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Flint axehead Neolithic Surface find collected from Silkstead, Otterbourne, Hampshire This small axehead would have been used for tree clearance by Hampshire's first farmers. It was created from a ...

Clay loomweight Medieval, probably 12th or 13th century Found during excavations at Back Street, St Cross, Winchester, in the late 1950s This is one of a group of loomweights found in a heap in a ...

Copper alloy thimble Post-medieval, probably 17th century Found during excavations by Wessex Archaeology at the Evans Halshaw site (now Silchester Place), Hyde Street, Winchester in 2000-2001 ...

Clay loomweight Medieval, probably 12th or 13th century Found during excavations at Back Street, St Cross, Winchester in the late 1950s This is one of a group of loomweights found in a heap in a ...

Silver-gilt dress hook Tudor, 16th century AD Found by a metal detectorist at Martyr Worthy, Itchen Valley, Hampshire in 2000 This highly decorative object features a large rosette and two fleur-de ...

Clay loomweight Believed to be of Bronze Age date Found at Bursledon Brick Fields, Swanwick, Hampshire and donated to the museum in 1928 This large clay object is thought to have been used to weight ...