Record ID: WILT-0AFFDA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Iron Age socketed axehead, dating to c 800-600 BC. It is of Late Bronze Age form, wedge shaped with an almost vertical cutting edge, which has rounded corners splaying outwards slightly. The upper and lower edges of the axehead are parallel, the mouth sub rectangular (with rounded corners) and the socket echoes this. The whole item is heavily corroded with a reddish brown and darker brown to black crust, flaking in places. It is uncertain whether there is a moulding at the mouth. The loop is almost central on one edge and there is a groove in its arc, as if to hold th…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 11th June 2022
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Record ID: NLM-40A61C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spearhead. Cast socket and round-section shaft of a wrought iron socketed implement with a solid shank now terminating in a tapered and coiled end. The diameter at the socket is 21.6mm, suggesting a round-section wooden shaft of diameter c.16mm. The socket is closed by a butted joint of length 41mm, and the base of the socket may have projected by c.12mm if it has not merely been broken raggedly, which is more likely. The solid shank above the socket is bent once at the top of the socket, and again, more markedly, close to the tip which is now curled. Suggested date: Late Roman, …
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gate Burton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3CD2BC
Object type: COIN DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid iron Roman coin die. The die is sub-pyrimedal in shape with the sub-square striking surface that is relatively flat. The sides taper inwards and terminate at a slightly rounded sub-square face. The surfaces are worn and deteriorated with pitting an encrustation of corrosion product. There is no surviving evidence of the coin design on the striking surface. The coin die measures 42.6mm in height while the striking surface is 28.3mm x 27.9mm. The coin die weighs 125.61 grams. Another iron coin weight (BH-3C854E) was found in the same field, along with a copper-alloy ro…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3C854E
Object type: COIN DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid iron Roman coin die. The body of the die is broadly sub-cuboidal in shape with a sub-square striking surface that is convexly bowed. The sides taper inwards and extend into a narrowed square-sectioned shank. The surfaces are worn and deteriorated with pitting and corrosion. There is no surviving evidence of the coin design on the striking surface. The coin die measures 31.9mm in height while the striking surface is 24.7mm x 23.8mm. The coin die weighs 65.21 grams. Another iron coin die (BH-3CD2BC) was found in the same field, along with a copper-alloy rod and several…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1F3D6D
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron and copper-alloy gilded shield boss-apex disc dating to the 6th century AD. The object consists of a narrow-rimmed apex disc measuring 39.95 x 37.48 mm that is decorated with a pair of confronted crouched creatures consisting of two profile Style I animals in a gilded, relief-cast field. The two creatures are quadrupeds, each with a raised front limb. the animal's heads comprise curved profile heads that flare at the terminal and curl upwards at the opposite end. They have a small oval pellet for an eye, below are curved ridges for the e…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-343A3A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron socketed spearhead of Early Medieval date c. 525-585. The blade and socket are complete but heavily corroded. The socket is circular in cross-section and split on one side. It measures 140mm in length and 20mm in diameter at the wider end. Below the socket is a corroded protrusion that is the remains of an iron rivet that would have secured the blade to the shaft. The parallel sided, leaf shaped blade has gently sloping shoulders between the blade and socket shaft and is slightly lentoid in cross section. There are two pairs of opposing notches on both edges of t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
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Record ID: LIN-05CA5A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. Only part of the shaft and part of the blade has survived. The blade has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance. The socket is split along one side. It is very worn and corroded. The object is too badly damaged and corroded to enable the examination of ratios to pin down the spearhead type. Measurements: (surviving) Length: 121.92 mm; max width: 18.18 mm; thickness: 14.14 mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-05B362
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has been broken into two pieces: the blade and the shaft. The blade has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with very worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated and bent in the centre; there is a transverse iron tube or fitting inside the socket positioned towards the shaft op…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0531D2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a broken point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated. The spearhead is bent at the shaft area, with the shaft now positioned angularly to the blade. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios b…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-04D169
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a broken point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is corroded and truncated. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between the spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead to be tentatively placed i…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-0321AE
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) iron spearhead dating to c.AD 525-560. The spearhead has a narrow tapering head that gives an elongated lozenge appearance with worn rounded shoulders the blades on either side are parallel and terminate in a point, with a low spine running down the centre of both sides. The split socket is split on one side, the shaft is very corroded, truncated and is not complete. Using the system defined in Bayliss and Hines (2013, 163-170) which uses ratios between the spearhead's various elements. These allowed the spearhead to be tenta…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cammeringham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2A1A9C
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss. The boss is surmounted by a narrow-wasted rod in the centre (about 17mm long) which terminates in a circular disc (about 14mmin diameter) in the centre of the disc a flat triangular panel that could be the remains of a small silver plate. Below the rod, the cone has straight sloping sides and a diameter of about 90mm. The cone also appears to be thicker than normal but this maybe because of the limitations of the image and the lamination of the corroded iron. Below the cone, side walls would have extended down to the flanged ba…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-EA0B9E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The remains of a late Iron Age sword with iron blade and cast copper alloy hilt guard still in place. The hilt guard is of Piggott's (1950) IVB 'Crown' type and of Stead's (2006, p.13, fig.8) Type viii and dates from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The hilt guard is oval in plan and both faces have an upper edge of convex arcs, producing the characteristic 'crown' form in profile, with a length of 75 mm, a width of 25 mm, a height of 20 mm and a thickness at the edge of one face of 3.25 mm. The lobes on each face of the hilt-end splay outwards. The bottom edge of the hilt gu…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South East Cornwall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-284504
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The 2nd of 2 anvils found within 100m of a Roman villa (27 years after the 1st). This one however, was a simpler design consisting of a plain rectangular faced block with no tool holes. It weighs 9.1Kg, and measures 185mm in height, a maximum width of 93mm and maximum depth of 87mm. It tapers slightly to the bottom suggesting it was set into a block to hold it firm. This is the simplest form of anvil and useful for forging small metal objects. The face (top) has an almost square flat surface measuring 93mm by 87mm and with quite sharp edges but rounded corners. The sharpness may b…
Created on: Sunday 24th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-271E3A
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman iron block anvil (AD43 - 410). This is the first of 2 anvils found within 100m of a Roman villa (with 27 years between finds). The block of iron now weighs 17.9Kg (first recorded weight was 18.2Kg) and is approximately 180mm high, 174-190mm wide and 100mm deep. One corner of the top face is now missing but otherwise it is in good condition. The 'face' (top) measures approximately 174mm long and 100mm wide with a hole in one corner, 27mm from the side edge and 14mm from the front edge. Although slightly oval now this may have been affected by corrosion and was probably origi…
Created on: Sunday 24th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: GLO-5E4307
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss. The boss is surmounted by a tapering rod the tip of which is truncated (18mm long and 13mm diameter in the centre). Below the cone has straight sides and stands at about 33mm high with a diameter of 104mm. The side walls are slightly concave and are 26mm high. The surrounding flanged rim of the boss that would be riveted to the wooden shield is almost completely truncated with less that 2-5% remaining. The cone and side walls are complete, although the latter has been misshaped. The remaining parts of the boss are encrusted in iron cor…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-5E1277
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss. The boss is surmounted by a narrow wasted rod (19mm long and 8mm diameter in the centre) that has a small disc terminal 11mm in diameter. Below the cone has straight sides and stands at about 30mm high with a diameter of 105mm. The side walls are slightly concave and stand 22mm high. The surrounding flanged rim of the boss that would be riveted to the wooden shield is almost completely truncated with less that 1-2% remaining. The cone is almost complete, but about 50% of the walls remains. This boss falls into Hines and Bayliss's Gr…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DB89E6
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo Saxon leaf shaped iron spear head dating c. 500 - 700 AD. The profile, now difficult to see, has a slightly raised midrib to form a flatten diamond shape cross section and the socket, being only around one fifth of the overall length, has probably lost the end section. The end diameter of the socket in 17mm. The spear has extensive corrosion with loss of much of the edge metal, there is a pronounced red and mottled brown surface. 'A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Spear-Types' by M J Swanton, BAR 7 1974.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-DB79D9
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo Saxon iron spearhead, dating to c. 500 - 700 AD. The spear has the typical slender leaf shape distinctive of Swanton C3, or possibly C4. There is a clear mid-rib, forming the lozenge cross section of the blade. The open socket, forming approximately one third of the length, has a diameter of 18mm. The surface has significant corrosion. This spear was ploughed up around 30 years ago. 'A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Spear-Types' by M J Swanton, BAR 7 1974.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-66782D
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon iron spearhead c. 550 - 650 AD. It has an elongated leaf form blade with a gradual taper into the socket which is split with an open joint down its length. The blade appearing to be lentoid in cross section, typical of Swanton's type C1 and has had the tip bent over and flattened onto the blade. There is a slight bend at the midpoint of the leaf blade and corrosion has been significant on that section, removing the outer form of the blade on each side of the centre line. The spear is heavily corroded and in poor condition.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington area', grid reference and parish protected.