Record ID: SF-2D58FB
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an iron probable late medieval to early post-medieval scabbard chape. Only the lower end of the object survives. This is a cast, hollow flat triangular chape with a jagged break around its upper edge and a flattened globular terminal projecting from its lower end. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. Scabbard chapes are more commonly made from sheet metal, but cast examples in copper alloy and iron are known. Compare PAS records: PUBLIC-03A532, LON-0444D0 and WMID-C808A3. It seems likely to be of late medieval to early post-medieval date. Le…
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-5EAD57
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of four ferrous nails of an uncertain date. Each has rectangular-sectioned shanks and flat rectangular heads. 1. Length: 46mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness:3.2mm: Head width: 11.8mm; Weight: 5.00g 2. Length: 64mm; Width: 6.5mm; Thickness: 6.5mm; Head width: 14.2mm; Weight: 11.36g.  3. Length: 34.6mm; Width: 7.00mm; Thickness; 6.8mm; Head width: 9.4mm; Weight: 5.28g.  4. Length: 24.2mm; Width: 2.6mm; Thickness: 2.5mm; Head with: 11.3mm; Weight: 1.46g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-68761A
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of six iron nails of an uncertain, probably Medieval to Post Medieval date. Each nail is rectangular sectioned and heavily corroded. 1. Flat rectangular head survives. Length: 33.6mm; Width: 6.0mm; Thickness: 4mm; Weight: 2.61g. 2.L shaped. Length: 21.2mm; Width: 4.4mm; Thickness: 3.9mm; Weight: 1.95g. 3. L-shaped. Length: 27.3mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness: 4.6 mm; Weight: 1.76g. 4. Length: 44.9mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness: 3.6mm: Weight: 4.22g. 5. Length: 25.2mm; Width: 7.2mm; Thickness: 4.7mm; Weight: 2.26g. 6. Length: 30.9mm; Width: 5.3mm; Thickness: 4.6mm; Weigh…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-116332
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete wrought iron medieval barbed and socketed 'broadhead' arrowhead. The surviving section of the blade is triangular in shape with straight sides and lozenge-shaped cross-section. One side of the inner end projects into an incomplete barb, whilst the one on the other is largely missing. A deep groove runs along the joints between the blade and socket on either face. The socket is circular in cross-section and expands slightly towards its outer end. A longitudinal fold runs along one side of the socket from manufacture. The surface o…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EAF8A6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Early Medieval iron knife dating to circa AD 500-1000. It is a whittle-tanged knife. The tang is rectangular-sectioned and tapers gently from a maximum width of 9.44mm at the junction with the blade to 5.4mm at its terminal. The blade is broadly straight-backed though there is an element of thickening at the shoulder, likely caused by corrosion rather than design. The knife becomes convex curving towards the tip. The cutting edge is slightly curved at the tip from the straight back and gently flares outwards from a width of 7.2mm to the maximum width of the bla…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ipswich', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: SF-58DAE2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) socketed spearhead. The blade is approximately 210mm in length, 27.5mm wide and 5.2mm thick. It is medium length with a narrow leaf-shaped blade profile and barely visible midrib on both sides of the blade. The socket is approximately 103mm in length, 24.1mm wide and 25.8mm thick. It is circular in cross-section and heavily corroded on one face. There is a slight rounded swelling to either side of the join between the blade and socket. Probably Swanton Series C2 / Hines and Bayliss SP4 (Bayliss and Hines 2013, 163-182). Swanton (19…
Created on: Friday 25th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6690D5
Object type: STRIKE A LIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Early Medieval iron firesteal or strike-a-light dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a flat sub-rectangular bar with a central hump and scrolled ends. The scrolled ends contain central apertures. The item is heavily corroded and no discernible decorative element is visible on each face. Other Early Medieval examples can be inlaid and decorated with stylised bird heads. The scrolled ends may be part of a zoomorphic design. The item is similar in form to LIN-EF72D9 and examples depicted in West 1998: pg 195, nos 13-15. In the record of the form it is noted…
Created on: Thursday 20th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FA081B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron medieval socketed 'broadhead' arrowhead. Both sides of the blade are missing leaving its original form unclear. A low, rounded mid-rib runs down the centre of both faces of the blade, expanding to develop into an elongated circular cross-sectioned socket at its inner end. The socket is c.18.00mm in length and c.10.5mm in diameter. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. This is probably one of Jessop's (1997, 2) 'early multi-purpose forms', which he suggests date mainly to the 11th to 14th century AD (ibid.). In the LMMC catalogue (1967) ty…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B355D6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron medieval buckle frame. It is D-shaped with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. There is a a pair of globular swellings in the centre of the outer edge of the outer face. The metal is heavily corroded. Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, fig.2.5.1) Type 4, dating to the late 14th century Length: 15.30mm, width: 11.64mm, thickness: 3.47mm, weight: 1.31g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-580AC2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron core in copper-alloy casing Early Medieval weight, dating to AD 850-1066. It is spherical with two opposite flat faces. One face has a circular sunken line decorated with a series of punched annulets; the opposite flat face might have had the same decoration, but the iron corrosion has burts through the copper-alloy coating and covers large part of the surface. Cf. Rogerson (in EAA 74, 1995, p. 69, fig. 52, no. 136). See a parallel on PAS: NMS-8BB723 Diameter: 24.23 mm Height: 17.83 mm Weight: 40.51 g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-651846
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment originating from an iron rowel spur of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. 1300-1700. Only the circular-sectioned neck of the spur survives, with the six-pointed copper-alloy 'rowel' still preserved in-situ. The rest of the object, consisting the arms of the object, is broken away in old damage. Preserved completely corroded and in relatively poor condition, the spur survives to a length of 41.50mm, 10.66mm thick at its midpoint, and c. 30.34mm in width at the widest point of the rowel. It weighs 13.83g. Ellis (in Clark, 1995, p. 147) notes that rowels of this …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-44FC96
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron spearhead dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 500-650 AD. The spear is lanceolate, missing parts of its blade and tip as well as the lower section of the socket- though is otherwise preserved relatively complete. The cleft socket is circular in section and tapers towards its junction with the blade, demonstrating a triangular cut-out section on one side, in which can still be viewed fragments of semi-mineralised wood. The socket neck is short and solid, expanding outwards again and tapering into a blade of probable leaf-shaped original form, the central midrib o…
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-445676
Object type: SEAX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron Seax or long knife dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 450-600 AD. The object is single edged, with a triangular-sectioned blade that thickens at its upper edge and curves down towards its point, giving it a humped appearance. The tang is triangular in form and follows the centre line of the blade, though the presumably organic handle is now missing. Preserved in fair condition with the original surface now mostly obscured by corrosion products, the seax measures c. 345mm long, 17.50mm thick at the midpoint of the tang, 42.49mm thick at the midpoint of the blade…
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1B1F51
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron spearhead of probable Iron Age or early medieval date. The object is formed from hand forged iron with a leaf-shaped blade and socket formed from a flattened sheet rolled into a closed tube with a join running along one face. The blade is c.168mm long, 28.2mm long at its widest point and 8.1mm thick including the mid-rib. The distance from the tip of the blade to its widest point is approximately 115mm. The socket is 69mm long, c.18mm in diameter and c.4mm thick. There is a mid-rib running along the centre of each face of the blade, both meeting the inner part of the s…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wangford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-399C54
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily corroded iron rotary key dating to the Medieval period, c. 1270-1400. The exact form of the bow is uncertain, though the shank is rectangular in section and narrows above the projecting bit, the upper section of which is circular-sectioned and tapers to a rounded tip. The bit itself is heavily damaged and corroded, though its form probably consisted originally of three separate clefted bars. Preserved in poor condition, it survives to a length of c. 137mm, 8.63mm thick at the midpoint of the shank, and a maximum of 28.55mm thick between the shank and survivin…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-041232
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
12 iron nails or rivets of uncertain date. These are probably from hobnail boots. Total weight: 11.73g
Created on: Monday 8th May 2017
Last updated: Saturday 20th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC8BAE
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragmentary iron ingots or probable post-medieval to modern date. One ingot is broken into three pieces and the other two, but together these appear to comprise complete objects. Both are flattened, roughly rectangular with rounded corners. One has an irregular surface on one face, which is pitted with multiple holes. These are probably the voids left behind by organic material and suggest that the ingots were crudely maufactured. The metal is hard a brittle, as evidenced by the multiple cracks and fractures seen on both. The surface of the metal is an oxidised red-brown. The …
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9EF0BA
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete earlier medieval (probably circa 12th century) iron sword decorated with silver-coloured wire inlay and found together with the separate remains of its scabbard. The sword is 940.20mm in length and is 150.4mm wide at the cross-guard. The hilt has a 'brazil nut' shaped pommel 40.5mm in length by 60.5mm in width, a narrow square cross-sectioned grip, 90mm in length, which expands slightly towards the cross-guard. The cross-guard has straight quillions, square in cross-section, each narrowing slightly towards either end. The blade is straight, narrow, and graduall…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A48807
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval iron prick spur. The spur is Y-shaped and only the prick and a short section of one arm survives. The sides are D-shaped in cross-section and the prick section is long and tapering. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. Length: 61.17mm, width: 35.45mm, thickness: 12.70mm, weight: 16.97g
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Parham', grid reference and parish protected.