Record ID: LVPL-F7196A
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2020 T975 Description A mostly complete, but in two pieces, gold armlet dating to the early Bronze Age (c.2100 – 1900 BC). It is decorated with embossed ribs and belongs to the embossed goldwork tradition (see Needham 2000a). The object is formed from a cylindrical band of sheet gold with no visible seams. In cross-section it has a corrugated appearance with eight bulbous embossed ribs, six decorating the body and two forming the rims. The ribs are evenly spaced with flat bands in between. The main body has four central ribs each swelling into lentoid-shaped bosse…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-28D5B5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age gold ribbon, dating to 2200 - 800 BC. It comprises a folded rectangular strip of sheet or ribbon gold. It is decorated with around 16 parallel ridges running along its length across one side; the reverse is undecorated.  Length: 72.6 mm Width: 12.7 mm  Weight: 4 g Notes: The object is consistent with a number of examples which have been determined to be Treasure on the PAS database including 2014T777 (HEMP-36C41B), 2018T642 (NMS-A603B), 217T672 (NMS-B2D198), 2019T991 (DUR-9B1BA0), 2019T866 (HEMP 37143A), 2011T459 (LIN-946F12)…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-D6DB1B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Late Bronze Age penannular ring possibly gold plated with a copper alloy core, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. Description: The penannular ring is evenly made with regularly banding of dark sivery brown lines expanding on the outside edgfe. No clear evidence of a copper-alloy core is visible and the internatal terminals appear to be solid gold Measurements: 17.24mm long, 16.23mm high, 6.54mm thick and 9g in weight Discussion: From NMGW-04216C 'The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Linton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-59A99B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold penannular ring. A cast coiled round-section rod with 23 silver-grey bands around its outer surface, and with flat rounded opposed ends. A base metal core may be incorporated into the object, though is not visible to the naked eye. The banding confers a vermiform or grub-like appearance, but is worn from one side, and rendered indistinct on the other. Suggested date: late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Submitted to the Treasure process: ref. 2020 T780. Diameter (of rod): 7.5mm, Length: 20.8mm, Height: 18.9mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 15.27gms
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9DC2D1
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring dating to c. 1300 - 750BC. A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring comprising of two bands of gold stacked one on top of the other, and apparently soldered together. Each band is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and the ring is sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat and meet in the centre. There are scuff marks located near the terminal on the outer side. In the soldered recess on either side of the terminals, there is slight cracking which can be seen under a microscope. No decoration. The rin…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sotby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-73615E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small strip of gold wound around a strip of gold wire. The gold strip on this peice of 'hack' gold is wound around the bars three times. On the opposite side to the start of the strip is a small perforation. The wire inside appears to be bent over on itself 4/5 times. Date c.2350 - 800BC. Length: 12.2mm, Width: 11mm, Thick: 5.1mm, Weight: 4.4g Discussion: This object is similar to other pieces of wrapped gold dated to the Bronze Age GLO-FE959E and SF-D30D10, although this piece is not ribbed and CORN-0E9443 which is plain. This places the object before 1720 and as the o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-149CF7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a gold penannular bracelet of Late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). Description: The fragment survives as a small section of the full band with a circular section. Each of the ends terminates in jagged unworn breaks which appear to indicate that it was broken away rather than cut or snipped. The outer side is slightly scratched but mostly in good condition there is some marks on the inside which maybe plier or pressure marks from its constructions. Measurements: Length 46.8mm, Width 7.8 mm, Thickness 5.2mm and Weight of 22.66g Discussion: The original form w…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-26FC86
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold penannular bar bracelet, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1400BC-750BC). Description: The bracelet is composed of a cylindrical bar, curved to create a sub-oval shape in plan. The terminals of the bar are slightly expanded and, from the photograph, appear sub-circular in section with short, incised linear decoration. Dimensions: length: 101.5mm, width: 58mm, weight:113.4g (dimensions approximate and taken from photograph, weight provided by the finder). Discussion:  At the time of recording, this object appears to be the first Bronze Age gold b…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0FCEE9
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold artefact of Bronze Age date. It comprises a crumpled strip of sheet or ribbon gold around 63.7mm in length, decorated with around 10 parallel ridges running along its length across one side; the reverse is undecorated. There is a partial tear across the mid section, probably from post depositional damage. The object has a rounded terminal with a ragged pierced oval hole. The other end of the object tapers into a narrow square-sectioned hook which curves under the plate and ends up 2mm wide. The surface of this terminal is smooth and undecorated, with the …
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-AD669C
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Bronze Age gold plated penannular ring, dating to 1150 - 800BC. The ring is circular in shape and in cross section, with two flat terminals. Between the terminals is copper alloy corrosion, suggesting that the main body of the ring is copper alloy plated with gold. One of the terminals is damaged, with the surface cracked and partly missing showing the inside of the ring. The surface of the ring is a light yellow gold colour, with slightly darker stripes running across the ring in bands. Dimensions: Length: 15.8 mm Width: 15.2 mm Thickness: 5.2 mm Weight…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-DBF058
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape, now in two pieces, of Bronze Age date (2100 BC - 1150 BC). Description: The parallel sided strip of gold has twelve (possibly thirteen) embossed longitudinal lines visible on both faces, giving a corrugated effect. Both ends appear to be breaks, and the strip has broken into two pieces post-recovery. Both long edges are folded making a thicker edge. About 2.6mm - 2.8mm of the sheet is folded over on each edge. This flange is damaged and partially missing on one long edge, and partially unfolded. There is s…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-86B8B9
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold strip or bar with a flared terminal. The strip has been coiled with the terminal on the inside. The strip is rectangular in cross section. At one end is a flared, flat-ended, terminal (approximately 4.5 mm thick) which is oval in cross section. At the other the strip has a deliberate angled cut. The strip is flattened from the terminal and expands in width to the cut end. The sides have been raised to create low flanges. This is slightly more prominent along the edges of one face (the outer face of the coil) than the other. The strip is 1.4 mm thick at the ridge…
Created on: Friday 10th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-055182
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A strip of ribbon gold, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2200 - 800 BC. One side is covered with 14 parallel grooves running along its length, the other is undecorated. There is damage to one side at the mid point where the strip is buckled; both ends are cut. There are no piercings or evidence for fittings. Length: 37.2mm; Width: 9.2mm; Thickness: 0.3mm; Weight: 1.1g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E93EBA
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Penannular ring of probable Bronze Age date, probably from a composite (multiple strand) ring. It is C-shaped in cross-section, with a convex outer and a concave interior. The width of the ring is very consistent but the two ends do not sit quite in line, as if the ring has been slightly bent out of shape. There is a c. 1.5mm gap between the two ends, one of which is slightly incurved and the other slightly outcurved, as if they once joined. The top and bottom edges are neat and parallel, but one is more highly polished than the other, which has a narrow roughened str…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-184D79
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast gold bracelet of Bronze Age date (1300-1100 BC). Description: The object is a loosely twisted, square-section rod. At one end the rod finishes at a cut, while at the other its finishes in a tapered tip. Here, the rod straightens slightly but appears wavy, suggesting it has been untwisted. The surfaces of the rod are very rough and dimpled with some hammer and file marks visible.  Measurements: length: 75mm; width: 5mm; thickness; 3mm; weight: 12g Discussion:  Similar objects recorded on the database include BM-25EFE8, the discussion of whi…
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sittingbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-87403F
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Three fragments of an incomplete folded gold strip or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2200 - 800 BC). Description: The ribbon is in three separate fragments, each of which are decorated on one side with four regular, longitudinal, parallel grooves whilst the other side is plain. The very tips of the ends of each fragment fold over slightly and the two smaller parts fit the two ends of the larger, so it can be deduced that these snapped off through being bent. A near 90 degree bend is present halfway down the larger fragment and a split is visible at one of…
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63B6DE
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze age penannular ring, consisting of gold sheet wrapped around a copper alloy core, with corrosion products from this core now expanding through the gold sheet and visible through tears. The ring itself is oval in cross section and the gold sheet is inlaid with circumferential bands of silver or electrum wire. Dimensions: Length 19.7mm; Width 19.2mm; Thickness 7.2mm; Weight 10.49g. Discussion: Such rings are dated to the Middle or Late Bronze Age and a number have now been reported through the treasure process: NMGW-928F55; HAMP-90A3E2; SOM-E86C93; WIL…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St. Andrew CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-FAFCD2
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  The object is broadly T-shaped in plan, composed of a plate which has been pressed to form a rectilinear shape (albeit with one side flaring downwards markedly giving it an irregular and asymmetrical appearance). This plate thickens and slopes upwards and is attached to a flaring tang which is triangular in plan but rectangular in cross section. The shank bends slightly to the break, and becomes thinner and more ribbon-like at this point. Dimensions: It is 17.38mm in length, 18.92mm wide at the plate, 1.26mm wide at the tang, 0.7mm thick at the plate and 1.49mm thi…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-954858
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2020 T120 Description: A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface that likely dates to the Bronze Age (c.1500BC - 800BC). The edges of the strip appear to have been cut rather than broken, suggesting that the object is complete. The strip has been folded almost exactly in half, with a small portion left uncovered. The outermost side is decorated with numerous fine, straight, 'incised' grooves, whilst the inner side remains undecorated. Dimensions: Length (folded): 16.5mm Width (folder): 9.2mm Thickness (folded): 1.2mm Thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-84FF88
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rectangular fragment of Bronze Age gold, truncated by probable cuts at either end, dating to 2,400-800 BC. The front of the fragment is moulded into five parallel ribs, with an incised zig-zag on the sides of each rib, except for those on the external edges. The reverse is plain. Dimensions: length 15.9mm; width 9.7mm; thickness 1.5mm; weight 2.48g. Discussion: The fragment can be compared to other ribbed gold strips identified as Bronze Age ribbons and recorded on the PAS database, cf. HAMP-36C41B; NLM-9CECFC; WMID-3CBCF0; WAW-C0C0B3. Conclusion: The artefact…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clarendon Park CP', grid reference and parish protected.