Record ID: HAMP-07F49E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD 50-150) Colchester derivative ('dolphin') type brooch missing approximately half of the spring and the pin. The brooch measures 39.5mm in length and weighs 7.78g. The wings are C-shaped in cross section and span 23.2mm. There are traces of an incised transverse line at either end of the wings. The bow is oval shaped in cross section and extends from the front, above the wings. To the reverse it extends into a double-pierced lug. The chord is intact for the wing-span, the axis bar for half of the wing-span. The bow is undecorated. It narrows to …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Monday 29th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8EEA70
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy casket key. The key has a kidney shaped bow with two internal projections at the stem end. On the shoulders underneath the bow there are three decorative collars which are worn. The stem extends to a projecting pin below the bit which is narrow, rectangular and uncut. The key is a dark brown colour with patches of green and pink corrosion. The key measures 31.1mm in total length. The bow measures 15.7mm by 11.1mm. The bit measures 4.8mm by 7.1mm. The pin measures 3.3mm in length. The key weighs 2.52g. There is a similar example in Read (2001…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8B6BA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy buckle plate. The plate consists of a rectangular sheet of metal, folded widthways to attach to the buckle. The fold on the reverse of the plate is approximately half the length of the plate, measuring 12.3mm in length. A central rectangular slot has been cut out on both sides for the attachment. There is iron staining within this slot suggesting the buckle pin was made of iron. At the opposite end on the longer plate there is a rivet hole with the iron rivet still in situ. Close to the slot there are two possible incised V-shapes, suggesting possible decoratio…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8AEAAB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame, missing its pin. The loops are oval and thin rectangular shaped in cross-section. The frame is angled. On both loops there is a central notch for the missing pin. The pin bar is offset, narrowed and circular in cross section. There is no decoration on the frame. The buckle frame has a green brown patina. The frame measures 26.3mm in length, 21.1mm in width, and weighs 3.45g. It is similar to an iron buckle illustrated by Egan (1991, 85; no. 347) which dates from c.1350-1400, although a later date cannot be ruled o…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8A70C9
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a post-medieval (1500-1700) lead-alloy seal cloth consisting of disc one. Part of the squashed rivet remains on the reverse of disc one, and a small part of the connecting strip on one edge. The seal disc is circular, and the edges have been bent out of shape, though the disc is complete. Disc two is missing. The seal depicts a swan standing left (from the viewer's perspective) in low relief, with the letters MES on the left and *V on the right. The cloth seal measures 19.4 mm in max. diameter, 1.2mm in thickness and weighs 3.35 g. The seal is similar to one in Egan (199…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Denver', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9144C9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregularly-shaped and probably incomplete lead vessel mend or 'pot-mend' of uncertain date (but probably AD 43 - 1800). The object consists of two halves (one of which is smaller than the other) joined at the centre. A thin piece of oxidised probably earthenware ceramic is visible between the halves, being orangey brown from the firing process. The object measures 39.1mm by 31.8mm, and is 17.9mm thick. It weighs 71.18g.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-90E1F4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval buckle with trapezoidal frame and integral plate. The frame has been folded over itself. The two outer corners of the frame have a rounded knop. The frame is oval in cross section and is 2.2mm thick. The frame is 18.9mm at the longer end. The plate is sub triangular in shape, at the frame end there is a circular hole which has abraded through at the frame in an old break. This would have originally held the pin, which is now missing. There is a rivet hole beside this with the iron rivet still in situ. The other end is also broken, the curved remains…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9042F4
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete pair of copper-alloy tweezers possibly Roman in date, however a medieval date cannot be ruled out. The tweezers are made from a single sheet of copper alloy which has been folded over on itself at a defined loop to form a sprung end. The arms of the tweezers flare out gradually along the length (3.5mm at the loop end, 5mm at the tip); these have been bent out of alignment. The tweezers are rectangular in cross section. There is no decoration. The tweezers are 49.6mm in length, 0.9mm in thickness and weigh 3.43g. The tweezers can be compared with some illustrated in Crumm…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8FB12D
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy nail cleaner, consisting of the lower part of the cleaner. The remaining fragment is flat and rectangular. The break is recent. The cleaner terminates with two prongs; the central perforation is triangular in shape. There are horizontal lines running across the width on both sides of the nail cleaner, immediately below the break, this is probably remains of decoration. The fragment is rectangular in cross-section and measures 21mm in length, 5.3mm in width and is 1.7mm thick. It weighs 0.89g. It can be compared with examples illustrated by Crummy …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8F14EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman bow brooch dating from the 1st to the early 2nd century AD. The fragment consists of the catch plate, lower bow and foot. The catch plate is sub-triangular in shape and has an openwork frame. The foot consists of a knop protruding from the base of the bow. The bow is thin and oval shaped in cross-section. It is undecorated and has a light green patina. The fragment measures 25.8mm in length and 12.7mm in maximum width. The bow of the brooch measures 1.9mm by 3.8mm in cross section. The fragment weighs 1.89g.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Meon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8DBEEC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy late Roman (or possibly post-Roman, early early-medieval) amphora-shaped strap-end. The strap-end consists of a lozenge shaped main body with rounded corners, with kidney shaped handles above, either side of the neck and a trapezoidal shaped attachment end. The tip of the main body has broken off. The handles are made up of two curved knops joined in the centre, with raised moulded edges. The attachment end has two separate copper-alloy rivets, both still in situ although one is loose. It splits into two flaring, trapezoidal plates creating a split in whi…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-667778
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval purse hanger or arched pendent mount. This is a three-arched example consisting of a central inverted keyhole-shaped opening flanked by an open semi-circle either side. At the junctions between the arches are diagonal moulded projections. The short horizontal bar at the top of the central opening is worn from use; originally this would have attached to a suspension loop. At both terminal ends there is a knop flanked by a vertical moulding; each would have held a suspension loop in place. Another vertical moulding flanks the end of the semi-circle. On the inside of …
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-65B4DD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy (c.1270-1350) single plate strap end with hook. The plate is rectangular and has three rivet holes longitudinally arranged. Extending from one of the short ends is a curved hook which terminates in an old break as it begins to curve. One rivet hole is close to the hook-end; the rivet here is still in place. The other two rivets are situated at the other end of the plate; one is still in place and retains a sheet rove while that flanking the short edge is missing. There is no decoration on the strap end. The strap end measures 33.2mm in length, 5.5m…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-63DF61
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1250-1450) sheet copper alloy, tongue-shaped (with one short edge being curved) strap-end. It is engraved with zigzags longitudinally arranged along the centre (traces of gilding are visible here) and along the edges of the upper surface. The curved end has been folded over and the edge opposite has a central, separate rivet still in place. There is no decoration on the reverse. The strap end is 31.3mm in length, 14.3mm in width, and 0.8mm in thickness. The strap end weighs 2.51g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-62B31E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate dating from 1250-1450. The plate consists of a rectangular sheet of metal which would have folded over at one short aned to curl around the buckle; the plate is now broken along this edge. The plate is recessed for the pin. There is a central rivet hole at the other end of the plate, the rivet is missing. The upper surface is decorated with a double line of punched circles running along the edge of the plate. The reverse is undecorated. The buckle plate measures 28.5mm in length, 13.7mm in width, and is 0.6mm thick. It is 1.29g in weig…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-018A64
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post-medieval (1350-1650) copper alloy double-loop annular buckle frame missing a pin. The frame is triangular in cross-section, being flat to the underside with an angled upper edge, and has a central bar rectangular in cross-section (1.1x3.3mm). The frame has no decoration. It measures 29.7mm in diameter, 3.3mm in thickness and weighs 5.54g. There are traces of iron staining along the central bar.
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-014FF1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval (1500-1700) strap fitting, with the incomplete stumps (old breaks) of two integral attachment spikes to the reverse. The fitting is shaped like an acorn, with grooves decorating the 'cup' in a cross hatch pattern. A transverse rib separates the 'cup' from the 'nut'. From the base of the cup projects a short stem while at the apex of the nut is a triangular knop. The strap fitting is concave to the reverse and slightly convex to the front. It is green-brown in colour with only small patches of original patina remaining and a possible trace of gi…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-00EA9D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged but complete cast lead vessel which has been squashed almost flat. The vessel would have originally been semi circular in cross section. The vessel flares out at its sides, and is flat on one side, this would have been originally attached to a vertical surface. There is a flat raised rib with prominent edges along the lower rim of the vessel, and an incised line flanking the actual rim. The vessel is a grey white colour At the base the vessel measures 36.6mm by 17.7mm. The top measures 58.1mm by 27.1mm. The vessel is 42.1mm in height. The vessel weighs 79.25g. Robert W…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-00B81A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late post-medieval to early modern (1600-1900) two-part strap fitting, consisting of a copper alloy ring attached to a sheet metal strap of indeterminate metal (probably a copper alloy), secured with three corroding iron rivets. The ring is circular in shape and hexagonal in cross section. It has a smooth green patina. The plate is rectangular in shape but cut inwards where it wraps around the ring. The metal is now purple in colour with a smooth surface. The ring measures 14.0mm in diameter (10.6mm internal diameter) and is 3.4mm thick. The plate is 11.6mm in length, 10.2mm width,…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0075C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1200-1400) copper alloy buckle plate, consisting of the upper plate only and missing two rivets. The sheet-metal plate (0.6mm thick) is rectangular in shape with a rectangular cut-out at one short end and a smaller and decorative triangular cut out at the opposite end. A rivet hole (0.9mm diameter, pushed through from front to back) is in each corner to either side of the triangular cut-out. The long edge either side of the rivet hole is decorated with two smaller trianglular indentations. The areas of buckle plate to either side of the larger rectangular cut-…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston', grid reference and parish protected.