Record ID: SUSS-943223
Object type: FOLDING KNIFE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy handle for a folding knife. The handle is curved, circular in section and tapers from the end which was attached to the knife blade to a blunt point at the other end, with a rounded knop. There is a collar around the other end with a spherical knop projecting from its outer side and two other spherical knops evenly spaced along the outer edge. Next to the collar the bar is much wider and has a central slot for the knife. There is a rivet hole through the metal, with an iron rivet through it creating a hinge for the knife. Inside the split and held by the rivet there …
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-099B26
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman head of a sheep, ram or possibly goat from a mount or figurine. The head is cast in three dimensions and is triangular in shape with one horn each side. The head measures 18.7mm in length from the top to the end of the nose; it is 9.8mm thick and 12.4 mm wide at the widest point, 24.7mm wide including the horns. The head tapers to a rounded nose with no sign of nostrils. The eyes are represented by indentations on each side of the head with a raised central pupil visible in the left eye. The horns start from the side of the head and curve ou…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-3A7C91
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy artefact: possibly a toggle of Late Iron Age/early Romano-British date. The piece is of simple construction - it takes the form of a dumbbell with a central waist (5.8mm). The body to each side is faceted with the shape of a square with rounded corners for its cross-section. It is seemingly complete, with flat terminals and no evidence of breaks. The object is very slightly curved in profile. It has a mid-green smooth patina with small patches of lighter corrosion product.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Worthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-537873
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete Late Iron Age/Early Roman cast copper-alloy brooch, probably best classified as being of the strip bow type. The brooch has a rectangular bow (W.: 11.0mm). The head is the widest point (11.9mm) and features a central removal (pin slot) and a cylinder formed by rolling the head forward on itself, as is the case for this type. Retained within the slot, looped around the axis bar, is the head of the pin, the rest of which is otherwise missing. The flat bow is decorated with low transverse ridges. Some of these rows are decorated with circular punches. Below the b…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-264052
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD), with half of the spring and pin missing. It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head. The tapering hook holds the external chord of the spring. On the side from which the spring emerges there are four coils, this side is complete, although the first coil is cracked by the head. The other side and the attached pin is entirely lost to old breaks. The wings are sub-rectangular and just cover the spring coil; they are 22.8mm wide in t…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-279935
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn 1st-century BC gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type (c. 80-60 BC; Hobbs 414ff.; VA 1225). This is a common variant of the standard O type: see, for example HAMP-D07677, CCI-96155, CCI-941047, CCI-930961, CCI-930502 on this database. The pale colour of the metal suggests this may be a contemporary copy in a silver-gold mix.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2AAE03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD). It retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head, it is bent back on itself to meet the front of the bow and would have held the external chord. The stub of the integral spring and pin survives at the back of the head, below the hook. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; 11.0mm wide, one appears incomplete and the other has a bent tip, curled under. The bow bends at 90 degrees just above the head, beyond this it curves back…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-65BFC4
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. The ring is circular in section. Two transverse grooves are just visible aournd the outside. It has an outer diameter of 17mm and an inner diameter of 11mm. The thickness of the ring ranges from 4mm at its thickest, to 3mm at its thinnest. Although cast copper alloy beads with similar transverse grooves are known from the Bronze Age to Roman periods, the distinct and apparently deliberate difference between the two sides may suggest this is a suspension or harness loop which has been worn through use, rather than an Iron Age bead.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2010
No spatial data available.

Record ID: HAMP-78A1A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary mid/later 1st-century BC silver Iron Age unit of the Southern (Atrebatic) 'lyre' type (c. 50-20 BC; cf. CCI-91048, CCI-00445 etc.; cf. Bean type QsT1-6). The flan is slightly dished and just over half of the original coin has been lost following two main breaks.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F35F71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a later Iron Age coarseware jar dating from approximately 300 BC - AD 100. The jar has a slightly outward turned rim with a flat top and rounded outer edge. Below the short rim the body curved outwards at c.45 degrees. Not enough of the rim remains to estimate the diameter as it is slightly irregular but it indicates a large vessel. The relatively hard fired fabric is only slightly scratched by a finger nail and has a mid-brown core and a dark-brown to black surface with burnishing on the outer side and rim. The fabric has abundant (c.25%) angular flint temper of c. 2…
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.