Record ID: HESH-596077
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, probable, cast copper alloy button and loop fastener or possible harness fitting of late Iron Age or early Roman date (50 BC - 250 AD). The head of the button and loop fastener is sub-rectangular in plan with a sub-triangular cross section. The edges of the button head are slightly beveled. The head measures 33.4mm in length, 13.1mm wide and is 5.2mm thick. There are two integral cast shanks (loop) attached to the upper and lower edges of the rear of the button (head) and offset at approximately 90 degrees to the plain of the head. These shanks joined by a cross bar and two…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-598810
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy coin: Kentish Primary potin. The coin has some sprue remaining, with a knop of metal projecting from this, as well as from the centre of the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-19E0A8
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy toggle of Iron Age to Roman date. The toggle is of the dumbbell type comprising two globular hemispherical terminals joined by a waisted central circular shaft. Narrow collars are present where the shaft and terminals meet. The metal has a dark greenish-brown patina and is worn. The toggle is 20.7mm long, 10.3mm in diameter at the terminals, 6.1mm in diameter at the shaft and weighs 86.8. Numerous similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, for example: YORYM-1A6833, SWYOR-72CC15A, NARC-4C2B74 and NCL-DD6E92. The me…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-69FBC5
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'fob' or 'dangler', believed to be a harness fitting from the Iron Age or Early Roman period. The object is an openwork circular disc with a projecting stem which terminates in a broken suspension loop in the centre of the reverse. It has a diameter of 34.7mm and is 22.4mm thick. The disc is damaged, but the original intention can still be understood. The design is of a circular rim within which are four evenly spaced rounded terminals from which spirals spring. There is another terminal in the centre where all four spirals end. The shape of the spirals forms an S shape…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-6A2114
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. A one-piece example with an intact rearward facing hook at the top of the head (L.: 13.1mm). This hook would have held the external chord of the spring; this latter, along with the pin, broken just below the head such that a curved vestige remains, is now missing. Below the hook there are two flat wings of which only vestiges now remain. The bow is oval in cross-section. It tapers from a maximum diameter of c. 5.4mm to less than 1.5mm at the catchplate end. The…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-B177A3
Object type: BALDRIC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting or baldric ring, circular in profile and D-shaped in section, having a slightly flatter inner edge. The outer surface of the ring or hoop is inlaid with red glass triangles, arranged in a pattern pointing inwards from the edge, so that the alternating copper alloy spaces are triangular or diamond-shaped. The glass is the so called 'sealing wax' glass of the Iron Age, called thus because of the opaque deep red colour. It is technically known as enamel when in fact it is chips of glass inlay. The glass has undergone SEM analysis with Mary …
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C133A7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman plain terret ring. The terret has a plain oval hoop with an integrally cast flat bar that has a defined collar at each end of the strap bar. The terret is plain and undecorated. A similar example can be seen in MacGregor's 'Early Celtic Art in Northern Britain, Vol 2', Figures 46 & 56.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C84DD7
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ‘dumb-bell’ toggle which is probably Late Iron Age or Roman. The middle part of the toggle is circular in section with concave sides, and the ends are globular with a collar between the middle and the ends. This toggle does not have any form of attachment loop. Many similar examples have been recorded on the database, including NLM-D7E5C3, LIN-CD4987 and WMID-42B2B0. A similar example has also been found at Dragonby, North Lincolnshire and was dated from parallels as being from the 1st-3rd century AD (Knowles & May 1996, 273 no. 34 fig. 11.21). The toggle is 20mm lon…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-ECE113
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age bronze unit
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-009051
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age/Roman cosmetic pestle. Ralph Jackson (1985) has identified this type of artefact as a double-looped idiosyncratic version of a centre-looped type of pestle used as part of a two-piece cosmetic set. The pestle has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned arm coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops, although only one now survives (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is pitted and there is a dark greyish-green patina. The majority of centre-looped mortar…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-00E715
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 fragments (total mass 114g) of crude, grog-tempered Iron-Age to early Roman pottery. The fragments are small and unidagnostic as to vessel form. Sherd 1: 46.5 x 45.6 x 6.3mm. Mass 12g. Sherd 2: 75.5 x 62.5 x 7.9mm. Mass 52g. Sherd 3: 101.1 x 60.6 x 7.4mm. Mass 50g.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-03F518
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two rim sherds from a hand made ceramic vessel of possible late Iron Age date. Both of the rims have external beads and probably formed part of globular jars. The reduced fabric contains sparse sub-rounded limestone and other stone pieces (up to 3mm). Total weight: 40g
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-042F56
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of hand made pottery of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date. The sample comprises one rim sherd and two body sherds. The rim sherd is chunky with an external bead. It probably formed part of a large globular jar. The fabric is a reduced light grey and contains moderate sub-angular to sub-rounded dark grey inclusions (up to 3mm). Total weight: 56g
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-157476
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete damaged and misshapen copper alloy La Tene III ‘Nauheim’ derivative brooch of 'Winchester' style (Hattatt 1987, 21). Overall length 60.6mm, maximum width of bow 7.2mm and thickness of bow 0.9mm. Weight 2.69g. The brooch was cast in one piece and then wrought. The pin and most of the spring are missing due to an old break. The spring, when complete, would probably have had four coils and an internal chord. The surviving part of the spring is circular in cross-section and has a diameter of 0.9mm. Due to agricultural activity the brooch has become almost straightened …
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-15DE24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An uninscribed silver stater of Late Iron Age date (c. 50 BC - c. AD 43). A South Western (Durotriges) coin (Hobbs 1996, 157, no. 2734ff).
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-2C6220
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
IA coin; Cast copper alloy uninscribed British potin of the ‘class I’ type (as per Hobbs “British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum”). Dated to the late 2nd century BC to mid 1st century BC (per Hobbs). Obv. Stylised head facing right, profile n (plate I, page 222 in Hobbs) plain border No inscription Rev. Stylised bull butting left with two crescents above, a pellet below and a plain border No inscription Diameter 17.4mm, thickness 1.2mm, weight 1.19g Ref: Hobbs, Richard “British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum” pg 16-17 (general discussion), pg 83 and pl…
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3D0C52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Early Roman period copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester one-piece type and dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the pin and is comparatively small with a length of 36.88mm and has a weight of 3.2g. The spring mechanism (1.5mm diameter) coiled for three turns either side of the centre with a width of 14.60mm and the chord was anchored by the forward facing and tapering hook at the head. The spring has broken after the first coil on the return. The wings have a width of 13.17mm and are decorated on the fronts with vertical incised line…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOM-41DA17
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of pottery of probable late Iron Age date. The body sherds have oxidised orange surfaces and reduced grey cores. The soapy-textured fabric contains moderate fossil shell fragments (up to 9mm). It is similar to fabric 8 from the Meare Village East (Somerset) excavations (Coles 1987, p. 184). Total weight: 82g
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-53C2F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy La Tène III type brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date (see R. Hattatt; 1987; pp. 21). The brooch has been made in one piece. The head consists of four coils of spring and an internal chord. One of these coils would have extended into the now-missing pin. The central spring coil extends downwards into the bow, which has flat surfaces, increases to a maximum width of 8.2mm, before tapering towards the foot. The upper surface is decorated with two incised vertical lines, which divide the surface of the bow into three roughly equal strips. The brooch appears to be…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-66C176
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, probably of late Iron Age date, c. 1st century BC to 1st century AD The bracelet is fragmentary with a surviving length of 34.26mm and a weight of 7.0g. The curvature on the bracelet would suggest an original diameter of approximately 70mm. The bracelet is also damaged across it’s with and has a maximum surviving width of 13.85mm. The rear of the bracelet is flat and plain. The face is decorated with a number of weak ribs and grooves, enhanced by columns of punched dots.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
No spatial data available.