Record ID: WILT-9152AE
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy terminal in the form of an eagle's head, probably a cart fitting, dating to c AD 43 - 100. It appears to be complete, although the bird is not depicted in full: only the bird's head and upper body are shown. The head is erect and angled slightly right. It is realistically depicted, with moulded circular eyes, brows, and a beak which curves downwards, the upper part separate from the mandible. The bird appears to be holding a small sphere in the end of its beak. The bird's upper body has two small wings, flat oval …
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: BERK-BE2821
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terminal in the form of an eagle's head, probably a cart fitting of Roman date. The terminal is hollow, the attachment end would have originally been circular, it is now bent and broken out of shape. There are two raised moulded lines below the neck of the eagle. These lines are also present on both ends of one of the broken fragment. The terminal is in the shape of an eagle's head, with an object contained in the beak. These are sub circular in shape, one of which is broken. The eagle's features are formed of moulded decoration which depi…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: KENT-55F8EC
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper-alloy zoomorphic Roman cart fittings. Description: What remains of the object represents an eagle emerging from a calyx, in three-dimensions. The neck of the bird projects vertically upwards from between the three surviving petals, curving into the forward-facing head. The break below the calys is heavily jagged. Most features of the eagle are obscured by wear and pitting, though the eyes are visible and oval shape with moulded lids and incuse pellet pupils. In the tip of its beak the bird holds a spherical object. The beak is incomplete with a large hol…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
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Record ID: NLM-1FD919
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron possible cart fitting. A wrought iron ring made by the bending of a flat bar of lentoid form, either around a former, or around a straight member of oval section, and with its narrow ends overlapped to produce a narrower but thicker part of a band. The ring ranges in its band width from 17.2mm where the ends cross, to 30mm at the opposite and widest point, with a maximum thickness of 14mm. The mass may suggest good survival of a metal core below a modest degree of corrosion. The inside of the band is smooth, which may suggest the object was deposited wrapped around its setting, w…
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-A614A8
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman cart fitting, AD.43-200, depicting a stylised human head. The object comprises a cast hollow finial, in the form of a human head. The head is tilted backwards and has a stylised Romano-British face. It is quite worn and much of the exterior detail has been removed. Running down the back of the neck of the piece is an integrally cast squared strap loop, this has a circular cross section. The face of the piece has ovoid eyes and a narrow mouth, the nose appears to have been broad but has been worn away. There is a small hole that pierces the neck near to…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Record ID: SUR-195457
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and hollow Roman copper-alloy object in the form of an eagle's head. Similar objects have been described as cart fittings although other interpretations are also possible. The eagle's head has cast feathers further delineated by engraved herring-bone lines and there are brow ridges above small eyes. The eagle has an open beak and is holding a small round object with an aperture behind. See also HAMP-E88954; CAM-36A6B7; SOMDOR-1DB306 and BUC-112A77.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2017
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Record ID: SOM-459FC1
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of a suspended square handle with a zoomorphic terminal, possibly from a cart of Iron Age date. The handle has one vertical side and part of the horizontal lower bar; both are sub square in cross section with rounded corners. The lower bar ends in a worn break. At the top of the vertical bar, projecting out on the opposite side to the horizontal bar and int he same plane is a circular loop. The outerside of this loop has an attached animal head. The animal head is thicker than the rest of the handle and moulded with projecting ears at the top below which is a moulded ridge. On…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2017
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Record ID: BUC-112A77
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terminal in the form of an eagle's head, probably a cart fitting of Roman date. The terminal is hollow, the attachment end would have originally been circular, it is now bent and broken out of shape. There is a large worn V shaped break on the back of the head, which runs to the top. There is a circular hole above this, this is possibly due to the break. There are two raised moulded lines around the attachment end. Above this is a thick half circular moulding which collars the head. The terminal is in the shape of an eagle's head, with three objects contained in the bea…
Created on: Sunday 2nd October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: NLM-B80056
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible cart fitting. Cast object comprising a larger oval ring with a smaller D shaped loop on one end and a sub-rectangular loop on the other. A single countersunk fixing hole of aperture diameter 3.3mm passes through one side of the larger central loop, which may suggest its attachment to a shaft with straps passing through the ancillary loops. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 53.2mm, Width: 33.3mm, Thickness (overall): 9.0mm, Weight: 26.80gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th February 2015
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Record ID: BH-4DCCB8
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Roman copper-alloy cart fitting. The hollow-cast piece takes the form of a three-dimensional representation of an eagle emerging from a calyx. The neck of the bird projects vertically upwards from between the two surviving petals, curving into the forward-facing head. Much of the front part of the neck has been lost in antiquity, but that which remains displays three rows of moulded feathers, the upper of which projects outwards on either side. The eyes are oval, have moulded lids and incuse pellet pupils. In the tip of its beak the bird holds a spherical object. A raised…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 13th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buntingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5AABFE
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman terminal in the form of an eagle's head, probably a cart fitting of first century date. The head is realistically rendered with feathers delineated both by moulding and incisions. The eye is moulded as are the large brow ridges. At the back of the head are two sub-rectangular moulded panels that extand backwards down the back of the eagle's head and terminate in a small sharp triangular projection - these may represent head and neck feathers that are lying flat on the bird's head. A small spherical object is grasped within the eagle's open be…
Created on: Saturday 21st June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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Record ID: CAM-36A6B7
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy cart fitting terminal of Roman date. The terminal is formed in the shape of an eagle's head, the beak apart holding a spherical pellet between the tips of the beak. The eyes are clearly formed and the terminal has been cast to form pronounced brow ridges over the eyes. Small patches of dried mud and corrosion products prevent the original surface of the artefact from being seen clearly. Despite this it looks likely that the surface may have been detailed with fine incised or moulded lines that formed the outline of the representation of feathers. This detail is pre…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-230493
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of a Roman terret ring, a platform decorated type, dating to the 1st century AD. It has a cast-in-one copper alloy bar which is thinner and rectangular in section, compared to the hoop. The hoop when complete would have been sub-circular in plan with three flattened oval discs attached, one at the top and two at the sides. Less than half of the hoop remains, with just one disc/platform which has been enamelled with a central blue dot, surrounded by red. The disc measures 9.04mm, by 12.25 mm. The hoop has a circular cross section until the first platform/…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-2289E8
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cart fitting Large copper alloy pin with tapering conical shaft and balustered head, with an incised line around the circumference of the pin at the base of the head. Possibly the terminal of a copper alloy and iron linch pin, although the long tapering copper alloy pin would be unusual. One side of the pin is heavily encrusted with iron corrosion, supporting the suggestion that this formed part of a larger object which included iron components. Parallels: This type of pin is most closely paralleled by Palk's (1992) Type IIa (Iron linch pins with baluster-headed copper alloy …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richmond Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7AFAC1
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman terminal in the form of an eagle's head emerging from a tubular sleeve. The object is hollow except for the solid beak. It measures 49.51mm in length, 22.16mm in max.width and 47.22mm in depth from the beak to the back of the sleeve. The object weighs 66.22g. It is missing part of one side of the head and sleeve (old damage). Projecting inside the head from the outside at the top are two lengths of sheet metal bending in opposite directions, presumably fixing strips. They are c.3mm wide and the longest is perhaps 14mm, although it is not possibl…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rockbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-519552
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy socketed terminal of Roman date. The lower two thirds of the artefact comprise a hollow, circular-sectioned socket, the diameter of which gradually decreases towards the top. A moulded collar extends around the damaged basal opening, where there are the remnants of two opposing rivet holes. At the front of the object, just above the opening, is a probable piercing; on the inside, at the same point as this piercing, is what appears to be a circular rivet stop. It seems likely that, as with many of the parallels for this piece (see discussion below), a hooked atta…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 15th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2EA4E0
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large fragment of an enamelled cast cu-alloy terret ring probably dating from the late 1st or early 2nd century AD. This terret ring is unusual in so far that the ring section is flattened rather than circular as it normally is. The surface and especially the breaks of the terret are very worn, but most of the enamel is still in place. There is a large circular central motif with concentric enamelled (probably red) circules. The central ornament is flanked by two crescent-shaped mouldings. Adam Gwilt from the National Museums and Galleries of Wales adds: "There are similar concentric …
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4AEA36
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Loop. Either building ironwork or possibly a cart fitting. A (now) round section shank with an oval loop at one end, and a bend at the other end where the object is stepped or graduated in size. The loop may originally have been circular, indicating heavy recurrent wear; its end is indented above and below. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Length: 98.8mm, Width (loop): 33.4mm, Diameter (shank): 16.1mm, Weight: 126.7gms.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM-EB6F44
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Pin. Wrought iron object, apparently of round section, with a pyramidal head. The object appears to taper towards a blunt wedge-shaped end, and it is possible the object was perforated here. Perhaps a cart fitting. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1600-1900. Length: 142.7mm, Diameter (shank): 18mm, Weight: 150.26gms.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-48C465
Object type: CART FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy hook-shaped terminal of Roman date, probably from a cart fitting. The terminal is circular in section and in the shape of a bird's head, perhaps a swan, that has an elongated beak (which is slightly up-turned)with pointed tip, and almond-shaped eyes on the sides of the head. The neck of the swan curves at an angle of ninety degrees and expands towards an old break where it would have presumably been attached to a more substantial cart fitting. This example is pitted in places and with a dark green/brown patina. Similar cart fittings have been recorded on the PAS da…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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