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Record ID: ESS-64E4E6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age Hoard, (found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act). Saffron Walden Museum accession no. 2011.88 1. Axe blade fragment 2. Spear blade fragment 3. Blade tip fragment 4. Ferrule 5. Chape end 6. Long tongue-shaped chape, broken at both ends 7. Chape fragment 8. Chape fragment 9. Chape fragment 10.Chape fragment 11.Chape fragment 12.Chape fragment 13.Chape fragment 14.Curved fragment 15.Plate fragment, 4 ribs 16.Plate fragment, 1 rib 17.Plate fragment, 1 rib 18.Plate fragment, 1 rib 19…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-595A41
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Late Medieval or Post medieval mount. The mount is lozenge shaped in plan and flat in section. It is decorated to the front with a raised moulded robed figure standing next to an altar-like object. The figure appears to be holding a staff and it is not clear whether it is male or female. The scene is within a grooved border, which contains a small trace of black enamel. Tint fragments of gilt survive on the figure and in the field surrounding. The reverse of the mount is plain, though again tiny fragments of gilt survive. To the centre of the rear is a small rectangul…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5884F1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy mount, possibly Roman. The mount is sub rectangular in plan and flat in section. To one end of the mount is an integral moulded band, 6.32mm long, trapezoidal in shape and slightly thicker than the main body. The main body of the mount then expands from the broad edge of the band for 11.58mm. At the end of the main body is a bifurcated sub oval knop, 8.98mm long. Both the front and reverse of the mount is plain. To the rear of the mount, extending from the rear of the moulded band is a triangular shank, flat in section and 2mm thick. It extends at 90 degrees …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Takely', grid reference and parish protected.