Record ID: CAM-49F9C9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact of Early-Medieval date but uncertain function. This is most probably an incomplete mount, possibly related to stirrups or some other harness fitting. It weighs 8.24g and has a maximum width of 24.6mm. The length is currently 38.8mm, however a break is present at both ends (very worn at the wider end of the artefact and moderately worn at the tapering end). In its incomplete state the object has a pear or tear-drop shape. The reverse surface is undecorated and flat, however a concave depression is present on the reverse behind an area of moulding on …
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Saturday 25th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-5D8F2E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axehead of Early-Medieval date. These early Anglo-Saxon 'Francisca', Frankish throwing axes date from the 5th to the 8th century AD. The example recorded in this PAS record is a type from early in the chronology of Francisca. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.0.6kg (600.00g). It has a length of c.146.0mm, maximum width of c.37.0mm and maximum height of c.85.0mm. The butt-end of the tool is flat and sub-rectangular in shape measuring 41.5mm x 36.7mm with angular corners on all, but the upper, edges. The sides of the tool-head expand slightly with a convex curve …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5D7341
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron axehead of uncertain date. The remains of this socketed tool-head weigh c.1.1kg (1100.00g). It has a length of c.160.0mm, maximum width of c.55.0mm and maximum height of c.61.0mm. The butt-end of the tool-head has an irregular oval shape through which is a sub-rectangular socket. This socket has a length of 39.0mm and width of 20.9mm. The width of the artefact then starts to taper forming what now appears to be a triangular cross-sectioned bladed end. Iron decay in the form of rust is present over all surfaces of this artefact and in places it is obvious that varying sized …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2018
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Record ID: CAM-417416
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to middle Post-Medieval copper-alloy sword pommel. The open end has a flat blunt edge allowing the artefact to be placed standing unsupported on a flat surface. It has a variable thickness ranging from 0.9mm to 3.5mm at this open end. The artefact is an elliptical-cylindrical, measuring 22.5mm x 16.4mm at the open end, with a closed domed apex. At the centre of the domed end is a sub-rectangular aperture measuring 5.4mm x 2.2mm at the narrower end and 2.5mm at the wider end. This perforation would have been used to secure the pommel onto the shaft of the handle. This e…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: CAM-BCD9FF
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A primary flint possible scraper, possibly with secondary working, of late Bronze Age to Iron Age date. This piece of flint has recorticated. The probable retouch is short, probably scaled (or sub-parallel if not scaled), and abrupt. Weight is 55.94g, length is 68.1mm, width is 56.6mm, thickness is 14.0mm. Working note: scraper 4. Finder's reference: SC1.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-BBA014
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A retouched tertiary gun flint dating from the 17th century AD through to the present. This piece of flint has a sub-rectangular shape and sub-trapezoidal cross-section. The largest surface, or back of the flint, has a slight concave curve This gun flint was it was found within a few miles of a known Napolionic prisoner of war camp dating from AD 1797. Weight is 10.66g, length is 32.7mm, width is 27.5mm and thickness is 7.8mm.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-BB87BF
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A recorticated tertiary flint core. This core has a sub-trapezoidal to sub-triangular cross-section and sub oval shape with a single flaking direction. It was used in the production of broad blades suggesting an Early Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date. Possible presence of core dressing. Probably a Clark (1960) Type A2. Weight 11.41g, length 50.3mm, maximum width 17.9mm, maximum thickness 11.6mm. Finder's reference: SP6.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-2B0E61
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A tertiary flint scraper. This flint has a subtriangular cross-section with a longitudinal mid ridge along one surface. The opposite side has evidence of a shallow bulb or percussion and very shallow S-shaped profile indicative of soft hammer working. All surfaces are heavily recorticated except for the areas of retouch suggesting that these are evidence of more recent reworking. It is possible that this piece of flint initially broke and was debitage during blade production and then later reused. The retouch is present on the two longitudinal opposite edges. This retouch is short, sc…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-2A7106
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An arrowhead, formed from tertiary flint, that is either barbed and tanged with the barbs having broken off or was originally a leaf shaped arrowhead that has been reworked to have a tang at the middle of the lower edge. The arrowhead is bifacially worked with covering low angle parallel retouch on the ventral side. The other side has long to invasive low angle scaled retouch. The arefact has recorticated although this has been removed at the base of the arrowhead around the tang. It is uncertain whether this is a result of reworking or later depositional damage. Weight is 1.70g, leng…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-28B4CD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A primary flint, very late and very crudely made, scraper. A large inclusion occupies approximately half of the inner surface of the flint, which seems to have two hinge fractures along two edges. The most obvious of these has an abrupt near vertical angle although this may account for later damage. The other possible hinge fracture, if it is such, is much more subtle running along the edge of the flint. However this may just be how the flint has fractured at a shallow, very low angle between the flint and cortex. The opposite edge has short scaled abrupt retouch. Possibly a reutilise…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-2888F4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A tertiary flint, late, scraper. This piece of flint is a pale orangey-brown suggesting that it had been subjected to iron staining and a pale grey shows through on the areas of retouch. The retouch is short, scaled and abrupt. A fragment of fossil or shell impression is present on one side of this object. Weight is 10.43g, length is 44.3mm, width is 34.0mm and thickness is 10.3mm. The utililisation of natural flints is a feature of late flint industries. Working note: scraper 3. Finder's reference: A2.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: CAM-FA44CB
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of brown glass weighing 1.22g with a curved length of c.20.0mm. The fragment has a D shaped cross-section and 'nicely' shaped (as described by Dr Kevin Leahy) irregular transverse fractures at each end. The inner surface of the curved length is flatter and the sides and outer curve have a more pronounced convex surface. The width and thickness varies, having a width of 4.7mm and thickness of 2.7mm at one end. The fragment then increases to a maximum width of 6.3mm and thickness of 3.8mm before reducing to a width of 5.2mm and thickness of 3.0mm at the other break. Use of a …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
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Record ID: CAM-36A859
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of stone, which has divided specialist opinion. It is not possible to confirm that this piece of stone is definitely an artefact and at least one specialist considers it to be a water smoothed pebble of igneous stone, possible glacial erratic pebble from boulder clay deposits, that has a plough struck spall removed from one side. Other specialists feel that this could possibly have been an axehead, probably dating to 2000-1500BC. Alternatively speculation as to whether it is a Palaeolithic handaxe has been muted. Both suggestions agree that it is not possible to determine t…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Record ID: CAM-D01112
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small circular setting comprising a small deep-red cabochon stone, possibly a garnet, set within a collet formed of flat silver strip. A slight vertical gap is visible where the two ends of the collar presumably butt together. The stone's diameter is 2.6mm and its height is 2.8mm. The silver collet has an external diameter of 3.6mm and is 1.7mm high. The setting has a wire collar with closely-set thin and shallow grooves cut into it in order to create the appearance of a twisted wire. A hint of this pattern can be seen on the reverse surface of the plate around the edge, possibly su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: CAM-C8CF22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sub-lozenge shaped, elongated hexagonal, mount of Early-Medieval date that has broken into two parts with an irregular transverse fresh break. The artefact has a weight of 8.41mm, and would have had a total length of 54.0mm before breaking into two parts 15.5mm from one of the terminal ends. The central rectangular area of the mount has a width of 15.9mm, to either side the mount tapers to a point thus forming a triangular terminal. Each change in angle expands slightly to accommodate a decorative pellet of c. 4.6mm diameter. On the upper surface of the a…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CF34F6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flint blade. The presence of a very slight bulb of percussion suggests soft hammer production. A conchoidal fracture can be seen on the dorsal face. Two other angles have also been struck from the strike platform forming a sub-triangular cross-section across the blade. The stike platform is unclear suggesting that it may have been chipped or damaged during deposition. Two parallel blades have been removed from this piece of flint, one half seems to have been removed in two sections, one above the other. There is no evidence of retouch. The blade is thin enough to be translu…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton on the Nase Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-9D1178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval Brooch. This is a fragment of a bow brooch, most likely from a Cruciform Brooch but possibly from a Small Long Brooch, not enough of this artefact survives to be able to accurately determine which type of brooch this fragment once was. A transverse worn break is present at both ends of this fragment. The fragment has a narrow incomplete high-arched bow with a semi-circular cross-section being domed on the upper surface and flat on the underside. The bow has a width of 10.7mm and thickness of 3.0mm. The high-arched bow has a maximum depth …
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: CAM-9CAB00
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small blue glass bead of Victorian date. A spherical blue glass bead flattened on two opposing sides. A perforation passes through the centre of the bead from one flattened side to the other. Dimentions: maximum diameter 4.5mm, height 3.0mm and weight 0.1g. The circular vertical perforation has a diameter of 1.0mm. Discussion: Beads of this type can be difficult to date but it is most likely to be of late Post-Medieval date. See NCL-A6B1E7.
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: CAM-9CA6B7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete blue glass bead of Victorian date. A spherical blue glass bead flattened on two opposing sides. A perforation passes through the centre of the bead from one flattened side to the other. A few areas of the surface of the bead are missing due to breaks. Dimensions: diameter 12.2mm, height 9.5mm and weight 1.6g. The circular vertical perforation has a diameter of 2.4mm. Discussion: Beads of this type can be difficult to date but it is most likely to be of late Post-Medieval date.
Created on: Friday 7th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 26th June 2014
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Record ID: CAM-7B8A75
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact of incertain date. This artefact is sub-spherical being circular in plan with a flattened top and base which gives the profile a sub-rectangular profile with convex curved sides. This item weighs 22.03g (0.78oz), has a diameter of 18.6mm and height of 12.1mm. A vertical circular perforation, straight sided, of 6.2mm diameter is present through the centre of the artefact. A shallow thin groove defines the two flat surfaces. Five ring and dot motifs of 2.6mm diameter decorate the external surface unequally spaced around the maximum girth of the diameter. Discussion by…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2016
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Record ID: CAM-58B2E7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete openwork fragment possibly part of a Late, Early Medieval strap end althought it is, in comparison to other finds, unusually small and thin. This fragment is a flattish sub-rectangular piece of copper-alloy weighing 1.29g with a length of 17.5mm and thickness of 1.4mm. The maximum width is 15.17mm and the width seems to taper towards one end. The upper surface, which seems to be slightly more rounded than the flatter reverse, is decorated with a minimum of four, incised ring and dot motifs. It is interesting to note that some of the inner raised ring and central dots are…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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Record ID: CAMHER-DA6395
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ring made from plaited or interwoven silver wire. Each strand of the plait consists of seven parallel strands of silver wire, woven under and over each other to form a diagonal pattern. At the top and bottom these are then curved round and woven back up and down, so that the plait is made up of a single length of multi-strand wire. The ring is not perfectly cylindrical. It appears to be slightly squared, with a cross-section of around 15 mm square. Each end is slightly curved inwards and the total length is around 20 mm. Precise dimensions are not possible to take, as the strands have…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meldreth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B1BED5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilt pendant dating to the later early medieval or medieval period. The mount is trapezoidal in shape with a semi-circular attachment loop with circular perforation. The upper surface of the pendant is gilded and decorated with a raised motif comprising a stylised human head. The eyes, nose and mouth of the head are picked out as raised decoration. The underside of the pendant is hollow and plain. The pendant measures 22mm in length, 15mm in width and 6mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Friday 16th January 2015
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Record ID: CAM-B06828
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gilded mount dating to the early medieval period. The mount is flat and approximately trapezoidal in shape with a small flat trapezoidal extension. Only the upper surface of the mount is gilded. This surface is decorated with a chip carved Style I motif of a man flanked by two beasts. A similar examples of this motif is known from Richborough in Kent. The underside of the mount is plain and possesses two circular section attachment rivets. The size and depth of the rivets suggests the mount was attached to a leather backing. The mount appears to have been cut down to siz…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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