Record ID: IOW-215F1A
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, corroded and misshapen copper-alloy needle of unknown date (c. AD 43-1800). This shaft is circular in cross-section and the eye is flat. The eye has been squashed widthways but appears to have originally been an elongated pear (piriform) shape, wider at the bottom. It has a sharp point. The needle is green and corroded overall. Length: 66.5mm; length if straightened: c. 105.0mm; maximum diameter before flattening: 3.1mm. Weight: 3.48g.
Created on: Sunday 20th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-34CE03
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete bone needle or bodkin of unknown date. Length 112mm, width 15mm and 4mm thick. Weight 5.36g. The shaft of the implement is sub-elliptical in cross-section and has a spatulated head which is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The lower part of the head is pierced with a circular hole, 5mm in diameter. The surface of one face is largely covered by a shiny patina. The surfaces of the other face and each side are eroded. Found within estuarine silt.
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.