Record ID: SF-BFDFBF
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy conical Medieval seal matrix dating to the 13th-14th Century.  It has a circular base/die with a hexagonally faceted handle tapering to a suspension loop. The die is circular in plan and is engraved with a two pronged curving lines creating a stylised fleur de lis, and underneath three parallel lines and a letter E. The inscription reads EST AMOR ME... - (Jesus) is my love) Height: 19.57mm Diameter: 17.13 Weight: 6.36g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BE1EA6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant of Mediaeval date (post-c.1198 to 1340).  It is shield-shaped (with straight top and sides curving to a point), and depicts the arms of England, Gules three lions passant guardant Or, with the remains of red enamel in the recessed field.  An elongated suspension loop projects at a right-angle to the plane of the pendant from the centre of the upper edge. Harness pendants were in use from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, with enamelled and heraldic types predominating in the late thirteenth and fourteenth …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iken', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-599B39
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval buckle/strap fitting component. The main loop of the frame is T-shaped, comprising a wide, rectangular outer section with a narrower rectangular section projecting at a right-angle from the centre of its inner edge. The outer end of this latter, rear section culminates in an incomplete oval-shaped attachment loop with a narrow, raised, transverse collar accross the outer face of its inner end. An in situ copper-alloy pin sits within the rear section of the loop.  The outer rectangular part of the frame has bevelled outer…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rushbrooke with Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-592631
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant. It is very worn, and consists of the harness suspension mount with hinge and pendant. Although worn, it appears to have been sextagonal in shape, and retains inlaid enamel of red and blue alternating in triangular shapes, thinning to the central rivet. There is evidence of white metal coating.  Length: 34.37mm Diameter of pendant: 18.73mm Weight: 7.03g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-58801B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. Broken off at the fold, with a design of a lion walking facing forward, in a raised rectangular linear frame with stippling, added by multiple punching; with evidence of guilding. There are circular holes for three rivets, now missing. A similar example can be found in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg 110-112, plate 72, 500.  Length: 26.89mm Width: 33.40mm Weight: 6.97g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-575ED5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rimsherd of Medieval coarseware. Weight: 30.01g Length: 30.98mm Width: 70.82mm
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-561E89
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy spindle whorl dating to circa AD 1100-1550. It is broadly circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The central hole is circular with an internal diameter of 8.65mm. The piece is heavily worn. Spindle whorls can be hard to date accurately as they remained in use for a long period of time.  The weight of the spindle whorl is suggestive of a thick linen or wool fibre being spun, as there is a direct relationship between the weight of the whorl and the thickness of the resulting thread. Fine threa…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5589FA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy signet ring dating to the Medieval period. The finger ring has a D-sectioned band which is broken, with just one shoulder remaining. The oval bezel measures 13.70 x 10.7mm. The bezel is decorated with incised decoration consisting of a crowned capital I flanked by palm fronds. They date from the 15th - early 16th century AD. It weighs 2.87g.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kentford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-55248A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval buckle frame and plate. The buckle frame resembles a Meols type 2, D shaped buckle, dating to AD 1250-1350. The frame has a flat, expanded outer edge, with engraved transverse grooves. The frame has a narrowed and offset bar with an in-situ copper-alloy pin.  The buckle plate is square with four in-situ copper-alloy rivets and one hole where the rivet would have been. These are in the four corners of the plate with the final rivet in the centre. The reverse of the plate has mostly corroded, exposing the rivets. The rivets sit wit…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kentford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-542C92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle plate. It is a rectangular shaped plate with a small circular hole through the bottom right corner, the upper right corner has remains of an in-situ copper-alloy rivet. The inner edge has the remains of two attachment loops projecting from the centre.The outer face is decorated with a possible dragon with wings spreading out the the upper corner.  It has a brown-green patina. 
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-54127D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. It consists of a circular shape with a pin rest. There is no decoration evident.  Width: 13.70mm Length: 23.03mm Weight: 1.34g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-53EFFB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sexfoil mount of Medieval date. A flower-like sexfoil mount copper-alloy sheeting, faceted, domed with two separate rivets (one of which is missing) and central hole, dating to the 14th Century, similar examples can be found in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg 189, plate 119). There is evidence of white metal coating.  Weight: 1.36g Diameter: 22.48mm
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-447F12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy single loop buckle with the pin in situ , although the pin is incomplete, of probable Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is triangular in shape, with a semi-circular cross section in the frame. The reverse is plain, however, there is evidence of white metal coating and incised groves. At the point of the triangle, there is a pin rest notch, on the inside of the frame. The object has a brown / green patina. No published parallels have been identified for this example, however a similar example can be found on PAS (LVPL-24E6C4). Dimensions: Length …
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-431978
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a late Medieval to Post-Medieval vessel. The sherd is reddish in colour, with coarse inclusions. On the interior of the vessel the floor has a relatively thick yellow/white residue, with a large oval area of lead that is not obviously a vessel mend but is attached to the vessel. This sherd measures 37.22mm in length, 30.45mm in width, 13.01mm in thickness, and 20.81g in weight. It is of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.15th-16th centuries AD if not slightly earlier.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-41D73E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle plate. It is rectangular in shape with three circular rivet holes, one containing a rivet. At the attachment end, is a pin slot. There is no decoration present.  Length:29.80mm Width: 18.64mm Weight: 3.34g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3F509E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval date (c.1300-1400). Description: The object consists of a circular die face, a waisted handle, hexagonal in cross-section and oval loop, with iron corrosion within. The dies face is engraved with a a pair of crossed arms above/below a crescent. A plain circular border separates this from the inscription which starts at 12 or 6 o'clock and runs retrograde around the edge of the die face reading, '+PRIVE SV', which translates to 'I am private'. A star begins the inscription. The object has an ev…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-2F3481
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is rectangular, with two holes which held integral lugs, one of which is misisng. There is moulding around the outside of the plate. A third integral lug is in situ at the break end of the plate.  Without the buckle frame it is difficult to date more precisely than c.AD 1250-1500. Length: 18.98mm Width: 17.19mm Weight: 2.18g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2F21B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, made out of a sheet, with a circular hole at one end, and the remains of another hole at the break end. There is a thin folded sheet at the top with the remains of an iron pin in situ. There is evidence of gilding on the surface.  Width 42.17mm Length: 21.70mm Weight: 5.00g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E78B9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1300-1500. The extant piece consits of the outer edge of the frame of a single looped D-shaped buckle. The outer edge is broadly triangular. Similar examples are depicted in Whitehead 2003: 109-117. Length:42.88mm Width: 28.70mm Weight: 4.27g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E6355
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete  copper-alloy buckle plate. The object is formed from a long strip folded in two, the outer section much longer and wider than the reverse, which is corroded. Square notches have been cut in the centre and to either side of the fold creating a gap for now missing pin, although iron corrosion can be seen. There is a small circular hole through each corner and the centre containing in situ copper alloy rivets, with one missing. Without the buckle frame it is difficult to date more precisely than c.AD 1250-1500. Weight: 7.45g Width: 23.79mm Length: 31.95mm
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.