Record ID: YORYM-AE2AA5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron unidentified object. The object has been formed from a cylindrical tube of iron which tapers and flattens to a rectangular terminal. Inside the tube is a large amount of iron corrosion product. The date and function of this object remains unclear. It is possible that this object is a bell and part of the corrosion inside the tube is from the iron clanger.
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-17CA35
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron unidentified object. The object is formed from a short cylinder, with a circular sectioned projection coming out of one end. The object has no other decoratively features. It could be a terminal or a component from a much larger object.
Created on: Saturday 2nd December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-68FEE1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object, cast in iron. Possibly related to the production of cannon balls.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fletching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-743A84
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MODERN
County: City of Kingston upon Hull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron dress sword. It is a French style dress hilt sword of the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. The key identifying feature is the kick over at the top of the handle, this is typically French. The folded over guard indicates that this is a dress sword. It had to be folded over so not to damage the dress uniform. The hilt is a half-basket Continental type. The holes in the hilt are for decoration – again this is a French design. The back of the sword blade is flat, it is therefore a single edged sword with two fullers on either side of the blade. The sword i…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-92E3F0
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron spear, weighing 227g. The spear comprises three elements. It has a square sectioned, tapering tang which would have fitted into a shaft. This has been hammered from the middle circular sectioned part of the spear. The spear head is leaf-shaped with a raised ridge running down either side. The tip is broken. It is probably a spearhead brought to this country from India or Africa. A search through the usual literature on spearhead found no British parallel for the tanged shaft but there was an African weapon with similar shaped blades and with bindings around their shafts …
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southwater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D6A774
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman spear-head dating to the mid 1st century AD. The spearhead fits into Manning’s Group 1A classification and it is a small-bladed spearhead. The spearhead has been carefully made with a welded socket. The socket is a closed type, but now has a damaged mouth due to corrosion. The mouth of the socket measures 30.27mm in diameter. The socket is 91.76mm in length. The blade is leaf-shaped, with rounded edges and rounded shoulders. The section on the blade is flat on both surfaces. The blade has blunt edges and a damaged tip. The blade measures 47.17mm x 57.66 mm. There is a…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingshurst', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-467328
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of vitrified iron slag.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0B8766
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron key dating to the late medieval to post-medieval period. The key comprises a solid, circular section stem, which has a wider collar next to the bow. The bow is oval and has an inward pointed notch on the inner edge, where the bow joins the stem. The bit is solid and extends down from the stem, there is no channel. The bit is rectangular and has a cleft cut into it on the external edge.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Findon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0B9037
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron key dating to the late medieval to post-medieval period. The key comprises a solid, circular section stem, which widens towards the bit. The bow is circular and has an inward pointed lip on the inner edge, where the bow joins the stem. The stem has a projecting tip. The bit is solid and extends down from the stem, there is no channel. The bit is rectangular and has been cut up the middle, forming a slot with two rectangular apertures along it.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Findon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0B9568
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron key dating to the late medieval to post-medieval period. The key comprises a solid, circular section stem, which widens towards the bit. The bow is oval. The stem has a projecting tip. The bit is solid and extends down from the stem, there is no channel. The bit is rectangular and has been cut. There is a back-to-front P shaped cleft in the bit and a small square cleft.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Findon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-938CD1
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large iron plough shoe. Weighing 846g. The shoe has a tapering square sectioned tang, open on one side. The tang measure 120mm in length. The whole object measure 235mm in length. Integral to the tang there is a leaf-shaped head, which measures 90mm at its widest point. The head is worn and badly mis-shaped, presumably due to use. The object is extremely corroded and rusted. It is likely to date from the 16th – 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slinford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-022807
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small wrought iron hook or pin. The object is formed from a piece of wire with a circular section. One end has been bent into a hook. The other end has been twisted into a closed loop. The object is not datable. Several early-medieval objects have been found nearby (see YORYM-024D31 for details).
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-577025
Object type: OX SHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron ox shoe (probably). The shoe is likely to date from the late medieval period, but could be early post-medieval in date. Only part of the shoe survives, suggesting that it could be a part shoe (made in two halves for a cloven-hoof animal such as oxen. Five small countersunk nail holes remain, but no nails. The shoe has a sinuous edge (curvy).
Created on: Friday 6th April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plumpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-886731
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large headed handmade iron nail. The head measures 39mm x 43mm. The nail is probably medieval to early post-medieval in date, but an earlier Roman date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-805595
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large handmade iron nail, with a square head and square shank, slightly bent. 15th -16th Century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: YORYM-B3D357
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of an iron nail, possibly Roman in date. The nail is 20.4mm in length.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton cum Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4526E7
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron nail, flat with a flat, crescent shaped head.
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonegrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E571C0
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large headed handmade iron nail. The head measures 34.9mm x 34.1mm. The nail is probably medieval to early post-medieval in date, but an earlier Roman date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bexhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-166C76
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three iron nails, probably medieval to post medieval in date. 1) The head is sub-square in plan. It is 11.73mm thick. The shank is rectangular in section at the junction with the head and tapers at the end. The shank is 48.2mm in length. It weighs 106g. The dimensions of the head are: 35.2-37.1mm x 32.95-37.87mm. 2) Curved sub-square head with a plano-convex section 48.9mm x 42.6mm by 12.56mm thick. The shaft is 23.7mm in length, although much is now missing due to corrosion which has flaked off. It weighs 107g. 3) A corroded iron rivet. Circular head with a diameter of…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingdon and Jevington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-FF2C72
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of 15 iron objects. These artefacts were found with a lot of medieval and post-medieval period as part of a Time Team Big Dig so it is therefore likely that these iron objects also date to these periods (c. 1300-1900). Top row on the attached photograph (from left to right): No. 1-5 were found in Layer 5. 1) A small heavily corroded length of iron weighing 4.8g. 2) A long narrow length of heavily corroded iron (probably a nail) weighing 9.1g. 3) A long narrow length of heavily corroded iron (probably a nail), with a flat head on one of its terminals weighing 10…
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worthing', grid reference and parish protected.