Record ID: CAM-198FF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch fragment dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the head plate. The head plate is rectangular in shape with two semi-circular cut outs in each corner giving it a cruciform appearance. It is decorated with a marginal pattern of stamped semi-circles and dots. On the underside of the head plate is a semi-circular lug with circular perforation. Iron corrosion products surround the lug. The fragment measures 22mm in length and 26mm in width. It has a thickness of 9mm.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3E8A56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gilded copper alloy button brooch dating from 450-550 AD. The brooch consists of a small saucer shaped disc of copper alloy with a raised rim. The design on the brooch consists of an anthropomorphic face with pronounced eyebrows, nose and frowning mouth encased within a circular barley-twist outline. The back of the brooch has a catchplate missing the catchplate turnover and a very corroded iron pin that is no longer discernable from corrosion products surrounding it. Diameter: 19.53mm thickness: 1.19mm weight: 6.04g
Created on: Monday 1st December 2008
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-09C4B6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure report from B.M. Ager: The ingot consists of a short, roughly rectangular bar hammered to shape with rounded ends and oblique, parallel-sided section; length, 20 mm; weight, 5 grams. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 33-38% and silver content of 47-49%, the rest being copper with a trace of lead.
Created on: Friday 16th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-52B265
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy buckle plate of early Anglo-Saxon date, late sixth or early seventh century. It is of Marzinzik's type II.23b-ii, buckle with triangular copper-alloy plate, and has a triangular aperture in the centre. At each of the three points of the triangle are circular recesses; the recess at the apex of the triangle is slightly larger (c. 12 mm diameter) than the other two (c. 8.5 mm diameter). One of the smaller recesses is filled with a white adhesive, cement or filler; the other two are empty. There is a small detached piece of copper-alloy wire, half of a circle 8.5 mm in dia…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-274762
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch of a type referred to as 'jewelled' or 'keystone garnet'. The brooch is now corroded and the details are hard to see clearly. The edge of the brooch is smooth and undecorated creating a border 4.06mm wide. Next to the border is a narrow groove c.0.68mm wide followed by a band c.0.91mm wide. At the centre of the brooch is a raised field of 9.20mm diameter which is filled with white material. The brooch has a thickness of 4.35mm at the centre over the central raised field, and is 2.55mm thick over the rest of the disc. Surrounding the centra…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-357FC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete small silver pin with polyhedral head and incomplete shaft. The head is sub-cuboid, with every corner removed, resulting in four lozengiform faces and a triangular face at each corner. None of the faces are decorated The shaft has a circular cross-section, and tapers smoothly from beneath the head to the very old and worn break; there is no collar. Dimensions: Surviving length 14.63mm, diameter of shaft at top 2.4mm, diameter of shaft at break 1.6mm. The head measures 5.0mm x 4.7mm in cross-section. Weight 1.11g. Discussion and Date: Pins with small un…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A32F23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring of the Viking period. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the ring of 35-40% and a silver content of 55-60%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 3.84 grams. The hoop of the ring is made of a lozenge-section rod which tapers to the back where the ends are drawn into wires which overlap and are wound once round each other; diameter, 26 mm (max). Both outer faces are decorated most of the way round with a row of punched circles and there is also a single circle on one of the inner faces next to the knot.…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B519C7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Object Date: 9th century Description: Hooked tag Small, silver hooked tag with triangular head-plate. Two attachment holes and punched decoration in form of ring-and-dots and a line of simple dots along the middle axis of the object. The hook on the back is intact, if slightly bent. Discussion: Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards, but those with triangular head plate seem to become popular only from the 9th century. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analy…
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-628CF0
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Viking ingot. Weight 17.65g, length 34.43mm, width 13.27mm, thickness 6.77mm. See TAR 2007, p.109, 110, 111, 355, 356, 357 no.s 206 PAS YORYM-C89482 2007T445, no.211 PAS SF-E8A3A6 2007T714 & no.213 PAS NMGW-9C2070, Wales 07.17. See TAR 2005/6, p.84, 85 & 332-333, no.227 2006T39, no.228 2006T204, no.229 2005T455, no.230 2006T57, no.232 2005T392, no.233 2006T192 & no.234 2005T539. See TAR 2004, p.75 & 261, fig.100 2004T224, fig.101 2004T471. See TAR 2003, p.65 & 212, fig.82 2003T293, fig.83 2003T48. See TAR 2002, p.51, fig.37 2002T116. See TAR 2001, p.47 fig.6…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F22CD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver-plated copper-alloy contemporary copy of a sceat, Series J (type 85) but in an imitative style (the pellets forming the mouth sloping to the right rather than the left), c.710-25. Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 0.81g, diameter is 11.75mm, thickness is 1.71mm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.