Record ID: CAM-6A60F1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single iron spearhead of Early-Medieval date (c.6th to 7th century AD). Swanton type E3. The spearhead is almost complete but in bent condition. The remains of the head weigh c.362.0g. Use of a flexible dress-maker's tape-measure shows the artefact to have had a length of c.347mm and in its current bent condition it occupies a straight length of c.339mm between tip and socket end. The maximum width, across the head's shoulders, is 46.2mm. The thickness at that location is c.12.7mm. The spearhead has a very shallow lozenge shaped cross-section along its length. …
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-03B848
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver or pewter finger ring with distinctive bezel, date uncertain. The ring has a round hoop and a pointed oval/lozenge shaped bezel. The hoop is of D-shaped cross-section, 4.6mm wide, and is slightly irregular, appearing handmade.  The width of the hoop increases to follow the shape of the bezel.  The surface is smooth and worn, slightly pitted and of a dull silver appearance.  There are no hallmarks. The artefact is cast in one piece. The shoulders of the hoop and the outside of the bezel are decorated with incised transverse grooves.…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7A08DA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Parts of two post-medieval pottery vessels: - salt-glazed Cologne/Frechen stoneware jug of medium proportions and rounded form with a handle of sub-circular cross-section. Complete profile comprising two pieces recently glued together, with one old and one new break surrounding the missing part of the wall. Height 235mm. Maximum diameter 183mm. Rim diameter 45mm (19mm internally). Basal diameter 77mm. Weight 1.235kg. Mid 16th – 17th century. - two joining sherds (recent break) of a Staffordshire-type press-moulded combed slipware dish with clear glaze over brown and white slips…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-E3D5A7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. German Stoneware: a fine hard-fired pale grey fabric with internal and external salt glaze. The exterior bears a fragment of a moulded scene in naturalistic Neo-Classical style featuring two naked figures. The principal subject is a bearded man reclining with his head supported by the hand of his crooked right arm. The upper part of a young woman’s torso is draped across the abdomen of the man with her dishevelled long hair spilling over what may be the representation of his pubic hair. The man’s fingers rest on her back. The figures appear against a stippled …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-ADC466
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
70 sherds of medieval pottery, body unless otherwise stated, many small and abraded, weight 361g, 13th – 15th century: - thirty-nine local unglazed including two jar rim, four bowl rim and one basal (one bowl rim sherd weighing 48g, 13% of the total). - thirty-one Grimston ware including four basal, with lead glaze, normally on exterior but in several cases on both faces. Found on spoil bank of cable route from Dudgeon offshore wind farm.
Created on: Saturday 15th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-986174
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
93 post-medieval pottery sherds, predominantly Glazed Red Earthenware, some with copper glaze, some iron glazed earthenware and a few stoneware, rim, body, basal etc. not differentiated. Some sherds are probably from vessels made at Fulmodeston (Wade-Martins 1983). Weight 995g, mid 16th - 18th century. Found on spoil bank of cable route from Dudgeon offshore wind farm.
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9820F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five abraded sherds of Roman greyware pottery, bowl or jar rim, three body and one scrap, weight 19g, mid 1st - 4th century. Found on spoil bank of cable route from Dudgeon offshore wind farm.
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6DB6D9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd post-medieval Glazed Red Earthenware pottery, with internal and external copper glaze, weight 2g, mid 16th – 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6DAC62
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 medieval pottery sherds, weight 43g, 12th - 14th century: - two jar rim and one strap handle local unglazed. - one basal and two body Grimston ware with lead glaze Found on spoil bank of cable route from Dudgeon offshore wind farm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6D957E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
58 sherds of Late Saxon Thetford-type ware pottery, thirty jar rim, five bowl rim (one in-turned, with band of diamond rouletting), twenty-one basal (mostly sagging), one body with rectangular rouletting and one with a drilled hole, weight 619g, 10th - 11th century. Many are non-standard in colour and partly reduced. A report written in 1988 on a much larger group of sherds from this field noted that "Thetford type includes some Grimston Thetford as well as oddly fired sherds that could be rejects from pot production". Of two hundred and thirty-seven other sherds, predominant…
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A52394
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a probably Roman ceramic vessel dating from AD 43 - 410, but a Medieval date cannot be entirely ruled out. It is a wall sherd with no original edges. The fabric is fairly hard and is grey in the core and buff on the surfaces due to differential oxidisation. The breaks are worn, but the texture appears to be irregular to laminated. The fabric is gritty with frequent poorly sorted angular quartz inclusions, and occasional larger red grog pieces. Measurements are; length 51.9mm, width 72.1mm, thickness 48.6mm and weight 53.81g.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A51BF9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a probably Roman ceramic vessel dating from AD 43 - 410, but a Medieval date cannot be entirely ruled out. It is a rim sherd. The fabric is fairly hard and is grey in the core and buff on the surfaces due to differential oxidisation. The breaks are abraded, but the texture is irregular. The fabric is gritty with frequent poorly sorted angular quartz inclusions, and occasional larger red grog pieces and smaller rounded black inclusions. The rim is everted and projects outward at an angle, tapering to a narrow upright rim. The base of the rim is the narrowest point,…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A4FDCB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a probably Roman ceramic vessel dating from AD 43 - 410, but a Medieval date cannot be entirely ruled out. It is a rim, wall and base sherd from a shallow dish, so the whole profile is represented. The fabric is soft and is grey in the core and lighter grey on the surfaces due to differential oxidisation. There are patches of pink and orange colouration too. The breaks are abraded, but the texture is irregular. The fabric is gritty with frequent poorly sorted angular quartz inclusions. The base diameter is approximately 300mm and about 4% of the perimeter of the ba…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7A55AD
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roughly rectangular lead plaque with the image of the Madonna and Child cast in high relief. The robed Virgin stands on a cloud, holding Jesus on her left arm and resting her right hand on her chest. The cloud is flanked by the heads of two cherubs or putti, both of whom face inwards and one also looks upwards. The edges are bevelled and show signs of having been trimmed with a sharp cutting edge. There are numerous small indentations on the front, and parts of the surface of the Virgin’s right arm have been compressed. Height 270mm. Width 125mm. Maximum thickness 19mm. Thicknes…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-81C4A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Expanding Cross type, light issue (North 820) dating to c.AD1050-3, moneyer: Eadgar, mint: London. Ref: North 1994: 179-80. The coin appears to have been doublestruck leading to some blundering of the inscription. obverse: EDP[  ]EC with facing left bust, sceptre in left hand.  The obverse is not very clear and may possibly have been double struck.  Reverse: EADGAR ON LVVDN (VD ligated) depicting an expanding voided short cross.  
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8618AB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of Middle Saxon Ipswich ware pottery, slightly pimply, basal and body, weight 71g, c.720 - c.850.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-85F735
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Four sherds of Roman pottery, weight 261g, mid 1st - 4th century: - two Brampton greyware, basal (diameter c.150mm) and body. - Nene Valley colour coated basal, orange fabric, diameter c.15mm. - off-white with smoothed surfaces and jagged fracture, perhaps a Continental import.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 8th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-855CA2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sherds forming part of probably one vessel, undecorated beaker, oxidised with reduced core and reduced areas of both surfaces towards rim, perhaps through re-firing after breakage, some breaks recent: two non-joining rim, two joining basal, ten body (some very small), profuse ill-sorted angular quartz inclusions c.1mm across, with very few up to 4mm. Thickness 6 -7mm, except at basal angle 9.5mm. Basal diameter c.110mm. Rim diameter c.150mm, weight 172g. c.2300 - c.1700 BC.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: SF-366271
Object type: LINEN SMOOTHER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass early medieval to medieval 'linen smoother' or 'slick-stone'. It is a flattened sub-circular shape with rounded sides. Both faces are convex, but the upper has a deep, irregular, sub-circular depression, c.20mm in diameter, in its centre where the object was separated from the maker's rod during production. The material is often described as 'black' glass, although in actually fact it is a very dark green colour and there is an iridescent patina on the surface. There is some damage and pitting to the surface with flakes missin…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bungay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-0C3BBD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of two sherds of ceramic, possible midland purple ware of post medieval date (c. AD 1500 - 1800). Interior fabric is hard, pale orange pink with sandy inclusions, outer fabric is reduced pale grey. One sherd appears to be a base sherd with a flat base and a tall, curving wall suggesting a jug or pitcher. The other sherd is possibly a base sherd from the floor of a vessel. There are black and dark green speckles on the surfaces which may be abraded glaze or slip. Base thickness 11.7 mm, wall thickness 7.25 mm and weight 56 g.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
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