Record ID: SF-1A0B8A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy bead dating to circa 800 BC-AD 410. It is broadly circular in plan, with no evidence of decoration. It is dark brown in patina with some pitting and corrosion.  Diameter: 12.30mm; Height: 8.40mm; Weight: 4.23g. Beads are problematic to date without secure contextual information as they have been found in contexts from the Bronze Age to the end of the Early Medieval period. 
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-91E324
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead bead of probable medieval to post-medieval date. It is biconical in shape, but one half is much shallower than the other and slightly truncated. The longer half is decorated with irregularly spaced longitudinal ridges around all sides. A small circular hole runs through the centre from top to botton. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded.  The object may have functioned as a decorative bead or was possibly the head of a dress pin with a separate shank passing through the hole.
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-78AE3E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval copper-alloy bead dating to circa AD 500-100. It is discoidal with a central circular aperure 2mm in diameter. It is undecorated and has a dark green patina. 
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-29027D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bead of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date. It is a flattened spherical shape with a circular hole through the centre c.6.4mm in diameter. The surface of the metal is corroded in places, but a fine dark brown patina covers much of the object. Beads such as these are ubiquitous and as such difficult to assign more than a very broad date range. Diameter: 16.73mm, thickness: 8.72mm, weight: 10.30g
Created on: Friday 21st April 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6E1AB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold sheet metal biconical bead with gold wire filigree decoration of early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The two sections of the bead are each made from sheet metal rolled into truncated cones leaving a hole in the centre of their apex. One of these holes is encircled by applied beaded wire, but this is missing on the other. The two sections are joined together at their bases, the join then covered by two strips of beaded wire encircling this point. The outer face of each section is decorated with strips of beaded wire bent into three elongated triangles p…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FFF828
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience 'melon' bead. It is cylindrical in shape with rounded edges to both faces. Parallel, deep, transverse grooves are positioned around the sides. A circular hole, c.11mm in diameter, runs through the middle, slightly off centre. It has a dark greenish-yellow patina.  See Guido (1978, 100, Types 21 and 22) and Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1). Worrell (2015) suggests a 1st to 2nd century date for most. Length: 50.04mm, width: 20.38mm, thickness: 5.66mm, weight: 8.55g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B9603F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ceramic bead of an uncertain date ranging from the Roman to Post Medieval periods. it is an irregular discoidal shape with a sloping profile. The central aperture is small <4mm in diameter. The exterior edge is decorated with two sets of four longitudinal incised grooves. There is seemingly a thick horizontal band running across approximately half of the exterior intersecting with the longitudinal grooves.  Beads are difficult to date without context. Consequently, a broad Roman to Post Medieval date is suggested here, Diameter: 18.5mm; Height: 14.7mm; Weight: 3.82g.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Shotley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-18575A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A probable Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy bead dating to circa 800 BC-AD 410. It is broadly circular in plan with nine faceted faces and a circular hollowed central centre. One portion of the external face is stamped with nine dots arranged in a 3-3-3 formation. Beads are problematic to date without secure contextual information as they have been found in contexts from the Bronze Age to the end of the Early Medieval period. A similar punched example was recovered from Suffolk recorded under SF-32534A with a broad Iron Age to Roman date, which is suggested here. Diameter: 1…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NearSutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-759DF9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bead of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date. It is circular in shape with a circular hole through the centre. Triangular in cross-section with a circumferential ridge running around the centre of the outer face. The surface of the metal is corroded with sections missing in places. Beads such as these are ubiquitous and as such difficult to assign more than a very broad date range. Diameter: 10.45mm, thickness: 5.01mm, weight: 1.45g
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1BC8FA
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy bead dating to circa 100 BC-AD 43. Circular in section,the bead is dumbbell shaped with two rounded terminals and a recessed, rectangular central area. Each terminal of the bead is perforated for suspension. The bead is undecorated. Similar examples are recorded on the database under NLM-36ACA8; NLM-60C82D and IOW-09D6E2 and are broadly dated to the Late Iron Age. Length: 8.7mm; Diameter: 6mm; Weight: 0.97g.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.