Record ID: SF-3456A1
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A small fragment of sheet gold, roughly rectangular in surviving shape and now distorted and folded, all edges are incomplete due to old breaks apart from one, which has a thickened rim. The outer face of the fragment is decorated immediately below the thickened rim with a transverse row of punched crescent shapes, below these there are four transverse grooves, there is then a row of backwards S-shaped motifs. Finally beneath these there are more transverse grooves, which continue beyond the incomplete edges of the fragment. Discussion: The exact function of this fr…
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-41D775
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gold and garnet mount of probable 7th century date. The mount is circular in shape and consists of a circular cabochon garnet mounted onto separate gold sheet back plates. An inner back plate can be seen through an irregular hole in the centre of the outer one. Soldered to the outer back plate is the retaining collar for the garnet, which has a double filigree border or trim, the outer filigree being slightly larger than the inner one.
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E5A860
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A small gold terminal or mount which could possibly be Anglo-Saxon in date. It is cylindrical in shape and hollow, it is now distorted due to damage and the inside is filled with dirt. The gold cylinder is decorated with delicate filigree, plain strands are attached to the upper and lower edges. Between these there are tiny beaded wire strands which are arranged in overlapping knot-like motifs with knops in their centres. Surrounding and between these there are tiny beaded wire annulets.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6557E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold Anglo Saxon buckle pin of unusual form. The pin is complete and curves downwards whilst tapering gently in width towards its terminal end, it is D-shaped in section, being flat underneath. The terminal end is open and flat and shows that the pin is in fact hollow and now filled with soil. In fact the pin appears to be constructed from two separate sheets of gold, a front sheet bent into a U-shape which is soldered onto a back plate. The front face of the pin has seven square cells running longitudinally along its centre, each cell very slightly smalle…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-693170
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a strip of gold now bent. Both terminals are incomplete due to old breaks, and the strip is rectangular in shape the outer face is smooth and the inner face is rougher and less finished.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6963F4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a composite gold object. Rectangular in plan with both terminals ends missing due to old breaks. The object consists of a sheet of gold the front face of which is rounded, the longitudinal edges of this sheet are bent over very slightly to hold another flat rectangular sheet of gold to its back face.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AED017
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The fragment is in the form of a rectangular bar, broken at one end and hammered flat at the other; length, 16 mm; width, 9 mm; thickness, 5 mm. It is decorated with alternating yellow and pale gold overlays with double rows of irregular lozenges of black niello on the top and sides. The underneath is undecorated. The top and sides have been hammered, which has burred the edges underneath. It is uncertain what the fragment may be from, but it is possibly from a bracelet. Jewellery and other fine metalwork in gold decorated with niello are typical of the late Anglo-Saxon period, p…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB29DC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An irregular sub-rectangular fragment of 'hack' gold, cut on its upper and lower edges, curving slightly in plan and demonstrating some faceting to its upper face. Date: c. 1500 BC-1800 AD Dimensions: The fragment measures 10.82mm down its longest axis, 8.61mm wide by 1.27mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 1.05g. Discussion: A number of similar gold fragments have been recorded on the PAS database via the Treasure Act, including LANCUM-681051 and SWYOR-784244. Though this piece was found in an area of high Early-Medieval (Early/Middle Anglo-Saxon) activity, i…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2F449E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold and enamel early medieval mount inlaid with cloisonné enamel. It is quatrefoil in shape with a circular hole through the centre. There is a raised rim around the outer edge and the hole leaving a recessed area within. This is separated into cells with gold wire, which are each filled with different shade of enamel. Long, branch-like 'fleur-de-lis' style cells extend into each of the four lobes, two filled with dark blue and two with yellow enamel. Between these small ovals extend from the central hole, each filled with white enamel. Surrounding this design is a tra…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7E2323
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object originally formed the setting for a gemstone or glass inlay, and formed part of a larger composite object such as a disc brooch, pendant or other accessory. An increasing number of similar settings, with varying centres and wire collars, have been found as stray finds and recorded on the PAS database e.g. NMS-274C44, WMID-C02AF3, SF-CB7620, NARC-05D4C1, NARC-05D4C1, PAS-E9BEA3 and PAS-A78288. The central setting of the early 7th-century Canterbury pendant is c. 13-14mm in diameter, similar in size to the present example from 'Near Woodbridge' (Webster and Backhouse 1991, n…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.