Record ID: LEIC-1177D1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron knife tang? of unknown date. It is rectangular in form and section. It widens out slightly at one end to form the end of a blade, where it has snapped off. it measures 50.9mm long, 14.1mm wide and 5mm thick, with a weight of 14.57grams
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-114D78
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group of possible Roman iron nails.The largest weighing 33.01 grams,9mm in width and 120mm in length. It has a bent lozenge shaped head and a tapering shaft.The second biggest measuring at 39.1mm in length and 6mm width, weighing in at 11.08 grams. The smallest of the nails measures 28mm in length,with a width of 4mm and weighing in at 4.87 grams. AD 43-410. They are similar to that of IOW-9D9353!
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-7770D5
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval or later Iron cannon ball. C80mm in diameter and too heavy for my scales!
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-702EF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy/iron brooch fragment?, 18mm long, 17mm wide 4mm thick. It is in fair condition with a weight of 2.37grams. The object material resembles iron and where its damaged its structure does look like iron, but it has traces of copper corrosion suggesting it may have copper alloy core? The object has three distinct patches of gilding (one below the right eye), which should appear on the close up image. The object is trefoil in form and rectangular in section. Its upper surface appears to be original and two of the gilded patches are sitting across this. It has two …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D23993
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post Medieval iron adze, 70mm long, 30mm wide and 25mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 199grams. The object consists of a rectangular head which has a hole through its centre. It has a blade which emerges from one side and tapers outwards, thining to form a wide blade. The object is difficult to date, but its good preservation could suggest its towards the more recent date.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-FFC3A4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval or Medieval iron axe head, 155mm long, 45mm wide at the butt and 55mm high. The object is in fair condition and weighs 736grams. The axe consists of a rectangular shaped butt which has a rectangular shaped recess for a shaft. Each side of the butt has rounded upper and lower edges, giving it a sub circular form from the side. The blade is narrow and widens out towards its tip, flaring downwards on its lower edge. When viewed from above the axe blade appears to be aligned slightly towards the left, though this may be incidental. The axe is difficult to date as…
Created on: Thursday 21st October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2010
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Record ID: LEIC-729A61
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval? iron spearhead fragment, 260mm long and 70mm wide. The second object is a sub rectangular fragment, 130mm long with a spherical protrusion near its broken edges and with one intact? flat edge. The spearhead? and several fragments of iron were sent to Lincoln for x-ray analysis in the hope that a firmer date could be established. But this was inconclusive.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-15DB57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age contemporary cored copy of an inscribed stater, North eastern, probably Vep Corf 10-60 (inscription similar to Hobbs 3258- Horse similar to 3301).
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 20th July 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-BECD37
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern iron? and gold badge or plaque 35mm long, 25mm wide and 1mm thick. The badge commemorates the pageant of Leicester, held in 1932 and shows people marching in historical costume. The pageant was intended to show the history of the area from AD50 until the opening of Abbey Park in 1882.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-EA0E27
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval Iron arrowhead? 42mm long and 11mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 7.11 grams. The object is incomplete but is conical in form and circular in section. It is about 2-3mm thick and the metal appears folded over itself?
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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