Record ID: CAM-BE6165
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of Secondary Phase Series R8 (Naismith RSb) dating to c.AD710-50, mint: East Anglia (Ipswich?). Ref: Naismith 2017: p.103, table 4, figure 5. Obverse: Radiate bust right with long eyebrow, lips formed of two lines, no neck; runic legend before, inverted 'V' with two annulets behind.  Reverse: Degenerate beaded TOTII standard with various symbols, diagonals to corners, crosses to sides.  Probably 12 o'clock die axis. Weight is 1.01g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-BDEC3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (or sceat) of the Secondary Phase triquetras group (Naismith Series TRa, triquetras/bird-in-vine) dating to c. AD720-30. Ref: Naismith 2017: p.101, table 4, figure 5; cf. EMC2015.0225  Obverse: interlaced triquetras forming a cross with lozenge centre enclosing a pellet; pellet in each angle. Reverse Long necked bird, facing right in vine pecking at berries. (cf. Series U type 23b/d). Die axis is uncertain. Weight is 0.91g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-6A60F1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single iron spearhead of Early-Medieval date (c.6th to 7th century AD). Swanton type E3. The spearhead is almost complete but in bent condition. The remains of the head weigh c.362.0g. Use of a flexible dress-maker's tape-measure shows the artefact to have had a length of c.347mm and in its current bent condition it occupies a straight length of c.339mm between tip and socket end. The maximum width, across the head's shoulders, is 46.2mm. The thickness at that location is c.12.7mm. The spearhead has a very shallow lozenge shaped cross-section along its length. …
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EBA6F3
Object type: DIE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This possible die initially resembles an incomplete head from a great square-headed brooch of early Early-Medieval date (Hines' Group XXIII brooches). However, after discussion with learned colleagues it seems unlikely to be part of a GSH brooch. "...it certainly has the format of some of Hines' Group XXIII brooches, although all that seems to be represented is the central panel of the head - the object is too small to represent a full headplate. There is also the lack of evidence for the springing of the bow, I would have expected there to be some trace of it. The th…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: CAM-798323
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy (locking) key probably of transitional later Early-Medieval date. Dating tentatively given as AD 850-1066. This artefact is complete but bent and weighs 5.88g. Use of a flexible dress-maker's tape-measure indicates that this artefact has a length of 57.5mm. However, in its bent condition its length measures 55.1mm. The key has a maximum width of 13.7mm (across the bit) and maximum thickness of 6.1mm. The key terminates at the, proximal, wider end of the bow-stem with a suspension loop that is turned through 90 degrees to the plane of th…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
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Record ID: CAM-8C6C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval lead nummular disc brooch. The brooch weighs 13.32g, has a roughly circular shape with maximum diameter of 32.5mm. It has a thickness of 2.6mm at the edge of the disc, increasing to 7.1mm over the squashed over catch-pate and has a thickness of 6.3mm over the squashed over pin-lug. The face of the brooch is decorated with low relief moulding of concentric circles. Around the edge of the upper surface is a ring of closely set pellets, each pellet having a diameter of 2.2mm. Within that ring is a continuous circle of 1.9mm width. Inside that is a second…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-8C5D54
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval copper-alloy stirrup terminal mount, (not to be confused with stirrup strap-mounts) (Williams' Unclassified Zoomorphic Class). This fragment weighs 7.57g, has an incomplete length (height) of 22.9mm, incomplete maximum width of 12.9mm and incomplete depth (thickness) of 19.6mm. The recess at the reverse of the mount has a triangular shape both on the base and upper parts. This can best be described as the concave corner of a triangular based prism. All sides around the recess have irregular breaks. The deepest part of the recess has a ro…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-8C5687
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early-Medieval to early Medieval copper-alloy stirrup terminal mount (not to be confused with stirrup strap-mounts) of Fleur-de-lis (trefoil) shape, Williams Class K. Late Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian style. The object has a hollow back that is semi-cylindrical in form, the attachment end seeming to be complete, as is the rest of the terminal mount. This open socket contains traces of a white substance, probably used to solder the terminal mount to the now missing stirrup and is closed at the base. At the attachment end the front face of the terminal mount…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-53E051
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval cruciform bow brooch, only the terminal of the foot survives and even this is incomplete having a break at either end. None of the foot's flat panel survives. A worn transverse break is present at what would originally have been the junction between the, now missing, flat panel and a raised moulding of transverse ribs that does survive. This moulding has a semi-circular cross-section, width of 14.9mm x thickness 6.1mm and measures 6.1mm on the artefact's length axis. Just past this proximal break, the reverse surface becomes concave. P…
Created on: Friday 4th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
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Record ID: CAM-D95BCB
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval silver hooked tag of Lewis, M. & Naylor, J. class: A3.b.ii-&-c.iii. Also described by Read, B. 2008, as a Class A, Type 2, sub-circular Early-Medieval hooked tag. This hooked tag weighs 0.56g, has a length of 18.4mm and maximum width of 11.2mm. The plate (body) is circular with an engrailed edge that forms a multi-knopped edge of eight semi-circular lobes. The lobes at the cardinal points are slightly narrower than those at the inter-cardinal points. The plate has a thickness of 0.6mm and rectangular cross-section. Probably originally flat, the plat…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire district area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BF0B35
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stirrup strap mount of Early-Medieval date. This is a Williams Group A mount dating approximately to the 11th century AD. This mount has a pentagonal shape and weighs 20.24g. It has an incomplete height of 38.4mm a worn break having occurred across the apex fixing aperture. Similar in shape to that shown in Williams, D. 1995 p.3, fig.4. A single Scandinavian-style beast creates the edge profile to each side of the mount, its tip of ear and tip of snout represented as small rounded protrusions from the edge. The base of the mount is a straight flat…
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
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Record ID: CAM-6EB843
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver 'early penny' (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series U (Type 23d; Naismith Series Ub), dating to c.AD 710-30, mint: uncertain (south-east England). Ref: Metcalf 1994: 554-64; Gannon 2013: 133-4, pl. 32 no. 740; Naismith 2017: table 4, pl. 20 no. 611. The coin shows patches of green, copper corrosion on both obverse and reverse. Obverse: standing figure with long, curving hair, head facing right, two pellets on breast, angular arms holding crosses left and right; the crosses end in cross pommée at top, base of one pellet (left) and three pellets (right). …
Created on: Friday 1st October 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of Peterborough Unitary Authority Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DD0269
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger-ring of unknown date. The finger-ring weighs 2.25g, has a circular hoop and rectangular cross-section. The external diameter is 18.3mm and the thickness of the band varies from 1.3mm to 0.7mm. The width of the band varies between 2.7mm and 4.3mm. The edges of the band are not straight and parallel to each other nor do they seem to have been shaped with any intentional form in mind, suggestive that a scrap strip of metal was formed into a continuous hoop without attempt to neaten the sides. While some of that might be the result of later damage, this i…
Created on: Friday 24th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: CAM-ACABBF
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Early-Medieval hooked tag that fits into Read's (2008) class A, type 1 category. This artefact weighs 0.7g, has a length of 20.9mm and is triangular in shape. The body has a rectangular cross-section with rounded edges. The widest end has a width of 10.3mm, thickness of 0.6mm and the edge is engrailed. c.1.9mm in from the engrailed edge are two small circular apertures. These have a diameter of 1.4mm, are set apart by 3.3mm and would have been used as attachment holes. The external surface is decorated along the two longer edges with incised lines. Along each of t…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: CAM-7A88CA
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gilded silver or base-silver Early-Medieval sleeve-clasp. The wrist-clasp is a Hines form C1 with chip-carved Style I decoration. The fragment is approximately half of the catch side of the pair that formed the wrist-clasp. It weighs 2.90g, has a width of 22.9mm and an incomplete length of 18.7mm. The clasp has a thickness of 1.4mm with a curved profile, convex outer surface and concave reverse surface, that gives the fragment a curved thickness of 3.3mm. The clasp would have been attached to the garment sleeve via the two T-shaped lugs (spiggots), only one…
Created on: Saturday 3rd October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: CAM-595355
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Early-Medieval strap-end, dating to the c. 9th Century AD. This is a Thomas, G. Class A type strap-end, weighing 1.54g. It has a length of 28.8mm, width of 8.7mm and maximum thickness at the split end of 1.9mm. The longitudinal sides of this artefact have a slight convex curve. The en-face animal-headed terminal end accounts for 9.9mm of the artefact’s total length. The snout is the narrowest part of the object at 4.1mm. The snout has a slightly convexly curved shape to what would otherwise be a transverse terminal. On the upper surface two short shallow incis…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: CAM-4A09B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval cruciform bow brooch. Only the head and bow survive on this example giving an incomplete length of 61.6mm and weight of 14.40g. The headplate has a maximum width of 29.1mm and accounts for 18.8mm of the artefact's length. The thicker raised central panel has a sub-rectangular shape, its width measuring 13.4mm at the top and accounting for 17.5mm of the headplate's width at the distal end. At the approximate centre, slightly off of true centre, of the central panel there is a dot and circle decorative motif. This motif was formed by use of…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-49F9C9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact of Early-Medieval date but uncertain function. This is most probably an incomplete mount, possibly related to stirrups or some other harness fitting. It weighs 8.24g and has a maximum width of 24.6mm. The length is currently 38.8mm, however a break is present at both ends (very worn at the wider end of the artefact and moderately worn at the tapering end). In its incomplete state the object has a pear or tear-drop shape. The reverse surface is undecorated and flat, however a concave depression is present on the reverse behind an area of moulding on …
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-69C9EC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end. This artefact is a class E, probably a type 1 Winchester style plant scroll simplified to a symmetrical openwork pattern and seems to have an absence of zoomorphic decorative element, or less likely might be a type 3 strap-end. This artefact weighs 15.5g, has a length of 48.2mm, maximum width of 24.4mm and maximum thickness of 4.9mm. The attachment end is rectangular. The reverse surface remains on the same plane as the rest of the artefact. However, the front surface has a reduced thickness, over a length of 8.6mm, of 2.3mm. There are fou…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3FB1A5
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bag or box catch dating to the seventh century AD. This artefact weighs 1.32g, has a length of 25.7mm, maximum width of 6.2mm and maximum thickness of 4.0mm. The body of the artefact is lozenge shaped, with a width of 5.6mm, thickness of 1.8mm and accounts for 16.5mm of the total length. Two sub-circular integral lobes are present, on the same plane as the body, one at either end of the lozenge. One of these lobes has a width of 4.6mm, thickness of 1.4mm and accounts for c.4.0mm of the total object's length. Slightly off-centre, this lobe has a circular ap…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F1FA15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Aethelred II, AD 978-1016. First hand type dating to c. AD 979-985. The obverse field is illegible, the surface having been obscured from view either by the removal of a thin surface of the flan or alternatively by a thin applied layer of solder. The obverse legend reads: + A[ET]HELRED REX A[N]G LOX. Reverse shows the hand of Providence issuing from clouds; at side A.W. (as North p.158, nos.766 & 767, fig.1). Reverse legend reads: + LIVING[ M - O] LINDCOL. Die axis is 12 o'clock. North number 766 or 767. Mint is Lincoln. The moneyer is, normalised to, Leofing. …
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Record ID: CAM-BBBD01
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver strap-end of Early-Medieval date. This is a Thomas Class A, Type 1 strap-end. This artefact has an incomplete length of 22.9mm, maximum width of 15.2mm and maximum thickness of 3.5mm across the split end, 1.9mm of which is the gap between the two surfaces that forms the split. The sides are convexly curved. The lower end of the artefact terminates in a worn irregular transverse break that bends the metal backwards. The reverse surface would have been flat and is undecorated, however the break has formed a concave transverse bend at the base. The artefact has …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-75D51A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy/very base silver early-medieval early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Serles L (probably type 15) dating to the period c.AD 730-765. Ref: Naismith 2017: 98-9, cf nos 412-4; Gannon 2013: nos 533-7. The coin is struck on an irregular flan, a little off-centre. Obverse shows a head right, probably diademed, with legend or symbols within a beaded border. A crescent shape, possibly a cupped hand, is present in front of the lower face. Compare with 'diadems and profiles type A - Abramson, T., 2006. p.60-68. Reverse type: Series L, type 15, Cowled? square-shoulder…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: CAM-EB1A71
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undecorated polyhedral headed copper-alloy pin with single collar and swollen shaft. Probably middle Early-Medieval in date. The pin-head accounts for 6.5mm of the total length and is in the form of a cuboid with the corners cut off. The head measures 6.5mm x 6.3mm. Directly below the head is a collar that accounts for 1.1mm of the total artefact's length and has a diameter of 3.4mm. The circular cross-sectioned shaft has a diameter of 2.1mm, directly below the collar, and this remains approximately the same for a length of 38.9mm. The shaft then, quite abruptly, expands to an i…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
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Record ID: CAM-EA6CB2
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy late Early-Medieval to early Medieval staff or sceptre terminal with openwork and pellet decoration, dating to c.AD1000-1200. The terminal has a circular shape with rectangular shaped socket below. The artefact has a rectangular cross-section, the corners and edges being gently curved rather than angular. This object weighs 59.4g, has a maximum diameter of 44.7mm, thickness of 16.2mm and height of 56.7mm. The shaft socket accounts for c.14.2mm of the total height. The terminal head consists of a linear circular edge, of varying width, from which spokes project int…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EA5AD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
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 1.38g, diameter is 20.9mm, thickness is 0.8mm. See North, J.J., 1980.…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A1D975
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian Styca. The obverse is worn and almost completely illegible (an E is possibly visible and other almost visible marks suggest that this is possibly the first E in the obverse legend). The reverse reads +MONNE and has five pellets at the centre. The moneyer is Monne. Die axis is possibly 12 o'clock. Weight is 1.00g, diameter is 13.2mm, thickness is 1.5mm. Spink, 2004, 39th edition, p.97, no.865 suggests that this coin is a phase II styca of Aethelred II, first reign c. AD 841-843/4. However North Vol.I, pp.71-72, pl.2, no.23-31 cf.no.29 assigns …
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F93288
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver hooked tag. Only the lower part of the plate survives, the upper part being lost to a transverse break. The shape of the surviving portion of the plate suggests that it was originally circular or tear-shaped. At the base of the place is a transverse collar at the junction with the hook. The collar is 3.7mm wide and 1.5mm thick, flat on the reverse and convexly ribbed on the front. Below the collar is the hook, which has a rectangular to sub-trapezoidal cross-section of 2.6mm width and 1.2mm thickness, being slightly narrower in width on the upper surface. This tap…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: CAM-2CA569
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval small-long trefoil-headed brooch formed from cast copper-alloy. This artefact weighs 12.02g and is complete with the exception of a missing pin. The head is in the form of a cross with round-ended arms separated by small, sub-right angled to sub-semi-circular, indented clefts. The necks between each pair of clefts, that join the round-ended terminals of the arms to the central part of the brooch head, have a width of c.5.6mm on the side arms and 7.6mm on the central arm. The centre of the head is rectangular with a transverse (width) measurement of c.15.0mm and longi…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: CAM-D27BD5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Flat, roughly rectangular cast silver ingot, with rounded corners, rounded edges. The underside has a rougher texture where it was exposed to the air during the casting process. The object has a small modern abrasion visible at one end. There is what appears to be a slight cut into the top surface, which from the patination appears to have occurred in antiquity, but the form of this suggests that this was probably accidental rather than deliberate. A small nick is visible on edge, and it is unclear whether this represents deliberate edge nicking, a common form of testing…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-F0C99B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver pin with a polyhedral, or faceted, head on the stub of a circular-section shaft. The pinhead is formed of a cuboid with the corners cut off. The pinhead appears to be undecorated, with some scratches visible in places. The remains of the pin-shaft project from the base, with no evidence of a collar at the junction between shaft and pinhead.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: CAM-162E57
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly dispersed, but closely grouped, hoard of twenty Early Medieval silver coins dating c. AD 880-923. A) Obverse legend reads +AL FR ED RE. Obverse shows a small cross patee. Reverse legend reads DIARV/ALD M, Moneyer is probably Diarwald (or possibly Diarvald). Die axis is 12 o'clock. Weight 1.50g, diameter is 20.4mm, thickness is 1.0mm. B) A penny of Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, AD 890-923. North number 254. Obverse legend reads +PLEGMVND ARCHIEP, the ND of Plegmund is ligated. Obverse shows DO/RO at centre. Reverse legend reads HVNFR/E Ð M. Moneyer is Hunf…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-148C37
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete or almost complete late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) c.11th century copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal. The stirrup terminal is 'C' shaped in cross section, with a hollow socketed reverse. Lighter corrosion product within the socket is indicative of lead solder. Remains of what appears to be an integral plate seem to cover the socket however very little of this survives meaning that the funtion of this copper-alloy protrusion is uncertain. This might possibly be one of the terminals that Williams discusses as potentially having been cast with the stirrup in pos…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-AC5510
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag of early Early-Medieval to early Medieval date. This is a Read's Class A, Type 1 Cf. Read (2008) p.7-14. The artefact weighs 1.02g and consists of a triangular plate of 0.6mm thickness. The maximum width is 14.8mm narrowing to 3.2mm where a worn transverse break is present. The hook is missing as a result of this old break. The top edge of the tag is shaped, two convex curves arch over the circular attachment holes, which are located 1.0mm below the edge. A single tiny knob protrudes at each corner and two further tiny knobs protrude side-by-side …
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-190A27
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end of Early-Medieval date. The artefact is complete with the exception of a worn break across two of the four rivet holes. This almost complete strap-end is a Class A and probably type 2, See Gabor, T. 2003 The Finds Research Group AD700-1700 - Datasheet 32: Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1. The strap-end weighs 1.84g and has a length of 33.5mm. The maximum width, across the concave sides, is 8.3mm. An animal-head terminal is present with a sub-rectangular decorative pannel located behind the ears. This pannel is formed by shallow th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-338B95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold and garnet stud dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The stud is circular and consists of a base-plate of gold sheet to which has been soldered a gold collar and cloisonné cells for garnets. The collar is made from a band of twisted, beaded wire running around the outside edge of the stud, and an inner border comprising a single strand of beaded wire. Some of the beading appears worn. Inside the collar is an upright gold strip forming an outer wall for the cloisonné cell-work. This wall curves slightly inwards towards the top, to form a cabochon shape for th…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BE3D9A
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval hooked-tag of B, aii, unlobed type (triangular shaped plate, ring-and-dot regular decoration, unlobed). The tag has a length of 19.9mm, thickness of 0.9mm and weighs 0.79g. The top of the plate has a maximum width of 11.9mm and two small notches have been cut from the edge to form a single small knob between and at the centre of this edge, which maintains the same height as a the rest of that edge. The top corners of the tag have been chamfered. Four deeply sunken dots are present on the upper surface of the plate, each surrounded by a single circular …
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Record ID: CAM-D6710C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three silver Early-Medieval coins. - A three line Lunette 'type B' coin of Burgred, King of Mercia, AD 852-874. North number 424. Obverse shows a diademed bust right, the body breaking through the area of legend. Obverse legend reads BVRGRED REX. Reverse shows a three line Lunette, type B. Reverse inscription reads MON/+DVDDA/ETA. Moneyer is Dudda. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.38g, diameter is 20.4mm, thickness is 0.9mm. See North, J.J., 1994 English Hammered Coinage: Volume I. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272 London : Spink and Son Ltd, pp.100, no.424. - A thre…
Created on: Monday 7th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7F732C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval copper-alloy tongue shaped strap-end, Class E Type 3: ribbed. The artefact is formed from a single piece of metal and would have been held onto the fabric or leather strap by three copper-alloy rivets only one of which now survives. The strap-end weighs 7.28g, has a length of 37.2mm, width of 16.5mm and thickness is 2.3mm. The reverse surface is smooth flat and undecorated. The majority of the upper surface is decorated with lateral linear designs. Along the full decorated length of the centre is a raised median rib of 2.5mm width. To either side of this ridge …
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-08E06D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end with two surviving silver rivets. This tongue shaped strap-end is a Thomas Class E type. It weighs 15.12g, has a length of 37.3mm and width of 19.4mm. The decoration is relatively plain consisting of a band of three transverse grooves. On one surface these grooves are positioned horizontally, starting 25.4mm in from the rounded end, and occupy 4.1mm of the total length. On the opposite surface the band of lines occupies a similar location but are slightly diagonal sloping down towards the left edge. The upper edges of both sides of the strap-…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A3D1D7
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Early-Medieval to early Medieval copper-alloy horse harness fitting used as a harness link or strap distributer of 11th century AD date. The artefact has broken just past what would have been halfway along the length axis, just past the central boss. The boss rises up from the upper surface of the artefact by 3.1mm to give the artefact a maximum thickness of 9.0mm. The boss is oval shaped with a rounded top and measures 6.1mm x 4.8mm, the base of which is defined by a slight raised and thin line that forms a decorative lozenge. The reverse surface below the bos…
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Paxton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D01112
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small circular setting comprising a small deep-red cabochon stone, possibly a garnet, set within a collet formed of flat silver strip. A slight vertical gap is visible where the two ends of the collar presumably butt together. The stone's diameter is 2.6mm and its height is 2.8mm. The silver collet has an external diameter of 3.6mm and is 1.7mm high. The setting has a wire collar with closely-set thin and shallow grooves cut into it in order to create the appearance of a twisted wire. A hint of this pattern can be seen on the reverse surface of the plate around the edge, possibly su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: CAM-34DB2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series J (type 37), c.710-25; probably minted in the Humber region. This sceat shows a whorl of four birds, in linear style, themselves forming a cross clockwise around the central cross pommee on the reverse. The obverse side of the flan shows two diademed heads with braided hair, facing each other with trident long cross pommee between. The coin is slightly corroded indicating it is possibly base (or even plated) although probably not enough to definitively suggest a contemporary imitation. Metcalf (1994: 351-3) suggested that …
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C8CF22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sub-lozenge shaped, elongated hexagonal, mount of Early-Medieval date that has broken into two parts with an irregular transverse fresh break. The artefact has a weight of 8.41mm, and would have had a total length of 54.0mm before breaking into two parts 15.5mm from one of the terminal ends. The central rectangular area of the mount has a width of 15.9mm, to either side the mount tapers to a point thus forming a triangular terminal. Each change in angle expands slightly to accommodate a decorative pellet of c. 4.6mm diameter. On the upper surface of the a…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A4DEEE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy lozenge-shaped brooch of Early-Medieval date that has a gilded upper surface with chip-carved decoration. The artefact weighs 6.27g, has a maximum length of 54.8mm, maximum width of 16.0mm and maximum thickness of 1.8mm. The lozenge has a rectangular cross-section. The upper chip-carved decoration consists of an equal armed cross set within a circle (diameter is 13.2mm) placed filling the widest part of the artefact. To either side of this central motif is a design that although is similar to the opposite end are not symmetrical, with one end appearing to be of crude…
Created on: Friday 24th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EC713B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sceat of Early-Medieval date, c. AD 680-710. Series B1A/C, type 27b - B210. See Abramson, T., 2006. Sceattas - An Illustrated Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins and Icons Norfolk : Heritage Marketing and Publications Ltd pp.6 & 112, no.B210. One side of the flan shows a diademed head right, possibly with an unclear serpent at 6 or 7 o'clock, no legend visible due to size of flan. The other side of the flan shows a bird on cross pattee surrounded by a beaded serpent at 6 o'clock, an annulet at the edge of the flan and no legend visible due to the size of the flan. Weight is 1.20g…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1E2EF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary silver artefact, probably part of an early medieval pin. The object comprises the lower portion of the pinhead, the rest lost to a worn and irregular break. The surviving portion of the plate measures approximately 3.2mm to either side of the shaft, and has a curved edge suggesting that the pinhead was originally circular. The front of the pinhead is decorated with what appears to have been a concentric circular border. The outermost border is a segmented line, the segments of irregular length and some of irregular shape rather than being tiny rectangles. Inside this is …
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1DFCE2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver early-medieval Read, B. class C single sharp-hooked triangular hooked-tag dating to the mid to late 11th century AD. This hooked tag can alternatively be classified by the Lewis, M. & Naylor, J. 2013 typology as a B1.c.ii (un-lobed). The plate is triangular with the shorter, horizontal, edge of the plate having been shaped by the removal of outwardly curved 'V's, so that instead of a flat edge two lobes are suggested with a small knop at each corner (a continuation of the border, described below) and a single knop between each pseudo lobe. A slight groove is prese…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-60CE71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Anglo-Saxon 'Sceatta', Series E. Probably imported from Frisia, c.AD680-710. Obverse shows 'porcupine' bust right. Reverse shows standard containing TOT//I 'reversed L', a rectangle of pellets around.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th January 2015
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Record ID: CAM-D50DC2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ingot of 89%, the remainder being copper, iron, zinc, lead, gold and tin. This surface analysis is likely to give a slight overestimate of the silver content of the core metal as corrosion alters the composition of the surface of the ingot by preferentially leaching out baser metals such as copper. The ingot weighs 10.1 grams. The ingot is bar-shaped and tapering with rounded ends and the upper and lower surfaces and sides have been hammered smooth from around the centre towards t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Ripton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CE5552
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent and cracked medieval silver penny of Harold II (1066), PAX type (North 836). It was minted by Swetman at London. Obverse show crowned head left with sceptre. Obverse legend reads +HAROLD REX ANG . Reverse shows PAX across field in between two lines. Reverse legend reads SPETMAN (or SVETMAN) ON LVND . Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.25g, diameter is 19.7mm, thickness is 0.8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Record ID: CAM-09B176
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver pin of probable early medieval date. The head is roughly ball-shaped and flattened at the top. The shaft is circular in section and broken off approximately 11.5 mm below the head. The surface of is slightly pitted. Dimensions: Length: 19.27 mm (total, incomplete) Diameter of pinhead: 8.53 mm Height of pinhead: 7.23 mm Weight: 3.28 g
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radwinter Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3B9F2A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver pin of probable early medieval date. The head is roughly ball-shaped and flattened at top and bottom. The shaft is circular in section and bent back on itself at an angle of approximately 50 degrees. The tip has broken off. The surface of the pin has the remains of gilding, now worn off in patches over the head and shaft, allowing the metal below to show through. Gilding is completely missing from just less than the lower half of the shaft. Dimensions: Length: 48.1 mm (incomplete total, measured with flexible tape) Length: 42.0 mm (…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: CAM-F04AC8
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal of a Viking -period silver ingot. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the ingot terminal of 98%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead. This surface analysis is likely to give a slight overestimate of the silver content of the core metal, as corrosion alters the composition of the surface of the ingot by preferentially leaching out copper. The fragment weighs 21.66 grams. The find consists of the terminal of a silver rectangular bar ingot of rectangular section with a rounded oblique end; it is half cut …
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-B4681D
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of discovery: From the 29th November to the 22nd December 2006 a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook the excavation of a small Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery in advance of housing development. This had been identified during an archaeological trench evaluation in May 2006, when four definite graves had been identified as probably 7th-century (Mackay and Swaysland 2006). Grave 1 (Older juvenile, 10-12 years; F.17; Fig 7) The grave is sub-oval in form, though it was partially truncated at one end by a field drain, and is aligned west to ea…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westfield Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-51823B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded silver pin dating to the early medieval period. The pin is cast, and has an ovoid head and integral shaft of circular section, surviving to a length of approx. 13.48 mm. The front of the pinhead is gilded and decorated, while the back is plain, flat and not gilded. The decoration on the front of the pinhead is cast in high relief and executed in the Winchester Style. It comprises an openwork design of a central plant stem from which tendrils sprout laterally. These entwine a pair of birds that flank the stem. The birds have fan-like tails and are arranged uprig…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-516617
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the mercury gilded fragment of 97%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead. The fragment weighs 3.67 grams. The find consists of an ovoid fragment of thick sheet metal projecting to a point at one end and with incised repoussé decoration; length, 32.5mm; width, 20mm. At the opposite end is a gable-shaped tab with a grooved, raised edge enclosing a wavy foliate motif and separated by a curved line of bead-and-reel (possibly the edge of a roundel or arcade) from a J-shaped scroll be…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-511D9F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast gilded silver terminal in the shape of an animal's head. Extensive gilding survives across much of the surface. The beast's head is elongated and its snout curves downwards and back upwards underneath. Subtle moulding represents the end of the upper and lower jaws, from which protrudes a long tongue. This widens as it extends to touch the underside of the beast's head, closing the loop and forming a circular aperture 3.90mm in diameter. The creature's mouth is formed from a single incised line following the curve of the muzzle. The mouth itself is contained within an incised bo…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croydon Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A1757E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval copper-alloy strap-end. This strap-end is a Class A, and probably Type 1 Trewhiddle style, of 9th century AD date. This artefact weighs 4.37g, has a curved length of 37.0mm and maximum width of 10.8mm. The terminal is animal-headed and accounts for approximately 8.9mm of the total length of the strap-end. The edges are slightly concave so as to define a snout at the end of the terminal. The end is a blunt rounded terminal that has a width of 4.5mm and thickness of 2.8mm. Behind this terminal area is a flatter zone of 2.3mm thickness, and width of 7.9mm increasing …
Created on: Monday 19th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B9DFC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny gold filigree-decorated mount in the shape of a bird, now slightly crushed but apparently never of very fine workmanship. It has a flat gold backplate with a beaded-wire border running around the small crescent-shaped profile head looking left, probably intended as a that of a predatory bird; two wings, one curved and pointed but the other (under the head) just a rounded circle; and flared base, perhaps intended to represent a tail. The beaded wire of this border is about 0.7mm in diameter and is very worn, rubbed flat in places and scraped in others; it is missing e…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th December 2020
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Record ID: CAM-1BEF06
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The pinhead forms approximately 8.2mm of the pin's total surviving length, and measures 6mm x 5.8mm. It is polyhedral in form, comprising a cuboid with all corners removed to form triangular facets at the top of the cuboid, and sub-lozenge-shaped facets at the bottom. The four main faces are diamond shape, each one with a depressed dot in the centre perhaps for missing glass insets. W white substance visible within the dots may be the remains of adhesive material for securing these inlays. Below the pinhead is a single, sub-circular collar measuring approximately 2.6mm in diameter …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
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Record ID: CAM-9D1178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval Brooch. This is a fragment of a bow brooch, most likely from a Cruciform Brooch but possibly from a Small Long Brooch, not enough of this artefact survives to be able to accurately determine which type of brooch this fragment once was. A transverse worn break is present at both ends of this fragment. The fragment has a narrow incomplete high-arched bow with a semi-circular cross-section being domed on the upper surface and flat on the underside. The bow has a width of 10.7mm and thickness of 3.0mm. The high-arched bow has a maximum depth …
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: CAM-B76C42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval copper-alloy flat-banded annular brooch, later 5th century to 6th Century AD. The surviving fragment suggests that the brooch originally had a diameter of approximately 50.5mm and that just over a quarter of the frame is represented by this fragment. The band has a width of 9.6mm. The inner edge is folded-under and lies flat along the reverse surface extending to approximately halfway across the width of the band. The frame of the brooch would have had a very flat oval cross-section but has a flattened elliptical cross-section, similar in profile to an …
Created on: Monday 24th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harston Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7B8A75
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact of incertain date. This artefact is sub-spherical being circular in plan with a flattened top and base which gives the profile a sub-rectangular profile with convex curved sides. This item weighs 22.03g (0.78oz), has a diameter of 18.6mm and height of 12.1mm. A vertical circular perforation, straight sided, of 6.2mm diameter is present through the centre of the artefact. A shallow thin groove defines the two flat surfaces. Five ring and dot motifs of 2.6mm diameter decorate the external surface unequally spaced around the maximum girth of the diameter. Discussion by…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
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Record ID: CAM-E803E3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup terminal mount of zoomorphic design. This mount weighs 5.25g, has a length of 16.3mm, width of 11.7mm and depth (thickness) of 10.3mm. The back of the mount is hollow 'U' shape. The walls of the mount at the edge of the artefact have a thickness of 2.4mm. The front lower edge is cut away from the straight sided side edges and forms a rounded slightly upturned snout. Above the snout the beast has circular bulging eyes that form hemispheres further defined by a surrounding shallow groove. Two diagonal parallel grooved lines occupy the area between the side edges o…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-58B2E7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete openwork fragment possibly part of a Late, Early Medieval strap end althought it is, in comparison to other finds, unusually small and thin. This fragment is a flattish sub-rectangular piece of copper-alloy weighing 1.29g with a length of 17.5mm and thickness of 1.4mm. The maximum width is 15.17mm and the width seems to taper towards one end. The upper surface, which seems to be slightly more rounded than the flatter reverse, is decorated with a minimum of four, incised ring and dot motifs. It is interesting to note that some of the inner raised ring and central dots are…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-E03742
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy cloisonné brooch of Early-Medieval date (late 10th to 11th century AD). The body of the brooch is circular (diameter 17.5mm), with a copper-alloy collar which raises up from the front of the brooch, giving a thickness from front to back of 4.9mm. This raised circular field is decorated with cloisonné fields of blue and white enamel. Around the edge are seven semi-circular fields made from C-shaped strips of copper alloy filled with a dark translucent blue enamel. The edges of most of these semi-circular fields butt together, fitting side by side; bu…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kimbolton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4C5C04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval small-long brooch of 6th century AD date. This brooch has an incomplete length of 45.4mm and weighs 13.88g. Most of the original surfaces of this brooch are missing with only a few small patches remaining. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular with uniformly curved edges at each corner suggesting that this brooch never had decorative notches. The head has a length of 16.2mm, width of 24.6mm and thickness of 1.9mm. Most of the original surfaces of this brooch are missing with only a few small patches remaining. There is no obvious sign of any pun…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-379F45
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold bulla pendant made from a single piece of gold sheet cut into two discs with a connecting strip 5.6mm wide. Each disc has been given a domed centre and a narrow flat border, and the strip has been bent to form a double-sided pendant with suspension loop. The borders of the two halves have been pressed and perhaps soldered together but there is no further decoration added to the edge. The strip forming the suspension loop has been decorated with eight grooves running from disc to disc. A groove separates each disc from the suspension loop, but the grooves all cut acro…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-357FC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete small silver pin with polyhedral head and incomplete shaft. The head is sub-cuboid, with every corner removed, resulting in four lozengiform faces and a triangular face at each corner. None of the faces are decorated The shaft has a circular cross-section, and tapers smoothly from beneath the head to the very old and worn break; there is no collar. Dimensions: Surviving length 14.63mm, diameter of shaft at top 2.4mm, diameter of shaft at break 1.6mm. The head measures 5.0mm x 4.7mm in cross-section. Weight 1.11g. Discussion and Date: Pins with small un…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A04EF7
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-Medieval bed burial assemblage with gold and garnet pendant and othergrave goods found, by Cambridge Archaeological Unit, during archaeological excavation. "Description: The context of the find is an Anglo Saxon bed burial containing a probably teenaged female burial, and including the following items: A gold and garnet pectoral cross - grave goods (34mm diam) A gold and garnet set of linked pins - grave goods (pins 40mm long, total length with chain 120mm) A copper alloy chatelaine with chain, plate and beads - grave goods (length 100mm) An iron knife (seax) - g…
Created on: Monday 18th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-921F34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver sceat of Series E (VICO type 1), c.AD700-10, minted in the Netherlands.
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BFDA45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny fragment of gilded silver, decorated with a double spiral ridge, both ridges emerging at the same point from a flat-topped pellet at the centre. There are V-shaped grooves between the ridges, which vary in width somewhat; the fragment appears to be very worn. Beyond the spiral there is an unclear pattern of parallel ridges which are damaged, perhaps cut through at right angles. One edge is original, curving around the spiral and then turning out very slightly to a corner which projects a little. The breaks are neither particularly fresh nor particularly worn. The rev…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whaddon Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-13B6F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval gold Visigothic tremissis; anonymous ruler; Pseudo-Imperial tremissis in the name of Justinian (AD527-565); minted in Spain; Victory with Palm & Wreath type (VPW), Tomasini Group JAN 5, cf. Tomasini 1964 no. 342. Die axis is approximately 6 o'clock. Weight is 1.29g, diameter is 16.06mm, thickness is 0.46mm. Ref: W J Tomasini 1964, The Barbaric Tremissis in Spain and Southern France. Anastasius to Leovigild, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 152, American Numismatic Society.
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-123165
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver object, perhaps part of a large thick silver Anglo-Saxon oval mount, or the terminal from a solid cast strap-end. The object is now D-shaped, with Winchester-style decoration in sharp relief, best viewed when the object is held with the curved side uppermost. The front is decorated with a central stem in relief. The lowest surviving element of the stem is an inverted triangle with a rectangular projection rising from the centre; the triangle is emphasised with two longitudinal grooves, one of which appears to have a tiny fragment of niello inlay, and …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: CAM-9C1C65
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt pin head, spherical in shape. In the upper hemisphere are four rope twist design wires that spiral out and each of these joins to a partner spiral on the lower hemisphere. At the centre of the upper hemisphere is an 'S' shaped wire with a knop at each end of the figure. At the centre of the lower hemisphere is a tubular shaft with a rope twist design collar at the end not adjoining the pin head. A pin may would have been inserted into this shaft to complete this dress accessory. Dimensions: Height: 15.78mm, Diameter: 13.33mm, Weight: 3.5g Discussion: The original…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-0AD963
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy early medieval brooch of small-long brooch type dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The fragment consists of the head and a small portion of the bow and is roughly rectangular with a length of 17.65mm, a width of 20.54mm and a thickness of 1.37mm. It weighs 4.2g. There are two worn breaks on the fragment, one occurs at the junction of the head and the bow of the brooch and the other is along the left edge, when viewed with the bow of the brooch at the base. Along the right edge there is a notch at either corner with a length of 1.31mm. Leading from…
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 16th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-065B93
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Early-Medieval sceat, Series K (type 32a), c.AD 720-740. Obverse shows diademed and robed bust of fine style, right, Athenian eye gazing heavenward, small mouth, hand cupping cross pommee before, knotted wreath ties behind. Reverse wolf-worm right, tongue extended between fangs body forming double beaded border with cross pommee behind head. See Abramson, T. Sceattas An Illustrated Guide. 2006 p.18-9, 38, type.32a. Weight is 0.96g, diameter is 11.98mm, thickness is 2.32mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-758D07
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy mount of Early Medieval date. The mount is flat and circular, with a diameter of 20.70mm and a thickness of 2.07mm. The mount weighs 4.2g. The upper surface has a gilded chip-carved design consisting of three interlaced Style II animals in profile. Each has a single double-strand hind leg with a drop-shaped hip and three-toed foot, a triple-strand body (with the central strand beaded) and double-strand open jaws which bite the body of the animal in front. The upper parts of the relief are at the same height as the surface of the mount. The undecorated rim retains…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A2C903
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early medieval sceat, Series E ('Plumed Bird' variety J), c.AD700-20. See also Abramson, T. Sceattas: An Illustrated Guide. 2006, p.11 (continental series), 89, 92 (post script 1), Quilled figures, sub-group 5 quilled bird with tubular body curved into elongated head, two clawed legs below and triple tail, cross also present above head. Series E, variety K E300. Reverse shows beaded standard with pellet in annulet at centre, single line with attached pellet in each corner and two clusters of three pellets opposite each other, crosses and pellets externally surrounding th…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hertfordshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.