Record ID: IOW-970B67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Ae 4 of House of Theodosius
Created on: Sunday 12th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frashwater Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8E52F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Almost certainly a nummus of the Emperor Valens. Mint of Arles or Lyons. Damaged around the edges so that little of the legend survives.
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 27th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CBD652
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Looped palstave of Late Middle Bronze Age cast in a bi-valve mould. Length 151mm, maximum width, at blade end 38mm, maximum thickness, at stop ridge 28mm. weight 322g. The edges of the flanges are abraded and the whole cutting edge of the blade has been chipped in antiquity. Decoration on both sides of the blade beneath the curving stop ridge is in the form of a shield combined with a central rib to form a "trident" pattern. A casting seam is visible on the looped edge only. Small areas of a mid to dark green patina survive overall. However, the implement is suffering from the effects…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DBA494
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete unlooped palstave of the Middle Bronze Age cast in a bi-valve mould. Length 169mm, maximum width, at blade end 37mm, maximum thickness, at the stop ridge 27mm. Weight 362g. The edges of the flanges are abraded and broken and the thickness of the septum is relatively thin in relation to its heavy and robust appearance. The cutting edge of the blade is chipped. However it is possible to determine the original profile of the cutting edge. The stop ridge is straight. Decoration on both sides of the blade is in the form of a central longitudinal rib which extends from below the s…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2004
Last updated: Saturday 6th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B24BA5
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Flat fragnent of Roman box-flue tile roughly triangular in plan. Maximum length 85mm, maximum width 38mm and 16 mm thick. Weight 55.78g. The tile is decorated with wavy comb impressions to facilitate a key for mortar. All the breaks are old.
Created on: Friday 19th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 27th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DAFDA8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy plate-headed T-shaped Roman brooch of the late first to early second century. Length 19.5mm, width 20mm and 1.5mm thick. Weight 5.06g. The fragment comprises the fan-shaped head-plate and part of the bow and pin. The head-plate is decorated with a lateral groove either side of which is a lateral rib. At the apex of the head-plate is the remains of a chain-loop. The bow, which juts forward abruptly from the base of the head-plate, just beneath the decoration, is D-shaped in cross-section and flat at the rear. However, at the front there is…
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2004
Last updated: Friday 28th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-33F636
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Half of a glass bead. The breaks are old. Probably Early medieval, sixth century. Length 12mm. Weight 1.95g. When complete the bead would have been about 14mm in diameter. The bead is an opaque black colour with a yellow band at the top and bottom, and in between red zigzag bands, all marvered onto the surface. The bead is probably a Guido type 8xviib, 'drum-shaped' - short cylindrical. (Guido, 1999). The perforation is 5mm in width at one end and 4.5mm at the other end.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-354B30
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Voided short cross penny of John. Diameter 18mm. Weight 1.18.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3649C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Quarter cut voided short cross penny of Henry II. Diameter 19mm. Weight 0.36g.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4D1254
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Silver armlet of Early Medieval, sixth century date. Length 300mm, maximum width 12mm and 1mm thick. Weight 24.49g. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the armlet of 70%. The armlet is broken in two and distorted, presumably by agricultural activity, but is otherwise complete. It consists of a strip which tapers from the centre to its two rounded ends and would originally have been coiled in a spiral. On the front the edges are decorated with punched chevrons pointing outwards, except in the central area where there is a…
Created on: Friday 14th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A4B3A3
Object type: TILE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of ceramic red tile of probable Post-medieval date. Length 92mm, width 67mm and 33mm thick. Weight 227.89g. One edge, 40mm in length, of the tile is an original surface. The clay has been tempered with rounded quartz. One face of the tile has two "stab" marks and the other face is plain. The breaks which appear to be old have occured along the alignments of other stab marks and the shape of the implement which created the stab marks is visible along the broken edges. These marks are a steep pointed "V" shape and almost penetrate the full thickness of the tile.
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gatcombe Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B5FDC6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy Winchester Type 2 rotary key. Possibly of 10th century date. Length 41mm, width 35mm and 11mm thick. Weight 35.12g. The relatively small bow is solid and not open like many other keys of this type. The stem is short and hollow with an external diameter of 10mm and an internal diameter of 5.5mm, depth of hollow 8mm. The bow and stem are separated by a collar of three moulded ribs. The central rib is much larger than the other two ribs. The bit is L-shaped in cross-section. Mid-way along the length of the L-shaped end is a small indentation. From the underside of…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DBB5A2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy circular trade weight of the Georgian period (Biggs 1992, 52). Diameter at the rim 23mm, diameter at the base 21.5mm, overall thickness 4mm. Weight 12.66g. (0.447ozs.). A raised flat rim is about 2.5mm in width. The upper surface of the weight is stamped with a sword at 10 o’clock, the sword of St Paul (for the City of London), “G” with a crown above (for King George) at 3 o’clock and an ewer (for the Founder’s Company, makers of weights) at 6 o’clock. The base of the weight is flat and has groups of parallel lines overlying each other. These marks …
Created on: Friday 21st May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Niton and Whitwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DC42D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Penny of Edward I. Diameter 19mm. Weight 1.34g.
Created on: Friday 21st May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-073113
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Roman pottery assemblage recovered from the surface of plough soil whilst the finder was searching with a metal detector. The breaks are old. The pottery appears to date from the second century AD to the fourth century AD and consists of: two handle fragments, weight, 0.100Kg., two base sherds, weight 0.028Kg., twenty one rim sherds, weight 0.362Kg. and thirty one body sherds, weight 0.314Kg. Wares represented in the assemblage are Samian Ware, Black Burnished Ware, Locally made Vectis Ware (a form of Black Burnished Ware), New Forest Grey Ware, White Ware and Grog Tempered Ware. Abo…
Created on: Sunday 23rd May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-07AEC5
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Roman ceramic tile fragments recovered from the surface of plough soil whilst the finder was searching with a metal detector. The breaks are old. The collection consists of: two fragments of imbrex (ridge tile), weight 0.334Kg., one fragment of tegula (roof tile), weight 0.048Kg., one fragment of floor tile, weight 0.135Kg. and three other fragments which are of Roman date although their type cannot be classified, weight 0.243Kg.
Created on: Sunday 23rd May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C5DB14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy knee brooch of Roman date, second or early third century (Hattatt 1987, 261-72). Length 47mm, maximum width across the fan-shaped head 28mm and 3mm thick mid-way along the length of the bow. Weight 17.24g. The flat fan-shaped head which is 17mm in height is decorated along its curved edge with a series of closely related punch marks. The shape of these marks are difficult to discern due to wear. The head is also decorated with a curving line of rocker-arm style punch marks. This line commences at about 10 o’ clock on the left side of the head, descends to the …
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C653E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete rectangular copper alloy strap guide. Length 28mm, width 8mm and the maximum thickness of the outer edge is 3.5mm. Weight 3.57g. The outer edge of the guide is lanceolate in shape and has three longitudinal tapering facets making it roughly convex in cross-section with the rear side being flat. At the wider end are three short transverse linear ribs. The sides and the inner edge are sub-round in cross section. The copper alloy is reddish in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C903F0
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy decorated harness pendant of Medieval date, probably thirteenth or fourteenth century. Length 35mm, width 28mm and 3.5mm thick. Weight 9.61g. The pendant is quatrefoil-shaped in plan and has a suspension loop turned through 90 degrees. The lower foil is bent slightly towards the rear and the loop perforation is sub-round in shape and is broken through by wear or erosion. The decoration is in the form of a griffin on a blue enamelled ground and the shape of the griffin would also have been filled with enamel. However, this enamel has not survived. The griffin has …
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freshwater Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C96A80
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and bent copper alloy tweezers of unknown date. Undecorated. About half of one of the arms is broken and missing. The break is old. Length of the surviving arm 47mm, width 6.5mm and 1.0mm thick. Weight 2.89g. The loop has modest curvature and is about 7mm in length. The surviving arm has parallel sides and does not flare outwards near the end which has been deliberately turned inwards to facilitate grip. The tweezers are heavily corroded. However, small areas of a black coloured patina survive on both sides of the complete arm and also on the loop.
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freshwater Parish', grid reference and parish protected.