Record ID: ESS-823516
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gold post-medieval finger ring. The fragment is the bezel of the ring. It is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. It appears to be hollow. The bezel is set with a rectangular cut red stone (or possibly red glass). The stone in the second setting is damaged. The sides of the bezel are decorated with raised lines, which form scallops. Beneath these, on all sides is a border of tiny dotted or dashed indents. Around the bottom of the bezel is a slight flanged rim. This is decorated with a running motif of raised hollow squares and solid dashes. The underneath of …
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Hanningfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6E38A7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy early medieval mount, probably from a sword scabbard. The mount is formed from a T bar shape, with the downward vertical, central bar being shorter than the arms of the cross bar. The centre of the mount, where the three arms integrally conjoin, is slightly expanded, with a slight arching to the middle of the cross bar.It is semicircular in section having a flat reverse with domed front. The main body of the mount is decorated with a double strand interlace design that expands along the cross bar and down the central vertical bar. At either end of the interlace design…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chappel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6C4717
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An important and unusual find of an 8th century, silver Anglo Saxon sceat of 'monitascorum' type. Normally this type has 'MONITA SCORVM' on the obverse, but in this case has the 'DE LVNDONIA' inscription of series L instead. Michael Metcalf, Thrymsas and Sceattas' (Oxford, 1993), p. 435 noted one other specimen of this variant at the time of publication, which he described as a 'unique and highly interesting coin'. If the inscriptions are taken at face value this is an ecclesiastical issue ('Moneta Sanctorum') from London, presumably issued for a bishop of London. The coin recorded…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiptree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6A6E94
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman glass prismatic bottle. The clearly defined 90-degree angle on the fragment shows that it is a body sherd from one corner of a square shaped bottle. Apart from the one clear edge, the fragment is irregular to both sides. It is made from a thick, light blue-green glass with a high number of bubbles. The fragment is 34.48mm long, 4.2mm thick and weighs 4.02g. Bottles with square bodies were in use in the 1st and 2nd centuries. They were used for the transport and storage rather than as tablewares. See Cool and Price, 1995, Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchest…
Created on: Monday 19th 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-6A1525
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman glass, probably from a conical beaker used for drinking. The glass fragment is colourless, small and irregular. The profile of the fragment suggests it is from the concave bottom of the vessel, perhaps the very centre as there is a central dimple and nipple. The fragment is 1.62mm thick and weighs 0.33g. Conical beakers of greenish glass dominate 4th century assemblages, however there may be evidence that colourless beakers were produced from the late 3rd century (see Cool and Price, 1995, Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchester, 1971-1985, page 90).
Created on: Monday 19th 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: SOMDOR-699AD4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age ‘Horn Cap’. This is an enigmatic type of object as no one is clear what they were made for. Horn Caps, however, were almost certainly not made to fit on the end of the axle of an Iron Age chariot. There are probably only about 20 or so Horn Caps in Museums or private collections. They have only been found in Britain, and have never been found in other parts of Europe. Horn Caps were made in the Middle and Late Iron Age (c.300 BC to AD 43), Several have been found with other Iron Age objects, and 4 other Horn Caps have decoration on their top surfaces.…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braintree area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-69D233
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount. The mount is circular in plan and flat in section. One side is decorated with a moulded, slightly raised letter I entwined and passing through the centre bar of a letter S. Around the letters are irregular incised short dashes and lines, not quite cross-hatched, but used to fill the empty field around the central design. The reverse of the mount is plain. There are no signs of attachment to the reverse. The edges of the mount are irregular in places, but the object does appear to be mostly complete. The surface of the mount survives with an even mid green patin…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-695E00
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy late medieval or post medieval knife stop. The stop is an elongated hexagonal in plan and rectangular in section and possibly represents a sledgehammer head. When viewed in profile it has one straight edge and one set on a slight diagonal (presumably the bottom edge?). To both top and bottom faces of the stop are the remains of the iron tang. The object survives in good condition with an even dark green patina. Slight areas of pitting show as lighter green. The object is 14.84mm long, 9.98mm wide, and 9.1mm thick and weighs 7.02g.
Created on: Monday 19th 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-6928F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Heavily clipped, reduced weight silver Roman siliqua, probably House of Theodosius, probably VIRTVS ROMANORVM, probably Trier or Milan, c. 388-402.
Created on: Monday 19th 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-68EA58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped silver siliqua, probably of Gratian (367-83), VRBS ROMA, probably Trier or Aquileia, AD 375-8. RIC IX, c.f. Trier 46b/64a and Aquileia 15b. It is possible that this is a barbarous imitation. The original record states it is base metal, but this might not be the case as the coin is clipped.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-17E485
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The following notes were kindly produced by Jorge Ferreira, graduate of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. The bones were recovered by the landowner whilst investigating a trench dug for a watermain. The bone report accompanies a pottery report recorded as ESS-17A9D0. Species/Body Parts/Age: Sheep (Ovis) Right Mandible (Fragment) Young Adult (M3 erupted/no wear) Sheep (Ovis) Left Mandible (Fragment) (Dp2 - Dp3 - P1) Juvenile (Decidous teeth present P1 erupting) Sheep (Ovis) Right Mandible (Fragment) (Dp3 - Dp4 - M1 erupting) Juvenile (No permanent dentition pr…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-17A9D0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This record compromises a large number of pottery vessel sherds from a discrete area, namely an area of domestic dumping from a house of unknown origins that was demolished in 1817. The house is visible as a cropmark under the right conditions. The material was recovered by the landowner during the digging of a water main which prompted further investigation. Helen Walker of Essex County Council kindly scanned the material and provided short notes. A selection of animal bone was also recovered at the same time and is recorded as ESS-17E485. Tray 1 Slip-painted, unglazed sherds o…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT-15E6C0
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dome shaped lead disc. The domed side is plain, while the flat surface has eight incised lines in a star pattern. This piece is possibly a gaming counter and is of an unknown date. It has a diameter of 18.33mm, is 7.22mm thick and weighs 13.35 grams.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-1579B3
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman mount, probably a furniture fitting or similar. The mount is circular in plan and domed in section. The bottom of the mount is formed from a circular disc, with a deep circumfral-grooved line. Rising up from the centre of the disk is the main domed body of the mount, slightly smaller in diameter. This is plain. Extending from the top of the dome is a circular sectioned projection or ‘neck’, which flares slightly. The neck then becomes wasted and then terminates in a globular knop. To the flat underside of the mount are the remains of an iron shaft, now obscu…
Created on: Thursday 15th 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-153B31
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman mount, probably a furniture fitting or similar. The mount is circular in plan and domed in section. The main domed portion of the mount is decorated around the bottom edge with two deep grooved lines, but is otherwise plain. Extending from the top of the dome is a circular sectioned projection that terminates in an integral globular knop, delineated from the shaft by a circumfral-grooved line. To the flat underside of the mount are the remains of an iron shaft, now obscured by iron corrosion product. The mount is worn and abraded. Tiny traces of the original sur…
Created on: Thursday 15th 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-14DDD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman ‘T’ shaped brooch of ‘sawfish’ type, now in two parts. This brooch has complete side wings that are cylindrical in shape, with a slot to accommodate the pin shaft. They are now slightly flattened. The wings would have held a hinged pin. The pin is missing, though the wings may hold the remains of the axis bar, which might be evidenced, by a small spot of brown corrosion at one end of the wings. The wings are decorated with two raised vertical lines to either end, these lines being further decorated along their length with a row of incised V shapes.…
Created on: Thursday 15th 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-13E142
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman mount sometimes known as a ‘bell shaped stud’. It consists of a disc that is 18.8mm in diameter and 2.64mm high from which extends a circular shafted ‘neck’ for 2.44mm. The ‘neck’ is slightly stepped having a diameter of 13.44mm. The ‘neck flares out into a wide, shallow bell shape, 6.48mm long and 23.82mm in diameter. This makes the object circular in plan with a flared trapezoidal section. The rim of the ‘bell’ is curved. The ‘underside’ of the bell or flared area is countersunk with a flat bottom. Protruding from the centre of the counte…
Created on: Thursday 15th 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-02EB13
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy handle from a Roman ‘mandolin’ spoon. The incomplete shaft of the handle is rectangular in section, 2.28mm thick and tapers dramatically from 3mm to 1.64mm at the break point. The break point is worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. At the broad end is an integral projection, narrower than the shaft at 2.74mm. In profile it is curved in a half C-shape. There is a small projecting knop on the same plain and thickness at the top of the curve, and at the bottom of the curve is an integral transverse, flange. The projection is where the separate ma…
Created on: Wednesday 14th 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-00DDE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Commonwealth penny. North 2729.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Yeldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-009B27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Iron Age stater. Gallo-Belgic E. VA 50-1.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.