Record ID: PAS-011055
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold-plated Late Bronze Age penannular ring with a copper alloy core, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. The gold penannular ring is decorated with thin stripes of a contrasting silvery-coloured metal. A small patch of (copper alloy) corrosion inside the terminal of the ring suggests that this ring is gold-plated rather than solid gold. Dimensions: Width: 18.5mm; Height: 17mm; Thickness: 7mm; Diameter of central perforation: 5mm; Length of gap between terminals: 2mm; Weight: 11.69g Discussion: The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hai…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flint Cross area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F1A729
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A folded fragment from a gold strip dating to the Bronze Age c.1500-800 BCE. A flat gold sheet that has been folded flat against itself over 180 degrees. One original terminal survives which ends in a curved convex edge. The opposite terminal of the fragment ends in a clean transverse break. The outer surface of the sheet has incised decoration consisting of 10 parallel lines that run the length of the object taking up its entire width. This creates a ridged design. The reverse is plain although traces of the upper design’s creation are faintly visible. The objec…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-2D3218
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold band with a narrow tang/fastening hook at one end and blunt rounded terminal at one end (with a roughly pierced hole to receive the fastening hook). Both sides of the ornament are folded over to create an overall [ shape (similar to other objects of this date and style, cf. the Binstead 'rings', discussed below). The object has been distorted and crumpled. It is not clear whether the damage occurred before or after deposition, but the latter is probable given the lack of clear or intentional breakage. Dimensions: In its current state the object has dimensions of 30mm …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-833958
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of five late Bronze Age gold jewellery items and one copper-alloy fragment, found in a pottery vessel. The contents of the hoard are as follows: 1.) Neckring 1: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, the whole ring is decorated with incised radial lines except for a plain strip along the rear face; there is more complex groove decoration near the terminals. 2.) Necking 2: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, decorated near the terminal zones only, with bands of close-set grooves. 3.) Bracelet 1: a 'C'-shaped ring of el…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-35C8A8
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Folded gold strip or diadem. Soil remains wedged between layers. The object has been folded up and consists of 5-6 layers. The tapering tip of one end of the strip is visible on the outside of the folded bundle. Lines of pointillé decoration run along both edges of the strip and meet at the terminal. There are three perforations visible on a terminal of the band that tapers inwards forming a triangle with the single perforation at the tip of the taper en Dimensions (in folded condition): Length: 28.23mm Width: 19.93mm Thickness (with soil): 5.33mm Thickness (sheet): 0.18mm…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PAS-E40226
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
In September 2011 a Middle Bronze Age hoard comprising of six copper-alloy objects were excavated from the fill of a ditch during archaeological excavation conducted by Archaeological Solutions Ltd at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk. The find comprised of: two quoit-headed pins, three spiral twisted torcs, a spiral twisted armring/bracelet and a plain penannularbracelet. Description 1. [ENF 127270 (1167).1] Complete copper alloy quoit-headed pin. The shank is roughly circular sectioned and has a marked bend near the tip. The shank with the lower part of the head is broken away from the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-929C02
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Four Bronze Age Palstaves, uncovered during the stripping of topsoil and subsoil for an excavation at North Bersted.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bognor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-6DBE56
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled-up strip of gold of probable Chalcolithic or Bronze Age date (c. 2500-800 BC). The strip of gold is sub-rectangular in plan, and is rolled up (width ways), forming a tight roll which has been slightly squashed into an oval shape (when viewed from the side). Eleven folds can be counted from the middle. There is some soil still attached to and within these folds. The strip is very thin (less than a diameter). The strip is wider in the middle than near the end, where it tapers from c. 21 mm in the middle towards 15 mm at the end (the end hidden in the folds in the centre of the …
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-067AC5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery A gold band or ribbon of Bronze Age date was discovered by Ms Georgina Agnew while metal detecting on the 9th of March 2013 near Sherborne St John in the county of Hampshire. Description 1. A single fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape with one surface decorated with 10 finely cut and very straight grooves. The other surface is plain and relatively flat and smooth, with the grooves visible in places but not fully penetrating through from the opposite side. The surviving terminal has a centrally-placed perforation, c.1.5mm f…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherborne St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B9D6E5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a gold penannular bracelet, with a thin flat cross-section and an expanded 'buffer' terminal. Found in an unstratified context. Comparable pieces have been found in hoards in Bexley Heath, Kent, Beachy Head, Sussex and Caister, Norfolk (Eogan, 1994, 168-170) and more recently in the Bawdeswell area in Norfolk (TAR, 2005/6, 23, 274, No. 30). A Bronze Age torc was found (and lost again) in the vicinity of Isleworth and recorded as Treasure Trove in the courts of the manor of the abbess of Syon Abbey on 19th October 1467 (Mattingly, 1983, 179).
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brentford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-5607C5
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, solid penannular ring with irregularly facetted section. Each flattened face has one row of pointillé dots and there is another on the outer face; between, there are rows of finely executed oblique strokes in opposing directions; in places the latter are very worn. Maximum external diameter 11mm; maximum internal diameter 7mm; breadth 2mm; weight 1.19 grams. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 79%. Identification The piece may be ascribed to the Late Bronze Age penannular ring series (circa 1150-750BC), a…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kent area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-446915
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold, possibly from a bracelet or torc surviving as an undecorated oval/ellipse shaped band that tapers to the shoulders of probable terminals that may have been broken (the breaks are not conclusive). The terminals appear to have been twisted prior to the purported breaks (possibly in the process of breaking them). The band has several bends and distortions and it is not clear what the original profile of the band would have been. There are a number of scuffs and striations to both surfaces. Possible small hammer markings can be seen, particularly on one side of the ban…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PAS-9474B1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard. 1. Socketed Axe. Now badly distorted, originally sub-rectangular or hexagonal in section. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop, casting seem along two sides. Irregular and ancient break shortly after start of expansion for (missing) cutting edge. Length (at least) 65mm, socket (external, distorted) 49 x 27mm (internal, distorted) 39 x 16mm. Weighing 145.4g. 2. Socketed axe fragment. Rectangular section, ancient break across the very end of the socket, slightly expanded for unsharpened, slightly curved cutting edge. Length…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9B2032
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of Discovery: On the 12th July, two side-looped palstaves, and one socketed hammer were found. The hoard was found on the side of a ditch on pasture land, in North Somerset. Description: 1. Copper alloy side-looped palstave, Transitional Type. The palstave has high petal shaped flanges, and three ribs which run from the centre of the stop ridge, and end approximately a quarter of the way down the blade in a triangular/trident shape, roughly parallel to the end of the side-loop. The body of the palstave is narrow but widens down the blade eventually flaring at the cut…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrington', grid reference and parish protected.