Record ID: HAMP-ECE595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Anglo Saxon silver stap-end. Description of find An Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end with four rivet holes, one of them still containing a flat-headed silver rivet. The front of the strap-end is incised with geometric ornament and curvilinear scrollwork resembling floral fronds along the edges. No traces of inlay remain, but there may originally have been niello. The back of the object shows green corrosion traces and is very scratched around the upper rivet hole on the strap-end's body. The appearance of the scratches suggests that this is recent damage. Impressions …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-6514F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and corroded Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's Class B. The split element is missing from the attachment end on the reverse face. As is common, the attachment end is wedge-shaped (W.: 9mm) with a double perforation; both rivets have been lost. A field is possibly delineated below the rivet holes; corrosion has robbed us of discerning the decoration (if it existed). At the opposite end is a moulded animal-head terminal (L.: c. 11.9mm), with ears and eyes faintly delineated. The strap-end tapers from the attachment end to a width of 5.8mm above the terminal; the…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-655393
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas Class B, Type 1. The split element attachment end has been damaged with some losses to the longer edges and with the perforations abraded through on both elements; both rivets have been lost. The split runs the length of a field on the upper surface (L.: c. 12.5mm) which is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs: three rows of three rings with the central row above the outer rows. Below this field the strap-end has been bent, downwards at the terminal. The terminal is in the form of an animal-head moulded in …
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-91E451
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy buckle of probable early-medieval date. As a colleague writing about a parallel recorded on this database (BH-8DA095) notes, the style of the artefact bears strong similarities to a series of 13th to 14th century spur buckles found during excavations in London (cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 106; fig. 68). However, the zoomorphic nature of the plate's decoration is very similar to that seen on the 8th to 10th-century Saxon strap-end group (see Thomas 2003). A parallel given an early-medieval date can be found illustrated in Mills (2001, 19; ref. AS11), although the l…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-FA2104
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas Class B, Type 2 (Trewhiddle style). A broadly 9th-century date can be suggested for this artefact (Thomas 2003, 4). The strap-end is slightly bent and abraded at the attachment end but otherwise survives complete. At the split attachment end a pair of silver rivets survive in place (see 'Notes', below). As is common, the attachment end is wedge-shaped (W.: 12.05mm). The terminal is cusped with the abrasions affecting one side. A field is delineated below the rivet holes with its top edges curving to follow the cu…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Linkenholt CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-A315A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late 10th-/early 11th-century early-medieval silver cut farthing of Aethelred II (978-1016), Long cross type, uncertain moneyer and mint (North 774; c. 997 - 1003 AD). This fragment has suffered a circumferential loss and has been bent slightly.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B7C312
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late Anglo-Saxon date (c. 11th century AD). The mount is sub-pentagonal in form. It has a shallow, concave reverse face and a moulded convex upper surface. The moulding takes the form of a male mask. The object has an apex loop flanked by cusped, curved edges down to the widest point (W.: 32.8mm). On the upper surface this area equates to the man's hair. On both faces the remains of a central iron rivet protrude. At the widest point are eyebrows which start at the egdes and converge, joining centrally and continuing into a large, flared …
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-BAA204
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy die stamp of early Anglo-Saxon date (c. 600 - c. 650 AD). The object is sub-trapezoidal in form. It narrows from 17.1mm at the attachment end to 7.4mm at the current terminal. There is a horizontal break at the terminal. It is presumed that the object would have had a circular terminal. Such a circle is echoed by a pair of circles just below the attachment end, half of each of which protrude from the edge of the clasp. These circles seem to imitate bosses or jewel settings on more ornate clasps, which in turn echo similar decoration on triangula…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
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Record ID: HAMP-CCD177
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hand made coarseware fragment from the rim of a late Saxon/early-medieval jar type open vessel (c. 950 - c. 1050 AD). The sherd has a dark coloration due to non-oxidisation during firing. Some sooting indicates use as a cooking vessel with inclusions of a flint temper (some of which has been burnt). The sherd has suffered a small chip in the rim surface. On the complete vessel the rim would have been approximately 140mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-E25073
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and corroded fragment from a late early-medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper-alloy cheekpiece of Williams Type 1 (c. 11th century AD). The fragment is sub-oval in plan and rectangular with rounded corners in cross-section. Its terminal end is complete while it has broken at the other end, at the central perforation which would have held the bit; around half of the hole survives. There is a second perforation, just off-centre within the fragment, sub-oval in shape (W.: 13.2mm). Above this perforation is a pseudo trefoil projection. The terminal is also trefoil with o…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-E59830
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late Anglo-Saxon date (c. 11th century AD). The mount is sub-pentagonal in form. It has a trefoil apex loop with small side knobs. From this it widens to its maximum width with a further pair of side knobs present. The mount then narrows to an incurved waist (W.: 22.1mm) below which are a further pair of knobs above the straight base. Above it are two circular perforations; these rivet holes are unaligned. The third rivet hole can be found at the apex loop, off centre. All three rivets are now missing. On the lower face the sub-rectangular, p…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2013
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Record ID: HAMP-E64375
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy buckle frame of late early-medieval date (c. 11th century AD). The frame is sub-triangular in form: alternatively, D-shaped with a highly protruding outer edge. It is formed of a pair of opposing animal heads which converge at the outer edge. The pin bar opposite is narrowed and offset and the pin is now missing. The animals' ears, snouts and mouths are moulded. The lower surface is flat. The area between and above their mouths is solid, with a knot or similar above. The Ringerike style of the buckle suggests the above dating. The artefact has corroded to a dark…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-35BA67
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular copper-alloy hooked tag of early-medieval date. The tag has been cut from a sheet, with the apex of the triangle recurved to form the (now broken) hook. The flat object has been pierced twice with two circular, unaligned attachment holes at the wider end. The upper surface has been decorated with three lines of rouletted, overlapping rectangles: two following the sides and the last central. The metal has corroded to a dull blue-green colour. Hooked tags such as this could date from the 7th to 11th centuries; a slightly more refined range is suggested based on finds made…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-36B264
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded but complete early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas Class B, Type unknown. A broadly 11th-century date can be suggested for this artefact (Thomas 2003, 6). The split at the attachment end is c. 12.25mm in length. A single rivet remains in situ within a central perforation. From the attachment end the object tapers to a width of 6.3mm after 26.8mm. The terminal is moulded in the form of an animal head and is 21.4mm long. It tapers to a snout. The V-shaped ears are moulded and the eyes are delineated by oval shaped incisions. The jaws are heavily moulde…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-3731A7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded but complete late early-medieval/medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end. The object bears some similarities with strap-ends of Thomas (2004, 4-5) Class H, while not fitting into the classification neatly. An 11th- to 12th-century date is therefore suggested for this artefact. The split at the attachment end is up to 6.45mm in length. A single rivet remains in situ within a central perforation. Orange staining around the hole suggests at an iron composition for the rivet. The attachment end is wedge shaped and tapers from a width of 10.2mm to c. 8mm after 11.3mm. It i…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-3929B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot from an early-medieval small-long brooch (5th/6th century AD). The foot is expanded, with five sides. It is asymmetrical, with the left side when the foot is lowermost longer and wider. Above the foot the leg is as narrow as 6mm before flaring to 24.25mm at the foot. At the other end the bow curves upwards before a break. On the lower side of the leg is a slightly abraded, perpendicular catchplate (14.9 x 5.25 x 2mm). Viewing the brooch in profile one can see that the foot is bent upwards compared to the leg, most so on its left side. The upper surface of the brooch is d…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-638407
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting of 11th-century date. The artefact is elongated and sub-hexagonal in form. At one short end is a broken, sub-oval loop. At the opposite end is a trefoil terminal with central rivet hole and extant rivet (Th.: 7.5mm). There is a second rivet just before the loop. The sides have knopped protrusions. Between the terminal and straight sides the edges are straight; between the straight sides and the loop the edges are incurved. The mount is openwork, with a pair of sub-circular perforations towards the terminal and …
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-7418B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of early-medieval brown/grey earthenware with abundant organic material in the fabric. The sherd dates to the early or middle Saxon period (5th – 8th centuries AD).
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-744370
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of micaceous grey early-medieval earthenware with sparse slag and organic material in the fabric. This sherd appears to be Middle Saxon in date.
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-746FE5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very abraded fragment of dark grey earthenware with abundant small flint and chalk of early-medieval date, Early or Middle Saxon; there has been a considerable amount of early-medieval material from the findspot. The abrasions are especially deep on the dark outer side, with two very deep and wide scratches (which form a V shape) standing out from a carpet of smaller ones. As the abrasions are equally spread over both inside and outside faces it is suggested they occurred naturally since deposition.
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winchester area', grid reference and parish protected.