Record ID: SUSS-158547
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large lead oval ball with multiple, irregularly spaced, circular iron studs or pins in it. The iron pieces may be the stubs of projecting nails or may be dome headed studs. They cover the sides with the top and bottom left bare apart from the corroded remains of what is probably an iron loop for suspension at the top (but could be another of the studs/pins). The purpose and age of the object is unclear. Suggestions include a Roman or medieval steelyard weight; although it is more crudely shaped than they usually are and the iron inclusions are not usual; or a mace/cosh with projecting …
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1552D4
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy suspension mount probably for a medieval harness pendant. The mount has a large irregularly shaped plate with two incomplete projections from its lower edge which would have originally been bent backwards to form two loops through which a horizontal bar would have passed from which a pendant could have hung. The main plate is roughly lozenge shaped with the top and bottom edges expanded into triangular projections and the sides broken, the more complete side appears to have knops at the top and bottom corners. There are no attachment holes in the remaining s…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-151F70
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spur of Post-Medieval, probably seventeenth century date (c. AD 1600 – c. AD 1700). Length: 39.9mm; width: 28.9mm and 10.1mm thick. Weight: 8.14g. Only part of one side, the neck and an incomplete rowel box remain. The side is pointed oval in cross-section with a slightly convex inner and outer face and old breaks at each end. The spur has a modest crest, 9.9mm wide, behind which is a short neck. The neck is circular in section (6.6mm in diameter) with a constriction topped with a collar beyond which is the box. The box is formed of two arms D shaped i…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-14B985
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy spur rowel of probable Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 – c. AD 1800) with part of the rowel box attached. Maximum diameter: 35.6mm, thickness excluding box: 3.4mm, including box: 7.9mm, weight: 7.11g. The rowel is star-shaped. It has five points, with ends that are corroded or broken; the longests, and possibly complete arm is 12.3mm long. Between each point there is a narrow linear moulding which projects beyond the edge slightly to form a minor knop. The rowel is slightly convex on both faces. There is a mass of iron corrosion in the centre which forme…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-14A038
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bell shaped stud dating to the Roman period, c. 43-410 AD. The mount is circular with a concave front and concave back. There is a prominant, circular, domed knop extending from the centre of the front. There are the rusted remains of an iron attachment on the back. It is 32.7mm in diameter, 15.3mm thick and weighs 23.04 grams. Bell Shaped Studs are a multi-purpose form of artefact, commonly found on sites in Britain dating to the Roman period. While their exact purpose is not fully understood, they are believed to have been used on furniture,…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-146A57
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, probably Medieval and probably from a casket or book. The mount is rectangular with a constriction at one end beyond with is an oval section topped with a long oval knop. In the oval section and near the other end of the rectangular strip are the rusted remains of iron rivets. The other end from the complete terminal is broken with old breaks. The terminal is bent up at 90 degrees from the strap, probably damage. It is 36.99mm long, 8.5mm wide and 2.8mm thick; it weighs 5.90 grams.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1442D2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strip with a raised design of bunches of four leaves rising from a base line with small knops btween them against a red enamel background. The strip probably originally formed a ring and the elaborate decoration may suggest a finger ring rather than ferrule. The regularity of the design and it's style suggests a post medieval date c.1600-1800 although such a plain and item is hard to date precisely. The strip is 27.2mm long, 4.9mm wide and 1.1mm thick. It weighs 1.42 grams.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-13DF60
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar. The bar has a central oval knop with another oval knop below and a bar above terminating in the remains of a loop (majority lost to old break). There is a central bar through the two oval knops which probably joins to the top bar and once rotated but it is now solid with corrosion products. The central knop is decorated with inlaid neillo; on one side it is in the shape of three V's one above the other joined by a central vertical line; on the other side is the remains of a lozenge divided into four small lozenges From either side of th…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wittersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-13AC94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy key. The shaft and bit are almost complete but most of the bow has been lost to old breaks. There is a collar between the bow and shaft. The shaft is round in section with slightly flattened sides and hollow; it has been cast in one piece rather than rolled. The bit is eleborate with two rectangular teeth each ending in a curve with a knob on the outer edge, the teeth are flanked by a triangular knops extending from the shank. Length 74.4mm, width (including bit) 24.2mm, diameter of shank 9.9mm, weight 35.58g. Egan (1998, "The Medieval Household",…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wittersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1383B3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval cast copper alloy key. Part of the bow and shaft remain but the bit is missing. Oval bow with central perforation; wide, faceted (roughly octagonal), hollow shaft with a break to one side and possibly at the end. Length 46.9mm, overall width 25.2mm, diameter of shank 9.0mm, weight 11.5g. Egan (1998, "The Medieval Household", The Stationary Office London, p.113-5, No.311 and 313) illustrates keys with similar facted shanks dated to the 13th or 14th centurys.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-136386
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy trade weight from the reign of James II (1685-1689). The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the outer edge. It is 37.9mm in diameter by 4.0mm thick and weighs 17.15 grams, c. 0.6 ounces. It is stamped with: A crown I (for James II) at 12 o'clock The sword of St Paul (for London) at 1 o'clock Probably a ewer (for the pewterers company) at 6 o'clock
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Udimore', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-133C10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. One loop is 90% missing from old breaks, the other is complete. The frame is D shaped in section with a flat back. The complete loop is trapizoid with the shorter edge by the strap bar. The outer edge has a central pin notch and a expanded thin lip running along the outer side. The strap bar is narrowed. It is 29.6mm long, 28.1mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 6.37 grams. Whitehead (2003, p81) suggests trapiziod double loop buckles date c.1570-1700 AD.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1313B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle with integral plate. The frame is incomplete with only one edge remaining due to alod breaks. Thge remained suggests the frame was oval. The integral plate is rectangular and rectangular in cross section with a slight taper from the loop end towards the strap end. It has a hole near the frame loop for the pin to loop through and two for rivets, one near the centre and one at the strap end. The strap end one still has a seperate copper alloy rivet through it. It is 35.6mm long, 12.7mm wide, 3.1mm thick (excluding the rivet) and weighs 5.17…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-12BEA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle with pin and plate. The frame is oval with a narrowed and offset strap bar. The frame is oval in cross section. It has a incised line on the front following and just inside the inner edge and an notched lip flanked by four small knops (two per side) at the centre of the outer edge. The incised line runs across the outer knops dividing them in two. The frame is 12.4mm long, 12.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick. The pin is cast and has a raised transverse collar just below the loop, it is straight edged till the tip where it narrows to a point. The …
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Oxney', grid reference and parish protected.