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: 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-699F63
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, probably late medieval. The mount is subcircular in plan and domed in section with a recessed reverse. It shows a human face of indeterminable gender. The face is moulded with a hairstyle that frames each side of the face. It has a grooved centre parting with two transverse grooves that breaks the top of the hairstyle into three rows. There are incised diagonal lines along the rows of hair which give it a textured detail. The face is moulded with a prominent triangular nose, now slightly damaged. The eyes are formed from incised lentoids with central dots. The …
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', 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.

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.

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-EDE880
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy 11th century stirrup mount of Williams's class A, type 5. The complete stirrup mount would have consisted of a pentagonal, flat frame or body, set within a pair of tendril like shapes, down each diagonal side, which terminate in scrolls. Extending from the apex would have been a long, handle like extension, which would have probably terminated in a zoomorphic head that supported the apex loop. The lower portion of the stirrup mount would have had the two rivet holes and flange for attachment. The fragment recorded here represents the tendrils and upper po…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bildeston', 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-EA2FB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Uninscribed Iron Age unit. BM 404.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', 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-849592
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy brooch 13th century brooch. The brooch is sub-shield shaped in plan and domed in section, in that it is a moulded design with a slightly flatter reverse. The frame is formed from two opposing figures each with both arms upraised, joined together by a trapezoidal section to complete the frame at the upper edge. The lower portion of frame is formed from the lower bodies of the figures curving down and inwards into a single leg, which are similarly joined as the hands, with a rectangular portion of frame. Beneath this rectangular portion, at the lower centre of …
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', 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-7004E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver denarius of Augustus dating to the period 2 BC to AD 9 (Reece Period 1). C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT reverse type depicting Gaius and Lucius standing front, on left and right, each togate and resting hand on shield; behind each shield, a spear; above, on l., a simpulum to r. and on r., a lituus to l. Mint of Lugdunum. RIC I (rev.ed.), p.55, no.207.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meesden', 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.

Record ID: ESS-462801
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implements. Hazel Martingell notes: There are four artefacts recorded from this location, three of which are undiagnostic. 2 flakes, tertiary. 1 blade, butt part, tertiary. 1 obliquely blunted microlith, Mesolithic.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ford Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-45B003
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy medieval buckle. The buckle frame is circular in plan and flat in section with a central pin bar. The iron pin remains, but is surrounded and embedded in orangey brown corrosion product to front and rear. Extending from one side of the frame are two rectangular protrusions or prongs. The frame is plain but the two prongs are decorated with three incised vertical lines along, with three transverse lines or strokes at the end. The reverse is plain. The buckle is abraded, but retains most of the original mid green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The buckle is…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-457D27
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy suspension mount for a medieval horse-harness pendant. It is flat and roughly square, with a narrower and smaller rectangular extension folded over and behind with a slot cut for the loop of the pendant. The copper-alloy hinge bar survives within the fold. To each corner of the main square part of the mount is a rivet hole, two of which are now damaged; all of the rivets are missing. The front is decorated with a sunken circular recess, within which is a counter-relief design of an equal-armed cross with a sunken centre. Each arm of the cross ends in three long blobs, p…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-4544E7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Iron Age pottery. The body sherd fragment is dark grey, with clear mica inclusions. There is no visible evidence of wheel throwing. Possibly flint tempered. It is 51.42mm long, 48.42mm wide, 9.6mm thick and weighs 31.2g.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-452A97
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Iron Age pottery. The rim fragment is mid grey, tempered and wheel thrown. Irregular in shape, it is 90.2mm long, 43.38mm wide, 10.58mm thick and weighs 55.5g.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-450631
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of pudding stone, probably from a Roman quern stone. The fragment is irregular in shape but clearly has one deliberately flat edge, probably the grinding surfcae. It is now 104.5mm long, 57.86mm wide and 62.22mm thick. Pudding stone is a conglomerate of pebbles held together in a natural cement of silica and sand.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-44E0E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross penny of Henry II. Class 1b. North 963.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-44A7C8
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead. The bead is circular in plan and hexagonal in section having bevelled sides to both upper and lower faces of the bead. No casting seam is visible. Most of the original surface survives with a mid brown patina. There are patches of orange corrosion product. The bead has a diameter of 15.04mm, is 6.86mm thick and weighs 6.16g. Beads are difficult to date, but given the patination and condition, this bead is probably Late Iron Age or Roman in date. A similar bead is recorded as ESS-34C394.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Chesterford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4470D2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Worn, Limestone spindlewhorl, probably Anglo-Saxon. The spindlewhorl is plano-convex, having a flat bottom and domed top. It has a central circular perforation through its length. The object is abraded, but appears to have been undecorated. The limestone has a chalky white appearance. The spindlewhorl is 32.74mm in diameter, 14.32mm thick and weighs 17.92g. A similar shaped, though pottery, spindlewhorl can be seen in West, 1998, A corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk, Figure 121, number 12. A similar stone example is recorded on the database as NARC-242448. Though the use o…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wicken Bonhunt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-434D46
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late medieval or early post medieval mount. This mount is circular in plan and flat in section. It has a central circular perforation and was possibly attached by means of a rivet, now missing. The front of the mount is decorated with a double border of punched rectangles, 4mm apart that follow the circumference of the object. Within the central circular field created by the inner border, is further decoration in the form of two horizontal incised lines, with incised triangles flanking a semicircle above the upper line and three V shapes and a triangle beneath the…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arkesdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-42D947
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, probably Late Iron Age or Early Roman. The mount is subrectangular in plan and teardrop shaped in section. It is pierced through its width with a circular perforation. Viewed with the pointed end down, the mount is moulded so that each outside edge is raised and slightly flared out. Between the raised edges at the top of the mount is a central raised triangle, recessed to take red glass or enamel, of which some traces survive. The downward point of the triangle extends into a substantial raised bevelled line that continues around the circumference of t…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-427452
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual example of an incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British brooch, possibly a Nauheim derivative. The brooch does not have any wings, as one would expect from a one piece Nauheim derivative. The head of the brooch would normally be the coiled wire forming the spring coils, spring chord and pin, however nothing of these elements remains. Instead the head of the brooch is simply the narrowed top of the bow. Unusually this top portion of the bow is flattened to either side, forming a single lug, with a circular piercing. This implies that the pin chord passed through the piercin…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-066CE3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
64 Lithic implements: Hazel Martingell notes: These artefacts are not diagnostic of any one period, but allow us to appreciate a continuing human presence in the Colne Valley through succeeding millenia. 1 flaked block, possible roughout for artefact. 2 flakes, one converging tertiary, one secondary, both patinated. 8 flakes, all secondary. 10 flakes, all tertiary. 1 blade fragment, tertiary. 10 chippings and fragments. 1 utilised flake, secondary wear along right edge (a). 1 denticulate and retouched flake, worked all round, secondary (b). 1 notched and retouched …
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-064165
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement: Hazel Martingell notes: This Palaeolithic handaxe is, so far, the first from Halstead, Essex. It is a very nice patinated and rolled example. They can be dated to the time between 500,000 and 200,000 BP. It is 100.3mm long, 72.5mm wide, 37.1mm thick and weighs 258.10g. The flint is mid brown with lighter brown patches. There is beige- white patination to one side. A cobble flint with some flake removals was also found at this location and is possibly the early stages of production of a hand axe. However it is too undiagnostic to date accurately.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-05D296
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Neolithic flint axe. Hazel Martingell notes that the axe is flaked on both surfaces except where there are areas of cortex. The flint is rough in quality, probably a large cobble originally. It measures 128mm long, 37mm wide, 36mm thick and weighs 271.26g. The knapping technique consists of the removal of deep flakes at the butt end and flat shallow flake removals at the blade end. The artefact gradually expands from butt to blade. This axe was recovered from the northern part of a ring ditch. The presence of large diagnostic flint artefacts on a site is always of in…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Tey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-05A266
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Mesolithic flint axe/pick. Hazel Martingell notes: The axe/pick measures 92mm long, 36mm wide, 27mm thick and weighs 88.96g. It is made on light grey flint with inclusions and has an area of brown staining. The knapping technique consists of precise flaking on the curved surface with more random removals across the steeper side. The flat surface is probably a natural break along the cleavage plane. The irregular nature of the artefact suggests that originally the axe was bigger and was substantially modified and reduced in size to form a pick, a fabricator or a punch. This pie…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Tey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-051593
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe/adze. Hazel Martingell notes that the axe measures 110mm long, 40mm wide and 25mm thick. It weighs 140.15g. It is made on good quality grey flint. The knapping technique consists of precise flake removals with very little edge trimming. The axe/adze was recovered from just under the top soil, within the area of a bronze Age ring ditch. Hazel Martingell further comments: The presence of large diagnostic flint artefacts on a site is always of interest. Usually, it is accepted that they are indicators of people utilising that location during a…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Tey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-DBC1A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. This brooch was previously recorded on this database as an "unknown type" late Roman bow brooch. The original discription of the object has been kept below: The head of the brooch is formed from a semicylindrical spring case, that is essentially a flat, rectangular panel capped at either end with circular plates with a circular perforation to both. The rectangular panel is decorated to the front with two horizontal incised lines. Nothing of the spring or pin survives. The bow of the brooch humps from the spring case with a subci…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-DB2D31
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Iron Age unit of Andoco. VA 1868-1.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-DACC76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman Republican Denarius. Crawford 353.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-C70588
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver groat of Philip and Mary. North 1973.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 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-C6DDE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat coin of Elizabeth I. North 2016.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rayleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C687F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat coin of Elizabeth I. North 2016.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fillongley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C64F54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver voided long cross penny of Henry III, class 5b, dated 1250-1256, Ricard at London
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C57D13
Object type: BRASS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy letter, probably from a memorial. A well formed Lombardic capital letter 'R' with serifs, one straight upright leg and a kicked leg that terminates in a hook below the baseline of the letter. The letter is of flat sheet with a polished face and a roughly finished reverse and is 42.5mm high, 34.5mm wide and 3mm thick. The letter has no rivet holes and so it was probably soldered to another sheet of metal or inset into a cell in stonework. Another letter, probably from the same memorial, was found in the same general area of the field that contained this example, by a…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fyfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C15252
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman radiate coin of Valerian I (253-60), VIRTVS AVGG, Eastern Mint. Cunetio 851.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 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-B32EA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver voided long cross penny of Henry III. Class 3b. North 987. [l-c3b]
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B31498
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver long cross penny of Edward I. Class 2a. North 1014. [ed.2a]
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B22852
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British Aesica brooch. The wings of the brooch are partially obscured by corrosion product, but appear to be tubular. The pin appears to be hinged, and the pin bar and a tiny fragment of pin shaft survive. The head of the brooch is subtriangular in plan and flat in section. It is bent at 90 degrees to the bow of the brooch, but this bend may have occurred after loss, rather than being deliberate, as the pin shaft would not comfortably connect with the hinge in its current position. The bow of the brooch is formed from an integral circular disc, also …
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B16537
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mostly illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin of the house of Constantine
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AFE931
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AFC9B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost illegible copper alloy Roman as coin.
Created on: Monday 28th November 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-AF8CD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost illegible copper alloy Roman radiate coin
Created on: Monday 28th November 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-AF69C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus coin, 'Constantinopolis' issue.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AF2B47
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy medieval dagger chape. This fragment represents one side of the upper rim portion of the chape. It is now subrectangular in plan and flat in section, with the edges slightly curved inwards. The top edge is scalloped with four segments remaining. The field of each scallop is decorated with vertical incised lines. Beneath the scallops is a double incised line border. There is a gap of 8.52mm and then there is another double lined border just above the lower break edge. The rest of the fragment is plain, as is the reverse. The original surface survives with an eve…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AEF147
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Roman ceramic tesserae from a tessellated (mosaic) floor. These two pieces of mosaic were possibly cut from a tile. They are both formed from an orange fabric, with one clearly showing a dark grey band where the ceramic misfired. 1. 24.36mm x 25.89mm, 18.56mm thick. 19.54g. 2. 2. 26mm x 24.78mm. 17.74mm thick. 15.19g.
Created on: Monday 28th November 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-AECC87
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd from a Roman colour coated vessel, possibly Oxfordshire ware. The fabric of the curved sherd is orange. It is coated with a dark grey and beige-white slip. The sherd is 66.42mm long, 36.68mm wide and weighs 17.96g. It dates from the 4th century AD.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AEBCB5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim fragment of a Roman grey ware flanged bowl. This fragment is dark grey in colour and has at least one flint inclusion. This suggests that it may possibly be Rettendon ware, c. AD 280-350. Rettendon ware was being produced in Essex at Inworth. The fragment is 46.3mm long, 17.92mm wide and weighs 13.77g.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AE7731
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy object, probably a vessel escutcheon. The main body of the object is subtriangular in plan and concave in section. The bottom of the triangle expands into a curved, bulbous end, with the same section, with this portion set at an angle of 45 degrees to the main body. Extending from the opposite end of the subtriangular body is an irregular neck, perhaps once rectangular in plan, which is flat in section, set at an angle of approximately 10 degrees to the main body. Extending transverse from this neck is a subcircular loop with a pointed decorative knop to its …
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AE11D5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy medieval end cap from a knife. The object is rectangular in plan and flat in section. It has a split 'V' at the top end to allow for attachment to the leather strap. Two rivet holes survive complete with their copper alloy rivets. The strap end is decorated with an openwork design of a suboval piercing within which is an integral cross (devolved eagle). The upper and lower arms of the cross terminate in a flared end and are then connected to the main body of the object by a short stem, whilst the side arms are rounded and do not meet the sides of the object.…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Mersea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AD69C2
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval spoon handle. The main body of this object is an elongated leaf-shape in plan and flat in section. At the top end the object curves slightly backwards and on the curve is a decorative terminal. The terminal is formed from a biconical knop, 6.82mm in diameter and 4.48mm high, which sits upon a short neck. At the very top of the knop is a further smaller knop, also biconical. This is 2.8mm high and 3.5mm in diameter. At the pointed end of the body, the object extends into a thin, twisted shaft, circular in section, that extends for 16.62mm. …
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Hallingbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-734E44
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy medieval hook. The hook is a 'question mark' in shape, formed from a circular sectioned shaft that is bent over to form the hook and terminates in a blunt, horizontal end. The straight shaft section of the hook is finished at the opposite end with a 'thimble shaped' terminal, being circular in plan, trapezoidal in section and with a domed head. The original surface of the object survives with an even mid green patina.It is 51.58mm long, of which 15mm is the 'thimble shaped' terminal and 11.4mm is the straight shaft. It is 13.34mm in diameter at the terminal …
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wethersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-731FA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl. The whorl is biconical in shape (though irregularly so) with a central circular perforation. It measures 28.98mm in diameter and 11.3mm in thickness, the central hole is 9.06mm in diameter. It weighs 35.46g. One face of the whorl is decorated with six vertical raised lines, with a raised dot between each.The opposite side is decorated in a similar way, but is less clear. It may be a zig zag pattern with raised dots between. The object has a light grey patina. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been disc…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Mapelstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-72F916
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy post medieval knife stop. This stop is in the form of an animal’s head, probably a dog, with its mouth open. It is crudely rendered with a subrectangular head on a subrectangular neck. The slightly pointed muzzle of the dog is moulded with a slightly upturned nose and upturned lower lip. Between nose and lower lip are two horizontal grooved lines that define a central protrusion, which may be a tongue. Two indented circles represent the eyes, otherwise there are no other features. The neck is plain. All that remains of the iron tang of the knife, is some iron corros…
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-72CBA3
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’. The object is circular in plan with a flared trapezoidal section that extends from a short neck that is circular in section. The ‘underside’ of the bell or flared area is countersunk with a flat bottom. Protruding from the centre of the countersunk area is a conical boss, approximately 6mm high that has a concave circular depression in its tip, making it flat across its top. To the reverse of the ‘neck’ portion are the remains of an integral shank, rectangular in section which extends for 4.02mm.This sha…
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-72A1B3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingot edge fragment. This fragment of ingot is subtriangular in plan, with one slightly curved edge, and is plano-convex in section. When complete the ingot would have been ‘bun-shaped’, having a domed upper surface and a flat lower surface. The ingot now measures 77.44mm long, 71.18mm wide, 29.04mm thick and weighs in excess of 235g. The surface of the ingot is abraded and pitted. Original surface survives in patches of dark green, but exposed surfaces are also mid and light green. Copper ingot fragments are common in hoards of the Ewart Park …
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wethersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-71B880
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman radiate coin of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. Appears unmarked at first, but said to be F O//ML. RIC V, pt 2, p. 472, no. 101 & p. 535, no. 880. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7196A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus, 'Urbs Romas' issue.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-7178A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman 'barbarous radiate' coin.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-714D62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus coin of Arcadius. RIC 26c.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-712332
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-703C74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus coin. 'Constantinopolis' issue.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-702287
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus coin. 'Urbs Roma' issue.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-6FC8A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman 'barbarous radiate'coin.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-6F8943
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mostly illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin. 'Urbs Roma' issue.
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-6F6D32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin
Created on: Friday 25th November 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-6F3815
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Illegible copper alloy Roman nummus coin
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.