Record ID: WILT-9E5865
Object type: YOKE (ANIMAL)
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy probable fragment of a Y shaped Irish harness fitting of late Iron Age date (c. 300 BC - 100 AD). It measures 19.22mm in diameter, 17.73mm in height and weighs 12.72g. The object is a domed oval in shape with a hollow interior and a flattened underside. It exhibits a circular aperture on the underside surrounded by a projecting jagged break. The upper surface exhibits an incised decoration consisting of three incised spirals joined at the centre. There is a small patch of iron corrosion from an iron rivet at the apex of the spiral design. The remains of t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1644
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
So-called 'workbox'. Body formed from a folded cylinder of sheet copper alloy decorated with repousse dots of three bands of double rows around the body. The separate base has an internal flange and is held by rivets to the body. The base is decorated with repousse dot cross motif which is repeated on the lid. The cross is composed of triple rows of dots within a cordon of a double row of dots. The lid is hinged. The base and the lid are slightly domed. Diameter of lid 51mm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE ARNCLIFFE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-DA3434
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of thin copper-alloy sheet, now roughly square (42 x 32.5 x 0.7 mm), with three of its four edges broken. The fragment is curved, and if the curve were extended, it would give a maximum diameter of 120 mm. The upper edge is the only original edge, and this is undecorated; below, the strip is decorated with repoussé dots arranged in pairs. There is a horizontal line of paired dots below the rim, and what is probably a lattice design below this. The dots are convex on the exterior and concave on the reverse. The surface has traces of a dark green patina. At first, the …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolfhamcote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-CCBB6A
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of copper-alloy wire of uncertain function. The wire is circular in section. It may be Roman given its findspot and association with the Romano-British assemblage from the bed of the River Tees at Piercebridge. The wire measures 29mm in length and has a diameter of 1mm.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-CCCC57
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of copper-alloy wire of uncertain function. The wire is circular in section and bent. It may be Roman in date given its findspot and association with the Romano-British assemblage from the bed of the River Tees at Piercebridge. The wire measures 66mm in length and has a diameter of 1mm.
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-E7E1C2
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze end-winged axe, belonging to the Carp's Tongue complex of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7 and dated to c. 950-750BC. The winged axe is incomplete, missing both wings on the unlooped side (the axe has an overall length of 1360.9mm and a weight of 282.8g). The butt protrudes beyond the return of the wings (by 14mm) and expands to the end (with a width of 22.4mm and a thickness of 6.1mm). The end of the butt has two 'horns' each side of a central rectangular break, which would have been attached to the casting jet before remov…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF3749
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Central section of winged copper-alloy axe with single loop. Patinated breaks. Only one of four wings complete and this is bent double and cracked. Major break to body but no obvious hammer marks or casting flaws. Deep brown/green patina with patches of pale green invasive corrosion. Surviving length 87 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C792E9
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of late Middle to Early late Bronze Age winged axehead with side loop. Only the central section survives with a loop on the underside of the flanged body and old brittle fractures at either end where the butt end and majority of the remarkably thin axe blade have broken away. The wings are long with the ends turning sharply inwards towards each other to secure the original haft. No stop ridges. Dark brown water patina with casting seams largely removed. Penard to Ewart park metalwork phases circa 1300-800 BC. A similar and more complete axe can be seen at BH-BE3C94 on the Por…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-E515F3
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: item 9.M Winged Axehead Incomplete cast copper alloy winged axe, the blade end is missing. The butt end has a wide 'H' shaped cross section, which becomes more rectangular towards the broken edge. There are two wings on the upper and lower surfaces which curve towards eachother, but the ends do not touch. There is a side loop which is filled with corrosion products. Length: 69.27mm. The loop is 23.06mm long, 6.41mm thick. 32.70mm wide, 38.03mm thick at central point. 12.54mm thick tapering to 6.19mm on the body. wings are 5.15mm thick. Weight: 222g
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham on Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-308033
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy whistle of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 – AD 1800). Length: 40.0mm; maximum diameter: 14.8mm; minimum diameter: 9.0mm. Weight: 7.16g. The main body of the whistle is made of sheet copper alloy. It has been folded to form a tubular truncated cone-shape and has a longitudinal soldered seam which has sprung slightly along about half of its length. The tube expands in diameter, from the open mouth-piece, where its minimum diameter is 9.0mm, to the opposite closed end, where its maximum diameter is 14.8mm. It has two oval perforations which are known as …
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0E5385
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy whistle of probable Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 – c. AD 1800). Length: 36.6mm; maximum diameter: 14.4mm; minimum diameter: 8.9mm; weight: 6.11g. The main body of the whistle is made of sheet copper alloy. It has been folded to form a tubular truncated cone-shape and has an intact longitudinal soldered seam. The tube expands in diameter, from the open mouth-piece, where its minimum diameter is 8.9mm, to the opposite closed end, where its maximum diameter is 14.4mm. It has two oval perforations (sound-holes) which are known as ‘lips’. These are…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BD9295
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval whistle, 30mm long, 13mm in diameter and weighs 6.21g. The object is circular in section and rectantular in form. It has a rounded terminal end with a protrusion to hold a suspension loop and the mouth piece end is semi-circlur in section. It is extensively decorated on every surface with raised patterns of curving lines and pellets.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT3333
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy cast whistle (possibly a hawking whistle) in the shape of an exotic bird head. Slight damage, with one end broken.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SURREY LINGFIELD AND DORMANSLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RAH1541
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cannon shaped with an expanded body.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2000
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE BLISWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2163
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The whistle is cylindrical with a tapered terminal forming a semi-circle in section. This is the mouth piece. The opposite terminal is dome-shaped with a small knop at the apex. On the upper face of the whistle is a semi-circular hole.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-DC6267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The whistle is made from a cast tube of copper alloy. Towards one terminal is a semi-circular hole which is obliquely angled in profile to provide a lip which would give the whistle's sound. The surface of the whistle is corroded and encrusted, with small areas of a mid green patina. It is 31.1mm in length, 7.2mm in diameter, and weighs 3.92g. No parallel has been found for a copper alloy whistle of this type, but bone whistles of similar size and shape are illustrated in Margeson 1993 and Egan 1998. These are dated broadly to the medieval to post-medieval periods, 13th to 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-891EF2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date, probably eighteenth century (AD 1700 – AD 1800). Length 67mmm, maximum diameter 16.5mm. Weight 10.05g. The whistle has been designed to resemble a cannon. The closed end of the whistle is cast and is composed of a base ring, a cascabel and a button. The button is elongated and has a transverse perforation which is 2.2mm in diameter. This perforation allowed the whistle to be suspended. Viewing the cascabel from the button end, it is decorated with a circle of repetitive tendril motifs. The base ring has beaded decoration around …
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-896262
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 – AD 1800). Length 49mm, diameter 5mm. Weight 3.92g. The weight includes some soil. The fragment is part of a decorated “hawking whistle”. It has been made from a single piece of sheet copper alloy which has been folded and joined by solder to form a hollow tube which is sub-circular in cross-section. The sheet has been thoughtfully cut so that the continuity of the decoration is not interrupted by the soldered seam which is clearly visible on the underside. The surface is decorated with three equally spaced longi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1455
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
PM Ae whistle, corroded, cast tubular with broad collar at flat end with slot, rectangular perforation on top, transverse moulding with three ribs on body and at terminal with remains of broken loop, length (at least) 39mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CORTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8E9B4F
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy decorated hawking whistle. The object has a zoomorphic projection from the whistle body, which has the appearance of a bird. The bird features a long curved beak, circular incised eyes and a repeated incised pattern indicating feathers. At the top of the head of the bird is a crest with moulded grooves at each edge. At a right angle to the body of the whistle is an incomplete handle which measures 12.68mm in length. At the top of the object the sound hole is C-shaped in plan. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the l…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.