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Record ID: PAS-2BBB65
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Small length of gold filigree wire, bent into a U-shape, of the type used to decorate jewellery dating to between the 7th and 9th centuries AD. Dimensions: Length end to end: 15mm; weight: 0.05g.
Created on: Monday 14th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanbedrgoch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-920991
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold-coloured wire of circular cross-section and uniform gauge, coiled at one end, bent and broken at the other and bent to a right-angle near its mid-point. Date: recent, probably 19th or 20th century. Dimensions: length 41.3 mm. Weight: 1.80 g. In age and precious metal content the object does not qualify as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D40CC7
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of lozengiform sectioned gold wire. Date: Unknown Report to H. M. Coroner on find of potential find of Treasure from Osmington, Dorset. 2013 T 218 Description Coiled fragment of gold wire with quadrangular section. Diameter 13.69 x 12.57mm; Thickness 1.87mm; Weight 1.9g. Identification It is not impossible that this fragment is ancient; however there are no diagnostic features and thus it is not possible to assign to any cultural or chronological context. It cannot therefore be securely dated to pre-1713 and as such falls outside the provisions of the …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osmington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-35C242
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A piece of gold wire made from four strands twisted. The wire was made from 4 smaller wires (diameter c. 2.4 mm) twisted together in a clockwise spiral giving an overall diameter for the twisted wire of 5 mm. The wire piece weighs 7.24g and is 20mm long (unstraightened). The fragment appears to have been cut from a larger piece of wire at one end, although the other end appears to be a break. Analysis shows these wires are made of over 80% gold.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-4D391D
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment from a thin gold wire strip 12.5 mm long, 2.0 mm wide and c. 0.25mm thick, was recovered from peaty marsh deposits that pre-date the construction of a Roman timber building on the site in the middle of the 1st Century BC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.