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Record ID: SUSS-033344
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key. The key has a hollow, oval-sectioned stem and lozenge-shaped bow with rounded corners and a quatrefoil aperture at its centre. A moulded rib links each side of the quatrefoil with the adjacent outer face of the bow. Between the shaft and bow is a collar formed of a raised band, and next to it, a raised chevron pointing towards the bow. From the opposite end of the stem the integrally cast bit projects at a 90 degree angle, beginning with a slightly narrowed channel; below this are four vertical wards in two pairs with clefts between. The …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-030A12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius, probably of a second century emperor, unclear reverse type (standing female figure facing left), minted at Rome, AD 100-200. The edges of the coin are badly chipped.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-02BDC0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy sestertius, probably of Marcus Aurelius (161-180), unclear reverse type (standing female figure facing left with arm outstretched to left and something at feet to left), minted at Rome, AD 161-180 (Reece period 8). The edges of the coin are badly chipped with at least 10% of the flan, including the inscriptions, lost.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-563D04
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd from a Roman Mortarium (food preperation vessel). The fabric is creamy white with abundent sand temper and occasional ironstone inclusions and sparse flint attrition grits attached to the inner side. The rim is flattened and widened slightly inwards and outwards with an incised line around the upper side. There is a prominent flange on the outerside, below the rim, curving down abruptly and ending in widened, convex curved lower edge. The external diameter is estimated at 240mm and it weighs 126 grams.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C8ABF1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy circular uni-faced token. The obverse of the token has a raised design of an object, possibly a hand with fingers pointing upwards, flanked by two pellets. The reverse is blank. It is 19.5mm in diameter, 3.2mm thick and weighs 7.90 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C881D6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy mount; it is flat and shaped like three ovals attached end to end with an old break at one end where it continued. The complete end has an incomplete seperate copper alloy rivet through the end of the oval. It is 26.2mm long, 5.8mm wide, 1.3mm thick, 2.6mm including the rivet and weighs 0.66 grams. The form and use of a seperate rivet suggests a Medieval date, 1150-1500 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C84C85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut halfpenny of John (1199-1216), short cross class 4c, minted at Canterbury by uncertain moneyer, 1199-1204 AD, North 968/3
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C7FD10
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spanish Medieval silver half reale of Ferdinand and Isabella (1474-1504), minted at Seville, 1474-1516 AD. The edges are clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C7C885
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), probably class 3 or 4, mint unclear, 1280-1289 AD. About a quarter of the coin survives, the rest is lost of irregular, patinated, breaks.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C787D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scottish Medieval silver cut half penny of William I (1165-1214), short cross and stars phase B, probably Hue and Walter, Edinburgh and Perth moneyers working jointly, c.1205-1230, Spink 5029
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C75995
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval French copper alloy jetton, Shield of France / triple stranded cross type, minted at Tournai, c. 1450-1500 AD, cf. Mitchiner 670 (p. 225).
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C71943
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hook part of a two part cast copper alloy dress fastener of Post-Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). The fastener is flat and oval in plan with a forward facing hook formed or a rectagular strip at one end, the tip of which is missing to an old break. The hook is separated from the main plate by a collar indicated by a pair of incised lines and slight knops ro either side. At the end opposite the hook, and in the centre of each side, there are integral perforated knops each with a small knop on the outer edge; the one opposite the hook is mostly missing to an old b…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C63776
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 I (1603-1625). The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. It is 29.4mm in diameter by 3.9mm thick and weighs 12.80 grams, 0.451 oz (probably originally half an ounce with some weight lost to corrosion). It is stamped with: Crowned I (for James I) at 6 o'clock; the sword of St Paul (for London) at 5 o'clock and an inverted ewer (for the founders company) at 11 o'clock
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-9FBE62
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic rim sherd from a medieval cooking pot, dating to the period c. 1225 - 1325 and possibly Ringmer ware. The fabric is mid buff fabric with a mid orange outer side and is sand tempered, with occasional small flint inclusions. The sides of the pot curve into the narrowed neck, at the top of which is a flattened rim which projects outwards and slightly inwards. The outer edge is broken but it is at least 14.4mm wide. The diameter appears slightly irregular but the pot was probably c.240mm in internal diameter at the neck. It weighs 24.54 grams and has a mixture of fresh and ab…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-9F9103
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three cast copper alloy spherical rumbler bells (crotals) of Post Medieval date (1600-1800 AD). The bells are all similar although one is damaged. They are spherical and compris two hemispherical domes with raised circumferential joins. The upper hemispheres are plain with two circular sound holes and a sub-square suspension loop projecting from the top. The curve of the bell continues under the loop apertures suggesting they were made using a detachable 'sprue-piece', this method was introduced in the 17th century. The lower hemispheres have a long sound slit with circular hol…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9EDF66
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting, probably 13th to 14th century in date. It has a rectangular strip with rounded corners and two circular attachment holes, one above the other. At the end of the strip is a backward facing, semi-circular hook which curves forward before curving back; the tip of the hook is missing and it porbably e extended into a loop attached to a similar rectangular back plate. The strip has a flat back and slightly convex front while the hook is more D shaped in section. The end of the strip before the hook is now bent slightly backwards, possibly due to d…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9DEA43
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval cast copper alloy harness pendant. The pendant is flat and was probably quatrefoil in plan, only the top lobe and centre are now complete with old irregular breaks around the edges of the other lobes. At the top of the quatrefoil is the remains of an integral transverse suspension loop bent forward slightly and with most missing to old breaks. The front face of the pendant is decorated with a central, rectangular panel containing a raised design, now unclear surrounded by red enamel. In the complete lobe above is a three pointed crown or crude fleur de lis withi…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9D9F52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The loops are trapizoid, one is complete but 95% of the other is lost to old breaks. The complete loop is rectangular in cross section with the outer edge extended into a point in the centre flanked by rounded knops at the corners. There is an incised line running down the front of the outer edge, parrallel with the side of the loop and a cross line incised in the centre as a pin rest. There are breaks at either end of the strap bar where they may have been projecting knops. It is 23.8mm long, 22.9mm wide and 2.4mm t…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9C5670
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flat square of lead alloy. It appears to be cut from a longer strip with three probably cast sides and one which is bent and appears cut. On both sides are a series of seemingly random indents, oval, circular and lines. It may be a deliberately produced weight for a light item or it may just be an off cut of lead alloy. It is 12.9mm by 12.4mm by 2.3mm thick and weighs 2.87 grams.
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9B0550
Object type: CUP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the base and side of a Samian cup. Dragendorff 33 form with foot ring, side rising at c.60 degrees from a base 38.7mm in internal diameter, indented line running round the centre of the outer side and stamp in the centre of the base on the inner side. Central Gaulish fabric. AD 50-230. The stamp is very worn and unclear. The upper rim is lost but the remaining height is 40.6mm; it weighs 16.78 grams with abraded breaks.
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Etchingham', grid reference and parish protected.