Record ID: LIN-1E5E21
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unfinished rock crystal bead. The bead is bun shaped and has an irregular surface. There is a rough channel across one side of the bead that may be a broken hole, however all surfaces appear unworked.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1E5464
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bun shaped green glass bead. The bead has a hole through the centre 2.85mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-599405
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably an incomplete Early Medieval Anglo Saxon dark blue glass bead. The circular bead is D-shaped in section and has an uneven thickness. The opaque surface is slightly worn and one side is chipped exposing the translucent glass underneath. The external diameter is 18.5mm, the central circular peroration has a diameter of 7.5mm and the weight is 3.23g.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crowle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-33F636
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Half of a glass bead. The breaks are old. Probably Early medieval, sixth century. Length 12mm. Weight 1.95g. When complete the bead would have been about 14mm in diameter. The bead is an opaque black colour with a yellow band at the top and bottom, and in between red zigzag bands, all marvered onto the surface. The bead is probably a Guido type 8xviib, 'drum-shaped' - short cylindrical. (Guido, 1999). The perforation is 5mm in width at one end and 4.5mm at the other end.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E23A6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete midnight blue opaque glass bead. This bead is circular in shape, measuring 12.8mm in diameter and 11.8mm in height. It has a central circular perforation, measuring 2.6mm in diameter. It is smooth but has tiny cracks and indentations on its surface, probably caused by wear over time. It was found in association with many other early Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which showed signs of burning. Although this bead does not appear to have been burnt it is still most likely to be early Anglo-Saxon in date and to have been deposited originally in an early Anglo-Saxon grave…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E03C2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A probable glass bead. Roughly circular in shape, c. 9mm in diameter, this probable bead has been burnt and melted. It is a light turquoise in colour, but this colour is in many areas obscured by a light brown/cream/light blue deposit which is due to the burning. No central perforation can be seen through the bead, but it is possible that this is as it has disappeared due to the melting of the glass. It was discovered in association with many early Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which are also burnt. It is therefore likely to have originally have been deposited in an early Anglo…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-1AF0D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Two circular glass beads, probably early Anglo-Saxon in date. One is dark blue in colour and annular with a circular perforation. It has a diameter of 10.94mm and a thickness of 7.97mm. There is only half of the second bead. It is light turquoise in colour, annular and possesses a circular perforation. It is comparable with examples from Witton Gilbert, Co. Durham, recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. It measures approximately 10.11mm in diameter and a maximum of 8.3mm in thickness. Blue annular beads such as these are common in the early Anglo-Saxon period; Brugmann (2004) …
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS1951
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon reticella glass bead, cylindrical or drum-shaped with two and three layers of colourless translucent, opaque red (“terracotta”) and opaque yellow glass arranged to form a herringbone pattern. In Guido’s (1999) book, Schedule, beads of this shape and decoration come under 8xviia; in Brugmann's classification (2004) they are called "reticella". Brugmann dates them to her Group A2b, 530-580 AD. Height 13mm, diameter 16mm, diameter of perforation 4-6mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COLKIRK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4739
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cylindrical glass bead with rounded ends, made of semi-translucent pale aquamarine or turquoise glass. It is 14 mm long and 11 mm in diameter, with a 4 mm perforation. Dating this bead has proved difficult. Cylindrical shapes are not found among pre-Roman beads. No parallel can be found in M. Guido's Prehistoric and Romano-British Glass Beads (1978). Catherine Johns of the British Museum thinks it is not Roman. This leaves early Anglo-Saxon as the most likely option, but it is an unusual colour. Leslie Webster of the British Museum has seen it and has suggested that the unusual …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CULPHO', grid reference and parish protected.