Record ID: CORN-0FCF32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Continental Iron Age base-silver (billon) stater of Armorican type. The type originated on the Channel Islands or Cotentin region, c. 60-50 BC. The coin is a variant of published types; the nearest reference before DT (Delestree & Tache) 2284-2285.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwithian', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-23F237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete wire copper alloy bow brooch with short bilateral spring, coiled into 5 loops on a central, solid copper alloy axial rod, which holds the spring together. The chord seems to be missing but it could only have been attached to one end of the spring as the other end is in the centre, next to the central coil which extends to form part of the bow. The bow is broken and bent at an angle from subsequent damage, so the original curvature cannot be made out. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The surface of the brooch is corroded and pitted so that the recorder cannot determi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-B177A3
Object type: BALDRIC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting or baldric ring, circular in profile and D-shaped in section, having a slightly flatter inner edge. The outer surface of the ring or hoop is inlaid with red glass triangles, arranged in a pattern pointing inwards from the edge, so that the alternating copper alloy spaces are triangular or diamond-shaped. The glass is the so called 'sealing wax' glass of the Iron Age, called thus because of the opaque deep red colour. It is technically known as enamel when in fact it is chips of glass inlay. The glass has undergone SEM analysis with Mary …
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-955DE8
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure: 2008 T782. Gold centre-looped pendant amulet resembling similar examples of cosmetic pestles, in copper alloy, from kits or cosmetic sets, often associated with a small mortar, for the preparation of powdered cosmetics. "I have recorded many hundreds of the copper-alloy components since my original Britannia 1985 paper and all the evidence still supports the cosmetic link, but no evidence at all for woad. I would briefly say that I believe the form of the kits imbued them with roles additional to their basic function in preparing powdered cosmetics, especially related to sta…
Created on: Monday 29th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maker with Rame', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-5A7104
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd decorated with incised oblique lines within curved chevrons, running obliquely under a border made up of three parallel incised lines. The border runs the circumference of the shoulder of the vessel, which is probably a typical Iron Age jar, S-shaped in profile. The surface has also been burnished slightly. The fabric looks like it is probably made from gabbroic clay, as there are light felspar inclusions and dark augite inclusions. The colour of the clay has been oxidised on the exterior to a light orange colour and the interior is slightly more buff to light bro…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-5AB4F2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd, un-decorated, from a simple open Iron Age jar with an upright neck. The sherd tapers towards the body from the rim, suggesting that the vessel was hand-made and built up of coils, where the thickness would vary from base to rim. The fabric looks like it is probably made from gabbroic clay, as there are medium to fine crushed light felspar inclusions and dark augite inclusions. The colour of the clay has been oxidised throughout from the exterior to interior to a light orange colour. This pot sherd may be associated with another (CORN-5A7104) that was found near…
Created on: Monday 27th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-B64A85
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of greenstone quern, perhaps dolerite or epidiorite, triangular in plan and semi-circular in profile and in section. Probably a fragment of the lower stone of a rotary quern which acted as a base below the upper stone of similar circumference, linked by a central hole. The two stones were held together by a wooden spindle through the two holes. The upper stone was rotated over the base and grain placed between the stones so that it was ground. The greenstone is typical of that found in the west of Cornwall from known outcrops and contains pale felspars and dark pyroxene in…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-5E3C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type bow brooch, missing the spring, the pin and the catch-plate (with only a width of 8mm, a length of 41mm, a thickness of 3mm and a weight of 2.7g). The spring was positioned behind the wings and only the stubs of the spring at the back of the head and the forward-projecting claw to tension the chord are now present. The stubs of the wings are evident either side of the head. The bow projects outwards from the head before turning sharply in an arch and curving inwards towards the foot. The bow is rectangular in section at the head (…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-267250
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold 'broad flan' quarter stater of the Ambiani, c.200-100 BC Delestre and Tache I, Pl. III, cf. DT61; Rudd ABC, cf. ABC28; Allen type G-B AA2; Scheers series 8 class IIb; Van Arsdell, cf. 15.01
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0A0AA5
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy annular bead, circular in plan, biconical in profile, and oval in section, with a flattened surface around both of the perforations at top and base. There are two linear grooves, running around the circumference of the bead, above and below the central ridge which gives the bead its diameter. The bead has a central pentagonal perforation, 5 mm in diameter, which is uneven and not machine made. The surface of the bead is pitted and corroded so that any remaining pattern is difficult to make out. Beads with similar decorative attributes have been recorded on this dat…
Created on: Sunday 18th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C71E18
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rolled rim and an external groove under rim, helping to define it. The fabric is a uniform light orangey brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.29, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C74983
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rim and an internal groove defining rim, suggesting that it is from a Southwest Decorated ware jar. The fabric is a uniform light brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture and a few patches of carbonised material remain on the exterior. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.21, which …
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C77958
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd with an upright rolled rim with two parallel grooves under the rim on the exterior. The fabric is a uniform light orangey brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.11, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C7F267
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd with part of the foot ring from the base of a bowl, possibly a cordoned ware bowl dating from the Late Iron Age. The fabric is a uniform orange to light brown colour throughout, with an oxidised exterior and reduced interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 415, Fig.58, No.14, which is dated from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C825D4
Object type: POT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery cordoned body sherd of a round-bodied jar with two parallel cordons, each about 6 mm thick. The fabric is a uniform orange to light brown colour throughout, with an oxidised exterior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture. Iron Age in form, as it is well made and high fired. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 421, Fig.62, No.18, which is dated from the 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C93BE2
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd from a jar with an upright rim, slightly flattened on the top. The fabric is a uniform dark brown colour throughout, with a reduced exterior and interior, and looks to be gabbroic as it has inclusions of white felspar and grey augite, as well as mica. The surface of the pot has been burnished during manufacture but is now covered in patches of carbonised remains on both the exterior and interior of the sherd. Iron Age in form, with its upright rim. Christie (1978) illustrates a similar example from Carn Euny on page 414, Fig.57, No.8, which is dated from the 3r…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-E73100
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass bead, circular in plan and oval in profile, with a large off-set circular hole and a crack which runs through one side of the bead. The glass is translucent and pale green colour. Similar beads have been found in Iron Age and Romano-British contexts in Cornwall, such as two from Trevelgue Head, an Iron Age hillfort near Newquay, on display at the Royal Cornwall Museum, and about to be published by English Heritage and Cornwall Council in a monograph edited by Jacqueline Nowakowski and Henrietta Quinnell in section 8.4.1, Nos.1 (Acc. No: 1982.13.18.3) and 2 (Acc. No: 1982.12.18…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-333795
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass cobalt blue bead, circular in plan and oval in profile and section with a large offset circular hole. One side of the bead is thicker, in height, than the other by about 0.5 mm. There is a slight spur on the edge of one side of the perforation, suggesting that the glass has been rolled on a central rod, and pulled off while still hot. Irregular beads made of this dark blue glass have been found in Iron Age, Roman and Post-Roman contexts. There is a very similar example (2005.26.14) excavated from Castle Dore on display in the Iron Age case at the Royal Cornwall Museum. Q…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-EAC6E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver plated uninscribed South-Western stater. Contemporary forgery. Iron Age, c. late 1st century BC to 1st century AD see BMC 2688
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-DE0E02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Dobunnic D-type stater of ANTED (10 BC - AD 40)
Created on: Sunday 19th September 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2015
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