Record ID: KENT-731554
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold, likely hack gold from a penannular bracelet of Bronze Age date, possibly c.1100-850 BC. Description: The object is broadly 'axe-shaped' with a sub-circular terminal that tapers to a flat rectangular cross section. This was likely achieved by cutting and hammering. The tapered end has been cut, indicated by a bright rugged cut. The terminal also appears to have been cut from a larger object and then hammered smooth. The gold has a rich, bright yellow colour.  Measurements: Length: 14.77 mm; Width: 7.03 mm; Thickness: 6.43 …
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-615AC8
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Gold penannular ring Dimensions: external diameter (front to back) 10.1mm, external diameter (side to side) 10.7mm, internal diameter (front to back) approx. 6.0mm; internal diameter (side to side) approx. 6.5mm, diameter of body (internal to external) approx. 2.0mm; diameter of body (upper to lower face) 2.5mm, distance between terminals 0.3-0.5mm, weight (before conservation cleaning) 0.27g. This is a complete and very small penannular ring of gold with incised linear decoration around its sides and external diameter surface. Judging from surface dents and a localised small tear …
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D5565B
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Piece of gold rod, probably a small fragment of a flange-twisted or bar-twisted torc with three flanges, now bent into a spiral of two full turns. One end is original, with a rounded tip and neat triangular cross-section. From the rounded tip, the terminal flares slightly for c. 10mm and runs straight, before starting to coil. As it starts to curve, each face becomes concave so that the cross-section is Y-shaped, and the rod is then neatly twisted as well as bent into a coil. After two full turns the rod is apparently cut or broken. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F52494
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flange- or bar-twisted gold torc, 39.7mm in length, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (probably Penard phase) c. 1300 - 1100 BC. The torc has a x-shaped cross-section with four flanges twisted into a spiral with a circular cross-section of 6.6mm diameter. Both ends of the fragment are abraded and one appears to have been crushed. It is unclear whether the fragment has broken off from or been cut from the original torc.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8A035F
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold penannular ring of late Bronze Age date. The ring is 17.5mm in diameter and has a circular cross section of 6mm diameter, with a gap of 2mm between the flat ends. The ring appears to be solid gold rather than plated as there are no evident cracks or fracturing in the surface which would be expected from corrosion of a copper alloy core. No decorative banding is evident.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-E2B412
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age gold tripartite penannular ring dating to circa 1300-1150 BC. It is C-shaped in plan comprised of three circular-sectioned penannular rings soldered together. Each terminates in a straight and even break. Discussion: The form is consistent with other examples processed through the Treasure Act including 2021 T762 (Gard 2021) and 2012 T165 (Smith 2012) each of which is dated to the Middle Bronze Age. In those records, it is noted that gold tripartite penannular rings often lack secure archaeological contexts (Meeks, Craddock and Needham 2008: 13) while the …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-2655B2
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded fragment of a gold band or ribbon with repousse linear ribs of probable Bronze age date c. 2100 BC - 1150 BC. Description: the rectangular fragment has been folded twice into three layers. Unfolded it would have been approximately 20mm x 16mm. The visible long broken edge is split in three places, the edges folded inward with fresh breaks. The short side edges appear less ragged and possibly represent the original width of the ribbon. The ribbon is decorated with 19 or 20 repousse plain linear ribs, running vertically from the long edge…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Over Wallop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1E3DC5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sub-rectangular strip of flat sheet Bronze Age gold (c. 2200 – 800 BC). The strip is slightly crumpled; it was originally folded up and has since been straightened out by the finder while cleaning. One end is complete, the other has been cut or broken off. The reverse is undecorated. The front is decorated with twenty horizontal ridges. The lines are all parallel to each other, possibly made with a comb or similar tool. Length 96.91 mm, width 15.1 mm, thickness 0.84 mm and weight 8.18 g. Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date are known from throughout B…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sudbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-70ECF8
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age gold tripartite penannular ring dating to circa 1300-1150 BC. It is C-shaped in plan comprised of three circular-sectioned penannular rings soldered together. The terminals are of an inconsistent width, creating an oblique aperture. Diameter: 14.2mm; Width: 6.4mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 3.38g. Discussion: The form is consistent with other examples processed through the Treasure Act including 2021 T762 (Gard 2021) and 2012 T165 (Smith 2012) each of which is dated to the Middle Bronze Age. Meeks et. al. (2008, 13) note that “although small, penann…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-07B8ED
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete gold penannular ring dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1300 -800 cal BC). The ring is made of gold bar that has a sub-oval cross-section with slightly flattened inner and outer faces. This bar has been bent into an approximately circular loop with a small gap (2.3mm) between two terminals. The ring is a gold colour with scratches of variable length width and depth across its outer surface. Dimensions: The ring has a maximum diameter of 17.1mm, is 5.6mm wide, 5.8mm thick and weighs 7.49 grams. Discussion:  Similarly proportioned, evenly …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix and Assendon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A4D394
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Period: Late Bronze Age (Ewart phase in England; Ewart/Dowris in Ireland) Object type: A so-called ‘dress fastener’, a penannular object with conical, trumpet-mouthed terminals Date of object: 1000 – 800 BCE (Late Bronze Age) Dress fastener with solid, cast 'bow' or 'handle' ending in two sub-conical terminals. The terminals appear to have been raised from the joining bar or 'bow' (which is circular in cross section and tapers towards the terminal cones) by hammering (planishing) and small hammer marks are visible on the surfaces o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6E0A6D
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring dating to c. 1300 - 750BC. A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring comprising of two bands of gold stacked one on top of the other, and apparently soldered together. Each band is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and the ring is sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat and nearly meet at the centre. There is no decoration on the ring. Thickness: 6.1 mm, Weight: 7.4 g, Diameter: 14.8 mm. Penannular rings are a relatively common class of artefact reported through …
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chieveley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2A8B0B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T312 A complete gold plated pennannular ring dating to the Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. Description: A complete penannular ring, circular in cross section, with corrosion between the terminals. The corrosion likely indicates that it was made by covering a circular copper-alloy bar with gold sheet and hammering it flat, giving it the appearance of being made from solid gold. The ring was decorated with silver or silver rich gold wire, which covers the ring in a continuous spiral that provides a striped effect. Overall, it is in fairly good condition, but there are…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-830027
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age, gold, square-sectioned, penannular bar-bracelet, dating to c.1300-800 cal BC. The body of the bracelet is solid, extended out and slightly twisted, flaring out at each terminal to a flattened off circle 5.5mm in diameter. Both termini are bent upwards, one at 90˚, the other at 45˚. The surfaces are scratched and abraded, but otherwise undecorated and smoothly finished. Dimensions: Bent length: 109.2mm Extended length: 165.0mm Diameter: 2.6mm x 3.4mm Weight: 22.19g Discussion: The gold penannular bracelet is characteristic of British Bronze Age ornamentation. …
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-F1E21D
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold chain composed of two interlocking tripartite composite rings of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1300-1150 BC).  Description: The object is composed of two separately-constructed C-shaped penannular rings. Each ring in constructed from three circular-sectioned rods, stacked one on top of the other and curled round to form an open loop. The rods terminate in flat ends. The rings have been linked so that one passes through the centre of the other. The surface of the gold is rough on the inside of each ring as well as on the outside where the rings are the most curved. El…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beaumont-cum-Moze', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-CDCA77
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age (probably Penard phase, c. 1300 - 1100 BC) flange- or bar-twisted gold torc. The fragment is straight with breaks at either end. The torc has a x-shaped cross-section with four flanges, although they twist in such a way as to give a circular cross-section around the flanges. The breaks are quite sharp, suggesting they could be quite recent. The bend is not quite at the centre of the object.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-23BCAB
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold (probably gold-plated) Late Bronze Age penannular ring, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. This ring weighs 10.50g. The ring has an external diameter of 18.3mm x 17.8mm and thickness of 7.5mm. The gap between the two terminals is 2.4mm and the central area has a diameter of 5.1mm x c.5.9mm. The metal which forms the loop has an oval cross-section. The width of the cross-section is the thickness of the ring and the cross-section's height is 7.2mm. The length of metal that forms the penannular ring is striped with yellow gold and silvery gold alloy wir…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-775561
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Penannular circular ring of late Bronze Age date, apparently made of gold throughout. The ring is almost circular in cross-section, with a flat facet around the interior. The ends are cleanly made across the thickness, forming a straight narrow gap 1.8mm wide at most. The ends are neat and flat, but cracked slightly implying that the gold may be a thick plating over a core of different material. The ring flares slightly in thickness, from 4.2mm wide and 4.8mm thick at the ends to 4.6mm wide and 5.1mm thick in the centre. The gold is an even co…
Created on: Friday 18th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E64547
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, gold penannular ring dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1300-800 BC). Description: The ring is formed from a gold rod with a broadly sub-oval cross-section which forms a circular penannular loop with a small gap between two terminals measuring  2.19mm.  The upper surfaces at each terminal end are slightly flattened creating a D-shaped cross section. The object is plain and covered with pitting, dents and scratches on all surfaces. This is a very robust example.  Measurements: leng…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Haywards Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3DE17A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A cut fragment of a gold bracelet of suspected Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1400 -750 BC). The fragment is 12.9g in weight and has been intentionally bent into a C-shape. The rod has a circular cross section of 4.4 mm in diameter and is undecorated, with the single remaining terminal being flat. The other end has been hammered and cut. The surface of the gold has faint faceting from hand working. A cut fragment of a gold bracelet of suspected Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1400 -750 BC). The fragment is 12.9g in weight and has been intentionally bent into a C-shape. The rod …
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SF-742999
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Bronze Age gold item of jewellery dating to circa 2,300-800 BC. Now flattened and squashed, the piece is comprised of a cylindrical piece of sheet metal folded in on itself multiple times. The join is overlapping rather than soldered. The external face of the object is decorated with incised horizontal grooves running around the circumference. They cover the entire length of the piece. Length: 15.7mm; Width: 5.6mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 0.60g. Discussion: The piece was likely used as an item of jewellery most likely a bead. It is similar to ot…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-5B9EEE
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1300-800 BC.  The ring is comprised of two penannular rings of gold stacked one on top of the other and soldered together. Each ring is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat one with a crack and another with a lenticular hole with possible void beneath. The external surfaces is scuffed with light scratches.  Measurements: The ring is 13.85 mm long, 12.69 mm wide at the gap and 6.46 mm …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cheriton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-71837F
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A strip of gold ribbon of probable Bronze Age date c. 2350-800 BC.  The strip is rectangular in shape with a perforation at each end.  It is decorated on one side with 11 grooves that run along the length of the strip.  The other side is plain.  The strip edges are damaged by nicks towards the centre and it is slightly bent in a number of places, including at the ends so the strip does not sit flat on a surface. Dimensions:  L: 73.56mm, W: 14.96mm, T: 0.62mm, Weight: 4.73g. Discussion:  Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-28B710
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery The large group of gold and bronze artefacts described here were found between September 2004 and December 2005, initially by metal detecting, later by a combination of excavation and metal-detector survey. Most finds were made within a zone 25 x 10 metres in extent with just a few further away, up to 40 m. The finds circumstances are fully dealt with in Gloucestershire County Council’s preliminary report (Barrett & Vallender 2005); in summary they can be broken down into six groups: Thirty-five objects were initially found before any archa…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-284683
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small penannular gold ring with decorative narrow banding in yellow and paler gold. The external surfaces are very worn. Visual inspection suggested that the piece consists of a gold covering over a base metal core; this was confirmed by scientific analysis. This is a well known Late Bronze Age type, decorative in character, dating to circa 1150-750 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-27DFCC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bracelet 1 A complete and well crafted penannular bracelet with a band of thin, ‘C’ section. The section is, however, thickest at the centre, thinner, rounded and highly polished along the edges. The band tapers gently towards the squared off terminals, which are defined by a narrow beading created by turning the metal outward slightly. The bracelet has many dents and scratches visible under magnification. Slight compression of the band around the middle has caused limited distortion and misalignment of the terminals. One of the latter is damaged by a small nick. D…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-275770
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small penannular ring comprising a plain round to oval-sectioned hoop with flat terminals. The interior of the hoop and the flat terminal surfaces have not been polished. Gold content approximately 82%. The specific gravity at 16 is not low enough to indicate that the ring has a base metal core.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-261FA2
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises a loop of thick gold wire of roughly circular cross-section, the ends overlapping. Onto this are threaded nine rings, seven of which are of the type known as composite; two are simple rings. One of the latter (i) is a loop of gold wire with overlapping ends; the wire tapers from one end to the other. The other (ii) is a penannular ring of round-sectioned wire, the terminals close together. Of the composites: (iii) is a triple ring of three lightly C-sectioned strips probably soldered together. The terminals of one meet; the other two display a narrow gap. (iv) is a…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North East Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-25EFE8
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contorted fragment of rod of triangular section; the faces are concave and the flanges formed at their junctions are therefore acute. A moderate double twist at a point where the rod is bent appears to be a deliberate feature, but elsewhere very slight twists are likely to be due to distortion. There are no cut-marks, nor any crushing at the breaks. Maximum dimension (in contorted state) 55 mm; approximate extended length 200 mm; thickness 2.5 – 3.1 mm; weight 14.4 g
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C0A809
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold metalworking debris or ingot fragment. An irregularly sub-rectangular fragment of cast gold which has been hammered flat, with one slightly concave edge, all other sides are broken with a crystalline appearance. Reported as from the same location as a socketed axe dated to 1000-800 BC. As one of two items of similar date and recovered from the same find spot, this object technically fulfills criteria for a 'hoard' of two or more metal prehistoric objects found together, and is therefore to be submitted to the Treasure process, ref. 2022 T357. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B370FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but folded, sheet gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, rolled into a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub-rectangular tang projecting from the centre of one long edge which appears to be truncated. In use, the object would have been a tube, but this example has been further folded. Both ends have been folded towards the middle, and the tube has been flattened, making the ornament now sub-rectangular. There is a crease visible about 2mm from the edge of the sheet all the way round, like a …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-86D781
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sub rectangular strip of flat sheet gold. The front is decorated with 10 longitudinal groves. The lines are all parallel to each other, possibly made with a comb or similar tool. Both ends appear complete. One terminal is rounded and the other is straight. At each terminal is a small, circular hole. The strip has been perforated from the decorated side. The reverse is undecorated. The strip is slightly crumpled and was found folded but was straightened by the finder. It unclear whether the object was folded pre or post-deposition as no photos of the strip were taken by t…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longstock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-259538
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An apparently complete, though slightly squashed, Late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC) gold penannular ring (or 'lock-ring'). It is hollow and triangular in cross-section, formed of two flat (angled) outer faces and an internal slightly concave face. The damage to one of the outer faces reveals a hollow interior and the faces formed of conjoined, narrow, circular-sectioned gold wires. There are sixteen of these wires on each outer face with an additional spinal wire at the outermost join and a wire forming the outer edges of the internal face along the opposite (inner) join. The inter…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-176AAD
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold fragment, possibly from a bracelet or torc, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1400-1150 BC (probably Penard phase, c. 1300 - 1100 BC). The fragment is broadly rectangular in cross section and measures 26.58mm in length. It has been loosely twisted, probably as part of decoration. The twist is regular which suggests this was part of the object when it was worn rather than occurring during later deposition. The fragment is ‘hooked’ in shape overall and weighs 8.35g. The break on the shorter end of the fragment appears to be cut. Dimensions: Length,&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-584607
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2022 T36 Description:  A complete, but bent, gold Middle Bronze Age composite penannular ring, dating to c1300-1100BC, made from four strands of gold wire, stacked on top of each other and fused together to produce a ribbed effect.  The wires are sub-circular in cross-section.  The ends are cut and slightly rounded. The ring has been pulled out of shape since deposition, forming its current C shape. Dimensions:  Length: 56.4 mm, Width: 5.5 mm, Thickness: 1.5 mm, Weight: 5.7 g Discussion and Dating:  …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-425EF5
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probably Late Bronze Age (1100-750 BC) solid gold ring of hexagonal cross-section, with flat upper and lower faces, and the internal and external faces to either side being angled. Two areas opposite each other display some wear gloss on the inner surfaces. The outer faces have fairly uniform lack of wear, but do have some scratches. It is 28.4mm external diameter, 20.5mm internal diameter, 4mm thick and weighs 13.2g. The internal angle makes it unlikely that this ring was worn as a finger ring. It is likely to have been a linking component of a composite object or suite of fit…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-35E144
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age penannular ring
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-09EF95
Object type: FOIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of gold sheet foil with a series of decorative applied repousse marks presented on the outer face. Due to the condition and the small size of the fragment the overall design is unclear. The sheet has been folded into two and it is difficult to establish if this is deliberate and post depositional or later damage in the ploughsoil. What remains of the decorative design consists of a series of nine circular pointille bosses formed with a round headed punch or awl that has been worked from the underside to create the form. These bosses are arranged along one long…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-75CEDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Bronze Age unidentified object dating to circa 2300-800 BC. Made from a strip of gold, It is broadly triangular in plan flaring outwards from the apex to the terminal. Both the top and bottom edges are straight. There is a circa 1mm in diameter perforation just below the apex. Length: 16.1mm; Width: 7.2mm; Thickness: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.26g. Discussion: Similar strips of gold with perforations are known from southern England associated with the Bronze Age. Their precise function is uncertain but likely related to some form of ornamentation. Similar examples…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E549F6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded fragment of gold strip or ribbon, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2350-800 BC. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a beaten sheet of gold. It has been folded or bent out of shape in several locations. One surface of the ribbon is decorated with thirteen regular, longitudinal, incised grooves, creating ridges. The exterior longitudinal edges are slightly thicker than the internal ridges, creating a border to the band. Both terminals appear to have been cut leaving a straight edge. The longitudinal edges have likely been smoothed, as they are rounder when compared w…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8E7F29
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold or gold plated copper alloy pennanular ring of Late Bronze Age date (1150-750 BC). Description: The object is oval in plan broadly sub-circular to D-shaped in cross-section with the outside edge being more rounded than the straighter inside edge.The terminals are slightly flared with visible rims and have irregular facets which suggest they have been hammered. The ring is mostly gold in colour, with the exception of a brown band that appears to wrap around it, however it is likely that this is the core of the object that has been heavily coated in gold and then fi…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-81CA76
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Rectangular piece of gold sheet with repoussé and punched decoration, of early to middle Bronze Age date. The decoration consists of three longitudinal panels, each one made from a pair of relief lines or creases with  corresponding grooves on the reverse, so either pushed out from the reverse (the repoussé technique) or hammered over a shaped former or patrix. The effect is to give the two undecorated strips a slightly raised feel. Each of the three decorated panels is filled with two longitudinal rows of pun…
Created on: Sunday 7th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C7CFA4
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a strip of ribbon gold, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2200 - 800 BC. One side is covered with parallel grooves running along its length, the other is undecorated. The original width of the strip would have been 8.5mm and it is 0.5mm thick. The fragment has been folded diagonally across its width and is now triangular in shape; it is unclear whether this is intentional or simply the result of post-depositional damage. One end has been neatly cut across the width, the other is less regularly cut or torn. The cut suggests a process of re-use or recycling of the original ribbo…
Created on: Sunday 17th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-44A99A
Object type: LUNULA
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The terminal (or ‘horn’) from a lunula, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c.2400-2000BC). Description: The spatulate terminal is broadly ‘spade’ shaped; the upper left side of the spade has been folded almost back upon itself, the upper right is also folded at a 90° angle, and the lower right edge is also slightly bent. At the base of the spade is a stem that tapers (to a diameter of 2.2mm) and rotates (relative to the remainder of the collar) before broadening to a maximum width of 10.5mm at the break. Both the upper and lower tips of the break are bent, giv…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Revesby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C145ED
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold, or gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring of late Bronze Age date. The ring has a near-circular cross section, 7.5mm thick and is 20.5mm in diameter with a 2.4mm gap between the ends. The surface is plated as is demonstrated in several places by damage (notably on one of the ends) which reveals a copper alloy core within. There is no sign of banding in differential shades of gold, this being a common form of decoration on similar rings. Diameter 20.5mm; thickness 7.5mm; weight 13.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-88F086
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle Bronze Age gold pennanular ring, dating to c. 1300 BC - 1150 BC. The ring is a tri-partite composite type. The three elements are lightly C-shaped in plan and oval in cross-section and have apparently been soldered together. Each of the elements is about 3mm in width. Height: 9.24 mm Diameter: 14.05 mm Weight: 11.58 g Discussion: Two other gold tri-partite are recorded on the PAS database BUC-9754C7 (2007T118) and SUSS-63B7A6 (2012T165), both are dated to the Middle Bronze Age (1300 - 1150 BC).  The report for 2…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-34916A
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold ribbon of Bronze Age date (c.2350-800BC) Description: The fragment comprises a strip of sheet gold with transverse breaks at either end. One of these is a 'clean' cut so that the profile of the cross-section of the sheet is clearly visible, while the other is squashed and jagged. On one side of the sheet, a single deep score has been inflicted onto the gold. This runs down the centre, from one end to the other, suggesting this was done prior to the cutting. The other side is heavily abraded with linear markings that all run in one direction. This appears to hav…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B1A82B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2021 T608 A probably complete gold mount probably of Early Bronze Age date, c.2150-1750 BC. The mount consists of a sub-rectangular thin gold sheet that has been folded at least three times, into at least four layers.  One outer layer consists of one terminal end of the mount.  This end is rounded and tapers slightly before widening again into the main body of the mount.  A fold, bending the mount completely back on itself, connects this layer to the outer layer on the opposite side of the folded mount.  This outer layer continues to widen before a…
Created on: Friday 10th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D350B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found whilst metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 3 inches. Gold ingot of probable Bronze Age date. The find is a slightly bent cylindrical length of gold. One end is complete and flat, the other is slightly twisted and was probably broken by hammering a dent and breaking it across the thinnest place. Hammer marks are still evident.  Dimensions: Dimensions: 56.0mm in length; 3.8mm in diameter or thickness, 9.65g in weight. Discussion: A similar ingot was found in Horsham, West Sussex and is recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-66EEF6 (2008 T329), which was…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-095886
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete piece of gold ribbon or bracelet possibly dating to the Bronze Age, 2350BC to 800 BC. The ribbon is a long thin strip of a gold, which has been folded three times over itself, and terminates at either end with a rounded edge. The surface of the ribbon has been scratched. There is no decoration visible. The ribbon is a yellow gold colour, and measures 76.1mm in length, 7.3mm in width, 0.6mm in thickness, and weighs 4.23g.  Similar to Record KENT-21C63F on the database. 
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8E1010
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold plated Bronze Age penannular striped ring with silvery gold alloy wire circumferentially inlaid. The body is circular in cross-section and it is decorated with broad stripes. Gold plating covers the whole of the core and is seamless over the body of the ring. The circumferential pattern of stripes is spiral and it is wound in a clockwise direction. It appears to be produced by inlaying a continuous strip of silvery gold around the ?copper alloy core to give the appearance of alternating stripes of gold and silver. Maximum diameter 20mm; internal diameter 6.5mm; thickness o…
Created on: Friday 27th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-4F3F34
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold penannular ring of uncertain function made from an thin piece of gold wire and bent into a sub-circular shape with the ends overlapping slightly. The ring is thicker at the centre and thinnest at either end. Date: Possibly Late Bronze Age (c. 1500 - 800 BC) Dimensions: External diameter, 24.98mm; Internal diameter, 20.64mm; Thickness, 2.03mm; Weight: 2.44g.  Discussion: Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database such as HAMP-9FB795 which is dated to the Late Bronze Age although which is made from a thicker piece of gold rod. GLO-F6A0EF is also ver…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2021
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilfracombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2419C2
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold (or gold plated) penannular ring of mid to late Bronze Age date (c.1300-750 BC.). The body is oval in cross-section. The ring is undecorated, but the outer surface has feint scratches. One face has a small indentation near the left terminal (gap at the bottom) and scratches across the width of the ring. The other face has scratches across the length of the ring (ie the scratches are at a 90 degree angle on the two faces). The terminal surfaces are both flat, but each has a small 'U' shaped mark (the bottom of the U towards the …
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-EB8F48
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold and copper alloy Late Bronze Age penannular ring, dating to c. 1300 – 800 cal BC. The ring is oval in section and the outer edges are slightly flattened. At the ends, the gold plating is damaged revealing the copper alloy core. One end appears to have been flattened over again to conceal the copper alloy. The surface of the ring is decorated with a series of alternating parallel bands of two different alloys of gold or silver. Length 16.21 mm, width 9.03 mm, thickness: 5.92 mm and weight 3.01 g. Discussion: Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS databa…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Muskham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-8372F2
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet gold strip or ribbon of Bronze Age date (2100 BC- 1150BC). The surface has been decorated with six parallel grooves running lengthwise. However, the original length and design of the artefact is obscured, as prior to deposition the item had been distorted and folded back on itself several times resulting in its current flattened form. Nevertheless, one thing that may point to its original function is the structure of the one remaining terminal. This is shown to be tapering with a fine hooked end and perhaps alludes to this artefact originally being used as a bracelet or s…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D9CD94
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete fragment from a penannular ‘lock ring. Originally the ring would have been C shaped in plan and bi-conical in form with the two opposing edges abutting forming a slight gap within the ring. It is formed of 25 or 26 individual square sectioned wires; all but two of these are twisted with an even clockwise turn creating a sinuous spiral like thread. Positioned on the upper and lower faces nearest the central hole are two plain wires acting as a border. The two terminals of the ring show evidence of direct heating that has melted the gold to form a si…
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leamington Hastings', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-299199
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and copper-alloy penannular ring dating to the Bronze Age (1150-800 BC). The ring is circular in cross-section and tapers slightly at the terminals. One terminal is slightly wider than the other and the thinner is now exposed, revealing the copper-alloy core. The surface is undecorated. Dimensions: Diameter 15.22mm, weight 2.95g. Discussion: “The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Eogan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor e…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Kingston Deverill'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-42C974
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold or gold plated bi-partite penannular ring of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c.1300-750 BC. The ring is sub-oval in shape and cross section with a narrow maximum gap of 2.85mm between the flat ended terminals. The ring is slightly bent upwards at one terminal. One face of the ring is fully convex and the other slightly flatter and facetted with rough parallel ridges around the circumference. This is the scar left from the detatchment of another matching ring that would have been soldered in place. The remaining ring has a linear indentation 7.33mm long on the si…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Petworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9DB6CE
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment possibly from a gold Middle Bronze Age composite penannular ring, dating to c.1300-1100 cal BC. The warped fold plate made of three strands of gold wire, stacked on top of each other and fused together to produce a ribbed effect.  The wires are a D-shape, in cross-section, the flat surface being the inner surface of the ring where the fusing of these two pieces can be clearly seen. These wires end in smooth rounded terminals but at each end which may indicate this represents the original circular form now bent out of shape. In profile the ring is an i…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leaden Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F7196A
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2020 T975 Description A mostly complete, but in two pieces, gold armlet dating to the early Bronze Age (c.2100 – 1900 BC). It is decorated with embossed ribs and belongs to the embossed goldwork tradition (see Needham 2000a). The object is formed from a cylindrical band of sheet gold with no visible seams. In cross-section it has a corrugated appearance with eight bulbous embossed ribs, six decorating the body and two forming the rims. The ribs are evenly spaced with flat bands in between. The main body has four central ribs each swelling into lentoid-shaped bosse…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-28D5B5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age gold ribbon, dating to 2200 - 800 BC. It comprises a folded rectangular strip of sheet or ribbon gold. It is decorated with around 16 parallel ridges running along its length across one side; the reverse is undecorated.  Length: 72.6 mm Width: 12.7 mm  Weight: 4 g Notes: The object is consistent with a number of examples which have been determined to be Treasure on the PAS database including 2014T777 (HEMP-36C41B), 2018T642 (NMS-A603B), 217T672 (NMS-B2D198), 2019T991 (DUR-9B1BA0), 2019T866 (HEMP 37143A), 2011T459 (LIN-946F12)…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-D6DB1B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Late Bronze Age penannular ring possibly gold plated with a copper alloy core, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. Description: The penannular ring is evenly made with regularly banding of dark sivery brown lines expanding on the outside edgfe. No clear evidence of a copper-alloy core is visible and the internatal terminals appear to be solid gold Measurements: 17.24mm long, 16.23mm high, 6.54mm thick and 9g in weight Discussion: From NMGW-04216C 'The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Linton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-59A99B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold penannular ring. A cast coiled round-section rod with 23 silver-grey bands around its outer surface, and with flat rounded opposed ends. A base metal core may be incorporated into the object, though is not visible to the naked eye. The banding confers a vermiform or grub-like appearance, but is worn from one side, and rendered indistinct on the other. Suggested date: late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Submitted to the Treasure process: ref. 2020 T780. Diameter (of rod): 7.5mm, Length: 20.8mm, Height: 18.9mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 15.27gms
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9DC2D1
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring dating to c. 1300 - 750BC. A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring comprising of two bands of gold stacked one on top of the other, and apparently soldered together. Each band is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and the ring is sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat and meet in the centre. There are scuff marks located near the terminal on the outer side. In the soldered recess on either side of the terminals, there is slight cracking which can be seen under a microscope. No decoration. The rin…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sotby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-73615E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small strip of gold wound around a strip of gold wire. The gold strip on this peice of 'hack' gold is wound around the bars three times. On the opposite side to the start of the strip is a small perforation. The wire inside appears to be bent over on itself 4/5 times. Date c.2350 - 800BC. Length: 12.2mm, Width: 11mm, Thick: 5.1mm, Weight: 4.4g Discussion: This object is similar to other pieces of wrapped gold dated to the Bronze Age GLO-FE959E and SF-D30D10, although this piece is not ribbed and CORN-0E9443 which is plain. This places the object before 1720 and as the o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-149CF7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a gold penannular bracelet of Late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). Description: The fragment survives as a small section of the full band with a circular section. Each of the ends terminates in jagged unworn breaks which appear to indicate that it was broken away rather than cut or snipped. The outer side is slightly scratched but mostly in good condition there is some marks on the inside which maybe plier or pressure marks from its constructions. Measurements: Length 46.8mm, Width 7.8 mm, Thickness 5.2mm and Weight of 22.66g Discussion: The original form w…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-26FC86
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold penannular bar bracelet, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1400BC-750BC). Description: The bracelet is composed of a cylindrical bar, curved to create a sub-oval shape in plan. The terminals of the bar are slightly expanded and, from the photograph, appear sub-circular in section with short, incised linear decoration. Dimensions: length: 101.5mm, width: 58mm, weight:113.4g (dimensions approximate and taken from photograph, weight provided by the finder). Discussion:  At the time of recording, this object appears to be the first Bronze Age gold b…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0FCEE9
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold artefact of Bronze Age date. It comprises a crumpled strip of sheet or ribbon gold around 63.7mm in length, decorated with around 10 parallel ridges running along its length across one side; the reverse is undecorated. There is a partial tear across the mid section, probably from post depositional damage. The object has a rounded terminal with a ragged pierced oval hole. The other end of the object tapers into a narrow square-sectioned hook which curves under the plate and ends up 2mm wide. The surface of this terminal is smooth and undecorated, with the …
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-AD669C
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Bronze Age gold plated penannular ring, dating to 1150 - 800BC. The ring is circular in shape and in cross section, with two flat terminals. Between the terminals is copper alloy corrosion, suggesting that the main body of the ring is copper alloy plated with gold. One of the terminals is damaged, with the surface cracked and partly missing showing the inside of the ring. The surface of the ring is a light yellow gold colour, with slightly darker stripes running across the ring in bands. Dimensions: Length: 15.8 mm Width: 15.2 mm Thickness: 5.2 mm Weight…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DBF058
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape, now in two pieces, of Bronze Age date (2100 BC - 1150 BC). Description: The parallel sided strip of gold has twelve (possibly thirteen) embossed longitudinal lines visible on both faces, giving a corrugated effect. Both ends appear to be breaks, and the strip has broken into two pieces post-recovery. Both long edges are folded making a thicker edge. About 2.6mm - 2.8mm of the sheet is folded over on each edge. This flange is damaged and partially missing on one long edge, and partially unfolded. There is s…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-86B8B9
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gold strip or bar with a flared terminal. The strip has been coiled with the terminal on the inside. The strip is rectangular in cross section. At one end is a flared, flat-ended, terminal (approximately 4.5 mm thick) which is oval in cross section. At the other the strip has a deliberate angled cut. The strip is flattened from the terminal and expands in width to the cut end. The sides have been raised to create low flanges. This is slightly more prominent along the edges of one face (the outer face of the coil) than the other. The strip is 1.4 mm thick at the ridge…
Created on: Friday 10th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-055182
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A strip of ribbon gold, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2200 - 800 BC. One side is covered with 14 parallel grooves running along its length, the other is undecorated. There is damage to one side at the mid point where the strip is buckled; both ends are cut. There are no piercings or evidence for fittings. Length: 37.2mm; Width: 9.2mm; Thickness: 0.3mm; Weight: 1.1g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E93EBA
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Penannular ring of probable Bronze Age date, probably from a composite (multiple strand) ring. It is C-shaped in cross-section, with a convex outer and a concave interior. The width of the ring is very consistent but the two ends do not sit quite in line, as if the ring has been slightly bent out of shape. There is a c. 1.5mm gap between the two ends, one of which is slightly incurved and the other slightly outcurved, as if they once joined. The top and bottom edges are neat and parallel, but one is more highly polished than the other, which has a narrow roughened str…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-184D79
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast gold bracelet of Bronze Age date (1300-1100 BC). Description: The object is a loosely twisted, square-section rod. At one end the rod finishes at a cut, while at the other its finishes in a tapered tip. Here, the rod straightens slightly but appears wavy, suggesting it has been untwisted. The surfaces of the rod are very rough and dimpled with some hammer and file marks visible.  Measurements: length: 75mm; width: 5mm; thickness; 3mm; weight: 12g Discussion:  Similar objects recorded on the database include BM-25EFE8, the discussion of whi…
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sittingbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-87403F
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Three fragments of an incomplete folded gold strip or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2200 - 800 BC). Description: The ribbon is in three separate fragments, each of which are decorated on one side with four regular, longitudinal, parallel grooves whilst the other side is plain. The very tips of the ends of each fragment fold over slightly and the two smaller parts fit the two ends of the larger, so it can be deduced that these snapped off through being bent. A near 90 degree bend is present halfway down the larger fragment and a split is visible at one of…
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63B6DE
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze age penannular ring, consisting of gold sheet wrapped around a copper alloy core, with corrosion products from this core now expanding through the gold sheet and visible through tears. The ring itself is oval in cross section and the gold sheet is inlaid with circumferential bands of silver or electrum wire. Dimensions: Length 19.7mm; Width 19.2mm; Thickness 7.2mm; Weight 10.49g. Discussion: Such rings are dated to the Middle or Late Bronze Age and a number have now been reported through the treasure process: NMGW-928F55; HAMP-90A3E2; SOM-E86C93; WIL…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St. Andrew CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-FAFCD2
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  The object is broadly T-shaped in plan, composed of a plate which has been pressed to form a rectilinear shape (albeit with one side flaring downwards markedly giving it an irregular and asymmetrical appearance). This plate thickens and slopes upwards and is attached to a flaring tang which is triangular in plan but rectangular in cross section. The shank bends slightly to the break, and becomes thinner and more ribbon-like at this point. Dimensions: It is 17.38mm in length, 18.92mm wide at the plate, 1.26mm wide at the tang, 0.7mm thick at the plate and 1.49mm thi…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-954858
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2020 T120 Description: A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface that likely dates to the Bronze Age (c.1500BC - 800BC). The edges of the strip appear to have been cut rather than broken, suggesting that the object is complete. The strip has been folded almost exactly in half, with a small portion left uncovered. The outermost side is decorated with numerous fine, straight, 'incised' grooves, whilst the inner side remains undecorated. Dimensions: Length (folded): 16.5mm Width (folder): 9.2mm Thickness (folded): 1.2mm Thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-84FF88
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rectangular fragment of Bronze Age gold, truncated by probable cuts at either end, dating to 2,400-800 BC. The front of the fragment is moulded into five parallel ribs, with an incised zig-zag on the sides of each rib, except for those on the external edges. The reverse is plain. Dimensions: length 15.9mm; width 9.7mm; thickness 1.5mm; weight 2.48g. Discussion: The fragment can be compared to other ribbed gold strips identified as Bronze Age ribbons and recorded on the PAS database, cf. HAMP-36C41B; NLM-9CECFC; WMID-3CBCF0; WAW-C0C0B3. Conclusion: The artefact…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clarendon Park CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-807E6A
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete strip of decorated gold, of probable Bronze Age dating (c. 1500 BC to c. 800 BC). The strip of gold is sub rectangular in shape and has been folded into a sub triangular shape. The strip has been decorated with a series of embossed ridges along its length. One end has a relatively straight and smooth cut edge, the other end is hidden inside the folds. It measures 13.2 mm in length, 4.4. mm wide and 4.0 mm thick. It weighs 1.1 g. Similar strips of gold with ribbed decoration have been recorded on the PASdatabase including WMID-fe3c28, ESS-C13B97, SUR-1B64F…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-DB8E6E
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A Bronze Age (c.BC2150-1150) gold ribbon ornament in the form of a thin, parallel-sided strip with tightly rolled ends.  The strip is decorated with four rather irregular grooves which create a corrugated effect.  The object has been bent out of shape. Dimensions; Length: 26mm; width: 11mm; thickness: 1mm; weight: 2.07g. Discussion: It is difficult to identify this as a particular object type, beyond its belonging to a broad range of ribbon, or strip, ornaments of Bronze Age date. A number of parallels have been recorded on the PAS database, including …
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Easter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9F0C84
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A small Late Bronze Age hoard: two complete gold penannular rings and a fragment of gold, possibly the remains of a bracelet. Treasure case no. 2020 T2. Addenda to 2018 T5. 1. (2020 T2-1) A complete gold penannular ring, circular in cross-section with flat terminals.15.0mm (outer diameter); 5.6mm (diameter in section); 2.0mm (maximum distance between the gap). Weight: 5.22g. 2. (2020 T2-2) A fragment of a possible bracelet in use as an ingot, curved in profile and circular in cross-section. One end has been chopped twice obliquely producing a splayed 'V' shape. The other end…
Created on: Monday 30th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-A0EDEA
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age gold and copper penannular ring from 1300-800 BC. The ring is oval in shape and cross-section with a narrow gap between the terminals which are flat-ended. The surface comprises of a bright gold colour. A base metal core is covered by a sheath of gold. Striped bands of a rose-tinted hue decorate the entire surface area of the ring, each band being c.1.08mm wide, with the divisions appearing to radiate from the empty centre. There is noticeable wear to the inner edge of the object as the surface is slightly pitted. Length: 17.58 mm; Width: 15.81 mm; Thickness: 7.10…
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outskirts of Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-10B4B1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a gold penannular bracelet of Late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The object is circular sectioned and slightly curved in plan with transverse cuts at both ends. One of the cuts in not clean and the object appears to have ben initially cut, with the remaining 50% of the bar being broken off. There are some minor shallow gouges in the surface of the object. Length: 58.42mm, Diameter: 5.02mm, Weight: 17.0g The original form would likely have been similar to LEIC-A3A9AE. Several similar fragments of goldwork have been recovered from hoards containing diagnostically Bron…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-BE4072
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) gold or gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring, oval in cross-section with cut or burred-over edges at the terminals. The edge opposite the terminal has a cross-section measuring 7.5 x 7.9mm. A paler gold strip or wire (possibly silvery-gold with some evidence of tarnishing, mostly on the inside of the ring) winds around the brighter gold surface of the object to give striped bands of equal size, c. 1mm wide. The object measures 18.5mm in length, 19.8mm in width, 7.9mm in max.thickness (the side opposite to the terminal) and weighs 13.14g.
Created on: Monday 25th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-1B2FA1
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold penannular ring dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1000-800BC). The ring has been manufactured from a sub-circular copper alloy bar over, which a thin sheet of gold has been applied and hammered flat, thus giving the appearance of being made of solid gold. It has been decorated with silver, or silver rich gold wire, which covers the ring in a continuous spiral giving a striped effect. The stripes are extremely thin and measure about 0.8mm in maximum width, whilst the gold sheet is approximately 0.25mm thick (measured at the damaged terminal). The gap b…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1AE2BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probably incomplete and bent pointed-oval shaped piece of sheet gold 0.4mm thick, of possible Bronze Age date (2,500-800 BC). The long edges are both jagged and circa one third is folded transversely back on/ under itself. The terminal at the shorter end appears complete. It narrows to a point which is again folded back on itself, perhaps incidentally or perhaps intentionally - it could be interpreted as a hook. The terminal at the opposite end also narrows to a point and is intentionally cut in a straight diagonal on one edge. This terminal is also folded back on itself. As the obj…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-9B1BA0
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A folded fragment of a gold strip or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age c. 2200 - 800 BC. The ribbon is a thin rectangular sheet of gold. One side is decorated with thirteen regular, longitudinal, incised grooves whilst the other side is plain. The long edges are slightly thicker, giving it the illusion of another two grooves. The ribbon is folded almost half-way down its length with the undecorated sides facing.  One end of the strip is finished with slightly rounded corners, perhaps implying the original finished edge, while the other appears to have been cut. Dime…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'from the East Ilsley area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EDCA69
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring dating from 1300-800BC. The ring is oval in shape and the terminals are flat ended. The ring is cracked and chipped in several places where the inner copper alloy core has corroded underneath, and the terminals have become joined by corroded metal. Dimensions: Diameter: 15.3mm, thickness: 4.1mm, weight: 3.48g Discussion: A gold-plated lock ring of a similar style on the database (LANCUM-C2543F) that is Bronze Age in date was submitted for consideration as treasure (Treasure case tracking number: 2017T810) and includes t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-37143A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An unidentified sheet-gold bag-shaped object, with one closed, rounded end and a narrower open end with a piercing to one face only (apparently). The object is perhaps of Bronze Age date (2,500-800 BC) and related to gold ornaments/ strips known from the Bronze Age of Southern England. Both faces of the object retain traces of decoration in the form of numerous longitudinally-arranged raised ridges of rectangular section, parallel to each other. It isn't possible to determine what the reverse of the sheet-gold looks like. To one edge of the object the sheet is unbroken/ undamaged …
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-35C8A8
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Folded gold strip or diadem. Soil remains wedged between layers. The object has been folded up and consists of 5-6 layers. The tapering tip of one end of the strip is visible on the outside of the folded bundle. Lines of pointillé decoration run along both edges of the strip and meet at the terminal. There are three perforations visible on a terminal of the band that tapers inwards forming a triangle with the single perforation at the tip of the taper en Dimensions (in folded condition): Length: 28.23mm Width: 19.93mm Thickness (with soil): 5.33mm Thickness (sheet): 0.18mm…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-90A3E2
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) gold or gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring, oval in cross-section with cut or burred-over edges at the terminals (measuring c.6.3x5.5mm). The edge opposite the terminal has a cross-section measuring 6.6x5.6mm. A paler gold strip or wire (possibly silvery-gold with traces of tarnishing) winds around the brighter gold surface of the object to give striped bands of equal size, c. 1mm wide. The object measures 17.0mm in length, 15.7mm in width, 6.6mm in max.thickness (the side opposite the terminal) and weighs 9.06g.
Created on: Friday 30th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C6B5FC
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Solid gold armring with punched decoration. The armring is circular in section and curves in an oval shape, with overlapping terminals. Shallow punched dots cover the outer three quarters of the object. These measure approximately 1.44mm in diameter and are tightly clustered, with some overlap. There is noticeable wear to the outer edge of the object as the surface is smoother and the punched dots are much shallower. Length: 82.09mm Width: 68.57mm Diameter: 11.55mm Weight: 311g Discussion: The armring is similar in form to those of the Tullydonnell hoard from Count…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-CA8860
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold plated penannular ring. Small penannular ring with a copper core and thick gold sheet covering. The gold has decorative banding in narrow stripes formed by bands of yellow gold and paler, silver rich gold. It has a sub-circular cross section and the ends of the terminals are flat. One terminal retains a gold end cap, the other is missing, exposing the copper alloy core of the ring.It may be similar to Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 14.86 mm x 14.05 mm x 4.41 mm Weight: 4.13 g Also similar to DOR- 0A6139, DOR-D914C7 and DOR-18E227
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goodworth and Clatford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-B6C885
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A fragment of gold flange-twisted torc dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1300-1100 BC). The fragment is a small section of the four-flanged twisted bar that is cruciform or '+' shaped in cross-section. It is broken at both ends. Measurements: The fragment measures 19.2mm in length, a maximum of 8.9mm wide, 8.2mm thick and weighs 3.31 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DOR-B3C8E0
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A bent and twisted gold bracelet dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1400-1100 cal BC. The bracelet is made from a single rectangular gold sheet that is crescent shaped in section with a convex outer surface and concave inner surface.  It was presumably originally curved into a penannular hoop without twists, however, it is now twisted into a spiral consisting of at three turns which is mostly flat in profile. Both ends of the strip end in clean transverse terminals which are slightly expanded. It is not clear whether these terminals represent the original length of …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melcombe Horsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-157EAD
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet gold hollow annular bead, circular in plan and slightly biconical in profile, but crushed since deposition so that its original form is unclear. The central circular piercing is 4 mm in diameter and the edges of the sheet are open to the inner aperture, but would have originally met and have been forced open from subsequent damage. See HAMP-72E451​​​​​ (2011 T526) for a similar annular sheet gold bead with a shallow biconical profile, from Buriton, Hampshire, and ESS-E87773 (2005 T150) from Harlow, Essex (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, p.17, no.6), which are both dated…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gweek', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-B58065
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A folded fragment of a gold strip or ribbon possibly dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1500 - 800 BC. The ribbon is sub-rectangular in plan and made from a sheet of gold. One side of the ribbon is decorated with eight regular, longitudinal, incised grooves. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches. The ribbon is folded almost half-way down to face the reverse side and folds again at the terminal which has rough damaged edges. The damage is not new. The other end has a neat, flat-ended terminal with sharp 90 degree corners. There is a circul…
Created on: Thursday 20th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inkpen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-65AD93
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late Bronze Age gold penannular C-section bracelet with expanded terminals (c. 1000 BC-c. 750 BC). Treasure case no. 2019 T588. This bracelet is in good condition but is slightly misshapen and has some modern scuff marks. There is an old fracture on one edge of the band. Length: 86.8mm; width: 51.7mm; width of band: 9.3mm; width of terminals: 11.4mm; thickness of band: 2.4mm. Weight: 43.23g. Similar bracelets have been found throughout southern England, Taylor 1980; Eogan 1994). Eogan (1994) has noted nine different varieties in the British group and this bra…
Created on: Sunday 16th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.