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Record ID: NLM-6424A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment copper-alloy sheath-footed brooch with divided bow. Crest at each end and double-crest at centre above the wing case. Cylindrical wing case with perforated case ends enclosing sprung pin with nine turns surviving and with internal chord. Each of the two arms of the bow is D-sectioned and with very faint circular stamped motifs. Pin missing.
L: 38mm; W. Wings: 35mm; Wt: 8.93g
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th March 2021
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This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-637B99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Zoomorphic plate brooch, eagle. Eagle standing erect with its head turned to the right with outstretched wings. Incomplete head with beak missing. Cylindrical loop below tail in centre of outer edge. Three cells with inset enamel on body; convex 'kidney'-shaped at each wing; three-sided trapezoidal on lower body. Decomposed enamel appearing dark green/blue.Pin missing, x pin lugs from missing hinged pin. The probable date range runs from the early 2nd century to AD 200 with some surviving in use beyond them
L: 16mm; W: 12mm; Th: 1.5mm. Wt: 2.96g
Cf. Catterick Bypass (Mackreth 20…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
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This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-6355EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, zoomorphic plate brooch depicting a rabbit/hare. The tips of ear and lower leg and foot are missing. Body is divided into three cells which are infilled with blue enamel. Two perforated D-shaped lugs support the sprung pin which has loop below the axis bar.
L: 29.1mm, W:10-13.25mm; Wt: 3.32g.
Similar example but with green enamel with three inset white, blue enamel spots known from Bainesse and Catterick Bridge (Mould 2002, 159, no. 12, fig. 307)
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
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This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-FCA11B
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy probable pipe tamper of post-medieval date bearing a figure of Cupid, c. 17th-18th century. The figure survives from the knees upwards, and depicts Cupid standing, head turned slightly to the right, with his right hand positioned behind his head and his left hand resting on his upper left thigh. Suggestive of movement, his right leg is placed ahead of his left; as noted, both of these have about a quarter of their original length broken away in post-depositional damage and are subsequently missing their feet and a portion of the lower legs. The body of the f…
Created on: Saturday 2nd April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Walesby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-DA5661
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy openwork monogram brooch (c. AD 175-225).
The brooch has a circular flat frame, 34.0mm in diameter, which is bevelled on its inner and outer edges. Within it is a monogram formed by three serified capital letters, from left to right R, M and A, connecting to the frame at the extremities of R and A. The R is joined at top and base to the first vertical of M while M and A are ligatured, the last diagonal and vertical strokes of M also forming the vertical strokes of A. If read from left to right the text may be read as a lightly abbreviated form of R(…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HESH-6403DC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Trulla or pan handle dating to the second century AD. The pan handle consists of a single flat piece of copper alloy. The handle has a curved upper edge with a large semi-circular perforation. The curve of the perforation mirrors the curve of the upper edge of the handle. Below the upper curved edge the handle broadens around the perforation where there are two animal heads flanking the outer edge of the object. Below the perforation the handle then tapers to a flat broken edge that has two small circular perforations at each corner. The two zoomorphic figures fla…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Adforton', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: FASW-BC2CDA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy hairpin.
The pin consists of a circular-sectioned stem which tapers at one end to a shaft with a flattened head in the shape of an octagon with circular perforaton.
Dimensions: L. 110.6mm; W. of head 9.0mm; Th. 2.9mm; Wt. 7.17g.
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2015
Last updated: Sunday 19th July 2015
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Record ID: FASW-B9832D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy trumpet brooch. Petalled moulding in centre. Missing pin. Partial catchplate remains.
Dimensions: L. (bent) 36.2mm; W. of head: 12.8mm; W. of bow at acanthus: 6.0mm; Wt. 6.31g.
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2015
Last updated: Sunday 19th July 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Thwing', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: FASW-B83E7A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy enamel flat lugged disc brooch. Ten peripheral lugs and remains of black and red enamel on the surface. Nine (?) recessed circular dots are arranged around a central raised circular boss. Hinged pin is missing. Heavily worn/eroded.
Dimensions: Diam. without lugs: 15.5mm; Wt. 2.85g.
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2015
Last updated: Sunday 19th July 2015
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Record ID: FASW-03FF00
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Roman finger-ring, keeled type. 3rd century, Angular, triangular shoulders with a transverse incised line at each outer edge which converges at the base of the shoulder . Hoop with pointed apex (triangular-sectioned?). Raised oval bezel incised with SSS. Even dark green patina with patches missing revealing pale green.
Ht: 21mm; W: 24mm; Th. Hoop: 25mm; Internal D: 19mm; Dims. bezel; 7-10.6mm; Ht. bezel: 2.6mm; Wt: 4.26g
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2015
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-FA0ADC
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval cast copper-alloy sword pommel cap of the 'cocked hat' type. The pommel cap is pyramidal in shape and sub-rectangular in plan but with slightly bowed longer edges. It is hollowed within with slightly concave sides. The two shorter edges are flat to the reverse and are both worn but may have had lugs. There are no traces of rivets. The metal has some surface corrosion and is mostly a light green patina with patches of beige and light grey. There is no sign of decoration on any face.
The pommel cap is 40.71mm long, 12.48mm wide and 15.19mm tall. It weighs 9.37g.
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Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-989140
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt plate brooch with pink gem or glass settings (perhaps pale garnets), which is probably Continental, Early Medieval and dating from AD 400 - 600. The brooch is quatrefoil in plan, with a smaller lobe in the outer angle of each pair of foils. The four outer lobes are circular settings for pink gem (garnet) or glass insets. Three of these survive. The last setting contains a white concretion, perhaps solder or cement for the missing gem. A similar sized circular cell, also missing its setting, is at the centre of the plate.
The four lobes of the quatrefoil are all decora…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Record ID: LIN-EA24F9
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper-alloy high shoulder nail cleaner. It has a large circular suspension loop at the apex in the same plane as the body that measures a diameter of 11mm and an inner diameter of 6mm. The loop is set above rounded shoulders of a leaf-shaped body which tapers to an incomplete two-pronged terminal, which has been bent slightly forward. The prongs are separated by a thin, vertical groove that runs up the body of the object. The reverse is plain and undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2014
Last updated: Sunday 5th July 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-FC3EA8
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a composite copper alloy and iron late Iron Age or early Roman beaded torc. What survives is a single copper alloy component, 19.15mm in diameter, comprising a central group of three roll mouldings with waisted terminals, and a section of the iron ring onto which were threaded a number of similar components. The iron is very corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-9E1E16
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper unidentified object, possibly a Roman mirror handle dating from c. AD43-410. It is in very good condition without any corrisive products present on the surface. It is straight, with a circular cross-section and one forked end. There are very small rivet holes in the two sides of the fork, probably for attaching it to the actual mirror plate which would have also been made from copper-alloy, but highly polished. The handle is decorated with a simple egg-and-reel motif/mouldings.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Wroughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-8518D6
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy junction loop from a harness mount of Early Roman date. It consists of a flat plate of sub-rectangular shape with rounded ends and a narrow waist, giving the appearance of linked circles. Between the two circles, a semicircular flange projects forwards. The edge of the flange is decorated with two narrow longitudinal grooves separated by a raised ridge.
At each end of the plate, an incised circle of metal almost the width of the plate has been ground away leaving a recessed circle filled with concentric scratches; each of these circles is then pierced centrall…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
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Record ID: WMID-F79FA6
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled casket mount dating to the Roman period, circa AD50-250. All surfaces of the mount are worn owing to movement in the plough soil. The mount is flat. The unbroken end is square with sides that run parallel until the break. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated. The front of the mount has cloisonné-style decoration with sunken fields with some enamelling present.
The three surviving edges of the mount have an approximate 2-3mm border surrounding the enamelled panel. The decoration is divided into 2 fields by a curvilinear band…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-DC3370
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably a cast copper strap mount also called a 'pressure tectonic' dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period, that is c. 100BC-AD200. The artefact is nearly complete and in very good condition. It is of roughly triangular shape with a flat top and three large spikes on the underside. One of the points of the triangle terminates in a break, but there is no further damage or breakages on the other side. Opposite the break, the other two points of the triangle terminate in two ornamental knops with carved or incised crosses on the circular tops. Below, the copper alloy is qui…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-19A7A8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete and heavily distorted gold snake-head finger-ring of Johns Type Ai (Johns 1997, fig. 6, fig. 9). The slender hoop consists of a snake's head, body and tail in a naturalistic style. The head is rendered with a pattern of swellings, curves and lines with distinct eyes, brows represented by two slanting ridges and nose, giving the head a three-dimensional appearance. The body is incised with simple lattice decoration to represent scales and simple incised linear decoration on the lower surface of the head.
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface conducted at…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Pocklington area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-1951B8
Object type: PROBE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment silver probe, now bent. Convex-curved spoon with rounded end which is slightly chipped at the edges. Barrel-shaped moulding with single cordon above and below. Torc-twisted shank with double line of small circular dots at both sides of each turn.
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated 97% silver, 3% copper.
L (now bent): 23mm: L: spoon: 10mm; W. spoon: 4mm: D. shank: 2.2mm: Wt: 1.13g.
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Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2013
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