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Record ID: SF-113CB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth, 1567 AD
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0EE923
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead ampulla fragment. It is the lower part of a pouch-shaped vessel, and as such is an oval shape. The obverse has moulded transverse lines decorating a narrow border around the outside edge, and the central field is plain, except for an emblem of a similar pouch shape, shaded with cross-hatching. The reverse has a scallop shell design. The upper part of the ampulla is missing due to old breaks. The object measures 35.54mm in length, 29.71mm in width, 5.62mm in thickness and weighs 27.78g. This example is similar to one illustrated in Mitchiner 1986, no.404, which comes…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0EA2A3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman snake bracelet fragment. It is incomplete due to old breaks and consists of the band, which is bent out of shape and a snake's head terminal. The latter is flattened and oval, 2.74mm in width and 15.64mm in length. The surface of the metal is very worn, and some decorative elements exist upon the head but are difficult to determine, beyond the two eyes and tongue closest to the tip of the terminal. The band is circular in section, 1.65mm wide and the surviving length (bent) of the fragment is 45.57mm. It weighs 2.9g. This form of bracelet dates from the mid 1st t…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0DD533
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval or Post Medieval vessel fragment. It is part of an arm from a tripod ewer, pitcher or cauldron, and would have formed an angled link between the body of the vessel and its rim. A similar arm would have matched it on the opposite side of the vessel, and a handle for suspension would have been attached through both arms. ( Egan 1998, fig131, no.446). The fragment includes a flat rectangular surface that would have been soldered to the vessel body, and a length of rectangular shank which leaves the plate at an angle of 30 degrees. The fragment measures 38m…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BE06B3
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy object of Roman date, possibly a pendant or similar item. It comprises a rectangular suspension plate that is triangular in profile with notches at the rounded upper edge. This has a large circular aperture through which is attached a single S-shaped and rectangular sectioned chain link. At the base of the rectangular panel are diagonal grooves that give it a triangular form on front and back faces, either side of which extends curving horse head terminals. Each head has a pentagonal sectioned neck with multiple diagonal grooves on the upper two surfaces depicting …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BD6A17
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester-derivative rear hook bow brooch. It is missing the wings, spring, pin, foot and catchplate due to old breaks. What survives of the wings suggests they were semi-cylindrical in form and may have been deliberately remove, although this may simply be the result of post-depositional damage. They are separated by an integrally cast rear facing hook. The head of the brooch is oval shaped in section with diagonal grooves on the underside that produce a triangular moulding on the underside of the bow/wings. The bow itself is oval shaped in sect…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BCFA61
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. It is missing the spring, pin, outer edges of the wings and the foot/catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form, missing their outer edges due to old breaks and possibly decorated on the front face with moulded vertical grooves, although this is uncertain due to post-depositional damage. The wings are separated at their centre by an integrally cast rear facing hook. The bow is oval shaped in section with moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises a central vertical rib exten…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC31F5
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing the pin, spring, most of the axis bar and the lower half of the bow/foot due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form, undecorated and separated at their centre by a rear facing double pierced lug. This retains a short length of the separately cast copper-alloy axis bar, most of which is missing due to old breaks. The bow is triangular in section with flat back face and moulded front face. This comprises a prominent mid rib with fluting to either side. The entire object meas…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BA40B1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pendant of Medieval date. It is a leaf shaped flat pendant with decorations of wavy lines and traces of gilding. The top is broken and the hanging loop is missing due to old breaks. It measures 18.67mm in length, 12.12mm in width, 0.85mm in thickness and weighs 0.56g. It is similar to examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, no 1607).
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BA2652
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast medieval copper-alloy book-clasp of Howsam type A.1.3. It is a slightly trapezoidal frame with an outside edge around which a strap fixed to one cover would have been secured. It then extends into a narrow plate with a circular hole which would have fitted over a peg fixed to the opposite cover. The plate is square in cross-section and then widens into a sub-circular shape with a central circular hole. This is at 90 degrees to the rest of the object (running side to side) and was probably used to hold a cord or chain to help in pulling the clasp off the peg; as the hole is bloc…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BA1C53
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting of early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) date. The surviving fragment comprises the attachment end of the object, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is flat, rectangular in form with flat back face and moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises moulded double borders at the top and bottom of the fragment, between which is a row of five ring and dot motifs. At each corner of the outer edge or attachment end are small circular sewing or rivet holes, one of which is unevenly positioned closer towards the centre of the plate…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B9FFA5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Post-medieval date. It is a flat mount with a central oval flanked with sub-rectangular shapes. Both ends are broken, one end is a broken loop, the other is flat. It measures 45.31mm in length, 18.07mm in width, 2.87mm in thickness and weighs 10.93g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B9F647
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn cast copper-alloy belt fitting or mount of possible Medieval or later date. It has a flat rectangular plate that has two triangular notches to each side and the attachment end, with a double pierced lug pendant from the base end. Single circular rivet holes are present at the centre of the attachment and lug ends of the plate and the centre of the front face has moulded decoration in the form of a quatrefoil motif with central pellet (flower?). The pendant lug has a separately cast cylindrical copper-alloy bar. All surfaces are extremely worn with traces of patinated but c…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B9CD13
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of Medieval coarseware (MCW). Weight 3.61g
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK COASTAL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B9A636
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of Roman greyware (RGM). Weight 3.54g
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B901B0
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy Chatel Tournois jetton c.1373-1415. As Mitchiner, 1988, no 507.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B8D511
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy object of uncertain date, possibly a mount or finial from a larger object. It has a lion's face surrounded by a mane which narrows and bends and ends in an old break. This may be due to post-depositional damage or could possibly be a broken hooked tag but there are no attachment facets. The top is flat. It measures 25.40mm in length, 15.48mm in width, 5.77mm in thickness and weighs 7.11g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B87C90
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Charles I, AD1625-1649, as North II (1972), no 2239.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK COASTAL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B789A1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval or Post-medieval date. It is lozenge shaped and domed with a hollow back. At one end it extends into an oval shape pierced by two circular holes and above this a sub-triangular knop. The other end is broken at the end of the lozenge but may well have ended in a similar way. There is an integral oval rivet on the back of the knop. It is undecorated. It measures 37.83mm in length, 16.63mm in width, 3.56mm in thickness and weighs 4.94g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-B76BA4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval or Post-medieval date. It is circular and domed with a hollow back and two integral circular rivets on the edge. It has a central circular indentation which is probably decorative. It measures 14.86mm in diameter, 4.37mm in height, 1.71mm in thickness and weighs 2.59g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.