Record ID: IOW-320D70
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy and gilded button or stud (c. 480-c. 550). This button is circular in plan, moulded at the front and slightly convex on the reverse. The sides are straight. At the front an upturned vertical rim contains a plain flat border. Within the border a stylised helmeted human head faces right. The facial features, a mouth, nose, eye and cheek are exaggerated. At the centre of the reverse a central stub may be the remains of a spike. The button has a brown patina and is gilded at the front and sides. The rim has tiny breaks. …
Created on: Sunday 14th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E713BC
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy harness suspension mount (c. 1250- c. 1450). The main body of this mount is sub-oval in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. A space between two perforated tabs accommodated the loop of a harness pendant. Fragments of an iron axis bar survive within the tabs. The rear face of the main body has an integral tapering spike which is circular in cross-section. This mount has a brown patina with light green and off-white corrosion products. Height: 20.4mm; width: 10.0mm; thickness: 6.1mm. Weight: 1.93g.
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-25B865
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of Medieval date, probably thirteenth or fourteenth century (AD 1200 - AD 1400). Length: 43.0mm; width: 41.9mm and 6.8mm thick. Weight: 9.03g. The mount has three similar arms of equal size and one of a pair of suspension loops together forming a cross shape (the left horizontal arm is bent back behind the vertical arm). Each arm close to the centre has roughly parallel sides and has a maximum width of about 7.0mm. This part of the arm is bevelled at the front but then narrows abruptly to form a double cusp creating…
Created on: Wednesday 26th December 2007
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-653F66
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). Length: 34.8mm; width: 40.1mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 5.98g. The object is cross-shaped. It has two horizontal arms and one vertical arm at the top. Each arm end is perforated to accommodate a rivet and each arm terminates with a narrow knop. Only one of the three rivets has survived. The lower arm of the cross has been turned through 180° to form a housing that together with missing bar created a hinge for the pendant. The object is corroded and in a poor condition …
Created on: Sunday 22nd March 2009
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-74FBE5
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy harness suspension mount of Medieval date (c. 1250-c. 1450). This bar mount has two horizontal arms and a lower vertical arm which is folded through 180for the hinge. At the end of each horizontal arm there is a circular rivet hole and a pointed knop. One hole is slightly smaller than the other. A copper-alloy loop of a harness pendant is secured by a copper-alloy axis bar. There is no patina or any trace of gilding. 16.5 x 28.1 x 4.0mm. Weight: 2.99g. A similar harness suspension mount from London has been published (Clark 1995: 69, fi…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D99ACB
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded Medieval cast copper-alloy horse harness suspension mount for a pendant (c. 1200-c. 1400). This mount is generally 'T'-shaped in plan. The upper part is rectangular and has two projecting pierced lugs below. At the rear of the upper part are two integral spikes. The mount is drab greenish brown and corroded overall. There is no indication of any surface treatment. Height: 17.1mm; width: 14.3mm; thickness: 7.5mm. Weight: 3.25g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F7323A
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy and enamelled harness mount (c. 1200-c. 1400). This mount is shield-shaped with a straight top and sides tapering to a point at the base. The front is unclear due to corrosion. However there are flecks of blue enamel. The rear face is flat and plain with a central integral rivet which is burred-over at the end. The rivet is sub-circular in cross-section. This mount is corroded and purplish brown and there is no trace of gilding. Height: 16.6mm; width: 13.5mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including rivet: 7.0mm. Weight: 3.34g.
Created on: Saturday 13th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-32DF65
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval harness suspension mount (c. 1200-c. 1400). This mount is cast in one piece. The main plate is square and rectangular in cross-section and has pierced lugs at its lower edge that accommodated an axis bar (now missing). On the rear face, near the top, is an integral rivet, circular in cross-section with a circular rove (5.3mm in diameter) in its original position and fused by corrosion to the shank of the rivet. The circular holes for the axis bar have a diameter of 1.7mm. The object has no patina and a fleck of white metal coating, possi…
Created on: Saturday 24th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9F0C84
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A small Late Bronze Age hoard: two complete gold penannular rings and a fragment of gold, possibly the remains of a bracelet. Treasure case no. 2020 T2. Addenda to 2018 T5. 1. (2020 T2-1) A complete gold penannular ring, circular in cross-section with flat terminals.15.0mm (outer diameter); 5.6mm (diameter in section); 2.0mm (maximum distance between the gap). Weight: 5.22g. 2. (2020 T2-2) A fragment of a possible bracelet in use as an ingot, curved in profile and circular in cross-section. One end has been chopped twice obliquely producing a splayed 'V' shape. The other end…
Created on: Monday 30th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
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Record ID: IOW-C7BED7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Seven bronze objects recovered during a metal-detecting rally organised by Vectis Searchers on cultivated land in Yarmouth Parish, 14 December 2003. The finds were in ploughsoil at depths less than 25 cm. They were spread over an area measuring 7 x 3 metres. The seven pieces are in generally poor condition and five are fragments, probably having been broken recently. Two certain joins and one probable join mean that four, or a maximum of five objects are represented. Socketed axe, mouth damaged Length 120 mm; maximum width 32 mm; weight 161 g A relatively narrow socke…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D94975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper-alloy small square-headed brooch. Pin missing. Early Anglo-Saxon, sixth century AD. Although the outside edge of the rectangular head-plate frame is very eroded, it can be determined that the frame was decorated with regularly spaced punched annulets. The head-plate second panel is in the form of a raised plain moulding and contains the head-plate inner panel which has a rectangular raised moulding containing three short vertical mouldings. The bow is gently arched and convex at the front, flat at the rear. At the front the bow is decorated with two vertical grooves…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Niton and Whitwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-EAAFE2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of four large bowl-shaped silver ingots and one gold British B (or "Chute") stater of Late Iron Age date. Treasure case no. 2009 T460.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-904B38
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TAKEN TO BM 13/9/2019 Two Bronze Age copper-alloy items found together (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC). Treasure case no. 2019 T750. 1. A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed axehead. This fragment is a portion of the mouth with a rib below. The fragment is light green with patches of a grey patina. Length: 32.4mm; width: 21.3mm; thickness: 5.6mm. Weight: 17.77g. 2. An incomplete copper-alloy casting jet. The body is sub-oval in plan and the upper face is dished. Two runners extend below but one has survived as a stub only. The complete runner is sub-square in cross-section…
Created on: Friday 30th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CBD652
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Looped palstave of Late Middle Bronze Age cast in a bi-valve mould. Length 151mm, maximum width, at blade end 38mm, maximum thickness, at stop ridge 28mm. weight 322g. The edges of the flanges are abraded and the whole cutting edge of the blade has been chipped in antiquity. Decoration on both sides of the blade beneath the curving stop ridge is in the form of a shield combined with a central rib to form a "trident" pattern. A casting seam is visible on the looped edge only. Small areas of a mid to dark green patina survive overall. However, the implement is suffering from the effects…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-764C65
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy horse-harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400). It is sub-oval in shape and has an oval loop at the top which bent to one side. The front has cast relief decoration in the form of a crudely executed human figure, facing forward and holding a staff to its right (the viewer's left). The figure may be standing, but is more likely to be sitting on a throne holding a sceptre. The rear face is flat and undecorated. A small portion at the lower right side is missing due to an old break. The object is corroded and in poor condition. A patina h…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-9DBEA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver penny of Offa. Canterbury mint, Group 1, c. 784-c. 787 (North 1980, 58, ref: 266; Chick type 89).
Created on: Monday 5th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-937FD0
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ingot of unspecified date. Length 15.5mm, diameter c.8mm. Weight 8.03g. The ingot has eight longitudinal facets of uneven widths and is sub-round in cross-section. At either end there is an old coarse break. One of the ends has three small smooth areas which appear to have been created when a piece was chopped or cut off.
Created on: Saturday 17th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1F0B16
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-Medieval silver closed thimble (c. 1600-c. 1700). Treasure case no. 2019 T47. The thimble is made of rolled sheet silver and has been distorted by movement within the plough soil. The dome, now missing, was originally made separately and soldered into place. There is no rolled rim on the lower edge of the thimble and the near vertical sides taper inwards towards the top. The lower part of the thimble is decorated with a broad plain band which is inscribed with Roman initials: M B. The letters, with large serifs, are formed of double lines. Between, and to each …
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: IOW-5BDAF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Mis-shapen but complete gold posy ring of sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. Treasure case no. BM2004 T318 (disclaimed). Prior to being mis-shapen, the external diameter would have been 17mm. Weight 3.28g. The ring is decorated on the outside of the hoop. This decoration is in the form of two outer borders of pellets. Each of the pellets is separated by a raised linear moulding. Inside the two borders are four panels each of which has a trefoil-shaped end. Two of the panels are occupied by a raised lozenge-shaped motif which has a central geometric flower with four peta…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D9F333
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, probably a seal matrix of medieval date. The object is flat and circular with a sub-rectangular projection, 11.2 x 6.5 x 5.2mm. One face, probably the front, has incuse decoration consisting of a central equilateral triangle or shield, surrounded by a border of zigzags. There is a sub-triangular depression at the centre of the shield. The straight top of the shield is uppermost when the projection (probably a lug showing the top of the design) is held at the top. The other side of the object has a border of zigzags without a triangle. It has a patchy mid-…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.