Record ID: WILT-7CDD57
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy incomplete flat-bladed nail-cleaner with varying decoration (Group) (250- 410AD). The shaft is lozenge-shaped in plan with the bottom point extending to form a bifurcated terminal which has broken off. The lozenge-shaped mid-section is decorated with three incised crosses seperated by tranverse lines; in opposing quarters of the central crosses are stamped ring-and-dots (two in the quarter towards the bifurcated terminal, one in the other). The bifurcated end of the artefact has a straight groove along its centre (which would then be the line of the break to form…
Created on: Friday 28th August 2009
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lechlade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7C8C84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and slightly corroded cast copper-alloy post medieval 'locking buckle'. The frame is rectangular in plan, with rounded corners. The outer edge is wide (c. 6mm), flat and rabbeted (or notched) to accept and secure a U-shaped arm attached to the pin bar: the arm has entirely broken off. The outer edge of the buckle also features a subtly incised central logitudinal pin rest. In profile the sides are expanded (th.: 6mm) to receive the off-centred pin bar; from this point they travel down to the outer edge in a curvilinear fashion. As implied, the pin bar survives in situ with th…
Created on: Friday 28th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lechlade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0AE6C6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or post medieval cast copper alloy rim sherd from a vessel. It is sub-rectangular, with three rough and jagged edges; the fourth is smooth and is the rim. On one face of the sherd is an uneven ridge parallel to the rim. The object is covered in a dark green patina with patches of black burned deposits. These objects are difficult to date, with continued use from c. 1200 to c. 1800. This fragment measures 1.85mm x 1.74mm x 1.2mm (1.5mm with ridge) and weighs 6.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-A47132
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy chape. It is triangular with a circular knop at the point (measuring 2.03mm x 2.3mm). At the opposite end the chape has broken, but preserves the rectangular hollow inside (12.95mm x 5.83mm). One face of the chape been decorated with two rows of triangles along either edge. It is covered in a dark green patina. Its size suggests it is probably from a dagger or knife rather than a sword, and dates to c. 14th or 15 century. The length of the chape is now 20.86mm, and it weighs 2.34g.
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A40537
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age (800 BC - 100 AD) cast copper alloy triskele mount or Fob. The object consists of a central short circular shaft, 6.61 mm long, which terminates in a loop, now missing. The top of the shaft teminates with a triangular form from which emerges, at 120 degree angles, three curving shafts. The ends of these shafts join into sub-circular knops. These knops project outwards midway along the sides of a rounded triangular frame. When viewed from above this forms a pattern of three 'teardrop' shaped holes. The front face of the mount has shallow recesses, which form lines on the si…
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A2FA46
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strip, probably a fragment of a Roman bracelet or armlet. The strip is slightly curved in profile, and on one face is decorated with a border on each side of the length of the strip, which has numerous parallel transverse grooves in the border. Both sides are pitied and covered in a green patina. The short edges are both breaks. Crummy suggests the majority of copper alloy armlets date to the late 3th to 4th century (1993, 37). The fragment measures 22mm x 11.1mm x 1.1mm, and weighs 1.9g
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-A2DD05
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or post medieval cast copper alloy leg fragment from a vessel. It is sub-cuboid, with two sides particular rough, indicating a break or an unfinished surface where the leg was attached via. The object is covered in a dark green patina with patches of a brown corrosion product on the base. These objects are difficult to date, with continued use from c. 1200 to c. 1800. This fragment measures 60.2mm x 27.6mm x 14.5mm and weighs 64g.
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-A29AF3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 100 BC-c. AD 100). The head is circular in plan. At the front, it has a flat rim with a concave centre and at the rear, excluding the loop, it is slightly convex. There is a small loss on the rim. The loop (11.9mm x 6.4mm x 3.6mm) on the reverse is ‘D’-shaped in side profile and sub-square in cross-section, the hole is sub-ovoid. The object is covered in a mid-green patina, with patches of a light green patina. The concave head may have contained a decorative material. However, none has survived. It i…
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-228F46
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead disc shaped uniface mount, of probable post medieval date. The front face has a raised four petalled flower with a pellet in each corner, within two circular borders. The other face is plain. The mount has no obvious means of attachment, but seems too small and thin to be a token. The mount has crumpled, with a section folded over. It measures 14.1mm x 11mm x 1.6mm, and weighs 1.42g
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-2233E8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a post medieval two-piece cast lead Norwich Weaver's Company cloth seal. The fragment is a disc with the inscription "WOR[S]/TED/[R]EFOR[?] on one face. To the right of the second R is a rectangular protrusion that formed the attachment strip between the two discs. On the reverse of the disc is the impression of the cloth the seal was attached to, and the remains of the integral rivet which held the two discs together. The section above the inscription has folded over itself. The object measures 22.6mm x 16.1mm x 2.3mm, and weighs 2.93. These Norwich Weaver’s Company …
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-221641
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of shell-tempered courseware, of probable medieval date. The fabric contains white shell inclusions, most under 1mm² in size. There is blackening from burning on the outer face of the sherd. The sherd is softly curved in profile. It measures 30.4mm x 28.9mm x 7.2mm, and weighs 8.37g
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-21E8E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of Roman greyware pottery. The sherd is 'C' shaped in section, indicating that the vessel had a flared out rim. It measures 58.2mm x 25.8mm x 9.6mm, and weighs 16.88g
Created on: Friday 12th June 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-130717
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, probably medieval, semi-circular front part of sheet buckle plate broken at fold, with pin slot, frame recesses and three large domed rivets (the central one is larger and green, not red). The plate has folded in half so the upper surface forms the outside. The surfaces are a very abraded red-brown, the colour suggesting it was possibly once gilded. A medieval date is suggested, but the object may be earlier; similar buckle plate have been recorded on this database, notably from Norfolk: NMS-7B12A7, NMS-F996C1, NMS-40BC86. This example measures 17.4mm (length folded) x 25.1…
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-128D76
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded medieval tinned sheet copper alloy buckle plate. The plate has broken on the integral loops which attach it to the buckle frame, leaving approximately half of the loops (one of which has since folded over) and the square top plate. The surface of the plate is tinned but otherwise plain, with a small rivet hole in each corner. There is a small tear from the edge to one of the rivet holes. Patches of reddish-brown corrosion around one of the rivet holes and the pin slot suggest that the pin and the rivets were made of iron. The reverse of the top plate is also …
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-123C07
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very corroded and incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy circular button. The head of the button is a domed solid circle, and is covered in a reddish-brown corrosion product, with a light-green patina underneath. The reverse of the button has the broken stumps (length c. 3.1mm) of the loop, one in the centre and one near the edge (making the loop off-centre). The reverse is a slightly light red-brown, with larger patches of a green patina. The button is otherwise plain, and thus hard to date, but the stem-less loop indicates a 17th to 18th century date. The button measures 10.5mm…
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-11F643
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded post medieval cast copper alloy sub-rectangular mount. The body of the mount is roughly formed with chipped edges, and comprises of a central triangle into circle, with oval extensions on either terminal. The oval extension and the triangle are seperated by a collar. The mount is triangular in section, with a central ridge running the length of the mount. The front face of the mount is plain. The reverse of the mount is flat with two integral attachment spikes, one at either end, with the spikes pointing towards the terminal ends. The spikes are now not parallel, indicating …
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-11AC95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded medieval tinned cast copper alloy circular domed stud. The body of the mount is a hollow dome, plain on both faces apart from patches of tinning. On the reverse there is a centrally placed shaft or rivet for attachment; the stud was cast as one piece, not two. The rivet is bent into a slight 'C' shape, has a blunt end, and also has patches of tinning. The mount is otherwise covered in a dark green patina, with patches of red-brown corrosion. Egan and Pritchard dates similar plain domed studs to the late fourteenth century (1991 170). This example measures 16.1mm (dia.) x 14.…
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-FD5032
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.e. Plate 47. Behind the head and wings of the brooch is the recess to take the spring and pin, which is covered in reddish-brown iron corrosion, indicating the pin was made from iron. The spring was held in the ends of the wings, which have punched holes filled with more iron corrosion. The front face of the brooch is also corroded and pitted, with the knop on the head distorted. The bow and head of the brooch are decorated with two in…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-FD2CA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fantail fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy bow-and-fantail brooch. The fantail is trapezoidal, with two dot-in-ring incisions (one in each corner). The brooch has broken along the line of the fantail, a break which is now worn but rough. On the reverse of the fantail is the catchplate, triangular in shape with the tip curled back on itself to hold the pin. The fragment is covered in a mid-green patina with patches of red-brown corrosion. Bow-and-fantail brooches date to the 1st-2nd century AD (cf. Hattatt 2001, 314-315). The fragment measures 15.6mm x 13.8mm x 9.4mm, and weighs 2.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-FCA112
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded post medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag with iron rivets. The body of the tag is broadly trapezoidal with the hook protruding from the smallest edge of the body. The hook curls back on itself and has a rounded tip. The body of the tag appears undecorated but is masked by the red-brown corrosion of the two iron rivets, place lengthways along the tag. The front face of the top of the body has broken off. The edges of the tag are bevelled, and there is a slight recess in the reverse. A trapezoidal hooked tag with iron rivet is illustrated in Read (2007 217, 782) but is more …
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
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