Record ID: NARC-CEEB43
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blue glass annular bead of Late Iron Age to early Roman date. A deep cobolt blue colour with opaque white wavy lines around the body. The bead is 8mm thick and 18mm in diameter with a central hole 7mm in diameter. Margaret Guido describes this type as Wave-decorated beads in her publication 'The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman Periods', classed as Group 5, type 10d style.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: NARC-1F6864
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bottle seal with partial fragment of the bottle adhering to the reverse. The glass was green and has a golden yellow laminating surface caused by decay. The seal is approximately 50mm in diameter, and contains a rose with W W I above. Seals were used on glass bottles from about 1630 upto the early 20th century. Looking in 'Sealed Bottles; their History and evolution 1630 - 1930' (1977) by Roy Morgan, and 'Sealed Bottles' (1959), by Sheelagh Ruggles-Brise has not led to any parallels for this particular stamp. Without knowing the shape of the bottle, or bottle rim, it is diffi…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2011
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Record ID: NARC-7AEA75
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bead of transluscent turquoise colour. 11mm in diameter and 9.5mm thick. The central hole is 3mm in diameter. Found in the same allotment as NARC-C82814, which was fire damaged, obscuring any diagnostic colour and detail..
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2011
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Record ID: NARC-CAD195
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A black glass gaming piece of roman date. Circular in plan with a flat base and convex upper face. Similar have been found at Silchester, and Colchester. For references see Crummy, Colchester Archaeological Report 2, figure 95,
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2011
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Record ID: NARC-C82814
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregularly shaped, roughly circular blue glass object with a circular depression on one side. The glass is irredescent and appears to have been fire affected. Dating of such beads outside of an archaeological context is difficult, as blue glass beads were commonly used in the Iron Age, Roman and Saxon periods and again in the modern/Victorian era. Its fire damaged condition makes it more difficult to date with any accuracy.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2011
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Record ID: NARC-03BB60
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Georgian fob seal. A copper alloy oval domed frame with gilded 'sunburst' ridged decoration. Small hole in the top due to corrosion. The dome is 20mm in length and 10mm deep, with a plain band around the outer edge. The glass matrix is seperate from the dome housing. It is a light amber colour. It has been cut oval, flat on one side and with 20 faces on the reverse side. A capital letter H is engraved on the flat side. Similar example can be seen at LVPL-ECD886.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th July 2010
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Record ID: NARC-932636
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular amber coloured glass bead. Tool and grinding marks visible. 14mm in diameter. The hole is 2mm in diameter. Dating a bead of this style is difficult as glass beads have a long history of use, from the Roman period to the modern era.
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
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Record ID: NARC-C74A78
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately 40% of a blue glass bead. Probably Iron Age. Opaque cobalt blue glass with a white wavy line around the circumference of the bead. 15mm outer diameter. 7mm inner diameter. 7mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-EFA681
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two cobalt blue glass beads. Probably Roman. Conical in shape. 1) 0.4g. 10mm outer diameter. 4mm inner diameter. 5mm deep. Abrarded. 2) 0.1g. 9mm outer diameter. 5mm inner diameter. 3mm deep.
Created on: Sunday 9th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towcester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B8E607
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spherical cobalt blue glass bead. Probably post-med. Chipped in many places. Hole through centre is not completely central, and is slightly mishapen on one side. Hand made. Traces of metal on the inside of the hole suggest manufacture method may have been by winding glass around a metal wire. Or it may have been strung on a wire during use.
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.