Record ID: CAMHER-999AA1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold foliate accessory. It is made of fine pieces of gold, is broken in places and is therefore very delicate. Within a small circular recess to the front and bottom of this piece is green enamel. The presence of four loops at the corners suggests that it may have been sewn onto fabrics, though it was more than likely part of a necklace or bracelet. It is in the style of 19th-century revivalist jewellery and therefore is not classed as Treasure.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-9461A7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure report reads: "Description: A rectangle of possible hack gold. The fragment has a transverse cut or break at both ends. Dimensions: The fragment weighs 3.93g, has a length of 13.03mm, width of 11.50mm and is 2.68mm thick. The fragment has a rectangular cross-section and possible evidence of having been hammered. Discussion: This object has been examined by multiple curators at the British Museum, (Iron Age, Bronze Age and Early Medieval curators). It is the curatorial opinion that this gold fragment is undiagnostic, and cannot be attributed to a specific period. Due to the…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CFB562
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold decorative fragment. This fragment seems to probably be complete but it is uncertain what artefact type it would have originally have been attached to. This decorative fragment is of a slightly scrolled foliate design. The symmetrical item has a raised central rib that terminates in a spherical knop. To either side of this rib are two tear-drop shaped lobed fields demarcated by a raised border. Another raised line lays parallel to the upper borders of the top lobes, curving in towards the upper half of the central rib before scrolling outward and expanding to form a single sphe…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E5D871
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The 'East Cambridgeshire' torc is a four-flange twisted bar torc of Middle Bronze Age date, known to belong to the Penard phase of c.1300-1150 BC (Taylor 1980, 62; Needham 2001; Roberts 2007). It is made of three separate components: two very similar, undecorated, bent-back, 'trumpet'-shaped, terminals affixed at either end of an exceptionally long (126.5cms, excluding the terminals) spiral twisted bar with very regular cruciform (i.e. '+' shaped) cross-section. The advantages of casting such an elaborate torc in three pieces is discussed by Taylor (1980, 61-2). A neat …
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-379F45
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold bulla pendant made from a single piece of gold sheet cut into two discs with a connecting strip 5.6mm wide. Each disc has been given a domed centre and a narrow flat border, and the strip has been bent to form a double-sided pendant with suspension loop. The borders of the two halves have been pressed and perhaps soldered together but there is no further decoration added to the edge. The strip forming the suspension loop has been decorated with eight grooves running from disc to disc. A groove separates each disc from the suspension loop, but the grooves all cut acro…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5B1D08
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The central area and gap are plugged with corrosion products which appear visually to be iron. These artefacts are normally dated to the late Bronze Age however this one might be transitional into the Iron Age if the corrosion product is indeed iron. This artefact weight 13.47g including the corrosion filled central area. The ring has a diameter of 19.2mm and thickness of 7.6mm. The gap between the two terminals is 2.75mm wide and the central area has a diameter of 7.0mm. Wavey striations decorate the surface of this penannular ring, alternating between the yellow gold and lighter …
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B9DFC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny gold filigree-decorated mount in the shape of a bird, now slightly crushed but apparently never of very fine workmanship. It has a flat gold backplate with a beaded-wire border running around the small crescent-shaped profile head looking left, probably intended as a that of a predatory bird; two wings, one curved and pointed but the other (under the head) just a rounded circle; and flared base, perhaps intended to represent a tail. The beaded wire of this border is about 0.7mm in diameter and is very worn, rubbed flat in places and scraped in others; it is missing e…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th December 2020
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Record ID: CAMHER-961244
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval finger-ring, complete but distorted. The cusped setting holds a blue stone, probably a sapphire. The hoop is decorated along its two sides with a series of quatrefoils. The back of the hoop is left plain. Inside the hoop is an inscription, which reads: en bon foey The last word is likely to be a version of "foi", which would give the meaning "in good faith". A more substantial gold ring with a turquoise held in a similar setting was found among the jewels deposited with the Fishpool Hoard (BM MME 1967, 12-8, 2). The ring is gold, and dates from the fifteenth century…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9B8011
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with square bezel, within which is set a stone. There is a slight reddish tint to the surface but non-destructive X-ray analysis has confirmed that this ring has a gold content of 89-92%, which is the equivalent of 22 carat gold. The stone, which is badly cracked, has been identified by Raman spectroscopy as quartz and could be referred to as a faintly banded agate. The d-section hoop expands at the shoulders, forming an openwork pattern of three prongs, all with geometric decoration. The ring weighs 8.84 grams. Stylistic features date this ring to 19th-20th centuries…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leighton Bromswold area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-05A915
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold iconographic finger-ring of 15th to early 16th century date. Weight 3.2g, inner diameter 18.50mm by 17.41mm (vertical by horizontal), outer diameter 20.45mm by 19.61mm (vertical by horizontal). The band is 6.70mm wide and 1.15mm thick at the top, and 3.95mm wide and 1.15mm thick at the bottom. The internal surface of the ring is smooth and plain with no hallmarks present. The outer surface of approximately one quadrant, the lower quadrant, of the ring is smooth and undecorated. The bezel of the ring is a straight sided or sub-rectangular flattened area 6.70mm wide and c.9.60m…
Created on: Friday 14th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennet District', 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-658F86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy finger-ring with internal inscription filled with black enamel and detailed decoration on the outer surface also with inlaid black enamel. The finger-ring has an outer diameter of 19.55mm and an inner diameter of 16.60mm. The band is 3.28mm wide and 1.12mm thick. The ring weighs 2.36g. The ring band has a 'D' shaped cross-section. The outer surface is heavily decorated with foliate designs also in laid with black enamel. The ring is in extremely good condition although there are a few patches where the enamel is missing. The inscription reads 'Let no callamitie seperat a…
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A8B768
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring with blue stone setting held within the bezel. The finger-ring has a circular hoop of circular cross-section. The cross-section has a diameter of 1.1mm at the base of the loop which increases to a maximum of 1.9mm (height) x 1.4mm next to the bezel where the cross-section becomes oval. The loop has an external diameter of 20.7mm. The bezel rises up from the band flaring outwards as it rises up so that it has a conical appearance from all profile views. The bezel has a height of 5.6mm. The upper 1.3mm of the bezel height angles inwards to help secure the …
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4DFBF1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger-ring. The hoop consists of a flattened ribbed strip which expands to openwork triangular shoulders decorated with inturned peltas flanking a central serrated rib topped by a pellet. The shoulders support an oval box setting with remains of a pinkish coloured substance, probably adhesive for a gem which is now missing. The ring is rather squashed. Discussion: although no exact parallel can be cited, a similar ring with openwork shoulders was found at the Roman fort of Vechten in the Netherlands (Henkel 1913, no. 251). The ring is of Guiraud type 3 E/F. Date: c. …
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-953A1E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring of Roman date. The hoop of the finger-ring is oval, almost circular with an external width of 15.6mm and height of 14.1mm. At the base of the hoop the band has an almost circular cross-section measuring 1.7mm x thickness 1.3mm. As the band expands round and upwards towards the shoulders the cross-section gradually becomes 'D' shaped. At the top of the hoop the band flattens and widens to form a flat oval bezel with a maximum width of 5.2mm, thickness of 0.7mm and length of 7.5mm. No join in the band is visible. The finger-ring weighs 2.17g. The bezel is decorat…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2017
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Casterton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-03F2D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold stirrup shaped finger-ring of Medieval date. The slender 'D' shaped hoop, flat on the inner surface, is 2.13mm wide and 0.57mm thick at the base of the hoop (opposite the bezel). The hoop rises up to a pointed bezel with a sub-oval/sub-rectangular setting. The hoop is 2.62mm wide and 3.78mm thick at the bezel, thickness not including the setting which increases the thickness at the bezel to 4.51mm. The blue setting is perhaps most likely to be a sapphire and has a slightly convex shaped upper surface and is still securely fitted within the bezel. It is not possible to determine…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-98BB56
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold signet ring with octagonal bezel engraved with a lion rampant within a dotted border. The bezel oriented in the same direction as the loop, the back of the bezel with a maker's mark: the letter B (?) in a lozenge, this mark does not occur on any of the rings in the British Museum collections and we have not been able to identify it. The ring dates from the 16th or early 17th Century. Weight: 9.12g. Diameter (at widest): 28.18mm Bezel width: 13.39mm Band width: 3.60mm Band thickness: 1.63mm
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7BBBD0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with intaglio setting surviving of mid.19th century AD date. This finger-ring survives in excellent condition. Disclaimed as not treasure. Further identification given by Judy Rudoe of the British Museum. "...it has the papal keys on the bottom of the hoop and probably dates to the middle decades of the 19th. The intaglio appears to show a standing bull (background) and a horse in the foreground - it is difficult to judge if the gem is of earlier date than the ring (but even if it was, it still would not be treasure)..." Claudia Stedmond, Assistant Treasure Reg…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-825902
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Eastern Region / Catuvellauni, struck by Tasciovanus, c. 20 BC - AD 10. Hobbs BMC 1645; Rudd ABC 2592. This coin is very rare.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-21E976
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron age gold stater of the North-Eastern uninscribed 'Ferriby' type dating to the period 50 to 20 BC. Diameter is 19.27mm, thickness is 3.24mm. cf. ABC p. 92, no. 1743. Needs a weight ? See Hobbs, R.1996, p.173-174, plate 101-103, no's 3146-3180.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.