Record ID: CAM-EF287A
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy penannular ring. The ring has an oval shape, length 16.2mm x width/depth 13.4mm x thickness 5.5mm. The internal aperture measures width 9.7mm x depth c.8.2mm. It weighs 2.82g, has a 'D' shaped cross-section, straight internal surface and convexly curved exterior. The metal tapers to rounded terminals at each end. A gap of 2.3mm is present between the terminals. The patina is mottled with mid green, paler orangey-brown and dark grey-green patches. Much of the original surface is missing due to shallow corrosion/damage. It is possible that this migh…
Created on: Saturday 23rd September 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of Peterborough Unitary Authority', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EC38EB
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy toilet article, nail cleaner, in the shape of a miniature strigil or sickle. This is presumably used for cleaning a person's fingers while its tip could also effectively be used to clean around and under finger and toe nails. This artefact weighs 1.67g and has a maximum length of 45.9mm. At the proximal end the object terminates in a sub-circular suspension loop of 5.4mm width and 1.2mm thickness. The circular aperture at the centre has a diameter of 3.0mm. Subtle shallow diagonal grooves decorate the outer edges of one side of the loop. The suspensio…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-A14EF1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified artefact, probably a harness fitting or bit link of Early-Medieval Anglo-Scandinavian date or alternatively an incomplete bow and part of the shank from a key (locking) of Roman date. See WILLIAMS, D. 2007 F.R.G. Datasheet 39, Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings & https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/bit-links/ . Also see https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/keys/ and PAS records: SF-F573C2 & less like SF-072683.  The example recorded here weighs 19.55g, it has …
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-290F81
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy from an unidentified artefact of uncertain date, probably Bronze Age. This fragment weighs 11.87g. It survives to an incomplete length of 28.3mm with a break at both ends. It has a maximum width of 16.6mm and incomplete thickness of 10.9mm. One surface of this artefact is completely missing. The surviving fragment has an irregular sub-rectangular to 'C' shaped cross-section. The walls of the copper-alloy have a thickness of between c.0.1mm to c.2.6mm. The central cavity is filled with a firm and solid off-white substance, possibly a paste.&n…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-FFBE96
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single loop sub-rectangular buckle frame, pin missing, with forward projecting off-set bar. The dating of these are uncertain. Single loop rectangular buckles can date from c.AD1300 to at least AD1500, see Whitehead R. 2003, pp.26-27, nos.126-133. The recorder suspects that these buckles with forward projecting off-set bars are likely to be for use with horse harness, the dating possibly extending to at least the first half of 20th century AD?  This would give a wide date range of Medieval to the early Modern period. The thinking being that items use…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-49FE89
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pair of cast copper-alloy tweezers, most likely dating from sometime between the Roman and Early-Medieval period (c. AD 43-850). The tweezers are formed from a single length of copper-alloy, which has been bent in half to form a sprung loop at the centre. The strip has a rectangular cross-section the corners of the edges adjacent to the inner surface set at 90 degrees and the corners of the edges adjacent to the external surface slightly rounded. In the folded position the loop becomes one end of the object, which weighs 8.16g. Dried mud fills the loop and this mud acc…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland Unitary Authority', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-24B53F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-circular irregularly shaped disc of copper-alloy that might originally have been a coin, probably of Roman date. If this was a coin and is not of Roman date then it may be of Post-Medieval date. Both sides of the disc are worn and, if originally a coin, now completely illegible. One surface has a slight raised area. The opposite side has a larger raised area that might possible be the remains of an extremely worn head or bust. This artefact weighs 6.27g, has a maximum diameter of 26.0mm, thickness at the edge of c.1.8mm rising to a maximum thickness of 2.7mm. The disc…
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
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Record ID: CAM-0F70EE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A disc of copper-alloy of uncertain function and unknown date. This disc weighs 4.60g, has a diameter of 26.4mm and thickness of 1.0mm. The artefact might be an illegible coin, token or incomplete button etc. There are unclear punch-stamped marks across the centre of one side, possibly numbers or letter characters or simply decorative motifs. The other side of the disc initially appears to be a worn and corroding surface, similar to the opposite side, with no legible detail and definitely no punch-stamped marks. However, closer inspection, aided by magnification or enlarging the image…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
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Record ID: CAM-0EAAB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A completely illegible copper-alloy disc. Weight is 4.00g, diameter is 23.9mm and thickness is 1.8mm. This might possibly be a Post-Medieval coin, either a halfpenny or farthing depending on when during the Post-Medieval period as the flan sizes of these denominations alter slightly. If this disc was originally a coin the die axis is unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: CAM-04E6B9
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy die of uncertain date. The die weighs 10.69g and is a cube measuring 11.0mm x 11.2mm x 11.2mm. This die is non-regular in that the opposing faces do not total seven. Thus, one is opposite three, two is opposite four, and five is opposite six. These numbered sides are marked with concave single dot depressions that have a white to pale grey colour. The content of the dots may be a whiteish pigment used to better show up the number represented. Alternatively, the dots may contain lead or the entire core of the die may be filled with lead that has been left exposed at the …
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: CAM-241252
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy of unknown date and function. This fragment has a sub-square cross-section, both the width and thickness measuring approximately 3.6mm. It weighs 1.18g and has a curved length of 15.9mm. Both breaks are roughly transverse, one a little more diagonally angled than the other, with fairly unabraded surfaces. Use of a rim chart indicated that this fragment probably represents about 10% of the circumference of a 50.0mm diameter circular loop, if the fragment originally contined to curve on the same arcing alignment, which is uncertain. Discussion: This fragment i…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Record ID: CAM-CD4905
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gilt copper-alloy from an uncertain artefact type. This fragment weighs 5.09g. It appears to be from the possible corner of the artefact, a once flat and now slightly bent piece of metal that has a 'V' shape. The external angle is c.80 degrees and the internal angle is slightly less than 70 degrees. The fragment has a width at a transverse worn irregular break of 13.2mm and 12.2mm at the worn irregular diagonal break. Both the internal and external edge to the corner is curved and the fragment has a width measurement of 17.7mm across this axis. The fragment has a smooth …
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-80AC5D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Post-Medieval buckle frame, probably dating to the Georgian period. The fragment weighs 5.56g and would have been from a two-piece buckle. Only one side of the frame survives. This indicates that the frame was curved, the middle forward projecting and the corners set further back. Thus, the front has a convex curve and the frame creates a concave reverse area. The arm of the frame has a 'D' shaped cross-section with flatter reverse and rounded front, inner and outer edges. At the corners the arm has a width of 4.1mm and thickness of 3.9mm. The middle of th…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-00EAFB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified artefact made from copper-alloy of uncertain date. This artefact might possibly be a chisel of Bronze Age date, compare with the items recorded in PAS records: BERK-4008DB, SUR-6751DB, WAW-CEC22C and SUR-E27EB1. This item weighs 2.96g. One end consists of a love-heart shaped end. This has a maximum width of 17.4mm and thickness at the end of 1.4mm. There are two convexly rounded parts to the end that are separated by a concavely round-based V-shaped notch. The love-heart shape tapers towards the middle of the object to a width of 5.3mm, over a length of c.20.6mm. …
Created on: Saturday 18th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-17B1ED
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One, or more probably two artefacts of uncertain function that most probably date to the 18th century AD or more recent. This item weighs 7.24g and appears to be two squashed loops fixed together, side by side, at one end. The two loops are formed from lengths of copper-alloy that have a 'D' shaped cross-section. The strips maintain a width of 5.1mm and thickness of c.1.7mm. The strips of copper-alloy have transverse concave curves at the mid point along the length bringing the flat surface of each in towards itself. The terminal ends also curve inwards. It is possible, that it w…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
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Record ID: CAM-86BFAE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy probably of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. This fragment weighs 5.05g. It measures an incomplete width of 21.0mm with an incomplete height of 21.2mm and maximum thickness of 2.2mm. The rim would have turned outwards slightly at the top of the object. The inner edge is smooth and undecorated. The outer surface has a groove the runs parallel to and is set 4.6mm down from the top of the artefact's rim. Use of a rim chart indicates that the edge of the artefact rim would have had a diameter of approximately 70.0mm and that this fragment accounts for just over 9…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-B0DF83
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Jetton of Medieval or Post-Medieval date. Obverse shows an unclear shield. Obverse legend is mostly illegible but is probably fictitious: [...]E[...]V[...]. A rose with central pellet sits within the legend at the left hand corner of the shield. The reverse shows an unclear tressure, probably containing an imperial orb surmounted by a cross. This would make it an Anonymous Nuremberg stock Jetton dating c.AD 1500-1525 (Mitchiner, M. 1988 pp.355-358, nos.897, 992-997). This would mean that the die axis is 8 o'clock. Alternatively the tressure may possibly contain an uncle…
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-886F17
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy anthropomorphic artefact, probably with a lead core due to the weight. This artefact has a rather dark brown with orange mottled colour but use of a strong magnet receives no reaction. Possibly there was an iron component to this object, now missing, or separate object in close proximity to this one.  Height 18.0mm, width 12.6mm, thickness 13.9mm, weight 11.9g (0.42oz). This unidentified object is formed of two human heads, the details (cheeks, nose, mouth, chin and hair) probably moulded. The heads are set back to back and an indistict jo…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-884CA9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified artefact formed in a zoomorphic shape of copper-alloy and iron. Dating is uncertain but probably Roman. This artefact has an incomplete length of 36.5mm, width of 10.5, thickness of 12.5mm and weighs 17.68g. At the terminal end the artefact has an oval cross-section and this has become sub-square at the break. Visually this appears to be made of copper-alloy. The front of the mussle is blunt and vertical. A gap around three sides of the terminal end give the artefact the appearance of the beast having an slightly open mouth. To one side o…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-880CB7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting, strap slide of probable Post-Medieval date. This artefact weighs 7.92g, has a length of 38.7mmm and maximum width of 23.7mm. As described by Williams, D. in PAS record SUR-A30380, this artefact also has a “complex form” “without further decoration”. It has the remains of “a three-sided bar through which the strap would have run”. The external surface, of the main body of the object, is convexly moulded and most of the reverse surface is concave. This gives a stretched ‘C’ shape cross-sec…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.