Record ID: WAW-10781B
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon c. 5th to 12th century) bone comb fragment: The portion of the comb which remains is one side edge and a short portion of the teeth element of a comb. The side edge of the comb is sub-rectangular with slightly tapering outer corners, the tapering occurs in plan and in depth towards the upper edge. Protruding and integral to the interior of the side is the body of the comb. The body has traces of teeth on the upper and lower edge, all but one of the teeth are broken. The teeth on the upper edge have a tooth gauge of 5 per cm, and the teeth on the lower ed…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: NARC-FD9FC5
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handlle from a handled comb with dog-toothed patterning, dating to the Mid Saxon period (8th and 9th centuries AD). 19mm in diameter at the base and 83mm long up to the break. Six grooves have been carved around the base if the handle, taking up approximately 10mm depth in total. half-way up the handle (starting at 30mm from the base) are six similar grooves with a 'dog-tooth' patterning in the middle. Four further grooves can be seen at the upper portion of the handle, at the point at which the handle would have met the comb. These final grooves do not, however, go all the way a…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: RESEARCH-C69178
Object type: COMB
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary horn 'nit' comb. The central 'handle' area, and tooth based are preserved.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2FA724
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval French Jetton, 'IHS' type. This type of jetton, dating to the 15th century, has an obverse design consisting of the letters IHS (for Jesus) in black-letter script, and a reverse cross fleuretty, with the inscription 'Ave Maris Stella dei Mater' (taken from a popular liturgical hymn of the day) on both faces in Lombardic script.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: NARC-EE6DF7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy leg from a late medieval to post-medieval metal vessel. The leg is sub-rectangular in profile, with a raised central longitudinal ridge. The bottom edge is rounded, whilst the angled top edge is truncated close to where it would have met the bowl base/side of the vessel. The surfaces are in reasonably good condition, with an even green patina. The object measures 67mm long, 31mm wide and 13mm thick across the midrib. Its massis 117g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-DAA2D5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval (probably 17th-century) silver thimble, bearing heart and standing figure motifs. Flattened by post-depositional activity.
Created on: Monday 28th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chelveston parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-866487
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late 17th - early 19th-century rapier, with an iron blade, and copper-alloy pommel and guard. The grip is not preserved, but traces of decorative silver wire, and of (?) wood remain over the iron tang. The figure-8-shaped guard is solid cast (rather than machine-pressed), but undecorated but for a moulded marginal line. The blade is heavily corroded, but its overall form and 'blood-runner' groove are still clearly visible. The sword has been treated with a thick transparent lacquer in an effort to preserve/consolidate it. What remains of the blade is 250mm long, while the g…
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NARC-85A4C1
Object type: WASTE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular-shaped deposit of copper alloy metalworking waste. Undateable.
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-60ECE6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Hadrian. Spot record only. Reverse unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-4D3F27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: cut half of a hammered silver penny of Henry III's voided long cross type, Class V, minted between 1251 and 1272, mint unknown. North 991-999.
Created on: Monday 21st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-462F72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: a silver-plated denarius of Julia Domna, fragmentary.
Created on: Monday 21st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08EC72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle, copper-alloy, rectangular type. Pin intact, and moves freely over frame. Shallow notch for pin in side of frame.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: NARC-08E894
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Double-loop asymmetrical buckle of probable late 16th to late 17th/early 18th century date (see Whitehead 1996, no. 593). One side of the frame is D-shaped and the other side is trapezoidal. Extending outwards from the centre of the D-shaped side is a comlex geometric/foliate openwork projection, forming an ornate pin-rest. The buckle's upper surfaces are angled downwards and outwards and the underside is flat. The buckle measures 35mm in length and 9mm in width. It weighs 3.35g.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08E432
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A typical 16th-century copper-alloy belt mount, of abstract profile, with trilkobate terminals, and two attachment lugs on the reverse.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08DF88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch: Part fo the bow from a Roman trumpet-headed brooch, dated c. AD 75-175. The head is shaped like the bell of a trumpet and is expanded beyond its junction with the bow, forming a large projection at the apex of the head. Behind the head the spring/pin mechanism has been lost, but the space within which it sat it clearly visible. Only the upper section of the bow is preserved, as there is a truncation just below the bow's central moulding. The upper bow is of subtriangular section, and has a double collar around it at the junction just above the central moulding. …
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08DB91
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman ceramics: Body sherd of decorated greyware, decorated with a geometric pattern of groups of short vertical and horizontal lines. Sandy fabric.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08D9B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend, irregular profile, expedient manufacture. Roman - postmedieval date.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: NARC-08D701
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead potmender, Roman - post-medieval date. Unusually, this object contains an iton component. Potmenders were produced from whatever appropriate material was to hand, so this should perhaps not be surprising.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: NARC-08D131
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead discoidal weight, of possible Roman date. The weight is broadly circular in profile, with a diameter of 30mm, with a raised outer rim. This morphology is not absolutely chronologically diagnostic, but weights of this form are known in the Roman period, of both lead and ceramic.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-08CF43
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large conical lead weight, of probable Roman date.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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