Record ID: PUBLIC-1E366C
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A late Mesolithic- early Neolithic bladelet core, circa 6500BC-2900BC. Black and medium grey mottled in colour with cortex still adhering to 1/3 of the ventral face. The dorsal face has many negative scar removals.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1DFEE4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large possible late Bronze Age flake, dating from c. 1150BC-800BC. Grey, white and cream mottled in colour. There are four clear negative scar removals from the dorsal face and evidence of general edge utilisation. Small areas of retouch are visible on the curvilinear mesial edge.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1DC913
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A late Neolithic-early Bronze age Thumbnail Scraper, circa 2500BC-1500BC. Black in colour with platform and bulb present. 2/3 of the distal end has cortex still adhering to it. There are two negative removal scars on the dorsal face. There is evidence of edge retouch at the distal end and general edge utilisation elsewhere. The retouch appears to be abrupt.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1DA0A7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Mesolithic - early Bronze Age scraper, circa 6500BC-1500BC. The scraper would appear to have been made from a reused flake. It is light and dark grey mottled in colour with a small platform and bulb present, and a tiny amount of cortex still adhering to the dorsal face. There are four negative scar removals from the dorsal face and some evidence of edge retouch but mostly edge utilisation. The ventral face has several ripples.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1D4C49
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped broken flint tool, probably a knife tip, probably late Mesolithic-early Neolithic in date (c. 6500 BC- 2900 BC). Light brown in colour and the platform has broken off. There are two clear negative scar removals from the dorsal face, and considerable edge retouch all around the dorsal face edge, with the most invasive positioned on the left mesial edge. There is also evidence of retouch and three clear verticle removal scars on the distal end of the ventral face.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1CFF29
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scraper, most likely from the late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age, circa 2500BC-1500BC. Medium grey in colour with a small amount of cortex still adhering to the dorsal face and the platform and bulb are present.The whole of the dorsal face is worked indicating that it may have been taken off the edge of an axe (an axe sharpening flake) and then retouched at a later date into a scraper. The original date for the axe is most likely Late Neolithic.There is evidence of edge retouch/utilisation around 2/3 of the edge.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1C9FF1
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Mesolithic knapped flint microlith dating to c. 8300-3500 BC. The microlith retains its platform, bulb of percussion and shallow conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. It has at least three clear negative removal scars on the dorsal face and evidence of retouch on left mesial edge (from dorsal face); the right mesial edge has not been retouched. The flint material itself is light brown in colour and transparent.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yapton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1C379D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 'Thumbnail shaped' Scraper, circa 2500BC-1500BC. Mottled black, red and mustard yellow in colour with the platform and bulb present and a very small area of cortex still remaining on the dorsal face. There are multiple negative removal scars on the dorsal face and an area of damage towards the proximal end, although the patina in that area is unchanged. The distal dorsal edge has been retouched for the scraping edge and retouch appears to be abrupt.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1BB0D3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, oval shaped flint scraper from the early Bronze Age, circa 2150BC - 1500BC. Light brown/grey mottled in colour with a tiny area of cortex remaining on the dorsal side.The platform and bulb are present and dorsal side has four clear negative scar removals. The edge retouch would appear to be abrupt.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F864FB
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Romano-British bracelet with a ring-and-dot design, probably 3rd or 4th century AD. The fragment is 'U' shaped, as though it has been re-used as a finger ring. The pattern is formed of a regular row of evenly spaced motifs, dots within raised circulare areas, along the outer surface. Each motif appears to have been created with a dot-in-circle punch. The bracelet is flat, c. 6mm wide and 0.84mm thick, and the fragment measures 14.44 x 12.53 mm in side view as bent. The design shares some similarities with Crummy 1983 (Colchester Excavations 1971-79), pa…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F5F471
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval cast copper alloy single looped D shaped buckle frame. Irregular in shape, but with a narrow, offset strap bar and a 'lip' or small point in the centre of the outer edge, grooved to form a pin rest. The pin is missing. There are many parallels in Egand and Pritchard (1991, nos. 279-83 and nos. 306-310) dating to c. AD 1250-1400. It shares some similarities with PAS database entry GLO-7C10B2.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F5BC23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval cast copper alloy single-loop buckle frame with surviving sheet plate, dating to c. 1300-1450. The frame is rectangular with outcurved sides, each with two decorative transverse ridges, and an expanded outer edge with five transverse incised grooves The pin is missing. The strap bar retains the square plate, which is made from a piece of rectangular sheet folded in half and with a pin slot and frame recesses cut, giving twin hinges. There are two spearate copper-alloy rivets present at the far end. Length 25.15 mm, width 15.66 mm, thickness 2.25 mm. Weight 2.8 g. The…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F56491
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy double looped oval buckle. Both loops are oval with relatively wide outer edges, D-shaped in cross-section. The central bar is slightly recessed from the main frame and thinner, with moulded knobs projecting from the ends of the bar. There is a small but complete break through the metal at one end where the central bar meets the frame. Early post-medieval, dating to c. AD 1500-1600. Compare an example from Pottergate, Norwich, from a context dating to just after the fire of 1507 (Margeson 1993, no. 169).
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F5212C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal. Each outer edge is elaborately shaped, triangular in the centre with expanded corners. One of the corners is larger and rounded, and the other three are smaller and irregular. Both outer edges have grooved pin rests, and the central strap bar is present with a copper-alloy pin still in place. The pin is loose on the central bar, held in place by the metal being bent into a loose U-shaped loop around the bar. The buckle is quite unevenly shaped, suggesting it was possibly a mis-cast or poorly finished item.On the rever…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F46168
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped rectangular straight-edged buckle frame. The edges are a quarter-circle in cross-section and there is no decoration. The buckle is slightly asymmetric, with one loop a little longer than the other, and although the edges are battered, all four external corners appear to have been angled. The pin is missing with a little raised area of iron corrosion on the central bar suggesting its former position. Length 33.65 mm, width 27.35 mm, thickness 2.65 mm. Weight:4.7 g Similar to Whitehead (2003, 75, no. 458), where this s…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alfoldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-ACA0E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlow type, c. first century AD. Only the head with semi-circular crossbar and double-lug remain, with a six-coiled spring and pin remain with a small amount of the brooch neck and body. The brooch body is decorated with a raised central rib and grooves flanking either side. No further decoration remains. The brooch has a mid-green patina. The fragment measures 16.3 mm long, 4.7 mm wide, 2.1 mm thick and weighs 3.2 grams.
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ABCA34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlow type, dating from AD 50-80. Only the head, with most of the semi-circular crossb ar, chord lug, chord and four coils of the spring remain, along with a small portion of the neck and tapering brooch body. The chord is helt in place by a very narrow metal section passing back from the rear of the open crossbar and joining to the front. The brooch neck and body are decorated with a raised moulded vertical spine running vertically down the centre from its chord lug at the top, flanked by a thin raised ridge a…
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AB9176
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Two-piece Colchester type, datping to the first century AD. Only the head remains. The wings,coil, bow, foot and catchplate are all missing. The notch that held the spring chord is obvious and there is some corrosion where the coil would have sat, suggesting that it was composed of iron. The spine of the bow may have had a dotted raised decoration as some is still evident on the head and the small piece of remaining bow.The brooch has a mid-green patina. It measures 17.22 mm long, 5.33 mm wide, 3.9 mm thick and weighs 2.5 grams.
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AB3822
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman T-Shaped brooch, c. first to second century AD. The remains of the brooch consist of most of one crossbar arm and a small portion of the other crossbar arm, which is sub-cylindrical in cross-section and still contains a portion of the copper-alloy hinge pin and axial bar; the pin is now missing. The brooch is relatively flat in profile, with just a light arch and only a small portion of the simple tapering brooch body remains. There is no moulded or inlaid decoration. The rest of the brooch body, foot and catchplate are missing, in addition to the…
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AAF0B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Trumpet type, dating to the second century AD. Only the bottom half of the bow, most of the lower part of the catchplate and an elaborate foot knop are still present. The remains of the brooch body are decorated with a moulded raised spine running the vertical length of the centre of the brooch, flanked on either side with deep grooves, creating a sub-triangular cross-section. The brooch body tapers to a discoidal foot knop, decorated with a discoidal collar, followed by four protruding decorative pellets, creating a decorative band an…
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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