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Record ID: LON-FC9557
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic fragment of gold of uncertain date. This object was originally hollow and probably cylindrical but has since become crushed flat, it was probably originally a bead. The edges were probably slightly angled inwards. There is no decoration and the style of the object is undiagnostic.
Although the object is more than 10% gold it cannot be positively identified as greater than 300 years old, therefore it does not fall under the Treasure Act 1996.
Dimensions: length: 9.55mm; width: 9.87mm; thickness: 1.50mm; weight: 0.35g.
Created on: Saturday 19th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: ESS-4F47D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold filigree decoration. Two gold wire coils attached with solder to the outer curved side of a central gold rectangular sheet. The sheet is convex and appears as a half-tube in section. In the centre of each gold coil is a gold pellet. There are also two pellets soldered onto the coils and gold sheet aligned to run down the middle of the gold sheet. The half-tube sheet is flush at one end with the tops of the coils and protrudes further than the coils at the other end. At the protruding end there are an additional two pellets that have been soldered on, one at each corne…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Walton-on-the-Naze', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-0FFBB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gold possible bead, date unknown. Ovoid in shape and hollow with holes through either end. At one end the hole is small, c1.3mm in diameter, but at the other end the hole is much larger, possibly as the result as damage, c3.9mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-EC58CB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold bead, oval in plan and section with a small hole through its centre.
Dimensions: length: 8.53mm, width: 7.38mm, weight: 3.85g
Discussion: The date of this bead is unknown but it is likely to be more than 300 years old and possibly of early medieval date.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-80DB65
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold bead
A complete gold collared bead.
The bead is broadly a cylinder shape formed of gold sheet. This has a section at its middle where its is mostly flat above and below which it narrows in a smooth convex arch. Each curve ends, and so preventing the bead becoming spherical in shape with a collared terminal. Each collar is made of a gold wire curved into a spiral that complete two rotations. The bead has several dents along its circumference at its mid point but is otherwise undamaged.
Scientific Analysis carried out by the British Museum’s Department of Scientific Resear…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wynford Eagle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-BB9D89
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete hollow gold bead of uncertain dating, probably Post Medieval to Modern (AD 1800 to AD 1900).
The bead is spherical. Several small sub triangular depressions are present around the mid point, possibly teeth marks. A circular perforation, with an internal diameter of 1.3 mm is present top and bottom.
It has a diameter of 7.1 mm and is 7.0 mm long. It weighs 0.6 g.
The bead is a mid yellow colour, with an even patina.
The bead is non-diagnostic for earlier periods, so it can not be proved to be older than 300 years. Therefore it falls outside of the requirements of th…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: YORYM-DDE36E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2021 T668
Description:
A complete gold bead of medieval date, c.AD 1400-1500. The bead is in the shape of an open book, formed of two rectangular sections joined together at one edge at an obtuse angle, creating a bead that is V-shaped in plan.
The front is decorated to represent the inner pages of an open book. Each ‘page’ is decorated with an engraved depiction of a saint, with an incised, cross-hatched background, and surrounded by a plain border around the outer edges.
The left inner ‘page’ represents a male figure, probably …
Created on: Friday 24th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Sheriff Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-40CB01
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete biconical gold bead from a 7th-century necklace. It is hollow, and made from a single length of coiled unbeaded gold wire with separate lengths of beaded wire wrapped around the terminals. A separate short length of beaded wire is also attached vertically to the centre of the front of the bead; this may originally have continued all around the centre of the bead.
Biconical gold wire beads date to the second half of the 7th century (Geake 1997, 43). Other examples on the PAS database include one from Rowington, Warwickshire (PAS-2B1E44; 2002T95); one from North Down, Kent …
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2013
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This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-40DD14
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold bead, probably from a necklace. This bead is squat and biconical in shape, gently tapering to the ends of the large circular perforation.
Dimensions: 7.85mm in diameter at its widest point, 5.76mm in length and 1.99g in weight. The perforation is 4.96mm in diameter.
Discussion: Although no close parallel for this bead could be found, a case can be made for it being Anglo-Saxon and 7th-century in date. Silver and gold beads were in use at this time, and could be made in a variety of forms from sheet metal to coiled wire. Precious-metal beads are rare in o…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-1768B3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold flattened bead or suspension loop from a pendant. The object consists of an incomplete sub rectangular gold sheet with applied wire decoration. An outside border is made from two twisted unbeaded wires and there is a pair of similar two-ply twisted wires arranged to form a plait-like motif across what may originally have been the centre of the bead or loop. Either side of the possible central plait are two joined spirals forming an S shape, again made of unbeaded applied gold wire; and to one side of one of the S-shapes is the possible traces of a further two-ply t…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BH-DCDB53
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A squashed and torn gold fragment, presumably formerly a biconical necklace bead. The scale-like appearance of the surface was produced by nicking the surface with a fine, sharp tool and lifting it up minutely. The back of the fragment is plain and there is damage in form of a small hole near the narrower, lipped end.
Examples of such beads are now more numerous due to recent metal-detector finds, for instance from Rowington, Warks. (TAR 2001/74; PAS-2B1E44) or from Ogbourne St Andrew , Wilts. (TAR 2005-6/275); also see SF-40CB01 and KENT-7009B3.
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Stanstead Abbots', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF4139
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and garnet fragment, possibly half of a rather long biconical bead. A hollow cone in shape, it has a circumferential band of cloisonne garnets around both the wider and the narrower end, and four longitudinal bands of cloisonne garnets running between. The band around the wider end had perhaps eight rectangular garnets originally, set in cloisons (cells); three survive now and two of the cloisons are badly crushed. A strip of gold projecting from the edge of this crushed area may be part of the attachment to the other half of the bead, or part of a suspension loop if the object …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: KENT-7009B3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Biconical spacer bead, made from a single coiled length of beaded wire. The surface of the bead is somewhat worn. This bead would have formed a spacer between pendants on a necklace of mid-7th century date.
X-ray fluorescence analysis at the British Museum gave an approximate composition of 50% gold, 47% silver.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'North Downs', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2B1E44
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Worn biconical spacer bead from a necklace, made from a single coiled length of beaded wire, the ends tapering and left unbeaded.
This singleton bead belongs to a growing family of necklace components, made in similar style, that came into fashion in the 7th century. It is best compared to the spacer beads on the necklace from Desborough, Northamptonshire (L Webster and J Backhouse, The Making of England, Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture, AD 600-900 (London, 1991), cat. no.13), which dates from the second half of the 7th century. The Desborough necklace is strung with a small, centrally …
Created on: Monday 14th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Rowington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-6F95B0
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon biconical gold bead made from a single spiral of plain unbeaded wire which measures c. 0.4-0.5mm in diameter. The wire is the only component of the the bead - there is no internal backplate - and the bead appears to have been heated, perhaps in the presence of solder, to slightly fuse the turns of the spiral.
There are about 12 turns to either half of the bead, and it may have been made from a separate strand for each half, the wires being joined in the centre. The bead is slightly asymmetric, the angle at the centre being more acute on one side than …
Created on: Friday 4th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Witton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-2B4248
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon, biconical bead made from wire mesh. This appears to be attached to two gold loops, which frame the aperture through which, for instance, the thread of a necklace may have been fed.
It is difficult to discern the exact construction of the object, as the wire is stuck to soil, which appears to fill the bead. Microscopic investigation showed, however, that the bead may have been composed of two layers: an inner, sheet gold layer and the outer wire mesh applied over it. The inner, sheet gold layer is only visible in one place and it is therefore impossible to say whethe…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: WAW-FF2E4D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bead, which originally was probably a biconical shape. The bead is made from rolled sheet metal which has transverse ribs on the exterior with a wider, undecorated central strip. The interior of the bead is undecorated. A portion of the bead is missing, running the length of the bead. The broken edges look to have occurred recently.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: HAMP-269257
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A spherical gold bead, 7.8mm in diameter and 6.9mm in thickness along the axis of the small central hole, which is 2mm in diameter. The bead weighs 0.95g suggesting it is probably hollow as a solid bead of this size, made of gold, would weigh around three times as much. The surface is undecorated; however there are a few indentations, most likely from post depositional damage.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: PAS-CF6701
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold biconical bead from a necklace, made from a single coiled length of plain unbeaded wire. Both ends of the wire appear original; one is neatly tapered and the other has a blunter end. The coils are soldered together, but there does not appear to be an internal backplate to which the wire is soldered, as there are occasional cracks through which the solid soil infilling can be seen.
The bead is slightly flattened lengthways and there is an indentation on one side.
Dimensions: It measures 12mm in length and 5mm at its widest, and weighs 1.9g.
Discussion: This…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Burmington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-C18EE6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An annular gold bead, probably from a necklace. It is circular with a wide perforation. The body is convex and formed by a series of facets presumably cut by a knife. The top and bottom also contain some facets, and the bead has an overall rough appearance. The whole object appears to be unfinished, lacking in any smoothing of the surfaces.
Dimensions: External diameter: 11mm, internal diameter: 6mm. Width 6mm. Weight 4.51g.
Analysis: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a surface composition of approximately 80-83% gold and 12-13% si…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BM-8C8705
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold ‘bead’ or pendant loop fragment decorated with filigree wire. The fragment shows no sign of wear and no sign of solder and may be one end of a biconical bead or pendant. It is made of sheet gold and decorated with seven horizontal panels separated by two strands of wire, z- and s- twisted to form a tight herringbone pattern. Each panel is filled with beaded filigree wire scrolls panels soldered to the gold sheet so that they just touch each other. The surviving end is edged with a collar of plain wire.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: BERK-71D8C4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete biconical gold spacer bead from an early medieval necklace, made from beaded a single coiled length of beaded wire, the ends tapering to a small hole for threading. The bead retains soil.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cumnor', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-01B025
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A biconical gold bead, made from coiled gold wire. Its surface shows signs of wear in places. The hole is packed with soil.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'St. Lawrence', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BERK-5FD5D1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gold spacer bead. The bead is complete and biconical in form. There is a hole running the complete length of the bead through the centre along the long axis.
Created on: Saturday 18th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Itchen Valley CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-033CC3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete biconical gold bead. The object has a central aperture running along the longest axis. There are several circumferential lines along the body of the bead, suggestive of its manufacture out of wire and since worn smooth, rather than made through wear.
Dimensions: 15.2mm in length, 6.99mm in diameter and 2g in weight.
Discussion: A number of biconical gold beads have been recorded on the PAS database, the majority of which have been constructed out of coils of beaded or unbeaded gold wire. Such examples include unbeaded gold wire beads from Cumnor in Oxfordshire…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Frankton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-0DE9BF
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold biconical coiled wire bead. It is hollow, and made from a single length of coiled beaded gold wire.
Date: 7th century
Dimensions: Length: 14.44mm, thickness: 7.40mm, weight: 2.47g
Discussion: Biconical gold wire beads date to the second half of the 7th century (Geake 1997, 43). Other examples on the PAS database include one from Hoxne, Suffolk (SF-40CB01; 2009T344), Rowington, Warwickshire (PAS-2B1E44; 2002 T95); North Down, Kent (KENT-7009B3; 2003T207; Treasure Annual Report 2003, no.94, p.72, fig.94.2, p.214); Burmington, Warwickshire (PAS-C…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-0D9491
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but crushed Early Medieval gold bead dating to c. AD 600-700. The find is made from a sheet of gold formed into an almond shape. It is hollow, with a simple longitudinal butt joint. The ends of the bead are constricted. Although it has been crushed, part of the surface bears marks which may have been decorative. Small longitudinal lines can be seen with possibly repousse motifs.
Dimensions: Length: 12.9mm; width: 8.3mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 0.57g
Discussion: The find would fit into Hines and Bayliss Type BE3-b ‘Almond-shaped, biconical …
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-6E1AB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold sheet metal biconical bead with gold wire filigree decoration of early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The two sections of the bead are each made from sheet metal rolled into truncated cones leaving a hole in the centre of their apex. One of these holes is encircled by applied beaded wire, but this is missing on the other. The two sections are joined together at their bases, the join then covered by two strips of beaded wire encircling this point. The outer face of each section is decorated with strips of beaded wire bent into three elongated triangles p…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-E72093
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold bead of probable early medieval date (c. 600-700).
Description: The bead is lentoid and has a circular aperture running through its centre, length-wise. There are some small cracks to the surface.
Measurements: length: 9.64mm; diameter: 7mm; weight: 1.09g
Discussion: Biconincal beads are known from high status Anglo-Saxon burial contexts and acted as 'spacer' beads in necklaces. These are constructed from coiled wire however, with one example recorded on the database being constructed in this way and then polished mostly smooth (WMID-033CC…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Little Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-99E8C7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A biconical bead made of sheet gold with a central perforation for suspension. The bead is damaged and misshapen, with a snag and a tear evident (maximum diameter 13.5mm, maximum height/width 8.0mm, thickness of sheet <0.1mm, weight 0.84g). The gold wire is sub-rectangular in cross-section, with curving meanders, suggesting it was once coiled. One terminal has a globular shaped head; the other has a flattened and folded back hook terminal (maximum current length 40.7mm, diameter of wire 0.7-1.0mm, weight 1.13g).
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LVPL-B28293
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ornament, probably a bead. The thin sheet of gold had been rolled into a cylindrical shape but has now been unfortunately crushed. It is decorated with sixteen transverse embossed grooves. There is a brown substance, probably soil, inside the crushed ornament.
The probable bead is very rare for Britain and Ireland though a necklace of similar beads from Ireland is in the British Museum (BM 1853,0926.2). Although the presence of sheet-working technique and embossed decoration in Britain would suggest an Early-Middle Bronze Age date, parallels in Bronze Final individual burial cr…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-72E451
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, roughly annular sheet gold bead. The plain bead has shallow biconical profile with slightly inturned inner edges. It has a central circular piercing. On one side it has been squashed slightly following probable post-depositional damage.
Discussion: A similar bead from Harlow, Essex, was reported through the Treasure Act (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 17; ref. 6/2005 T150).
Dimensions: Ext. dia.: 10.3 mm; height: 3.6 mm; weight: 0.44 g
As the bead is of precious metal and is of prehistoric date it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Buriton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-F8F3B7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Sheet gold strip that has been rolled into a cylinder, the edges are overlap with a slight gap. Below the gap in the middle of the body is an off centre hole 0.6mm in diameter. The outside edge is decorated with a series of transverse incised bands that cover the whole surface.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Coberley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-E87773
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, annular sheet gold bead. The bead has a flattened hexagonal section, having bevelled sides to top and bottom and is hollow. It has a circular piercing. The bead is undecorated. It dates from the early to middle Bronze Age, c. 2150-1150 BC. It has an external diemater of 9.34mm, an internal diameter of 4.93mm, is 3.54mm thick and weighs 0.53g.
A similar example can be seen in The Treasure Annual Report 2000, page 12, number 1.
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Harlow', grid reference and parish protected.
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.
Record ID: LVPL-25FCB6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age Gold Strip (possibly a bead) from Much Wenlock - Shropshire
Treasure Case: 2017 T42
A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface. The object was folded upon discovery and subsequently opened up by the finder.
One edge of the strip is complete having been cut regularly with a slightly thickened rim while the other edge of the strip has been torn resulting in a sharp undulating edge. The decoration consists of eight fine, straight ridges and grooves..
Dimensions:
length 17mm, width 14mm, weight 2.1g
Discussion:
The linear decoration…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-65902F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1100 BC) solid gold bead of annular form and biconical profile with a central perforation measuring 2.9mm in diameter. It is max.7.6mm in diameter at the centre, narrowing to c.5mm diameter at either end, both of which show areas of damage. The bead stands 5.3mm in height and weighs 1.91g.
The bead is of similar form to several of sheet gold reported through the Treasure Act, namely HAMP-72E451 (2011 T526),GLO-46CA05 (2014 T358) and NMS-AEC678 (2013 T20), for the latter of which is written 'The gold bead is likely to date to the Middle Bronze A…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LVPL-34D297
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface. 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 (although the two ends do not meet) with the decorated side outermost. The decoration consists of 13 fine, straight, 'incised' grooves.
Dimensions: Length (folded) 5.5-6.5mm; Length (if unfolded - soft tape): c.13mm; Width: 6mm; Thickness (as folded): 2mm; Thickness of sheet: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.58g
The incised linear decoration of the strip can be paralleled o…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Retford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-D30D10
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold object, probably a bead, of possible Bronze Age date. It has been flattened due to post-depositional damage but otherwise appears intact. The object is rectangular in form and would originally have been tubular in form. It is decorated on its exterior surface be a series of 17 transverse incised grooves, seemingly incised individually and by hand with the result that they are slightly unevenly spaced and the ends of some of the grooves do not quite meet. There is some damage to the exterior surface in the form of small cracks and splits to the metalwork resultant from it being …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Clare', 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: LEIC-47D0C2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age? gold bead or bracelet fragment, 11mm long, 4mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 0.25g. The object is rectangular in form and sub circular in cross section. It consists of a rectangular fragment of worked sheet which has been folded up to make a bead? It has one clear complete plain edge then the body has a series of parallel indented lines about 0.5mm apart, running across its body to an incomplete edge. These appear to be the impressions of incised decoration, forming a ridged surface on what is now the inside. The two almost joining edges appear to be one straight, pro…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Higham on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-165AC6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold biconical bead of 8.4mm diameter, with slightly dished, concave faces and a central hole 2.5mm in diameter. The inner surface of the hole is rough and there is a visible casting flaw within the interior. The solidity of the bead and the rough cylindrical interior of the central hole suggests that the method of manufacture was casting rather than construction from sheet metal.
Diameter: 8.4mm, thickness / height: 6.3mm, weight: 1.88g.
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: GLO-46CA05
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age circular gold bead that is biconical profile. The interior is hollow with the walls made of thin sheets (less than a millimetre thick at the aperture). The inner face slightly rough suggesting the bead may have been cast.
The following discussion has been taken from record NMS-AEC678 written by Dr Andrew Rogerson (Norfolk Senior Historic Environment Officer (Finds)) and Mr Neil Wilkin (Bronze Age Curator British Museum)
The gold bead is likely to date to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1100 BC) based on several close comparanda. The three biconical gold beads from the…
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Newent', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-AEC678
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Biconical gold bead: sheet bead of biconical profile and annular form, probably cast. The wall is of constant thickness and slightly rough inner face. No join is visible to the naked eye. Weight: 0.74g; Diameter: 10.5mm; Internal diameter: 5mm; Width: 6.5mm
Created on: Monday 7th January 2013
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
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.
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