Record ID: PUBLIC-21F221
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small piece of gold of undetermined age, domed on the top with an irregular base. Most likely formed from a molten drop solidifying on a surface. It measures 6.3x5.7.4.9mm and weighs 0.96 grams.
Created on: Saturday 27th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-218F8B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete medieval personal lead seal matrix, dating to AD 1200-1300. The seal is a pointed-oval or vesica shape. The central design consists of a vertical long elongated oval above a shorter elongated oval, with a horizontal line between them, two lines descending at 45 degrees from the intersection, and two curved lines either side of the long elongated oval. The central design appears to be a six-armed star but could perhaps also be interpreted as a motif such as feathers, flaming sword or stylised leaf or lys (e.g. DENO-D0B5F6). There i…
Created on: Saturday 27th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B6274A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast bronze cooking vessel leg, probably from a tripod ewer (c1400 - c1500 AD). The leg is 'D' shaped in section with the flat edge to the outside, and flares out to form a foot. There is decoration of three rectangular incisions on the flat edge. The leg weighs 4.45 grams and is 30.5x9.5x3.5mm. Some similar legs are recorded as WREX-7B3A2C and IOW-7DCF17. The Gilbert ewer held in Swansea museum (http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/our-collection/finds-from-swansea-and-neath/the-gilbert-ewer) is a complete example of the sort of vessel this leg was from.
Created on: Tuesday 28th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Basing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-91BB64
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lead shot which is 28mm in diameter and weighs 120 grams (~1/4 lb). The dating of 1642-1645 assumes this find dates to the Civil war as shot of this calibre would not have civilian use. There was significant activity in the area during the Civil war and Basing house is only about 2 miles away.
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-94408C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A trapezoidal buckle with a drilled frame for a seperate spindle, three tongues and an anchor chape. In Buckels by Ross Whitehead, similar buckles with anchor chapes, multiple tongues and the spindle running across the length rather than the width of the frame are identified as Knee buckles and dated to 1720-1790s (page 111).
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-93CE36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval Continental Sterling issued by Robert of Béthune (1305-1322) of Flanders. The type is Mayhew 211(i) and he sugests a date of 1317AD for this issue. The obverse inscription is R COMES FLANDRIE, and the reverse inscription is MOn ETA AEN TLO The coin weighs 1.26 grams and is 18.3mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dogmersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-93A85D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), 3rd issue (1583-1603), Tun initial mark dating to 1591-1594. The obverse has quite a lot of wear to the portrait but the rest of the coin is clear. The obverse legend is ELIZAB D G ANG FR ET HIB REGI and the reverse legend is POSVI DEU ADIVTOREM MEU The coin is 29mm in diameter and weighs 5.31 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dogmersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-93605F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Charles II (1660-1685) Guinea dated 1672. The coin has a line running through the "CAROLVS II" part of the legend and the tops of some of the letters are not fully formed, indicating the coin was struck from a cracked die. Seaby/Spink reference 3344 The coin weighs 8.36 gram and is 25.4mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hartley Wintley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D5CB66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, ~1200- 400AD. It is circular in form with the remains of the pin wrapped round a constriction in the frame. Opposite is a transverse groove where the pin rested. The front face of the brooch has moulded decoration forming two oval shaped collets, now empty. Between the collets the frame is moulded into lobes which are decorated with incisions, possibly representing scales as on a similar brooch recorded as SF-BEE09D. The rear of the brooch is flat. The brooch has an even brown patina. The brooch measures 26.3 x 27.1 x 2.4mm and…
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Murrell Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D56E40
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a pair of cast copper-alloy tweezers dating to the Early-Medieval period (c.AD.410-900). The tweezers were formed of a single piece of metal, bent over to form two arms that are sub-triangular shaped in plan and rectangular in cross-section. I single incised line runs along one edge of the tweezers and there is decoration formed of five 'ring and dots' arranged in a T shape. The object is 27.9mm long. It is 12.2mm across the blade and 3.7mm at its narrowest. The blade is 2.1mm thick. The object weighs 1.07 gram. Some similar examples are recorded as BUC-5…
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crondall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C12CB8
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval base metal (possibly lead/tin alloy) cuff link with a inset faceted green glass stone dating to ~1650-1800AD. The metallic section has been decoratively cast with a beaded rim and two linear grooves below. A circular-section simple looped shank has been cast integrally on the back of the cuff link. The other fastener which would comprise this cufflink are missing though there are some surviving remains of the link showing it was made of iron. Brian Read in Metal buttons c900BC - 1700AD (ref 506) describes similar cufflinks from a 17th century context. Sara Ri…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Murrell Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C0CF35
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle dating to ~1660-1720AD. The buckle has ornate concave sides. The central bar and pin are missing but there is signs of iron corrosion at one point on the frame suggesting the pin was made of iron and has corroded away. Ross Whitehead: Buckles 1250-1800 has similar examples on page 99, ref 622 and 627. The buckle measures 24.1 x 19.3 x 3.6mm and weighs 3.02 gram.
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Murrell Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C08FDC
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The base of a small circular Roman seal box dating to ~100-400AD. Andrews type C2. The remains of a double lugged hinge projects from one edge with a small notch in the rim which would have been in the centre of the hinge, and another two notches in the rim at 90 degrees each side of the hinge. The base has four holes, three arranged in a triangular shape with a forth hole in the centre. The three holes forming the triangle are slightly larger and elongated compared to the central hole which is completely circular and may indicate signs of wear. Andrews fig 69 shows how the …
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BFF429
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval fragment of a copper alloy seal top spoon handle dating to ~1550- 1650AD. The object has a circular base 12.2mm in diameter with a circular cross-section central column which is 3mm in diameter at the point of the break. Above the base is two circular collars 7.4 and 6.3mm in diameter then a conical section which is 8.4mm in diameter at its widest. Above the conical section are another two collars 4.9mm in diameter. The object is 28.6mm long and weighs 7.48 grams. Another example of a similar spoon fragment is recorded as PUBLIC-ABEAE7. A complete e…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C9866A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age early uninscribed quarter stater of the Belgae, Rudd's 'Hampshire Thunderbolt' type (ABC 767), dating to c.65-40 BC. Reference: ABC p.58, no.767, VA 203-01 - (plate 9) previously 143-01 (plate 6), BMC 129-36. Obverse: Stylised boat with two standing figures with an S and 2 pellets to the left. Reverse: Cruciform thunderbolt motif with two X's below and various objects in the angles: 1) Solid L with denticulated outside edge and an inverted U with a central line above (a Lyre?); 2) diagonal rib continuing from the corner of the 'L' in parallel to a crescent rib; 3) t…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C919A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age Southern Region / Regini tribe uninscribed bronze unit of 'Chichester Cock' type (cf. ABC 737; BMC 657-59),(BC 60-40). Obverse: Helmeted head right Reverse: Stylised cockerel right with snake in mouth, above stylised head. The coin is 16.4mm in diameter and weighs 2.07 grams. ABC notes: Copied from Gaulish types, notably DT509 and 511 and are the only bronze coins issued in the Southern region and feature an anthropomorphic cockerel, a genre of grotesque fantasy beasts known as grylloi which date to the 5th century BC.
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C8AAB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Jacobean cast copper alloy two piece sub annular shoe buckle dating to 1660-1720. The frame is oval and the plate is an elongated heart shape with integral pin and stud. There is evidence of rust over the centre section of the buckle suggesting there was originally an iron component to the buckle, though the central bar does not appear to be iron as the plate seems fully attached to the frame and still rotates slightly. The buckle frame measures 21.9x18.3mm with an overall length of 27mm including the plate and is 10.2mm thick including the stud. It weighs 3.88 grams. …
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AA18AA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy pendant loop or purse hanger dating to the late 14th century comprising a bar mount and openwork quatrefoil loop. One of the lobes is squared with a recessed bar to form a hinge with the suspension bar mount which is formed of sheet metal and wrapped around the bar. The bar mount retains two rivets of diameter 1.7mm and length 5mm. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400. The pendant loop weighs 2.13 grams and measures 25.5x14.8mm. The quatrefoil is 15.9x14.8x2.3mm and the mount is 12.6x4.9x5mm. A similar pendant is recorded as NLM-7B05E8.
Created on: Monday 17th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A8F62A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval personal lead seal matrix, dating to AD 1200-1300. The seal is a pointed oval or vessica shape. The central design consists of a vertical long elongated oval above a shorter elongated oval, with a horizontal line between them, two lines descending at 45 degrees from the intersection, and two curved lines either side of the long elongated oval. The design could be interpreted as feathers or a flaming sword. It could also be a crude version of the design on DENO-D0B5F6. There is a solid line between the central design and outer legend which reads S' WILLI. GOFFE. A C…
Created on: Monday 17th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1ACC29
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval seal matrix probably dating from the 14th century (c. AD 1300 - 1400). The matrix die is almost circular although its edge is now chipped along most of its circumference. The pedestal has six facets, the divisions of which remain clear and defined. Each of these faces thin as they rise to a neck which first narrows and then widens slightly at its top which has a transverse collar. Above the collar was an attachment loop which has broken. The die has a central star consisting of three lines (six points) surrounded by a ring with eight chevrons rad…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.