Record ID: WAW-948175
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy medieval pilgrim's ampulla. The artefact would have been flask-shaped only the rounded, semi-circular lower chamber survives. The ampulla is decorated bifacially on the lower chamber. On one surface are numerous incised grooves to create an X. edge. On the other surface there appear to two simple lines forming an X. The ampulla is 27.95mm in length, 30.0mm wide, 5.4mm thick and weighs 16.6 grams
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
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Record ID: WAW-335D05
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast, copper alloy hooked tag of the early post-medieval period, dating from 1500-1600 AD. It has a trapezoidal upper loop and a circular body with seven small, equidistantly spaced knops. The body has a central, flat, area delineated by a raised ring, surrounded by seven equidistantly spaced, circular piercings, one between each of the seven knops, two further perforations are located just above the incomplete hook. The hooked tag is 32.75mm in length, 19.2mm in width, 2.55mm, thick and weighs 2.6 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Record ID: WAW-332381
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap fitting (belt mount) of post-medieval date (1600-1700). The strap fitting is irregular in plan. The overall decorative design consists of two conjoined oval knops with a pointed projection. The reverse face of the fitting is irregular but broadly flat and undecorated. Two cast sub-rectangular projections (hooks) extend from either end of the fitting. The fitting measures 18.9mm length, 10.8mm width, is 4.6mm thick and weighs 1.3grams
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Record ID: WAW-31F644
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken pointed end of a finely worked bifacial tool of translucent brown flint with light and mid grey inclusions. It has been totally invasively worked. The plan is a pointed symmetrical leaf shape, very much like a leaf arrow head but for a somewhat thicker section. Close to the slightly oblique break the sharp margin has been slightly blunted which suggests that the tool was a kind of knife. The implement is 30.9mm in length, 33.35mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 8.4 grams
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Record ID: WAW-31D0C2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of debitage, two secondary pieces possibly of mid grey chert, one tertiary piece of mid brown flint debitage. A combined weight is 5.9 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Record ID: WAW-305940
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped Mesolithic flint core fragment. The fragment has a dark grey coloured flint. The dorsal surfce has numerous arises and a number of chips.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2012
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Record ID: WAW-A11502
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and slightly bent later 12th-century silver medieval cut halfpenny of Henry II, struck by the moneyer Rodbert at Wilton or Winchester mint in 1180 AD (Short voided cross Class 1a)
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2011
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Record ID: WAW-AB10B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy buckle or brooch. The artefact is broadly circular in plan with a constriction for the pin which is missing, the edges of the brooch are bevelled. There is a crude animal head which projects from the frame opposite the constriction, which depicts two eyes and a snout. The projection has a recess to hold the pin. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Length 1836.85mm, width 32.1mm, thickness 3.2mm, weight 6.5g. Compare Egan and Pritchard 1991, Dress Accessories p. 65 no 212.
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: WAW-81E407
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.d, pg. 73, Plate 47. The majority of the brooch survives consisting of the head, part of the bow and the wings. The foot, spring, part of the bow and catch plate are missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and oval in cross section. the bow is broken just below the remains of the catch plate and the foot is missing. The bow head is hump-like, and angular in profile it projects downwards at a broadly ninety degree angle, with cylindrical …
Created on: Friday 14th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WAW-816E57
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) type dating AD 80-120. The majority of the brooch survives consisting of the head, part of the bow, remnants of the wire coil and wings. The foot, spring, part of the bow and catch plate are missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and oval in cross section. the bow is broken just below the remains of the catch plate and the foot is missing. The bow head is hump-like, and angular in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. The wi…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WAW-6D0741
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy annular buckle, two fragments survive. The frame is incomplete part of the pin bar is extant. The frame and pin bar are circular in cross section. The buckle is decorated with with a zigzag incision running along the front face of the frame. Similar decoration on a annular buckle can be found in Egan 1991 p.61 fig. 213 dating to 1400-1450. The buckle is larger than the published example and had a pin bar, a broader date of 1400 - 1650 is suggested. Parts of the surviving frame are heavily worn and the pin is missing. The larger fragment is 31…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-6CC872
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch, which is probably a T-shaped type. The brooch is incomplete. The wings are cylindrical and have been decorated with two diagonal incisions. The wings have a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged on the the axis bar within the wings. The pin is missing. The bow head is slightly hump-like and is sub-rectangular in section. The apex of the bow head is decorated with a lozengeform protrusion. The bowhead continues to the bow and tapers to a broken edge below the approximate midpoint. The break is not recent as the patina covers it. Th…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-6CB385
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch, which is possibly a T-shaped type. The brooch is incomplete. The wings are cylindircal, and has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged on the the axis bar within the wings. The pin is missing. The bow head is sub-rectangular in section. The bow does not have a smooth curve, instead it projects at a ninety degree angle. The bowhead continues to the bow and tapers to a broken edge below the appoximate midpoint. The break is not recent as the patina covers it. The lower portion of the bow is undecorated. It measures 18.65mm long, …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-6BFF95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46 dating to AD 80-120. The majority of the brooch survives consisting of the head, part of the bow and the wings. The foot, spring, pin, part of the bow and catch plate are missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and oval in cross section. the bow is broken just above the foot which is missing. The bow head is hump-like, and angular in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. The…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WAW-6BDBC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands, Mackreth 2011, 4.a-b.) dating to (AD 80-120). The majority of the brooch survives consisting of the head, part of the bow, an incomplete catch plate, the wire coil and wings. The foot, spring, part of the bow and catch plate are missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and oval in cross section. the bow is broken just below the remains of the catch plate and the foot is missing. The bow head is hump-like, and angular in profile, with cylindrical wings projecti…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: WAW-6BBE55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date. The bow head has no wings and in plan the bow head is a horizontal oval. The bow head has a transverse incision above the bow below the incomplete lug. The upper edge has a trace of a integral lug, originally a fixed headloop. On the reverse of the bow head there are the remains of two vertical sub-oval integral lugs with a central perforation. The spring partially survives. The bow is incomplete due to an old break, it is a lozenge in section and is narrowed. The brooch measures 28.75mm length, is 13.45mm wide and 9.3mm thick. It we…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-6B0454
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy cosmetic pestle from a Late Iron Age or Romano-British cosmetic pestle and mortar set, dating from 100 BC - 400 AD though the main period of use seems to have been in the 1st and 2nd century. It is broadly crescent shaped in plan with a single loop at one end. The loop is incomplete due to an old break. The pestle is roughly oval in cross section and is pitted, it is heavily worn towards the loop. The pestle is 57.75mm in length, 15.9mm in width, 5.05mm thick and weighs 7.2 grams.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-5A0610
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy rod of uncertain date, possibly Roman or Medieval in date. The artefact has a circular cross section at the end with the perforation and a square cross section at the other end. The perforation is just below the tip. The artefact is possibly a stylus, styluses do appear in copper alloy, the end usual tapers, there are no examples with a perforation. A pendant weight has also been suggested, the examples on the database are often lead and of a medieval date. The artefact is 70.6mm in length, 6.35mm thick and weighs 13.1 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-593A06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and mid 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman radiate of Tetricus, standing figure reverse probably SALVS AVG, uncertain mint (271-274 AD; Reece issue period 13)
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2011
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Record ID: WAW-57D6D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and mid 3rd-century copper-alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus, SALVS AVG reverse, Salus standing left, feeding snake held in arms, uncertain mint (269-271 AD; Reece issue period 13; cf Cunetio 2567)
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2011
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