Record ID: PUBLIC-C627E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman coin. Corrosion has made this coin featureless, but by size it is a Dupondius of the second century. It is deep green in colour. Diameter 29.8mm, thickness 2.7mm, weight 11.2g.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C5DA54
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap fitting (belt mount) of post-medieval date. The strap fitting is broadly lentoid in plan and a thin rectangle in profile. The front face is plain and undecorated, with a couple of flecks of an applied tin surface. The reverse face of the fitting is flat with two integral hooks that extend from either end of the fitting. One of these is bent over and the other is broken off. The strap fitting is a red brown with flecks of tinning on the front surface. Similar examples of strap fittings can be seen in Brian Read's book 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (pages 34-…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C58022
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy drop handle from an item of furniture of post-medieval date. The fragment consists of the sub-rectangular suspension loop from the top of the handle. The loop has pointed protrusions at each corner, with a pronounced ridge at its lower edge, whose protrusions are less prominent. Below the ridge the handle curves inwards, narrowing as it travels. The fragment is a dark red brown in colour. Length of fragment 15.2mm, width of fragment 16.6mm, thickness 3.3mm Weight 1.96g See HAMP-54D824 on this database for a similar handle.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-46E514
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy vessel foot of medieval or post-medieval date. The fragment is sub-rectangular; the front is wider than the reverse, with angled sides creasting a broad wedge shaped, or trapezoidal, cross-section. The front of the leg curves towards the centre from the edges before rising in a pronounced central rib that runs longitudinally. This fragment is from the bottom of the leg, that is, the foot, the one not differentiated from the other. The fragment is 50.3 mm wide, 36.9 mm long, and 25.3 mm thick. It weighs 92.3 g. This form of foot is comparable t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-467604
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the rim of a cast copper alloy harness bell of Post Medieval or Modern date. This fragment extends outwards towards the rim in a typical bell shape. The fragment has a shallow band that runs along the outside of the rim, and is decorated with a single incised line. The fragment is grey in colour with a slightly rough finish to both sides. The bell wall is 1.6mm thick. The fragment is too small to estimate the diameter. This fragment weighs 3.7g. A similar find is SUSS-06E321, http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/131897.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B3FCC1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of pottery from the rim of a Roman vessel. This sherd is Severn Valley Ware, being light orange on the surface with a grey core. The vessel flares outwards at the rim like a dish or bowl. The rim is rounded and slightly wider than the wall, it is also at a slight angle to the vessel side, probably being upright in the orignal vessel, with the wall being at a steep inwards angle. The vessel wall is 5.3mm thick. The sherd is 22.2mm wide and 22.7mm tall, and weighs 3.83g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B368E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leg from a Medieval or Post Medieval vessel, proabbly a Posnet. This small leg is plain without a foot. It is D shaped in cross-section, with the lower half having a hollow in the rear. It tapers in slightly from top to bottom. The leg has extensive light green corrosion with patches of black soot in the recessed areas. The leg is 55.1m high, and 18.8mm wide at the top. It is 6.5mm deep. It weighs 21.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9F1431
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of unknown date. It was crudely formed by rolling a piece of flat lead into an elongated hollow cylinder, and was probably designed to hang around a cord or thread. The weight is circular in cross-section. It has a white patina. It is 30.6mm long and 12.2mm in diameter. It weighs 20.2g.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9EB130
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The fitting is sub rectangular in plan, tapering slightly at one end. The fitting is decorated with four straight groves along its length, two near the edges, and two about a third of the way in. On its rear, along its central axis, are two dark circles, representing the position of lost lugs. The fitting has a dark green patina with extensive light green corrosion. It is 16.8mm long by 9.6mm wide. It is 2.2mm thisk. It weighs 1.48g.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-360FC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy rectangular double-looped buckle, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The frame is plain, flat and wide, with bevelled edges and a narrowed pin bar. Corroded, the frame is 35.4mm long by 24.0mm wide. It is 1.5mm thick and weighs 4.75g. It can be compared with an example illustrated by Whitehead (2003, 75; no. 462), which he dates to c. 1570-1700, but without giving archaeological evidence in support of such a date.
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0C23A7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy flat dress fastener with foliate decoration dating from the late 16th century or the 17th century. This is an eye section with its rectangular attachment end into which a blunt hook would fit, and a sub oval plate which originally had three attachment knops: two lateral, angled knops survive. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with engraved and punched lines and curves, mainly forming a spray of flowers. Some of the lines are intermittent and seem to be formed by rouletting. At the base, adjacent to the loop, are three upturned punched…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A25317
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a large Roman storage vessel. The coarse fabric is mid orange on the surface, with many inclusions, and a grey core. The rim is oval in cross section, with a shallow rib at its base on the outer surface. The sherd is 22.0g thick at the base of the rim, incluidng the rib. The sherd is 52.8mm wide by 34.2mm high and weighs 35.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A1E9A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Roman Severn Valley ware from the rim of a drinking vessel. The rim is rounded on the inside towards a slight triangular lip on the outside. This sherd is decorated with four shallow circumreferential ribs. The sherd has a shallow pale orange surface with a grey core. The vessel wall is 4.2mm thick. The sherd 30.0mm tall by 21.5mm wide, and weighs 2.94g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B2BC68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval silver penny of James I (1603-1625). Third coinage (North 2128). Initial mark: two pellets, dating to 1619-1625. Mint of London (Tower). North (1975, 124). Just over half the coin remains after being ripped by farm machinery. The penny is 14.2mm in diameter, 0.5mm thick and weighs 0.37g. The coin has been pierced, possibly for suspension, through the reverse, with burring on the obverse, which suggest a punch was used rather than the coin was drilled. The hole is at around 9 o'clock on the obverse, corresponding to around 5 o'clock on the reverse.
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9EA1F1
Object type: CAME
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete end spure from lengths of Post Medieval or Modern lead glazing strip. This sprue, along with another at the other end of the glazing strips, would of helped stop the soft strips deforming during transport. There are the ends of two strips on this incomplete sprue. Each strip is H shaped in profile, providing a channel for glass to fit in on either side of the strip. The sprue has been mishapened and gouged by farm machinery. The sprue is a dull grey on colour. The remains of the sprue are 27.9mm wide. The strips are 9.8mm high, and 7.2mm and 7.0mm in width, althoug…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9BB5F6
Object type: CAME
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete end spure from three lengths of Post Medieval or Modern lead glazing strip. This sprue, along with another at the other end of the glazing strips, would of helped stop the soft strips deforming during transport. Each strip is H shaped in profile, providing a channel for glass to fit in on either side of the strip. The strips have been cut from the sprue at an angle. The sprue is a dull grey on colour. The sprue is 36.1mm wide. The strips are 7.5mm high, and vary in width from 7.3 to 9.3 mm, although distortion in the plough soil and the cutting of the soft strips make…
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9B6713
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Nummus of 4th century date. The coin is heavily corroded and on one face it has a thick encrustation making further identification impossible. The coin is 21.2mm in diameter and 2.5mm thick at the rim. It weighs 4.1g, but the thick encrustation will be a significant contribution.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-825121
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper core from a plated silver denarius of uncertain Roman date (c. AD 50-250). The coin is broken across the flan and neither the obverse or reverse can be identified. Diameter 17.9mm, thickness 3.0mm, weight 0.9g
Created on: Saturday 7th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-341147
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from the head of a cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet (variant) brooch dating from 75 - 175AD. The lower bow and foot of the brooch are lost. The upper bow tapers from a flared head and is circular in plan. The heavily abraded, flared head-plate is an irregular oval shape (broadly tear drop shaped) with the pointed end towards the top and the blunt end under the bow, but this is probably not the orignal shape because any thinner edges of the plate have been lost. The reverse of the head is unusal it has two (although only one survives) D shaped projecting lugs, whi…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0A8B47
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy hooked strap fitting possibly from a sword belt. This fitting has a flat body that is triangular (kite shaped) in plan, with a lobe at the top. The tapered hook is oval in cross section and is bent in the same plain as the body (turned to the observers left, in the same plane as the body). There are the stumps of two square section iron rivots, one above the other along the central axis of the body. These would have held the fitting to the leather belt. The fitting is undecorated, and red brown in colour with patches of light green corrosion. Ther…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.