Record ID: WMID-98052C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy figurine of uncertain date, possibly Roman to Medieval (AD 1-1500). The fragment is sub-square in plan and curves in profile. The details represent the top of a figure's head with forehead, hair combed back and the top of the ear visible. The hair appears to have been painted red. The patina is light green. A similar fragment recorded on the PAS database is LEIC-328D15. However, this example shows more detail in the hairstyle more securely suggesting the figurine depicted a Roman female. Owing to the lack of such detail in the fragment in question a bro…
Created on: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-B75541
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of uncertain date. The fragment is a body sherd with hard and coarse fabric of a dark brownish-orange colour. Numerous small quartz inclusions are present within the fabric. The fragment is 52.5mm long, 23.8mm wide, 10mm thick and weighs 15.5g. Generic fabric types such as this with no specific diagnostic features can be difficult to date precisely and range from Iron Age to medieval in date. However, it seems probable that this sherd is from a hand made vessel which suggests an earlier date.
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2F00A6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy loop, possibly related to horse harnesses or cart fittings, such as a terret ring or reign guide. The loop is plain and undecorated but taper in thickness slightly from one surviving terminal to the other. This object is unlikely to be a bracelet because it has an oval cross section, differing to those of bracelets. Due to the object's fragmentary nature, assigning a specific date is not possible, although it is unlikely to date to the prehistoric periods.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hook Norton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C9762
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. The object is biconical with a perforation running through the centre. The object has an outer diameter of 24.9mm, and the central perforation is 8.6mm in diameter. The object is 7.6mm thick, and it has a mass of 20.5g. The object has a pitted brown/grey surface. One side of the weight is decorated with two raised concentric lines, with a series of raised ribs running between the two. The other side is undecorated. These weighs are not yet completely understood. It is possible they could have been spindle whorls. At the Austin Friary in Le…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6D4527
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably late early-medieval to medieval cast copper alloy terminal. It is in the form of a curved cylindrical bar (29.20mm long), which tapers to a point (with worn break across it) while the other terminal is expanded to 8.3mm, where there is a trapezoidal (spatulate) projection. This projection is 7.6mm wide and 4.34mm thick, with the width expanding to 13.85mm at the terminal, but decreasing in thickness to 2.41mm. There are possibly two small circular eyes, however this may simply be areas of corrosion. It weighs 10.90 g. The original surface of the metal has been removed, exce…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3277D6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. Biconical with a perforation running through the centre. Outer diameter of 31.5mm, and the central perforation is 6.7mm in diameter. The object is 11.0mm thick, and it has a mass of 43.4g. The object has a pitted light brown/grey surface. Both sides of the weight are decorated with raised pellets and ribs, although these are more pronounced on one side. These weighs are not yet completely understood. It is possible they could have been spindle whorls - at the Austin Friary in Leicester (see Mellor and Pearce, 1981), a decorated whorl was fou…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FA3685
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ?schist whetstone. The whetstone is roughly rectangular in plan and in cross-section, and broken at either end. The sides are very smooth.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-BE2CD5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 Spiers Winkle spindle whorl Cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. Circular in plan with a slightly off-centre perforation. Pointed-oval shaped in profile. Mass: 35.4g; external diameter: 28.1mm; internal diameter: 10.8mm; depth: 10.3mm. One side is decorated with wavy and straight ridges radiating outwards. The other side is decorated with two raised squares and a set of ?pellets and ridges around the four edges of the outer square.
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolverhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-669AC2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl of unknown date. Mass: 37.4mm; external diameter: 31.2mm; thickness: 10.7mm; internal diameter: 10.4mm. Bi-convex with a circular central perforation. Decorated on both sides with moulded pellets and ribs.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foston and Scropton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2E1716
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt-copper-alloy mount of uncertain date. The mount is of flat section and broadly pelta-shaped in plan, having a shallower indentation on one side than on the other.The central projection has a squared-off end. Perimeter grooves exist on both sides of the piece; however, these grooves only extend along two of the three edges. There is an in situ copper-alloy rivet with domed head, located at the centre of the piece. The curvature of the mount suggests it once fitted to a rounded object, such as a helmet. The side with the deeper curvature has a transverse crack.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-697688
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy casting waste. It is 59.3 grams.
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-BB14F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast bun-shaped weight, patinated overall. The mass might qualify this as representing ten underweight Viking-Age units of 4.43gms, as used for the weighing of silver bullion. However, it is also common for medieval shield-shaped weights from London. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Medieval, 850-1350. Diameter: 24.5mm, Height: 10.9mm, Weight: 46.93gms.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CFD794
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead, with iron traces, weight. Cast cylindrical weight with the possible stub of a suspension weight or other embedded object visible on its upper surface, and rust spots on lower surface. As found, the weight is a little under one averdepois ounce, or just over one ora/ore of the Viking period. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 850-1100. Diameter: 18.7mm, Height: 10.3mm, Weight: 25.51gms.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-447E50
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bar of uncertain dating, but possibly Medieval in origin (12th to 15th Centuries AD). The bar is sub rectangular in plan, and lentoid in cross section. It exhibits five double ridges (bands) equally spaced down the length of the bar. Each single ridge is approximately 1.8mm wide. The base of the bar looks intact and consists of a rounded end, whereas the top is broken across the width, exhibiting an old break with a rectangular cross section. It measures 39.11mm in length, 8.98mm wide and 5.78mm thick. It weighs 7.6 gram…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B398F3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plano-convex spindle whorl. The spindle whorl is 32.81 mm in diameter with a central perforation that is 8.32 mm in diameter. Both sides of the whorl are decorated, four regularly spaced circular dots in relief, the other with regular lines that expand at an angle from the central perforation to the edge. It has been noted that the weight of a spindle whorl is demonstrative of the thickness of yarn produced, with lighter spindle whorls (3 - 5 grams) being used for spinning cotton and the heavier ones (30 - 35 grams) for spinning wool (Margeson 1993, page 184). This exampl…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-035F76
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable, but probably Roman to Medieval in date, copper alloy possible pin or cosmetic implement, the head of which is bent. It measures 32.88mm in length (bent) and weighs 1.3g. Unbent is would be c.37mm in length. The object is flat in cross-section with a blunt, rounded end. The head is oval in shape, the edges slightly cut, measuring 7.28mm wide and 1.27mm thick. It has a central piercing 2.48mm in diameter. Below the shaft narrows and thickens to 4.89x1.44mm, and further to 2.27x1.62mm at the other end. The relative thickness and width of the object at the 'pointed' end …
Created on: Friday 14th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-16F074
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper alloy industrial waste or slag, of probable Medieval dating (11th to 15th Century). 1: measures 53.9mm in length, 29.9mm wide and 10.7mm thick. It weighs 32.2 grams. 2: measures 31.0mm in length, 22.6mm wide and 25.7mm thick. It weighs 13.7 grams. Together both pieces weigh 45.9 grams. Both pieces are consistent with the waste produced as part of the copper smelting process, which did not significantly change from the Bronze Age through the Late Medieval period. However these fragments are more likely to be Medieval in date, as more Medieva…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richards Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1767B6
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper alloy industrial waste or slag, of probable Medieval dating (11th to 15th Century). 1: measures 47.4mm in length, 32.0mm wide and 9.7mm thick. It weighs 26.6 grams. 2: measures 12.9mm in length, 10.6mm wide and 5.5mm thick. It weighs 2.0 grams. Together both pieces weigh 28.7 grams. Both pieces are consistent with the waste produced as part of the copper smelting process, which did not significantly change from the Bronze Age through the Late Medieval period. However these fragments are more likely to be Medieval in date, as …
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richards Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2B3E17
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and corroded part of a cast copper-alloy sheet plate from a buckle of uncertain date. The object is sub-trapezoidal in shape. It tapers gradually from a width of 10.8mm at the attachment end to 7.0mm towards the terminal, beyond which the sides curve to a (now abraded) rounded terminal. At the opposite end there is an off-centre tab; the tab on the other side has been lost. This is a pair of rivet holes at the frame end with a third hole central at the terminal. The object has corroded to an orange-brown colour, with large patches of light-green and off-white corrosion produc…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Worthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F3D165
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 fragments of copper alloy casting waste. One is roughly pyramid shaped and one is flat and irregular. They both have a dark grey patina suggesting a high tin content. Date unknown as casting waste can be Bronze Age through to Medieval. 44.31mm x 29.95mm x 18.64mm 81.3g 22.32mm x 21.18mm x 3.04mm 8.9g
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuxton', grid reference and parish protected.