Record ID: LVPL-25FCB6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age Gold Strip (possibly a bead) from Much Wenlock - Shropshire Treasure Case: 2017 T42 A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface. The object was folded upon discovery and subsequently opened up by the finder. One edge of the strip is complete having been cut regularly with a slightly thickened rim while the other edge of the strip has been torn resulting in a sharp undulating edge. The decoration consists of eight fine, straight ridges and grooves.. Dimensions: length 17mm, width 14mm, weight 2.1g Discussion: The linear decoration…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-23FDE0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small amber bead dating to the Bronze Age, (2350-801BC). The object is circular in plan and sub-oval in cross-section. It is of varying thickness with a rough thickness. The object has a conical perforation which has been drilled from one side. The perforation has an internal diameter of 3.27mm on one face which tapers down to 1.99mm on the opposite face. The surface is rough and uneven. It is light orange-yellow in colour due to oxidation. This piece of amber would have originated in Poland.
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trefnant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9186C1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bead dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. It is circular in plan and biconical, measuring 17.59mm in diameter and 6.93mm thick. The internal perforation measures 5.64mm in diameter. The object has been drilled from each side. The outer face is decorated with a central circumferential moulding flanked by four grooves. A similar example which can be found on the database is Minter, F (2006) SF-B4C654 A BRONZE AGE BEAD Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/123352.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-34D297
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface. The edges of the strip appear to have been cut rather than broken, suggesting that the object is complete. The strip has been folded almost exactly in half (although the two ends do not meet) with the decorated side outermost. The decoration consists of 13 fine, straight, 'incised' grooves. Dimensions: Length (folded) 5.5-6.5mm; Length (if unfolded - soft tape): c.13mm; Width: 6mm; Thickness (as folded): 2mm; Thickness of sheet: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.58g The incised linear decoration of the strip can be paralleled o…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Retford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B28293
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ornament, probably a bead. The thin sheet of gold had been rolled into a cylindrical shape but has now been unfortunately crushed. It is decorated with sixteen transverse embossed grooves. There is a brown substance, probably soil, inside the crushed ornament. The probable bead is very rare for Britain and Ireland though a necklace of similar beads from Ireland is in the British Museum (BM 1853,0926.2). Although the presence of sheet-working technique and embossed decoration in Britain would suggest an Early-Middle Bronze Age date, parallels in Bronze Final individual burial cr…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-110C02
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Basalt bead dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. It is oval in plan and in cross-section. A circular perforation runs through the length of the object. It is narrow at one end, 3.83mm, and much wider at the other,6.82mm. The bead is decorated with incised lines which run around the object horizontally. It has a flat bottom and a slightly raised oval at the top. It has a smooth black patina.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Handley', grid reference and parish protected.