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Jan 23

Guide – Landscape Archaeology: Post-Ice Age Landscape of Thornborough

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The landscape of Thornborough before the arrival of humans was shaped by the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers receded, the land began to warm, leading to the rebirth of plant and animal life. The area would have been covered by a mosaic of vegetation that slowly replaced the tundra-like conditions left behind by the retreating ice sheets.

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NMS-7716DD HOOKED TAG EARLY MEDIEVAL

Incomplete and rather abraded Middle Saxon to Late Saxon sheet copper alloy hooked tag of Read 2008 early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class B, Type 2. One of the two attachment holes in incomplete. Six [...]

NMS-76ADBB METAL WORKING DEBRIS UNKNOWN

Small piece of solidified molten copper alloy of unknown but not recent date, shapeless with uneven surfaces. Weight 4.08g. [...]

NMS-768D05 METAL WORKING DEBRIS UNKNOWN

Piece of solidified molten copper alloy of unknown but not recent date, shapeless with silvery grey uneven surfaces. Weight 56.48g. [...]

NMS-766863 BUTTON MEDIEVAL

Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy button with an almost flat head and an integral drilled loop. A circumferential groove on the front face of the head is probably moulded and the flat area within it [...]

NMS-75803A SPINDLE WHORL MEDIEVAL

Badly misshapen Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl, probably once either annular or plano-convex. On one face a rectangular depression, 15 x 9mm and 1.mm deep, which surrounds the central hole, may be created [...]

NMS-756A06 BUCKLE POST MEDIEVAL

Post-medieval white-metal coated copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal, with a lobe at the ends of the bar, cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 512-3. Weight 6.22g. Length 40mm. Width 21.1mm. c.1620 - c.1680. [...]

NMS-73F3EF JEWS HARP MEDIEVAL

Post-medieval copper alloy jew's harp with a rabbet for an iron tongue which has been lost. There are profuse file marks on much of the surfaces. Weight 24.97g. Length 59.5mm. Width 26.8mm. Thickness 7.4mm. Not [...]

NMS-73D9F6 RING MEDIEVAL

Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy of variable pentagonal cross-section with file marks on non-abraded areas. Weight 3.71g. External diameter 26 - 26.6mm. Internal diameter 21mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Possibly used in the suspension of drapes (Egan [...]

NMS-73A810 STRAP FITTING POST MEDIEVAL

Post-medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a small, circular, plano-convex mount with a pair of integral round-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. The tips of these are bent over suggesting the strap was c.4mm thick. Weight 0.90g. Diameter [...]

NMS-735343 HARNESS MOUNT POST MEDIEVAL

Post-medieval copper alloy flat harness mount in the form of an elaborate quatrefoil, with two integral oval-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse bent over suggesting a strap c.3mm thick. Very similar to Read 2016, nos. [...]

NMS-732A29 BUTTON POST MEDIEVAL

Post-medieval copper alloy button with a solid plano-convex head and an integral non-drilled loop. Weight 1.88g. Diameter 9.6 - 10.3mm. Length 10.2mm. 16th century [...]

PUBLIC-7063D7 COIN POST MEDIEVAL

A fragment of a struck silver coin, very probably a halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) mint of London. Not further defined.Inferred diameter 16mm, thickness 0.3mm, weight 0.3g. [...]

WILT-61B4D6 COIN ROMAN

A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD323-361) dating to AD330-335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers with two standards. Unclear mint. [...]

WILT-61A5F8 COIN ROMAN