Record ID: SOM-30476C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead, probably dating to the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period c. 1 - 200 AD . The surviving fragment is of a dark blue and red glass and comprises of roughly one third of the bead. Whirl decoration exists on the outer of the bead in a style seen on beads of La Tene type, although the colours used of red and blue are unusual. The approximate diameter of the bead is c 22.2mm. The fragment is sub triangular in profile, and D-shaped in cross section. The breaks to the bead are unpatinated.  Dimensions: length 21.2mm; width 9.27mm; thickness 13.61mm; weight 3.37g. B…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-64B176
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
A glass bead of Iron Age date. The bead is circular, with a central hole and is D-shaped in section. The bead is mostly colourless, with a yellow band inside the central hole. Foulds Class 5. 
Created on: Saturday 4th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: CORN-CC8A01
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A monochrome blue wound glass bead of any undefined era. Similar glass beads have been produced since the early Iron Age to post medieaval periods.  The bead displays signs of wear on the sides suggesting it was worn with other beads or similar on cordage as the central perferation is worn on two sides. The bead appears to have been produced by winding molten glass around a mandrel or iron rod over a small furnace. The bead is slightly uneven suggesting a variation in the heat when produced, which is characteristic of hand made glass beads. Single coloured h…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: CORN-E459AD
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular blue glass bead dating from the Iron Age to early Medieval period c. 100 BC to AD 750 The glass contains small bubbles which is consistant with a handmade wound beads produced over a small furnace and wound on an iron mandrel. The perforation has been worn on one side suggesting the bead may have been worn on a cord or chain for a period of time. Single coloured handmade glass beads were popular during the Late Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval periods. Various blues are common through out the periods. Dating is impossible, as this is a su…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9C9C8F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Glass annular bead. A small opaque translucent cobalt blue globular glass bead with a moulded stringing hole of diameter 2mm. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Roman, 100BC-AD410 Length: 5.3mm, Diameter: 5.6mm, Weight: 0.20gms
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9C7587
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bracelet fragment. Moulded D-section segment from a bracelet of translucent cobalt blue glass with comma-shaped trails of [now] paler blue glass following a medial ridge, and possibly with a band of darker tint within the metal of the band. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100BC-AD200 Length: 19.0mm, Width: 9mm, Thickness: 5.1mm, Weight: 1.48gms, Estimated internal diameter: 50mm
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8B85CA
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Glass bead fragment. Translucent cobalt blue glass annular bead of rounded form with a wide [5mm] off-centre stringing hole. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Roman, 100BC-AD 200. Diameter: 12mm, Thickness: 9mm, Weight: 0.60gms
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-678237
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age to Roman, c. 1st century BC to late 4th century AD The bead is near-complete with a crack evident across the face and with surface flaking around the crack and around the perforation (with a length of 8.9mm and a weight of 1.5g). The bead is of slightly irregular flattened-spherical or globular form and is sub-circular in diameter (with a minimum diameter of 11.5mm and a maximum diameter of 12.4m) with a bright, pale-blue colour. The faces are convex and the bead has a single, sub-circular perforation, of uniform diameter (4.5…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C2A858
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age blue glass bead of Guido’ (1978)[1] Class 6, Oldbury Type, probably of 1st century BC to early 1st century AD date The bead has some damage around the central perforation on both sides but is otherwise complete (with a maximum diameter of 26.7mm, a height of 17.6mm and a weight of 14.0mm). The core of the bead is of dark-blue and near-opaque glass of fairly globular form (with a diameter of 14 – 15mm). The outside edge of the bead is decorated with spiral trails of white glass forming conical bosses. The bosses are arranged in a pattern comprising three larger …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: CORN-8D8D30
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age or Roman (c.300 BC-AD 410) wound translucent cobalt blue annular glass bead, with three eye decorations. Two of the eye decorations are of white glass with a central dot of yellow paste, and the third eye decoration is missing the central yellow dot as a result of the white glass separating from it or of subsequent damage. The glass contains bubbles which are consistent with handmade wound beads produced over a small furnace and wound on an iron mandrel. The bead is in an excellent condition overall. The perforation has been worn on one side suggesting it was…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-3DFB5E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete glass bead of Guido Group 5; Type 10d, dating to the Late Iron Age to mid Roman period (c. BC 150-AD 300). The bead is annular in shape with a large central perforation. The bead is a dark blue or cobalt semi-translucent colour with white decorative swirling, formed of a zig zag pattern, across the outer surface. The white decoration would have been formed through trailing hot white glass on the surface of the bead when it was still hot. Then a technique referred to as marvering, in which the hot outer surface of the bead with decoration was pressed against a cold and sm…
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
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Record ID: HESH-6E9EB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A light blue glass bead with a slightly off centre sub-circular hole. The bead is broadly bun / globular shaped being near circular in plan and rectangular shaped in cross section. The central hole is irregular and slightly faceted through wear: it measures 5.7mm x 6.3mm. The bead is a light matt azure blue colour; when it is held up to the light it is translucent and has a number of small air bubbles and flecks present. The external edge has a decorative white trailed serpentine stripe of glass within the matrix. The bead has also been slightly scratched and damaged by abrasion in th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bucknell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-18442A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small dark blue wound spherical glass bead with an off central perforation. The bead is slightly miss-shaped, due to the bead being held too long in heat during the manufacturing process. The bead would have been formed on an iron mandrel or rod, by melting glass until it flowed onto a rotated rod to form a disc. The bead is 10.8 mm in diameter, 7.5 mm in height with a the central perforation that varies from 2.8 mm to 3 mm in diameter, suggesting that the iron rod that it was made on was tapered. Irregular beads similar to this bead are common from the Iron Age, Roman and Early Med…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: WAW-7DA9B5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age-Roman glass bead, dating 800BC - AD100. Approximately half of the bead remains, the breaks appear to be recent damage. The bead was circular with a circular perforation measuring 14.82mm diameter. It is made from dark brown-black glass with yellow detail being trailed up, across and down the sides of the bead repeatedly. The bead measures 32.52mm diameter, 14.65mm thick and weighs 10.2g. While handmade beads with trailed decoration were popular in both the Late Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval periods this example is probably every Iron Age considering the site it …
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: ESS-4B2885
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Blue glass bead - GLO-8A7376 similar example Iron age to Early medieval in date Glass bead of probable late Iron Age/early Roman date. The bead is a deep cobalt blue colour and circular in shape. There is a circular hole set off-centre, and one side of the bead is slightly thicker than the other. Around the outer edge of the bead are three white 'dots' in slight depressions on the surface. The depression on one dot is present as only around half of the white glass detailing remains. Another dot also seems to be abutted by a circular filled depression or 'dot' of a gr…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: SOM-396F3D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blue glass annular bead of uncertain date, potentially Iron Age to early medieval, c. 600 BC - AD 800. The bead is sub-circular in plan and sub-oval in cross section, with an of centre circular perforation. The glass is of an opaque dark blue, containing very abundant air bubbles, some of which break the surface, and with internal spiralling bands of yellow-green colouration visible when viewed under bright light. There is a conchoidal break struck from the perforation on one face. Dimensions: diameter 22.9mm; diameter of perforation 7.5mm; thickness 11.8mm; weight 7.57g. The …
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-7076A9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A light blue glass bead of Iron Age to post-medieval date. The bead is spherical in shape with a circular hole through the centre and is made from an opaque light blue glass. The hole has an internal diameter of 4.5mm. The outer surface of the bead is cracked and pitted in places. Dimensions: 12mm in diameter, 16.5mm in length, 2.85g. Guido (1999) classifies this type of bead group 6i, blue glass annular bead. When lacking specific diagnostic features and not from a secure archaeological context glass beads are difficult to date precisely as simple beads like this one were in use ac…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-10FFBF
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age or Roman glass annular bead, probably dating to 300 BC - AD 410. Sub-circular in plan with a central sub-circular perforation and sub-rectangular in cross-section, with rounded ends. Of an opaque blue glass with a white trail applied in a continuous wavy band. Dimensions: diameter 17.5mm; thickness 8.8mm; weight 3.22g. Guido (1978: 63-64) describes beads of this type as her group 5A, illustrating an comparable idealised example plt. 1, no. 10d. She describes how this was an extremely long lived style which continued in use throughout the Iron Age, Roman and Early Med…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-3118A7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age-Roman glass bead, dating 800BC - AD100. Approximately half of the bead remains, the breaks appear to be recent damage. The bead was circular with a circular perforation measuring 8.66mm diameter. It is made from dark blue glass with white spirals on the exterior surface which are flush with the surface of the bead and not forming a nodule which can occur on other examples. The spirals vary in thickness and size. The bead measures 23.54mm diameter, 11.45mm thick and weighs 3.74g. This style of bead has been discussed at length by Foulds (2014, pp. 7-8) who notes that…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Studley area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8A0344
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two blue glass beads, Opaque pale blue 8mm thick, 12mm diameter and weighing 1.37grams. Dark blue, 6mm thick, 9mm in diameter and weighing 0.97grams. The form and colouration suggest they could be of some age, but these are very difficult to date. Iron age to medieval?
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: NMS-2A8833
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead. Blue translucent glass, annular, with an off-centre rib around the outer edge and a groove around the hole on the wider side. Chipped. Diameter 13mm. Thickness 6.5mm. Diameter of central hole 4.5mm. Not closely dateable, Iron Age - Anglo-Saxon.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: ESS-33CCA3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age-Roman glass bead, dating 800BC - AD100. This bead belongs to Guido's class 6, Oldbury type.It is made from blue and white glass and is roughly circular in shape, with a hole through the centre formed during manufacture with a mandrel. The white glass forms spirals at various points around the outside of the object. At these points nodules have been formed in the blue glass to emphasise the design. The nodules and spirals alternate between pairs and single features. A similar example has been recorded with the PAS (LON-041951), though that example had a copper alloy rin…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
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Record ID: CAM-CF57E4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age or Roman (c.300 BC - AD 410) blue glass bead with white detail meandering across the external surface in gently recurving irregular loops. This bead is circular in shape with flattened, althoough not parallel to each other, upper and lower edges. It has a D-shaped cross section formed by convex outer edges and straight vertical edges to the perforation through the approximate centre of the bead. The bead has a diameter of 14.6mm, height or thickness of 7.4mm and weighs 1.74g. The perforation through the bead is circular and has a diameter of 6.7mm. The white decoration…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-FB9144
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age or Roman (c.300 BC - AD 410) blue glass bead with a white trail. The bead is translucent and a bright royal blue in colour. A marvered white trail of opaque glass has been laid around the outside in a series of broad U shaped loops, with a shorter V shape at the point the ends of the trail meet (and presumably had run out of room). There is recent damage to the outside surface of the bead. The bead measures 18.36mm in diameter (internal diameter of the central hole 7.73mm), 9.06mm in thickness and weighs 3.31g. Cf. Guido, 1978; plate I, 10d.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: SOM-FCF621
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Translucent blue-green glass bead with an opaque white-yellow trail, probably Late Iron Age to early Roman in date of Guido (1978) Class 11. The bead is slightly oval in plan, barrel shaped in profile with flat ends and convex curved sides. It has a square hole through the centre, distinctly larger at one side than the other (5.5 by 5mm compared to 4 by 3.6mm). It is a pale translucent green-blue colour. A trail of white-yellow opaque glass has been laid on the outside in a series of broad U shaped loops and then combed with a line drawn around the centre of the side creating a rounde…
Created on: Thursday 17th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-6460C0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated annular blue glass bead, height 5mm, diam. 9.5mm, diam. of perforation 4mm. Simple blue beads are not closely datable, with examples from the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods being quite common.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2013
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Record ID: LON-041951
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age blue and white glass bead with copper alloy ring, probably dating 800BC - AD100. The bead is circular with a single, large perforation through the centre. The bead is blue glass with raised knops which are decorated with spirals of white glass. There are single knops alternate with pairs of knops around the outer surface of the bead. The bead is threaded on a copper alloy ring. The ends of the ring slightly overlap each other. The finder found a parallel on display in the British Museum, Room 50, it is labelled "Norbury bead". Dimensions of the bead: thickness: …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NARC-CEEB43
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blue glass annular bead of Late Iron Age to early Roman date. A deep cobolt blue colour with opaque white wavy lines around the body. The bead is 8mm thick and 18mm in diameter with a central hole 7mm in diameter. Margaret Guido describes this type as Wave-decorated beads in her publication 'The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods', classed as Group 5, type 10d style.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: BERK-2B46F4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age - Early Roman glass bead, annular type in a pale blue/green mix of about 50%. It has central perforation of 5.70mm.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: WMID-7FD5B0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken glass bead of possible late Iron Age to Roman date. The bead is circular and domed on both sides. Only half survives but the bead would originally have been of approximately 12.5 mm in diameter. It is 7.04 mm thick and has an internal perforation of approximately 2.5 mm in diameter. It is broken across this perforation. It weighs 0.9 grams. It suffers from some damage and degradation.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Record ID: LIN-6BCDF7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small glass bead dating to the late Iron Age. The bead is of Guido's class 5 'Hanging Langford' type. The bead is circular in plan and the hoop is oval in cross-section. The glass is off-white in colour and almost clear, with patches of yellow on either side.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-EBF2F4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass bead of the Oldbury type, of late Iron Age or Roman date, 300BC to 400AD. The basal glass is dark blue in colour and has slightly raised knobs, each of which is decorated with a white swirl or spiral. Three of these knobs remain on this fragment. The fragment is 20.4mm long, 15.8mm wide and 8.5mm thick. It weighs 3.31gm. A fragment of an identical bead can be found on the database at reference YORM-7DAAE6.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 5th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A8E5C3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age-Late Saxon wound glass bead. It is long and circular-sectioned, with a circular longitudinal hole. The sides of the bead are irregular, swelling on one side and remaining fairly straight on the other, before narrowing at either end, with the spiral from the winding process clearly visible. The pierced ends are slightly irregular, but not broken. The glass is opaque, and very dark blue, appearing almost black. It is 21mm in length and has a maximum diameter of 8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beetley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9494B3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: St. Helens
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small blue glass bead dating from the late Iron Age to the Roman period. It is a medium sized generic bead. This type is particularly common in the late Iron Age and the Roman Period. Some are also known on early Anglo-Saxon necklaces. The bead is sub-spherical in plan with flattened ends and a central hole. The surface of the object has been chipped and scratched. The bead contains small white inclusions.The internal diameter of the perforation measures 3.45mm. This type of bead can be classified as Guido Group 6 IVb (Guido 1978, 155ff.). Guido lists a parallel from Wilderspool. Gui…
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billinge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-26BA21
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete blue glass bead of an Oldbury type. The object is bun shaped and is decorated with three white swirls. Only one half of the bead survives however it appears to be a modern break. The object appears to be capped, ie different glass on the outside and on the core, which is quite rare. The bead can be classified as Guideo Class 6, M.Guido, The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods in Britain and Ireland (1978)53-57 and 112-117(schedules). Similar beads which can be found on the database are YORYM-7DAAE6 and LIN-3A9556.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-333795
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass cobalt blue bead, circular in plan and oval in profile and section with a large offset circular hole. One side of the bead is thicker, in height, than the other by about 0.5 mm. There is a slight spur on the edge of one side of the perforation, suggesting that the glass has been rolled on a central rod, and pulled off while still hot. Irregular beads made of this dark blue glass have been found in Iron Age, Roman and Post-Roman contexts. There is a very similar example (2005.26.14) excavated from Castle Dore on display in the Iron Age case at the Royal Cornwall Museum. Q…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-E73100
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead, circular in plan and oval in profile, with a large off-set circular hole and a crack which runs through one side of the bead. The glass is translucent and pale green colour. Similar beads have been found in Iron Age and Romano-British contexts in Cornwall, such as two from Trevelgue Head, an Iron Age hillfort near Newquay, on display at the Royal Cornwall Museum, and about to be published by English Heritage and Cornwall Council in a monograph edited by Jacqueline Nowakowski and Henrietta Quinnell in section 8.4.1, Nos.1 (Acc. No: 1982.13.18.3) and 2 (Acc. No: 1982.12.18…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-BDC011
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast glass bead of Iron Age to modern date. The bead is annular with a circular perforation, and D-shaped in section. There is no visible seam. The colour is an orange-pink reminiscent of coral, but the material is glass.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-F24284
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead or possible pin head, probably made of glass and dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. The bead is broadly spherical, with three protruding bosses, and a circular-sectioned perforation extends through it. A segment of the bead is missing due to old breaks, and the cavity thus created has a pitted reddish surface. The 'glass' is dark brown, and the bosses are decorated with incised spirals. The patterns are reminiscent of the painted white swirls on dark blue glass beads of Oldbury type (see PAS record YORYM-7DAAE6). The object measures 8.87mm in diame…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC-C74A78
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately 40% of a blue glass bead. Probably Iron Age. Opaque cobalt blue glass with a white wavy line around the circumference of the bead. 15mm outer diameter. 7mm inner diameter. 7mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-7DAAE6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Oldbury Type blue bun-shaped glass bead with only two white swirls surviving.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-549160
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular light blue glass bead with an off centre sub-circular hole. The bead is broadly bun / globular shaped being sub-circular in plan and D shaped in cross section. It measures 21.0mm in diameter is 8.9mm wide and maximum of 7.6mm thick (from central hole to outer edge). The bead weighs 5.01 grams. The central hole is irregular and slightly faceted: it measures 7.2mm x 7.7mm. The bead is a light matt blue colour; when it is held up to the light it is translucent and has a number of small air bubbles and flecks present. The bead has also been slightly scratched and damaged b…
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Under Penyard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-437253
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of unknown date. The bead is sub-spherical with flattened ends and a central hole. The bead is made of blue glass and is in fair condition, with a pitted surface. Beads of this style were used from the Iron Age until the medieval period and beyond and so are impossible to date. This blue colour was popular in the 1st-3rd centuries, but could also be from an Anglo Saxon context.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fridaythorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-709171
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass annular bead. Only about quarter of the bead survives. It is 15.3mm long, 7.2mm wide and 5.6mm thick. It is sub-circular in section and would have had a radius of about 9mm. The bead is made of dark blue glass and is decorated with five trailed then smoothed circumferential bands of white glass. There is also a pinkish substance on the side of the central hole. Beads with similar decoration on the database are LEIC-70C974 and LEIC-8B5E97. It is very difficult to date glass beads as they were used throughout the Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval periods.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: CPAT-824C93
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a good example of a blue glass annular bead and given the deep cobolt blue of the main body of the ring and its diameter at 20mm, it is probably from the Roman period. The glass has been decorated with an opaque white wavy line and this is typical of the type (wave-decorated beads) as described in Margaret Guido's 'The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods'. In particular, this example fits within the group 5 type 10d style. The central hole is a little irregular and is slightly off centre. The diameter of the hole is 9mm.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-3F5394
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Early Medieval glass bead, 20mm in diameter, 9mm wide and 6mm thick. The object respresents half of a glass bead. The glass is largely opaque and has visible thin stripes varying from almost opaque pale blue to nearly clear blue/green.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-09BB55
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of unknown date. The bead is sub-spherical with flattened ends and a central hole. It has a diameter of 9.5mm and is 7mm thick. It weighs 0.8g. The bead is made of opaque sky blue glass and is in good condition. Beads of this style were used from the Iron Age until the medieval period and beyond and so are impossible to date. This sky blue colour was popular in the 1st-3rd centuries, but could also be from an Anglo Saxon context. However, an Iron Age or Roman date is most likely for this find based on the other material from this area. A similar example on the database is …
Created on: Friday 18th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-099AF6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of unknown date. The bead is spherical with a proportionally large central hole. It has a diameter of 7.9mm and is 7.3mm thick. It weighs 0.5g. The bead is made of clear light blue glass which is chipped and scratched. Beads of this style were used from the Iron Age until the medieval period and beyond and so are impossible to date. However, an Iron Age or Roman date is most likely for this find based on the other material from this area. There are other beads on the database including GLO-31DB65.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: WAW-892427
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman green glass bead. The bead is hexagonal in section and sub-rectangular in plan. One terminal is broken on one edge, but the complete edge appears to be original. The perforation through the bead appears to be a pointed oval shape. The glass is a matte rich mid green colour. The bead measures 11.69mm long, and 4.91mm wide. It weighs 0.5g. Sally Worrell (PAS Finds Advisor) has identified the bead as probably dating to the 4th century when green hexagonal beads were most popular.
Created on: Friday 20th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
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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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: IOW-75C683
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Guido group 5, type A annular bead. The bead is composed of translucent light blue glass with a white circumferential opaque swirling wave motif. Iron Age to Early Medieval (500 BC – AD 600). Length 7.0mm. Outer diameter 14.8mm, diameter of perforation 5.0mm. Weight 1.95g.
Created on: Monday 7th August 2006
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6490D1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age or Roman globular blue glass bead The bead is plain and made of opaque pale blue glass with a diameter of 10.28mm and a maximum thickness of 6.59mm. The bead has divergent sides and has a minimum thickness of 5.75mm. The central perforation has a diameter of 3.47mm. The bead has a crack running through both sides and weighs 0.8g.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: SOMDOR-A47812
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Just under half of an annular translucent light blue glass bead with white opaque swirling wave motif around the circumference. Guido's group 5, type A. According to Guido (1978), this style of polychrome bead was popular for a long period in the British Isles, appearing first in fourth or third century BC graves at Arras (Yorkshire). However, the size of this example (just under 22mm in diameter) and its colour (light as opposed to cobalt blue) suggest that this bead might belong to the post-Roman period (Guido 1978, p. 63-64). In Guido's later study of Anglo-Saxon glass beads (1999)…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-62EB92
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete glass bead of Iron Age date. The bead is a deep opaque blue in colour and circular in shape one third of it is missing due to an old break. It measures c25.3mm in diameter and its central circular perforation measures 10.6mm in diameter, it is 14.4mm in maximum height, but the height does vary down to 11.6mm. The outer face of the bead has rounded protrusions, large protrusions are arranged alternately with two smaller parallel protrusions. Each protrusion is further decorated with concentric circles of a paler almost white colour. This bead has been identifi…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashbocking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-3A5A03
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead. It is monochrome, dull yellow/brown. It has a diameter of 16.5-18.1mm; it has an irregular circumference. The diameter of the perforation is 8.0mm. It is 7.0-9.3mm high and weighs 2.6g. The join is discernible, as is a hole created by an air bubble. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely. Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-458583
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
undated blue glass bead 6mm thick and 7mm in diameter. It is spherical with a flattened top and bottom.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NLM-263333
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete dark blue glass bead. The plano-convex circular bead has a large central circular perforation. The external diameter 12.5mm, the internal diameter is 4.6mm and the weight is 1.03g.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-B853D4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead, made from four different colours of glass (blue, white, red, yellow). The bead is a cylinder with straight sides. It was made by mixing two strands of blue and white glass, and then wrapping the glass around a thin metal rod (the hole left by the rod has a diameter of 3.2mm); the glass mixture was then dragged this way and that around the rod, to mix up the patterns on the surface. Tiny blobs of yellow glass were then added fairly uniformly around the sides; onto each blob was added an even smaller one of red glass. The whole bead was then heated and rolled on a smooth su…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hailsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E93E92
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an annular glass bead. It is very pale blue/green with light iridescent weathering on all surfaces. There are several strain cracks close to the perforation on one end. It is 10mm high and weighs 1.91g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E93425
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete small globular dark blue glass bead. It is 6.5mm high and has a diameter of 7mm. There is a large chip on one side and a groove which extends from the perforated end on one side. The perforation at this end is tear-drop shaped and has dimensions of 2.3 x 3mm. At the other end, the diameter of the perforation is 1.5mm.It weighs 0.31g. Small globular beads are known in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts, occurring throughout the Roman period (Guido 1978, 69-71, group 7).
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E5AF27
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small blue/green globular glass bead. At one end it can be seen where glass was trailed and then cracked-off, to form the bead, and this end is also flattened. The bead is 7.8mm high, has a diameter of 8mm. The diameter of the perforation is 1.5mm and it weighs 0.56g. Small globular beads are known in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts, occurring throughout the Roman period (Guido 1978, 69-71, group 7).
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E5A701
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete small blue/green globular glass bead. There is a small chunk missing from close to the perforation on one side, which may be the result of a fault during manufacture. It is 7.3mm high, has a diameter of 7.5mm and weighs 0.49g. The diameter of the perforation varies and measures 1.5-2.5mm. Small globular beads are known in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts, occurring throughout the Roman period (Guido 1978, 69-71, group 7).
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E59EC4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead. It is pale yellow/brown. It has a diameter of 10-11mm and has an irregular circumference. The diameter of the perforation is 6mm. It is 2.5-4.5mm high and weighs 0.38g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E59730
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead with a diameter of 19.8mm. It is olive green, with dark yellow green swirling impurities, flaking pale iridescence. The perforation, which has a diameter of 7.5mm is slightly off-centre. The bead is 8.5-10mm high and weighs 4.5g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E58DE5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead. It is colourless with a blueish tinge. There are small chips around the perforations from abrasion with other beads. The diameter of the bead is 10mm and the diameter of the perforation is 5mm. It is 4mm high and weighs 0.45g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E58057
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead. Colourless with a blueish tinge. The perforation has a diameter of 5.6mm and is off-centre. The wall has an uneven thickness and is 3.5-4.7mm in height. The diameter is 11mm and the thickness of the wall is 2-3.1mm. It weighs 0.52g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E57627
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete annular glass bead. It is mid-blue with dulled surfaces. The wall of the bead has an uneven thickness. It is 3.2-4.8mm high, has a diameter of 12.6mm and the diameter of the perforation is 6.2-7mm. The thickness of the wall is 2.8-4.8mm and it weighs 0.78g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most common, but dark blue, yellow/brown and greenish colourless examples are also known.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E52CE5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete annular glass bead, c.75% now survives. It is pale blue, with light iridescence on the external surface, but heavier iridescence on the internal surface and at the breaks. The diameter (21.7mm) and thickness of the section is irregular. The bead is 6.4-8.3mm high. The perforation is large with a diameter of 11.5mm and is slightly irregular having been formed around an object with straight lines/angles.The bead weighs 2.80g. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group …
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-E51FC6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment, c. 40%, of an annular (or possibly globular) glass bead. It is colourless, with a blueish tinge and there is a large dark inclusion within the glass. There are horizontal striations and some short vertical cracks on the external surface and light iridescence on all surfaces. The bead weighs 2.27g and is 10.6mm high with a diameter of c.20mm. The perforation has a diameter of c8mm. Monochrome annular beads have been found in both late Iron Age and Roman contexts and are difficult to date precisely (Guido 1978, 65-6 group 6iia, 140-2). Blue/green examples are the most…
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-E50B53
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete translucent dark blue glass melon bead. There are seven unevenly spaced vertical grooves. Light chipping at one end are indicative of abrasion with another bead. The other end has no signs of wear at the perforation. There are two large ‘pits’ on the external surface which are the result of air bubbles in the glass. The bead is 8.1mm high and weighs 1.54g. It has a diameter of 12.4mm and the perforation has a diameter of 3.5mm. Sally Worrell adds: Glass melon beads are present in Europe in the pre-Roman period, and 16 were found in a La Tene burial at the Wetwan…
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-3A9556
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oldbury Type blue bun shaped glass bead with five yellow swirls set in a two-one-two formation from top to bottom. Only half of the bead survives.
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID4489
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bead is a circular shape in plan, with a regular rounded edge in profile, Guido describes the shape as 'thick annular'. It has a central hole which is straight and sub-circular in cross section. The background colour of the bead is a dark blue colour which is decorated with white spiral which starts near the centre of one face and continues around the bead, but forming sub-concentric rings on the opposite face. On the less decorated face, evenly spaced around the hole are three small sub-circular indentations which maybe part of the manufacturing process or accidental.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID4490
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Published
The bead is sub-circular shape in plan. However one side the bead has been chipped. It has an off-centre sub-circular hole which has straight sides. The base of the bead is slightly flattened, and the upper face is flattened also, but to a lesser extent. In profile the bead has a regular curvature. The bead is a translucent dark/royal blue colour.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID4491
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Published
The beads are sub-circular shape in plan. They have a central sub-circular hole which has straight sides. The beads' profile is globular with slightly flattened base and upper face. The surface of the beads have very fine grooves in a spiral form suggesting the bead was wound in manufacture. The colour of the bead is a dense opaque sky blue colour.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID4492
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Published
The bead is a sub-spherical shape, with a narrow central sub-circular hole which has straight sides. The diameter of the hole is 2.07mm. The bead in profile has a slightly flattened base. Areas of the surface of the bead has discoloured slightly, most likely due to the conditions of the soil. The colour of the bead is a translucent brown/yellow colour.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID4493
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Published
The bead is an oval shape in plan with slightly flattened terminals. Through the longest axis of the bead is a hole with straight sides. One terminal of the hole has a large chip. This chipped area has slight compression ripples, similar to that of knapped flint. The colour of the bead appears to be a very dark opaque brown.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC2612
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Approximately half of a large spherical glass bead, cobalt blue in colour with white glass annulet decoration. It can be classified as a South Harting type (Guido's type 3). Internal aperture diameter measures 8.41mm An uncommon find which has therefore been marked as noteworthy
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE BENEFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4884
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just under half of a large bead made from translucent deep blue glass with a rather carelessly inlaid trail of twisted cable. The cable appears to have been made from white, dark blue and a slightly lighter blue, and is 3 mm wide. The surviving inlay makes one complete and half of a second swag, with the cable being stretched out and crumpled at the bottom of the complete swag. Original diameter c. 25 mm, diameter of perforation c. 4 mm. Twist-decorated beads are known from the late Iron Age/early Roman period and the early Anglo-Saxon period (7th century). There are good parallel…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK EDWARDSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2354
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The glass bead has a navy coloured background with white concentric rings in three pairs. Only a fragment remains of the outer edge and base.
Created on: Friday 14th July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2811
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Translucent blue glass bead; D-shaped section of irregular width 3-5mm, fractured across one point; central circular perforation 8mm in diameter with working striations on flat inside surface; simple glass beads of this nature are impossible to date precisely and could have been in use at anytime between the Late Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon periods.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK KETTLEBURGH', grid reference and parish protected.