Record ID: CAM-45BFFA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy artefact in the shape of a disc. This object weighs 22.65g and is sub-circular with diameter measurements varying between 25.0mm and 24.0mm. The thickness also varies from one side of the disc to the other varying between 5.5mm and 4.1mm. The artefact initially appears to be a seal matrix however it does not have any handle or suspension loop and there is no obvious evidence of one ever having been present. The edge of the disc has a smooth convexly curved side part of the way around altering into a stepped edge for the remainder of the circumference. The step …
Created on: Friday 1st February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3D41F9
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A small incomplete ceramic figurine. The artefact weighs 9.5g, has an incomplete height of 44.8mm, maximum width is 18.5mm and maximum thickness is 14.0mm. The figurine is shown standing upright with the legs straight and together and the arms close to the side of the body bending forwards slightly from the elbow so that the hands rest just to the front of the upper thighs. The figurine was molded and a mould line can be clearly seen along the mid-line of both sides, over the arms and legs, and below the feet. Some damage has occured resulting in the loss of the hea…
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D52688
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy small-long brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date (c. 450-550 AD). The head, bow and top of the foot survive; the terminal of the foot is missing and the iron spring and pin are lost. The head has a raised central panel with a wide flat undecorated border around. The upper corners are extended into 'horns' which curve outwards and taper to a point. On the reverse of the headplate is a pin lug; the details of this cannot be seen as it is covered with iron corrosion. The bow has a small rectangular-section area to top and bottom, and in between has a long facet on either side …
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-1D9FA7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flat, circular lead personal seal matrix of Medieval date (13th century). On the front is an engraved central motif depicting an eight-pointed star. This is surrounded by a legend that reads S'GALFRID GAVNTER (Seal of Geoffrey Gaunter). On the reverse, towards the top, is a pierced integral oval suspension lug. Beneath this is a longitudinal ridge with a central pellet. there are also two raised concentric circles cast onto the reverse. This seal matrix measures 29.53mm in diameter, 3.21mm in thickness, 19.42g in weight. 'Gaunter' is likely to be an occupational n…
Created on: Monday 18th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B9DFC5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny gold filigree-decorated mount in the shape of a bird, now slightly crushed but apparently never of very fine workmanship. It has a flat gold backplate with a beaded-wire border running around the small crescent-shaped profile head looking left, probably intended as a that of a predatory bird; two wings, one curved and pointed but the other (under the head) just a rounded circle; and flared base, perhaps intended to represent a tail. The beaded wire of this border is about 0.7mm in diameter and is very worn, rubbed flat in places and scraped in others; it is missing e…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-E03742
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy cloisonné brooch of Early-Medieval date (late 10th to 11th century AD). The body of the brooch is circular (diameter 17.5mm), with a copper-alloy collar which raises up from the front of the brooch, giving a thickness from front to back of 4.9mm. This raised circular field is decorated with cloisonné fields of blue and white enamel. Around the edge are seven semi-circular fields made from C-shaped strips of copper alloy filled with a dark translucent blue enamel. The edges of most of these semi-circular fields butt together, fitting side by side; bu…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kimbolton Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-357FC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete small silver pin with polyhedral head and incomplete shaft. The head is sub-cuboid, with every corner removed, resulting in four lozengiform faces and a triangular face at each corner. None of the faces are decorated The shaft has a circular cross-section, and tapers smoothly from beneath the head to the very old and worn break; there is no collar. Dimensions: Surviving length 14.63mm, diameter of shaft at top 2.4mm, diameter of shaft at break 1.6mm. The head measures 5.0mm x 4.7mm in cross-section. Weight 1.11g. Discussion and Date: Pins with small un…
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BFDA45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny fragment of gilded silver, decorated with a double spiral ridge, both ridges emerging at the same point from a flat-topped pellet at the centre. There are V-shaped grooves between the ridges, which vary in width somewhat; the fragment appears to be very worn. Beyond the spiral there is an unclear pattern of parallel ridges which are damaged, perhaps cut through at right angles. One edge is original, curving around the spiral and then turning out very slightly to a corner which projects a little. The breaks are neither particularly fresh nor particularly worn. The rev…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whaddon Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-59E607
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worked bone possible gaming piece or counter. The artefact is domed on one side and flat on the other giving it a hemispherical shape. It has a small hole drilled through the centre measuring 1.74mm in diameter. Around the hole, on the domed side, the piece is decorated with an incised circle measuring 5.76mm in diameter. The artefact is also decorated with an incised circle around the edge on the top side and another around the edge itself. This creates a thin ridge on the circumference of the artefact. In some places there is a second ridge and groove on the edge of the artefact b…
Created on: Friday 27th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hardwick Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A30A11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval cast copper alloy Small-Long brooch dating to c.AD450 - AD550. This brooch is complete apart from the pin. It measures 64.00mm in length and weighs 11.3g. The head of the brooch is sub rectangular, measuring 21.12mm at the top and tapering to 18.57mm at the bottom. the head is flat and measures 21.35mm in width and 1.89mm in thickness. On the reverse of the head, the lug projects from a central position and extends vertically. It is semi circular when the brooch is viewed in profile with a small circular hole positioned horizontally through the centre of the lug. …
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-123165
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver object, perhaps part of a large thick silver Anglo-Saxon oval mount, or the terminal from a solid cast strap-end. The object is now D-shaped, with Winchester-style decoration in sharp relief, best viewed when the object is held with the curved side uppermost. The front is decorated with a central stem in relief. The lowest surviving element of the stem is an inverted triangle with a rectangular projection rising from the centre; the triangle is emphasised with two longitudinal grooves, one of which appears to have a tiny fragment of niello inlay, and …
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: CAM-758D07
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy mount of Early Medieval date. The mount is flat and circular, with a diameter of 20.70mm and a thickness of 2.07mm. The mount weighs 4.2g. The upper surface has a gilded chip-carved design consisting of three interlaced Style II animals in profile. Each has a single double-strand hind leg with a drop-shaped hip and three-toed foot, a triple-strand body (with the central strand beaded) and double-strand open jaws which bite the body of the animal in front. The upper parts of the relief are at the same height as the surface of the mount. The undecorated rim retains…
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F6F041
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the Late Early-Medieval period. At the top, the split attachment is heavily damaged, with the top of both the upper and lower plates missing. The long sides of the tongue-shaped strap-end are convex, becoming straight at the terminal, where they converge to a point. The upper surface of the body is decorated with a pattern comprising two columns of vertically orientated punched arcs, with a vertical line border on either side. Traces of a silvery niello inlay are visible within the recessed areas of the design. The same crescents, t…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4B1E12
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval to Modern (AD1750-1800) silver cuff-link. The cuff-link is formed of two pressed circular discs with flared down-turned edges that form a concave reverse. The centre of the flat upper surface of these discs are decorated with a stylised flower with four large and four small petals set evenly around a central crosshatched pistil (centre of flower). The central area of each disc has a diameter of 9.17mm. The diameter increases to 10.77mm at the down-turned rim. The discs have a depth of 2.11mm. The sheet metal thickens or is folded out to a c.90 degree angle to …
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-053753
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fragment from a Great Square Headed Brooch, of Early Medieval dating (AD 500 to AD 570). The artefact consists of the top right corner of a square mount, with a sub square head above it. Within the square section, the decoration suggests feet or feathers, but the original design is hard to identify. The head has almond shaped eyes, with sub circular pupils within them. An ear or hair is represented by a sub crescentic knop to the left, below the eyes The nose is raised and circular in shape. A horizontal slit is present beneath the nose, and a recess…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-8E54A1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy end-cap from a knife of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. The end-cap can broadly be described as rectangular in plan and cross-section but tapers in plan towards the knife blade (now missing) and tapers towards the lower edge in cross-section. The end-cap has a length of 27.16mm. The open end, nearest to the knife blade (now missing), has a height of 10.45mm, the top width measures 6.30mm and this narrows to 5.12mm across the lower edge. The terminal end has a height of 14.02mm, an upper width of 8.60mm and lower edge width of 6.58mm. The end-cap has a transve…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C7ECC4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver Early-Medieval hooked tag with a circular plate and two protruding pierced lobes for attachment. The edge of the plate is decorated with a border of pellets made from a groove within multiple transverse lines; the effect is of a ladder pattern or rope pattern. Inside the border, the plate is divided into seven fields by four diagonal lines of the same rope or ladder pattern formed into two V shapes, one inverted and one the right way up. The crossing diagonal lines create a central lozenge-shaped field and six surrounding smaller sub-triangular fields…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Anglia', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FE2E68
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver or white metal, perhaps part of an ingot or cast blank for an unfinished early-medieval strap-end of Thomas's Class B. One end is broken or, more likely, cut, with a smooth facet at both upper and lower edges; the other is thickened and rounded to form a terminal. It is oval in cross-section, measuring 7.0mm wide and 3.75mm thick at the cut or break; the reverse is flattened and undecorated, and the upper surface has irregular transverse grooves along most of its length. The grooves appear to have been cast into the surface of the object, and at the broken end they …
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C37AC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Copper-alloy brooch with separate central silver stud. Apart from the silver stud, the brooch is made in one piece, consisting of a circular plate, a coiled spring to one side tapering into a pin, and a catchplate to the other side. The flat circular plate is 30mm wide and both edges are decorated with a grooved border within short transverse grooves, forming a ladder pattern which is interrupted by the projections which form the spring and catchplate. Within the border are 12 ring-and-dot motifs, neatly and evenly distributed with an outer ring of eight and an inner ring…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D3BC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Anglo-Saxon lead disc brooch of Weetch type 5. The brooch has a raised pellet at the centre that stands 2.20mm proud of the brooch surface and has a diameter of 4.42mm. Surrounding this raised pellet is a series of concentric circles. All of the fields between these circles with the exception of the first, that which surrounds the pellet, are segmented creating an effect of slightly raised circles and transverse lines with small trapezoidal depressed fields between. The plate has a thickness of 1.97mm increasing to 3.55mm over the central pellet. The reverse has a loop that ben…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.