Record ID: KENT-8EA7E6
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy late Medieval or Post Medieval staff or scepter terminal. It is a hollow cylinder, with a slightly domed top. There is still the remains of the wooden staff inside. There is decoration that is repeated around the entire object. There is curvilinear decoration around the top and bottom, with v-shapes in between. This item is likely to be late Medieval or Post Medieval in date, although no comparisons can be found. 23.42mm H x 13.07mm D 4.02g There is a possibility that the decoration could be a very stylized face.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F6D824
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy possible terminal collar from a cross-staff, possibly late early medieval or medieval in date. Cross-staff heads were described as sword-pommels in the London Museum Medieval catalogue ( Ward and Perkins, p23, fig,2) but they have more recently been identified as cross-staff heads by Simon Bailey (Medieval Archaeology, 1994, 171-5, no 30). They are thought to have an ecclesiastical use, and a date range from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. It is not known with certainty whether these terminal were postioned at the top or the bottom of the staff…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B52293
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy terminal, probably from a staff or sceptre. The object is cylindrical and measures 26mm in diameter. The wall is 1.7mm thick. The cylinder is decorated with five concave bands each measuring 2mm in width. The first band forms the perimeter of the opening. A small bar of copper alloy is threaded through the centre of the cylinder through two holes in the wall. Each hole is located between the first two bands. The bar is damaged towards one end where it is slightly pushed downwards towards the opening. The final band curves into an expanded terminal …
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Branston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D03FB1
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy staff or sceptre terminal with a hollow openwork body with a rectangular loop at the base. The main body is circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. Both sides are openwork though only one bears an additional motif in the centre. Unfortunately this motif is too worn to determine what it was. The arrangement of the openwork holes on the motif side create triangular cells around the lower hemisphere. The opening at the base is rectangular and from it extends a square loop. This loop is offset. To either side of the square loop is a futher rectangular loop…
Created on: Monday 7th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-8A0D21
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy terminal or head from a cross-staff. It is in the form of a sub-hexagonal, decorated with lattice-work forming triangular openwork. The upper portion of cross-staff is missing, there are four spurs with broken edges which probably originally joined to form a ‘+’ shape. The breaks are not recent as the patina covers the edges. Integral to the base is an integral tubular socket. The socket has a 13.68mm internal diameter. On opposite sides there are two incomplete rivet holes. The damage did not occur recently. The socket is undecorated. The surface of the termina…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-5F9404
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hollow copper alloy terminal in the form of a decorated lattice-work knob with a tubular socket. The lattice is made with 5mm wide strips with a row of flattened pellets of the same metal attached along the length. The top of the knob is finished with a larger domed pellet. The socket has a rolled over rim and four holes, 4.70mm in diameter. Although these objects were once thought of as sword pommels (e.g. London Museum Medieval Catalogue, fig 2 no. 2), since 1994 they have been identified as heads from staffs (Bailey in Medieval Archaeology no. 38, 1994, 171-5). Bailey illustrates…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton Hall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-392FE8
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy end cap from a wooden staff or pole. The cap is cylindrical with one end closed by a flat cap and one open. 50% of the rim of the open end is lost to old breaks. Near the open end, on opposite sides, are two round holes, presumably to hold rivets which would rivet the cap onto a woodern pole; one is incomplete due to old breaks. Half way between the holes is a loop which projects from the side of the cylinder; it is roughly rectangular with rounded corners and 10.5mm long by 7.6mm wide by 3.5mm thick. Opposite this loop the edge is broken but the area below the break …
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-BDFB91
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork finial or ferrule from a staff, probably dating to the 11th-14th centuries. It consists of a short 16mm diameter open terminal with two grooves around the edge and two rivet holes, one of whichis obscured by damage to the edge.The tube extends from an openwork structure. The object as a whole is 56mm high and terminates in a globular knop. It has four triangular-shaped faces, all four of which meet at the top of the finial and are topped with a rounded knop 6.5mm in diameter. Each side has 5 shaped holes: the upper two are triangular, the lower two are rect…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
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Record ID: WAW-A729E3
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bird mount, probably an eagle, possibly a raven or crow. The style of the eagle is quite stylised and is stood upright, with its wings folded in and legs slightly splayed forward. The back of the bird forms an oval platform with fine cross-hatching in a central panel, and fine grooves continue on the side of the neck. The head is moulded and has a thick hooked beak and the eyes are slightly bulbous. The underside of the bird is hollow and has traces of iron forming a circular platform. The surface of the mount has an incomplete and slightly pitted heavy …
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
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Record ID: NMS-1553D1
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and abraded Late Saxon suspension unit or staff terminal consisting of an incomplete integral suspension loop above what remains of a sub-conical socket of roughly circular cross-section. Of three out of originally five triangular apertures in the edge of the socket only one is complete. The lowermost surviving part, below the intact aperture, may be the base or the upper edge of another aperture. Length >37mm. External diameter of suspension loop 15mm. The metal is rough-surfaced and purplish in colour. No good parallel noted. Perhaps 10th or 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
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Record ID: NMS-CD65C8
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman possible staff terminal, hollow oval-sectioned shank with solid globular terminal (diameter 19mm) at one end, three reels alternating with two spools, broken collar at other end, length 37mm, length of socket 17mm. Weighs 38.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
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Record ID: BERK-3E9328
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The remains of a probable cast copper alloy staff terminal, now broken (about half remains) and bent out of shape. Originally the terminal would have been spherical, closed at the top and open at the bottom with a collar for insertion / attachment to a staff. The terminal has lattice shaped openwork with mounts for small blue glass inserts on each crossing arm; four blue inserts survive. A number of staff terminals have been recorded on this database but this example is unusual because of the glass decoration. The terminal probably dates from the 11th to 14th century AD.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Adderbury area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-B49841
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy ornamental cross-staff head mount length 42mm, width 37mm, thickness 32mm, weight 26.04g. The spherical head with an openwork design, this comprises of eight interlocking roundels that run around its circumference of the head. Each roundel is decorated with a line of pellets that run around its radius and possess a large pellet at each junction between roundels. The top and one side of the head are missing. At the base of the head is a plain collar that has an expanded base, there are three rivet holes towards the bottom for attachment. Date 11th-12th century …
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Record ID: SF-E18EA3
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy terminal from a cross-staff of Early Medieval or Medieval date. Approximately half of the terminal survives but is distorted, most likely due to post-depositional damage. It would probably have been spherical originally and is made of an openwork lattice design composed of a series of joined pentagons with knops at each joint. There would have originally been a collar to accomodate the staff but only a small part of this survives. It measures 42.99mm in length, 32.09mm in width, 23.57mm in thickness and weighs 15.74g.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-956614
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy conical staff base fitting (possibly), of uncertain date. The object has two opposing rivet holes on the open end that may have been used to secure to fitting to the staff. Internally, the fitting has iron corrosion on one side, suggesting either the rivets were iron or that whatever was inserted into the fitting had an iron element. There are numerous scored vertical lines all over the outer body of the object although these are rough and uneven and may not be intentional design elements. One side of the fitting has suffered damage and an area is broken and …
Created on: Monday 14th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WILT-8E4F97
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork finial or ferrule from a staff, probably dating to the 11th/12th-14th century. It consists of a 12mm diameter (internal 9.5mm) and slightly squashed tube, open at both ends, with an intact iron rivet running through it just above a crude incised line flanking the external end. The tube extends from a faceted openwork structure 42mm high. It has four diamond-shaped faces with one point stretched, all four of which meet at the top of the finial and are topped with a rounded knop 5mm in diameter. The opposite point of each diamond also has a rounded knop, c. 3.5mm…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
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Record ID: BERK-3FAFE1
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy terminal, possibly from a staff or cane or possibly a handle. The terminal is circular in shape and has been roughly made; there are several linear scores around the neck of the object that maybe crude decoration or a product of the manufacturing method. The neck of the terminal is sub-circular in cross section and has a tapering terminal within, presumably for mounting. There is a small circular hole on the peak of the terminal and although this may have held a small rivet, it appears more likely that it was formed during casting. Medieval c. 14th-17th century?
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardley area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-FF7655
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy artefact of uncertain date and function. The object is ring-shaped, the outer edge decorated by ten flattened-hemispherical mouldings. The central aperture is sub-pentagonal in plan. The corroded artefact measures 24mm in diameter, 4.9mm thick and weighs 8.6g. No parallel could be found for this piece; however, the style of decoration is typical of the Late Early-Medieval to Medieval periods, as is the brown corrosion product. It is suggested that this may be a collar from a ceremonial Christian staff, possibly used in conjunction with terminals such as BH-F48C72.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B88FA6
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval cast copper alloy object belonging to a type usually referred to as a staff terminal. The terminal is a hollow sphere with a diameter of 40mm decorated with an arrangement of rounded holes giving the appearance of openwork. The surface is decorated whith roughly cut transverse lines. The shaft or neck, which forms a socket, has no sign of rivets or nails as are seen on other examples.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South of Winslow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-3C8EA4
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy openwork object, a staff or sceptre terminal, holy water sprinkler (known as a mace). The object is a dodecahedron, i.e. it has twelve diamond shaped facets. The object is hollow and square in plan. The top four facets are the largest. They have been arranged to form a point. Two of the four facets are openwork crosses; the other two have an openwork branched design. Below these, four smaller diamonds are arranged laterally. Each of these has the same openwork cross design. Below this, a further four diamonds, again with openwork crosses, are arranged aroun…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2006
Last updated: Saturday 8th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Bishops area', grid reference and parish protected.