Record ID: OXON-808086
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo saxon sword Petersen Type L or Z. The sword consists of the hilt, pommel, guard and a portion of the blade. The pommel is U-shaped and sub-rectangular in cross section. The hilt above this is rectangular and extends towards a thicker guard. The guard is U-shaped in plan and rectangular in cross section. Above these the blade is trapazoidal ending in a transverse ragged break. The object is heavily corroded. The sword is c.181mm long,120mm wide and 30.8mm thick at the hilt. It is 23mm thick at the pommel and the blade c.9mm thick. It weighs 341 grams.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iffley Fields', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-806642
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (mid to late 15th century) iron rowel spur: The iron arms of the spur have been squashed together and one arm is incomplete. The complete arm is a slender long rectangle in section, has a horizontal band and the terminal tapers and is angled upwards at c. 70° terminating with two loops (figure-of-8 loops) angled at 45° to the upturned arm. One loop has the remains of a iron ring through it. The outer face of the arms appears to be decorated and has a high relief inscription which is illegible. At the heel of the spur, on the upper edge there is a crest w…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iffley Fields', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-7D0489
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron hobnail of probable Roman date with a pyramidal head 6.8mm wide and 5.4mm high. The shank has a square section and a bend towards the tip.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-550961
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but heavily corrorded iron key of Post Medieval to Modern date c. AD 1700– 1900. The bow is plain and oval shaped. The stem is solid, and broadly hexagonal in cross section and swells slightly in size immediately before the bit. The stem projects beyond the bit. The bit is simple and consists of two rectangular projections with a slight oval centre.  Measurements: length 126.2mm, width 42.6mm across the bow, 29.6mm width across the bit, thickness 7.5mm across the stem and weight 48.9g. Similar keys can be found on the&n…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: WAW-C19FFE
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A total of 25 copper alloy Roman hobnails and tacks. The nails are of varying sizes, with broadly circular sectioned shanks and pointed domed heads. The largest weighs 1.26 grams and measures 15.6 mm in length, 9.9 mm in width and 7.1 mm in thickness. There are three smaller ones which are incomplete. The smallest weighing 0.15 grams. Of the smallest complete nail, it measures 9.4 mm in length, 8.8 mm in width, 5.5 mm in thickness. It weighs 0.56 grams. The objects have a dark brown patina.  The nails were possibly used for a Roman hobnail boot. The objects were discovered …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-C14574
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought iron plain double looped rectangular buckle  dating from AD 1570- 1700. The buckle has a rectangular frame with a recessed strap bar in the centre, and is concave in profile. Some of the iron pin appears to be corroded to the strap bar. Strap bar is broken.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-58CD7C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, large iron Medieval to Post Medieval key, dating to c. AD 1150-1650. The object resembles a Type 8 key (Saunders, 2012). The bow is oval. The stem thickens in the middle, is circular in shape, and extends beyond the bit. The bit is rectangular and symmetrical in shape, indicating it is probably a door key, and has a central cleft. The bit and stem are in line. The key displays some corrosion, and if there originally was any decoration on the stem or bow, it is no longer visible. The object is covered with corrosion products. Dimensio…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-58801C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, large iron medieval to post-medieval rotary key, dating to c. AD 1150-1650. The object resembles a Type 8 key (Saunders, 2012). The bow is kidney-shaped. The stem thickens in the middle, is circular in shape, and extends beyond the bit. The bit is rectangular and symmetrical in shape, indicating it is probably a door key, and has a central cleft. The bit and stem are in line. The key displays significant corrosion, and if there originally was any decoration on the stem or bow, it is no longer visible. The object is covered with corrosion produc…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-2E89A4
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horseshoe of uncertain age. It is asymmetric, one branch is pointed and one ends in a wide, blunt end. The central shape is a pointed arch.It is too corroded to identify the number of holes present.  It has some of the characteristic shape of a thirteenth century Dove shoe, but it could also date from the eighteenth century, the level of corrosions may suggest an earlier date Dimensions: 130mm long and 120mm wide approximately, it weight 239g
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reedley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-2D6955
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable cast iron shot dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD 1500 - 1700. The object is spherical in shape with pitting and corrosion visible on the surface.  The cannon ball has a dark brown coloured patina across its surfaces. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail and full diameter and weight. The cannon ball measures approximately  52.8mm in diameter and weighs 423 grams  There is no evidence of impact. See the finds recording guide for further de…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-2BDA15
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron cannon ball of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The cannon ball is spherical with an irregular corroded exterior surface. Due to corrosion it may be smaller than originally made. However, its present diameter and weight may indicate that it was used in a minion cannon. Diameter: 83.8mm (3.29 inches). Weight: 2184g (4.18lbs). The minion was a type of smoothbore cannon used during the Tudor period and into the late 17th century. Cast iron roundshot is rarely found on battlefields, even though records suggest that it was the normal long-range ammunition; cannon ma…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-29E5AA
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron sword fragment. The pointed wrought iron tip of a broad-bladed sword, retained within a scabbard chape with a pointed end and an openwork display side with a moulded pattern of interlaced strands discerned between oval holes which are partly blocked by rust extruded from the blade. The back is plainer though a border line appears incised along one descending side. The decoration confers an early medieval appearance on an object whose affinities might more usually lie in the later medieval to early post-medieval periods [see notes below]. Suggested date: Early Medi…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-29729E
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron rowel spur of post medieval to modern date. The frame has straight, tapering arms with plano convex cross section. The terminals have been lost to corrosion. The rowel box is small relative to the frame, with an oval collar and narrow arms which terminal in rounded lobes drilled for an iron spindle, which retain an incomplete rowel. This was originally around 13mm in diameter, with eight narrow points.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-AEA265
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron potential Type I or Type 4 'bearded' axehead of Medieval-Post-Medieval date ( c. AD 1000-1550). The axehead is solidly made. In plan view, the axehead has a crescent wedge-shaped blade. In cross section the socket is wide and shield-shaped, like a wide triangle with rounded verticle sides.  The metal is a deep orange in colour with a pitted and corroded patina. There are a number of similar axeheads on this database which have been assigned a Medieval date -  DUR-F7E257, NMGW-108701 and WILT-919D8F.  The object dates to the Mediev…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-99E334
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval iron rowel spur probably dating between AD 1600-1800. The object consists of the integral neck and partial sides of the spur. The sides have broadly D-shaped cross-section, the outer surfaces of the sides are convex. One side ends with a worn break at roughly 60mm from the neck, the other side continues down toward a complete double looped terminal. The sides taper into the neck that is narrow at the base with a broadly circular cross-section, then widening into the rowel box with a rectangular section. The spur is covered in iron c…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-808434
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron axehead. It is sub rectangular in shape but the bottom of the axe has a curve downwards, and the blade has a shallow curve too. The socket is of a slim triangular shape. Although there are no direct parallels on the database this type of axe had a long history of use from the medieval period onwards. As it was found in an area that has also yielded Roman period finds, the possibility of an older date is not excluded. It is c Dimensions: 130mm long and 72mm wide across the blade. The triangular socket is 40mm long and 14mm wide, the axe is 48mm wide across the bu…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: DENO-9A4ACD
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval cast iron cannon ball, dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1800. The cannon ball's diameter is 66.6 mm and it weighs and 1034.7g (2lb, 28oz), suggesting use with a falcon or falconet. A falconet was a small cannon used both on land and in light naval vessels; a number were used during the English Civil War. The iron ball is spherical, with a pitted and corroded surface.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-84A4F6
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (mid to late 15th century) iron rowel spur: The iron arms of the spur have been squashed together and one arm is incomplete. The complete arm is a slender long rectangle in section, has a horizontal band and the terminal tapers and is angled upwards at c. 70° terminating with two loops (figure-of-8 loops) angled at 45° to the upturned arm. One loop has the remains of a iron ring through it. The outer face of the arms appears to be decorated and has a high relief inscription which is illegible. At the heel of the spur, on the upper edge there is a crest w…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-84716D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval corroded iron horse harness of Ward Perkins type IIIc. This includes a snaffle bit (or possibly half of it) and one of the cheek pieces now fused together by corrosion. The snaffle bit is a curved, rounded iron bar with a round loop at each end placed at 90 degrees to one another. One loop is narrow, the other is wider and has a larger, D shaped,hoop and bar attached that form the cheek-piece. The bar of the cheek-piece runs at right angles to the snaffle bit. The cheek-piece fits into Ward Perkins (1940, 80, fig. 19a) Type C, while …
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: IOW-5E734E
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Modern cast iron Liverpool driving bit, c.AD 1850-1950. This is the upper part of a Liverpool driving bit, including the attachment loop where the bridle leather attaches and the top half of the circular bit ring. At the top of this circular bit (where it meets the attachment loop) there is the stub of the central leg (also known as an upright), which would run along the side of the horse's mouth and hold the bit in place. The use of iron for this bit helps to date it to the late 19th century-early 20th century, rather than as a purely modern bridle fitting.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.