Record ID: PUBLIC-3A2F52
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron nail from a secure archaeological context dating to the fourth century AD.  The head is sub rectangular and has both ends bent downwards at 90 degrees to the top. The shaft is rectangular and is hammered thinner towards the point which is missing in antiquity.  Measurments :-  Head ( including shaped ends ) 82mm x 22.2mm , Width 46.11mm , Total length 83.85mm , Shaft width max 20.14mm x 9.69mm , Weight 90.1g
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-39E602
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron nail from a secure archaeological context dating to the fourth century AD.  The head is sub rectangular and L-shaped in profile. The shaft is rectangular and terminates in a hammered point.  Measurments :-  Head 32.23mm x 23.3mm , Total length 76.89mm , Shaft width max 15.41mm x 6.78mm , Weight 78.7g
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-39CD52
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron nail from a secure archaeological context dating to the fourth century AD.  The nail is T-shaped in profile. The head is sub rectangular and large in proportion to the length of the shaft. The shaft is rectangular and terminates in a thin hammered point. The shaft curves below the head.   Measurments :-  Head 49.75mm x 44.82mm , Total length 90.42mm , Shaft width max 17.75mm x 13.15mm , Weight 138.1g
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-398053
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete wrought iron nail from a secure archaeological context dating to the fourth century AD.  The nail is T-shaped in profile. The head is sub rectangular above a long rectangular shaft which terminates in a hammered point. The shaft bends at an approximate 10 degree angle below the head until roughly half way down the shaft length then straightens from there to the hammered point.  Measurments :-  Head 26.69mm x 17.23mm , Total length 192mm , Shaft width max 11.57mm x 8.75mm , Weight 100.9g
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F6A5CC
Object type: LAMP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Roman iron lamp dating to circa AD 43-410. It has a broadly circular chamber with vertical walls and a flat base. At one end, there is a broadly hemispherical spout. The hanger is rectangular-sectioned and loops inwardly. It terminates in a broadly circular knop with central, circular suspension loop. It is now heavily corroded.  A similar incomplete recorded under BH-706431. A similar example is also attested in a metalwork hoard recovered from a grave fill, recorded under BH-84CCFA. Another very similar example is accessioned at the British Mu…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ousden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-7FAA9C
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron nail, possibly a hob nail of Roman date. It has a corroded dome-shaped head with integral square sectioned shaft that tapers to a blunt tip. The entire object measures 8.67mm in width/diameter at head, 4.35mm in thickness at head, 13.84mm in length including shaft, and 1.02g in weight. It finds parallels in Manning's Type 10 hob nails (Manning, 1985: pp. 136-137, fig. 32 no. 10, and is of probable Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ousden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A18281
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete iron Roman brooch of P-shaped type. At the head of the brooch is a separately cast iron axis bar, which has globular terminals and is held in place by the flattened head of the bow being folded around the axis bar. A separately iron spring chord and spring of at least four coils are coiled around the axis bar. To one side of the spring coils is a separate iron pin that is cylindrical in form, perhaps missing its tip due to old breaks, and coiled around the axis bar. This suggests the originaly pin may have broken, the surviving pin a replacement to enable the brooch to cont…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0276F4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete iron hammer, possibly a hand hammer of Roman date. It is rectangular in form with a central oval head that has a central circular aperture retaining some of its encrusted soil. At each end the head tapers to rectangular chisel edges, one of which is pointed the other flattened and perhaps missing its outer edge due to old breaks. All surfaces of the object have red/brown corrosion products, but the object is largely complete. It measures 149.07mm in length, 45.95mm in width (at centre, 21.00mm and 21,26mm at each end), 20.70mm in thickness, and 325g in weight. Similar ir…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St. Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F19530
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible worn and corroded iron spear, perhaps a pilum of Roman date. It has a tapering shaft that is cylindrical in section with an incomplete socket at the attachment end. At the terminal end the shaft tapers to a flattened blade, most of which is incomplete due to old breaks. This is sub-oval in form, perhaps tapering towards a pointed tip, but the precise shape remains uncertain given the preservation of the object. It measures 288mm in surviving length, 15.91mm in width/diameter at socket, 35.04mm in surviving width at blade, and 147.46g in weight. The precise form of this o…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-16C2E3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron fragment. Undiagnostic, no details.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich, near (addenda)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-614293
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large iron object, probably an anvil of possible Roman date. It is roughly rectangular in profile, square in section, tapering slightly towards one end. All surfaces have extensive corrosion and encrustation making close identification of both form and means of manufacture impossible. The entire object measures 230mm in length and 220mm in width at one end (base?), 190mm in length and 160mm in width at the opposite end (top?), and roughly 240mm in height. It has not been possible to obtain an accurate weight for the object, which is substantially heavier than the 20kg maximum scale …
Created on: Thursday 21st August 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braiseworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D7E43
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of possible Roman date. It has a curved and flaring blade that has a triangular longitudinal section. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval with an integral projecting lug at the blade end on the upper surface. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 171mm in length, 40.09mm in width at poll end, 46.23mm in height …
Created on: Monday 4th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BE342
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron knife of uncertain date. The blade is curved in shape with a convex cutting edge and a flat, straight back. The cutting edge curves upwards to meet the back at a rounded tip that is now missing due to old breaks. A short section of the tang extends from the top back edge of the blade. This is oval in section and measures 9.35mm in height, 6.95mm in width, and 16.96mm in length. The entire object is heavily corroded and rusted and has a slight bend half way down its length due to post-depositional damage. It measures 110.20mm in total length, 33.88mm in height, 6.39mm…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E6B3F3
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a probable Roman iron double spiked loop.It has been bent at right angles into an L-shape, with a loop, filled with corrosion at one terminal and the two arms terminating with spiked ends. The arms are separate from each other but corroded together. The object measures 57.36mm in length, from loop terminal to the right-angle bend, and is 21.12mm wide across the loop. The arms are 6.56mm and 6.84mm in width, and the object weighs 33g. Whilst it ressembles double spiked loops from Hatcheston (Blagg et al, 2004, nos 291 etc) it does seem to be deliberately bent in half, unlike the others…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80BCB5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron blade, possibly from a sickle which could be Roman or later in date. The blade is curving and rectangular in shape, the thinner blade edge in on the inside of the curve. One face appears to have a worn longitudinal ridge along its centre and the over all cross-section is triangular. It measures 144.47mm in length and 19.09mm in width and 7.73mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4240B4
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron possible Roman hob nail, with a conical head and a tapering square cross-sectioned shaft. The head measures 11mm in base diameter and c7mm in height. The shaft tapers to a point and curves upwards at its tip, it is c9mm in length and c3.5mm in width and thickness. Hob nails were used in Roman military footwear, boots were made from three main pieces of leather, the upper the sole and the insole, all three layers were clenched together with hobnails, frequently arranged in patterns, some which were created to facilitate compfortable walking (Bishop and Coulston 1993, 100,…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E13D64
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, heavily corroded and damaged iron probable knife blade, measuring 85mm in surviving length and 21.5mm in width. It has a straight back and curving blade edge. This blade could date from the Roman period onwards, iron is very difficult to date and this example is especially corroded.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-40C285
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five lumps of concreted soil containing iron smelted waste products, (a) 67mm by 53mm by 33mm, 159.56g, (b)60mm by 35mm by 45mm, 137.93g, (c) 45 by 27 by 17, 41.13g, (d) 37 by 27 by 14, 32.85g, (e) 60mm by 43mm by 22mm, 84.66g. (b) includes rusty earth material, (a) and (c-e) are apparently metallic, or contain hard coked wastes. There is a sixth piece (see illustration) essentially of iron residue which includes a lump of bronze and a superficial purplish staining which may represent silver rendered down from a tinned surface on the bronze. 42mm by 38mm by 20mm, weight 56.49g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-077E15
Object type: BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blacksmith-made iron object 50mm long by 31.5mm wide and 2.2mm thick. It consists primarily of an ovate or sub-circular plate 31mm in diameter with a central rivet or round-headed nail. The head is 8mm in diameter and the shank 4.5mm,and projects 9mm at the back of the plate. From one side of this plate a finger of iron 9mm wide projects 18mm, and on the opposite side a broader and thicker projection, which develops into a lateral prong (probably formerly a pair of prongs, before the object was corroded), rises at 90 degrees from the flat. Perhaps the most convicing explanation of th…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0F540
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded iron knife-blade 80.5mm long and 12.00mm wide at the widest point. The thickness before corrosion appears to have been about 4mm. The knife has a straight squared back to the blade, which runs parallel to the cutting edge for about 55mm from the root of the tang, and then curves gently down towards the point. The cutting edge itself is perfectly straight. The tang is not present, nor its point of attachment visible, but seems most likely to have been continuous with the thicker part of the object, i.e. on the side of the squared back to the blade.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.