Record ID: CORN-89FC47
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone for sharpening metal tools or flensing tool for cleaning hides with both ends broken off, engraved with a lobe and circle pattern on one face that is comparable to the decoration seen on Iron Age metalwork. There is also the beginnings of this pattern with S-shaped scrolls on the opposite flat face of the whetstone. This decoration is under, and therefore earlier than, one set of parallel linear grooves on the side edge of the whetstone, that consist of three shorter, wider lines, 5-6 mm in length and 2-3 mm in width, followed by another nine lines, 8 mm in length…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-87E51B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type of the Durotrigian tribe of Dorset, British Museum Catalogue Type: 2832; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2015
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Record ID: CORN-87E016
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type of the Durotrigian tribe of Dorset, British Museum Catalogue Type: 2806; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2015
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Record ID: CORN-9BE2F7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Micaceous argillaceous shale spindle whorl, ranging from pink to light brown in colour with a sparkling surface from the mica inclusions. The whorl is oval in plan and flat in profile, with smooth parallel faces, and a slightly off-centre tapering depression in each face which do not meet in the middle and perforate the stone. On one face the depression is 2 mm in diameter and 3 mm deep and the other depression on the opposite face is 4 mm in diameter and 2 mm deep. The depressions have been deliberately drilled from each face but not completed so that the spindle whorl was never used…
Created on: Saturday 30th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: CORN-CF1F40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver stater of South Western uninscribed type minted by the Durotriges of Dorset and Somerset. British Museum Catalogue Type: 2639; Van Arsdell Type: 1235-7, ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 2169. c.50 BC - AD 50 The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A and British B (insular, Southern Britain) to South We…
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 16th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwinear-Gwithian', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-D96569
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy fob or 'dangler', with a suspension loop at the terminal, cylindrical shank and 'triskele' or triple spiral forming the base. The base still has one complete arm and two with the tips missing. The arms taper from 12 mm in width at the central circular recess towards the tips, which are 3 mm in width, and curve almost back on themselves. The concave recess is 6 mm in diameter and 5 mm in depth. The suspension loop is circular and measures 14 mm in width with an internal diameter of 7 mm. The shank is circular plan, cylindrical in profile and has a bulbous w…
Created on: Saturday 20th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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Record ID: CORN-900426
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silty sedimentary stone spindle whorl, ranging from pink to brown in colour, with small flecks of mica, so it may be a micaceous argillaceous shale. The whorl is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from a thinner edge on both sides where a layers of the shale have broken away through wear or damage. The central aperture is circular in plan and cylindrical in profile and measures 9 mm in diameter and 10 mm deep. The central position of the aperture would enable the whorl to be balanced while used in the spinning process. The aperture has concentri…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-26DCB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete slate spindle whorl, circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from thinner edges where several layers of slate have broken away, ranging from grey to black in colour. The whorl has been perforated through the centre and the hole is cylindrical in profile, 6 mm in diameter and 7 mm deep, and very close to the centre so that the whorl would be balanced while used in the spinning process. The hole is slightly flanged as it opens out at the surface of each face, and was probably drilled with a bow drill with a flint or metal tip. Slate is commo…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
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Record ID: CORN-0283E7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete micaceous argillaceous shale spindle whorl, ranging from pink to brown in colour with a sparkling surface, which makes it look like schist, but without planar mica flakes. The whorl is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with parallel faces apart from a thinner edge on one side where a layer of the shale has broken away to expose almost half of that face. Both faces are partially perforated in the centre, and the apertures are 13 mm in diameter and 5 mm deep on one side and 9mm in diameter and 3 mm deep on the broken face. The shallower aperture is off centre, …
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
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Record ID: CORN-5C5938
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Osismii type stater, referred to as the 'cavalier' type in De Jersey (1994) Coinage in Iron Age Armorica on page 8, and now known as the 'type au cavalier armé et au fleuron'. The cavalier armé is the rider on the horse, and the fleuron is the motif in front of the horse, with a boar beneath the horse. On the obverse, the head is probably bearded, shown by lots of little dots on the chin, but this one is rather worn in that area. The type is listed as DT 2234 in Delestrée and Tache's 'Nouvel Atlas des monnaies gauloises II', while the most recent detailed work on the…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-8CB724
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery shoulder sherd with a plain exterior apart from an applied cordon, semi-circular in profile, at the neck of the vessel. The cordon would have run around the circumference of the vessel, between the shoulder and neck, of a typical Iron Age jar, S-shaped in profile. This pottery is classified as 'Cordoned Ware' and the fabric has small inclusions of light felspar and dark augite, suggesting it is 'gabbroic' which is made of clay that weathers over the gabbro stone on the Lizard in Cornwall. The colour of the clay has been oxidised on the interior to a light orange colour and the…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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Record ID: CORN-895647
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery body sherd decorated with two incised pendant arcs with an infilled background of sets of parallel incised lines set at right angles to each other, below a border made up of two parallel ridges and grooves. The border runs the circumference of the shoulder of the vessel, which is probably a typical Iron Age jar, S-shaped in profile. This type of pottery is classified as South-West Decorated Ware and the fabric has small inclusions of light felspar and dark augite, suggesting it is 'gabbroic' which is made of clay that weathers over the gabbro stone on the Lizard in Cornwall. T…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Sunday 11th July 2021
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Record ID: CORN-26D9D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Southern gold quarter stater of 'British QC' type, c. 60-20 BC. The type is usually attributed to the Atrebates (Van Arsdell 1989) or the Atrebates and Regini (Cottam et al 2010). Type published as ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 503 = BMC (Hobbs 1996) 478-84 = VA (Van Arsdell 1989) 220.
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Levan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-129606
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater of South Western uninscribed type of the Durotrigian tribe of Dorset, British Museum Catalogue Type: 2819; Van Arsdell Type: 1290-1, which is dated from 30 BC to AD 10, but current thinking now dates them from the first half of the 1st century AD. The style of these coins derive originally from Gallo-Belgic gold staters which were copying Greek gold staters in circulation at the time, with the head of Apollo on the obverse, and a horse and chariot on the reverse. The evolution of this coin's design is: Gallo-Belgic C (imported, early first century BC) to British A …
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
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Record ID: CORN-91D625
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead, circular in plan and oval in profile, with a flattened top and bottom. The bead has been drilled once cast, so that it has a central perforation that is circular in plan and an hour-glass shape in profile. The initial aperture is 7 mm in diameter and then it narrows to the inner hole which is 4 mm in diameter. The surface of the bead is slightly pitted and damaged around the edge of the aperture but the general patina is a rich green colour and has survived well. Beads with similar plans and profiles have been recorded on this database as dating from the Iron…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th November 2012
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Record ID: CORN-91A7F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate spindle whorl, oval in plan and flat in profile, with parallel faces, a smooth flat edge, and a slightly off-centre perforation. The perforation is about 6 mm in diameter at the surface of each face, and has been drilled from each face, but has only just met in the middle, exposing a small hole about 0.6 mm in diameter. Both of the apertures are off-centre, suggesting that the whorl would not be quite balanced while used in the spinning process, and perhaps this is why the piece was never completed. Slate is commonly used in the county for spindle whorls as it is light and easy …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: CORN-1A86F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy La Tene IBc type brooch influenced by earlier Etruscan leech-shaped brooches. The bow is decorated with incised lines inset from the edge, following the leech-shaped body, one on either side of a central straight line. Most of the spring and the pin are missing but the catchplate remains. The surface is pitted in places but retains a dark green patina throughout. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar example on page 288, Fig.147, No.1447A, which is dated from the 4th to the 3rd century BC. This is a La Tene 1Bc type (after Hull, M.R. and Hawkes, C. 1987…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
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Record ID: CORN-267250
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold 'broad flan' quarter stater of the Ambiani, c.200-100 BC Delestre and Tache I, Pl. III, cf. DT61; Rudd ABC, cf. ABC28; Allen type G-B AA2; Scheers series 8 class IIb; Van Arsdell, cf. 15.01
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
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Record ID: CORN-5E3C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type bow brooch, missing the spring, the pin and the catch-plate (with only a width of 8mm, a length of 41mm, a thickness of 3mm and a weight of 2.7g). The spring was positioned behind the wings and only the stubs of the spring at the back of the head and the forward-projecting claw to tension the chord are now present. The stubs of the wings are evident either side of the head. The bow projects outwards from the head before turning sharply in an arch and curving inwards towards the foot. The bow is rectangular in section at the head (…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-DC8D13
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic mount or escutcheon in the form of a bull or ox head with elongated flared snout and short horns, incised with a cross on the top of the head between the horns. The cross and the incised lines behind the horns may represent a halter of some sort if it is the head of an ox. In one angle of the cross there is a central circular depression, between the horns, but this does not appear to be a rivet hole. The horns are oval in section and point forward as they slightly curve inwards. Behind the horns there are two parallel transverse lines that defin…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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