Record ID: LANCUM-DCAB24
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cross. This is three of the four arms of a copper alloy cross, which has been gilded. The arms extend from a diamond shaped centre, widening into a 'bulge' then narrowing again and ending in another widened knop. They are hemispherical in section, slightly flatter on the back. In the centre of the diamond is a small, round blue cabochon gem or glass piece, set proud of the centrepiece in a raised mount. There are rays (perhaps representing those from a halo) cast in to the metal emitting from this gem. One section is slightly shorter th…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DC9602
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy brooch or possibly a mount. A sub square centre section with four knops projecting from each of the corners via a short triangular stem. The central cast design is set in a circular dished depression, and consists of a many petalled (ten) flower with a futher flower motif in the centre of this, set above the larger flower. The raised border of the dished area is decorated with small pellets. The design is reminiscent of a Tudor rose. There is no apparant decoration on the knops. The whole has been gilded, of which much remains. There is an iron mount survivin…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DC09C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy enamelled zoomorphic brooch in the form of a duck or similar bird. The cast copper alloy bird is in the shape of an egg, in plan. The narrow end of the form is pointed to form the tail, the neck and head rises from the wider end. The brooch is hollow. The body of the bird is cast with crescent shaped cells along the side to represent wing feathers and these have been filled with enamel in pale and dark blue, of which some remains. Smaller crescents are also lined along the back and have been enamelled too. There is an eye either side of the head. Unde…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Gidding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DB4E58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy, cloisonne enamel disc brooch of the late early medieval period dating c.AD 975-1125. The brooch comprises a gilded circular back plate with a raised flange around the circumference within which is a cloisonné decoration. This is formed by creating cells with copper alloy wire and adding coloured enamels to these cells. The decoration varies, but in this example, there are seven evenly sized and spaced hemispherical cells around the edge of the circular face which are filled with blue enamel; there is then a central sub-c…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA9D3D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver annular brooch. The brooch is complete although twisted and folded, and appears to have been cut or stamped from a blank. It is made from thin silver, approximately 0.5mm thick, and 6mm wide. The hole for the pin has been crudely punched from the back of the brooch, the end of the pin is looped through this to secure it. The pin is pointed at the termination. The brooch is plain apart from a mark punched into the back that may be a hallmark or initials - shown in the inset of the image. It looks like a very elaborate I or L, and H, or possibly W and D. …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E0E29
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy bell shaped weight. It appears to have been cast in a mould made by the first joint of someone's thumb, the faint imprint of the nail still being visible. Possibly an incomplete suspended weight that was originally intended to have some form of trapped loop in a perforation that was never started. Alternatively it may always have been intended as a standing weight, possibly for a scale pan. Probably dates to between c1540 and c1900 AD. The height is 39mm, diameter is 24mm, and the weight 132.98g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7D9072
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval lead or lead alloy weight, probably a pan weight. It is square in plan, rectangular in section and profile. The upper face is decorated with a raised saltire with a raised pellet in one quadrant. The lower face is undecorated. The object has been abraded and deformed post deposition. The alloy has a high lead content. Dates to between c1200 and c1640 AD. The length is 41mm, width 38mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 68.36g. Similar objects on the database include BH-333186, IOW-715B18, and NLM-20DBAE.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6961AB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hammered copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I, probably type 2. Dates to between c1634 and c1649 AD, probably c1636 to c1644 AD. The diameter is 12mm, and the weight 0.40g. Obverse inscription [CA]ROL[VS D G MAG BRI] Reverse inscription FRA [ET HIB REX] The coin is damaged and incomplete.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6924FD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trapezoidal knee or breech buckle. When complete it was sub rectangular in plan, with a drilled frame for separate spindle. Only a fragment of one outer edge remains, the rest is absent. The outer face of this fragment has decoration in the form of a moulded pin rest. It shares similarities with Whitehead's No 627. Dates from c1600 to c1720 AD. The length is 21mm, width 14.5mm, thickness 4.5mm, and the weight is 2.54g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1F3294
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Extremely worn fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating from c. 1100-800BC. It is a blade fragment, but very little of the cutting edge and lower body of the axe survive. All surfaces re extremely worn and no further identification is possible unfortunately. It is likely that it is an axehead that was part of the Late Bronze Age Wilburton or Ewart Park metalwork assemblages. Length is 40mm, width 20mm, thickness 8mm, and weight 17.77g.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9A2592
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy button. It is circular in plan, domed in section, with a concave inner face. The outer face is decorated with radiating, curving lines from the centre to the edge. In the centre of the innerface is the stub of the missing attachment loop. Dates to between c1700 and c1850 AD. Diameter 31mm, thickness 8mm, weight 12.81g.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-99D859
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy spectacle or figure of 8 buckle frame. The frame is undecorated and the pin is absent. A close parallel is Whitehead 1996, number 294. Dates from c1350 to c1650 AD. The length is 24mm, width 20mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 3.47g.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-99CC50
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy spectacle or figure of 8 buckle frame. The frame is undecorated and the pin is absent. A close parallel is Whitehead 1996, number 291. Dates from c1350 to c1650 AD. The length is 30mm, width 25mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 4.43g.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-98F8EB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy strap end, possibly a form of Thomas Class E Type 3. It is undecorated on one face. On the other it is decorated with two central parallel ridges along its length. There are four annulets in line either side of these ridges. Dates to between c850 and c1100 AD. The length is 31mm, width 15mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is 3.40g. Objects with some similarity on the database include YORYM-F353E7, GLO-C1A050, and CAM-7F732C.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BEEBD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade token or foreign coin, probably dating to the eighteenth century AD. There appears to be a central object surmounted by a crown on one side. No further detail is discernable. Diameter 20mm and weight 3.47g.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 15th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BE6E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval hammered copper alloy coin, probably a rose farthing of Charles I of uncertain type. Probably dates to between 1634 and 1649 AD. The diameter is 15mm, and the weight 0.72g. Obverse inscription and reverse inscription illegible. The coin is damaged and incomplete.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BDF3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete coper-alloy Roman coin of unclear type, probably a radiate or nummus dating to the period c.AD 260-402. Both faces are illegible. Unclear mint. The length is 10mm, width 8mm, and the weight 0.36g.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BDD26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate or nummus of unclear type, dating to the period c.AD 260-402. Both faces are illegible. Unclear mint. It measures 12mm in diameter and 0.87g in weight.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BD1AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman radiate or nummus of unclear type, dating to the period c.AD 260-402. Both faces are illegible. Unclear mint. The diameter is 14mm and the weight 0.99g.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1BCD41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily corroded copper-alloy Roman coin, probably a nummus of unclear type dating to the period c.AD 330-348 (reece period 17). Unclear reverse type or mint. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 1.42g.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.