Record ID: IOW-54EE97
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) single looped buckle frame (c. 450-600). The pin is missing. This oval frame is convex at the front and steeply bevelled at the rear. On the upper surface, adjacent to each end of the bar (now missing), are six transverse decorative grooves. There is an off-centre depression on the upper surface of the outer edge where the pin-tip has rested. Stubs of the bar have survived. This buckle is corroded to a green colour and has patches of a mid-green patina. No indication of any surface treatment. Length: 20.02mm; width: 28.72mm; thickness: 5…
Created on: Saturday 3rd November 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-2D0344
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy enamelled harness pendant, lozenge-shaped in plan with the suspension loop at right angles to the face. The neck of the loop expands to a circular aperture, now broken open. The face of the pendant is decorated with a white enamelled unicorn jumping over a green enamelled hedge or bush below and above it. The unicorn has a raised tail, trifurcated at the end, and expanded cloven hooves. The mouth is defined with a thin segment of enamel having been removed and the horn has several shallow triangular sections removed to make it appear ridged. Unicorns were a symbol of…
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A9C17
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly part of a late Bronze Age dish-shaped ingot dating 1150 to 800BC. The fragment is sub-cuboid in shape with a rough area on one surface which could be where the cast bronze was open to the air in the mold. The patina is a light green and constant with a Bronze Age date. Similar to KENT-605B16, SWYOR-9226F6, and in a hoard KENT-0F86A5 on the database. The length is 78mm, 60mm wide and 35mm in thickness and the weight was too heavy for the scales.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BARFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2DFCF7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast-copper-alloy strap fitting (c. 950-1100). The fitting is sub-triangular and symmetrical in plan. It has one large and five small openings. All the smaller openings are of the same diameter. The large opening is situated at one end and there is a smaller opening at the opposite end. There are four openings at the broader end, two at each side. The front face has an indeterminate design in low relief. It has the remains of a separate copper-alloy rivet which is slightly off-centre. The metal is reddish-brown with some li…
Created on: Saturday 20th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6B4435
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end of sub-rectangular form which tapers towards the tip. The strap end is 36.05mm in length, 11.15mm wide, 5.8mm thick and weighs 7.61 grams. The strap-end made from a solid piece of copper alloy with a split terminal and an openwork upper surface, The both faces have two perforations at the tip, the rivets are missing. The upper-surface is decorated with a large triangular perforation 16.1mm in length and 5.15mm wide which narrows towards the zoomorphic head. Above the triangular perforation are the two perforations for the r…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0316D5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy gilded mount of Early Medieval date. The mount is oval in plan and rectangular in cross section. The mount has raised decoration consisting of a raised triangle located in between a V with curved tips. Below is what appears to be a depiction of a paw. The decoration is abraded in places. The bottom of the mount appears to possibly be incomplete with an abraded edge, a small fragment of the right side of the mount is missing. The reverse is flat and undecorated, evidence of solder is visible on the reverse. The mount is 16.85mm in length, 23.2mm wide, 2.35mm thick and…
Created on: Saturday 6th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B384E3
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably some kind of broken off furniture fitting, but possibly part of a shoe buckle though it seems a bit on the large side. Probably 17th- 18th century in either case. It is cast copper alloy with an applied finish, possibly silvering or tinning that has largely worn off. The zoomorphic decoration appears to be two opposed crested birds' heads. The length is 44mm, 30mm wide and the weight is 13.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B21942
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast strap end of ninth century date. Nearly complete, it is only missing the two retaining rivets. The length is 37mm, 8mm wide, 5mm in thickness and the weight is 3.75g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AFF611
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy suspension piece from a steelyard (known as a statera ). The length is 54mm and the width is 8mm. The suspension piece shares similarities with LIN9BE123, LINEA28B6 AND LIN79A1E4 on the PAS database. The iron steelyard is held by the hook at the top and an object is hung from the double hook on the left. The lead weight is moved along the arm until the steelyard is balanced. The weight of the object is read from the marks on the arm. A similar example is in the British Museum collections ref: P&EE 1935 10-28 1. Throughout the Roman world, shopkeepers and traders use…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRKHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-454A04
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bracelet dating to the Roman period, c. 4th century AD. The object has been cut down and reused to form a finger ring. The artefact is trapezoidal in plan, in that it narrows very slightly from one end to the other. It has a rectangular cross-section. The bracelet is decorated unifacially using ring-and-dot motifs. Towards the terminal end of the object are twelve ring-and-dots in parallel lines, beyond these the object tapers and five ring-and dots are placed in a single line. Below the final ring-and-dot is a transverse groove before the object termin…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elkesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-332443
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular shaped piece of copper-alloy casting waste of Unknown date. The upper and lower faces are fairly smooth and slightly convex and the sides are contorted and corrugated. The metal is purple with small areas of green patina. 53.5 x 36.3 x 32.2mm. Weight: 235.69g. Relates to IOW-41B834.
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AFB672
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy unidentified object of probable late early-medieval date. The artefact is broken at both ends. The top end is incomplete, a recess is visible at the break, presumably the cylindrical recess would have accommodated a circular cross-sectioned axis bar. The cylindrical recess is at a one hundred and thirty five degree angle suggesting that the artefact was offset to the bar. The artefact gradually tapers towards a zoomorphic head. The head is depicted through raised mouldings and incisions. Located at the top of the head is a V-shaped incision which is sit…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-34BEE6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small light weight copper alloy buckle with pin missing probably early to late Post-Medieval 1500 to 1750AD. Probably from a of fine strap, its size and lightness suggest that it could come from a spur strap possibly from a dress spur. During the 14th and 15th centuries similar, though generally larger, objects are thought to have been used as single loop strap tensioners. The length is 27mm, the width is 13mm and the depth is 1.5mm and it weighs 1.34g
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northleach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-332D63
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper Irish stick pin dating from the early medieval period, that is from the 11th or early 12th century. The pin is complete but slightly bent out of shape. It has a long, largely undecorated shank with circular cross-section and a ring-headed terminal that is a devolved version of a ring headed pin. The shank shows a very faint moulded or possibly incised decoration just below the head, composed of two ring and a large zigzag-pattern. The head is decorated with a moulded ornament composed of a moulded crescent and diamond. There are additional lines and diagonal grooves on the…
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-61B8E2
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable Early Medieval hanging bowl escutcheon of unusual form. The object is a pointed oval plate of metal, one side of which continues as if to form a circular frame, with the oval against the edge, but the frame only survives for a few millimetres. The frame edge is triangular in section, bevelled on the inside edge. The oval plate is thinner than the frame, recessed on the reverse. The edge of the plate appears to be complete. Projecting from the frame in the centre of the side of the oval is a sub-square sectioned bar which bends backwards and slightly to the side…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-604146
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval 16th or early 17th century AD copper alloy belt suspension loop (cf Read 790). The suspension loop is probably a sword hanger. The suspension loop is intact, projecting from the top edge at right angles to the plane of the plate, and the artefact is apparently in fair condition. The bare metal of the suspension loop has a dark green patina which also shows on the reverse side. The face of the loop is decorated but it is difficult to make out but it is decorated and would have probably originally been gilded. Compare PAS numbers LEIC-7B6454 and IOW-051E63. The length is…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST BRADFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1F98A7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible part of one of the 15th century copper alloy 'lyre' shaped strap ends or buckles. These are usually socketed to hold the end of the strap. The length is 27mm, the width is 24mm and the thickness is 5mm. It is decorated with a black-letter inscription, probably m (for Mary).
Created on: Saturday 1st September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bradford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F4B888
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy casting gate (jet) (2150 BC- AD1700). The object is cone-shaped and the surfaces are irregular with patches of brown patina. Height: 16.38; width: 15.39mm; thickness: 14.95mm. Weight: 11.43g.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2012
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-508C44
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy finger ring with gilded and incised decoration. The ring is of 'D-shaped' section, the width and thickness gradually increasing from the back of the hoop to the bezel. At the centre of the bezel is an oval setting containing an unidentified black substance with areas of white 'crust'. Both shoulders are decorated with an incised triquetra motif: three interlinked pointed ovals. On one side of the ring, the central pointed oval is particularly well executed, extending to beyond halfway along the hoop, its inner space incised to resemble a feather. The remaining portion…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Last updated: Saturday 25th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Munden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B8FC16
Object type: COLLAR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified cast copper alloy fitting, probably a decorative collar with several functions, of post medieval date (1500 - 1800 AD). The collar is sub-rectangular in plan and D shaped in section. The exterior edge is decorated with regular rectangular shaped bosses on the edges and rounded knops on the corners. The internal dimensions are 9.8mm x 7.7mm. The internal faces are all plain and unworn - there is no stepping in the profile. The object has an abraded mid grey green colour patina. The external edges are worn. The object measures 13.5mm length, 15.6mm width, 4.5mm thick …
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Perton', grid reference and parish protected.