Record ID: WILT-D83FD6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval (AD 1540-1900) ceramic cone-shaped stoneware object which looks similar in shape to tegula mammata from a Roman cavity wall. It has been suggested that this may be the stopper for an acid bottle. The object has some slight damage to the sides of the base. It is generally conical in shape but towards the tip the profile is slightly flatter and it terminates in a blunt point. It is beige stone in colour with a brown glaze. The glaze is uneven, it is not clear whether this is from wear or the effects of the soil where it was found. One half of the object has a darke…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroughton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-86302C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of lead with the remnants of an iron nail which appears to be Roman through it dating to c AD 43-410 (but may be later). The object comprises a sub-rectangular piece of lead. At one end, the lead has a flat vertical face and curved corners. The other end appears to have been broken off or cut as the horizontal line is not even and the vertical end face is sloping in on the back. There is an iron nail through the lead with the shank broken off. Around the nail on the back of the object are brown marks possibly evidencing a washer of the shape of the object to which the sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.