Record ID: KENT-A5B841
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age jet or shale terminal bead from a spacer plate ornament, c.2050 BC-1800BC. The bead is trapezoidal in shape and sub-rectangular in cross section. There is a circular drilled perforation at the pointed terminal though which single thread would be attached. The are three further circular perforations on the reverse surface which travel though the bead at approximately 45 degrees and emerge on the bottom edge. A separate thread would be attached to each hole allowing three strings of beads to emerge from the spacer bead. The upper surface is decorated with lines of pu…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-16FCD2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete jet or shale possible finger ring. Roughly half of this possible finger ring now survives due to old breaks. This surviving half itself is in two parts, due to a recent glassy looking break. From the surviving part of the ring it is clear that the external diameter is c31mm and the internal diameter is c20.6mm. The cross-section is roughly triangular with a flat circumferencial ridge around the outer face where the third point of a triangle would be. This object is possibly a Roman finger ring, especially as it was found in the plough soil in an area whi…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sweffling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-746732
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete shale or possibly jet bead. This bead is circular in plan and measures 19mm in diameter, its sides flare outwards in its centre. One side of the bead is a lot thicker than the other measuring 11mm, the other side is only 6mm thick. The wider side is most likely to have been the front face of the bead. This bead has a circular perforation which is off centre and worn, it measures 7mm in diameter. This bead is a rare discovery in very good condition. It is early Bronze Age in date and similar to a shale bead discovered in Wiltshire (Annable and Simpson 1964, 117, no 498), exa…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'bentley', grid reference and parish protected.