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: YORYM-C70664
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron axehead of uncertain date. The axehead is of the bearded type being sub-rectangular in plan with an expanded blade with a pronounced downward projection. Much of the original cutting edge has been lost to degradation though it appears to have had a gentle curve. The socket of the axe is deltoid in plan with two sub-triangular projections from the bottom edge which would have stabilised the axe on the wooden shaft. The metal is a mid orangey-brown colour and is heavily corroded. The axehead is 158mm long, 126.5mm wide at the blade, 71.3mm wide at the socket, 3.2mm thi…
Created on: Friday 21st September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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: BH-E23E57
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axehead of probable Late Medieval date. The socket is of sub-triangular section and contains what appears to be the mineralised remains of the wooden shaft, held in place by an iron wedge. The butt is roughly vertical, the upper side of the socket is convex and slopes upwards, towards the blade, and there is a pronounced lip at its base. The thickness of the blade gradually tapers, towards the convex cutting edge. The upper side of the blade is straight, gradually sloping upwards, while the underside has a pronounced concavity, with its lower corner located well below the ba…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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.

Record ID: HESH-B8D7C4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead alloy object of probable later medieval or post medieval date 1400-1800. The artefact is irregular in plan and profile - it resembles the designs seen on lead tokens of this period, although it's size and shape make it relatively undiagnostic. The fragment has raised ribs on the back forming a cross whilst the front has an irregular pattern - possibly showing a head / profile facing left. It is a mid grey colour with a sound patina. It measures 23.5mm length, 24.0mm width and is 2.9mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Perton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B84126
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy strap end / strap fitting of late Early Medieval date (10th century). The strap end is formed from a single sheet of cast copper alloy; part of the upper surface has been chip-carved with an intricate - but incomplete - design. The strap end is sub-rectangular in both plan and cross section. The profile is stepped with a small rectangular tab / tongue being recessed on the upper surface. This tab is devoid of decoration and the upper edge is pierced by two small rivet holes (diameter 1.9mm). The external edges of the tab is bevelled or faceted on the up…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Sunday 12th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albrighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A37788
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy strap-slide dating to the 10th century. It is flat and rectangular, and decorated with a crude relief Borre-style ring chain. On the ridges of the ring chain the remains of gilding (or the bare copper alloy) can be seen. On one side of the outer face is a triangular perforation, apparently a casting flaw. On the reverse is a rectangular attachment loop, D-shaped in cross-section. The loop is integral and has possibly been repaired at one side where there is an overlap of copper alloy. The loop has been pushed inwards in the centre during antiquity. There is a smal…
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-906357
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Pump seal Weights, as kindly identified by Dr Kevin Leahy. Two cast plates (a and b). Each object is a plate with one rounded end and an opposed straight edge, formed like the heel of a boot. The objects have bevelled edges, which for a heel would be angled inward and forward. The 'upper' surfaces bear integrally cast waisted studs with rounded heads of diameter 22-25mm. The larger of these objects retains fragments of thick (circa 4mm) leather in the waist of the stud, which probably passed through a slightly smaller hole cut in the leather. The leather would be oiled to serve…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AFFF48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of Aberg Group II or III, with a zoomorphic horsehead terminal. The length is 39mm, and the width is 15mm. It dates from between c450 AD and c600 AD. The PAS database has other Aberg Group II and III brooches, but none with that closely match this one. There are a number of records that have a similar zoomorphic horsehead as a part of their design.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7F2A01
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper alloy applique for a hanging bowl with red enamel inlay and possibly devolved zoomorphic decoration, probably of 7th century date. The applique is almost flat with the ends bent back slighty, possibly from damage or to fit the curve of the bowl. In plan it has two oval expansions flanked by projecting pairs of triangular 'jaws' at each end. One triangular projection is missing from one end with and old, corroded, break. The front is decorated with recessed cells between raised edges creating a simple interlace design in which the curved lines of the animals …
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F06255
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, probably a strap fitting or slide of Early-Medieval date. It has a flat rectangular plate, on the back face of which at either end are single integrally cast rectangular lugs that are missing their outer edges due to old breaks. The front face of the plate has extensive chip carved decoration. This comprises a rectangular border containing at its centre a band of punched pellet shaped motifs. At the centre of the plate is a chip carved motif within a recessed field, the field possibly keyed to take enamel or similar decorative elements. The cent…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BFE397
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain, possibly Early-medieval or Post-medieval to Modern date. The artefact is openwork and irregular in plan, it consists of an incomplete semicircular band with an openwork T shaped projection that connects to the band near the old breaks. The central projection is 5.75mm wide, the left projection is 2.8mm wide and the right projection is 2.6mm wide. The front face of the band is decorated with equidistant punched circular decoration interspersed with worn indiscernible decoration. The T shaped projection is decorated with curve…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-72F356
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medievel ceramic vessel grittyware base sherd of a thrown bowl or jug, possibly a pancheon like vessel. Oxidised orange to orange/brown gritty ware, scratchable by thumbnail with force. Hackly, inclusions and voids to 2mm, occasional inclusions to 5 x 3mm and void to 8 x 2mm, including some grass voids. Well sorted, sub rounded to angular, inclusions mostly ironstone, mica and quartz. Does not react to dilute hydrochloric acid. The sherd demonstrates only light abrasion. There is weakly magnetic material adhering internally, probably as a result of iron production on site. Three other…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-72DE55
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to late Medieval vessel rim sherd from thrown round pot or jug. Oxidised orange to orange/brown gritty ware, scratchable by thumbnail with force. Hackly, inclusions and voids to 2mm, occasional inclusions to 5 x 3mm. Well sorted, sub rounded to angular, inclusions mostly ironstone, mica and quartz. Does not react to dilute hydrochloric acid..There is some weakly magnetic material adhering externally. Its form suggests the vessel probably dates to the first half of the Medieval period (12th-13th century). However care is needed as it may be from a local and highly …
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-729C93
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two adjacent Medieval ceramic vessel gritty ware rim sherds from a thrown pot or jar. The fabric is oxidised orange to orange/brown and scratchable by thumbnail with force. It is has inclusions and voids to 2mm, occasional inclusions to 5 x 3mm and void to 8 x 2mm. These are well sorted, sub rounded to angular, and the inclusions are mostly ironstone, mica and quartz. Does not react to dilute hydrochloric acid. Its form suggests the vessel probably dates to the first half of the Medieval period (12th-13th century). However care is needed as it may be from a local and highly conservati…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden Fold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6E9825
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tinned copper-alloy Early-Medieval Carolingian strap end dating to the 8th or 9th centuries, the separate plate to hold the strap is missing. The strap-end is rectangular in plan and irregular in cross section. Two raised horizontal semi-circular ridges run along the width of the strap-end located at the very tip of the strap and and just before the three perforations. At the top of the strap end in a horizontal line parallel to a semi-circular ridge are three circular perforations which are filled with three iron rivets. Iron corrosion is visible on the front face and r…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Knoyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-545C83
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White Metal Possible Metal working Debris. Two cast fragments of dense non-ferrous metal. The larger, of length 50mm, has sharp edges between three flat surfaces, though appears sheared and melted elsewhere. The smaller fragment, of length 35mm, shows the apparently compressed junction of layers of circa 5mm thickness, and external melting. Dr Kevin Leahy kindly suggests these may be shell splinters, though there is no firm evidence for military activity in the area. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800. Combined Weight: 76.15gms.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4397E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Buckle. Cast oval buckle with bevelled frame. Empty sockets suggest the loss of a central steel spindle. Dr Kevin Leahy kindly identifies this as a breeches' buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790. Length: 22.4mm, Height: 19mm, Thickness (clear of spindle): 1.8mm, Weight: 2.94gms.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-995152
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment Early-medieval copper-alloy openwork Anglo-Scandinavian buckle. The two lower parallel projections broadly form a D shape in plan and would have formed the pin bar and loop. The right projection is incomplete, the recessed bar visible on the left projection would have connected just below the break. The artefact then tapers towards the main body before expanding into a further three projections, the two connect projections which a concave are both incomplete due to old breaks. The projection on the right is irregular in plan and appears to be depicting a beast, it is heavil…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D7883
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy late Roman knife. The surviving section depicts a horses head. The neck is oval in cross section (8.5mm in length, 5.9mm wide) and narrows towards the throttle before expanding towards the mandible. A raised ridge depicting the mane runs along the back of the neck (11mm in length). The head projects outwards at a ninety degree angle with a broadly circular cross section. Two ears are formed by to raised ridges which are defined to the front with a incised groove in front of two circular incisions which depict the eyes. The eyes are separated by the fr…
Created on: Saturday 23rd June 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4B4B66
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast high tin copper alloy sword pommel of early-medieval date. The pommel is ovoid in plan, hemispherical in elevation, and hollow on the underside. Both outer faces are decorated with triple raised arches extending outward slightly from the plain of the pommel. This feature is flanked by three double incised grooves. There are no obvious means of attachment though a small patch of material within the recess on the base of the object may represent the remains of cement used to fix the piece onto the tang. Parallels for this pommel have been provided by Nation Finds Advis…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilberfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B3ACF6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper alloy mount or possible pendant ornament of possible Early Early-Medieval date (c.500-750), with an openwork triskele design at the centre, each arm supported by a narrow projection from the surround. At the cetre of the triskele is a small circular depression. The object measures 64mm in diameter and varies in thickness between 0.8mm and 1.2mm, being thickest at the centre and thinning towards the edges, which are slightly convex from the front and concave from the back. It weighs 20.6g. To the reverse there are no signs of attachment. Kevin Leahy and Helen Geak…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-607736
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic flint axe.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-624D80
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint tranchet axe/adze, asymmetric section, one face keeled, other convex, fully flaked over all. Light brown opaque flint, some signs of patination. Tranchet sharpening unclear. Length 135mm, Width 44mm, Thickness 33mm. Mass not recorded.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knotty Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E6862
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible strap slider, probably Medieval (c1066 to c1600), cast copper alloy. The length is 45mm and the width 34mm.
Created on: Saturday 19th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7D9851
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval, or possibly post medieval, copper alloy strap end dating between c1066 to c1600 AD, probably the fourteenth century. The rivets are still in place though the plate on one side has a signicant amount missing. There appears to be remnant white metal finish, possibly silvering. The length is 34mm and the width 21mm.
Created on: Saturday 19th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 15th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Poppleton', grid reference and parish protected.