Record ID: SF3598
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy and iron. It is flattish and consists of a disc with a long pointed projection. The disc is 16 mm in diameter and mainly composed of iron, with a depression in the centre which may once have been a perforation. Around the edge of the disc, at least on one face, is a short length of copper alloy which curves around and then projects out to end in what may be a relief animal head. The poor condition of the object means that it is hard to decide even if the animal head is in profile or full-face; it is just possible that it has been subjecte…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ELMSWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3601
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of unidentified object made of copper alloy, perhaps part of a decorative binding ring. Part of a hollow cylinder survives, with a thick triangular projection extending at right angles to the cylinder on the outside. The inside of the cylinder has a brown corrosion that is not found elsewhere on the fragment. The cylinder fragment measures 20 x 15 mm (one of the short edges being a probable original edge); the projection measures 7 x 13 mm at base and is 11 mm tall.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3529
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy ring, now broken at one point around the circumference. The section is a smooth oval, 3 x 4 mm, and the diameter is c. 24 mm. There is a polished grey-green patina. The break in the ring is L-shaped, and to one side has caused a longitudinal central split. Because of this, it seems possible that the ring was made by hammering rather than casting, and that a line of weakness remains around the centre. The ring looks old, but is not really datable.
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2000
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WEETING WITH BROOMHILL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4083
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy ring, circular and of oval section, 21 mm in diameter, and now rather corroded. At one point on the circumference there is a rectilinear moulding which runs around the whole of the section. The moulding is c. 2 mm thick and measures 4 x 5.5 mm. Around the moulding is some thick, well-preserved white-metal coating or, just possibly, solder. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CULPHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4682
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified copper-alloy object in very corroded condition. It is basically a flat piece of copper-alloy strip, now a little bent, 5 mm wide and 2 mm thick, with one end curled over or otherwise made into a solid cylinder 6 mm in diameter and with a perforation through the middle. The perforation is blocked with iron corrosion. This cylindrical loop is not set symmetrically to the strip, but creates one flat face, protruding on the other face. Over the flat face and top of the loop are two broad flutes; this is the only definite surviving decoration, although there may be hints of tr…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SHIMPLING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4882
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object of unidentified date and function. It appears to have been cast and is fairly chunky, consisting of a ?rectilinear plate, on average 2 mm thick, with most edges broken. A D-section rib runs transversely across the plate and then projects from the centre of one long edge as a 33 mm long rod. The plate's surviving dimensions are 23 x 15 mm; it has one surviving rounded corner. The other long edge is turned down at right angles and then broken. The rod flares very slightly to a maximum 4 x 6 mm at its end, which is complete. The surface is undecorated and rather rough…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WORLINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4965
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very corroded copper-alloy ring, 19 mm in external diameter and 13-15 mm in internal diameter. This is very small for a finger-ring and the ring is also undecorated. The ring is very light, so possibly hollow; but it has an uneven circular cross-section (2.5 to 1 mm diameter) which has not worn through anywhere, so if it is hollow either the void in the centre is very narrow or it was made unevenly. An odd little object of unknown date.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WALSHAM LE WILLOWS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5225
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy upholstery tack with hollow-domed pointed-oval head and remains of square-section spike. The head is carefully made with the convex surface made up of lots of longitudinal facets with some oblique filemarks. It may once have been neatly symmetrical, but now a bit of one edge has been cut away. The patina is a dark greyish black, but there is green below where the patina has rubbed off. The dating of this object is difficult - pointed-oval tacks are known from the Roman period but are also used today. The careful manufacture of this one might indicate a relatively early date.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5226
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy upholstery tack with hollow-domed pointed-oval head and remains of square-section spike. The dating of this object is difficult - pointed-oval tacks are known from the Roman period but are also used today.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5227
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy upholstery tack with hollow-domed circular head and complete bent square-section spike. The dating of this object is difficult - circular tacks are known from the Roman period but are also used today.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5228
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy nail with circular head 8 mm in diameter and 2 mm thick, and complete bent square-section spike. The dating of this object is difficult - circular nails and tacks are known from the Roman period but are also used today.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5247
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual and hard-to-date strap-end made from copper alloy. The attachment end is broken off, and the strap-end now consists only of one sheet 27.5 mm long, decorated on one face with five ring-and-dot motifs, tapering from 9 mm wide at the broken end to 8 mm wide at the narrower end which has two curved cut-outs at the corners. Off centre, between the ring-and-dot at the narrow end and its neighbour, is a small copper-alloy rivet which cuts through the ring. This strap-end is certainly post-Roman, and may be early Anglo-Saxon; it is not middle or late Anglo-Saxon, but may be medieval.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5407
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy ring. About half survives, in a corroded condition with apparently old breaks. 27 mm in diameter, the cross-section is a rounded 3mm sub-square with an internal and perhaps slight external casting flash. Undatable, but perhaps ancient.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5463
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky copper-alloy unidentified object. At one end is a flattened globular terminal 16 mm wide by 13 mm deep and 13 mm tall, with a side-to-side perforation. This ends in a narrow neck, and below the object flares out again and splits into a front and back plate, each about 4 mm thick and with bevelled edges. Each plate is slightly concave, and they come closest to each other In the centre where each plate has a perforation. Between the plates is iron corrosion and it seems possible that the plates could have been pulled together by an iron rivet passing through the central perforati…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT WALDINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5660
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a thin copper-alloy disc with unclear decoration on one face. There is a wide grooved border around worn relief decoration. The breaks are old and the reverse is undecorated. Original diameter c. 25-30 mm. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2001
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5736
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of one arm of a pair of tweezers. It flares from 7 mm wide at the fairly fresh break, to 8.5 mm close to the bottom; it becomes a little narrower at the turned-in end, but this may be due to edge damage. The arm is flat and the end is turned in at right angles. There is no decoration, and so the fragment is hard to date; it could date to anywhere from the Roman to the medieval period.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6184
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular copper-alloy ring, 21 mm in diameter. Rounded in section, 2.5 x 1.5 mm; otherwise featureless, with an even olive green patina. It is comfortable as a finger-ring and could well have been used as such. Dating is difficult as there are so few diagnostic features, but the patina looks of some age.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2001
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6291
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from cast copper alloy. It consists of a central stem and three side branches; the stem has a central rib on one face and has a fragment of a projecting corner at the base on the other face. The break here is old. The lowest side branch extends upwards and away from the stem in a straight line; the next one is on the other side, and is similar but longer and at a less acute angle. The third is back on the first side and is short and curved. The stem then ends in a point. The object has a hand-made look and a grey, surface-enriched or white-metal coated surface…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2001
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6871
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy and lead. Rectangular, flat and thick, it has six faces; two large front and back faces, two sides, and a top and bottom. One of the larger faces, both sides, certainly the top and also perhaps the bottom appear to have been made from a single piece of dark grey cast copper alloy which increases in thickness slightly from one short edge to the other. The other large face is made from a separate sheet of green copper alloy. There is an oval hole in the centre of this showing that the centre of the object is filled with lead. The hole ext…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK THORPE MORIEUX', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6872
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount made of copper alloy, sub-square with each side measuring 15 mm, and nearly 4 mm thick. On the reverse are the stubs of two slender attachment spikes or rivets. The front is decorated with a low-relief pattern with each strand emphasised by grooves. There is a double-strand border, around a double-strand cross which runs between the corners of the sub-square. The outer strand of the border has transverse grooves giving a beaded effect. The double stands of the cross interlace at the centre, and in the angles of the cross are radial grooves. The decoration is slightly obscu…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK MENDLESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.