Record ID: WILT-1865BA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver early medieval hooked tag. It has a triangular plate with a tri-lobed rear edge, each lobe pierced with a circular hole for fastening. The plate is plain, barring three incised parallel lines making the junction between plate and hook. The back is also plain. All surfaces are slightly worn with no evidence of having featured decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-22FCBA
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early medieval Thor's hammer silver pendant with gold insets, dating to late 9th-10th century AD. The pendant is an example of a growing number of amulets found in England representing Mjölnir, the hammer of the Norse god Thor. As is usual with pendants of this type, it is designed to be worn with the head at the bottom, as also shown on representations of Thor’s hammer on Viking coins minted in York in the 920s (Williams 2014, 33-4) and on a figure from Eyrarland in Iceland, normally interpreted as Thor holding his hammer (Graham-Campbell 1980, 25, …
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7B1037
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast silver early medieval strap-end, comprising the central section only with the terminal and attachment end now lost to breaks. The central section has a plain incised border containing the remains of a Trewhiddle style zoomorphic motif. The back is undecorated.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7AC4CE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end with silver rivets. It is sub-rectangular and elongated in form, with a snub-nosed zoomorphic terminal and an expanded split attachment end with two rounded lobes. The lobes are pierced for attachment and contain two silver dome-headed rivets. At the base of the attachment end, where the expanded section meets the narrowed central section, is a pair of deeply incised transverse lines. A matching pair of lines marks the junction between the central section of the strap-end and the zoomorphic terminal. This is stylised in nature, with two in…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-029FC6
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor modified into a pendant and gilded. The penny is the pointed helmet type (North 825[1]), and was struck by the moneyer Beorhtwine at the Wallingford mint. It is datable to 1053-1056. The coin has been gilded and a loop with three vertical ridges has been attached to the coin at 12 o'clock on the obverse. The loop is 4.4mm in length and 4.1mm thick). A gilded ring (5mm in internal diameter and 1.8mm thick) is attached to the loop. Obverse description: Bust facing right wearing pointed helmet Obverse inscription:…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2017
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-F7AA27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver sceat of the Secondary Phase 'animal mask' group dating to c. AD 730-760. Ref: Metcalf 1994:448. This is a rare variant in the 'Animal Mask' group with the reverse type showing a long cross with annulet centre within a plain circle, with a tribrach in each angle. It has been recorded previously for 'near Winchester' (EMC 2011.0056), Raunds (EMC 2009.0047) with which this example is die-linked, Wetwang (EMC 2008.0077) and St Neots (EMC 1993.9356). Obverse (and possibly reverse) die duplicate of example published as AM 5, in T. Abramson's Sceattas: An Illu…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DEDC91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 7th-century early-medieval pale gold shilling (or thrymsa) probably minted in Kent, Post-Crondall phase (c.650-675), Concordia/'clasped hands' type (Sutherland type II.i; North 16). Ref: Metcalf 1993: 46-7; Gannon 2013: 92-3.
Created on: Friday 12th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-99FB4B
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and iron incomplete early-medieval bell. The bell is formed of sheet copper-alloy with iron sheet on the interior and exterior. The bell is 45.6mm in height and has a complete D shaped projecting loop which is rectangular in cross section (8.3m m wide and 4.45mm thick). Below the loop the bell is 9.35mm wide and 39.05mm and widens and expands to the base where it is 37.95mm in length and 36.2mm wide and 1.85mm thick. Internally there is the remains of a iron projection, the majority of which is now missing. Cormac Bourke comments: This latest find, although it's s…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E2A83
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Early Medieval hooked tag of Read's (2008) Class B, Type 1 with a triangular plate and ridged collar at the junction between plate and hook (Read 2008, p. 21; cf. no. 98). The hooked tag consists of a broadly triangular plate with two circular perforations tapering towards a hooked attachment end. The plate is decorated with three knops and an engrailed edge above the two circular perforations. The hook is D-shaped in cross-section and is decorated with two horizontal grooves at the point where it projects from the plate.
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brixton Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E0B70
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Medieval silver hooked tag inlaid with niello. The hooked tag consists of a D-shaped plate with two circular perforations (one incomplete due to an old break) before tapering to a zoomorphic attachment end, which terminates in a now-incomplete hook. The D-shaped plate is decorated with a central ridge with rectangular billets flanked by two broadly triangular recesses which have a foliate design surrounded by niello inlay. The curved edges of the plate have billeted borders. The attachment end is moulded into an animal's head with two upright oval-shaped ea…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-5F9DEE
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A ring of gold filigree comprising three strands of gold beaded wire, the central strand being thicker than those flanking it, forming a D-shaped section. The ring is squashed together at one end, the rest rather bent. One of the beaded strands is bent outwards and detached at one point. The whole ring is exceptionally worn, so that the central strand of beaded wire in particular appears plain where the definition between individual beads on the strands has been lost.
Created on: Monday 27th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford Toney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5EF569
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval gilded silver pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard. The mount is hollow and has a flat top with a square perforation, probably a setting for a gemstone or glass inlay which has since been lost. The mount has four faces, each decorated with a design of three interlocking, recessed triangles within an incised border around the edges. The remains of gilding are visible within the recessed triangles. Between the triangles are two parallel incised grooves forming two chevrons. An integral silver bar (width 2.4mm) runs transversely across the base of the mount.
Created on: Monday 27th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E416C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early-medieval denier of Charles the Bald dating to AD 840-875, Immobilised type probably posthumous. Mint of Rouen. Cf Morrison and Grunthal 1967 p 867. Salisbury museum medieval catalogue volume 1 p. 152 no 223 and plate 6.
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Sunday 3rd October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-58AC6E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A tinned copper-alloy early-medieval mount in the form of a fish, with two flattened projections to the reverse. The mount widens and thickens from the tip of the head of the fish (1.95mm wide and 0.75mm thick) to 7.85mm wide and 7.15mm thick at the eyes before tapering to its narrowest point (3.20mm wide and 2.4mm thick) at the tail. In cross-section the body of the fish is triangular. The tail is rectangular in cross-section and broadly triangular in shape; it widens to 17.15mm across. The eyes of the fish are each formed from a single ring-and-dot motif, the centre of which cont…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-88A4AB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver Anglo Saxon strap end dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 800 - 900. The strap end belongs to Thomas (2003, 2) Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style) and consists of a pointed oval with niello inlay. It has a split attachment end and a tapering zoomorphic terminal. The attachment end bifurcates to form two rounded knops, each has a circular perforation which permeates both the upper and lower plate. The narrow opening between the plates is filled with attached soil debris. From the attachment end the sides of the plate bow outwards towards the centre of the plate and…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-40DCF9
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy book clasp with integral openwork triangular plate, of possible early-medieval or medieval date (c.1050-1200). It measures 34.20mm in length, 16.05mm wide, 7.65mm max thickness (boss), 4.35mm thick otherwise, and weighs 7.62g. At one end is the triangular plate, which has square-section arms flaring to a wide bar which is slightly recessed to take a strap or plate about 9mm wide. The plate tapers towards its apex, at which is a central sub-circular boss. This has unclear decoration, perhaps an engraved cross. On the reverse of the boss is a circular inden…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-59451A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Anglo-Saxon strap-end of Thomas's Class A type 1, with convex sides and a zoomorphic terminal in the form of an animal's head. The majority of the strap-end survives, but part of the zoomorphic terminal is now lost, beneath the animal's ears. The split attachment end is fan-shaped with two circular perforations but no surviving rivets. The strap-end is slightly bent upwards towards the terminal end. The main panel of decoration is broadly rectangular, and is filled with engraving around a reserved Trewhiddle-style animal. Traces of niello are visible, but the …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-BF6D98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon lozengiform brooch made from a single strip of copper-alloy, which is expanded to form a lozenge-shaped plate in the centre but narrows to wire on either side of the plate. At the base of the plate the wire is simply curled round to form a hook which acts as a catchplate for the pin. At the top of the plate the wire is looped round on itself in a single loop to the right of the plate, forming a primitive spring. The wire is then bent back down along the length of the brooch to form the pin which is incomplete. The lozenge plate is decorate…
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grittleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-00B509
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver sharp hooked tag with two attachment holes dating to AD 600-1200. The tag is Class A, Type 2 and is complete and finely made. The tag is sub-circular in shape with two curving sections at the top with a hole in each. At the bottom, the tag narrows to form a short straight section which then curls sharply under to form a small hook with a sharp point. The back of the tag is undecorated but has scratch marks. The front of the tag has an incised geometric circular design. In the centre, is a lozengiform shape with concave sides. In the centre of each concave side…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DB8D60
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver Anglo-Saxon strap-end. a variant of Thomas' Class A, Type 1. The strap-end is flat and oval, with a pointed terminal and rounded corners at the attachment end. The attachment end is split to take the strap, with two circular rivet holes visible on front and reverse. The normal 'fan-shaped' field is missing below the rivet holes. The outer edge of the entire front face is left as a plain, undecorated circumferential border, which is thicker at the attachment end where it is shaped around the two rivet holes. The broadly pointed tip of the strap end thickens (from …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford Toney', grid reference and parish protected.