Record ID: SF-7DE487
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman birdlip brooch. All that remains of the upper bow/head is a bent oval section with a transverse groove on its upper surface providing little information about its original form. Below this a flattened disc-shaped section projects outwards from the outer face of the bow with a pointed crescentic section below it curving downwards and outwards. The upper surface of the disc-shaped section is a decorated with a smaller, shallower disc and there is a groove where it joins the lower bow. Below this the lower bow is straight, tapering and sub…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-898124
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Iron Age unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus, dating to the period c.25 BC-AD 10. 'Tasciovanos Boar' type. Obverse depicting a wreath crossed by a line with hooks and pellets in the angles. Reverse depicting a boar facing right with a crescent above, with [VER] or [VIR] below. ABC no. 2667; BMC nos. 1702-1705; VA 1713.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-630CB3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman openwork mount or strap fitting. The object is discoidal in shape. There are four inwards pointing sub-triangular holes arranged at regular intervals behind the outer edge, each with concave sides and a convex outer edge. The inner edges of these create four petal-like solid shapes between them, the inner end of each joining a solid circle in the centre of the object. The outer face of this circle is recessed and decorated with two raised annulets each with a deep depression in its centre. The outer face of each petal is dec…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Elllingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF1B45
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting/harness fitting or baldric. The object consist of a penannular loop with a U-shaped section joining the gap. The loop is oval in shape and D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer edge and flattened inner edge. It is pierced with a small oval hole through the centre of its upper edge. It has a small gap in the centre of one of the longer sides and a short arm of the same width as the hoop projects downwards to either side. Each arm is C-shaped in cross-section with a concave inner sur…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grundisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9DCF51
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 80 heavily abraded sherds of ceramic vessels collected from the topsoil of a wide area. The assemblage ranges in date from late Bronze age to early medieval, with the majority of sherds dating to the late Iron Age and Roman periods. 
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DE52F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy core of a plated gold Iron Age stater, dating to the period c.50-c.20 BC. East Anglian Iceni 'Norfolk wolf' Type. ABC no.1399, VA 610-3, BMC 218-78.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DD7904
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Aesica brooch. It comprises an incomplete semi-cylindrical head with incomplete rear-hook pin fitting directly adjoining a disc-shaped upper bow with a narrow fan-shaped lower bow projecting from its lower end. The rear and wings of the head are missing, making its original form difficult to assess. The stub of a missing rear-facing projects from the centre of its upper edge. The lower edge of the head directly joins the disc-shaped upper bow. The outer face of the disc is slightly convex and is decorated with a central raised a…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-234547
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman zoomorphic strap or harness fitting. It is composed of two adjoining sections - a circular loop and a zoomorphic terminal that projects to one side. The loop is circular in cross-section and is 20mm in external diameter and 9.96mm thick. The zoomorphic terminal is shaped like an animal's head with a wide face and protruding, upwards-pointing snout. A beaded raised line runs longitudinally down each side of the face, meeting under the chin and developing into eyebrows at the upper end. Below these the eyes are formed from…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A44593
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold iron Age Gallo-Belgic Aa imported Broad Flan stater of unknown ruler, attributed to the continental Ambiani, dating to the period c.175-c.60 BC. 'Gallo-Belgic Broad flan right' Type.  This type arrived in Britain around the mid-2nd century AD and their distribution in concentrated in the Thames valley (Rudd 2010, 11).  ABC 1; LT 7878; DT 52-58; VA 10-1/10-2; Ev. A1-2; Al. Aa1
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2B05CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age Iceni stater dating to the period c.AD 10-c.40. ABC 'Antedios Triple Moons' Type, inscribed 'ANTEDI' in reference to the ruler Antedio(s).  Rudd (2010, 87) writes 'the three crescent moons may symbolise a regal triumvirate of Antedios, Ecen and another ruler whose name is unknown to us. The six stylised neck torcs may signify not only royalty, but also religious leadership. Icenian kings may also have been chief priests of the tribe'. ABC 1639; VA 705; BMC 3790; Ev.18.2; Al.Va; M 418; Ch.275, S 440 Rudd, C. 2010. Ancien…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F4D19A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman bracelet. The fragment is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat inner surface and rounded outer face, which is divided into three rounded beads separated by wide gaps. The surface has the shiny dark green patina typical of metalwork of this date, but there is corrosion in places and the breaks are well worn.  See PAS records: NLM-60A0F4, SUR-4463B7, LIN-486C26, HAMP-704D0B, LIN-659272. See also a very similar, but complete example from the Burton Flemming (Bell Slack) cemetery in East Yorkshir…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0067BF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Iron Age Iceni unit, dating to the period c.50 BC - AD 10. Rudd's (2010) 'Bury Diadem' Type.  ABC no.1495, VA 80, BMC 3524-27
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D53D52
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early Iron Age cast ring-headed 'swan-neck' pin. The head is ring-shaped and diamond-shaped in cross-section. It is 37.13mm maximum in diamater. There is a diagonal join at one side of the head where the two ends meet. One end terminates here while the other curves downwards to create the stem. Both faces of teach end of the hoop are decorated with bands of three closely spaced, transverse grooves with similar decoration on one face of the upper end of the stem. The outer edge of the hoop behind the terminal end is decorated with…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ABD603
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Iron Age Icenian/East Anglian unit, dating to the period c.AD 10-40. Rudd's (2010) 'Norfolk God' Type.  ABC 1567; VA 792; BMC 3605-3759; Ev.16.8.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B14692
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a large late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic earthenware vessel. A thick-walled vessel with a very hard, coarse fabric tempered with spare poorly sorted white quartz (<2mm) and frequent red clay-like pellets (grog?). Dark brown core and surfaces with smooth outer face decorated with a series of parallel grooves. It is too small in size to determine the original form of the vessel.  With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto of OAE for the identification help.  Length: 61.93mm, width: 49.16mm, thickness: 13.65mm, weight: 44.10g
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4D7434
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy and red glass inlaid Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting. The object is a flattened semi-circular shape. Its outer face is decorated with two recessed crescents below the curved edge, an unclear design consisting of an irregular sub-oval with a horizontal line through the centre and a line of four smaller recessed crescents above the straight edge. Traces of red inlay can be seen within this design in places. A strip-like section is partially detached from the left side and a small section is missing from the right side. There is no…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-438BC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Iron Age Catuvellauni unit, dating to the period AD c.50 BC - AD 10. Rudd's 'Addedomaros Corded' Type. ABC 2544, VA 1646, BMC 2453-60, Ev.G8, N10, Al.Lx21, m 273, s 206.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4177FB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman mini-terret. An oval loop shape and oval in cross-section, narrowing towards its upper edge, which has worn through and is missing. There is a narrowed, flattened and recessed bar, c.5.2mm long, to one side, with a raised transverse ridge to either side on both faces. Although larger terrets functioned as reign guides on carts/chariots, smaller terrets like this one appear to have had different functions. Hutcheson (2004, 29) suggests that they many have been attached to the end of the straps that held the linch pin o…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F2CDD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Iron Age Catuvellaunian unit, issued c.60-20 BC. ABC (Rudd et al. 2010) 'winged helmet' Type.  Rudd et al. (ibid., 125) write that 'Dr John Sills believes that the helmeted head may be a stylised representation of Cassivellaunos'. B.M.C 381; ABC; 2472
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7F16AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman probable Aescia brooch. Only the fantail foot of the brooch survives. This is sub-triangular in shape, flaring considerably towards its lower end. Both sides curve inwards slightly and a small knop projects from each outer corner. The outer face is decorated with a central recessed rectangular panel which contains a vertical row of three raised lozenges. The remainder of the panel contains traces of reddish enamel. To the reverse there is the remains of a catch-plate, which has lost its hooked outer edge. There is a well wo…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.