Record ID: CAMHER-9BE832
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A medieval annular brooch of sheet silver, with convex profile, now distorted. The pin survives, attached through a hole pierced through the frame. Date: 13th-14th century Dimensions: Maximum diameter: 29mm
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2A7106
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An arrowhead, formed from tertiary flint, that is either barbed and tanged with the barbs having broken off or was originally a leaf shaped arrowhead that has been reworked to have a tang at the middle of the lower edge. The arrowhead is bifacially worked with covering low angle parallel retouch on the ventral side. The other side has long to invasive low angle scaled retouch. The arefact has recorticated although this has been removed at the base of the arrowhead around the tang. It is uncertain whether this is a result of reworking or later depositional damage. Weight is 1.70g, leng…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-24BA66
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small assemblage of medieval and post medieval ceramic vessel pottery sherds comprising: a) 3 rims of a shell tempered ware, probably dating to the eleventh or twelfth centuries AD. The fabric is grey to orange in colour with numerous shell inclusions. b)5 rims (one with combed decoration), 28 bodies and 4 bases of a coarse grey ware probably dating to the medieval period. The fabric contains numerous rounded quartz and mica inclusions giving the surface of the sherds a mottled and dimpled appearance. c)3 rims, 3 bodies and one base of an oxidised fabric, again probably dating to th…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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Record ID: CAM-ED23D8
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A collection of various ceramic pottery vessel sherds and building material. 7 sherds of Post-Medieval pottery including 1 sherd of Staffordshire slipware with feathered decoration 1600-1800, 6 sherds of various red wares including 1 sherd of black glaze ware, all totalling 79.159. 3 sherds of Roman pottery including 1 sherd of Mortarium (possibly Oxford ware fabric?), total weight 68.23g. 18 unidentified sherds (2 or 3 very small sherds might be Ceramic Building Material fragments), total weight 92.879 (3.61g of which might be CBM.).
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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Record ID: CAM-A04EF7
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-Medieval bed burial assemblage with gold and garnet pendant and othergrave goods found, by Cambridge Archaeological Unit, during archaeological excavation. "Description: The context of the find is an Anglo Saxon bed burial containing a probably teenaged female burial, and including the following items: A gold and garnet pectoral cross - grave goods (34mm diam) A gold and garnet set of linked pins - grave goods (pins 40mm long, total length with chain 120mm) A copper alloy chatelaine with chain, plate and beads - grave goods (length 100mm) An iron knife (seax) - g…
Created on: Monday 18th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: CAMHER-9C4BA8
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT Anglo Saxon assemblage of grave goods from Westfield Farm, Ely, Cambridgeshire Description of finds The grave goods were associated with an older juvenile burial, qualifying under the Treasure Act. The burial forms part of a small 7th century cemetery, identified and investigated during archaeological excavation. The artefacts comprise of a necklace, with gold and silver pendants, a silver pin and chain, two glass palm cups, a single sided bone comb, iron knife and iron fittings from a box, within which some of the grave goods were buried. Discussion of bulla pen…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-666345
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Fragment of Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe, double mouth moulding, trace of casting flash. Probably a South Eastern class A. Ewart Park phase, c 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2004
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
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Record ID: CAM-BAD957
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A polished flint axe of Neolithic date. Pointed oval section. This axe is almost complete but has a couple of fresh post-depositional flakes removed from the surface by later damage. Weight is in excess of 200g (too heavy for this set of weighing scales). Length is 129.90mm, maximum width is 50.64mm tapering to c.16.26mm, maximum thickness is 27.54mm.
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-97F9E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic polished flint axehead with retouch and post-depositional damage. The axehead has a pointed oval to almost lozenge shaped cross section. A lot of the polished surface has been removed by retouch and small amounts of damage. The polished surface survives predominantly along the centre of both sides which then extends, flaring into a fan shape, to cover all of the blade end. Retouch is present along both edges of both sides of the axehead and around both sides of the butt end giving the appearance of an axe rough-out with only partial polish. Small irregular shaped areas of …
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Record ID: CAM-5EAB98
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An Early to Middle Neolithic polished stone axehead dating c. 4000-3300 BC. This axehead has a pointed-oval cross section. One side edge has a slight flattened lateral facet, the opposing side edge having a subtler flattened lateral facet that could easily be missed during a very quick examination of this artefact thus giving the impression of a lateral rounded-pointed edge. The artefact weighs 290.74g, has a length of 126.5mm, maximum width of 60.5mm and maximum thickness of 31.7mm. The type of stone used to create this axehead has not yet been fully identified however the finder …
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: CAM-18C7C3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete fragment of polished Neolithic axehead. This axehead has been broken in half along the linial profile so that only one side of the profile survives. The axehead has also been broken transversely to the butt-end and blade-end. This means that the original shape and cross-sectional shape and profile shape of the artefact has been lost. At least one hinge fracture is present. Damage is also present along both edges.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: CAM-5D8F2E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axehead of Early-Medieval date. These early Anglo-Saxon 'Francisca', Frankish throwing axes date from the 5th to the 8th century AD. The example recorded in this PAS record is a type from early in the chronology of Francisca. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.0.6kg (600.00g). It has a length of c.146.0mm, maximum width of c.37.0mm and maximum height of c.85.0mm. The butt-end of the tool is flat and sub-rectangular in shape measuring 41.5mm x 36.7mm with angular corners on all, but the upper, edges. The sides of the tool-head expand slightly with a convex curve …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4EEC43
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small partially polished stone axehead of Neolithic date. The cross-section is oval. The weight is 172.06g, length is 99.8mm, maximum width is 41.0mm and maximum thickness is 29.6mm. This axehead is a greenstone, similar to Cornish greenstone although full scientific analysis would need to be conducted to determine this conclusively. The stone would have been pecked into shape before a half-hearted attempt to polish the the stone to the finished product. An attempt to polish the axehead can be seen on the tip and on a bit of the sides. This axehead has suffered post-depositional abr…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: CAM-F6D256
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic polished flint axehead, as this implement is polished all over it is likely to be of early, or middle Neolithic date. This axehead has an pointed-oval cross-section. It weighs 219.89g, has a length of 108.1mm, and maximum width of 62.5mm and maximum thickness is 27.6mm.
Created on: Saturday 30th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Record ID: CAM-50A633
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy balance pan or scale pan, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. It is concave, circular in shape, and has three small circular perforations spaced at regular intervals around its circumference. It has a diameter of 31mm and a thickness of 3mm. Similar circular pans, with the same or larger dimensions, are known from deposits of c. 1270-c.1400 in London (Egan 1998, nos. 1039-1043) but Margeson suggests that they were still in use in the early post-medieval period (1993, 204-5).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Teversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-62861D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early to Middle Bronze Age date 2400-1001 BC. The tip of one barb has broken off. Other smaller areas have also suffered some damage with the extreme tip of the arrowhead being absent, a notch being present in one edge a short distance below the tip and slight dammage to the base of the tang. This artefact has an asymmetrical cross section with one surface being flatter than the other to form a sub-triangular shape. The retouch is covering on one surface and invasive on the flatter surface. Most of the retouch is scaled, with a few…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
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Record ID: CAM-26FA23
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly incomplete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early to Middle Bronze Age date 2400-1001 BC. The tip of one barb has broken off but this appears to be the only area of damage to the artefact. This artefact has a very flattened oval cross section. The retouch is short to long but definately not invasive or covering resulting in a large central area on both surfaces of flat non-retouched flint, possibly due to the presence of an impurity through the centre of the arrowhead. The retouch is parallel with an area that appears to be scaled. The angle of this retouch is semi-a…
Created on: Sunday 23rd November 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
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Record ID: CAM-DC5FBD
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. This arrowhead was a tertiary flint object but has since completely recorticated. The only area where recortication is not present is at the tips of the barbs which have broken off. The artefact is bifacially worked, the retouch covering one side and being invasive - almost covering - on the other side. On the invasive side just a narrow (2.0mm) length (18.1mm) does not show retouch, the initial longitudinal working of the flint visible through the surrounding retouch. The retouch on both sides is scaled and low-angle. This projectil…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2017
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Record ID: CAM-B36994
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A pale green monochrome glass bead, probably dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The bead is cylindrical in shape with a circular perforation. The bead has a length of 6mm and a diameter of 8mm. The bead is similar to some found in early Anglo-Saxon inhumation burials at Barrington in Cambridgeshire (e.g. Malim and Hines 1998, fig. 3.32, no. 63; also see p. 207-9), but small green glass beads are also known from other periods (e.g. Roman, medieval and post-medieval).
Created on: Friday 4th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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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