Record ID: WILT-D1DF3F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval silver applied bezel finger ring, dating to c. Ad 1400-1500. The hoop of the ring is sub circular and made of two strands of twisted silver wire with a separate bezel soldered to the hoop. The bezel is in the form of a heart flanked on each side by a single four petalled flower which is connected to the heart by a curved stem. Although in good condition, the workmanship is quite crude. Dimensions: Hoop: diameter: 22.8mm; bezel: length: 14.3mm; width: 7.3mm; weight: 1.78g. Discussion: Twisted wire rings were common in the Viking period and occur in England as late …
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D3B9F5
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 10cm. Description: A Post Medieval silver cufflink element, from a quarter of a pair of cufflinks, dating to c. AD 1660-1700. It is a single disc of silver with turned down edge, and with a rectangular loop soldered onto the underside. The repousse motif within a raised border on the upper surface is of a heart with crossed downward-facing arrows behind or through, and a flame emanating from the apex of the heart (Lewis Form 1, Type B). Dimensions: 13.6mm in diameter; 4.8mm in height; 0.80g in weight Discussion: Cufflinks and buttons …
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-BE6D0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring or earring, dating to c. AD 43-410. It is C-shaped, and broken at both ends. It is formed by twisting two thin copper wires into a cable.  Dimensions: Curved length: 40.2mm; thickness: 2.6mm; weight: 2.18g. See HAMP-EC8DA5 on the PAS database for similar.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-BEEB67
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A piece of copper alloy probable casting waste of unknown date. The object is broadly triangular with a D-shaped section. The upper surface has a bulbous raised area at the top of the 'triangle' which gradually flattens out towards the opposite end. The surface is uneven and pitted while the lower surface is smooth and flat. Dimensions: Length: 58.5mm; width: 59.5mm; thickness: 14.6mm; weight: 135.43g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D67DAC
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hoard of two Roman silver siliquae, an addendum to 2009 T233 (25 silver siliquae) and 2010 T746 (2 silver siliquae) and 2011 T545 (three silver siliquae). Coin 1 An incomplete clipped Roman silver siliqua of the House of Theodosius, dating to AD 378-388 (Reece Period 20). Obverse: pearl-diademed, draped bust facing right. Reverse: Roma seated facing, holding globe and spear. Clipped- most of legend removed- Probably VIRTVS ROMANORVM. Mint unclear. Diameter: 12.3mm; weight: 0.98g. Die axis: 12 o'clock. Coin 2 A slightly clipped Roman siliq…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Pewsey CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BD6556
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold posy ring with internal inscription and external decoration dating to c.AD 1400-1500. The ring is circular in plan, although slightly flattened, and rectangular in cross-section. The hoop is of even width throughout, and the exterior is decorated with neatly engraved ornament, worn in places, consisting of six-petalled flowers between three-sprigged branches. The gold is yellow and bright, indicating high purity. The inner surface is engraved with two parallel lines running partway round, between which is a short motto inscribed in Gothic or black-letter script. There …
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E5F64F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver annular brooch with decorative twisted (cable pattern) frame, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is slightly bent. There is a small constriction to hold the pin, which has broken with the result that the pin has been lost. The decoration comprises a cable-style twisted pattern all around the frame with four facets, each containing a line of stamped, raised pellets. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.6mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 1.58g. Discussion: A parallel example is published by Egan & Pritchard (1991: 253) no. 1334, dating to c. AD 1200-1…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Central Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C40B08
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval stone pillar capital, dating to c. AD 1550-1700. The find part of a circular ribbed capital with a flat base.  Above the ribbing is a circular band and at the top of the capital there appears to be a layer of cement with a small, flat sherd of slate which has become stuck in the mixture. Towards the centre of the capital, the stone steps down to the remains of a semi-circular ledge, and down again to a narrower ledge. Just below the centre of this is a vertical groove as though for a support to be placed within in order to attach the capi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-5D350B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found whilst metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 3 inches. Gold ingot of probable Bronze Age date. The find is a slightly bent cylindrical length of gold. One end is complete and flat, the other is slightly twisted and was probably broken by hammering a dent and breaking it across the thinnest place. Hammer marks are still evident.  Dimensions: Dimensions: 56.0mm in length; 3.8mm in diameter or thickness, 9.65g in weight. Discussion: A similar ingot was found in Horsham, West Sussex and is recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-66EEF6 (2008 T329), which was…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-9BCA28
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy figurine of the Virgin Mary, from the side arm of a processional cross, dating c. AD 1400 - 1530. The find depicts a female standing figure, looking slightly right, hooded and wearing a long robe. The right elbow bent and right hand clasped to the breast. The left arm is incomplete but is outstretched at the elbow. The reverse of the figure appears plain, but any moulding may be masked by corrosion products.  The figure is standing on a sub-rectangular base with two en…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-92070A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman hoard, dating to c. AD 100, containing two copper alloy neck-rings covered by a copper alloy dish, eleven brooches and fragments, two copper alloy bracelets or anklets and two incomplete iron tools buried in a lead container but found distribute across an area of about 0.5m: the brooches at one extent of this, the neck-rings at the other and the iron tools between. Two cast copper alloy neck-rings both made from two halves that join by means of a mortise and tenon joint at the front and hooked tenon and socket joint at the back (also known as a joggle joint). On one half…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Longbridge Deverill CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1CEB42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy farthing token of Charles I (AD 1625-1649). Obverse: Sceptres in saltire through single crown. CARO[...]. Reverse: Unclear. 
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-23546D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible Early Medieval (Viking) gold ‘finger shaped’ ingot, dating to c. AD 870-950. It is a short, heavily marked, slightly bent, solid cylindrical length of gold, which appears to have been hammered. There is small nick at one end, just before the break and an apparently formed blunt end at the other. Dimensions: 14.2mm in length; 8.2mm in width; 6.88g in weight Discussion: The use of cut fragments of gold and silver as bullion in Viking England was relatively common in the period c. AD 870-950. Gold is less common in this context than silver, but …
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Langley Burrell'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-799CC0
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy figurine, probably from a processional cross, dating c. AD 1400 - 1530. The find depicts a draped, standing male figure holding a book in the left hand. The right arm is bent at the elbow with the hand raised with palm facing outwards, in a typically Medieval ecclesiastical pose. The figure is standing facing, with a clean shaven appearance and a well groomed head of hair, depicted as numerous sub-parallel linear incised grooves covering the whole crown of the head and radiating down. The…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-803E9D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver finger ring, dating to c. AD 1700-1800. The ring has an inset circular blue cut glass gem, probably made of paste which sits inside a circular collet decorated with a repeating serrated pattern. Below this is a wider plain collar. The hoop is circular in plan, without decoration and soldered to the bezel. Dimensions: Height: 17.6mm; diameter of hoop: 16.1mm; weight: 0.80g. Thanks to Rachel King, Curator: European Renaissance and Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, who says, 'The stone is of a cut-type which w…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D2A374
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper alloy 'fob dangler' from a seal matrix dating to c. AD 1750-c. AD 1850. The intaglio or matrix and its holder are missing. The body is symmetrical in plan with an attachment loop (now slightly bent) at the top. The body is C shaped in plan, with a beehive-shaped central element (with evenly spaced parallel horizontal ridges for decoration) joining both sides of the C at each terminal and below the centre of the frame and suspension loop. Each terminal has a lobe at the base. The lobes would have originally been at…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D2A68B
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy crotal bell, dating to c. AD 1500-1700. Part of the top of the suspension loop is missing due to an old break, with only the two lugs and part of the crossbar remaining. The upper and lower hemisphere of the bell is divided by a prominent rib. At either side of the suspension loop (about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere) is a sound hole which is 5mm in diameter, although one is smaller due to corrosion products obscuring the aperture. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with the sound "slit". The upp…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-3FA119
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval silver penny of William I (AD 1066-1087), 'Sword' type (North 846) dating to c. AD 1077-1080. Moneyer: Aelfheah. Mint: Sandwich. Ref: North 1994: 191. 
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Near Calne'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-46E681
Object type: RELIQUARY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver reliquary box pendant, dating to c. AD 1400 - 1500. Description: An incomplete, silver composite reliquary box pendant. The pendant is circular in plan. The Holy Christogram ‘IHC’ is engraved in black-letter script on a hatched background, onto a flat, silver disc framed by two silver washers, one on top of the other. The outermost one (now damaged) appears to have been carefully crimped to hold these elements together, leaving a rope-like pattern on the underside. Separate, but held by the washers to the circumference of the engraved …
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-225C76
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy scale handled knife pommel, dating to c. AD 1400-1600. The find has a symmetrical bifurcate top with a banded base. The pommel takes the form of two addorsed zoomorphic heads which look reptilian, possibly may be snakes or frogs as they have protuberant eyes, large nostrils and wide, slightly open mouths. A shallow wedge-shaped slot is present on the underside to attach to a knife tang, but there is no ferrous corrosion underneath, suggesting the knife may not have been finished (K. Leahy, pers. comm.) …
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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