Record ID: LEIC-436D57
Object type: VOTIVE MODEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age to Roman copper alloy votive axe, 15mm long, 9mm wid eand 5mm thick with a weight of 2.62grams. The object is rectangular in form and oval in cross section, with rounded long edges. It has a flat oval butt end around which sits a protruding rounded collar. Below this the blade curves slightly downwards at at the concave edge there is a circular hole butting up to the collar and causing the edge to project outwards slightly. Beyond this the axe tapers in width and is missing the end of its blade. Numerous similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database. For examp…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-80DDE3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late iron age or Early Roman rim sherd, 70mm long and 38mm wide. The sherd is in fair condition with agrey patina and weighs 23.91 grams. The fabric is buff with a dark grey surface, with small irregular quartz and mica inclusions, The fabric may be a Lower Nene valley type.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-22AAD5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age vessel sherd, 37mm long, 37mm wide and 10mm thick, with a weight of 15.93grams. The sherd has large rock and quartz inclusions with ironstone and felspar and has a buff to brown surface.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-90AA60
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
11 sherds of Shelly ware, including 5 rims, dating from late Iron age to late Roman period.
Created on: Friday 5th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-90C4E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
1 rim sherd of late Iron age-early Roman shelly ware. The vessel was coil built and has a squared off flange, it has small rounded shell inclusions.
Created on: Friday 5th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-215B82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of late Iron Age Belgic sandy ware, 44mm long and 23mm wide with a weight of 9.04 grams. The rim has an orange patina with a grey core.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C5E933
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age ceramic vessel fragment, 24mm long, 23mm wide and 9mm thick and weighs 3.92grams. The sherd has an orange core and is fired brown/black on one side.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-CE2BF1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or Roman shelly ware jar base sherd, weighing 8.60 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-1B3F23
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age pottery sherd, 39mm long, 31mm wide, 7mm thick with a weight of 11.07 grams. The fabric is a reduced sandy ware with mica inclusions.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5F5112
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A varied selection of late iron age and Roman pottery was recovered by fieldwalking from the Hallaton Villa site. Finds included a very large shelly tegula tile, possible imbrex and other building material. Pottery included a Samian cup base (see leic-5F82D4), Nene Valley colour coat, a mancetter Hartshill Mortarium, oxidised colour coats, greyware, shelly wares and grog tempered wares, including iron age material.
Created on: Friday 18th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A738D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age coil built pottery sherds, 12.95 grams in weight. The fabric has a black patina one one surface and a reddish patina on the other and has a lot of griity inclusions wuith some quartz.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BM-133A42
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Two Iron Age, Iron and copper alloy hemispherical vessels, probably cauldrons. Recovered (on the advice of English Heritage) during an archaeological evaluation undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology Ltd. Description - At least two vessels of very similar form but of different sizes. In addition, running beneath the larger bowl is a large iron object with a rounded terminal. Both vessels appear to have been hemispherical in shape and comprised a solid iron hoop at the top of the rim to which are attached two iron suspension rings, one on either side. The rim is supported by a thick iron…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th January 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-B129E3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy escutcheon plate, probably from a cauldron? Length 50mm, width 31mm thickness 1.5mm, weight 42.31grams. The object would have been used to secure a handle to a vessel, proabblay a cauldron. It is rectangular in form and D shaped in cross -section. It has a central curved section, 22mm deep, which has a raised lip, 5mm high, rising up at each edge and a rounded, raised 'ridge' running down its centre. The object then flattens out at each end, forming a rectangular plate with a central, circular hole, used to attach the object, and the handle, to a vessel. si…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-5A921A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two joining sherds of Iron age or early medieval fabric, The fabric has a brown body colour and is dark in section. It has an open texture with large quartzite inclusions.
Created on: Monday 8th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-4738E9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four Iron Age sherds, Body fragment of an Iron Age scored ware vessel with cross hatched linear decoration. Cordoned sherd with oolite inclusions. Two small fragments of orange black fabric, shell tempered.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-DAA7A5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age vessel sherd, 36mm long, 25mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 10.93 grams. The fabric is dark grey with sparse shell inclusions and cfrequent, small regular mica inclusions
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-113906
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age? copper alloy object, 19mm long, 17mm wide and 5.5mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 5.84grams. It consists of four sub spherical lobes which are arranged around a rectangular void. These have a rounded oval section with rounded outer edges and a flatter inner edge, forming the sides of the void. The surface of each lobe has a circular, rectangular sectioned, depression which has concentric ridges on its surface. The object seems to be complete and has no obvious fittings, so it must have been secured to anything via the rectangular void. The shape of the vo…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-DD6041
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy beaded torc. It is 104mm long, 15-17mm wide and 9-15mm thick. The object would have made up the decorated part of the torc and consists of two flat oblong terminals decorated on one side with two incised lines. The beading consists of two large oval beads 17mm long and 15mm wide and decorated with grooves running either side of their widest part. On either side are four more smaller beads with the same decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-544574
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy beaded Torc fragment? 20mm in length, 12mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 3.5g. The object is rectangular in form with a V shaped cross section. The upper surface is formed of two sub spherical projections which are separated by a rectangular shaped recess. The objects underside has a V shaped recess. The fragment is very small and badly damaged but its possibly part of a two part beaded Torc, similar examples include LANCUM-C65AB5 NCL-79F3C6 and NLM-145AA3 It was found in the same location as other prehistoric metal fragments (see LEIC-542023 …
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-E515F7
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy toggle fastener, 29.5mm long, 18mm wide and 12mm in diameter at terminals. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 16.67 grams. The object has two identical terminals formed of a circle with semi-spherical edges that sits on top of a narrow raised collar. In the centre of the circle is a circular depression surrounding a spherical dome. The main body of the toggle tapers in underneath the terminals and then bulges out again so it in its centre it has the same circumference as the terminals. On one side it is decorated with a circular depres…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-710194
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy toggle fastener, 24mm long, 22mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 8.45grams. It has a circular section and a rectangular form with flat edges. Behind its edges it tapers inwards before bulging out at the centre to form a distinct 'toggle' shape. It has an integral circular formed and sectioned loop emerging from its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-ED2771
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age - early Roman copper alloy toggle, 30mm long, 18mm wide and 12mm thick. The toggle is in good condition and weighs 13.49grams. It is sub rectangular in form with a circular section. It has two sub spherical teminals which are decorated with two incised lines. The object narrows above the terminals before widening out to form a barrel shape which is decorated with a raised border at each edge and an incised line. To this is attached a circular sectioned rectangular shaped loop.
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Last updated: Sunday 11th October 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-40A526
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age /Roman copper alloy toggle, 26mm long, 11mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 10.95grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and semi-circular in section. It has a flat base and its upper surface is formed of two semi spherical ends which are joined by a raised collar with a slight indentation across its centre. The object is very similar to SWYOR-A91385 except that example is circular.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-69D617
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy clothes fastener, 23mm in diamater and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 11.01 grams. The object is rectangular in form and circular in section. It consists of an outer 'collar' which is 4mm in diameter and 3mm thick, at each end. This contains a shaft which is shaped like two squashed spheres with each sphere having the base of a shaft emerging from it. This part would have formed a loop with which the fastener was attatched to clothing
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-18E8C4
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy toggle 27mm long and 12mm wide, with a weight of 11.71 grams. The object consists of two circular terminals, 12mm in diameter and 4mm deep which have rounded outer edges. Between this is a shaft 18mm long which widens considerably in the middle, from 7mm to 11mm in diameter. This accomodates a recessed circle, 8mm in diameter on one side which may have held enamel. The opposite side of this is hollow to allow room for small circular shaft, 9mm long and 3mm in diameter, which runs across the void and acts as a catch. The object is in good condition and has an even…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-5CC60D
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age copper alloy toggle, 16mm long, 14mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and weighs 6.20grams. The object is 'barrel' shaped with rounded long sides and flat circular ends. Its surface is covered with incised lines running down its length. It has a circular shaped protrusion at one side and has the remains of a loop attachment emerging from one side of its centre.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Notts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C8C441
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy toggle ? 14mm long, 14mm wide at loop and 7mm in diameter, with a weight of 4.72grams. The object consists of an oblong body which is decorated with two lines of sub- spherical protrusions which are flanked by three raised lines. Attached to one of the objects long narrow sides are two circular suspension loops with rectangular sections which sit side by side and are joined at their base.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-BA1F07
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age toggle, 19mm long and 8mm wide and thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.95grams. The object consists of a sub rectangular plate which has a second narrower plate emerging from the centre of its reverse. This plate has two rounded protrusions on its outer edge which corresponds to two circular holes, positioned near the join. Each of these holes is accompanied on alternate sides by a curved linear depression which is aligned with the hole and continues to the objects edge. This appears to have been done to help with sewing the object onto a garment. The upper su…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-F70F93
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age or Roman copper alloy toggle? 29mm long, 19mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 3.73grams. The object consists of a triangular loop with a curved base and D shaped section. Emerging from its apex is a crescent shaped shaft with a circular section which tapers to a point. The object appears to be complete and seems to be a variant of the usual toggle form. It is similar to SUSS-FB19A3, although that is a sub- spherical toggle with a triangular loop.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-EEC485
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy sword fitting? 50mm long and 31mm wide, with a weight of 32.3 grams. The object is an open oval in form but is slightly squashed. Its inner surface has a square sectioned rib which runs around the internal surface but is slightly worn away at one end and almost completely at the other. The outside of the piece appears to be covered in gold leaf and has been punched with large V shapes - similar to a cosmetic mortar from the same site. The object appears to be part of a sword or dagger fitting given its shape.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-C69CAB
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy mount probably from a sword terminal, 25mm long, 21mm wide and 19mm deep and weighing 31.4grams. The object is sub spherical and in the form of a human head. It has a prominent hooked nose sitting beneath broad projecting eyebrows. either side are almond shaped incised eyes and below is a circular hole forming a gaping mouth. It has styllised incised hair radiating from the centre of the back of the head and near the base of the back of the head is another circular hole. This is filled with a white substance, but given its position it may run through the object t…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-3DA677
Object type: STRAP UNION
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy strap junction, 58mm long, 37mm wide and 4mm thick. The object weighs c.50 grams, has a green patina and is complete except for a small chip at one end. The object is diamond shaped with a circle in the centre. This is subdivided into three lentoid shaped recesses, two are filled with red enamel, which surround a central triangle that has a glass like blue/red residue. This is flanked by two large and two small triangular perforations, which give each side of the border a curved inner edge. This border is decorated with recessed triangles which have lines scratche…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5CBB30
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy belt fitting, 18.8mm in diameter and 7.8mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.61 grams. The object is circular and has a sub triangular section with a rectangular sectioned protruding lip at each side. These types of objects are thought to be associated with sword belts of the late Iron age, see IOW-C4B3D2.
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B84AC4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron age copper alloy strap fitting, 74mm long, 47mm wide and 3.5mm thick. The object is incomplete and has a brown patina. It consists of two pieces of curved metal, which when complete probably formed circles. The metal has D shaped section and is 8mm wide and 3.5mm thick. Where these two pieces join together there is a 'coffee bean' shaped motif, a domed oval with a straight line cut along the centre of its length, 10mm long. Where the two pieces curve to form circles the object has been 'braced' by a bar, 35mm long and 4mm thick, which has a hollow centre, to allow straps…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B57246
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object made up of three spherical balls c. 10mm in diameter, joined together by small rods 3mm wide and c. 6mm long. The whole object is about 22mm in diameter and has been roughly cast. This is probably a strap union or junction. These are usually Roman in date but the style of this makes it more likely to be Iron Age (pers comm Dr J. D. Hill). Recorded at the Hidden Treasures roadshow in Market Harborough. A similar object has been recorded on the database at SF-3AB401.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F0B03A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or Roman copper alloy strap fitting, 30mm long, 28mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 13grams. The object appears to be incomplete, this object possibly representing half of the whole? What is present consists of two sets of two domed motifs, (the lower ones appear slightly larger) contained within oval (tear) shaped raised borders. Each set of two is separated by a flat elongated triangular sheet, which begins half way along one of the motifs and flares outwards to where the object has broken. The reverse is flat except for small hollows corresponding to the two l…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-1ED197
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Iron Age cast copper alloy axe of Sompting Type, Variant Cardiff II, 122mm long, 51 mm wide (at blade), 44mm wide (at socket) and 47mm thick at socket, tapering to 3mm thick at blade. The object is in good condition and weighs 363 grams. The axe is complete, except for a nick out of its socket edge, and has a rectangular section and form (triangular when viewed from the side). Its blade tapers slightly in width at it's edge and its socket is decorated with two raised collars, the one forming the edge of the object being slightly larger and protruding more. It has one complete si…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-C9D34C
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age copper alloy sword scabbard fitting, 54mm in length, 17mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 21.71grams. The object is a scabbard mouth fitting which would sit at the upper edge of the scabbard and strengthen the opening. It consists of a rectangular cross sectioned ovoid frame which has a plain triangular projection in the centre of each side. These would sit facing downwards. The other surface, pointing upwards, has a tapering depression at each end of the ovoid opening, which would help to guide a sword blade into the opening. This example is very similar to YORYM…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-095757
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age? copper alloy ring or bead, 24mm in diameter and 8mm thick. It is in fair condition, having some damage to edges with a brown patina and weighs 15.35 grams. The object has been finely cast and is 'doughnut' shaped with a central circular hole. The outer edge of the object has a ridge running around its circumference and there appears to be a further ridge in the centre of each side. From this the surface dips down to the central hole, giving it a sub rhomboid section.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-D83266
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron age/early Roman flat quern fragment, 146mm long, 97mm wide and 28mm thick. The quern has a grey/brown patina and is made from a volcanic honeycomb rock. The fragment has an even thickness and appears to be part of the base stone. It has clear grooves worn into one surface.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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