Record ID: ESS-71DFE4
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
1. Ring. Gold ring appearing to have been soldered together from two separate bands. Both bands have a D-sectioned profile and their terminals overlap for c.2mm. There are a number of small scuffs and scratches to the surface of the ring. Dimensions: Width (of ring): 9mm; Width of individual band: 4.5mm; Diameter (ext.) (max.): 13.5mm; Diameter (ext.) (min.): 12mm; Diameter (int.): 9mm; Thickness: 1mm. 2. Ring. Gold ring appearing to have been soldered together from two separate bands. Both bands have a D-sectioned profile, their terminals do not meet and are c.1mm apart. Dimensions…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Totham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-719DA8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified cast copper-alloy object, a 'moustache' mount, so named because of its shape being reminiscent of a moustache. The object is cast in one piece and has a swollen body which tapers towards the pointed terminals. The centre of the body is narrowed and has a uniform vertical groove running around its girth to the underside or base of the object. At this point the grooves ends and abutts a circular recess, approximately 7.3 mm in diameter. All sides of the object are decorated with alternating ridges and grooves arranged horizontally. The narrowed terminals are without the …
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-715142
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Only part of the socket end survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is rectangular in form, slightly curved in plan at the socket end, and has the remains of two vertical ribs on the interior surface. At the socket end the exterior has a thickened rim beneath which is a prominent transverse ridge. The entire fragment measures 29.20mm in length, 19.40mm in width, 4.37mm in thickness and 8.53g in weight. This is an incomplete socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date, c.1150-800 BC.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fakenham Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-6E0BD3
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy dagger of Bronze Age date. The blade is triangular in plan and a very narrow lozenge-shape in section with a faint mid-rib running down the centre of both faces of the blade but ending at the point where the tang starts. The pointed tip of the dagger is missing and the length of the surviving blade from the remaining rounded tip to the shoulders is 67mm. With the surviving part of the tang the dagger measures 74mm long. Traces of the edges of incomplete circular rivet holes can be seen on the tang section. The dagger is a mid-green colour with traces of cor…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarcliffe Area', grid reference and parish protected.