Record ID: SUSS-561512
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, comprised of a coiled piece of circular sectioned wire. It is worn and pitted with a dark greenish-brown patina. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-6B86E2
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy ring of Unknown date. Maximum diameter: 14.4mm; width: 4.2mm. Weight: 3.13g. In plan, the periphery of the ring is almost circular but is slightly eccentric and has a maximum diameter of 14.2mm. The off-centre opening is circular and has a diameter of 6.3mm. The inner and outer faces are circumferentially carinated. However, the carination is slightly more pronounced on the inner face. The object, which is pitted and slightly damaged in places, has a well developed mid-green patina overall. The patina covers the pitting and damage.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Saturday 27th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5189D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible bead, copper-alloy, date unknown. It is biconical in shape with a central circular hole, it measures 10.04mm in diameter and the central hole is 4.06mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6BFD41
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, measuring 35.9mm in diameter. The ring has a circular section. It is worn and pitted with a dark greenish-brown patina. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6C0401
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, measuring 28.8mm in diameter. The ring has a circular section. It is worn and pitted with a dark reddish-brown patina. A join is visible. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-6C0711
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, measuring 17.9mm in diameter. The ring has a circular section. It is worn, with a chamfered edge with a light greyish-green patina. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-71BA45
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. The ring has a sub-oval section with a slightly beveled interior edge. It is 34.9mm in external diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 4.9 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses or possibly curtain rings.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-85A475
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy circular bead of unknown date. The bead has a D-shaped cross section with a flat interior. It measures 11.2mm in external diameter and is 5.7mm thick. It weighs 1.73 grams. Simple copper alloy beads are hard to date accurately as they were used widely from the Bronze Age onwards, becoming more common in the Roman and Medieval periods and enduring until the Post Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-85C801
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified cast copper alloy object. The find is a hollow-cast pointed object with a square section. It has a concreted surface and a light green patina. It measures 38.9mm long, 6.1mm wide and 4.2mm thick. It weighs 3.7 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-90FC47
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated ring, heavily cast with convex outside edge with four concentric engraved lines and transverse concave notch (or worn break), chamfered perforation. Metal looks ancient. Diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 9mm. 9mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9B9076
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. The ring has an oval section with a beveled interior edge. It is 17.7mm in external diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 2.49 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses or possibly curtain rings.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EEFAD2
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. The ring has an oval section with a beveled interior edge. It is 25.2mm in external diameter, 3.8mm wide by 3.3mm thick and weighs 5.04 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses or possibly curtain rings.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EF0698
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy circular bead of unknown date. The bead has a D-shaped cross section with a flat interior. The bead appears to have been made by rolling a thick sheet of copper alloy around a central solid shape while the metal was still plastic, and then sealing the ends of the sheet together. A deep recess is visible where the two ends of the sheet meet. The bead measures 7.7mm in internal diameter, and 15.5 in external diameter. It is 4.1mm thick. The bead weighs 5.4 grams. Simple copper alloy beads are hard to date accurately as they were used widely from the Bronze Age onwards, becom…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EFC0A7
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. The ring has an oval section. It is 25.6mm in external diameter, 3.7mm thick and weighs 3.5 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses or possibly curtain rings.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EFDB01
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. The ring has a D-shaped section with a flat interior edge. It is 22.4mm in external diameter, 7.2mm wide by 2.0mm thick and weighs 1.94 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses or possibly curtain rings.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-66B6B0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy object, possibly a stamp. Date unknown. Length: 36.3mm; width: 5.2mm and 5.2mm thick. Weight: 6.73g. The central part of the object is square in cross-section and measures 5.2mm x 5.2mm. Two of the faces taper and splay slightly to form a flat end which measures 6.7mm x 1.7mm. This flat end is burred over slightly as if it might have been hammered. Close to the opposite end the corners of the square shape become rounded and at the end there is a deeply indented cross-shape. It is possible that the object is a stamping tool. A patina has not survive…
Created on: Sunday 23rd September 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-799775
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete undated wedge-shaped cast lump of very brittle copper alloy, broad end broken, probably an ingot. Length >25,5mm. 16 x 13mm. Weighing 28.87g.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bunwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-505295
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular fragment of an unknown object / artefact of unknown date. The fragment is regular in plan comprising a relatively shallow sub-rectangular plate which is broken at one edge. From the opposite end an integrally cast spike extends at an angle of 90° from the upper plate. This spike tapers along its length terminating in a rounded point. The upper plate has a similarly shaped hollow (U shaped) recess the function of which is unknown due to its fragmentary nature. The artefacts measures 46.3mm length, 17.8mm width, is a maximum of 29.5mm thick (and minimum of 4.4mm), and weigh…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-88C766
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object, cast copper alloy, 24mm x 14.5mm. Appears to be almost complete, sub-rectangular with convex edges and relief decoration depicting a male mask with helmet and beard, long nose and brows represented by a continuous line, and lentoid eyes beneath. Or, possibly two half-faces, with noses and beards towards the outside of the object. Reverse decoration appears to consist of concentric curving lines with pellets towards the ends, perhaps a representation of foliage. Thickness 2.5mm Weight 1.43g (0.045 troy oz/22.2 grains). Suggestions that it could be a gaming piece, co…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9076A4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy unidentified object of Unknown date. Length: 34.6mm; width: 7.8mm and 5.2mm thick. Weight: 10.52g. When complete, this object may have been circular or partially circular in plan. If it were circular, the outer diameter would have been about 41.0mm. It is flat on the upper and lower faces and each edge is convex. The upper face has seven sub-triangular depressions. Five of the depressions have traces of a dark grey substance within them. At each end there is an old abraded break. The object is pitted overall and has a mid to light green patina.
Created on: Friday 19th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.