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BEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-AA2C19
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A collection of 12 glass beads of possible Roman date, AD 43 - 410. The beads are varied in shape and colour. They range from dark blue through royal blue, to light blue (both translucent and opaque) and turquoise, green, yellow as well as mottled cream and blue. They are mainly annular or globular beads, some more rounded and some more cylindrical. They all have circular central holes of varying diameter from 1-3mm.
Birgitta Hoffmann (Pers. Comm.) draws attention to the bead at the top left appearing to be cased colourless over blue glass and the one at the bottom right apparently showing evidence of cabling over a small bead in peacock green. She also notes a number of small drawn beads (bottom left) and flattened beads. She suggests that these features make a Roman date more likely than an Early Medieval one.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 12
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005 - Saturday 31st December 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3000
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Harthill with Woodall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5080
Four figure Latitude: 53.31458116
Four figure longitude: -1.25096989
1:25K map: SK5080
1:10K map: SK58SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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