Record ID: SF-E7F699
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a silver post-medieval bodkin. The surviving section of the main body is rectangular in cross-section and an hourglass-shaped terminal projects from its outer end. There is a rectangular hole extending inwards from behind the lower break and above this a solid section, either face of which is decorated with two incised transverse lines followed by an outwards facing V-shape. The inner part of the terminal is pierced with a small circular hole, while the outer section has one concave face and one convex face creating an small spoon or scoop. The object is slig…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F451D1
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver post-medieval bodkin (AD c.1600-c.1700), missing most of its length, including its sharp point. The surviving piece of the bodkin consists of an engraved florally decorated terminal consisting of a downward pointing flower below a large single flower. These are topped by coiled Greek style column tops surmounted by a small cross. The cross has cross hatching on the transverse bar. The design is replicated on the front and rear face of the bodkin. Below the surviving terminal the bodkin divides into two parallel rods, …
Created on: Saturday 25th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-30CF91
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver couching needle or bodkin dating to the Post-Medieval period. Most of the head is missing, which demonstrates the remains of a rectangular slot at its midpoint. The shaft is circular in section (though bent somewhat in post-depositional damage), tapering slightly along its length to the terminal end of the object, where there is an acorn-shaped terminal. Date: c. 1600-1700 Dimensions: the bodkin survives to a length of 51.55mm, 2.45mm thick at the midpoint of the shaft, and weighs 2.15g. Discussion: couching needles or 'lawyer's bodkins' (as …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-925BF8
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver dress-pin of the bodkin type. Only the stem survives, while the majority of the head is missing. The stem is rectangular in cross-section, tapering to a sharp point at the lower end. The upper end terminates in an abrupt break within which the lower edge of a hole is visible. The item is distorted into a loose spiral shape and there is post-depositional scratch marks in several places. Dimensions: Distorted length: 47.21mm, distorted width: 31.21mm, width of stem: 4.41mm, thickness: 2.25mm, weight: 6.40g Discussion: This type of pin is commonly …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-07864A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin or headdress pin. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to the blunt point, broken across the rectangular slot at the upper end, the terminal missing. Decorated alike on both faces with two transverse lines below the slot from the lower of which multiple longitudinal engraved lines descend, lengthening towards the centre. There are no marks on the surviving part of the bodkin, which is cracked and slightly distorted along the whole length. Surviving length 86mm. Maximum surviving width 4mm. Maximum surviving thickness 2mm. Weight 2.9g. Many similar examples have …
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-615D68
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bodkin of Post-medieval date. It is rectangular in shape and in section and has openings, one circular, the other longitudinal. The circular opening is within an oval knop on the end of the object. The other end is missing due to old breaks. At the top end of the longitudinal opening there is a transverse engraved line on both sides of the bodkin. At the opposite end is a slight narrowing of the shaft. It measures 37.67mm in length, 4.93mm in width, 1.72mm in thickness and weighs 1.68g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-433A04
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver bodkin of Post-medieval date. It has a circular ear scoop at one end, then a collar decorated with vertical lines. Below this is a solid rectangular shaped shaft which is flat in section. There is a rectangular longitudinal hole down the length of the shaft which ends in a point. It measures 35.92mm in length, 5.67mm in width, 1.35mm in thickness and weighs 1.66g.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B180B5
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval silver bodkin with two openings, one circular, the other longitudinal. At each end of the longitudinal opening there is an area of cross-hatched engraving, additional engraving of alternate diagonal lines and dots edge the opening. On the other side of the bodkin is the same engraving but with the addition of the initials MW next to the smaller opening and a star at the opposite end of the longitudinal opening. It has an oval finial. There are numerous other examples of this type of object from the East Anglian region. For example, Hessett area, Suffolk (200…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3CFBB7
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver bodkin, only one terminal end survives. This terminal has a circular ear scoop at its tip and then a perforated tear-drop shaped hole, below this is the solid silver rectangular-shaped shaft and then a longitudinal rectangular opening, which is now incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'worlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C98574
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete post medieval sliver incomplete dress-pin of the bodkin type. The tip of this bodkin is now missing due to old breaks. The shaft is flat and rectangular in shape there is a small circular loop at the complete terminal end for suspension, below this the shaft is waisted with decorative grooves and there is then a rectangular perforation. The shaft is then waisted again with engraved decoration delimiting this area, before continuing at its previous width. There are inscriptions on both faces, both written in capital letters, one face reads RYCHES ARE VNCERTEY…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.