Record ID: KENT-2A9AD7
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Short length of distorted gold rod of approximately circular cross-section. Both ends appear to have been cut using a chisel. Diameter of rod 5mm; weight 3.21g. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a gold content of approximately 55-58%, a silver content of approximately 40-44% and a copper content of more than 1%. Possibly a distorted solid penannular ring, the diameter of which would have been approximately 13mm. Should this be the case, the piece could fit morphologically into the category of Bronze Age penannular rings. These are generally date…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepherdswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C361B1
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a plain gold rod. The gold rod is circular in section and is rounded at one end and broken at the other. The surface is smooth and only slightly pitted. There is no decoration though some evidence for small hammer marks on the rod. Due to its undiagnostic nature it does not represent Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-C42B73
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought gold loop on unknown date, but probably Bronze Age. The loop is formed from wrought gold wire (th: 2.57mm) which has been bent into a drop shape. Where the ends cross, the loop has been cut, with evidence for four strikes. One cut put a wedge in the object but did not completely sever it. A second cut severed one end of the loop. The two remaining cuts are both part of the severing of the other end of the loop. The gold is probably a gold-silver alloy. There are no direct comparisons, but similar cutmarks have been observed on Bronze Age gold objects, for example no 25.1 in …
Created on: Monday 20th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C4CEE1
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The find consists of a short length of gold rod, or ingot that has been flattened and expanded at both ends by hammering and then snipped across the ends; length, 23 mm; weight, 4.1 grams.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-83D4C4
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Length of gold rod with octagonal cross-section, bifacially cut at one end, the other end having a plain terminal. The piece is bent. Length 85mm; thickness 5mm; weight 2.7 grams. Identification: Analogies occur in the Bronze Age hoard of 42 gold pieces from Fitzleroi Farm, W. Sussex which included a number of elements including small complete rings and fragments of other ornament types. Octagonal- section rods were present. The analysis would be acceptable for a Bronze Age date with the proviso that the silver content is rather high. Given the lack of any datable association it is no…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-1D63A6
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Length of thick gold wire or rod. The piece has a neat circular section except where chopped at either end. Cutting or chiselling from opposite ends has given the ends a wedge-like profile. The piece is 37.25mm long, with a diameter of between 2.86mm to 2.60mm. It weighs 3.27g. The rod is undiagnostic, but its composition is consistent with a Bronze Age date.
Created on: Friday 12th March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringlemere', 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.