Record ID: GLO-5864C6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead diameter 12mm, height 12mm, weight 2.6g, diameter of hole 3mm by 2mm. Creamy glass The walls are uneven, the base is flat and the top is abraded. The glass has a light creamy colour with no inclusions or bubbles. A seam runs down one side showing that the molten glass would have been coiled around a core. Similar examples have been found in Early Medieval contexts such as the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Lechlade, in Gloucestershire. Although they are known from Iron Age and Roman contexts such as those found at Dragonby in North Lincolnshire (May, 1996, 321-322). Theref…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: GLO-581C06
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three glass beads, 1, this example is 11mm diameter with a 5mm diameter hole in the centre. It has a rich dark blue colour with white flecks throughout and a heavy semicircular cross-section with high walls. 2, is very similar to the first with the exception that this example is broken in two and has a slightly lighter colour, possibly because it is more weathered than the first. Nevertheless, because it is broken in two it is possible to see the method of manufacture. There are a series of lines that run around the surface of the object where the molten glass was coi…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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