell. The bell was of single cast form. The retained portion is decorated with a radiating curvilinear 'sunburst' pattern. The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Length: 25.34mm, Width: 23.26mm, Thickness (body): 2.54mm, Weight: 6.2g
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-91E1CD
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Crotal bell of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of approximately 1/4 of the lower hemisphere of the bell. There is a section of raised circumferential mid-rib retained with minor portions of the upper hemisphere retained above. The bell is of single cast form. The retained lower portion is decorated with a radiating curvilinear 'sunburst' pattern. Length: 35.60mm, Width: 38.20mm, Thickness (body): 2.47mm, Weight: 17.7g The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-651ADA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy white metal coated British plate brooch dating c. AD 200-350. The plate is flat oval in shape with a circular field at the centre defined by a flat-topped ridge. Beyond this are two concentric fields defined by a narrower ridge. The edge of the plate has a raised flat-topped border. The reverse of the plate is flat and undecorated. Projecting on one edge are two narrow semi-circular plates with circular perforations forming the pin hinge housing. On the opposite edge is a compressed catch plate. The patina across the object is light…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-E71534
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cast moulded triangular mount of possible early medieval date c. 600-725. The object consists of a curved triangular plate. A small section is missing from one edge, and there is damage to the outside edge of two of the corners with semi-worn breaks. The entire upper surface is decorated in raised moulded relief comprising a triskele style design. The centre of the design comprises a broadly triangular, trilobed element, each side formed from a shallow 'S'-shaped form with linear sides and curved terminals. Thi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: IOW-BD5557
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post Medieval cast lead alloy vessel, c.AD 1700-1900. This is the leg of a lead alloy vessel, shaped in a roughly pyramidal shape. The inner face has a small square block, possibly to take the weight of the larger vessel. The outer faces are decorated with scrolled lines, running down and along the raised, rounded corner of the leg. The foot is blunted and round, without further decoration. There are no makers' marks or further features. The object has a dull greyish-white patina.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2D8092
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy crotal bell, c.AD 1800-1900. This crotal bell is cast in two hemispheres before being joined together around its cirumference. The suspension hoop at the top has worn through. The pip is still in the bell and can be heard when moving it. The bell itself is decorated with a series of semicircles, making it look like a pinecone; this decoration is worn in some areas. There are no maker's marks on this item.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-061C9A
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
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 12th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-747BAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of a gilded copper-alloy brooch, probably of Great Square Headed type, of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 525-570. The brooch consists of a fragment including the bow and incomplete footplate, a fragment of the head and a fragment of an unclear part of the brooch. The fragment including the bow and footplate is rectangular in plan with a C-shaped arch in profile. There is a raised flat ridge at each edge of the bow. There is a third shallower ridge in the centre of the bow decorated with transverse grooves. From the lower edge of the bow the integral footplat…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: IOW-5E6301
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar, c.AD 1440 to 1620. This is a Williams Class J purse bar, consisting of a decorated terminal at one end with four radiating and curved spiral grooves. The rest of the bar is circular in cross-section and half of the circular hole that would have held the attachment loop. The shaft has a slight bend and has a light green patina.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5B8BDD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Strap End of Early-Medieval date (AD 750-950). Thomas' Class A, Type 2. The object is sub-rectangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and a partial split open end. The front of the object is decorated with a sub-rectangular incised panel within which is an incised curvilinear motif obscured by corrosion and abrasion. The back of the object is undecorated. Length: 40.57mm, Width: 9.36mm, Thickness: 1.65mm, Weight: 2.0g The metal is green/brown in colour with a heavily pitted patina. Late Anglo Saxon and Viking strap ends have been classified …
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: BH-DD0CA6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late Saxon stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 1, dating to the Early Medieval (AD.1000-1100). Description: the mount is pentagonal in plan with rounded edges and is rectangular in cross-section.  Projecting from the lower edge is a right angled flange, which is recessed. From the flange, the lower two sides are angled vertically with a knop in the middle of the side edge.  After the knop the side becomes concave forming a scollop, which terminates in a knop where it meets the upper sides.  The upper sides…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-256F78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bow brooch of most unusual form, now patinated dark brown with lighter, rusty coloured pits covering the surfaces, some of the broken and abraded edges are showing green. The head/pin mechanism is missing, leaving a sub-rectangular slight expansion just before the irregular break. The catch plate is set to the right-hand side when viewed from the front with the (missing) spring uppermost; this is of typical open topped form, with the trough for the pin slightly angled to accept the pin; it is now incomplete. The bow is of trapezoidal section and thickens towards the mid…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A815AE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch of Group A, dating from AD 75 - 150. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a flared bulbous foot knop. The head of the brooch is nearly complete, it is oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is concave and has a cast D shaped projecting bar which extends from the upper to lower edges of the reverse. This projection has a small circular hole through it and a wound wire spring / pin passes through it. The spring is com…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aymestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-A586D6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Crotal bell of Post-Medieval date (AD 1550-1750). The object is composed of approximately 1/8 of a hemisphere of the bell. The bell was of single cast form. The retained portion is decorated with a radiating curvilinear 'sunburst' pattern.   The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Length: 21.28mm, Width: 16.59mm, Thickness (body): 2.18mm, Weight: 2.9g
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded.