Record ID: ESS-CF0784
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete 16th century silver gilt dress fitting. The object has a trefoil back plate, cut from sheet with scalloped edges. On the front are three bosses of hemispherical section set within rope twist borders, each one set in one of the three trefoils of the back plate. Each boss has a central rounded knop, around which are set three rope twist circles, echoing the trefoil design. At the centre of the three bosses, where they abut each other, is a circular perforation. A grooved scar shows where the missing hook was once fitted. The object has a dull grey patina with feint traces of v…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CEE771
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of 17th century silver headdress pin. Originally this pin would have taken the form of a tapering shaft, rectangular in section, with a long, rectangular slot at the broader end, beyond which would have been a decorative terminal with an additional perforation for the suspension of a pendant. The fragment recovered represents the terminal end, having broken at the slot (the two prongs are the truncated sides of the slot). At the opposite end is an integrally moulded collar, above which is a decorative terminal. The terminal has a subcircular body from which extends a wasted ne…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CEC005
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silver medieval cross-shaped pendant. The main body of the pendant is hexagonal in plan and trapezoidal in section. It is 7.74mm wide and 4.92mm thick. Extending from the top is a short, circular sectioned shaft, which terminates in a semi-hemispherical knop, decorated with two parallel vertical lines that run around its circumference. Extending from the flat top of the knop are the remains of a transverse suspension loop, now broken. Extending from either side of the main body is a circular sectioned shaft that terminates in a globular knop. Each of these knops is decorated…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BDE117
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a once circular, copper alloy openwork object with a flanged edge to its reverse. The object is now subtriangular in plan. It is decorated on the front face with silver sheet representing a dog-like animal, possibly in the Jellinge style. There is beaded silver sheet around the edge of what was once an openwork perforation. The copper alloy portion of the object is abraded with little of the original surface remaining. It now has a bright, mid green patina. It is probably 10th century in date.It is 21.3mm long, 15.66mm wide, 3,82mm thick and weighs 5.16g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BCF304
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gold ring. The hoop has a D shaped section. The exterior is engraved with cross hatching within borders, extending around the entirety of the hoop. The border and cross-hatching retain some black enamel within the engraving. The interior of the loop is stamped with a hallmark that appears to have been deliberately obliterated. A maker's mark ‘II’ is visible. The ring has an external diameter of 18.94mm. The width of hoop is 3.86mm and the object weighs 2.73g. It dates from the second half of the 17th century to the first quarter of the 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A71D84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold stater, Gallo Belgic E type, oval flan. As Van Arsdell 56-1 (or 52). Oval flan 18.5 by 15.8mm.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham St Paul, Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D15C85
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead object, probably a whistle. The object has 3 projecting hollow tubes at one end, each with a hole in their top and end.
Created on: Friday 30th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epping Forest', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-A92D40
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic Pottery sherds. 1. Fragment of rim from a Roman black burnished ware bead rim bowl. Shows fine silver mica inclusions within the fabric. It is a wheel thrown Thames’ side copy of a hand made Dorset based industry. AD 125-250. 26.49g. The East Anglian Archaeology reports 41, Excavations at Great Dunmow (1988 page 84) describes a number of Romano-British pottery finds from the same area: 9 New Street – 3kg of Romano-British pottery found during 1985 excavation. 36 New Street – approximately 5kg of Romano-British pottery of 1st-4th century date 44 New Street – 1kg o…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunmow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A75F93
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy sheet plate from a medieval crescentic-shaped composite strap-end. The object is formed from a subcircular plate, from which extends a subtriangular terminal, both flat in section. The circular plate is pierced with a kidney shaped perforation. There are four rivet holes, complete with copper alloy rivets, one to either side of the piercing, and two set close together above. The plate is decorated with a crudely incised design. A triangle has been marked above the piercing, just below the rivets, with a lozenge shape above each rivet, filled with hatching. It maybe …
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-A66486
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denier coin from Cologne of Otto III, 983-1002 AD, Haevernick 34. Martin Allen of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, comments that this is an interesting example of the German coins that may have been imported into England in large numbers c.1000, supplying much of the silver for the late Anglo-Saxon coinage. The re-dating of Haevernick's type to the reign of Otto III was undertaken by Peter Ilisch in the Nordisk Numismatik Arsskrift 1983/4, p. 130. EMC 2005.0209 [germany]
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-81EC71
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Possible incomplete cast copper alloy Roman horse harness strap junction. This object is square in plan with an openwork triangular extension on the same plane (the perforation is triangular). It is flat in section. The square body is divided into two recessed rectangular fields, creating a central reserved strip between them. Each field contains two raised lentoids, placed on the diagonal, point to point at the central strip. Each lentoid is also recessed. The lentoids now appear to be devoid of enamel. The field around the lentoids (in all spaces) holds faint traces of red enamel. Th…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Benfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-81C747
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped silver Roman siliqua, House of Theodosius (Aracdius or Honorius), VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Milan, 395-402. RIC X 1227/8.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Benfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-81AE57
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Debased silver denarius of Severus Alexander.RIC IV.ii.250b
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-818A16
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant. The pendant is cross-shaped in plan and semicircular in section, in that it has a domed front and flattened back. The centre of the cross is lozenge shaped and expands into equal length arms that flare and rise at the end. The transverse suspension loop is circular, with a small gap in the loop at the very top. The original surface is missing and exposed surfaces are a patchy mid to light green. There is one tiny patch of gilt on the side of the upper arm. The pendant is 30.8mm long, of which 8.24mm is the suspension loop. It i…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belchamp Otten', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-814897
Object type: WEAPON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy medieval dagger quillon. The main body of the quillon is rectangular in plan and section. It has a short slot to one side that allowed for the tang, and a longer recessed slot on the opposite side, which allowed for the blade. Extending from either end of the central portion is an integral pyramidal terminal. These are positioned so that the pointed end is flattened and joins with the end of the central portion. The original surface of the object is missing and it is now light green in colour. The quillon is 66.38mm long, of which 31.88mm is the central porti…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belchamp Otten', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-80E246
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. This ring has a circular sectioned hoop. One inner edge is slightly bevelled, though this is not mirrored on the opposite side. The ring has an even dark green patina with a silvery sheen. There is one small patch of damage, where the original surface is missing. The exposed surface is a whitish light green. the ring has an external diameter of 31.1mm with an internal diameter of 17.1mm. The hoop is is 8.3mm thick and 7.1mm wide. The ring weighs 24.85g. Copper alloy rings found in isolation are hard to date with any accuracy. However, this ring is unlikely to b…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mistley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-80CA63
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South-Eastern class A1. The axe is rectangular in plan and wedge shaped in profile. The mouth of the socket is sub-circular and has a double mouth-moulding. The sides of the axe are straight and flare only slightly towards the blade end. The cutting edge and blade tips are missing. The edges are now chipped and abraded. The side loop is intact and is 21.04mm long and 12.64mm wide. There is a casting seam on both side edges, which is also visible across the loop. The original surface survives well with a dark green patina, but i…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mistley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7D42E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy Roman finger ring of Henig type II. The bevel of the ring is set with a surviving oval orange glass intaglio. The intaglio is 9.02mm long and 7mm wide and is upstanding above the ring for 0.98mm. It is crudely carved with a fully draped figure standing right, possibly wearing a helmet. The left arm is raised, the right by the side. It is possibly a crude attempt at representing Minerva. The intaglio is set in the long broad, flattened top to the ring, i.e. the ring is semicircular in profile, when viewed with the flat portion uppermost. This flattened portion is 1…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-7C89B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn cut half of a voided long cross penny.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-412806
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual find of a complete cast copper alloy 'Kraftig Profilierte' or 'strongly profiled' Roman brooch. The head of the brooch is formed from a single rear-facing lug, which holds the spring coil, which has eight coils and an external chord. The pin is intact. The bow of the brooch is trumpet shaped in that it has a broad flared terminal at the top of a curved circular sectioned shaft. The bow is plain. The bottom of the trumpet meets the top of the leg with a circular collar or bow button,that is bevelled to top and bottom. The moulding is decorated to both its upper and lower faces w…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.