2024-03-28T16:58:04+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results1120Staffordshire1CountyStruck or hammeredROMAN3Chance find during metal detectingcarp shale 0509 copy.jpg150522009GPS (from the finder)14718RODistrictPossibly1WMID14797Restricted Accessx4121810.8Lichfield117942011-02-24T13:17:08ZWest MidlandsFragment of worked black geological material (jet, shale, canal coal, anthracite, etc). Possibly a Roman torus of unknown function. Mass: 10.7g; diameter (cross section): 18.3mm. The fragment is curved in plan and circular in section, with a break at both ends. Other than the broken ends, the object has a smooth surface, with three incisions near to the outer edge at one end. The object is broadly similar to incomplete tori included in “Roman Wight”, Tomalin, 1987, and assumed to be Roman by analogy with a similar object found at Silchester (Lawson 1976, 256-8). If this object were indeed circular in plan, rim chart calculations indicate that it would have had an internal diameter of 2cm and an external diameter of 6cm external. I am grateful for the information provided by Frank Basford, FLO for the Isle of Wight, in support of this record. Daniel Pett2Drayton Bassett CPWMID-FC0E272607161ROMANUNIDENTIFIED OBJECTRestricted Accessfinds-260716210WMID-FC0AB8Fragmentx41218images/dslarke/32158330014A3FC0CF0149342009-06-22T18:35:11ZPossiblyx4121822009-04-25T23:00:00Z021ROMANStone41426RO121http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:32.087Z