Record ID: SUR-DA0AD7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated copper alloy post medieval scabbard chape, 47mm in length. The chape is conical, with a flattened oval cross section and a rounded knop at the terminal. The upper part of the front / facing side is decorated with a trapezoidal panel with three fields of incised geometric decoration, with two semicircular forms with radial lines flanking a central band with a wavy line across the middle. Below this the chape has seven or more incised lines running down the chape and tapering towards the tip. The side profile is asymmetrical with the rear side being smaller and incomplete.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B94031
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy sword scabbard chape, dating to cAD 1450 - 1600. It has lost its back plate. The front face is shield shaped, has slightly curved side edges which have flanges to give depth and to hold the missing back plate, has a pointed lower end and a basal acorn knop. The top edge is damaged but fashioned with a crescentic concave shape with open work decoration, of which only some circular piercings remain intact,other foils and cusps are now broken.  In the centre of the chape is an open work trefoil piercing with a l…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-1647C7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy sword, dagger scabbard, or chape probably dating to c AD 1500-1700.  The object comprises a single sheet of copper alloy which is now damaged and bent but originally was folded to create a flattened tube which narrowed to the terminal and the scabbard was triangular in plan.  The copper alloy has been folded to create an oval shape with the metal meeting at the back to create a seam (although it does not appear to have been soldered to seal the seam).  At the narrow terminal, the shaft …
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-D5FAC0
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape for a dagger or small sword, dating to cAD 1485 - 1600. It has lost some of its back plate. The front face is pointed, has slightly curved side edges which have flanges to give depth, and a basal acorn knop. The top edge is fashioned with a deep crescentic concave shape topped with a raised margin. There is an open work heart motif at roughly the central position. The rear is quite flat and plain, a simple sheet of very thin metal set into the flange of the front. Part of the top of this sheet has been …
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D5E203
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Medieval/Post Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, dating to c AD1450 - 1600. Ward-Perkins Type III. The find consists of rounded lower half with a knop terminal at the base. This section is decorated with a scallop shell design achieved by a series of radiating groves that emanate from a central openwork trefoil. The rectangular upper half is surmounted by a collar with worn cable decoration, and a slightly flaring sub rectangular casing with crenellated top edge. It has a black colour on this outer face, worn in parts. The reverse is a thin sheet of meta…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D76CC7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy chape, probably from a knife sheath, perhaps dating to c AD 1100-1300. Woods' (2021) Type VIIci chape. It is a basal plate, folded in half to create a trapezoidal shape on both sides, one face with upward parallel horizontal incisions or ridges within a slightly raised border, the other with a single roughly etched simple cross. A single plano-convex cross section extension arm rises obliquely from one end of one face, the other three missing to old breaks. The remnant of a rivet hole can be seen at the top of the arm.  …
Created on: Monday 18th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F5D7B6
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sword or dagger scabbard chape of medieval date, comprising a sheet of metal with a transverse fold at the lower margin, creating trapezoidal plates on either side of the scabbard, only one of which remains. This plate has incised herringbone decoration on the front and stumps from two long projecting arms from the upper corners. These arms would have terminated in lobes with rivet holes. Circa 12th-13th century. See also SF-E89067, PUBLIC-E5EE9F, WILT-9D820A, WILT-C48BDC etc. Also Biddle (1990) nos. 4030-4031.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
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Record ID: WILT-292A3D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver and gold mount of Early Medieval date (550-650 AD), probably from a sword scabbard. The mount is pyramidal in shape, and is hollow with a square, slightly recessed apex and trapezoidal-shaped sides. The base is square in plan, and an integral rectangular bar runs transversely across it. Set within the recess of the apex is waffle patterned gold foil. The recess is now empty aside from this decoration, but it is likely that it once held a gemstone or glass setting, with traces of a white paste still visible around the edges. The sides exhibit chip-carved decoration, with each f…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Kingston Deverill'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-26BF7B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy late Medieval to early post Medieval openwork scabbard chape. The object is scutiform or triangular and divided by a medial ridge which runs from a trefoil knop on the decorated upper edge to a small rounded knop at the lower tip. Flanking this, on the body of the chape, are a pair of cruciform cut outs, the left hand one being broken. Circa 15th-16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th November 2020
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Record ID: ESS-DBD563
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A near complete gilded silver pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard, dating to the Early Medieval period (late sixth-seventh century). The mount is hollow and pyramid shaped with a square base and four triangular sides. An integral rectangular bar runs transversely across the base. The apex is flat with an empty cell, which probably held a decorative setting, now missing. Each face is decorated with the same motif in shallow relief: a triple-stranded looping triskele with an anti-clockwise twist at each corner, forming a loop. Traces of gilding are reta…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-32C110
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete, gilded silver early medieval pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard. The mount has been cast and takes the form of a pyramid with a flat top and a square base. The underside is hollow with an integral, rectangular bar running transversely across the base. The top is inlayed with a square, flat red gem, presumably a garnet, slightly cracked with a waffled gold foil beneath. Each of the four outer faces is decorated with a repeating zoomorphic motif comprising a stylised creature in profile, defined by a long, interlacing leg with a foot resting on the l…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-ACE0F0
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a medieval copper-alloy openwork sheath chape, dating to c. AD 1075-1175. It is sub rectangular in plan. The plate would have had a counterpart to which it was joined at a fold at the left-hand side when viewed with the largely straight edge to the right. This other plate, which would have had different openwork decoration, has been lost, as has the arm which would have extended from the counterpart fold of the plate side for attachment. The two plates would have been attached to each other by rivets retained in the hole towards the right-hand corner, and in a (missi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
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Record ID: SOM-A13E11
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an openwork copper-alloy medieval scabbard chape dating from the 11th to 12th century. The chape is trapezoidal in cross-section with two original edges surviving, the two remaining edges being breaks in the plate. It is mostly flat in cross-section with a plain reverse, although the moulded decoration creates an undulating front. At the corner where the two original edges meet is a broadly triangular rebate featuring a circular drilled hole (c. 2.5 mm diameter) that would have been used to rivet the chape to a sheath. No trace of the rivet survives. The moulded de…
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B9D08D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval pyramidal scabbard mount, made from leaded bronze, dating from late 6th to early 7th century. The mount has a square base and sides which slope towards a truncated apex, creating a trapezoidal cross section. The apex has a recessed square cell which retains a yellow-green glass setting in situ (identified scientifically at the British Museum by Dr Lucia Melita). Dimensions: Length 15.5mm Width 14.8mm Thickness 8.9mm Weight 5.33g Discussion: Pyramidal mounts are well known in archaeological contexts both in England and on the Continent (Menghin 1983, p…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0C99D6
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, dating to AD 1450-1600. The chape is made of copper alloy sheet, folded to form a sub-triangular chape with a truncated point. The join of the two ends of the plate is central on one face, and leaves a V-shaped opening at the mouth, there are two sewing holes flanking this opening. A slit at the temrinal probably allowed for the base to be folded shut evenly, but this has now been flattened. The chape features incised decoration With a border filled with a zig-zag flanking the V-shaped opening and an incised curve in each corner of the terminal e…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
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Record ID: WILT-FE6AF9
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval or post medieval copper alloy scabbard chape dating to 1450-1550. The surviving section consists of a cast U-shaped front plate, with down-turned sides and a terminal knop. The mouth end of the chape is decorated with a moulded transverse collar, with a central fleur projecting and a side fleur projecting from either side. The central fleur has now been bent back on itself. Length: 46.40mm; width: 23.40mm; thickness: 1.80mm; weight: 10.77g Similar examples of this find on the PAS database include: WILT-545601; WILT-551B04; SOM-9B8C81; KENT-C015C7. See als…
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-431FDA
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, probably dating to c. AD 1300-1600. The chape is cast, sub-triangular in plan and with sub-rectangular mouths at either end. The mouth at the terminal end is obscured by a pointed, trefoilate terminal which projects from the front only. Truncated sub-rectangualr projections expand from either face at the opposite end. Both faces of the chape are decorated with a faintly incised lattice, whilst a series of incised transverse grooves decorate the lateral edges. Dimensions: Length 36.9mm; width 19.8mm; thickness 5.0mm; w…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-2CF25B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval or post medieval copper alloy scabbard chape dating to c AD 1400 - 1500. The chape is sub-triangular in plan, with a rounded point and terminal knop. A central longitudinal ridge runs down the face of the chape; this is flanked by a pair of longitudinal rectangular apertures, these were originally surmounted by further sub-circular apertures, although only one survives. The top of the chape is lost to an old break. The sides of the chape curve around, with a presumed back plate now lost. Two fragments of copper alloy sheet found with the chape may be parts of th…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: SUR-997ED7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy narrow pointed dagger chape, 36.1mm in length. The chape is made from sheet metal, with a seam along the rear side and four seams at the end where the metal has been folded around into the tip. The open end measures 13mm by 8.3mm and has scalloped decoration with incised vertical lines and two transverse lines running around the chape beneath. There are two holes for rivets, one on each opposing side. c14th-15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-19B68B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy sword scabbard chape. The chape is trapezoidal in form, 44mm in length and flat tipped, with a single transverse ridge at the top and a tripartite top edge with two circular cutaways. Only the front half of the chape is present.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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