Record ID: BUC-4F6F59
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small annular gold bead formed from a piece of sheet gold. The join is faintly visible. The hole is blocked with soil. Diameter 5mm; breadth 4mm; weight 0.32 grams. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of this bead, indicated a surface composition of approximately 80-82% gold, 15-16 % silver, with approximately 3% copper. A number of gold beads are known from the British and Irish Bronze age and these are chiefly biconical or tubular (eg that from Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, dated to the Middle Bronze Age, c 1400-1100 BC)(Varndell, G. Treasure Annua…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenborough area', grid reference and parish protected.