Record ID: SF-24C302
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of discovery: Unstratified find that was recovered from the topsoil by metal detection on a controlled developer-funded archaeological excavation. Description: Incomplete strap end or buckle plate made from sheet silver, rectangular in plan. It is decorated with intricate repousse decoration in the form of scrolls. The attachment end is chevron shaped and has three punched rivet holes, one at each point. The longitudinal edges are bevelled. Dimensions: 21.3mm x 25.mm 7 x 0.8mm Discussion: No direct comparison has yet been found for this artefact, though it…
Created on: Friday 4th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-38EDBC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval mount, probably dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of a thin disc of metal, which bears a repousse' decoration, depicting a three lobed motif overlapped by a raised cross. The arm of the cross not overlapping a lobe seems to flare in a flat crescent. The central convex design is enclosed in a border of pellets. The front face has traces of gilding. Along the border there are three circular attachment holes; one of holes is blocked possibly by soil. The mount is slightly dented and has a small crack on the edge. Date: c. AD 1300-1450. Dimensions: 17.90mm in dia…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5E571B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete cast silver mount in the form of a cinquefoil with an internal iron attachment lug dating to the Medieval period, c. 1300-1500. The mount takes the form of a five-petalled flower, with each petal separated from its neighbour on each side by a smaller sub-triangular section that demonstrates engraved cross-hatched decoration and gilding, giving a two-tone effect between these and the 'petals' themselves. It is heavily domed and broadly conical in profile, with the remains of a circular-sectioned iron attachment lug still present- now concreted into the apex o…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EBC242
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval mount or strap fitting. It is circular with a circular hole through its centre, its outer face moulded to form a six-petalled double rose. The reverse is flat and undecorated. There are traces of gilding in places on both faces. It survives in good condition. Date: Post-medieval: c.AD 1500-1650 Dimensions: External diameter: 11.20mm, internal hole diameter: 4.70mm, thickness: 2.12mm, weight: 1.23g Discussion: Read (2008, 195, no.723) illustrates a similar gilded silver rose component, which forms the decorative outer section of a …
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knodishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-22CE27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver object, possibly a mount, complete but in two refitting pieces. The object is cruciform in shape, comprising a central rectangular panel from which project four animal-heads, forming the arms of the cross. One animal-head has broken off at the neck and is now separate; two are bent inwards at 90 degrees to the central panel, and the fourth is almost straight with a slight inward curve. The reverse of the object is plain and slightly hollowed, and the central plate is slightly convex. The upper surface of the object is decorated in low relief. The …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E424F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver gilt sheet mount of probable medieval date. Originally roughly quatrefoil in shape the upper foil edge is now missing due to old breaks. Between each of the larger foils is a smaller rounded one. The front face is heavily gilded and decorated with a repousse design, which has been pressed through from the back face. This design has a beaded border and then depicts two beasts. Both are quadrupeds shown in side profile moving right. A larger one with short tail, long body and neck and a small head, possibly a sheep, and a smaller one which is in fron…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DBD4E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded silver mount of early medieval date. It is roughly oval-shaped and the front depicts a human mask flanked by stylised birds' heads. Substantial gilding survives across the front surface, with areas missing or worn off on the mask's brow and nose, and the outer border above the brow. The mask appears to wear a hood or head-dress which covers the hair and runs below the chin. In the centre is a triangular stamped motif with a central 'trunk' and several 'branches' on each side. Traces of additional stamps are now obscured by wear and damage. The mask's eyes are pellets set w…
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB2B22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver possible button or mount most likely to be post medieval date. Circular in shape with a slightly domed front face, roughly half of the original edges survive; these are shaped and have small evenly spaced circular holes through them. There is a square scar in the centre of the back face indicating that there was a shaft/ loop or other form of attachment device originally present. Dimensions: Diameter: 22.38mm Thickness: 0.90mm Weight: 2.81g Discussion: This object is likely to be post medieval in date due to its style.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7E6816
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete and bent silver mount, quatrefoil in shape with three of the lobes being bent backwards and incomplete. The front face is heavily gilt and depicts a lion seated in side profile right with a cross-hatched field behind it. There are two complete and one incomplete surviving oval-shaped collets in the centre of three of the terminals of the lobes; these have white paste within them, which would have held some sort of setting originally. The back face has a central integral silver loop for attachment onto a strap or item of clothing, this is rectangular in shape…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-917043
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sexfoil mount of Medieval date. It is dome shaped with a hollow back with six evenly shaped facets radiating from the centre. It has a central hole for a separate circular rivet which is missing. It is flattened in half, most likely due to post-depositional damage. It measures 19.00mm in diameter, 11.06mm in height, 0.39mm in thickness and weighs 0.83g. This mount is similar to copper-alloy examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no 952).
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Southwold', grid reference and parish protected.