Record ID: PUBLIC-D182AA
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  c1300-1500 cast copper alloy polyhedral sword pommel. It has 18 flat sides and 8 pointed edges. There are 2 rectagonal slots top and bottom to accept the tang of the sword. The top slot is 6mm by 4mm and the bottom slot is 12mm by 8mm. This is similar to record  SUSS-EB9BE8 and typical of a Ward-Perkings type VIII / Oakshott I example,
Created on: Thursday 28th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'New Romney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4D23EC
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably late to post medieval copper-alloy hollow oval spherical object, possibly a pommel from a sword or dagger handle, with a suggested date of c.1400-1700. Oval in plan with a flattened spherical profile. Formed from two halves with a soldered joint around the central circumference. There are two central apertures, the top measuring 6.3mm diameter and at the base 10.6mm diameter. One end of the upper body is slightly damaged and the surface displays a pale green patina. Length 36mm, width 27.7mm, height 18mm and weight 18.5g. No exact parallel can be …
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B9BB18
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy sword guard (c. AD 1690-1900), probably from a 'court sword', or rapier.  The hilt remains roughly T-shaped in plan; the body has a hollow and rectangular cross-section. Both ends expand slightly and have flared rims; the bottom rectangular end has a shallower incomplete rim with a flange. The top rim is formed from a flat oval disc horizontally placed on top of the hilt. The main body of the hilt is slightly wasted and has moulded relief decoration on each face. The decoration is slightly worn, both faces are decora…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3FB331
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval hollow cast copper alloy wheel pommel from a sword or dagger, (Ward Perkins 1940, Type VIII) (Oakeshott type G2 pommel) dating c. AD 1200-1550. Decorated on both faces and around the sides. Both faces have inscribed hatching formed from horizontal and vertical lines. These separate three narrow lozenges which appear to bear traces of lost decorative attachments. Each side is inscribed with a series of diagonal lines in a similar style to the faces. The pommel has a dark green patina with traces of a reddish residue around the lozenges. Rectangular perforation for a tang…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FCE55B
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Later Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian style) copper alloy sword pommel, dating from c. AD 900 - 1100. The pommel is broadly triangular in shape and has a hollow interior. The base curves upwards towards the outer edges. The pommel is divided into five lobes, increasing in size from the edges to the centre, each separated from its neighbour by a groove. On the upper edge of the central lobe is an oval shaped aperture, through which the tang of the sword would have passed. A corresponding rectangular slot is present on centre of the the lower edge. The pommel has a li…
Created on: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corvedale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B188A2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy pommel cap, probably from from an Early Medieval, 10th or 11th century Viking sword, of Petersen Type S, Wheeler Type III, (Peirce, 2002, 102-107). The cap is lentoid and in the form of five conjoined lobes, reducing in size from the centre through which is a hole to accommodate the riveted end of the tang. One of the lobes has a narrow groove, which may have been caused accidentally. The cap is hollow with iron staining on the inside. The whole object has a green patina. Dimensions: Length 62 mm, Width 21 mm, 5 mm thick. Weight 51.13 gm This for…
Created on: Friday 25th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ashby de la Launde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-57E5B4
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy blade of Late Bronze Age date (c.1100-800 BC). Description: The fragment represents a middle section of the blade, with the mid-rib and faceted blade edges remaining. The division of the blade facets from the mid-rib is highly distinctive. The breaks seem heavily worn and the object is patinated dark green where un damaged and lighter green where damaged or worn. Measurements: Surviving length 34.13mm; surviving width 22.49mm; maximum thickness 8.3mm; surviving weight 23.62g. Discussion: Possibly of Carp's tongue type or Ewart Park
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E9B6AE
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete but large and robust scabbard chape of probable very late Iron Age or early Roman date (50 BC - AD 100). The chape is cast as a single piece being triangular in plan with a large rounded solid circular knop at the foot. The upper element is damaged through movement in the plough soil and the edges are feathered. One face has a vertical split / opened seam. The foot knop has a deep recessed circumferential groove around the external edge giving it a turned look. Positioned centrally within this groove is a recessed perforated hole with extant rivet; this would have enable…
Created on: Thursday 6th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-092398
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tang and handle end of possibly a Roman iron or steel sword. The whole object is 118mm in length and highly corroded resulting in most of the length being missing. It has a square sectioned tang, 67.5mm in length, 7.5mm at its widest gradually tapering down to 4.5mm at its corroded tip. On one surface there appears to be a slight ridge continuing the line of the tang but there is much corrosion. At the head of the tang the blade widens to 40mm in a slight arc and two rivets are present, approximately 5mm from the edge, probably to fix a sword guard in place. The blade then tapers d…
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-415955
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword pommel of early medieval date, probably Viking era. The pommel consists of 5 lobes with the central lobe being the largest. The three central lobes are hollow. The lobes on either side of the centre diminish in size. The recesses at each end indicate that this was a two-part pommel and there appears to be encrustation between lobes 1 and 2 perhaps from binding material that held together the two parts. The base is flat. It is interesting to note that the three central lobes are much more separated than most examples and individually hollow rather than a singl…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4221F3
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron sword pommel, sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular shaped in section. This appears to be form a one piece pommel, possibly from a similar sword classified as Oakeshott Type X.7 dating from c. 950 to 1000. Oakeshott pommel type A "Brazil-nut" form. There is some pitting and corrosion, but its overall shape is intact. The tang hole is too corroded to discern it's shape. 60mm wide, 48mm in height, 24mm at its thickest point.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-086575
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze fragment, possibly a fragment of a bladed implement of Bronze Age date, dated to c. 1500BC - 750BC The fragment is broken at both ends and also has peripheral damage (with a surviving length of 26.9mm, a surviving maximum width of 26.8mm and a weight of 15.6g). The object has a prominent rounded midrib, which narrows at the narrower end. Although there is damage and erosion to both sides, there is the suggestion that the object was originally wider one end and is also thicker on the narrowest side (with a maximum thickness of 7.7mm and thickness on the opposite end of 7.2mm).…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9E7503
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy cast sword pommel, probably of 15th century date The sword pommel is near-complete, with some damage to one face (with a length of 38.8mm, a width of 41.5mm and a weight, containing sediment of 96.2g). The pommel is of polyhedral form, with faceted sides around four sub-lozenge shaped panels. There is a sub-rectangular slot (12.9mm x 6.4mm) at the base to accommodate the sword tang, and a smaller sub-rectangular slot at the apex (5.9mm4.0mm). The pommel has an irregularly shaped puncture on one side (11mm x 13mm). The surface has a dark green patina, with …
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.