Finds – Leiston Abbey

Finds – Season 3 – Day 9 – Buckle

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:42:26 +0000

Day 9, Season 3

This cute oval-shaped spectacle buckle came out of trench 20. Check out the grooved edges!

Finds – Season 3 – Day 8 – Flint

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:55:24 +0000

Day 8, Season 3

Pretttttyyyy! Another piece of worked flint – there’s a bulb of percussion, and worked edges. Sadly, this came out of some medieval rubble, so it’s no use to us at all – but it’s still a nice find!

Finds – Season 3 – Day 5 – Flint

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:46:40 +0000

Day 5, Season 3

Is this a beautiful honey-coloured flint actually a Neolithic thumbscaper?

Finds – Day 3 – Season 3 – Key

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:52:55 +0000

Day 3, Season 3

A big chunk key needs a big chunky door… we wonder what it unlocks? Could this be the key to Black Shuck’s doghouse? Or is it the key to the abbey?

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#Find – Day 12, Season 2 – Bead

DigVentures — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:00:53 +0000

Day 13, Season 2

A tiny jet black bead! It’s sub-spherical, with a centrally drilled hole, ends that are slightly flat and you can clearly see finishing lines from turning on a lathe. Probably dates to the medieval period 1250 – 1500 AD. Although it’s slightly different in size and weight to the other one, they could be part of the same necklace… or rosary? Fancy!

#Find – Day 11, Season 2 – Earspoon

DigVentures — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:02:37 +0000

Day 11, Season 2

An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon that could be an ear scoop, hoof or medical instrument, probably from a chatelaine set. Could be early Medieval in date 200 to 700AD, but… a 14th to 16th century date is more probable.

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Find – Day 11, Season 2 – Bone comb

DigVentures — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:01:21 +0000

Day 11, Season 2

A post-medieval bone comb, made between 16th – 18th centuries. The gossip on site is that it may have been a nit comb…

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#Find – Day 10, Season 2 – Golden button

DigVentures — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:25:32 +0000

Day 10, Season 2

Pretty! At least, it will be once it’s cleaned up. This beaut is made of gold wrapped around thread wrapped around a wire lattice. It was delicate work to make and will be delicate work to conserve.

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#Find – Day 10, Season 2 – Curse tablet

DigVentures — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:15:35 +0000

Day 10, Season 2

A rolled strip of lead which has been deliberately folded in three and a half turns. It looks like a Roman curse tablet, or a medieval net sinker. To stay on the safe side, we’ll leave it to the lab to find out!

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