Record ID: NMGW-624CD3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated amber bead, probably of Early Medieval or Anglo Saxon date. The bead is irregular; the underside is rounded and the two sides are moderately flat and meet forming a ridge (with an angle of around 100 degrees) at the top, the ends are also moderately flat and converge towards the top. The piercing is off-centre at one end and has a 3.3mm diameter, it is linear and has been drilled. The surface of the bead has discoloured and is now a dull orange -yellow colour. A small chip on the surface of the bead has exposed the glassy dark orange of the amber. The bead was reported with…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-365628
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy object, perhaps a bead, probably medieval or early post-medieval in date. It is a short cylinder with a raised central rib and a groove on either side of the rib running around the middle. There is some wear or damage; one area of the lower edge is worn down. There is similar wear on the opposing upper edge. The wear on the upper edge is more extensive, extending almost to the lower edge. Small areas of dark green patina on a red/brown metal surface. Diameter: 4.97mm; thickness: 5.05mm; weight: 1.92g.
Created on: Friday 4th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-785526
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable unfinished copper alloy bead. The bead is plano-convex, with a drilled concave central depression. In the centre on the reverse is another partially drilled hole. The outer edge of the bead is very patinated and worn, however it does not show any signs of a break. The object seems to be too large to be an intaglio. Alternatively it could have been used as a gaming counter.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-A33BA0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or saxon glass bead, 18mm in diameter, 8-10mm thick with a weight of 3.61 grams The bead is a greenish colour and has an irregular central hole. It is rounded in form and section and varies in thickness from 8mm to 10mm, presumambly it was made this way deliberatly to sit better in a necklace?
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-34C394
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead. The bead is circular in plan and subtriangular in section having bevelled side to both upper and lower faces of the bead. A casting seem is visible around its circumference. Most of the original surface survives with an even mid green patina. exposed surfaces are lighter green. the bead has a dimater of 12.98mm, is 5.46mm thick and weighs 2.59g. Beads are difficult to date, but given the patination and condition, this bead is probably Late Iron Age or Roman in date.
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Takeley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-6FCFE4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is possibly a cast copper alloy bead. There is no decoration which may help with the dating, hence the dating is wide, from the Roman period through to the Medieval period. On plan the bead is circular, and in profile it is a crescentic shape. The interior hole edges are both slightly abraded and are approximately 7.8mm in diameter. The surface of the bead has a slight green/brown coloured patina. It weighs 2.56g and measures 14.5mm in diameter and 7.7mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-F90DA6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead or ring. The bead is circular in plan and subtriangular in section having a slightly bevelled side to both upper and lower faces of the bead. There is no evidence of a casting seem and the bead is irregular in shape. It has a circular perforation. Most of the original surface is missing, but a small patch survives with an even mid green patina. Exposed surfaces are fractionally lighter and heavily abraded. The bead has a diameter of 16.38mm, is 8.34mm thick and weighs 8.11g. Beads are difficult to date, but the condition and patination of this object suggest it m…
Created on: Friday 15th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fordham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-533055
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stylistically un-dateable cast copper alloy annular bead. It measures 13.9mm in diameter and weighs 3.39 grams. There is a circular hole through the centre of the bead, which measure 5mm. The surface is rough and has a dark greyish-green patina. Much of the original surface appears to have been lost. The bead is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E25990
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete monochrome glass bead of possible Anglo-Saxon date. This bead is circular in plan measuring 18.6mm in diameter and 7mm in thickness. It has a large circular central perforation, measuring 8mm in diameter. The glass is a light pale green in colour with air bubbles visible within the glass. There are circular marks around this bead, presumably where it has been worked. The pale colour is found on early Anglo-Saxon beads (e.g. Brugmann's Doughnut type) but is not particularly common in beads of this shape, which tend to be a deeper blue or green (e.g. Brugmann 2004, fig.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E72DD6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete glass bead of possible Roman or Early Medieval date (AD 43 – AD 1066). Length 6mm, diameter 9.5mm. Weight 0.48g. The bead is opaque and bright blue. It is short and has convex sides with slightly flattened ends and could be described as being oblate in form. The surface has concentric striations which may be the result of a marving process. There is a centrally situated longitudinal perforation which has parallel sides. The diameter of the perforation is 3.8mm in diameter. A fracture has occurred across the perforation which has created two breaks so that about 40% of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B0D380
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete sub-spherical copper alloy bead of probable Roman or Early-Medieval date (AD 43 – AD 1066). Length from apex to apex 12.5mm, maximum diameter 16mm. Weight 14.12g. The apexes are slightly flattened and the bead has a central transverse perforation which is about 5mm in diameter at both ends and tapers to a diameter of about 2.5mm mid-way along its length. The bead is very pitted due to corrosion and there are traces of a light green/greyish patina and also traces of tinning.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1B19D5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale blue glass bead, possibly Roman in date. The bead is mis-shaped (mis-cast) and only partially drilled.
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1D09E7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead. The bead is circular in plan and suboval in section. It is of irregular thickness and width, being thicker and broader to one end, and the circular perforation is off centre. It is slightly bevelled to top and bottom. There is no casting seam. The original surface survives in good condition with an even mid green patina. There are small patches of abrasion, notably on the inner sides of the perforation. The bead has a diameter of 11.02mm, is 5.56mm thick, thinning to 5.4mm, 6.3mm wide at the broader end, narrowing to 5.06mm and weighs 5.28g. Beads are difficult …
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2F0222
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead, possibly of late Iron Age-early Roman date. The bead is circular with a large circular hole in the centre (D. 6.5mm). The inner edge is flat while the outer edges are curved, so that the object is D-shaped in section. The object is also thicker on one side (Th. 3.2-3.7mm) and the outer surface is uneven due to wear and damage. Patchy dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meonstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-581C06
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three glass beads, 1, this example is 11mm diameter with a 5mm diameter hole in the centre. It has a rich dark blue colour with white flecks throughout and a heavy semicircular cross-section with high walls. 2, is very similar to the first with the exception that this example is broken in two and has a slightly lighter colour, possibly because it is more weathered than the first. Nevertheless, because it is broken in two it is possible to see the method of manufacture. There are a series of lines that run around the surface of the object where the molten glass was coi…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NARC-80D604
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-spherical turquoise glass bead with flat top and base. There is central hole running through the bead, 3.8mm in diameter. There are slight abrasions to the glass at both top and base. Probably early-medieval in date.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-86DB98
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A glass bead. The bead is cylindrical, with a flat top and bottom and rounded sides. The centre has a circular perforation. The bead is of a green-blue colour. Similar beads are illustrated in West (1998, page 144; figs 28.4.1 - 28.4.11). The bead is likely to be Early Anglo-Saxon in date but this colour and form were in use over a considerable period of time.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-E99811
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass Bead, the body of the bead is heavily damaged with about 65% of the object missing from the side and base, it is 25mm tall, has a radius of approximately 13mm and a central hole of 4mm. There are six distinct coloured layers that make up the bead. The first is a creamy light green colour undulating layer running around the hole in the centre, about 1.5mm deep. The second layer is a semi-clear green glass which is in turn surrounded by a white undulating layer. The forth layer is deep red and resembles ceramic more than glass, this is also surrounded by a white wavy layer. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-698857
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead or ring with simple D-shaped section, with a non-metallic white/cream substance set into the internal surface, apparently set into a hollow in the back of the copper alloy ring. This substance appears to be thickly applied, although it is not possible to tell how far it extends inside the ring. The copper alloy is reddish-brown with some green areas and with little or no original surface remaining. The width of the ring is variable. External diameter 22.18mm, internal diameter 14.4mm, width (max)7.18mm - (min)5.12mm, weight 4.07g.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radcliffe on Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-AD8D94
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cast bronze bead with a 14mm diameter and a 6mm hole. Of uncertain date.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.