Record ID: ESS-EEF183
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of Roman ceramic vessels. The two fragments are body sherds and are mid grey in colour. One fragment has decoration in the form of a grooved line with short, diagonal strokes above and impressed triangles below (or vice versa). Dr Paul Sealey has kindly identified them as being from Roman storage jars of the 1st or 2nd century. They have a combined weight of 113.88g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EE4354
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy 11th century stirrup mount of Williams' Class B, type 3. The complete stirrup mount would most likely have been trapezoidal in plan and open work in form. The fragment recorded here represents the upper portion and central decorative motif, with an irregular outline due to break edges being through open work perforations. the central motif is formed from a slightly domed, zoomorphic head. The sub-rectangular head is decorated with two circular recesses for eyes with incised lines above for eyebrows. There is an incised triangular nose, broad edge down, g…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EC1755
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Roman steelyard weight. The weight is circular in plan and roughly biconical in section. The iron suspension loop is now missing, but there are the remains of iron or iron corrosion at the apex of one side where the loop was positioned. The lead is now beige or light brown in colour and the surface heavily pitted and abraded. The weight is 21.38mm long, 25.92mm in diameter and weighs 2.04 ounces or 57.90g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EBBAC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy ‘Aucissa’ Roman brooch. The head of the brooch is flat and wide. It is formed from the end of the brooch being curled up and over to create a tube of curled metal, which held the axis bar of the hinged pin, and is set with a slot to accommodate the pin shaft. The pin is entirely missing. To the back of the tube portion of the head is an integral flat, rectangular section of head. This is decorated with two transverse grooved lines, between which are two raised dots or ‘eyes’. The bow arches from the head with a distinctive, highly arched bow, C sha…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EB2EE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper-alloy Roman 'propeller-shaped' mount or belt stiffener.The fragment represents one of the flat triangular ends of the mount. One point of the triangle shows the straight break where it has become detached from the rest of the object; the break is worn, suggesting it occurred in antiquity. The front is decorated with a central raised longitudinal rib. A ring-and-dot motif is punched into each of the complete corners. There are two rivet holes, one to either side of the rib, complete with their copper-alloy rivets. The reverse of the fragment is undecorated. The …
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-859B92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Contemporary forgery of a medieval short cross cut half penny, double struck to both sides. Possibly a copy of a Class 7a coin (originals date 1217-1222)
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-857683
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
15th century copper alloy 'half ryal' coin weight. This coin weight is circular in plan, is 2.64mm thick and has a diameter of 14.02mm. It weighs 3.52 g or 54.3 grains. It is uniface, having a design to only one side. The design shows the king standing with sword and shield in a ship See Withers and Withers, 1993, British Coin Weights, page 18, number 200. This is a representational weight in that it bears a design similar to the coin that it was intended to weigh. Withers and Withers note that weights of this type were introduced in 1464 during the reign of Edward IV, when the ryal c…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-853EC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy one piece Roman Colchester brooch. The wings of the brooch are short, flat and complete. At the head of the brooch is a scar, which is where a forward facing hook would have been positioned to hold the chord of the spring. The spring head and pin shaft are entirely missing. The bow of the brooch is sub-circular in section, with a slight flattening to the back, which is more obvious towards the head. It tapers to a pointed foot. The very tip of the foot is now bent backwards. The catchplate is entirely missing. The brooch has a dark brown patina. Worn break edges…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbess Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8512D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy ‘Wessex type La Tène I’, one piece Iron Age brooch. The head of the brooch is now missing, but would once have comprised of an integral four-coil springhead that would have then extended into the pin shaft. All that remains is the bow of the brooch, which is distinctively arched with a squared C shape profile. It is domed in section, having a slightly flatter reverse, and tapers to either end. A downward turned knop at one end is all that remains of the foot, now heavily worn, but with a tiny fragment of the upper catchplate attached. Hattatt, 1985, Iron Ag…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbess Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-716CD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward III.Post treaty period. North 1295.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-713922
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half penny of Edward III.North 1131.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-70E8F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward III. Fourth coinage, pre-treaty series A. North 1136.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-70A190
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy medieval horse harness pendant and hanger. The pendant hanger is slightly domed in section, and is formed from a rectangular cross bar, with an integral rectangular arm reaching up from the centre. Opposite this upper arm, on the other side of the cross bar are the two pin bar lugs, now both damaged and incomplete. Each 'arm' of the hanger is bevelled and is undecorated. There are tiny traces of gilt to the front surface. The reverse of the hanger is flat and plain. At either end of the reverse of the cross bar and at the reverse top end of the central arm, …
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6F9AB4
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman toggle. The object takes the form of a cylindrical body, capped at either end by circular roves. The main body of the toggle is decorated with a central groove that runs around the central circumference of the body. This in effect ‘pinches’ the toggle in, making it a figure of 8 in plan. At each end of the body is a slightly wasted neck, to which the plain roves are integrally attached. The toggle has a rectangular loop, which spans the main body, between the ‘necks’. Between the loop, in the body of the toggle, is a sub…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6F5DE7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axe head. The fragment represents a small part of the lower blade and cutting edge. It is semicircular in plan and wedge-shaped in profile. When viewed in plan, the sides of the body flare out at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. The cutting edge and blade tips are worn. There is evidence of the casting seam to one side of the axe. There is a rectangular aperture in the thicker end 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 green patina. …
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6AC2B3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement. Teardrop shaped in plan and sublozenge shaped in section. Hazel Martingell notes that this piece of light brown flint with cream coloured inclusions is a natural flint with pot lid fractures. However there are knapped areas. These pieces are called ‘tools of convenience’ as they are a mixture of natural and worked removals. These pieces are typical of the later prehistoric period, 1,500BC and onwards, but do continue to be used into the historic period. The piece recorded here was probably used as a pick or scraper. It is 137.78mm long, 85.06mm wide, 30.76mm wide …
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5B48E3
Object type: BUILDING MATERIAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of flint used as building material. The flint is subrectangular in plan and wedgeshaped in profile. It has been clearly retouched along two sodes to create a squared corner.It was probbaly used in a building of medieval or postmedieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-5B2833
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Republican silver denarius issued under Marc Antony. RRC 544/?.See also ESS-5B05D1 for the rest of the hoard.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5B05D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Republican silver denarius of Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, C, Rome, 49 BC. RRC 449/1a. This coin forms part of a hoard of two coins and was reported as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act. It was subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder. See also ESS-5B2833 for the rest of the hoard.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 31st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5ACE64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 17th or early 18th century gold mourning ring. The hoop is of D-shaped section. The exterior is engraved with a stylised skull flanked by triangular panels and cross-hatching within borders extending around the hoop. Both the skull and cross-hatching retain a substantial amount of black enamel. The interior is engraved with Roman capitals: M M, which retain small traces of black enamel. This inscription is likely to be an abbreviation of 'memento mori', rather than an individual's initials.The ring has an external diameter of 20 mm, the hoop is 4 mmwide and it weighs 3.3 grams. T…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.