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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