Record ID: CAM-C8CF22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sub-lozenge shaped, elongated hexagonal, mount of Early-Medieval date that has broken into two parts with an irregular transverse fresh break. The artefact has a weight of 8.41mm, and would have had a total length of 54.0mm before breaking into two parts 15.5mm from one of the terminal ends. The central rectangular area of the mount has a width of 15.9mm, to either side the mount tapers to a point thus forming a triangular terminal. Each change in angle expands slightly to accommodate a decorative pellet of c. 4.6mm diameter. On the upper surface of the a…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8AEDEF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic mount probably dating from AD 1000 - 1200. The mount is in the form of a three dimensional beast's head with rounded ears, worn eyes and a tall nose or snout. There is a fleur shaped projection at the snout end. The projection is flat and may represent the animal's tongue. There is a circular rivet hole (now filled with corrosion) through the projection. Another similar rivet holes can be seen in the centre of the creature's head. Beyond the ears, the mount is thin and flat, curving slightly backwards. It is not clear whether this is the whole mount or whethe…
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CF34F6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flint blade. The presence of a very slight bulb of percussion suggests soft hammer production. A conchoidal fracture can be seen on the dorsal face. Two other angles have also been struck from the strike platform forming a sub-triangular cross-section across the blade. The stike platform is unclear suggesting that it may have been chipped or damaged during deposition. Two parallel blades have been removed from this piece of flint, one half seems to have been removed in two sections, one above the other. There is no evidence of retouch. The blade is thin enough to be translu…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton on the Nase Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-827350
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount of probable early Medieval date. The mount is broadly rectangular in plan with splayed edges towards the base, which has smooth curved serrations along the bottom edge. The surface of the mount has an incised design of which the centrepiece is the head of a wolf-like animal. The wolf head is flanked by other linear designs but they are hard to distinguish; they may be intended to represent wings. Beneath the wolf head is what may be the body or legs of the animal, which in turn is standing on a domed feature with linear marking possibly intended to be eye…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-1B7E81
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
The pendant (1) was discovered during building of a new trackway by Mr. Doyle. Subsequently Bournemouth University undertook a small-scale excavation, which recovered all other items listed (2-4). Recorded by C. A. Hayward Trevarthen (Finds Liaison Officer). Description: A small assemblage probably from an early Anglo-Saxon female grave, comprising: A gold and gemstone-set pendant A pair of incomplete silver crescent-shaped objects An annular blue-glass bead Fragments of a bone comb (1) Gold and garnet pendant A disc-shaped pendant of pale gold sheet, with fili…
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5D3FCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable annular brooch of medieval date, probable about AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch is incomplete with part of the frame missing, including the presumed constriction for the pin. The frame is oval in plan and rectangular in section. The front face is decorated with incised symbols, perhaps intended to be letters, but none are clearly identifiable as Roman or lombardic letters. It is perhaps an inscription rendered by an illiterate maker. If the inscription is in blackletter, the lines are outlineing letters rather than forming letters themselves, but the legend still ap…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B21D06
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval (Viking) double boars head copper alloy sword pommel cap.It dates from AD 850 - 975. The pommel is cast with a moulded boars head at each tip with curving snouts, eyes and mouth clearly detailed. The centre on both sides is decorated with irregular incised dashes, perhaps indicating the boar's bristles. There is an iron rivet at each side of the base to fit to the missing upper guard or grip of the sword. The concave copper alloy fitting is filled with a dark grey, sandy concretion. The pommel is damaged on both faces in the centre. There are small traces of a dark g…
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-5DDF7D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gilded cast copper alloy brooch with remains of iron pin fastening on the reverse. Dating from the 8th century, the mount is in fair condition with some gilding, now rather flakey, still present in the crevices of the chip-carved decoration. While the brooch appears to be lozenge-shaped this is likely to be a result of damage to its edges and it it probable that it was circular. A plain cross divides the decorated face into four equal fields, each containing a panel of deeply cut, non-zoomorphic interlace. In the centre is a circular, plain area, through which is an iro…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worksop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5C4307
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early medieval, probably 8th century, copper alloy circular pinhead or brooch with traces of gilding. Part of the circumference survives along with panels of single-strand, non-zoomorphic, interlace and part of a volute-shaped element. This object is truncated but the curvature of the surviving edge suggests an original diameter of c. 30.0mm. It is likely that the plain, but gilded, circular area with a central hole was one of four such elements, a feature appears on the Witham pins (Wilson, 1964, pl.XVIII, No. 19).The style is similar to SUR-BD3980 and NLM-028751. …
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4B6303
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object of Early Medieval to Medieval date. The object is conical and faceted with an oval base. The object tapers towards the top which is rounded and complete. Four rounded knops decorate each side of the object just below the rounded top. The object is decorated with a series of punched dots forming a border around the bottom edge of the object. Seven punched dots run from this border up two faces of the object to the central knop. The base is undecorated. The object has a dark green patina and is in good condition. The object seems too large to b…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E2ACE6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible pin of Early Medieval date. The object is anthropomorphic, being moulded in the form of a human male head, and inverted piriform in plan. The pointed end at the chin of the face is a patinated break. The object has a flat back and a moulded, three-dimensional front. It appears to be solid. The moulded head is smaller than the integral flat back of the object, so there is a flat narrow projecting rim round the edge of the object. The edge of this is chipped in places. Kevin Leahy interprets this (from images) as un untrimmed casting flash, and suggests that…
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-C88078
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy early-medieval strap end of late 9th to 10th century date in the Carolingian style. The strap end is rectangular in plan and broadly in profile, with a deep stepped bifurcation with a separate covering plate, typical of the type. The flat plate that extends from the reverse of the strap end has two extant copper alloy rivets; the depth between the top of the strap end and the attachment plate suggets a strap of some thickness, with the rivets being 4.6mm high. The main strap end element is decorated with devolved acanthus decoration. The underside of the strap …
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wallingford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-660A2F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy pin, probably a hair pin (c. AD 150-c. 250). The head (terminal) is circular in cross-section and the top is low conical in form. The sides of the head taper from the top to the base where there is a minor collar. The head is divided by a circumferential groove about two thirds of the way down from the top. Above the groove it is cross-hatched and below the groove it is plain. The plain shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers from the top to an abraded break. The uneven light green surface of this pin has slight corrosion with traces o…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 22nd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-AA1E85
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Pressblech die stamp for making Pressblech foils and dating from the Early Medieval period, about AD 500 - 600. It is a thick (5.6mm), cast, plaque of copper alloy in a triangular shape with a rounded apex, similar to "tongue-shaped" strap ends. The decorated front face is corroded, obscuring most of the detail, but a line border 2.6mm from the edge is visible, and traces of an Anglo-Saxon Salin Style I design within it. While much of the design is lost there appears to be an eye, surmounted by a grooved bar. There is no evidence of any breaks, suggesting the object is …
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-F6404F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper alloy early medieval strip brooch dating to the period c. AD 700 - 800. The pin and part of the plate are missing. The brooch consists of a plate which would have originally been lozengiform, but is now triangular due to an old horizontal break running across the plate. The plate is decorated with an incised pattern, possibly a coiled zoomorphic beast within two concentric lozengiform ridges. The obverse of the plate retains a substantial amount of gilding. There is an oval perforation of unknown function just below the body of the coiled beast. The plate h…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F5E934
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000 - c. 2351 BC). The tool is subcircular in plan, of 'D-shaped' section and has been struck on a secondary flake. The clearest retouch is at the distal end, where it is long, sub-parallel and abrupt; the mesial sides appear to have been roughly shaped, with the occasional abrupt retouch visible. Evidence of platform preparation is visible on the dorsal surface, adjacent to the striking platform. The ventral surface has a low bulb with bulbar scar but no ripples. The white surface is the result of deposition within alkaline…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-4943D9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness mount consisting of a high raised central boss that is surrounded by four projecting roundels arranged evenly on a cross shape. Each roundel in pierced for attachment with a round off-centre drilled hole, the right side roundel is missing. The boss is decorated with a moulded human facemask consisting of oval eyes that are long, thin and angled . A broad rectangular nose that expands at the forehead sits in-between the eyes, below is a horizontal slot for the mouth. The rear of the boss is concave.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-CAF532
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
­­­­­­ An incomplete copper alloy trigger guard of Post-medieval date (AD 1700-1900). The object is a tapering strip of copper alloy (D shaped in section) which has been bent round to for a broadly circular shape (possibly caused by . Both ends of the object terminate in old, abraded breaks. There is no decoration on either surface of the object. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a slightly pitted surface patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: Unique ID: SOMDOR-14D5A5, Unique ID: CPAT-613E27.
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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Record ID: SOM-E2575D
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic flint core, 9000 to 4000 BC. It is a cylindrical in general form, similar in width all the way down but D shaped in section, having been worked mostly on one face. That face has scars from long parallel blades being removed with the remains of a single striking platform at one end. The other face it is mostly unworked with a natural break at one end which has removed most of the striking platform, the rest being natural cortex. Most of the core is white with brown mottling, the dark grey mottled flint showing in a small area only. Length 50.6mm Width 27.6mm Thickness 14.…
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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Record ID: SOM-E18129
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic knapped flint core, roughly cylindrical in shape with one prepared striking platform at one end. Although the platform is roughly oval, there are multipile facets around the edge, mostly anguler and broken. The surface has a white craze cracking which is the result of being burnt and this burning has also resulted in several sections cracking away including the distal end, leaving characteristic jagged, hackly, often concave, surfaces. The remaining surface shows evidence of a number of parallel blades having been removed from all around the sides. It is 35.4mm long, 30.…
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.