Record ID: CAM-1B06A6
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete piece of worked quartzite stone identified by Mr John Lord at a public event held in Peterborough Museum on the 16th of July 2010. This worked stone is Palaeolithic in date. Found in the area of a Limestone quarry. One end of the stone has broken off transversely. The tool has a flattened back and three facets to the upper surface. The tool tapers to a rounded point. The largest facet on the upper surface has a width of c.17.92mm, the central facet has a width of c.18.03mm and the final facet is c. 8.53mm wide. If this stone had been made into a tool then it would have o…
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaddy Well Pit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A35EE0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy weight or bead of unknown date. The object is biconical with a circular perforation. It measures 29mm in length and has a maximum width of 16mm. It weighs 32g.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-0C8F37
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is conical with a flat base and central perforation. The base of the weight has a diameter of 23mm, the weight has a length of 16mm. It weighs 34g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-0CB766
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is conical in shape with a flat base. The base diameter is 17mm, the weight has a length of 14mm. It weighs 17g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-FFEDE1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead trade weight. Queen Anne 1/2 lb.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-000027
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze trade weight, crown on G.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F3B357
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A circular lead weight like object with a hole throgh the centre having a 12 petalled floral design decoration. Possibly could be a 17c Trade Weight or a lead Spindle Whorl.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-16ADC4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Ceramic head of a woman, possibly Roman. In style, it resembles the faces seen on face-neck flagons of the third to fourth century AD, however the fabric of the object is coarse and is likely to be of building material type rather than vessel fabric. The head has centrally parted hair and is wearing a headdress although the highly abraded nature of the object has obscured the detail of this. Likewise, the features of the face are visible but the detail is lost to abrasion. The anthropomorphic object measures 56mm in length, 49mm maximum width and is 14mm thick.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-342558
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman rim sherd from a ceramic mortarium. The fabric is a pale cream colour and the eleven surviving pieces of grit are black and angular. Weight 59.29g, thickness 6.35mm, the sherd is 83.85mm x 44.47mm. Use of a rim chart shows that the vessel would have had a diameter of 260mm and that 12.5% of the circumference of the vessel is represented by this sherd. In places the sherd has lost patches of its surface and none of the outer tip of the rim is present. Mortaria were used to grind food in the same way that a pestle and mortar are used today. A rough surface was created by pu…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-230D81
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A single sherd of ceramic prehistoric vessel found at the same location and just a few days after the two sherds recorded as record CAM-4F1413. It has not been possible to date the sherd more precisely than to say that it is likely to have been made between the Neolithic and Iron Age. Both of the sherds are formed of a ubiquitus flint gritted fabric and both are from hand made vessels. The sherd weighs 3.3g, length is 22.23mm, width is 20.06mm and thickness is 6.56mm. It is not possible to determine whether this sherd was part of the same vessel as either or both of the sherds re…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peterborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A50620
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small ceramic sherd of a Roman decorated Samian vessel. The surface has worn off in places including from the relief decoration. The small sherd weighs 2.13g, is 6.96mm thick. The sherd is triangular in shape, each side measuring 27.95mm, 21.11mm, 18.78mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleford Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D53D75
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small sherd of Roman Samian ware pottery. The small sherd is trapezoidal in shape measuring 15.70mm by 14.44mm and weighing 1.09g. The full thickness of the sherd is not known as one surface is completely missing, the partial thickness is 4.79mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ickleton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F83613
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd from a Late Iron Age vessel. The vessel is handmade. The fabric is crumbly and dark brown with orange-brown surfaces. The fabric contains numerous inclusions including chalk, finely ground grog, flint and iron stone.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F86D12
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd from a Late Iron Age vessel. The vessel is handmade. The fabric is hard and dark brown with orange-brown surfaces. The fabric contains numerous inclusions including white quartz pebbles and iron stone. There are also numerous voids.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F87B71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd from a Late Iron Age vessel. The vessel is handmade. The fabric is sandy and dark brown with orange-brown surfaces. The fabric contains numerous inclusions including shell and chalk.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-DDBEE7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of pottery of the late Iron Age or early Roman period. The fragment is a very shallow T shape and curves inwards. The fragment is 146mm wide and 89mm long at its longest point. It is 37mm thick.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2015
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Record ID: CAM-5DC393
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A pottery scatter of Iron age - Roman pottery . c. 400 / 300 to 100 BC, to 2nd – mid 4th century AD . 2. pieces - Shell – Gritted ware, Rim Sherd, Domestic Round bottomed bowl c .400 – 100 BC. 1. piece Shell – Gritted ware, Shallow flat bottomed Dish (Dog dish) C 130 AD–220 AD. 1. Piece Black Fine Ware (Tera Nigra) c ,1st century, or 19 th century Royal Worcester . 2. Pieces Fine Colour Coated Grey Ware, (Neane Valley) c. 2nd – 3rd . 4. Sherds - Sandy Mica dusted Ware, Horningsea – Oxf…
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-57D0A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Lower Nene Valley White ware mortarium. The fragment comprises part of the base and sloping walls of the vessel. The fabric is white with cream surfaces. The inner surface of the vessel is covered with trituration grits. These are well sorted, angular and dark grey to black in colour. Lower Nene valley vessels are associated with a number of kilns including Warsford, Stibbington, Chesterton, Water Newton, Yaxley, Normangate Field and Stanground.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-587232
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large fragment of a Crambeck parchment ware mortarium. The fragment comprises part of the rim and sloping walls of the vessel. There is a circumferential groove below the rim on the interior surface of the sherd and also a damaged flange on the outer surface below the rim. The fabric is very hard and is cream with yellow surfaces. The inner surface of the vessel is covered with trituration grits. These are well sorted, angular and dark grey to black in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-450D26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rim sherd of Roman Nene Valley colour coat ware with barbotine decoration. This sherd is from an open vessel, for example a bowl. The fabric is pale, being cream/white in colour. The surface colour coat, where it survives, is dark grey to black in colour. All surfaces and broken edges have dried mud adhering in places. The rim has a thickness of 11.06mm. Weight is 21.24g. Use of a rim chart indicates that the vessel is likely to originally have had a diameter of 240mm and that the sherd represents c.just over 10% of the total circumference.
Created on: Friday 21st June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-468E05
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic vessel rim sherd of Roman date. The fabric has a pale grey/off-white coloured core and a dark grey to black surface. This sherd is definitely not a Nene Valley colour coat ware but might be from a Nene Valley grey ware vessel. The vessel seems to have been of an open vessel form such as a bowl or dish. The rim has a thickness of 10.63mm. The sherd has a maximum length of 35.59mm and width (from rim edge to break) of 20.33mm. The body of the vessel sherd is 5.20mm thick. The sherd weighs 7.72g. All surfaces and broken edges have dried mud adhering in places. Use of a rim char…
Created on: Friday 21st June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A8FB05
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A single sherd from a ceramic fineware vessel. The sherd is from the area where the base curves upwards to form the wall. Weight 5.84g, thickness of the base 6.22mm, thickness of the wall just above the base 4.20mm. Maximum height of the sherd 11.30mm. Use of a rim chart indicates that the vessel base had a diameter of 75.00mm and that about 21.25% of the circumference of the base survives. The fabric of the sherd is very pale creamy white with a dark grey reduced outer surface at the base which seems to possibly be changing to lighter grey at the top of the sherd. The fabric is very …
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E9CB22
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of copper-alloy cooking vessel weighing 26.27g. This fragment includes part of the vessel rim. The thickness, at the rim, is 4.4mm narrowing to 2.5mm, away from the rim. Maximum length is 42.7mm and maximum width is 31.5mm. Crudely made cast copper-alloy vessels were widely used from c.1100-1800 for serving and cooking, Butler et al (2009, 4). See Butler, R. Green, C. & Payne, N. Cast Copper-alloy Cooking Vessels. The Finds Reasearch Group AD700-1700: Datasheet 41.
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3B2446
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic vessel sherd from a stoneware container referred to as a 'Bellarmine' or 'Bartmann' jug or bottle. These were made in Germany from c. AD 1300 and peaked in imports to England in the early seventeenth century AD and by the beginning of the eighteenth century AD imitations were being manufactured in England, see . This sherd weighs 21.42g, has a maximum thickness of 9.3mm, maximum width of 51.4mm and maximum height of 40.1mm. All of the edges of this sherd…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lowick Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-50BCA8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
Five sherds of a Roman grey ware ceramic vessel. Four of these sherds cross-fit. The incomplete base has a minimum diameter of 51.81mm and thickness of 13.07mm. Weight is 84.99g.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southorpe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-52E848
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A base sherd of Roman grey ware ceramic vessel. Weight is 18.55g and thickness of the incomplete base is 9.30mm.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helpston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-36D5E7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of ceramic vessel of Roman date. This is a body sherd of Nene Valley Grey Ware. The vessel form is uncertain. The sherd weighs 4.38g and is 6.60mm thick. The roughly rectangular sherd measures 29.72mm x 20.43mm. This sherd is probably from the rim area, it curves slightly tapering in thickness towards a groove on what would presumably have been the underside of the rim that is 5.82mm in from the current edge. The fabric is a pale creamy grey colour with a slightly speckled grey colour coat applied to all surviving original surfaces although it has worn thin in places. The s…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ailsworth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-762C16
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete base of a Roman Samian ware vessel imported from Gaul. The inner surface of the base sherd has a markers name stamped onto it, however it has not been stamped clearly and is illegible as a result. Weight is 10.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-75F981
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of decorated Roman Samian ware. This vessel would have been imported from Gaul. Weight is 11.5g, thickness of the sherd is 6.88mm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-57A678
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early Post-Medieval vervel. This artefact weighs 1.67g. It is formed from a rectangular length of silver that has been curved round to form a circular loop, that has since been squashed slightly into a sub-circular loop. The strip has a sub-rectangular cross-section, having flat interior and external surfaces and slightly convexly curved edges. Use of a flexible dress-makers tape-measure indicates that the white metal strip has a length of c.47.0mm. The strip has a width of 5.8mm and thickness of 0.8mm. The loop has an external diameter of 15.0mm. The ends of the strip are blu…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9917C5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The find consists of a rhomboidal fragment of strip of roughly rectangular section which has been cut at both ends. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum identified the metal as brass, with no detectable precious metal. It is therefore not defined as Treasure under the terms of the Act.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: CAMHER-99B6B5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The find is a short fragment of curved bar, convex on the outside and of sub-triangular section underneath, where there is a deep median channel; length, 14 mm. The fragment is undiagnostic and undatable, so does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9C28E3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finial in the form of a pine cone, broken off at the base, where it would have joined onto another element. It has been suggested that this may be a knop from a spoon. If this is so, the best comparison known to me is a spoon with enamelled bowl in the British Museum, P&E 1899, 12-9,3, inscribed AVE MARIA, which has been dated to the late 15th Century. The knop on this spoon is more rounded in form and is engraved with rings of regular lines rather than with the much cruder hatching seen on this object. However this object may not be a knop but may have served as some other kin…
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F0DC51
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver terminal of twelfth century date. The terminal has a multi-faceted head best described as being a cube with all of the corners cut off. The cube has a height of 8.12mm and the top of the cube is 8.41mm x 8.21mm. The vertical sides of the cube taper inwards giving base of the cube the dimensions 6.50mm x 6.61mm. The eight flat triangular facets at the corners of the cube are simply decorated by an incised boarder and plain centre. The four vertical and single top lozengiform faces have identical relief decoration of four lozenges set together with the points meeting…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offord Cluny and Offord D'Arcy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-53CE14
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy object, probably dating to the medieval period. The object comprises a rectangular strip which has been bent into a flattened circle. One edge possesses three sub-oval lugs (one is missing) decorated with incised grooves. The outer surface of the ferrule is also decorated with a central row of ring and dot, flanked by a row of vertical incised grooves. It is 12mm in length and 27mm in width.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-BFDA45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny fragment of gilded silver, decorated with a double spiral ridge, both ridges emerging at the same point from a flat-topped pellet at the centre. There are V-shaped grooves between the ridges, which vary in width somewhat; the fragment appears to be very worn. Beyond the spiral there is an unclear pattern of parallel ridges which are damaged, perhaps cut through at right angles. One edge is original, curving around the spiral and then turning out very slightly to a corner which projects a little. The breaks are neither particularly fresh nor particularly worn. The rev…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whaddon Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-35CE86
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver mount or brooch. The object is formed of a quatrefoil frame, comprised of four lobes with incisions on each lobe to give the appearance of petals. One side of the lobes is flatter, with a straight edge, which could indicate the constriction for a pin, or could be due to wear. The reverse is flat, and the object is worn. The quatrefoil design was a popular motif in medieval dress fittings and jewellery, and is seen on many examples of surviving brooches from the period. For examples of the quatrefoil in medieval brooches see, 2006 T386 (PAS-376815), NMS-73B556 and …
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-516617
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the mercury gilded fragment of 97%, the remainder being copper, gold and lead. The fragment weighs 3.67 grams. The find consists of an ovoid fragment of thick sheet metal projecting to a point at one end and with incised repoussé decoration; length, 32.5mm; width, 20mm. At the opposite end is a gable-shaped tab with a grooved, raised edge enclosing a wavy foliate motif and separated by a curved line of bead-and-reel (possibly the edge of a roundel or arcade) from a J-shaped scroll be…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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-949254
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of unidentified silver artefact. The fragment is almost rectangular, but the two longer cut edges are slightly oblique, forming in fact a parallelogram. The upper surface is smooth and generally flat but very slightly undulating, as if hammered. Each of the short original edges has two raised integrally cast pellets, one at each corner. These pellets have a diameter of 4 to 4.5mm, sloping sides and a flat top; they look rather like imitation rivet heads; one is set within a very slightly lowered square. The reverse surface is undecorated and undulates a little …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4DB246
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver object inlaid with niello. It is a long oval in shape and made from two components, a sheet silver base and a heavy hollow-cast upper part. The upper part is D-shaped in cross-section, and has relief, engraved and inlaid decoration. To either end is an animal head, both identical. The snouts have narrow rounded ends with a pair of dots for nostrils; these may originally have been set with glass pellets, similar to but smaller than those in the eyes. There are niello-inlaid grooves dividing the nostrils from each other and the nose from the rest of the snout. The ey…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North-West Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-85A392
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy composite artefact of uncertain use or function and of Early-Medieval date. The copper alloy visible beneath the gilding has dark patches in many places, almost black-purplish on the reverse; this might suggest some inclusion of silver in the alloy, perhaps over 10%; this could only be tested with XRF analysis. It consists of three main components; a backplate with collar, a central slab of grey material, and an openwork top with a reserved swastika. The object might have been used as a mount on an unknown item, or might have been used as a decorative weight. The…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East 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-2A2514
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete pair of copper alloy tweezers, probably dating to the Roman period. The tweezers are formed from a single strip of metal bent into a semi-circular loop at the mid point. The arms are rectangular in plan and section and do not taper. They are decorated with two marginal grooves. The end of each arm is bent in at an angle of approximately 40 degrees. The tweezers measure 31mm in length and 4mm in width. There is a similar example (No. 1879) illustrated in Crummy (1983) 'The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9'.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horningsea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-649201
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy slide tweezers of medieval date, formed from a single strip of copper-alloy that has a rectangular cross-section. The strip has been bent in half to form a suspension loop at the closed end. The sub-circular gap created by the loop has a diameter of 3.15mm. The sheet has a thickness of 1.25mm at the apex of the loop and is 3.86mm wide at this closed end. The arms have a width of 3.75mm just below the loop and continue to the terminal ends with straight sides. The arms widen slightly to a maximum width of 4.49mm at the tips. No obvious nips are present however the tips of …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes 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-5F4CDD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A cut in half lead object, possibly a token, of uncertain date. Reverse seems to be blank. Obverse shows an unclear and or uncertain design formed of a pellet and curvilinear line. Weight is 5.12g, diameter is 23.1mm, thickness is 3.7mm.
Created on: Friday 13th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-796FF4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A silver artefact which is probably a sewing-ring that would have been used in a similar way to a thimble. Dimensions: weight 6.00g, thickness 0.58mm - 0.68mm, current height 22.93mm, diameter 16.22mm tapering to 15.38mm. This artefact is formed from sheet silver bent round to form a cylinder and has a visible vertical solder line. The bottom 1.56mm is plain and undecorated. This is topped by a single row of small punched dots that form the lower border of a band 2.54mm thick edged above and below by a thin incised line. This band contains the lettering '+THI+FRINDE+TO+BEE'. At the to…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-FFCD05
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze thimble with vertical punched dots on side, concentric dots on crown around central blank area with dot in centre.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAMHER-9C1383
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two convex sheets: octagonal width 14mm, with roughly engraved rosette in linear border, and round diameter 15 mm; joined by rod, length 7mm; weakly stamped maker's mark (??)OD, in incised double-line border. The item is silver but likely to date from the (?)early/mid 18th-century, and almost certainly post-1709. It is therefore too late in date to qualify as Treasure.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D01112
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small circular setting comprising a small deep-red cabochon stone, possibly a garnet, set within a collet formed of flat silver strip. A slight vertical gap is visible where the two ends of the collar presumably butt together. The stone's diameter is 2.6mm and its height is 2.8mm. The silver collet has an external diameter of 3.6mm and is 1.7mm high. The setting has a wire collar with closely-set thin and shallow grooves cut into it in order to create the appearance of a twisted wire. A hint of this pattern can be seen on the reverse surface of the plate around the edge, possibly su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: CAM-D03436
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver stud or mount dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period. The stud is circular in plan and, although flattened and folded, appears to have a concave face and a hollow back. The front of the stud is formed of three concentric circles, topped by a spherical knop. On the reverse of the stud there is evidence of a fixing, possibly an integral lug for attachment. Dimensions: diameter 13.44mm, depth 0.36mm, weight 0.31g. Discussion: There are a number of similar mounts of post medieval date, incorporating concentric rings, a domed profile and a central knop. See for…
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-027001
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy strap-slide dating to the mid to late fourteenth century. The frame is rectangular with an angled upper edge. It possesses a single circular rivet hole with a separate internal copper-alloy rivet surviving. It measures 15mm in length and 20mm in width. Strap-slides were used to hold down the free end of a belt or other strap. Similar examples are known from late 13th- to late 14th-century contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1249-1252).
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wickham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-66A107
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy strap slide, for holding down the free end of a strap. The object consists of a plain trapezoidal frame with an inward-pointing spike at either side of the shortest sides to hold it in place on the strap. Width: 22.55mm, height: 14.68mm, weight: 2.16g.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: CAM-DEEC24
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sword-belt fitting consisting of a shield-shaped plate with a suspension hook below. The plate is elaborately shaped with a top edge cut into a double incurve. The sides are also incurved and the bottom corners are rounded. The plate has a narrow reserved undecorated border around a shallow sunken centre; this centre has foliage decoration in counter-relief. The foliage appears to be a vine, and is symmetrically arranged with a leaf in the centre of a vertical stem with other stems branching out above and rejoining the central stem below where they are bound together w…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-DF2CD5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman complete cast copper alloy strap fitting. The object is cruciform in plan with hollow D-shaped arms/center allowing two straps or cords to run through it at right angles. It is plain apart from a small flat lozenge marking its centre. It measures 37.49x38.57x10.18mm. Each terminal measures c.11.9mm wide and has a thickness of 0.79mm. It weighs 17.5g. Chapman (2005) publishes a similar example, Th04 page140, as a Roman harness fitting dating c.100-200 and suggests they are common on military sites but their exact function is uncertain. A similar example can be seen recorded a…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
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Record ID: CAM-A80DC7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy object, possibly a harness fitting or strap fitting dating to the late Iron Age. The object is triangular in shape and circular in section. Each terminal of the triangle is a rounded knop. The object measures 42mm in length, 40mm in width and 3mm in thickness. The object has been assigned a possible Late Iron Age date due to its dark green patina rather than on stylistic grounds.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-08E06D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end with two surviving silver rivets. This tongue shaped strap-end is a Thomas Class E type. It weighs 15.12g, has a length of 37.3mm and width of 19.4mm. The decoration is relatively plain consisting of a band of three transverse grooves. On one surface these grooves are positioned horizontally, starting 25.4mm in from the rounded end, and occupy 4.1mm of the total length. On the opposite surface the band of lines occupies a similar location but are slightly diagonal sloping down towards the left edge. The upper edges of both sides of the strap-…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE2E68
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver or white metal, perhaps part of an ingot or cast blank for an unfinished early-medieval strap-end of Thomas's Class B. One end is broken or, more likely, cut, with a smooth facet at both upper and lower edges; the other is thickened and rounded to form a terminal. It is oval in cross-section, measuring 7.0mm wide and 3.75mm thick at the cut or break; the reverse is flattened and undecorated, and the upper surface has irregular transverse grooves along most of its length. The grooves appear to have been cast into the surface of the object, and at the broken end they …
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-0EA756
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy strap end dating to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth centuries AD. The strap end comprises a hollow, rectangular attachment plate; the upper surface of which is decorated with an incised letter 'M' surrounded by rocker work patterns. The attachment plate extends to an hour glass shaped body with circumferential ribbed mouldings; beyond the body, there extends an openwork terminal comprising two arched projections with scroll motifs flanking an eagle looking over its shoulder. The eagle's feathers are rendered as incised lines. The strap end measures 57m…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-FE8712
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight has a slightly irregular bi-conical shape with the remains of an iron suspension loop extending from both ends. The weight has a length of 31.28mm and a diameter of 26.58mm and weighs 92.19g (3.25oz). For similar examples see CAM-FB9D15, CAM-24EBD2 and CAM-FE9BF0.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE9BF0
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight is primarily bi-conical in shape with the remains of an iron suspension loop extending from both ends. However the weight is significantly misshapen on one side, giving the appearance best described as ‘something having exploded outwards from within the weight, resulting in the lead having parted (mostly on one of the two cones, i.e. the upper cone being more effected than the lower) and pushed outwards. The weight has a length of 30.92mm and a diameter of c.34.97mm and weighs 102.92g (3.62oz). For similar examples see …
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A42C01
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period. The weight is biconical and has a corroded iron suspension loop. The weight measures 29mm in length, 22mm in diameter and weighs 38.3g.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-FFDF53
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze object, with one end pointed and round section. At other end rapidly turning to "square" section with small nick in one edge. A groove runs around four sites 2.5mm from the "square" end, which itself measures 5 x 3mm. Date unknown, probably ancient.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-64F318
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ornamental cross-staff head mount possibly dating to the eleventh or twelfth century AD. The spherical head possesses an openwork design comprising three joined lozenges. Each lozenge is divided into four triangles with a cross. At each apex on the staff head mount, there is a spherical knop. At one end of the object, there extends a circular section collar. The collar is damaged but four circular section perforations are visible. These perforations will have been used for rivets to fix the head onto a staff. The staff measures 46mm in length. The spherical openwork…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-320272
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt spoon terminal comprising a small seated animal on a moulded capital. The figure is crudely cast and worn and now resembles a small dog, but the type would seem to be that of the lion sejant affonté even though the animal does not appear to have a mane. Three 15th Century examples of lion sejant spoons are recorded and the type was a popular form made in the West Country in the 16th Century and also in Norwich into the early 17th Century. On balance this example is probably a late 16th Century example but could possibly date from the early 17th Century, perhaps made in No…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingford Grey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9A1344
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon stem with seal-top, gilt and engraved with owner's initials in capitals, perhaps P (or R) L. The stem is broken off at the bowl with an illegible maker's mark on the back of the stem. The stem is also damaged just below the seal-top. Probably early 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: CAMHER-9B0D71
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A terminal and fragment of stem from a Medieval spoon. The stem is hexagonal in section and the terminal is a six-facetted diamond type. The spoon fragment is silver and dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Dimensions: length 30 mm, width 2 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CAF2B7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman spoon dating to the first or second centuries AD. Only the round bowl and a small portion of the stem survive. The bowl has a diameter of 24.09mm and a depth of 4.87mm. There are possible traces of tinning on the inner surface of the bowl. The stem extends from a triangular ridge on the underside of the bowl. The remains of the spoon weighs 4.90g. This spoon can be classified as a Crummy Type 1 (Crummy 1983, p. 70).
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2010
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-235908
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver-gilt artefact that is probably the terminal from a spoon of Post-Medieval date, (c. AD 1500-1700). The incomplete handle of the spoon has a square cross section with chamfered corners measuring 3.4mm x 3.4mm. The broken end of the shaft seems to have been bent and tapers to the irregular break as thought it had pinched or broken off with a sort of chewing twisting action (possibly with a tool such as pliers rather than with human or animal teeth). At the complete end of the shaft, the shaft tapers slightly to 2.5mm x 2.7mm before expanding again to form the decora…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-559373
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver spoon with oval bowl and short 'rat tail' on the underside; the bowl is broken, incomplete and distorted. The handle is square sectioned and broken about one-third along the shaft above the offset, with the remainder slightly twisted and bent. The offset is in the form of an open scroll. In the bowl are the remains of a punched ligatured inscription 'VIV[A]S' ('may you live'); the 'A' is very hard to discern. The inscription would have begun with a name, but this is no longer visible. Discussion: such spoons are a well known late Roman type. There are good …
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-86DCE5
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary Roman spoon made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating and dating to the second or third centuries AD. The bowl must originally have been oval, but the far end is now torn away and too damaged to reconstruct its precise original shape. The handle is also incomplete, but appears to gently change from a circular cross-section to a tall rectangular cross-section; it then expands to a curve below, with a circular perforation, and an upper part decorated with V-shaped ribbing. The curved part then extends forward to attach to the back of the bowl in a long tail. Cru…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Record ID: CAM-5E2D04
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy mandolin shaped spoon dating to the Roman period. The shaft of the handle is rectangular in section and tapers to a rounded point. At the bowl end of the spoon, extending from the upper surface of the handle are two small rectangular projections. On the lower surface extends a further small rectangular expansion. The handle measures 46mm in length, 4mm in width.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2006
Last updated: Saturday 14th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FB3614
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Ovoid pewter spoon bowl and fragment of stem. The bowl is quite long (c. 53 mm in surviving length), the stem is narrow (3.5mm wide, 5mm thick) and ends in a short blunt-ended rat-tail on the back of the spoon. The surface of the object is corroded and cracked, and the rim of the bowl is jagged and damaged. Although the bowl appears oval now, the original shape may have been different in detail. The total surviving length is 70.65mm, the maximum width of the bowl is 31.15mm, the thickness of the bowl is 3.64mm and it weighs 18.97g.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
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Record ID: CAM-DD4E48
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete spoon with round bowl, Type 1, of Roman date, dating 50-200. The spoon is made of copper-alloy with a white metal coating covering all surfaces of the surviving fragment. The remains of this spoon weigh 4.58g. It has an incomplete length of 42.1mm, of which the circular shaped bowl accounts for 24.8mm. The bowl has a width of 24.8mm and depth of 4.7mm. The spoon appears to have been formed, probably cast, as one piece rather than the handle being soldered onto the back of a separate bowl. The handle has a circular cross-section, with a diameter of 2.7mm, at the edge of t…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DF2EAC
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman silver spoon with oval bowl and 'rat tail' on the underside. The bowl has a length of 47.2mm, maximum width of 30.3mm. The bowl of the spoon has a thickness at the edge of 0.7mm and full depth between the rim and centre of bowl of 6.2mm. Two cracks are present running approximately parallel to the edge of the bowl set in from the edge by approximately 4.60mm. The longest of these cracks has a length of 15.7mm. The upper surface of the bowl has a punched ligatured inscription along the centre of the full length of the longitudinal axis. This inscription is positioned s…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Record ID: CAMBRIA-C6E493
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
A decorated spindle whorl. This record does not have an image and therefore it is impossible to enrich further with more details.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: CAM-0CE521
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. The spindle whorl is circular in shape and hemispherical in section. There is a central sub rectangular perforation. The spindle whorl weighs 198.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-44AD17
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possibly the fragment of cast copper-alloy hollow-bladed spearhead dating from the Late Bronze Age (1000-800BC). The hollow blade suggests that the fragment comes from a spearhead which was part of the Broadward Complex (Burgess Metalworking phase XII) which corresponds with Needham's (1996) Period 6-7 circa 1000-700 CAL BC. Weight is 10.22g. This fragment has a flat outer surface, c.1.44mm thick at the centre. This flat surface tapers from a maximum width of 22.15mm to 18.15mm. If the fragment is viewed with this outer surface laying flat on a work bench the two sides can be descr…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-445343
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of copper-alloy spearhead. This fragment dates from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1600BC - 801BC). This fragment weighs 12.04g, has a length of 62.33mm, width is 14.54mm and maximum thickness is 4.70mm tapering to 1.56mm. A cross-section transversely across the width is sub-triangular with a suggestion that the thickest edge was concave and that the edges originally would have continued to flare out giving a greater maximum thickness and a more prominent concave groove running the entire length of this fragment. If the presence of a concave groove has been correctly identif…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D2EF15
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy socketed and looped spearhead of Bronze age date. This is a Greenwell and Brewis (1909) Class II Early Socketed spearhead. It is attributed to the Arreton phase which is now dated to 1650-1500 BC. The spearhead is probably from the later part of the phase. The two bosses at the bottom of the blade are a rare attribute, found only on three other spearheads in this group. "This spear head can also be referred to as a Davis Class 2 b (looped) type and is one of the earliest socketed spearheads of the Bronze Age (Davis 2012 p42-46). This type is relatively uncommon wit…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holywell-Cum-Needingworth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A25D41
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy socketed axe head dating to the late Bronze Age. The fragment comprises the lower blade and cutting edge. It is semicircular in plan and wedge-shaped in profile. The cutting edge is expanded. Nothing of the original cutting edge or blade tips remain due to wear and corrosion damage. There is an oblong aperture at the top of the fragment, which represents the very end of the socket. The surface of the axe is damaged, but it survives mostly intact with a dark brown patina with patches of green. The fragment is 28mm long, 46mm wide from tip to tip, 30mm wide at…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: CAM-065AB7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axehead dated from 1000-800 BC. The lower portion of the axe shows signs of been re-sharpened on one edge, and re-used in antiquity. This may of given rise to the inbalance and curved nature of the cutting edge. Cutting edge very fine and sharp. Width across cutting edge: 47.38 mm. Length from broken edge to cutting edge: 33.72. Thickness across broken edges 13.33 mm, 10.87 mm. Width across fractured edge: 30.73.
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-441C92
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment of a copper-alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date, that is c. 1000-800BC. The axe was probably part of the Ewart Park metalwork assemblage (Burgess Metalworking phase XII) which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6-7 circa 1000-700 CAL BC. The fragment comprises of the loop and a small portion of the axehead's side. It has a sub-triangular shape 29.00mm in length with a width of 12.74mm tapering to a rounded end of c.7.07mm width. This sub-triangular part has a thickness of 2.66mm. The widest edge has a curved champfered upper corner. The lower sur…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-6316C6
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Just under half of a copper-alloy wrist clasp of Hines form B12, dating to the late fifth or sixth century AD. The fragment comprises a rectangular-section bar, with a flat square panel at its surviving end. This is decorated with a fine engraved border. A flat trapezoidal (almost T-shaped) lug extends from the square end panel. Below the flat square panel, the bar is D-shaped in cross-section and is decorated with two broad transverse grooves or flutes, alternating with finer grooves. Beyond this there is a transverse moulding, then where the wrist clasp is broken, the remains of …
Created on: Monday 30th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-3793F4
Object type: SEALING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead sealing dating to the Roman period. The sealing is approximately oval in shape and hemispherical in section. The sealing possesses a circular perforation running its width which would have originally secured the chord which attached the sealing to a package or document. On the upper flat surface of the sealing is a stamped rectangular panel. The raised letters AL[...]//VIA are visible within this panel. Roger Tomlin, Oxford University has commented that the logical interpretation of this inscription would be 'ALAE VI A[...]' although he knows of no known 'ala' in Britain. The se…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-18D537
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Drop shaped flat Medieval lead seal matrix with pointed top and rounded base. On the seal side, the legend is inscribed around the outside of the object. In the middle of this is a fleur-de-lis. On the reverse is a small projecting handle and a large fleur-de-lis. The inscription appears to read S':BASILIA.RAGEDALE (Seal of Basilia Ragdale). Length: 28.24mm; diameter: 24.40mm; thickness: 2.73mm; weight: 9.52g. A Basilia Ragedale appears in the records of the Priory of St Mary and St Radegund in Cambridge (now Jesus College), giving land in West Wratting to her maid and to the for…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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Record ID: CAM-3F1AC5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix depicting the head of John the Baptist with a personal name around the outside: S' E L ** I S..). The loop of the seal matrix is broken off. Diameter: 16.36mm, height: 11.04mm; weight; 4.95g. Helen Geake writes: From the photograph this appears to be of the type with a conical handle,but that most of the handle is missing. When the image is manipulated slightly the central image becomes clearer, but appears to be that of a profile bust with neck and collar, rather than the head of John the Baptist. It is enclosed within a narrow grooved circle, and…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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Record ID: CAM-B4C3B4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die, the face deeply engraved. A shield with unidentified arms of a central chevron with five pellets (!) and two lions passant above and one below. Pearled border. The back fluted but loop attachment now missing. Originally a fob seal, well-engraved. 16th -17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Staughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-194AF2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead seal matrix, a small thin flat circular disc. The reverse has some damage consisting of a scrape at the top of the inscription which has removed any lug or loop that may originally have been present. The central motif is a five-petalled flower within a neat, but not regular, circle which has clearly been drawn by hand without the use of a compass. Around this is a clear inscription in neat Lombardic capitals, reading S:IO' hIS: PAT' nR': There is no initial mark. Diameter: 21.6mm, maximum thickness;c. 1mm, weight: 6.50g. The first two words of the inscription are clear: Sea…
Created on: Monday 19th May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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Record ID: CAM-1AD386
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular medieval copper alloy seal matrix. The object terminates in a simple circular loop. The seal matrix design consists of two birds, possibly peacocks, with their heads turned to face each other over a plant or small tree. A legend in Lombardic script surrounds the central design. Length: 12.50mm; diameter: 15.65mm; thickness: 2.17mm; length of loop: 9.64mm; weight: 3.47g. Helen Geake adds: The photo appears to show that this matrix has a conical handle. The inscription is set between beaded lines, and reads + CREDE [M]IChI (Believe in Me). 14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
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Record ID: CAM-3CA907
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval cast lead seal matrix. The die is a pointed oval in plan (length 31.82mm, width 21.08mm) and bears a design of a flower. The inscription (when an impression is made) reads S'V V O I S O I N E V A N. The reverse has a circular loop. The thickness of the seal matrix is 3.06mm (6.82mm including the lug) and it weighs 8.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2013
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Record ID: CAM-FFA916
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular bronze seal matrix with hexagonal handle rising to pierced terminal. Matrix surrounded by dots.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
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Record ID: CAM-5CF728
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A circular lead seal matrix of Medieval date. The face of the matrix has an eight pointed star/flower at the centre of a the circular field which is separated from the legend by a thin incised border which is repeated on the external edge of the legend just 0.90mm in from the edge of the seal matrix. The legend reads: * S' SIMONIS IAhE (Seal of Simon Iahe). The lettering of the name is very clear, but the interpretation of the surname is uncertain. It is possible that the h should be read as a k, making the surname Jake. One alternative possibility is an abbreviated version of Isai…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-38AE62
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Medieval seal matrix. The matrix face is circular with a diameter of 17.7mm. The matrix has a height of 23.43mm and weighs 7.81g. The face of the matrix is decorated in the negative and therefore the design would show in relief on any corresponding seal impression. The central design is a heart with a six pointed star, formed of three lines crossing at the centre, above. The legend is bordered above and below by a thin solid line. The central field has a diameter of 9.3mm and the area between the legend borders has a width of 2.3mm. The outer legend border is set 0.6…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wisbech Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-94F892
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A circular lead seal matrix of Medieval date. The matrix has a diameter of 36.3mm with a chamfered edge that gives the reverse surface of the matrix a slightly smaller diameter of 33.7mm. This flat disc has a thickness of 3.5mm, increasing to 11.8mm over the attachment lug (front of matrix to top of lug). The lug is positioned next to the reverse surface chamfered edge, it has a length of 13.1mm and width of 2.3mm widening to 6.1mm at the base where it joins the back plate of the matrix. The upper edge of the lug is curved to form a semicircular top to what would otherwise be a rec…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2015
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Record ID: CAM-814914
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal matrix of Post-Medieval date, 16th to 17th century AD. This small seal matrix has an oval face measuring 12.6mm x 10.9mm and 0.9mm thick. The design consists of a beaded border, formed from small square punches, on the inside of which is another border formed by a thin incised line. At the centre is a shield that occupies as much of the field as possible, touching the border with the top two corners of the flat top. The shield is surmounted by a small incised '4'. The shield shows the arms of the Fishmongers Company, the London livery company The Worshipful Company of…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2016
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Record ID: CAM-CCC602
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal matrix of Post-Medieval date. The matrix is almost complete with some damage to the edge of the matrix body. The matrix weighs 5.1g and has an oval body measuring 15.1mm x an incomplete 12.4mm. A length of approximately 10.2mm of the edge is missing due to damage and accounts for approximately 1.8mm of missing width (original total width would have been approximately 14.2mm). The face of the matrix shows a thin incised line bordering the edge 0.3mm in from the edge. A second thin incised line is present 1.7mm in from the edge and between these two lines is another thi…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BCD9FF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A primary flint possible scraper, possibly with secondary working, of late Bronze Age to Iron Age date. This piece of flint has recorticated. The probable retouch is short, probably scaled (or sub-parallel if not scaled), and abrupt. Weight is 55.94g, length is 68.1mm, width is 56.6mm, thickness is 14.0mm. Working note: scraper 4. Finder's reference: SC1.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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