Record ID: WILT-C60936
Object type: STOPPER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four lightweight (1.45 grams) grey/light green fragments of an unidentified material probably found within a copper-alloy vessel WILT-7942F2 possibly part of the original stopper.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2017
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Record ID: FASAM-F697CA
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Several oyster shells, assumed to have been imported in the Roman period.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: SOM-39BB2E
Object type: OVEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
56 pieces of burnt clay of total weight 800 grams, possibly from an oven of uncertain date. The clay is amorphous with only a few voids from organic inclusions or imprints as one sees on daub. There is no evidence of layering as one might expect in a kiln, furnace or cob. Occasional small rounded iron stone inclusions and very small chalk or limestone inclusions almost certainly reflect natural inclusons in the clay rather than temper. The pieces are all amorphous and friable with angluar fractures on all faces. Only two have small areas of surface, smoothed but poorly finished with c…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: DENO-C06E7D
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a jaw and a tusk, probably porcine, of uncertain date. There are apparently old fractures to the bone, possibly for marrow extraction, and some blackening, probably from soot. The jaw is small and gracile but dentition is present, suggesting a young adult. The tusk is 63 mm in length and was not attached to the jaw fragment, although found in the same location.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
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Record ID: NLM-694DF6
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. A fragment of oyster shell from the upper half of the shell of an edible bivalve. Although historically associated with Romanised occupation, oysters were equally a foodstuff throughout the post-Roman period and until recent [later 19th-century] times, when they acquired the cachet of a luxury. Given the scarcity of Roman material reported along with this object, a Roman date is probably unlikely. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Weight: 13.83gms.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
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Record ID: BERK-EC0164
Object type: LID
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lid, metal not specified, with a corn-like 'cartwheel penny' type design on the to and a laureate bust of GeorgeIII facing right, with an inscription (from 8 o'clock position) GEORGIUS III D.G.REX. The exterior measurment is 40.9mm in diameter, a thickness of 5.2mm and a weight of 22.34. The internal measurement is 31.4mm, 1.9mm in thickness and a 0.3mm inside edge. It dates to a period after 1797, when cartwheel pennies introduced. No photograph
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2017
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Record ID: BERK-C2A572
Object type: TAG
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern aluminium military 'dog tag' of a serviceman from the United States. The single dog tag bears the legend: CHAS.E.PICKFORD, 31108954 T42-43 A (name of the serviceman / army number / tetanus immunization / blood group); CATHERINE A. PICKFORD 567 1ST AVE BERLIN NH C (next of kin/next of kin address/religion (Catholic). Unfortunately the tag was not donated to the museum as requested. Mr Charles E Pickford of 567 First Avenue, Berlin, New Hampshire appears in the 1940 United States Federal census and is listed as 26 years old (born in 1913), married to Catherine with three son…
Created on: Sunday 5th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
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Record ID: DOR-717835
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast buckle frame possibly made from pewter dating to the late 17th to early 18th century. The symmetrical sub-rectangular frame consists of two sub-rectangular loops with a simple narrowed central bar. The outside edges of the frame have squared ends and bevelled edges as do the inside edges of the loops. The pin is absent. The reverse face also has bevelled edges making both faces identical. There is a possible inscription on the inner edge of the reverse side, a dot is visible but no further detail can be seen. Date: Post medieval. Length: 38.91mm. Width: 26.13mm. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: SOM-5624F1
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One fragment of burnt clay which is probably a piece of daub. Orangey-pink external layer with buff areas. Sand inclusions, c.5% of total and occasional soft orange inclusions, fired daub or plaster. Irregular shape with a shallow C shaped groove, probably an impression from the wattle to which this would have been stuck. 13.97 grams. Such material is hard to date out of context and could be Iron Age - Post Medieval but given other material found near by it is probably Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Seymour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1EE549
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of slag, clinker or similar by-product of uncertain date. It has cavities and inclusions and patches of a dark, shiny vitrious looking material. The object is 48 mm long, 42 mm wide and 23 mm thick, It weighs 54.6 g
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2016
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Record ID: LON-CFD005
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval contemporary lightweight cast of a silver halfcrown, issued for Charles II (AD1660-85). Reverse: CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO around square shield, quartered by a long cross moline. Imitating North Vol. 2, No. 2761. Weight: 11.90g. Diameter: 34.20mm. A forgery like this would have been cast in a two-part mould (official coins were, until AD1662, struck by hand rather than cast). The forgers have filed the edge of this coin to remove all traces of the seam left by the join between the two halves of the mould. This forgery appears to be made of a lightweight metal with …
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: BERK-1C4358
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A metal alloy double looped 'spectacle' buckle, dating to the medieval / early post-medieval period, c. AD 1350-1650. The buckle is undecorated and is missing the pin. The surface is eroded with a dark grey patina. Marshall type IIIC - 104
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2016
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: DENO-6547F7
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete oyster shell, possibly of Roman date (AD c.43-c.402) based on other finds from the same field. It measures 46.1mm long, 44.5mm wide and 13.5mm thick. It weighs 15.27g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2016
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Record ID: NLM-D10363
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly ferrous metalworking debris. A fragment of dense vesicular material which adheres to a small pebble. A rusty colour suggests significant ferrous content, while the form of the object suggests a material such as a slag which has cooled after tapping. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500. Length: 65.4mm, Width: 35.1mm, Thickness: 16.2mm, Weight: 86.40gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-D0E4DC
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Steel horse harness mount. In the form of a disc with a strap fitting on the reverse. The obverse has been partially cleaned recently between 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock, removing some of patina. Traces of the enamelled surface remain over the rest of the obverse. The reverse has a strap fitting, now bent inwards, soldered to the centre, and the reverse also has copper accretions across it, most probably from being in close contact with copper objects whilst in the ground. There is some loss from the edge at 2 o'clock. The item is thought to date from the mid to late 19th or early 20th…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-947772
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay pipe of modern date, 1820-1850. The object consists of the bowl of a clay pipe and a small fragment of the stem. The mouth of the bowl is incomplete due to recent damage and is decorated with a circumferential ridge where visible. There is a small round spur at the base of the bowl measuring 4mm in length which is incomplete. The bowl has an internal diameter of 16.5mm. The back of the bowl facing the smoker is decorated with a shield within which are the letters JM. Scalloped decoration comprising of five moulded ridges with rounded terminals run the length of t…
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-72313E
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chunk of what appears to be graphite, probably the soft and pure type found naturally occuring in the UK in Borrowdale, Cumbria. The object has two sides which appear deliberately shaped and undamaged. They are slightly convex and covered in fine scratches in multiple directions. The other faces are fractured and seemingly incomplete. The material is very soft, so all the corners are rounded, and it leaves a clear streak on paper. The piece is 51.5mm long, 36.1mm wide and 24.2mm thick. 37.17g. It is unclear whether this fragment is natural or shaped. Borrowdale graphite (historic…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0FE1A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cut in half Roman silver denarius of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 103-111 (Reece Period 5). Reverse: COS V S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, uncertain figure standing. Mint of Rome. Cf. RIC II, pp. 251-253. Weight: 1.9g; Diameter: 16.49mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9034CF
Object type: BRICK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of hard, rather dense, building material, probably brick or plaster. Like a loaf-end in form, it is light grey on all five faces, with the (lower?) one quite flat.The fabric has very significant voids, some mica and small pebble inclusions. Fractures are irregular. It is dated to between c43 to c410 AD and is lightly abraded. The length is 45 mm, width 43 mm, thickness 23 mm and the weight, 36.14 g.
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watercrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8FF4C2
Object type: BRICK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of hard building material, most probably plaster or brick, of roughly pyramidal form. The exterior is dull pink-grey on all four faces with dark brown staining on one upper face, with fissures and voids on the other two.The underneath face is smoother with one or two large pebble inclusions and voids. Fractures are hackly. It is dated to between c43 and c410 AD and is moderately abraded. The length is 59 mm, width 48 mm, thickness 24 mm and the weight, 31.88 g.
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watercrook', grid reference and parish protected.