Record ID: NMS-EEFBD4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gilded silver finger-ring set with a cabochon-cut gem. The hoop is circular internally, now a little distorted. It rises externally to a tall solid triangular bezel set with a small pinky-purple oval gem that is no wider than the width of the hoop. The bezel is separated from the rest of the hoop by transverse ridges each with a groove; further similar grooved ridges, or double grooves, divide the sides of the hoop into six panels, three on each side. Each panel is filled with identical decoration; four short lengthways grooves, one at each corner, emphasise…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-93C745
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, consisting of a flat band, badly distorted and broken. On the exterior of the hoop, within two incised bands, are the following letters: S A N I R P The S, R and P are all retrograde. The significance of the letters is not clear. The finger-ring is silver and dates from the fourteenth century. Dimensions: length 24 mm, width 14 mm. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. J P Robinson Curator of Medieval Collections 13th June 2012
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham Rally 2011', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2E4248
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a white metal unidentified incomplete object of post-1912 date. This artefact has been looked at by National Finds Advisor Helen Geake & Judy Rudoe, Curator of the Modern Collections at the Department of Prehistory & Europe, British Museum but it has not been possible to determine what this fragment was a part of. This fragment is made of sheet white metal which has been curved to form a cylinder, the ends of which now overlap. It is probable that the ends originally butted together and now overlap as a result of this artefact having become squashed out of shape. Thi…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham Rally Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2298A5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Pyramidal mount made from gilded silver with relief decoration on the flat top and the sides. Each corner has a projecting pierced attachment lug, one having broken away (fresh breaks). The square panel on the top is decorated with four deeply engraved pointed-oval leaf or petal shapes arranged in a saltire and retaining gilding in the recesses. Each of the side panels is decorated with a central stem which branches at the top into two, each stem then curling downwards to end in a long crescent-shaped leaf. The bulbous leaves with pointed ends are similar to those on the plant ornam…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-2213B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object made from white metal (not necessarily silver) and probably incomplete. Machine punched so likely to be 19th century or more recent. This artefact has been looked at by National Finds Advisor Helen Geake & Judy Rudoe, Curator of the Modern Collections at the Department of Prehistory & Europe, British Museum. Following discussion the object is thought to be a possible decorative cover for a button, or possibly a cap, perhaps for a walking stick. Alternatively, perforations in the object suggest it could be the lid of a pepper or salt shaker. The object is den…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ely Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAHG-123AB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Rectangular Carolingian-style mount made of gilded silver and inlaid with niello. It has been cast in high relief, with detailed and well made leaf and flower decoration. The mount is convex, with tall sides and a hollowed, uneven reverse which bears four integrally cast attachment lugs, one at each corner and set longitudinally. Each is pierced, but the end of each lug is considerably worn, so that two of the piercings are now worn through, on diagonally opposite corners. A central boss in the shape of a four-petalled flower is inlaid with a niello line down each petal, forming a …
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CAM-D39907
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable toggle, made from copper alloy and now incomplete. The surviving end consists of a flattened sphere 8.5 mm in diameter and 7 mm long, at one end of a short shaft 3.7 mm in diameter, decorated with three transverse grooves. At the other end of the shaft is another basically globular element, but this is tapered on one side to give a sub-triangular cross-section. Through the apex of the triangle is a circular perforation 2.9mm in diameter. On the opposite side of this element is the stub of another shaft 3.2-3.5 mm in diameter and about 2.5 mm long, which ends in a fresh break.…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D49EC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Faceted head and shaft socket from a composite pin, made in one piece from silver. The shaft is circular in cross-section (4-5 mm in diameter) and hollow, with a deep tapering split at the back and a pair of rivet holes (one on either side) for attachment to a separate shaft. There is no evidence for the material of the shaft, and it was probably organic, e.g. wood or ivory. The shaft tapers from a wider attachment end to a pair of ridged collars at the junction between the head and the shaft. The upper collar is larger than the lower. The head is roughly in the shape of a cube, a max…
Created on: Friday 14th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-72CF81
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Annular buckle made from copper alloy. The circular frame is undecorated and oval in cross-section; it is interrupted by a recess for the pin. Perpendicular to where the pin would have sat on the frame is a slender bar, making the brooch look superficially like a buckle. Close examination of the reverse suggests that the bar was made separately and fixed into a slot on the reverse. The brooch is 21 mm in diameter, and the frame is 2 mm wide and 4 mm thick. It weighs 5.02g. This cross-bar is found on several brooches with very similar frames, which are distinctive because they have pin…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-72AD13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Double-looped buckle made from copper alloy, both loops oval. Both outer edges are thickened and one has a grooved pin rest. The bar projects very slightly beyond the frame. Although the buckle is very corroded, there are patches of a grey surface which might indicate that it was originally coated with white metal. The buckle rather bent; it is 17.5 mm wide and now 28 mm long, and weighs 3.22g. Early post-medieval, probably 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7287E4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle frame, pin and plate made from copper alloy. The frame is sub-rectangular internally and oval externally; the bar is hard to distinguish from the rest of the frame. The plate is made from a piece of rectangular sheet folded over the bar, with a pin slot and frame recesses cut out. The underplate is broken halfway along, and the upper plate is creased in the same place. The plate was originally secured to the strap with a pair of copper-alloy rivets; one is now missing along with the corner of the plate. The pin is rounded in cross-section, with one end flattened an…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-727205
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Square buckle frame with central bar, made from copper alloy. The frame has external bevelled edges; the outer edges of the frame are a little bent. The bar and one outer edge each has a patch of iron staining, perhaps from a pin. There are lots of filemarks visible on the reverse. 32 mm square, 9.46g. Late medieval or (more probably) early post-medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7248A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Square buckle frame with central bar, made from copper alloy. The frame has external bevelled edges and is slightly bent about the bar. The surface has a grey appearance and might have been coated with a white metal. It is 30 mm wide and 39 mm long, and weighs 12.36g. Late medieval or (more probably) early post-medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7228C1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified object made from copper alloy. The object is flat, and one end appears to be an openwork plate, broken across a pair of perforations; these may once have been back-to-back C-shapes or kidney shapes. The edge of the object follows the shape of these perforations, so is curved. At the other end are two projections perforated to take a hinge bar; the perforations are now blocked with corrosion which appears to be of copper alloy. A slight groove runs across the object between the projections and the openwork plate; this appears only on one face. All the br…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-720714
Object type: WINDOW
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectilinear fragment of an openwork lead object. Two edges are straight, with diagonal struts between them forming triangles, but not enough of the object survives to reconstruct a plausible pattern. One of the triangles is blocked by a run of melted lead. The reverse is flat and the struts all have a D-shaped cross-section. This may possibly be a fragment of a medieval or early post-medieval ventilator panel or grille from a window (J. Cherry, Finds Research Group Datasheet 2, p. 2), which were in use from the 13th to the 17th century. Surviving length 28 mm, width 19 mm. 5.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawrty Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-71F0E5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flat circular mount made from copper alloy. About half survives, and the mount is at least 26 mm in diameter. On the reverse one integral copper-alloy rivet survives, now at a slight angle, with a sub-triangular integral rove. The mount is relatively thin (0.9 mm) but the rivet is relatively chunky, and brings the total thickness up to 7 mm. 2.87g. This mount is likely to be Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-70E5C5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny conical lead object, perhaps a weight. Its apex is a little off-centre, and running up the slightly concave sides are six double ridges. The base has fragmentary edges, and on the underside is a transverse ridge. It weighs 3.72g (0.13 oz). A date is hard to assign; probably medieval or post-medieval. The object is 11.97mm high, with a base maximum diameter of 13.41mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-709523
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy end-piece (also known as a tail-pipe) from a ramrod holder. It consists of a squashed tube decorated with a series of transverse mouldings. The tube has an open seam at the back, with each edge ending in a flange pierced with a central hole. Presumably the tube would have been closed with a fixing through the two holes. One end of the object is complete; the other has a curved moulding which droops onto a tapering area which extends down from the front, and is then broken shortly below the moulding. The surviving length of the object is 34 mm, and its diamet…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-707E77
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval strap-slide with external rivet. Both faces are flat with visible filemarks. 19 mm wide, 16 mm long including rivet; 1.75g. This object would have been fixed to a strap and used to hold down the free end. Similar examples from London (e.g. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1231) mostly date to the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-704FF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy frame from a medieval ‘locking’ or Asymmetrical buckle. Basically rectangular, its outer edge is a thick moulding with a lower external flange and a central transverse groove making a pin rest. The top and bottom sides are tall and elegantly scalloped on their upper edges; they are pierced rather more than half way from the outer edge with large (4 mm diameter) circular holes for a separate pin bar. The other edge of the frame is slightly distorted. A ‘locking’ buckle would have had a separate bar which extended to form a curved arm which could rotate to si…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawtry Area', grid reference and parish protected.