Record ID: SF-742999
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Bronze Age gold item of jewellery dating to circa 2,300-800 BC. Now flattened and squashed, the piece is comprised of a cylindrical piece of sheet metal folded in on itself multiple times. The join is overlapping rather than soldered. The external face of the object is decorated with incised horizontal grooves running around the circumference. They cover the entire length of the piece. Length: 15.7mm; Width: 5.6mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 0.60g. Discussion: The piece was likely used as an item of jewellery most likely a bead. It is similar to ot…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B370FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but folded, sheet gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, rolled into a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub-rectangular tang projecting from the centre of one long edge which appears to be truncated. In use, the object would have been a tube, but this example has been further folded. Both ends have been folded towards the middle, and the tube has been flattened, making the ornament now sub-rectangular. There is a crease visible about 2mm from the edge of the sheet all the way round, like a …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-92912E
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and unfolded Copper Age basket ornament dated to 2500-2200BC. This item, possibly hair ornaments or ear rings, has been cut from thin gold sheet and would normally have been wrapped into a cylindrical 'basket' shape. This example has been flattened out and shows the full extent of the oval plate which is 38mm long and 16mm wide with semi-circular ends and long straight sides. The interior of the plate is decorated with two concentric lines that run around the outside, inside of this are four zones of about five to six vertical lines running perpendicular to the long edges. …
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C57774
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A long, rectangular strip of sheet gold with one terminal having rounded corners and the other terminal has angular corners. The sheet is coiled forming an irregular tube of three coils. Metal composition: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis undertaken at the British Museum indicated a surface composition of approximately 90-92% gold, 7-9% silver, the rest being copper (see appended report). Dimensions: 20.50mm long, 9.67mm thick, 9.2mm wide and weighs 3.49g. The sheet is 0.56mm thick. Discussion: This artefact is similar to that reported as Treasure from Essex,…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tysoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-6DBE56
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled-up strip of gold of probable Chalcolithic or Bronze Age date (c. 2500-800 BC). The strip of gold is sub-rectangular in plan, and is rolled up (width ways), forming a tight roll which has been slightly squashed into an oval shape (when viewed from the side). Eleven folds can be counted from the middle. There is some soil still attached to and within these folds. The strip is very thin (less than a diameter). The strip is wider in the middle than near the end, where it tapers from c. 21 mm in the middle towards 15 mm at the end (the end hidden in the folds in the centre of the …
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: BERK-BBC489
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2015 T460 Description: A fragment of gold foil, incomplete, bent and with a corregated appearance. No decoration visible. Possibly originally oval in plan. There is a hole through the sheet near to the outer egde, but it is unclear if this is purposeful or not and at what period this occured. There is a small tab visible on one of the folds but this may just be due to the folded condition of the object, however both this possible tab and the hole are features seen on some Early Bronze Age 'basket' ornaments, often interpreted as earrings or hair decorations. They are a…
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harpsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F548E6
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2015 T72. Two Copper Age (Chalcolithic) gold 'basket ornaments', possibly hair ornaments or ear rings, cut from thin gold sheet into an elongated oval shapes.The first ornament (Ornament 1) has a thin rectangular tang projecting from one long edge, and is now folded over back in towards the centre of the sheet. It is missing its terminal end.This ornament is damaged, missing c. 25% of the gold sheet. It is decorated on one side only with simple incised lines; two running around the outer edge of the ornament, and two sets of double lines width-ways across the middle eith…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-8C20F8
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small folded sheet gold ornament of the form known as 'basket ornament' (thought to be an ear ring or dress accessory). Date from the Copper Age (c. 2500BC-2000BC). Rolled into at least 5 layres and not unrolled. 19.5mm max. and 1.08g. "The Gold Fragment" by Stuart Needham, CHRB XII, p.86 Found nearby and not thought to be part of the find (unless re-use in Roman period). BM 2000,0701.1.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 5th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-02828D
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, Gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, folded on both sides to form a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub- rectangular tang which has then been folded under the object and projects at a right angle to the long axis. The edge of the cylinder is decorated with two rows of impressed dots; the edges of the tang with a single line of dots. In the centre of the cylinder running lattitudinally are two, parallel, impressed grooves which form an oval. The folded tang would originally have been sea…
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkhaugh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0D1A05
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Copper Age (Chalcolithic) gold 'basket ornament', possibly a hair ornament or ear ring, cut from thin gold sheet into an elongated oval shape extending into a narrow tang. The piece has been flattened out and is crinkled both horizontally and vertically. The oval plate is delineated by two concentric grooves following the edge, and two grooves running the length of the tang. The space within the oval plate is filled by four zones of grooves running perpendicular to the long edges and bounded by the inner concentric groove, giving four filled and three plain zones symmetrically place…
Created on: Monday 12th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cholsey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D3E8B7
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold strip tapering to a narrow, rounded end which is pierced, pushing excess gold through to the back. The long edges are flattened. The broken edge appears to be torn. The piece is slightly crumpled and distorted. Length 21.2mm; width 9.5mm; thickness 0.5mm at edge; weight 0.86 grams. Non-destructive X-ray flourescence analysis of the fragment indicated a surface composition in the range of 87-90% gold, 8-10% silver and less than 1% copper. The piece may be compared with complete examples of ornaments found at Binstead, Sussex (Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999, pp. 10-…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mudford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B16625
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Gold basket-shaped ornament of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500 BC - c. 2200 BC). Treasure case no. 2005 T113. Length 40mm, width 21.3mm, thickness of edges < 0.1mm, thickness at tang base c. 0.2mm. Weight 1.45g. Description: This oval plaque of thin sheet gold is actually slightly asymmetrical in bowing more along one of the longer sides. In the centre of this side there is the residual stump of what would originally have been a narrow tang projecting radially outwards. Prior to the loss of the tang, therefore, the object was of a type known as a 'basket ornament', sometimes called …
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BDF674
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A strip of very flimsy sheet gold describing an even crescentic shape, broadest in the middle and tapering gently to the ends. The terminals are expanded a little to form oval tabs, each with a central perforation, although one tab is broken across the perforation. This loss evidently occurred in antiquity, for there is a secondary perforation in the neck of the terminal. The edges of the crescent, including the tabs, are entirely outlined with closely set punched dots. The dots are about 0.9mm across, protrude beyond the surface by about 0.2mm and number 6-7 per centimet…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braithwaite', grid reference and parish protected.