Small Medieval Knife

Small Medieval Knife with bone handle

This small knife may have been used to eat food or as a tool. Excavations in the Brighton Hill South area of Basingstoke in 1986 revealed the remains of a small Medieval village, possibly the lost village of Hatch. This included a church and a graveyard with over 200 graves identified. A coin from inside the church which dates the use of the area to around the reign of Edward I (1280-1300) in the Late 13th / Early 14th Century. The people living in the village would have been familiar with knives like this in their everyday lives. 

This objected was featured in 'Basingstoke's My Home' at the Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery an exhibition celebrating immigration in Basingstoke throughout time.

This object was audited and researched as part of the Heritage Fund Data Hunters and Story Gatherers project.  

 
 

a case with five objects. top the copper balance beam with its pointer upward and the balance beam at an angle to illustrate movement each end of balance has thin wires arranged to illustrate the small pans that would have hung at either end. left two roman copper brooches one slightly bigger than the other. right small dagger with bone handle. bottom small figure of a bound celtic captive front facing with hole through the back to be worn around the neck.