Record ID: LANCUM-EA77AB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cooper alloy pommel cap from a sword or knife. It is circular in shape. There is a central flat ring, and from this the two faces are convex. There are circular holes present top and bottom for fixing to the hilt, these might suggest a knife or dagger pommel rather than one for a sword. There is no apparent decoration, and there is some pitting on the surface, although it has an even, dark green patina. It is probably an Oakeshott Type G style. Dimensions: It is 33mm long and 28mm wide, 20mm thick and weighs 33.0g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DYFED-D468D6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete decorative copper-alloy sword/dagger hilt of probably Post Medieval date (possibly 17th-19th Century). The section comprises a decorative guard which include the remnant of finger loops and quillions, all of which have damage to them and are incomplete. The central block is rectangular with a moulded socket below - which would have fitted onto a pommel. The obverse and reverse of the central block are decorated with a man (possibly a warrior) holding a spear in his right hand and what appears to be a shield in his left. He appears to be wearing baggy pantaloons.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pembroke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-991D03
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cap, clearly part of the terminal from a larger object. The cap is slightly crushed and has a faceted hexagonal shape, tapering to a blunt point. The interior is hollow, with traces of a lead alloy infill at the tip. There are no other fixings and there is no surface decoration. 
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-6E0181
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sword pommel of Petersen's Type S. It is comprised of five lobes, a larger central one and two of diminishing sizes set either side of this. There is the remains of the fixing in the top of the pommel and a hole through it. Inside are possible remains of wood and perhaps some of the fixing. According to Leahy and Lewis (2018: 328), this style of pommel is of an English type but is also attributed to Viking use. Parallels include WAW-C104D7, SWYOR-D14F67, all dated to AD 900-1100 Dimensions: It is 49mm long and 22mm high, 17.5mm wide and weighs 53.0g
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wigglesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5DDC73
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bury
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete dagger or sword of medieval date (c.AD 1200-1400). The object is a flattened sphere with a square hole on its upper hemisphere with a diameter of 9.9mm, and a smaller pointed oval hole on its lower hemisphere with a width of 8.3mm. These are the wholes of the pommel through which the tang of the blade would have been placed. Dimensions: Diameter 24.1mm, Thickness 17.9mm, Weight 12.49g. Similar examples can be found on the database: IOW-E66645, ESS-4C10C1 and IOW-E62AEE.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: WMID-DC5D86
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy terminal, 'end-cap' or pommel from a knife of Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1650). This terminal is likely to have come from an iron scale tang knife. It starts at a rectangular base and then forms into two parallel curved arms, which then connect by a small bar at the top of the terminal. The shape of the object is very similar to a lyre. Both faces are decorated with grooved lines that follow the curves of the arms. The bottom of the rectangular base is filled with orange corroded material, most likely from the iron tang…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beausale, Haseley, Honiley, Wroxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-9F4863
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pommel of 'cocked hat' type, dating to the Early medieval period, c. AD 500-700.  The pommel is triangular in shape with slightly concave sides, with a rounded top point, and pointed flat ends. The open end is rectangular in shape. The inside of the pommel is hollow. There is damage to one of the edges of the pommel, and it is worn. There is no visible decoration. It has  a light green brown patina, and measures 33.9mm in length, 13.6mm in width, 12.2mm in height, and weighs 2.33g. Similar to Macgregor and Bolick 1993, page 238, number 46.3.
Created on: Saturday 24th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: BUC-9F253A
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible sword pommel, dating from the post medieval period, c. AD 1500-1650.  The pommel is circular, with on side flattened to a circular panel. There is a circular indentation in the centre. The pommel is hollow. At one end there is a circular perforation, at the other a square perforation. The pommel has a light green patina with red brown patches. It measures 20.3mm by 15.4mm, and weighs 4.86g.
Created on: Saturday 24th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: BUC-9EFFFB
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sword pommel (Oakeshot Type J) of medieval date, c. AD 1300-1400. The fragment is rounded, with a raised ridge running across the centre. In the centre of this is a rectangular perforation. Either side it is slightly rounded, and concave, the edges are worn and broken. On the inside on the pommel there is red brown iron staining. The pommel has a mid green patina. It measures 52.3mm in length, 40.1mm in width, 2.7mm in thickness, and weighs 29.89g.  In record KENT-A02AD1 it states:  This is a "wheel" type pom…
Created on: Saturday 24th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-623724
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval copper alloy possible sword or dagger pommel, c. 1400-1600 AD. The pommel is broadly circular in plan with a central oval perforation (diameter: 7.17mm) on the upper face matched by a rectangular perforation (diameter: 6.73mm) within a central projection on the opposing side. An incised circle surrounds this projection. The artefact has a greenish brown patina and is heavily dented, possibly due to post-depositional factors or possibly due to a faceted design. No exact parallels have been found, but shares common features with other pom…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-342B5C
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy openwork staff terminal cast in a single piece, of early medieval or Norman date AD 1000 - 1200. The staff terminal is sub spherical with an openwork socket at one end. The head of the staff is decorated with a cast pierced pattern of lattice like openwork lozenges ornamented with projecting knop like bosses or pellets. At the apex is a cross in a circle. From the base, a tubular socket extends, with a series of sub-rectangular piercings around the neck. The socket is incomplete and the breaks are patinated and worn. The staff terminal has …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: GLO-F72CDB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a sword assemblage consisting of two complete Roman long swords of the type called a spatha together with items that would be appropriate for complete scabbard and sword belt fittings. The assemblage consists of: A)          Sword 1: A complete roman long sword with scabbard chape still attached at the tip. The sword is 920mm long, 55mm at widest point at the hilt and gently taper to 42 mm near the tip, the tip is covered by the scabbard chape making it impossible to ascertain its shape. The blade looks to be lenticular in cross-s…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willersey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B41840
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Saddle Pommel of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 – 1700). The object comprises a tall hollow dome formed of two semi-circular sectioned pieces soldered together at the middle. An inverted U-shaped cut-away portion is present to the front of the object with expanded double perforated wings extending outward from the base, one of which is missing due to an old, abraded break. A fifth perforation is also present to the back of the object. The outer surface is decorated with a series of irregularly spaces grooves running the length of the objec…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B2E213
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Age uncertain, but probably a Post Medieval cast copper-alloy possible pommel for a dagger/knife, or a finial for some other uncertain implement. Solid spherical with the apex and base slightly flattened and a slightly tapered circular piercing of 5.5mm > 5.2mm. The surface displays a dull dark green patina. Diameter 18.3mm, height 15.5mm, weight 10.3g. Similar examples on this database at: BERK-3A7B12 and SUSS-DDAA78.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A22BEA
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dagger pommel of likely late or post-medieval date (1400-1700). The pommel is a rounded sub-trapizoidal in shape and hollow. The socket is oval (9.86mm) from which the sides flare out before rounding with a smaller hole (4.77mm) at the opposite end. On each side there is a central groove from which two other grooves eminate from the socket either side, giving a feather effect. Similar to Oakeshott type T. Measurements: Height: 34.46mm, Width: 34.8mm, Width at base: 16.25mm, Weight: 49.65g.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farrington Gurney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-8F0928
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy dagger pommel of Medieval date, c.AD 1100-1400. The object is roughly spherical with a hollow interior. It includes a square perforation on one side, leading to a circular perforation on the other. It is likely the tang would have passed through the square perforation and the tip protruded from the circular perforation with a cap covering it. The pommel is undecorated. The metal has a dull green patina and is fairly worn. The pommel measures 19.02mm in diameter and 15.44mm in height with a weight of 11.81g. The circular perforation mea…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: CORN-EA1B09
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a pommel for the butt end of a knife handle. Due to its patina, it appears to be a post-Medieval example. It is copper-alloy, but appears to be more zinc-rich than other copper-alloyed objects on the database. It has a light grey-green patina. Eventhough it has been somewhat crushed during deposition, it is still possible to ascertain that it was originally sub-square in shape. Its design (on its outer face) features two more squares, oneinside the other, etched into the metal, and within the central square, there are etched lines radiating out in all directions from the…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-E66645
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy dagger pommel, c.AD 1100-1400. The object is roughly spherical with a square perforation on one side, leading to a circular perforation on the other. It is likely the tang would have passed through the square perforation and the tip protruded from the circular perforation, with a cap covering it. The object has a light green patina with traces of light brown corrosion.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E62AEE
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy dagger pommel, c.AD 1100-1400. The object is roughly spherical with a square perforation on one side, leading to a circular perforation on the other. It is likely the tang would have passed through the square perforation and the tip protruded from the circular perforation, with a cap covering it. The object has a light green patina with traces of light brown corrosion.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A4C636
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hemispherical cast copper alloy mount, probably an end cap from the pommel of a late medieval to early post medieval rondel / roundel dagger. The cap is 20.3mm in diameter and has radial moulded ridges with a small central perforation. This may have fitted to the end of an iron tang. For an example of a fitting like this in situ on a star-shaped pommel of 15th-16th century date see SUR-964C87.
Created on: Friday 19th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.