Record ID: CAM-492E0C
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Niedermendig lava. This fragment of rock weighs c.1500.0g and is part of an Early-Medieval to early Medieval rotary quern dating to c.AD 700-1100. This is a fragment from the upper stone and the fragment includes part of the collar from around the eye. The collar gives the upper stone a thickness of 72.7mm. The surface adjacent to the eye is vertical and has a length of c.72.0mm. The external edge of the upper stone seems to be incomplete due to an old break and has a maximum length of c.194.0mm. The stone has a thickness ranging between 24.5mm and 37.7mm at the outer…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-6A8FE8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval copper-alloy strap-end with niello inlay decoration. This strap-end is a Thomas Class A, Type 1 and weighs 3.34g. The artefact has a length of 30.0mm and maximum width of 10.1mm. The en-facing animal head terminal is subtle and accounts for 9.2mm of the total length. The main decorative field has a straight transverse edge at the back of the animal head terminal zone. The edges, defined by a shallow narrow incised line, run approximately parallel to the slightly convex curved edges of the strap-end. The upper end, towards the split end, has a concave curve which l…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-ACFF91
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end of Gabor's class E, dating to AD 800-1100. The exact class E type has not been identified however, Type 1 is possible. This tongue shaped strap-end weighs 9.6g, has a length of 38.8mm and maximum width at the attachment end of 19.0mm. Dried mud adheres in patches to the surfaces of the artefact obscuring some of the moulded decoration. At the rounded convex terminal the upper surface has two 'style 1' bird heads with curving beak motifs. The outlines of these bird heads are formed in the negative and are positioned so that the top and back of…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-87DBAF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Early-Medieval copper-alloy brooch of uncertain type, probably a radiate-headed variant dating to the 6th century AD (possibly later if this is a Continental type of brooch). The remains of this incomplete brooch weighs 9.11g, It has an incomplete length of 33.3mm and maximum width of 30.2mm. The bow The bow terminates in an extremely worn break of 6.4mm width and thickness of 4.4mm. The bow has a 'D' shaped cross-section the external surface and sides convexly curved. The bow accounts for c.16.7mm of the length axis and where it …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-87CAB4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact with traces of gilt dating to the Early-Medieval period. This is most likely part of a harness pendant of bichrome style (c. AD 500-570). It weighs 6.38g, has an incomplete length of 26.9mm and maximum width of 29.0mm.  It has a sub-triangular shape, the widest end having an almost completely straight edge (extremely subtly convexly curved) of 28.7mm width. This edge has a thickness of 1.9mm at the centre thinning slightly to 1.7mm at the corners. The edge of the artefact turns to an angle just greater than 90 degrees at the corners f…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-87A1A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end, Thomas, G. Class A2a with curvilinear decoration. This artefact has been broken and then modified for further use. This artefact weighs 1.29g, has an incomplete length of 27.4mm, maximum width of 11.8mm and thickness of 0.9mm increasing to 1.2mm over the zoomorphic distal terminal. The proximal end appears to be a straight line with wear and post-depositional damage adding a subtle unevenness to the edge. However, this is the line of break, the proximal end now missing. The sides taper to a blunt distal end…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-877847
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward the Confessor, AD 1042-1066. Huntingdon mint, moneyer Godwine. North number 827. Obverse: EAD[...] [REX ANGLOR[U]M, depicting crowned and seated on throne facing, head turned right, holding a long sceptre and orb. Reverse: [+GO]DPINE ON HVN[...], depicting Short cross voided with a bird in each angle. Die axis is 6 o'clock.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-357103
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold loop, possibly a bracelet, made from three strands of beaded wire that have been twisted together. Each strand has a diameter of approx. 1.0mm and the three together have a diameter of approx. 2.0mm. It appears that the terminal end of each strand was staggered so that the start and end of each length is spread around the loop. This would help to prevent the loop from unravelling. These joints are spaced approx. 9.9mm and 10.3mm apart. The loop has been squashed out of shape, currently having an irregular oval form. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface, un…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: CAM-113633
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy pin, only the multifaceted head and short length of shank survive. This fragment weighs 1.78g and has a maximum incomplete length of 17.1mm. The head accounts for c.8.0mm of this length. The head has a rectangular cross-section with width of 6.3mm and thickness of 5.4mm. Three of the four side panels have a single ring-and-dot motif of maximum c.3.5mm diameter. It is likely that the fourth side also has this motif which is obscured from view by dried mud and or concretion of some sort of substance such as corrosion product etc. It seems that each of the …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: CAM-190331
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Viking penny of the Saint Edmund Coinage (c.895-c.917; North 483) belonging to the second phase, c.910-7; moneyer: Bosecin. Ref: North 1994: 108-9; Blackburn and Pagan 2002: 11-2. Obverse: SCE EADMVN (S on side) around a central 'A'. Reverse +BOLECINO (L inverted) around a central cross pattee. Die axis: 3 o'clock. Weight: 1.23g. Diameter: 19.1mm. Thickness: 1.1mm. The edge of the flan from 9 o'clock - 1 o'clock (obverse) is badly chipped, removing the outer circle in this area.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E71DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late 10th to 11th century AD Cloisonné disc brooch. See Buckton 1986, p.12, fig.4, no.11 and Weetch Type 20.A. cross with lobes. This brooch weighs 6.89g, and measures 25.0mm on the same axis as the pin x 25.7mm. The back-plate has a thickness of 1.6mm and is circular with twelve approximately equally spaced rounded lobes projecting out from the edge. Four of these lobes have a diameter ranging between 4.5mm - 5.1mm. The upper surface of these four lobes have a copper-alloy collar, within which sits a glass sphere. The two slightly larger lobes are positioned opposite each other…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-9287C0
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pendant produced from an early-medieval coin which has been adapted with the addition of a gold suspension loop. The coin is a Merovingian gold tremissis of the 'National Series' dating c.580-675, struck at the Paris mint (IN PALACIO) by the moneyer Landegiselus. Obverse: diademed bust right; inscription: IN PA/LACIO Reverse: a cross with pellet in each quarter, within a beaded inner circle; inscription: LANΔEGISILVM Die axis: 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.45g, diameter is 12.8mm, thickness is 1.3mm. Discussion: Single coins are not normally considered under the Treasur…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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Record ID: CAM-5D8F2E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axehead of Early-Medieval date. These early Anglo-Saxon 'Francisca', Frankish throwing axes date from the 5th to the 8th century AD. The example recorded in this PAS record is a type from early in the chronology of Francisca. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.0.6kg (600.00g). It has a length of c.146.0mm, maximum width of c.37.0mm and maximum height of c.85.0mm. The butt-end of the tool is flat and sub-rectangular in shape measuring 41.5mm x 36.7mm with angular corners on all, but the upper, edges. The sides of the tool-head expand slightly with a convex curve …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2819F3
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a complete Early-Medieval double-ended horse harness fitting or bridle link which dates from the 11th Century AD. The object is made of copper-alloy. The artefact measures 66.0mm in length and weighs 13.04g. There are two loops - one on either end connected by a central bar 29.5mm in length. Each loop measures 17.5mm on the outside edge and 13.1mm on the inside on the widest parts. Three knobs protrude from each loop, evenly spaced along the outside edge. One of the loops is considerably worn on the reverse between two of the knobs. The central bar which links the two loops ha…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
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Record ID: CAM-DDB1EB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight enclosed in an open-work copper-alloy casing surround. This artefact dates from the late Early-Medieval to early Medieval period. This weight has a sub-spherical shape with a diameter of 32.4mm and height of 25.2mm. Four open-work sub-lozenge shapes, in the copper casing, are, approximately equally, spaced around the mid-point of the circumference. These range in size from 12.9mm x11.3mm to 15.8mm x 13.4mm. The lead fills the copper casing and comes level with these lozenges or stops concave from the layer of copper-alloy surrounding the lozenges. This gives the artef…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: CAM-A7B5A8
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval copper-alloy horse harness fitting, probably a harness-link, which dates from the 11th Century AD. This fragment weighs 19.96g. The complete end comprises an oval loop with three evenly spaced knobs protruding from the outside edge. These knobs protrude out from the outer edge for an approximate length of 2.4mm and have a width of 6.2mm. This gives the terminal a maximum width of 25.0mm. An oval aperture is present at the centre of this terminal. The aperture measures 10.3mm on the same plane as the artefact's shaft and accounts for 12.2mm of the…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: CAM-2D05D2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end, cast in one piece, dating to the period sometime between AD750-1100. The condition of this artefact is relatively good, the only damage being a break across the corner of one of the two attachment loops. This artefact does not readily fit into the Thomas classification system but seems to display influence from at least Class B, Type 1, Class D and also possibly Class C. See Thomas, G., 2003 Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part I Lincolnshire : Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 & Thomas, G., 2003 Late Anglo-Saxon…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: CAM-359946
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series K (type 20), dating c.720-40, probably minted in Kent. Ref: Metcalf 1994: Obverse shows Crude, diademed and robed bust right, knotted wreath ties behind, long nose, small mouth, chalice in palm, quatrefoil before possibly representing fragrance. Reverse shows Single figure with cross-hatched tabard standing in crescent boat, with one long cross pommee left and bird in right hand. Die axis is 3 o'clock. Weight is 0.95g, diameter is 11.7mm, thickness is 1.6mm. The coin in in poor condition with green corrision products visible of the sur…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3587BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series R (probably Metcalf variety R8) dating c.730-50, minted in East Anglia. Ref: Metcalf 1994: 514-5. Beaded standard containing angular symbols and central annulet, representing degenerate TOTII legend, cross pommees to side, diagonals at angles Profile head or bust right, OVO - runic ep . Die axis is probably 3 o'clock. Weight is 0.96g, diameter is 12.7mm, thickness is 2.0mm.
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-34C689
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016), long cross type (North 774; c.997-1003), mint: Huntingdon, moneyer: Aelfric. Ref: North 1994: 159. Obverse shows A bare-headed bust left. Obverse legend reads ÆÐELRED REX ANGLO. Reverse shows a long cross voided, single pellet at centre, each limb terminating in three crescents. There is a die flaw visible in the second quarter of the reverse. Reverse reads +ÆL/FRIC/M_O(with pellet in centre of o)/NVNT. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.28g, diameter is 20.2mm, thickness is 1.0mm. See North, J.J., 1980.…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.