Record ID: BH-CCEA76
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token of probable early post-Medieval date. The token is sub-circular in plan. One one side is the relief-moulded image of a quadruped (possibly a horse or donkey) standing left, with a checkered pattern of infill and a crude flowerhead or sun design in the top right of the field. The reverse image is that of a gate with four horizontal bars, four vertical bars and one diagonal bar. Two finials project upwards at the top, while underneath are two letters: [..] G. Dimensions: 22mm diameter, 2.1mm thick. Weight: 7.72g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-879007
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece of Early Medieval to Medieval date. The piece consists of an openwork plate of sub-triangular form. The shortest side of the piece is not original, each of the three projecting prongs having been broken in antiquity. The other sides appear to have survived in their original forms. The upper surface of the object bears moulded and incised zoomorphic pattern of uncertain nature. The point at the narrow end takes the form of a right-facing zoomorphic head, with recessed eye, crest and upturned snout. A curved projection beneath this snout…
Created on: Saturday 9th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Graveley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6E1163
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a Medieval jug handle. The sherd retains portions of both of its parallel sides. Extending down the centre is a deep, broad groove. The fabric is light brown and has sand temper plus occasional larger inclusions. The edges are heavily abraded. It measures 45.9mm high, 42mm wide and 12.6mm thick. The weight is 32.51g.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-A7C526
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy zoomorphic knife handle of Roman date. The handle is of octagonal section and increases in dimensions towards the attachment end. At the opposite end is a terminal in the form of a stylised zoomorphic (possibly canine or feline) head. The snout is conical, projecting from between two vertical grooves; the mouth is formed of a horizontal groove on the underside of the head; each brow ridge and ear consists of a single moulding. Decorating the neck is a series of punched ring-and-dot marks. The terminal is separated from the rest of the handle by a moulded ring comprisi…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-1665C0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy weight of probable Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date. The weight takes the form of a thin circular disc. At the centre is a slightly raised ring with a small circular depression containing an unidentified white substance. This raised moulding is mirrored on the reverse and suggests that the object was turned on a lathe. Numerous concentric grooves and ridges on the reverse support this theory. On the upper surface are an inner and outer pair of deliberate, decorative rings. The artefact measures 59.9mm in diameter, 5.4mm thick and weighs 103.35g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-44D246
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight, probably for a half or quarter noble. This weight is illustrated in 'Lions, ships and angels' (Withers, 1995, p. 20). It was made in Antwerp by an unknown maker (see Withers, p. 60). The weight is rectangular in plan. The obverse bears a circular panel depicting a ship, with a letter 'h' (for 'Henricus') located to the right of the mast. On the reverse is a central hand dividing the letters 'D I'; an inner ring of stars surrounds this central design and, around this, is a second ring, of four large and four small fleurs-de-lys. The object measures 14.…
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.