Record ID: NARC-5C03F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver penny of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (810-15), Group II 'transitional monogram' type (815-23; North 240). Minted by the moneyer Swefherd at Canterbury. Reference: North 1994: No.240, Fig.18.
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: NARC-1B1CF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward I (1279 - 1307). Long cross reverse. London mint. Very worn.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Record ID: NARC-1B1292
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy dress hook. Cast in one piece with moulded openwork decoration. A heart featuring small flowers that bifurcate above the hook. A rectangular tag. A reddish-brown patina. Read Class E, Type 7. Reference: Read, B. (2001). Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Page 113. Fig. 455. Similar on this database: SWYOR-062EB3.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Record ID: NARC-1B0AD7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy dress hook. cast with moulded openwork relief. An equal armed cross with four small holes in each quarter and a beaded circular edge. Rectangular attachment loop. The object has a reddish-brown patina typical of artefacts of this status and date. Read Class E, Type 3. Reference: Read, B. (2001). Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Page 99. Fig. 370.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Record ID: NARC-343966
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut (1016 - 1035). Quatrefoil type issued 1017 - 1023. Minted in Thetford by Leofwine. Reference: North 781
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Haddon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-2169C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval penny of Edward I. (1272 - 1307). London mint.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-215D95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Henry III. Voided longcross reverse. (1247 - 1272). Minted in London by Nicole.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-20F5F8
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy golded figurine representing Jesus on the cross. The reverse is hollow with flat edges to enable it to sit flush against a wooden cross. The left arm is outstretched and raised, the hand is incomplete. The right arm is missing at the shoulder. The legs are close together and the feet are missing. the head is slightly forward and leaning to the right. The hair is long and swept across the back of the neck, resting on th left shoulder. The hips lean to the right and are covered by a cloth, twisted to form a band at the waits. The features, especially the hair …
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-5E1872
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver finger-ring, circular hoop of square section. Filigree twisted around the shoulders and the bezel creates a herringbone pattern. Originally a circular boss decorated each shoulder, but as one shoulder is damaged only one of these is still in place. Discussion: rings of this type were discovered in the Snettisham jeweller's hoard and provide an exact parallel (Johns 1997, cats. 289-91). Date: 2nd c AD Dimensions: Wt.: 7.13g Ext. d.: 24.9mm Int. d.: 17.0mm
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NARC-34A9C1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver gilt dress fastener of Post-Medieval date. 16th Century. The body of the fastener is rectangular with 8 circular protrusions spaced equally aorund the edge. These protrusions, or knops, are integrally casrt rather than applied seperately and have been filed to shape, each being slightly different sizes and not completely circular. The central panel is decorated with a heart and three circular depressions below its point, all within a square border. All those feaures are etched roughly into the surface. The surface has traces of gilt. The central rectangular…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Record ID: NARC-2DA441
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age Founders hoard, 21 pieces in total. Curator's report: Circumstances of discovery: In 2014 twenty-one fragments of Late Bronze Age metalworking debris ... (Nos. 1-21, below). The objects appear to belong to a single find or 'hoard'. Descriptive catalogue A sub-triangular fragment of a copper alloy bun ingot. The fragment is plano-convex and one side is rounded, indicating that the fragment once formed part of the outer circumference of the ingot. The object is covered with green patina and mounds and pits of copper alloy corrosion. Max. Length: 96.4 mm, …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: NARC-F7A254
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver doublestruck halfpenny of Richard II. (1377 - 1399). London mint. Slightly clipped, the double striking makes further classification difficult. Probably an Intermediate type. Reference: Spinks (2010) no. 1699, Type II.
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2013
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Record ID: NARC-F77E92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver plated half crown of Charles I. The coin is cut roughly in half revealing a copper alloy core. the cin is very worn with danaged edges. The obverse inscription reads: "[ ]ER.FR.ET.HI". The lettering appears to be unevenly placed, possibly suggesting a contemporary copy. The reverse inscription around a square sheild, reads: "CARIS[ ] O [ ]" with an illegible mint mark.
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2013
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Record ID: NARC-F74714
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The foot and catchplate of a copper alloy Colchester-derivative brooch. 32mm long with a catchplate 14mm wide, the object is broken at a horizontal rib situated just above the catchplate and at the base is a footknop.
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: NARC-E6CD70
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered voided short-cross penny of Henry II. Obverse; bust facing with sceptre. Sceptre terminal before H in legend. Moneyer is Raul C of London.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NARC-E6A976
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal witha thistle /
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NARC-B503C3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy shield shaped harness pendant. There reverse is fkat and plain. the face has several tear-drop shaped cells, which would have been infilled with enamel but which are now empty with no traces of the enamel left. The surface is likely to have been gilded, although no traces of this now remain. The decoration on the face consists of 5 tear-drop shaped cells in two rows of 3/2 at the bottom half. The upper edge has a row of 5 tear-drop shaped cells, the ones at the left hand corner are obscured slightly by a zoomorphic form which is marked out by a groove ou…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2013
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Record ID: NARC-B485D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy roller type, D-shaped buckle. The buckle frame is D-shaped in cross-section with a central thickened band which is oval in cross-section. The buckle is unusual in that the central band is thickened all the way around not allowing the back of the buckle to sit flat against the belt. The buckle is 27mm long. The frame is 7mm wide and 3mm thick. the thickened central band is 6.5mm thick.. An alternative interpretation of this object is a lunar shaped mount. However, the patina is not typical of Iron Age artefacts, and there is no way of attaching this …
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2013
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Record ID: NARC-BDF4F3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report done by J.P. Robinson of the British Musuem: A medieval bar-mount, broken at one end, the other terminating in a hemispherical boss decorated with cross-hatching. A similar find in copper- alloy is recorded in Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, (1991), pp 214 and 215, No.1166. The bar-mount is silver- gilt and dates from the mid- to late twelfth century. Dimensions: length 24 mm, width including boss 8 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-BDB781
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report done by Beverley Nenk at the British Museum: A medieval silver-gilt finger-ring, the oval bezel engraved with two clasped hands, with engraved details on the shoulders representing cuffs. The hoop has a central ridge forming two facets, which are engraved with the inscription: I h s : * : n a z a r e n v s r : ('Jesus Nazarenus R[ex Iudeorum]'), signifying the titulus of the Cross ('Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews'). The gilding is worn around the hoop. The edges of the hoop have some damage, and the hoop is broken at one shoulder. The find therefore qualifies as Tre…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
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