Record ID: PUBLIC-5130D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy 'melon' bead of uncertain date, but probably Roman. Sub-circular in plan with a circular 8.4mm smooth-sided aperture in the centre. The sides have a spiralling gadrooned decoration of seven relief moulded curved ridges with deep grooves between. The top and bottom are slightly dished/concave, probably from wear. The surface displays a pale green patchy patina. Diameter 16.3mm, height 9.3mm, wall thickness 3.5mm > 4mm, weight 6.8g. Compare with similar finds on this database: KENT-357FF3, GLO-0A5A53, SUSS-278700 and IOW-ACE7B9. There appears t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-409133
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman jet flat elliptical armlet bead dating from 3rd-4th century AD. The  Dimensions: length:17.76mm; width: 11.15mm; thickness: 5.43mm; weight 0.79g Allason-Jones (1996:28) writes "The most common beaded armlet at York and elsewhere is made up of flat elliptical beads with one edge more markedly curved than the other and decorated with a deeply cut motif. The beads divide into two types: those with a series of raised ovals(cf. Colchester: Crummy 1983, fig. 37, no 1498; Wroxeter: unpubl.), and those with either S on Z motif beads are more co…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8259C5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, rounded, garnet bead, of unknown date, Roman - Post Medieval, AD 43 - 1900. It is an irregular, smooth, rounded shape and has a circular hole through it (about 1mm diameter) nearer to one end. The bead is 3mm long and 2.7mm in diameter. It weighs 0.1g. Garnets are frequently found on the Thames foreshore (LON-0C7DE2 for example) and another worked garnet bead is LON-0335F7, but they can seldom be dated without additional context.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1A9396
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead. Blue glass bead with air bubble inclusions, sharp ridge. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Height: 8.5mm, Diameter: 16.6mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 1.59gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-1A0B8A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy bead dating to circa 800 BC-AD 410. It is broadly circular in plan, with no evidence of decoration. It is dark brown in patina with some pitting and corrosion.  Diameter: 12.30mm; Height: 8.40mm; Weight: 4.23g. Beads are problematic to date without secure contextual information as they have been found in contexts from the Bronze Age to the end of the Early Medieval period. 
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AD04F4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. Cast cylinder with a medial stringing hole of diameter 3.4mm. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 5.4mm, Diameter: 7.0mm, Weight: 1.15gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-747A9B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy bead of suggested Roman date c. AD43-410.  The bead is circular in plan and has a median raised rib running around the circumference. The edges of the perforation are worn and damaged, with some areas of deep radial striations, possible cut by the string/thread the beads were suspended on. The surface has a glossy mid brown surface. Measurements: outer diameter: 11.29mm; internal diameter: 4.30mm; thickness: 6.28mm and weight: 1.54g.  Beads are very difficult to date without context, but compare: SF-D0599D and HAMP-24CAB3; …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: WMID-F10FFF
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy possible net or line weight or bead, of uncertain dating, most probably of Medieval to Modern circa AD 1200 - 1900. The object is circular in plan and slightly bi-convex in cross section. A single circular shaped perforation has been made through the centre, which has an internal diameter of 4.8 mm. It is undecorated. The object has a cream coloured surface patina. Other objects of this shape have been suggested to be beads, net or line weights from fishing as well as possible spindle whorls including WMID-6C4FFB, WMID-6C5D07 and W…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-4C204A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete opaque globular annular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern, about 2200 BC to AD 1900, but most likely to be Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is made out of opaque light-blue glass. It is circular in shape, with convex sides, and the ends slightly flattened. It is annular and uneven, thicker at one side than the other. There is a casting sprue at the top of one side. see SWYOR- Height: 6.81 mm Weight: 0.69 g Diameter: 8.77 mm7A2F2C and SWYOR-C01D56 for similar examples Hole - 3.04mm 
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-37B05B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a slightly off-central sub-circular perforation. The glass is a semi-translucent dark blue colour. The bead is 10.2mm in diameter, 4.9mm thick and weighs 0.5g. The perforation is 5.2mm in diameter. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty. They are often thought to be Roman in date though blue glass beads were commonly for use in spangles on lace making bobbins in the 19th century. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: LON-B87A99
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman orange glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 1mm in diameter. The bead is slightly sub-spherical. Dimensions: diameter: 5.07mm; height: 5.97mm; weight: 0.43g. A similar beads on the database are LON-0381A3 and LON-E416F5 found in the same area and may have belonged to the same object.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1F3263
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bead. Cast cylindrical bead with drilled stringing hole of diameter 3mm, one end rounded and the other end flat, patinated. Possibly a paternoster bead from a rosary. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500 Length (along string): 10.9mm, Diameter: 10.4mm, Weight: 7.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Messingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-909811
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polychrome glass bead of late Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 300 - 650. The bead is bi-conical body that is 12mm in diameter in the centre and tapers 7mm at either end. The bead is made from black glass that has been decorated with two bands of applied chevrons formed from the first application of zigzagging white glass which is then overlayed with offset zigzagging yellow glass, both of which run around the waste of the bead. On one end is an applied double band of yellow glass that runs around the circumference, with a triple band of yellow glass at the opposite end.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A96F7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small complete opaque globular glass bead of unknown date, probably Post medieval to Modern, AD 1500 - 1900. The bead is made from opaque white glass with small inlaid red rosettes surrounded by blue. There are three decorative motifs spaced equally round the edge. The bead is sub-spherical in shape and asymmetrical in profile with the ends slightly flattened. The bead has a diameter of 7.0mm, is 7.7mm long, and weighs 0.52g. The central hole is circular and is 2mm diameter.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A9125
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of probable Post medieval date, AD 1500 - 1900. It is two colour glass, translucent dark blue in the centre with opaque red round the outer face. It is a globular bead with flattened ends. Measurements are; length 6.9mm, maximum diameter 8.0mm and weight 0.61g. The central hole is 2.1mm diameter. 
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A89A8
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small complete moulded globular glass bead of Post medieval date, AD 1600 - 1900. The bead is made from translucent mid blue glass and is oval in profile with a moulding seam along each edge. The middle is decorated with three opaque white dots. The bead has a diameter of 5.8mm, is 7.2mm long, and weighs 0.14g. The central hole is small (1.8mm diameter) and is circular and the surface is smooth.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A82FA
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern bead, possibly of glass or other materials, dating from AD 1900 - 2023. The bead is oval in plan and roughly circular in section. There are two small perforations visible in one end. The centre of the bead is black at one end, and slightly soft, perhaps plastic or rubber.  It is surrounded by a white crystalline material which covers the other end. This has an outer shell (of paint or plastic?) of dark blue, which is peeling at one end. The bead is opaque. The bead measures 12.7mm in length, 7.1mm in diameter and weighs 0.6g.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A7517
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of unknown date, but probably post medieval to modern, AD 1500 - 1900. The bead is oval in shape and circular in cross section. It is decorated with a circumferential groove round the centre, and two cross saltires formed of circular recesses covering the whole length of the bead, one on each side.  There is a recessed dot in each panel defined by the centreal groove and the crosses, and an annulet in the panels between the crosses and the ends of the bead. The recesses are all slightly yellow and irridescent. The glass is not coloured but is semi-translucent and worn…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-505F08
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy biconical bead with flattened poles. The patina is shiny but there are several small patches of old chipped damage. Weight 1.76g. Diameter 12.3mm. Length / thickness 4.6 - 5.8mm. Hole diameter 6mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 27th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-FBB2B9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible bead. Cast globular bead with flattened ends and a possibly drilled stringing hole of diameter 2.6mm, recently chipped. Possibly a paternoster bead from an assertive rosary though equally apt to use as a fishing line weight. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1500 Diameter: 16.0mm, Length (along string hole): 13.5mm, Weight: 17.60gms
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-A477DB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring or large bead of Iron Age or Roman date, 21.9mm in diameter (8.3mm internal diameter) with a lozengiform cross section 6.7mm wide with angled sides. There is no decoration and the surface is heavily corroded.
Created on: Friday 19th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-911DA6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval to early modern polychrome glass trade bead, possibly produced in Venice or Holland. The bead is ovoid and made of blue glass, with alternating thin red and white stripes along its length. The ends around the central hole are blue with a blue margin.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2024
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Record ID: BERK-9110B2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  ?glass bead of probable Post-Medieval date. The bead is 'star' shaped in plan, moulded to produce five prominent vertical ribs, which give it a flower or star shaped appearance.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-14FF98
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy probable bead or weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post-Medieval, c. AD 43-1900. The object is sub-spherical with irregular sides. A narrow off-centre perforation runs through the object. The object features clear casting lines running vertically between the two ends of the perforation. The object is also decorated with vertical grooves and ridges running straight down around the edges of the surface. This may be an attempt to produce a scallop-like design. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The object is 9.82mm in length,…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Londesborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30476C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead, probably dating to the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period c. 1 - 200 AD . The surviving fragment is of a dark blue and red glass and comprises of roughly one third of the bead. Whirl decoration exists on the outer of the bead in a style seen on beads of La Tene type, although the colours used of red and blue are unusual. The approximate diameter of the bead is c 22.2mm. The fragment is sub triangular in profile, and D-shaped in cross section. The breaks to the bead are unpatinated.  Dimensions: length 21.2mm; width 9.27mm; thickness 13.61mm; weight 3.37g. B…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-71A345
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete opaque globular annular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern, about 2200 BC to AD 1900, but most likely to be Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is made out of opaque light-blue glass. It is circular in shape, with convex sides, and the ends slightly flattened. It is annular and uneven, thicker at one side than the other. The glass has a spiral structure. The bead has a diameter of 10.02mm, is 6.25mm long, and weighs 0.73g. The central hole is 2.32mm diameter. There are many examples on the database, see SWYOR-7A2F2C and SWYOR-C01D56 …
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-1CA0C3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast biconical Copper alloy bead, possibly dating from the late Iron Age to the Roman period. The internal diameter is around 5.78mm and the hole appears to be partially infilled with iron concretion. The bead measures 13.88mm in diameter, and is 13.88mm thick. Suggested date: Iron Age to Roman period, c. 800 BC-AD410.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingweston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-723C8D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An opaque light blue glass fragment of unknown date, Roman to Modern 50 AD - 1900 AD.  The object is irregular in plan and section and measures 15.39mm in length, 5.27mm in width with a thickness of 2.27mm. It weighs 0.18 grams. The surface is abraded and there is no clear evidence of the central perforation if the object were a bead. As stated by LVPL-33B418, glass beads are problematic to date. Whilst often considered to be Roman (see, for example, LON-00CE9C, and SWYOR-F91EF7) or early medieval, beads of this form have been in use from the Iron Age th…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-7230E0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An opaque light blue globular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern 2200 BC - AD 1900.  The object is circular in plan with a diameter of 13.1mm and a thickness of 14.26mm. The central perforation is 3.33mm in diameter. It weighs 2.89 grams. The surface is slightly pitted. As stated by LVPL-33B418, glass beads are problematic to date. Whilst often considered to be Roman (see, for example, LON-00CE9C, and SWYOR-F91EF7) or early medieval, beads of this form have been in use from the Iron Age through to modern times and blue g…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-722C76
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An opaque light blue globular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern 2200 BC - AD 1900.  The object is circular in plan with a diameter of 7.79mm and a thickness of 8.54mm. The central perforation is 5.42mm in diameter. It weighs 0.64 grams. The surface has numerous incised lines running spirally downward. As stated by LVPL-33B418, glass beads are problematic to date. Whilst often considered to be Roman (see, for example, LON-00CE9C, and SWYOR-F91EF7) or early medieval, beads of this form have been in use from the Iron Age t…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-B757B7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small complete opaque globular glass bead of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern, about 2200 BC to AD 1900, but most likely to be Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is made from opaque pale blue glass. It is sub-spherical in shape and asymmetrical in profile with the ends slightly flattened. The bead has a diameter of 5.1mm, is 4.1mm long, and weighs 0.21g. The central hole is very small and is circular. The surface is worn and pitted. There are many examples on the database, although most are larger than this unusually small example.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-731F4B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Late Roman - Early Medieval date. Posibly Guido Type 20, although purple is not mentioned. The bead dark purple/red in colour and opaque. The bead is square in plan and section it is unclear whether the corners are faceted due to wear. There is a hole running through the centre.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7316D5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Roman date. Guido Type 16. The bead is blue in colour and opaque. It is ovate in plan and circular in section with a hole running through the centre.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7311D3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of.Roman date. Guido Type 11. The bead is green in colour and semi-translucent. There is six faceted sides; two wide opposite each other and four narrow. There is an oval perforation through the long edge.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-26A285
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. A small cast annular bead of biconvex section with a central stringing hole of diameter 4mm. hipped in antiquity. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 10mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 0.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-23694B
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worn annular glass bead of unknown date.  The globular annular bead is slightly bi-conical and irregular in form. The perforation (4.86mm in diameter at widest point); is predominantly circular but with a straight edge (2.21mm long) on one side. The glass is opaque and pale blue and appears speckled as the matrix is full of bubbles, the outside surfaces pitted with occasional voids from larger bubbles. The surfaces are worn.  Measurements: diameter: 13.78mm; thickness: 9.06mm and weight: 1.46g.  Blue glass beads are often thought to be R…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-2104F9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead. A small cast D-section annular bead with a central rounded circumferential rib, chipped at its side and around the stringing hole, which is of diameter 5.7mm. A Roman date is likely though such forms appear in the Iron Age and earlier beads were often reused in the Early Anglo-Saxon period. Suggested date: probably Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 11.1mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 1.16gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FAE4AD
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy bead of unknown date. Description: The bead is annular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section, with a central round hole measuring 5.8mm in diameter. The surface is undecorated, and has a medium green and brown patina, with some areas of pitting. Measurements: Diameter:15.0 mm (internal diameter 5.8mm), Thickness: 7.1 mm, Weight: 5.95g Discussion:  Beads of this form are found in the archaeological record associated with sites dating from the Bronze Age to the early medieval period. This bead was found in the vicin…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: ESS-FA87D5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bead of possible Roman date (c. 43-410) Description: The object is a circular in plan with a relatively large external and internal diameter. It is broadly triangular in radial cross-section, as there is is a circumferential rib at the centre, with a shallow groove on each side, it has a green patina, and the surface is pitted and scratched in some areas. Measurements: Diameter:19.2 mm (internal diameter 12.0mm), Thickness: 4.6 mm, Weight: 3.10g Discussion: A similar bead can be seen on the database at NMS-902F49. This…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-806576
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-Medieval bone rosary bead dating from AD 1450-1550. The bead is a memento mori type with a forward facing male head and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The male figure is bearded and probably depicts the Head of Christ. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosary. After Queen Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) was formally excommunicated by Pope Pius V legislation was passed in 1571 to finally outlaw rosaries in Eng…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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