Record ID: HESH-544227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Western uninscribed silver unit broadly attributed to the Dubonnic tribe. Similar to Hobbs 3012
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: 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: HESH-03C1E1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a piece of later prehistoric metalwork, most probably a later Iron Age terret ring. The fragment is irregular in plan and cross section; it curves and tapers slightly from a rectangular sectioned bar to an oval section at an angle of less than 30%. If it were from a terret ring this would fit with the transition from base to loop. The patina is a mid brown colour and has substantially laminated revealing the metal beneath which has corroded. The fragment measures 31.2mm length, 8.7mm width and is 6.9mm thick; it weighs 7.31 grams
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th November 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-B30272
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy tankard handle of probable later Iron Age or very early Roman date (c. 150 BC - 100 AD). The handle has an openwork design that is similar to that seen on several tankards and can be paralleled against the design seen on mirror handles. The handle is fragmentary consisting of the upper part only; the break on the lower edge is old and patinated suggesting damage in antiquity. In plan the handle is irregular being broadly sub-rectangular; in profile it is bowed with an even (elegant) curve; the cross section is irregular. The upper bow of the handle i…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leominster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A66687
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rally ID: 20 Iron Age: A complete struck / hammered Gold stater of Dubonnic tribe - Western EISV. Obv: leaf - 5 fronds with pellet ends rev: horse right with pellet triangle and EISV above, pellet below neck, below body of horse wheel, tail formed with three stands. Diameter: 16.5mm Thickness: 3.5mm Weight: 4.7 grams. Ref: Hobs (3042)
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A67F00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rally ID: 38 Iron Age: A complete struck / hammered silver Unit / stater, of the Western Dubonnic. Obv: leaf / tree - very poorly defined Rev: Horse with pellet triangle and EISV above, wheel below Diameter: 17.7mm Thickness: 3mm Weight: 2.9 grams. Coin was photographed.
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D48367
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rally ID: 24 Iron Age: A cast copper alloy bucket mount, in the shape of a bull's head. It is a heavily corroded triangular shaped bucket mount. It has a flat profile with recessed bosses at all three corners. A ridge is present along the back on the reverse of the item. The horns curve inwards. Length: 36.8mm Width: 30.7mm Thickness: 12.6mm (max) Thickness: 7.5mm (min) Weight: 32.0 grams Artefact has been photographed.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow 1', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F48C56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Inscribed gold stater of the Dobunni (western) group, c. 20 BC - c. AD 5. The coin is inscribed CORI[O]. Rudd ABC 2048; BMC 3064-3102.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-145E67
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver toggle or fitting with globular knop on each side. Narrow body expanding at each end into a globule, creating an overall dumb-bell shape. Globules are of un-uniform size. Copper-alloy and bone examples of similar objects have been dated to the Iron Age, a similar shaped toggle can be found in Read (2005). An Iron Age object of this type is extremely rare. Analysis results of the toggle show that it is 97% silver the rest being copper, with traces of lead and gold; the amount of gold indicates that this toggle is not of Iron Age date, the manufacturing technique correspond…
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ross-on-Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-51E201
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete fragment from a cast copper alloy cosmetic mortar (also known as cosmetic or woad grinder) of late Iron Age to early Roman date circa 300 BC - 200 AD. The cosmetic mortar is incomplete - all that remains is the looped terminal and a small part of the grinding surface. The loop is cast integral to the body of the mortar and forms one of the terminals. Unusually for the type the loop has a uniform width and thickness; there is no form of junction where the loop returns and meets with the body of the grinder and no decorative motifs. The loop though the terminal is relatively …
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-927B26
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bracelet of unknown age – probably late Iron Age – Roman (100 BC-100 AD). The bracelet is formed from a cast length of copper alloy bar which seems to have been twisted in a vice. The twists for the most part are regular, although a series of stress fractures are evident in a number of places. It is possible that it has been cast – although the mould it was cast from must have been based upon a twisted example. The bracelet is broadly C shaped, with an open edge which is flanked by two bird head like terminals. In cross section is a relative regular oval. The te…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B91282
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy toggle, of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date (300 BC – 100 AD). The head of the toggle is broadly irregular being broadly cylindrical (sub-rectangular) in plan with a single triangular loop projecting from one of the long edges. In profile and cross section the toggle is sub-circular, D shaped. The toggle measures 31.2mm length, 16.8mm width, is 10.1mm thick and weighs 7.74 grams. The head of the toggle is broadly symmetrical in design. It consists of a central knob like projection from which two small pointed spurs extend in either edge. The centre…
Created on: Friday 18th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7344A1
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment from the chape of a scabbard of a later Iron Age (La Tène III) sword (c. 200-50 BC). The fragment is irregular in plan and profile with a large fragment of iron passing through the centre of the piece; this iron fragment is probably the remains of the sword blade. In plan the piece is broadly sub-rectangular with irregular edges; in profile it is also irregular. Down the centre of the fragment, on one face only, is a large D shaped ridge. This ridge terminates at the base of the chape in a rounded knop like projection which has been heavily abraded. One o…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 11th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leominster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-5AA855
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Coin: Silver uninscribed Western unit of irregular type. Hobbs: 3012-3022, best comparison is 3017-3018
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9B7E92
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring of unknown date, most probably Iron Age or early Roman (300 BC- 100AD). The function of the ring is debatable, but is probably either a belt ring or harness ring. The ring is circular in plan and has a distinct angular sub-triangular cross section; the section has its thickest part on the outer edge of the ring and is narrowest at the centre. The upper and lower surfaces have distinct faceted edges. There is no evidence of either cast or applied decoration and all casting residue has been removed from the surface of the ring. The internal edge of the ring is wo…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 15th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ross on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9B8F37
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy ‘miniature’ knobbed terret ring of probable later Iron Age or early Roman date (100 BC - 200 AD). The ring is broadly D shaped in plan, with a D shaped cross section. At the base of the ring is a horizontal bar with an oval cross section. This bar has an old fracture through it and is distorted in profile. The bar itself is slight and much thinner than the ring, it is also slightly offset. The ring itself is thick with distinct angular faces; it is regular in shape forming a regular U shaped arch. The upper part of this arch is decorated with a series of five ev…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ross on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9B9E96
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pin or stud of probable later Iron Age or early Roman date 200 BC – 200 AD). The stud is complete consisting of a domed bi-convex head which tapers to a slight short shaft. The head is decorated with an incised pattern of a debased spiral formed from incised lines set around a central raised pellet or dome. The pattern is not well achieved being uneven and irregular in design. The shaft is an irregular square shaped section which tapers to a point. The pin is a mid brown green colour with a thick well polished patina which is abraded and laminating. The length of th…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ross on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9BAE32
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of unknown function – most likely to be part of a harness of later Iron Age or Roman date (200 BC – 400 AD). The fragment is cast in one piece; it consists of four circles conjoined on their edges to form an irregular quatrefoil in plan. In cross section the artefact is sub-rectangular. Through the centre of the quatrefoil is an irregular sub-rectangular hole, it is positioned at the junction between the four circles. The hole measures 5.4mm x 3.6mm. Each of the four circles differs in size, although they seem to be ordered with the largest example (diame…
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ross on Wye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B13CD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Dobunni tribe, provisionally dated to the late Iron Age 20 BC - 50 AD. The unit is similar to Allens classes I and J. Philip de-Jersey, of the Celtic coin index has suggested: The coin (CCI 06.0574) is indeed a Dobunnic type along the lines of Van Arsdell 1135 or 1137 (Hobbs 3003-3005). The two types (corresponding to Allen classes I and J) are almost impossible to tell apart - particularly in this condition - and it's debatable in fact whether there is a valid distinction to be made, since elements of the design seem to overlap the two classifications. The datin…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinedor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-BBBBA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bow brooch of probable late Iron Age or possible early Roman date (300 BC- 100 AD). The brooch is complete. The pin is held by a hinge which is attached to an axis bar. This bar is probably made of iron, due to the large amount of orange staining and corrosion product present around the head of the brooch. The axis bar is contained by semi-cylindrical cover that is formed from the upper part of the brooch being rolled / folded upon itself and hammer welded to the reverse face of the head. The pin is connected to the axis bar through a small slit in this cover. The he…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.