Record ID: SF-4EFC5C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval ceramic basesherd dating to circa AD 450-700. Hardy sandy fabric tempered with large, frequent quartzite inclusions.  The sherd is consistent with Suffolk Early Anglo-Saxon fine sandy pottery.  Lenght: 53.7mm; Width: 33.4mm; Thickness: 14mm: Weight: 27.80g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nayland with Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3810B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a Roman colour-coated ware vessel. Probably Oxfordshire red/brown-slipped ware. Hard, fine-textured fabric with poorly sorted occasion reddish iron ore and fine quartz sand. It appears to have a slightly laminar fracture, although the edges are heavily abraded. It has an orange core, slightly darker inner surface and traces of dark brown slip on the outer face. There is a line of regularly spaced rectangular indendations close to one edge. Production of this pottery commences by c. AD 240 and continues until end of 4th cent. Without details of form i…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CDE143
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five ceramic sherds of probable Roman ceramic coarseware dating to circa AD 43-410. 1 rimsherd; 4 body sherds. The rimsherd has a soft coarse fabric dark grey-orange exterior and grey core with infrequent black inclusions. The greyware sherds each have a hard, coarse fabric with frequent quartz inclusions.  Weight: 82.44g.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-152D4C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval copper-alloy cooking vessel dating to circa AD AD 1200-1500. The fragment is part of the the upper rim of a vessel. It has an everted rim.  Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used for cooking over open fires from c.AD 1200-1550 (Butler, Green and Payne 2009:1). Length: 45.5mm; Width: 34.5mm; Thickness: 3.2mm; Weight: 24.03g.
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TM 30605 50965', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-697CFF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a Roman greyware (GX) vessel. The rim is everted with an oval cross-section. The fabric is fine and soft and the olnly visible inclusions are sparse rounded white quartz sand (0.5mm). The surface and the core are a reduced mid-grey colour, while the margins are an oxidised reddish. Length: 49.88mm, width: 21.99mm, thickness: 11.68mm, weight: 12.71g
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-540A0E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy leg or foot from a jug or ewer dating to circa AD 1200-1700. It consists of the foot. It is broadly rectangular in plan with the the foot or base offset from the leg. A raised, longitudinal median ridge is present on the front face of the leg. The apex of the leg erminates in an old break. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from AD 1200 to 1700 for serving and cooking. Legs and feet and are commonly recorded finds. Length: 56.7mm; Width: 39.4mm; Thickness: 17.7mm; Weight: 145.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Walberswick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EC1459
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
14 heavily abraded, undiagnostic sherds from the body and bases of Roman greyware vessels. Total weight: 135.08g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EC07DE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven sherds from the rims of Roman greyware vessels. Total weight: 117.85g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA62EB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of Roman samian ware vessels. Central or East Gaulish manufacture.  1. Length: 49.11mm, width: 33.51mm, thickness: 8.53mm, weight: 15.74g - rim sherd from a D-cross-sectioned beaded rim, too fragmentary to assess the original diameter. A light orange, fine fabric with a glossy orange slip 2. Length: 28.82mm, width: 23.15mm, thickness: 5.51mm, weight: 2.66g - body sherd, very fragmentary. The fabric is bright orange, fine grained and the slip is a glossy bright orange 3. Length: 21.08mm, width: 15.74mm, thickness: 4.91mm, weight: 2.6…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E97902
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments from the bases of Roman greyware vessels. Well abraded sherds from flat-bottomed vessels. Both in a coarse fabric tempered with poorly sorted quartz.  1. Length: 51.36mm, width: 44.15mm, thickness: 7.81mm, weight: 15.05g 2. Length: 38.72mm, width: 28.31mm, thickness: 7.65mm, weight: 8.79g
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D61CCC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy cooking vessel legs. Due to their simple form only a broad medieval to post-medieval date range can be suggested. 1. Length: 81.51mm, width: 34.81mm, thickness: 24.54mm, weight: 85.17g Short, corroded, with a rib running longitudinally down the centre of the outer face and a small out-turned foot.  2. Length: 40.84mm, width: 39.74mm, thickness: 16.67mm, weight: 63.80g A long leg, sub-triangular in cross-section, with a small, out-turned, pointed foot at the lower end.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D5C534
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy leg or foot from a jug or ewer dating to circa AD 1200-1700. It consists of the foot. It is broadly triangular in plan tapering from the top to the rounded bottom. It is D-shaped in section. The extant apex of the boot terminates in an old break. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from AD 1200 to 1700 for serving and cooking. Legs and feet and are commonly recorded finds. Length: 44.7mm; Width: 25.6mm; Thickness: 18.3mm; Weight: 70.42g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Linstead Parva', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B1639E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Roman copper-alloy escutcheon from a vessel dating to circa AD 43-410. The extant piece consists of a hooked end with a convex outer face and concave innter face. From here is rectangular-sectioned bar which tapers inwards terminating in a rounded foot with straight edges. No decoration survives. The hooked end appears to terminate in an ancient break but is not clear precisely how this functioned.  The fragmentary nature of this object makes in hard to date or identify, although it may have formed one of a set of hooked escutcheons from a hanging bowl…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kersey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B14692
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a large late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic earthenware vessel. A thick-walled vessel with a very hard, coarse fabric tempered with spare poorly sorted white quartz (<2mm) and frequent red clay-like pellets (grog?). Dark brown core and surfaces with smooth outer face decorated with a series of parallel grooves. It is too small in size to determine the original form of the vessel.  With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto of OAE for the identification help.  Length: 61.93mm, width: 49.16mm, thickness: 13.65mm, weight: 44.10g
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B06F84
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
5 x rim sherds from Roman greyware vessels. All in a hard, coarse grey fabric with everted rims. 
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F0E1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval anthropomorphic vessel mount. The mount is in the form of a three dimensional female head. The face has simple eyes, nose and lips outlined with grooves. A coiffed hairstyle with a central parting and ears covered with braids is formed from moulding and grooves. A short cylindrical section projects from the lower end terminating in a break. There is a circular hole in the rear of the head. It survives in good condition with a shiny dark green patina. Originally this mount would have been attached to the rim of a vessel and a moveable handle would ha…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-25B491
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a Roman vessel. The rim is slightly everted with a small lip along the outer edge. The fabric is hard and very coarse with multiple large voids and is tempered with frequent fine quartz sand. It has dark grey inner surfaces and core with a patch of oxidisation on the inner surface. Length: 25.35mm, width: 25.89mm, thickness: 8.40mm, weight: 5.29g
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-257445
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
4 rim sherds from medieval coarseware vessels (MCW). All coarse, hard, granular fabric and heavily abraded. None are large enough to determine the original rim diameter. 1. Length: 38.22mm, width: 22.32mm, thickness: 10.83mm, weight: 9.94g Upright, sub-rectangular, flat topped rim 2. Length: 48.92mm, width: 25.32mm, thickness: 12.96mm, weight: 16.74g Everted rim, sub-triangular in cross-section with flat upper surface. 3. Length: 23.08mm, width: 23.22mm, thickness: 13.08mm, weight: 5.68g Upright, sub-triangular, flat topped rim 4. Length: 26.33mm, width: 19.84mm…
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2507E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
12 heavily abraded body sherds of medieval coarseware vessels (MCW). Total weight: 70.02g
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EF2792
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small body sherd from a wheel thrown Roman greyware ceramic vessel. The fabric is hard and rough and has some sandy inclusions throughout. The fabric is dark grey in colour with an oxidised red core. Measurements :- Length 63.65, Width 44.45mm, Thickness 6.32mm, Weight 22.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.