Record ID: SOMDOR-635644
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of gold strip tapering to a tongue-shaped terminal, where it has been pierced, slightly off-centre. The piercing has been carried out from the slightly less dull side. The piece is very weathered, and there is some cracking across the width where it seems to have been folded. Surviving length 38.5mm; maximum surviving width 10.5mm; thickness less than 0.5mm; weight 1.63 grams. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a gold content of 84-87 %, silver content of 10-13 %, the remainder being copper. The fragment is part of a larger piece, whi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C0C0B3
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CORONER'S REPORT A Bronze Age gold ribbon fragment from Ansley, Warwickshire. Circumstances of discovery A gold ribbon ornament was found by Mr Simon Hall whilst metal detecting in August 1999 on the cultivated land owned by Mr Dave Goadby. The find did not appear to have any accompanying material though a pebble track heading in the general direction of the find had been ploughed out in living memory. Description of object 1. Gold ribbon fragment. The object is a gold fragment of a parallel sided strip, or ribbon. One end is neatly broken forming a straight edge whilst…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ansley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9B98C6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Thin gold strip that has been folded. Light gold in colour. Band is tapered at ends. It was found 30m away from the fragment of gold bar (SUSS-9B87C3). Maximum width of band - 2.5mm
Created on: Friday 25th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BE02A4
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold sheet strip, one straight end complete, the other missing. Throughout its length one long edge is folded over by 1 - 1.5mm. Eight longitudinal grooves cover the remainder of the object apart from a narrow strip along the other edge, which was probably once also folded over. Possibly Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-83FE92
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold decorated strip. Rectangular strip made with a sheet of gold and decorated with thirteen regular incised grooves. The surface appears heavily damaged and may well have been bent. Length: 47.75 mm Width: 11.66 mm Thickness: 0.35 Mass: 3.7 gr (with soil) Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date are known from throughout Britain including in the British Museum collection from Flixton, Yorkshire (2004,0904.1a-b, Treasure Annual Report 2003, 16. no. 2) and Ravencliff Cave, Derbyshire (British Museum 1906,1224.1-2) as well as recent finds such as Ansley, Warwickshire a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sproxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-46A4D6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with nine longitudinal grooves. One end has been chopped obliquely, while the other is apparently complete and slightly convex. Length at least 16mm. Width 8.5 - 9mm. Thickness 0.4mm. Weight 0.86g. For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C13B97
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold fragment of parallel sided strip or ribbon. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a sheet of gold. One side of the ribbon is decorated with four regular, longitudinal, incised grooves. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches. The ribbon is slightly contorted indicating that the ribbon may have been folded and then un-folded. The damage is not new. One end has a neat, flat-ended terminal with sharp 90 degree corners implying the original finish. There is a circular perforation located 1.54mm from this end of the ribbon which is slightly off-cent…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-067AC5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery A gold band or ribbon of Bronze Age date was discovered by Ms Georgina Agnew while metal detecting on the 9th of March 2013 near Sherborne St John in the county of Hampshire. Description 1. A single fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape with one surface decorated with 10 finely cut and very straight grooves. The other surface is plain and relatively flat and smooth, with the grooves visible in places but not fully penetrating through from the opposite side. The surviving terminal has a centrally-placed perforation, c.1.5mm f…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherborne St John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-26F931
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold rectangular strip with two perforations at one end (which comes to a relatively irregular terminal but which appears to have been original rather than broken) and a flat, formal terminal at the other end. The upper side of the strip is decorated with a series of sixteen horizontal, incised lines. The reverse side of the strip is undecorated with some distortion while the upper side is scratched and discoloured in places. The strip is slightly contorted along its length. One end of the strip has two holes which, from the recesses evid…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AC5494
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
The fragment comprises one end of a ribbon of gold the sides converging in a convex curve towards a rounded terminal. The fragment has been broken from a larger object and is creased and distorted along its length. Dimensions Length: 35mm; Width (max.): 11mm; Thickness: 0.5mm; Weight: 1.82g Metal composition Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the fragment indicated a surface composition of approximately 88-90% gold, 9-11% silver with approximately 1% copper. Discussion It is difficult to identify the Gussage-all-Saints fragment as a particular ob…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3CBCF0
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete strip of decorated gold, of probable Bronze Age dating (c. 2150 BC to c. 1150 BC). The strip of gold is sub rectangular in plan, and is folded longitudinally (length ways) in half. The strip has been decorated with a series of embossed ridges along its length. The strip has been severed at both ends, one edge straight and the other ragged. A small fragment has broken off the larger object. The larger fragment measures 23.06 mm in length, 8.06 mm wide and 7.74 mm thick. The strip is 0.81 mm thick. It weighs 1.2 g. The smaller fragment measures 5.81 mm in length, 4.0…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6E2A74
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with eleven longitudinal grooves. One end has been cut transversely or broken neatly, while the other convex end is apparently complete although crumpled and split across a single piercing. Width 10mm. Thickness less than 1mm. Length (unbent) c. 48mm. Weight 3.1g. For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC. For similar examples see NMS-46A4D6, ESS-C13B97, PAS-E9E2A1.
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-387817
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a gold band or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2350-800 BC). The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a single sheet of gold. It is now twisted and is broken at one end. One side of the ribbon is decorated with multiple regularly spaced, longitudinal, incised grooves, thirteen in total. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches and in places the lines from the opposing side can be seen, but these do not penetrate. The ribbon is finished at one end with slightly rounded corners at a neat, square end. The other end, as previously noted, is b…
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-446915
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold, possibly from a bracelet or torc surviving as an undecorated oval/ellipse shaped band that tapers to the shoulders of probable terminals that may have been broken (the breaks are not conclusive). The terminals appear to have been twisted prior to the purported breaks (possibly in the process of breaking them). The band has several bends and distortions and it is not clear what the original profile of the band would have been. There are a number of scuffs and striations to both surfaces. Possible small hammer markings can be seen, particularly on one side of the ban…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2015
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Record ID: CORN-0E9443
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Chased gold ribbon ornament, folded in antiquity, perhaps to produce a bead if originally cylindrical or wrapped around leather, textile or hair to create a decorative toggle, tag or 'tress-ring'. The ribbon is only 2 mm thick, and if unfolded would be semi-circular in plan with one edge deliberately and symmetrically rounded and the other edge straight. The straight edge seems not to have been sheared off from something longer, but instead has been evenly and neatly cut to create the size that was needed. The maker has used a sharp chisel or a tool like a modern chasing punch to crea…
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Phillack', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9CECFC
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ribbon. Penannular fragment of gold foil or thin sheet with a border along its edges and at one end, and decorated with three densely billeted longitudinal ribs in relief. One end of the object is lost, and a crack runs across what remains near its mid point. This probably falls into a class of personal ornaments for the hair or ears; WAW-COC0B3 provides a class parallel. Suggested date: Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1300-800 BC. In view of its age and material this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, Treasure reference 2014 T534.. Length (as found): 12.4mm, Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-36C41B
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of apparently originally-joining gold band or ribbon dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-800 BC). Both fragments are parallel-sided and of rectangular shape, the smaller fragment having a jagged break at either end and the longer having one jagged break and one straight cut. Both are slightly crumpled. The fragments are decorated on one face with fourteen raised ribs and corresponding grooves. The long edges of each also appear a little folded-over in places. The opposite faces are plain. Discussion: The incised linear decoration of the strip can be par…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hook', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-B38CE8
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Two joining fragments form a parallel sided strip, or ribbon. The whole is heavily disfigured by buckling and denting, including a sharp bend at the break Both ends are neatly squared suggesting that the complete object is present. One of the terminals is emphasised by a slight external beading. Prior to damage, the back would have been flat, while the front carries twenty-four very finely incised grooves aligned longitudinally. Extant lengths 60.5 & 41.5 mm Length stretched out c.117 mm width c. 17.5 mm thickness c. 0.5 mm weights 6.1 & 3.6 g
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-2E1F7E
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age gold ribbon strip (c. 1500 - 800 BC). Treasure case no. 2016 T279. This fragment has been folded twice to form a rectangular shape. The outer face is slightly worn and has twenty one longitudinal linear grooves with corresponding ridges forming corrugation. The visible end appears to have been chopped. 7.2mm (length); 16.0mm (width); 2.1mm (overall thickness); 20mm (estimated length if unfolded). Weight: 1.06g. Similar gold ribbons on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database have been recorded as Treasure. See finds: HAMP-36C41B (2014…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8F739C
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold unidentified ornament of Bronze Age date. The object consists of a strip of sheet gold formed into the shape of a pointed oval. At either end, the long edges of the band have been folded inwards in order to create the pointed terminals. Near the tip of each terminal is a circular perforation. Both perforations are now blocked with soil. Dimensions: Length: 21.9mm, width: 4.6mm, thickness: 1.6mm, weight: 1.2g. Discussion: A number of parallels from the Portable Antiquities Scheme suggest that a Bronze Age date is most likely. Examples include Northfleet, Ken…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wood Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.