Record ID: IOW-500F33
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete iron cone shaped and carinated shield boss in very poor condition. Length 135mm, diameter at the carination 98mm. At the angle of the carination is a cordon which circumvents the boss. Above the carination the sides curve upwards and inwards towards the apex where the diameter is about 8mm, thus resulting in a cone shape with a concave profile. The apex is in the form a flat "disc-head" which is 65mm in diameter and 3-5mm thick and is slightly convex at the front. Below the carination the 2 walls of the boss curve gently outwards and are slightly convex in profile. A flange…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2003
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2E4545
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy and gilded button from a shield boss (c. 450-c. 600 AD). The button is flat and circular in plan. At the front it has tri-lobed feature that extends to the edge. This feature is sub-circular at the centre and each lobe is lozenge-shaped. Between each lozenge, adjacent to the central part, there is a groove containing small billets. The front is gilded but the tri-lobed feature is not. At the rear there is a central integral spike, circular in cross-section. It has a length of 6.2mm and a maximum diameter of 3.7mm. However, it is u…
Created on: Saturday 22nd October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.