Record ID: WAW-C5C6B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring. In plan the ring is circular on the interior and sub-circular on the exterior. The bezel is a slightly swelling forming a sub-triangular in plan, otherwise it is undecorated. The loop is sub-oval in section. The ring has a well developed mid-dark green/grey patina which is abraded in some areas. The ring measures 23.53mm long, 22.16mm wide and 2.46mm thick. It weighs 1.3g. This simplistic ring probably dates to the Medieval or Post Medieval period.
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-42A7C2
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Walsall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy chafing dish. The fragment consists of part of the concave rim and wall of the vessel, and the upward projecting and tapering dish-support. The dish support is sub-trapezoidal in section. The rim is thickened, in the form of a distinct flange/rib. On a broken edge of the fragment, there is an arced incision of unknown function. It has been suggested in other examples that similar incisions may be repair holes for rivets (e.g. see records SUR-DB1FD4 and SUR-D1AF97) and the vessel is also likely to have had …
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A03B52
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A plain gold finger ring of late Medieval to early post-Medieval date. D-section hoop. The ring is in very good condition with some minor nicks and scratches visible. There are no inscriptions or markings on either the inner or outer surface. The ring was found during excavations by Birmingham Archaeology. It was found in a context dated to the 15th or 16th century, and is made of gold. Given its material and age, it qualifies as treasure under The Treasure Act 1996. Other finds from this context were pottery, iron and animal bone. Although useful in dating the …
Created on: Thursday 30th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coventry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-AC0922
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead papal bulla, probably of Urban III (1185-1187) or Urban IV (1216-1264). Mass: 10.2g; length: 31.2mm; width: 20.1; thickness: 4.2mm. The fragment, almost half of a papal bulla, is sub-semi-circular, with the straighter edge being a break. The papal bulla has a brown/off-white surface, which covers the break. Therefore the break does not appear to be recent. On the front of the papal bulla there is an (incomplete) inscription which reads: U[]/BA[]/P[] over three lines, with a pellet border around the curved edge. On the reverse of the papal bulla is the head of Saint …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolverhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B51EE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307). Class 1d (N1013). London mint. May to December 1279. Mass: 1.1g. Diameter: 18.9mm.
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolverhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7D0C30
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy fragment, probably from a medieval or post-medieval vessel such as a ewer or a cooking pot. The fragment consists of a curved, sub-circular sectioned portion, with two flat ends with broken edges. Mass: 85.2g; maximum length: 77.6mm; maximum width: 36.0mm, diameter of the sub-circular sectioned portion: 11.3mm-15.4mm. The fragment has a dark green/black surface, which is heavily pitted in parts leaving a lighter green pitted surface. The flat ends are smoother. A tripod ewer with a curved support attached to the handle is illustrated in Egan et al, “The Medieva…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berkswell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7E2108
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy sheet sword chape. Medieval. Length: 38.1mm, width: 18.9mm, depth: 5.9mm, mass: 3.0g. Frormed from a sheet bent around. In plan, the chape tapers and is bent over at the bottom. There are sub-circular perforations at the top of the chape, including one at the front which is particularly large (diameter: 6.3mm). The chape has a green patina, with a white metal coating partially remaining on the exterior. Anthony de Reuk dates sheet chapes to 13th/14th century (see "Finds Recording Guide" v.1.1, Geake, 2001, ill.31).
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berkswell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-983B52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, penny, Edward I (1272-1307), class 1d, N1013, May to December 1279. There is a split in the coin. Mass: 1.3g. Diameter: 20.0mm.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolverhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-BE39A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, penny, Edward I (1272-1307) or Edward II (1307-1327), class 10 (probably), 1301-10, Canterbury mint.
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-BE43F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Wolverhampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, penny, Edward I (1272-1307), class 3, 1280-1, Lincoln mint.
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-54D868
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount, probably medieval in date and quite likely a harness fitting. The mount measures 58.77 mm long. It gradually flares in width from 6.48 mm to 9.5 mm. At the thinner end it terminates in a slight knop. At the wider end it flares suddenly to 18.37 mm, at the same time becoming thinner, almost spatulate. However, it is broken here and it is difficult to determine the extent to which it flared. Traces of gilding are visible on this thin, flared section. The mount has two attachment holes, one at the top at the thinnest end, another in the middle, 23.1 mm from the firs…
Created on: Thursday 20th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2010
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Record ID: WMID-615108
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval ceramic patterned floor tile of 14th to 15th century in date. The tile is decorated with a white clay slip which has been poured into a pattern created by a wooden stamp. The tile was then fired after being sprinkled with a lead ore, which had produced a slightly uneven yellow glaze. The ceramic itself is of a solid orange red/colour and also has traces of a lead glaze on the reverse. The tile is incomplete, with approximately one quarter missing from one end. It measures 125 mm in length and 104 mm wide, although when complete it would have been square. It is 28 mm thick. …
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
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Record ID: WMID-8C67E5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy cup weight, probably from a set of nesting weights. It is likely to be late medieval to post-medieval in date. The weight measures 11.47 mm high and tapers in diameter from 30.95 mm at the rim to 25.23 mm at the base. It weighs 22.2 grams, the equivalent of 0.783 troy ounces - it probably originally weighed one ounce. There is deep filing on the base. Where the original surface of the rim survives two decorative ring and dots can be discerned. The interior of the base of the weight has a circular depression in the centre and a stamped circular makers mark which con…
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-6372C3
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic tiles. One is probably a floor tile, the other is less certain and may possibly be a roof tile. The floor tile is sub-square in shape although it may be broken on one edge. It measures 84.5 mm long and 83 mm wide and is 20.5 mm thick. It weighs 244.5 grams. It is undecorated. The other tile is incomplete and measures 99 mm long, 70 mm wide and 13 mm thick. It weighs 83.9 grams. It is also undecorated. Because of their lack of decoration the tiles are difficult to date. Finds recovered from the same location include medieval 14th century flo…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-63A1B6
Object type: ANIMAL BONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five animal bones. The bones were recovered from an area which has produced 14th century tile and pottery as well as pottery of 17th to 18th century and tile of indeterminate date.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-63C9A5
Object type: PIPE (ARCHITECTURAL)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of what may be an architectural pipe. The material appears to be concrete rather than ceramic, and is curved, suggesting it may have been a pipe. The interior is covered in a dark grey to black deposit - this does not appear to be a glaze and so may be associated with the object's use, possibly a carbon deposit from burning. The exterior of the concrete is decorated with four lateral ridges, perhaps indicating that the feature was in part of a building intended to be visible. This fragment is of indeterminate date, but it has been recovered from an area which has produced m…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
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Record ID: WMID-64FB42
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wheelthrown ceramic vessel sherd of medieval date, probably dating from the 13th to 14th centuries. The sherd is from the base of a vessel, with a small amount of the vessel wall remaining also. The sherd is decorated with a green lead glaze on the exterior whilst the interior is unglazed. Wheel marks are visble on the interior of the base of the vessel sherd.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8B6705
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting of medieval date, dating from circa 1250 to 1400 AD. The fitting is single looped and sub-oval, with an off-set straight attachment bar and a pair of opposed internal trianglar projections which would have secured the strap in place whilst allowing the fitting to slide up and down the strap. A very similar example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, page 234; Figure 1262), which was recovered from a context dating from 1350 to 1400. The strap fitting measures 17.5 mm long, 20.71 mm wide, 2.05 mm thick and weighs 1.5 grams. It has a dark brown …
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-8F9A75
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of medieval date. The ampulla is hollow and was designed to contain a dose of the thaumaturgic water dispensed to pilgrims at many shrines and holy wells. The ampulla is damaged and the neck and suspension lugs are missing and only the circular chamber survives. This is decorated on one side with a six petalled flower and on the other with a crowned letter W. Ampullae with the crowned letter 'W' are thought to be associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham (Spencer, 1990. 60-61), and the W may perhaps have had a more general meaning as a double-V for the vi…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
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Record ID: WMID-94DFB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of Henry III, class Va-g, dating from 1251 to 1272 and minted by Willem in Canterbury.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.