Record ID: SUSS-18CE8D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval bone tool of uncertain function probably dating c. 1500-1800. The object is formed from a sheep's metapodial. The proximal end of the bone has been sliced obliquely; the edges around the hollow centre are very worn, rounded and smooth. One one side is a worn tear shaped aperture with worn and smooth edges. On the reverse are a pair of sub-oval indentations, each set either side of the epiphysis. The bone surface is glossy and a deep red brown. There is a crack running though the centre of each long face of the object.&…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-6FD579
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified object Post-Medieval date, made from Animal Skeletal Material, dating to, c.AD 700 - 1900. The lower portion of the object appears to have a scallop shell design. Above is an undecorated hotizontal rectangular bar.  Length: 31.7 mm Width: 20.4 mm Thickness: 5.2 mm Weight: 3.1 g
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: GAT-35FE23
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object, possibly a tool or decorative object which has been fashioned out of a section of deer antler. The antler, circular in cross section, has a slight curve to it. To one end, the honeycomb bone-like tissue has been removed and a sub-spherical piece of lead has been forcefully inserted, cracking the surrounding antler. This piece of lead protrudes from the antler. On closer inspection it appears that a glue or expanding foam has been used to fix the lead into place, it is not possible to say if this adhesive was a later addition (potentially a makeshift r…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llandudno', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3D62FC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of worked bone or antler comprising a rounded terminal with a drilled hole through it. The cross section is flat and lenticular with rounded edges; the hole is around 3.3mm in diameter and has been drilled from both sides. The object has a finely polished surface and was probably the tip of a handle for a brush or other small personal item, which was intended to be suspended. The dating is uncertain, but based on the preservation a late post-medieval to modern date is proposed.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 15th August 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-1CE628
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An eight-sided flat section of worked bone with a central perforation 5.6mm in diameter. A pair of grooved lines run from the perforation to a corner of the object, creating eight radiating panels. Each of these is decorated close to the outside edge with a ring-and-dot motif. The underside is undecorated. It measures 28.3x27.3x3.6mm and weighs 3.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: BH-7F3115
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a worked bone strip of uncertain date. The strip is broken at both ends but is approximately rectangular in plan and hemispherical in section. It measures 50mm in length, 39mm in width and 6mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: LON-DA4026
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval to Modern bone object possibly a handle. The object is cylindrical with an incised spiralling line which wraps three times around the handle length. The spaces in-between the wraps are filled with perpendicular lines. The object tapers slightly and has a circular hole drilled at each end, one side of which has an incomplete bone plug. No parallel can be found for this object. Dimensions: length: 69.76mm; diameter: 11.57mm; weight: 10.20g
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: CAM-9DC192
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified artefact made of bone and of uncertain date. This item weighs 2.97g, and has the following maximum dimensions: length 37.8mm, width 15.9mm and thickness 6.7mm. The largest section of this item is of a sub-rectangular tapering shape with smaller integral projection to either end. The main body part of this artefact accounts for 25.8mm of the total length, has a width of 19.9mm and thickness of 6.7mm. This tapers to the other end where the width is 14.1mm and thickness is 3.4mm. The cross-section is sub-rectangular to sub-oval, the corners being angular and the almost…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: LIN-87F2D6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone roundel, measuring 21mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The item is circular in plan and plano-convex in section, being in the form of a flower head. The domed surface has a pellet in the centre with a notched collar surround it. Twelve petals radiating from it collar. Each petal has four deep notches to it. The outer edge of the item is decorated with five or six notches. The revese h as a recessed roundel carved into it. There is no evidence of any attachment. The item is possible post-medieval, and possibly a mount from a box.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2017
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Record ID: LON-D5A93B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of bone objects, possibly part of a pin. The objects is a rectangular cuboid with a collar at each end. The middle section has conves sides but is flat in section and is decorated with four ring and dot decorations forming a cross upon both sides of the object. The collars are decorated with incised diagonal lines. Both ends show a break, it is possibly it is derived from a pin of some sort, perhaps the join between the pin shank and a main piece of decoration, such as a figurehead or animal. Length: 13.64mm Width: 6.98mm Thickness: 3.45mm Weight: 0.43g
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2016
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Record ID: LON-E16FD8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete bone object decorated with ring and dot decoration on both sides. Object is a rectangular plaque of bone with two broken protrusions reminiscent of a broken buckle frame on one of the short edges, the other short edge is damaged but may have had something similar. It is decorated both front and back with ring and dot decoration that is identical on both sides. The bone is convex in section. It has taken on a light brown patination and has a hairline crack running down the length of it. This is very similar to SF9199 on the PAS database and to the object in Margeson 1993, no…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2015
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Record ID: BM-91120C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ring of worked antler of uncertain function and date. The ring has an external diameter of 45mm and an internal diameter of 27mm. The ring is 8mm in thickness and 8mm in width. It weighs 14.8g.
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: LON-27428F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval ivory fragment of a socketed implement handle, probably dating 12th-15th century. This fragment includes longitudinal section of the handle with part of the decorative terminal and it provides approximately half of the cross-section. The surviving section of the handle reveals the handle has an oval cross-section with a flattened upper and lower surface. The two sides of the handle are decorated with the same pattern but the decoration does not extend over the upper surface which is plain. The decoration comprises a transverse band of two parallel lines then a row of ri…
Created on: Monday 6th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: LIN-DA04D8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone probably post-medieval (AD c.1500-c.1800) possible handle from an unidentified object. Overall, the object is 45.2mm long and 11.8mm in diameter. It weighs 4.82g. The object is sub-cylindrical. It has a rounded terminal and then narrows, expands, narrows and expands along its length, becoming narrower overall (9.9mm in diameter) at the other terminal. The narrower terminal has two semi-circular incisions at its end, but is otherwise rounded like the other terminal. These incisions along with the shape of the object suggest that this was a handle for an implement, perhaps a smal…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C2CC4A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object of animal bone with a hollowed out interior and with a neatly drilled, straight-sided hole near one end. Both ends have been trimmed. There is some similarity to a skate (most commonly found in Middle Saxon to medieval contexts in Britain), but there is no sign of wear and both broad faces are convex. The condition is quite fresh, and the object is probably post-medieval. Length 197mm. Width 50mm. Thickness 37.5mm. Hole diameter 10mm.
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-8D1974
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 fossil bone fragments, possibly from a large herbevore.
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-BDFEA6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone spoon handle of Early-medieval date. The object is sub-rectangular in profile and ovate in section with an expansion to one end which represents the remains of the spoon bowl. The other end terminates in a worn break. The upper surface of the object is decorated with three sets of four linear incisions set roughly centrally along the length of the handle. One set is oriented transversely across the handle with the other two sets running diagonally across each other resulting in a cross hatched grid where the two overlap. These two are slightly to one side of the tra…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-2CFF81
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object of uncertain date. The object is formed from a butchered section of animal skeletal material, probably a long bone. It is circular in plan with slightly angled sides and is undecorated. The small size of the object combined with a lack of decoration makes it difficult to attribute a function or date. It is possible that the object served as a jewellery item or dress accessory such as a bead and the colouration and condition suggests a fairly recent date though this cannot be confirmed. The object is 19.3mm in diameter, 1.8mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 1.4g.
Created on: Thursday 20th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: SUR-133670
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cylindrical fragment of an object of uncertain, but probably modern date. The material appears to be ivory or perhaps antler rather than bone. Both ends are broken. The fragment has pairs of circumferential grooves with an area of diagonal lattice between.
Created on: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F36EB2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly the handle from a weaving tool such as a long handled comb or weaving batten. The bone, probably a rib, has been worked to form a rounded end which appears to be slightly chamfered. The discolouration suggests it has been burnt at some stage. A weaving batten PAS record LON-7078E7 shows similarities and is dated as Early Medieval. This example however was excavated from an Iron Age pit. A similar shaped object is illustrated in MacGregor (1985: 186 fig 101). Devizes Museum holds many examples of Iron Age weaving combs from the early Iron Age settlement at All Cannings Cross F…
Created on: Saturday 29th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.