Record ID: SF-378E89
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment Iron Age 'ribbed terret'. It is copper-alloy and the hoop has been cast in one with the bar, it would have been oval in shape when complete and the curvilinear fragment that survives measures 40.5mm in length and 11.3mm in width across the hoop. The hoop has four surviving lip mouldings along it. There are five terrets of a similar style, with between 8 to 11 lip mouldings round their circumference, from Kirkburn, east Yorkshire, they vary in size. The examples from Kirkburn have iron strap-bars, rather than cast in one copper-alloy, these are either straight or down…
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Little Blakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-558779
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age terret ring harness fitting dating to 150 BC-AD 50. Te extant piece consists of a segment of the ring, which is broadly circular sectioned. It has a simple moulded raised discoidal projection. A portion of the next part of the ring survives by terminating in an ancient break.  It is consistent with Lewis' 2013 lobed terret group. Owing to the fragmentary nature of the terret, it is not possible to determine how many projections it would have had. Consequently, a broad 2nd century BC to early 1st century AD date is suggested…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EE4EA3
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age terret ring harness fitting dating to circa 150 BC-AD 50. The extant piece consists of a segment of the ring, which is broadly plano-convex in section. It has a simple moulded raised rectangular projection. A portion of the next part of the ring survives by terminating in an ancient break.  It is consistent with Lewis' 2013 lobed terret group. Owing to the fragmentary nature of the terret, it is not possible to determine how many projections it would have had. Consequently, a broad 2nd century BC to early 1st century AD date is suggested.  Le…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EE24BD
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age terret ring harness fitting dating to circa 250 BC-AD 50. The extant piece consists of the narrowed rectangular bar with rounded edges. At either end of the bar are two projecting moulded collars which gave way to the ring. The ring has shoulders which taper dramatically and turn almost at a right angle before terminating in an ancient break. The terret is consistent with Lewis' D-shaped form (2013). Because the ring does not survive in any great volume it is difficult to determine whether it would have been plain or elaborately decorated and, consequen…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', 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-867235
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy terret ring harness fitting dating to circa 250 BC-AD 200.  The object consists only of a short section of metal, heavily worn and ending in breaks at both ends. The object consists of a curved length of moulded copper alloy, with two sections separated by an expanded moulding. The longer portion is rectangular-sectioned. It joins the flat end of the moulded collar at a slight angle, and appears to be slightly curved, The collar expands outwards from the bar at nearly 90 degrees to form a collar with an uneven sub-oval…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B3BE66
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy terret dating to circa 100 BC-AD 100. The surviving element is the rounded section of the ring. Each end terminates in ancient breaks. At one end is oval collar which traces of iron staining in the hollowed reverse. From here the terret tapers gently before terminating. Not enough of the terret is extant to determine a classification. Length: 37.7mm; Thickness; 4.9mm; Weight: 8.84g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D2A396
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman dropped-bar terret ring, dating to c. AD 50- 200. It consists of a larger circular loop, which has a slightly D-shaped cross-sectioned frame and a fragment of a further rectangular loop frame extending from its lower edge. The fragment is oval in cross-section and L-shaped in plan; the breaks are old and worn. The outer face of the circular loop has a shallow longitudinal median rib. The surfaces are heavily worn and the edges moderately damaged. See Lewis (2015). Cf with similar terrets recorded on PAS: CAM-24B938, SF-2EDA8F. Diamete…
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA0284
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman terret. The object is D-shaped, its curved outer end and sides circular in cross-section with a straight rectangular cross-sectioned bar across its inner end. The outer face of the curved outer end and sides is decorated with a longitudinal strip of engraved herringbone-motif. Each curved side expands and culminates in a disc-like terminal to either side of the bar. These terminals have rounded inner faces and flattened outer faces and each has an engraved line encircling its sides. A section of wear is visible to one side of the ou…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-441ED8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper-alloy joining fragments of an Iron Age flat-ring terret, dating to the early first century AD. The two fragments are slightly curved in plan and in the front face have a champleve' decoration depicting a series of scrolls; along the inner and outer circumferential edge there is a raised rim. The cells are filled with enamel and traces of a silver covering is visible on the front face. Lewis (2015, 108) suggests that enamelled crescentic terrets featuring red and yellow enamel rather than a wider range of colours are likely to date from the early first century AD, althou…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-397BB5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman terret ring, dating to BC 10- AD 200. The ring has an oval cross-section and traces of the attachment loop protruding from its edge. The two protrusions have a sub-rectangular cross section and might have defined a rectangular or trapezoidal attachement loop. The terret is abraded and pitted. Cf. Plouviez et ali( 2003, p. 129, fig. 89, no. 228). Total length, including protrusion: 40.30 mm Internal diameter: 24.82 mm External diameter: 34.53 mm Thickness: 8.00 mm Weight: 29.52 g
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-2EE2B8
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy harness fitting of Iron Age date. The item is circular in shape and features a smaller circular bezel in the centre, supported by three arms each with collared terminals, connecting the central circle to the outer circle. The central boss likely contained a decorative setting which has since been lost. The underside of the central circular bezel and of the outer circular band are flat, giving the latter a 'D' shaped cross section. The circular bezel at the centre is hollow with a drilled circular hole in the centre. At each of the connection points of the…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-3176E9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy harness fitting of the late Iron Age to post Medieval period. It is a circular ring with an oval cross-section. The inner edge is slightly flattened as well as the front and back. Corrosion covers the surface of the object. The date is late Iron Age to Post Medieval, c.100 BC to c.AD 1800. Similar examples in the PAS database include: WMID-5F0313. Diameter: 24.79 mm Thickness: 5.90 mm Weight: 11.16 g
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC1DFC
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment originating from a terret ring of uncertain type, dating to the Late Iron Age or Early Roman period, c. 100 BC- 100 AD. Only around 30-40% of the terret survives, the extant fragment consisting the very edge of the strap bar and one side of the object, truncated at both ends in old breaks. Curving in plan and broadly circular in section, it demonstrates an extremely prominent disc-shaped collar adjacent to the surviving fragment of strap bar, in addition to a projecting disc-shaped protrusion at the mid-point of its surviving side, the latter b…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3BA219
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy terret ring dating from the Middle Iron Age to early Roman periods, c. 100 BC -100 AD. This example is of Lewis' 'simple' type, being circular in plan and section, demonstrating two projecting circular collars at its lower edge which enclose a constricted strap-bar. At one end of the latter is concreted ferrous product which likely represents part of the means by which the terret was originally attached. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it measures 38.08mm long, 42.17mm in diameter, 6.21mm thick at the midpoint of the strap-bar, 5.59m…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2EDA8F
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman dropped-bar terret. The object consists of a larger oval loop with a smaller rectangular loop extending from one side. There is a gap between the two loops caused by wear from use. The oval loop has a slightly thickened, rounded outer edge and low raised ridges on both faces to either side of its inner edge. The rectangular loop is slightly narrower than the oval one. The surface of the metal is fairly corroded. Terrets were attached to yokes positioned across the backs of pairs of ponies, functioning as rein guides. Lewis (2015, 96, tab…
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC0EFB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy terret ring of 'platform decorated' type, dating c. 100 BC-100 AD. It is broadly oval in plan, with a rectangular-sectioned strap bar at its base and circular-sectioned thicker frame. The strap bar is demarcated from the frame by the presence of a single disc-like projecting moulding on each side. On the other three cardinal points of the terret an integral rectangular panel is visible, each demonstrating a saltire-like raised moulding that creates four recessed triangular cells. In the panel on the top of the terret a fragment of surviving red enamel sugg…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DA1DC6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy terret ring of probable later Iron Age or early Roman date corresponding to Hutcheson's 'three-lipped' type, dating c. 100 BC-100 AD. The object would originally have been broadly 'D' shaped in plan view, though now only around 1/3 of the terret survives intact, with the rest missing in old breaks. It consists of around half the rectangular-sectioned offset strap bar, at the surviving edge of which there is a prominent disc-shaped collar. This serves to divide the strap bar from the broadly plano-convex surviving arm of the frame, which tapers steadily …
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B0CE32
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy lipped terret ring of Late Iron Age to early Roman date. It comprises a flat bar that is rectangular in section and is mostly missing due to old breaks. The bar projects from the centre of a moulded vertical collar that is disc shaped in form and from which extends the surviving sections of the loop. The loop is circular in section, curved, and tapers towards old breaks. Towards the old breaks is a lip-shaped moulding formed from two outwardly projecting discs separated by a deep groove and with flat back/inner face on the loop. Between the bar and lipped mo…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A8192E
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman knobbed terret (rein guide). It is roughly D-shaped. There is a narrowed bar, rectangular in cross-section, across the base, which would have allowed attachment to a vehicle. To either side of this there is a raised collar. The curved frame extends from these, this is oval in cross-section and tapers gradually towards the upper part of the terret. In the centre of the outer face of each side there is a three-lobed knob and in the centre of the outer face of the apex there is a four-lobed knob. One of the sign knobs is now largely…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.