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Record ID: SOM-2CE367
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four copper alloy rings found together as a group in context. There are two larger and two smaller rings. One of the larger rings is broken and incomplete. One of the smaller rings is also incomplete and has part of an iron object still attached and iron corrosion adhering to the others suggests they were also linked by iron pieces.
Ring 1: Lozenge shaped in cross section with clear fold lines around the central ridge on the inner side of the ring and file marks on the inner face from forming. No very worn areas but it appears to thin towards one side where there is an piece of …
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'West Pennard', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-CBC05F
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of solid gold rod, possibly part of a torc of Iron Age date, about 350 - 50 BC, but not conclusively so. The object is likely to be over 300 years old.
The fragment is a short length of solid gold rod, of oval cross-section, and slightly curved. One flat end appears complete.; it is smooth, but is angled across the rod and is slightly concave. The other end is cut half way through with a shap instrument such as a chisel, and then torn/broken across the thinnest point. The break is rough and shows some small air pockets within the rod, suggesting an imperfect casting. T…
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LON-E78C8A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Interim information on the hoard for the PAS & Treasure Annual Report launches in March 2020:
This hoard comprises a copper alloy bowl, the fittings from a copper alloy bucket, and part of a clay pot. Buckets such as this one are usually found in high-status cremation graves from the mid-first century BC, alongside other pots, jugs and pans. These were drinking sets, used for serving mead, wine or beer at feasts. Perhaps the deceased hosted such feasts in life, or maybe this was a way for the living to share the funeral feast with them. Several such graves are known in Kent, and …
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: KENT-6B6481
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting, likely a baldric ring which would have been used as part of a composite belt suite used to hang a sword scabbard or a strap terret.
Description: The loop is formed from an evenly cast ring, with a squashed ovoid cross-section. There is cast integral mushroom shaped stud at the apex of the ring. The stud is roughly mushroom shaped with a thick neck and a circular convex head, which has a rosette decorative motif cast in relief on its upper surface. The ring has two additional knops evenly aligned towards the bo…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LEIC-5668FE
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 Iron age copper alloy fittings, found together.
1. 19mm long, 17mm wide and 13mm thick with a weight of 8.60grams.
2. 23mm long, 21mm wide and 16mm thick with a weight of 17.92grams.
Both are circular in form and sub triangular in cross section, having a circular sectioned shaft emerging from the centre of the underside at a 45 degree angle.
The slightly smaller one (1.) is decorated with two raised concentric circles, the outer one having a series of transverse lines decorating it. This may be a Wild (1970) Type Va (disc heads with cast ornament) button and loop fastene…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-0090BA
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy toggle of possible Iron Age date. The toggle has two tapering terminals joined by a waisted central shaft. Each terminal is circular in section with three parallel grooves decorating the widest end, which is the point at which the shaft and terminal meets. Each terminal tapers gradually before slightly flaring again to for a bulbous end. At the narrowest point of the terminal are two parallel grooves.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The toggle is 59.16mm long, 13.23mm in diameter at the widest end of the terminal; 5.76mm in diameter at the c…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-775AA5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short section of a flat, rectangular-sectioned gold ingot, trapezoidal in plan. Shows clear evidence of having been chiselled at both of the narrow ends.
This object bears some similarity to small flat ingots used in the Viking period, and often broken up for the purposes of trade. However, the form is undiagnostic, and it could also date to an earlier or later period.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
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Record ID: CAM-C5B072
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small silver bow brooch of Roman style. This brooch seems to have possibly been reformed for reuse from an earlier and larger bow brooch. The brooch weighs 2.52g and consists of a rectangular cross-section at the foot (width 2.9mm x 1.7mm thickness) which flares outwards to a width of 3.7mm and thickness of 1.6mm at a diatance of 25.0mm from the foot. The bow then bends over backwards and starts to taper at a distance of c.37.0mm from the foot and the cross-section gradually becomes sub-circular. The reverse half of the bend of the bow forms the brooch pin. The approximate juncture …
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-89FC47
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone for sharpening metal tools or flensing tool for cleaning hides with both ends broken off, engraved with a lobe and circle pattern on one face that is comparable to the decoration seen on Iron Age metalwork. There is also the beginnings of this pattern with S-shaped scrolls on the opposite flat face of the whetstone. This decoration is under, and therefore earlier than, one set of parallel linear grooves on the side edge of the whetstone, that consist of three shorter, wider lines, 5-6 mm in length and 2-3 mm in width, followed by another nine lines, 8 mm in length…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: KENT-0E7EAB
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Iron Age Gold torc, dating c.150-50 BC.
Description: The fragment represents a short section of an Iron Age gold alloy torc or bracelet comprising two wires, circular in cross-section, twisted together. The wires are facetted along their length, suggesting they were forged out from a square section rod before being hammered into a more circular cross-section. In some places, hammer marks and small striations are visible. Both ends show signs of having been chiselled, suggesting that the original object was deliberately broken up. The fragment itself is curved, with po…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SUR-CDC775
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Checkendon I, Oxfordshire
A group of two gold and five silver coins of late 2nd to early 1st century BC date. The five silver coins are all Gaulish types.
1. Gold uninscribed stater. 5.52g, 18.91mm.
2. Silver drachm 'au style languedocien' attributed to the Longstaletes of the Narbonne area. 3.10g, 16.76mm.
3. Probable silver drachm 'au style languedocien' attributed to the Longstaletes of the Narbonne area. 3.29g, 14.60mm.
4. Silver drachm, probably central west Gaul. 3.08g, 16.75mm.
5. Silver drachm, probably central west Gaul. 2.78g, 18.04mm.
6. Silver unit, fr…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Checkendon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-6C8413
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy decorative mount, c.45mm long and 35mm wide with a thickness of 2-3mm. The object is in good condition and weighs 17.82grams. The object is semi-circular in form with a triangular projection at one side and has a flat rectangular section. It is incomplete, with the now 'flat' edge to the right (as shown in the photo) being very irregular for most of its length, but with a definate flat edge on its upper quarter. The other curved edge has a border formed of an incised inner line with transverse incised short lines running to the edge. This border widens as it move…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: KENT-BEFA55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Kentish primary or 'Thurrock' type potin. Obverse: head left. Reverse: bull right. Compare ABC No. 120 (Cottam et al. 2010). This coin dates to the later second century BC.
Measurements: Maximum diameter: 16.2mm; maximum thickness: 13.5mm; weight: 2.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Canterbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-4AAAB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is probably a fragment of an unusual copper alloy brooch of La Tene I type. The bow is curved with knobbed segments moulded on the upper surface. The brooch probably dates to around the second or third century BC, although no precise parallel has been found. It may be a Late Hallstatt British Group L (Hull & Hawkes 1987), Type 2Lc (Adams 2014, https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/28593), although the underside of the central four segments is solid, rather than hollow as on BUC-3197B7.
It is 31.10mm long, 19.44mm wide, 6.94mm thick and weighs 7.0 grams.
Created on: Monday 6th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
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