Record ID: SUSS-E3DD34
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead object, possibly a palm guard, probably dating from the 17th-20th century. This palm guard is sub-circular in plan. One side of the object is convex and the other is flat.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E368D3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete post medieval cast lead alloy circular uni-faced token. The token has a raised design of the initials CW on one side, the other side is blank. Diameter: 18.95mm. Weight: 3.89g.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E35AEE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver, possible coin, smoothed and now illegible. Possibly a sixpence of William III. Diameter: 19.34mm. Weight: 2.10g.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D66B15
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular uniface token. Half the token is missing. It is decorated with a cross.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D65D81
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy sub-circular uniface token of Powell Type 2 dating c. AD 1500-1850. The token is decorated with letters HB which are ligated and the other face is undecorated. Measurements: diameter: 18.27mm; weight: 4.98g. Discussion:Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (1500-1850AD), those which seem to …
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D63126
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Post Medieval coin, pierced at the centre. The surface of both the obverse and reverse is too worn to identify. Almost half the coin is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D61916
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and folded copper-alloy Rose Farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), uncertain type, dating to 1636-1644.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D58649
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a silver halfgroat of Charles I (AD 1625-1649). The obverse is too worn to identify the bust.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D56EAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver, possible coin, smoothed and now illegible. Possibly a sixpence of William III reused as a token.
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D5546B
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy dress fastener whose form has been suggested by Read (2008: 104) to date to the early Post-Medieval Period c. 1500 - 1600 AD. The object is composed of a rectangular tag attachment at the top of a flat sub-ovate plate. The plate and tag are broadly trapezoidal in cross section. The object is a Read class E type 3. Similar examples are illustrated by Read (2008: 104, No. particularly 403) and are also included on the PAS database such as OXON-019789, BERK-4A0C4D, SOM-49B7AA and NARC-527B3A
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-BE8C78
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval gilded silver finger-ring, dating to the 16th century. The hoop is a low D shape in cross-section, with a curved exterior and a flat interior. The exterior is decorated with two parallel grooves forming a curved undulating zig-zag, with the spaces above and below filled with closely spaced irregular rows of punched annulets, an effect often known as 'brambled'. There is a grooved border to either side of the hoop. The inside surface is plain with a makers mark of a shield with an internal cross. There is a clean transverse break on the hoop. Dimensi…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D8556
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, copper alloy, farthing of William III, (1694-1702 AD). Obverse: laureate and cuirassed bust facing right and the legend: GVLIELMUS TERTIVS. Reverse: Britannia seated left with date 1700 in the exergue. The coins is of first issue coinage; Ref: Spink 3557. Diameter: 22.14mm. Weight: 4.8g.
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D6C3F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast, uniface lead token depicting a house dating c. AD 1500-1800. Description: a circular token with a high relief depiction of a house with a pitched roof, a upper story lozenge shaped window and a rectangular front door. A tiered flight of three steps leads up to the front door. There is a raised rim around the edge of the token and a small section of the edge of the flan is missing in two places. The reverse of the object is blank. Measurements: Diameter: 20.7mm; thickness: 1.74mm; weight: 2.82g. Discussion: This object falls within Po…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D45BE
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy spherical "crotal" or "rumbler" bell (AD 1600-1800). The bell was cast in one piece, using two opposing moulds. The body of the bell is spherical in shape, with an integral sub rectangular suspension loop attached to the top. There is no decoration on the surface of the bell. The 'pea' is still present inside the bell. Measurements: length: 31.51 mm, width: 25.96 mm and weight: 19.41g
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D10FA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rectangular double-looped buckle (c. 1570-c. 1700). The frame is undecorated and convex at the front and flat at the rear. Both loops are trapezoidal in shape and similar in size. Each loop is turned upwards from the strap bar. The pin is missing. There is a cast copper alloy plate around the strap bar which is notched on one side for the pin. The plate narrows terminating in a hook. The buckle measures 23.55mm long, 18.07mm wide and weighs 4.93 grams. A similar buckle can be found in Whitehead (2003) pg 81, ref 503.
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Arlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D01F7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy bayonet scabbard slide of post medieval date to modern date, c. AD 1700-1900. Description: The slide comprises of a narrow plate, skittle shaped in plan, which recurves back under itself to form a flatted hook. The upper section is D shaped in cross-section. It has a convex, ovate terminal knob which narrows to a waisted neck before swelling to a convex ovate central section which narrow down to a flat base. Here, the plate recurves back under itself forming a flat hook, ovate in plan it matches the upper central section in width, extending two thirds…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2C3724
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Jew's harp (or Jaws harp) of probable Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1500 - 1800. The Jew's harp comprises a sub circular head with two tapering prongs, and is lozenge-shaped in cross section. A rabbat (notch) on one side at the apex of the head would have accommodated the iron tongue, which is now missing. Similar examples have been recorded on the database including: SUSS-ED4511, SUSS-BCB981DUR-E5C503, IOW-05D9A4 and LIN-F704EB.
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Arlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2C2C2E
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of anonymous issuer dating to c. 1500-1550. Rose/orb type, 'large orb' series, with fictitious inscription. Minted at Nuremberg. Cf Mitchiner (1988), p377-379. Measurements: Diameter: 25.57mm, weight: 1.3g.
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 9th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2C23B8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period AD1400-1550. The buckle is double looped, with each aperture oval in shape and almost symmetrical. The frame is angled. The outer edges have serrated decoration. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing. It is D shaped in cross-section. It has a dark green patina. The buckle measures 21.16mm long, 15.55mm wide, 1.93mm thick and weighs 1.55 grams. Similar examples can be seen on data base SUSS-21957A and in Whitehead (2003) p.60, which dates to AD1450-1600.
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Frittenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2C1BDE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast Post Medieval copper alloy double loop buckle. AD c1500-1650. The frame has two oval loops which are bevelled with slightly widened outer edges with a transverse incised groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with a lobed knop at either end. The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark green patina. The buckle measures 32.28mm long, 19.22mm wide, 3.06mm thick and weighs 4.94 grams. Whitehead (2003) p.55 illustrates similar type buckles
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dover Area', grid reference and parish protected.