Record ID: WILT-3148B4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pointed oval seal matrix, measuring 31.2x19.1mm and weighing 6.43g. It is 2mm thick. The matrix depicts a crowned Madonna feeding child ('Maria Lactans') above an arch, below which a figure faces left, praying. A comparison for this image can be seen on a seal matrix from Dunnington, North Yorkshire, IHS-E06142. The motif is one of the most popular images of the Virgin Mary during the 14th and 15th century, and disappears around 1550. The legend, especially the second half, is extremely worn: SIGILL SI ..... I The reverse of the seal matrix has a pierced,…
Created on: Friday 1st August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-015682
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman or Post-Medieval copper alloy finger-ring with rectangular bezel, the hoop of which is now slightly squashed out of shape. It measures 21.18x15.79mm and would have originally measured c.20.5mm in diameter. It weighs 1.15g. The bezel measures 11.91x4.40x2.49mm and is decorated with two longitudinal ribs with tiny transverse grooves at the highest point. The shoulders are triangular and c.2x2mm, narrowing to 1.27x1.43mm at the back of the hoop, which is rectangular in cross-section. Laura Burnett, Sussex FLO, comments: Apart from the rectangular bezel it looks like a Guiraud…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-1CA621
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Post-medieval copper-alloy eye section from a toggle clasp. The section is comprised of a circular 'eye' containing an irregular, but roughly cross shaped aperture. A circular loop and an incomplete plate extends from one side of the eye. The artefact has been bent.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-2C09D3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy hooked tag of Read's Early Post-Medieval Type 7. It is composed by six globular bodies with transverse crest ribs marked on, and it has two rivet holes with traces of iron rivets in. It widens to the end where probably was a suspension loop. Dimensions: Length 33 mm, width 10 mm, thickness 6 mm. Weight 4.38g. Cf. Read 2008 no.765.
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2011
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Record ID: WILT-93DD24
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post-Medieval (late 17th or 18th century) copper alloy small spoon, consisting of part of the handle and terminal only. It measures 35.35x11.21x4.64mm and weighs 2.4g. The main body of this object is an elongated triangle in shape, flat in cross-section. The top edge is curved and also curves slightly backwards. At the centre of the curve is a collared globular terminal, topped with a knop. The pointed end of the triangle is missing but would have extended into a thin, twisted shaft, circular in section, and from which the spoon bowl would have projected. The upper sid…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A472F5
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy crucifix of probable medieval date. The top arm of the crucifix expands towards the tip and the terminal is convex, the terminal has a circular perforation for suspension. The lower arm of the crucifix also expands towards the tip with a curved terminal. The arms to the left and the right of the crucifix have bifoliate terminals. The depiction of christ is basic with a central worn circular projection depicting the head, two outstrenched arms are depicted as two ridges which both terminal in broadly oval projections. The legs are seperated by a shallow ver…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 31st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D656F5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilded and enamelled shield-shaped heraldic horse harness pendant, blazoned: gules a fess between six cross crosslets or. The pendant has a red enamel background divided in two with a horizontal band. Above are three cross crosslets horizontally arranged, below are a further three arranged two over one. Gilding is missing on the cross crosslets but a small speck survives on the band. The red enamel background is almost intact above the band, but is mostly missing below. It measures 40.20x25.55x6.50mm and weighs 10.10g. Excluding the loop it meas…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63D263
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An 8th-century silver-plated copper-alloy, possibly irregular, early-medieval (intermediate/Continental) sceat of Series X, type 31 (c. 710 - c. 740 AD; North 116; Abramson 2006, 74)
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63F571
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval 13th-century silver cut halfpenny of John, uncertain moneyer minted at Canterbury (Short cross issue 5aii; 1204 - 1205 AD)
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-641015
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Medieval 13th-century silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, uncertain moneyer minted at Canterbury (Long cross class 3a; 1248 - 1250 AD)
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.