Record ID: LEIC-B129E3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy escutcheon plate, probably from a cauldron? Length 50mm, width 31mm thickness 1.5mm, weight 42.31grams. The object would have been used to secure a handle to a vessel, proabblay a cauldron. It is rectangular in form and D shaped in cross -section. It has a central curved section, 22mm deep, which has a raised lip, 5mm high, rising up at each edge and a rounded, raised 'ridge' running down its centre. The object then flattens out at each end, forming a rectangular plate with a central, circular hole, used to attach the object, and the handle, to a vessel. si…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-544574
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy beaded Torc fragment? 20mm in length, 12mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 3.5g. The object is rectangular in form with a V shaped cross section. The upper surface is formed of two sub spherical projections which are separated by a rectangular shaped recess. The objects underside has a V shaped recess. The fragment is very small and badly damaged but its possibly part of a two part beaded Torc, similar examples include LANCUM-C65AB5 NCL-79F3C6 and NLM-145AA3 It was found in the same location as other prehistoric metal fragments (see LEIC-542023 …
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DCE6C8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy ring headed pin fragment? 300-200 BC. Length: 29 mm, thickness: 9 mm, diameter: 21 mm, weight: 12.39 grams. The object has is circular with a narrow rounded ridge running its circumference. This ridge is decorated with a series of transverse incised lines. It has a bi-convex cross section and each surface has a central circular depression, with a convex cross section, c. 9mm in diameter. It has the remains of a circular cross sectioned shaft c. 3mm in diameter which is curved. The object is similar to NMS-6FF176, but without the central hole, which has been id…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knapwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A13F17
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy 'fob' mount, 25mm long, 24mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 5.96 grams. The object consists of a short, circular cross sectioned shaft which terminates in a large circular loop above a small rounded collar. The opposite side of the shaft terminates with a triangular base which is flanked by three triangular projections with damged edges. This seems to be a damaged 'Fob plate, which may have been circular or triangular when complete. The item is known as a fob though its function is uncertain, see the following examples for comparison BERK-3EEF04 SUR-7D…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-8E9C17
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age - Roman copper alloy cosmetic mortar fragment, 17mm long, 13mm wide and 11mm thick with a weight of 9.87g. The mortar is crescentric in form and semi-circular in cross section with a slightly hollow upper surface. It is extremely worn and corroded and has no diagnostic features except for partial central suspension loop on its curved face.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knapwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-65EB74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
British Iron age gold stater of Avn Cost; North eastern BM3258/VA910.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C11498
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy core of a North eastern unit, probably Boar/Horse type.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Sunday 18th October 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-EDE51E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age gold quarter stater, Northern region, Tasciovanus, VA1786
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-AE11FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age uninscribed East-Anglian Silver Unit of the Iceni, c.10 BC - 43 AD. 'Face/Horse Regular' Type. ABC p. 84, no. 1567; British Museum nos. 3605-3759 ,Van Arsdell no. 794 var, Mack no. 413 see BH-7AD3AA.
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BE2307
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age to early Roman Colchester brooch. The head has signs of transverse grooving on the outer face. To the rear are two loops, one still containing part of the chord. The rest of the spring and pin are missing. The bow tapers to a point and the remains of a triangular catchplate survive to the reverse. Several similar examples are illustrated by Bayley and Butcher (2004, p.63, 54ff), who suggest that this type was first manufactured prior to the Roman conquest of Britain, but continued in use into the middle years of the 1st century AD (ibid., 14…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-BE38B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman Nauheim derivative brooch. The head, formed from wire looped into a coil, is now distorted. The bow is narrow, slightly curved and expands towards the foot. The foot is missing, but traces of the catchplate suggest that this would have extended down at a right-angle to the bow. Hull Type 11B. Pre-Conquest to early post-Conquest date. Length; 33.0mm, width; 12.0mm, thickness: 3.0mm, weight: 2.21g
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-F7D65B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch fragment. Only the head and the corroded upper part of the bow survive. The head is cylindrical in form and damaged in several places. The bow is curved at the top where it joins the head and is decorated with longitudinal grooves. Length: 15.0mm, width: 17.0mm, thickness: 7.0mm, weight 3.18g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-AAED17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy Le Tene III bow brooch, 33mm in length, 5mm wide, with a weight of 2.05g. The brooch consists of a partial spring of two coils with a small lipped projection above and very short sub rectangular flat wings below. The bow is sub -circular in cross section and slightly curved, tapering to a point at its base. Behind this sits a sub rectangular catch plate with two small circular holes, one above the other, in its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
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