Record ID: SF-0276F4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete iron hammer, possibly a hand hammer of Roman date. It is rectangular in form with a central oval head that has a central circular aperture retaining some of its encrusted soil. At each end the head tapers to rectangular chisel edges, one of which is pointed the other flattened and perhaps missing its outer edge due to old breaks. All surfaces of the object have red/brown corrosion products, but the object is largely complete. It measures 149.07mm in length, 45.95mm in width (at centre, 21.00mm and 21,26mm at each end), 20.70mm in thickness, and 325g in weight. Similar ir…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St. Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-40FAAD
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable late Bronze Age socketed hammer. It is cylindrical in form with flat, circular, slightly expanded base and a damaged socket at the other end. Only the interior of the socket survives. It is light green in colour and heavily corroded with the surface missing in places. Where the surface does survive there is a suggestion that it was originally vertically faceted. Almost all of the surface is missing on the base so no evidence of wear is now visible. Hammers were in use in Britain during the Taunton metalwork phase of the MBA, with slender hammers …
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F4C804
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy object, possibly a socketed hammer or similar implement of Bronze Age date. One terminal end survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form and section, tapering towards a flattened, blunt terminal end. At the old breaks that is a large oval shaped aperture, possibly the base of a socket, or alternatively the result of being mis-cast. All surfaces have a worn and heavily pitted dark brown patina, with corrosion visible in places. It measures 32.04mm in length, 17.53mm in width, 13.23mm in thickness, and 30.29g …
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CF092
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy socketed hammer of Middle to Late Bronze Age date. It is a rectangular in shape and section and tapers slightly towards a flattened rectangular end. There are no collars or other decoration on the surface which is badly corroded and pitted. The socket is sub-rectangular in shape. It measures 81.53mm in length, 21.89mm in width, 17.65mm in thickness and weighs 158.57g. It is similar to others recorded on the database, for example HAMP-1F3730 and LANCUM-2C7E41.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-15E0A8
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possibly Bronze age socketed hammer head. It is in two parts and is incomplete due to old breaks. The main piece has a solid head, 16mm in thickness, and rectangular in shape, surmounted by an integral loop. This has rounded sides and a flattened head and a central, circular perforation. There is a groove outlining a rectangular area surrounding the loop. The sides to front and back of the hammer head are vertical, and there are sloping shoulders leading down to the socketed terminals to left and right. One terminal shows two sides of the socketed area, suggesting an o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-50F922
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a small copper-alloy socketed hammer with narrow realtively rounded hammer end. Of middle or late Bronze Age date and only 8 other socketed hammers are recorded in Suffolk to date. One face has a diagonal blade mark but there are no obvious deliberate breakage marks visible. The socket extends to within about 10mm of the hammer end. The hammer has a medium green patina, it is 36mm in length, 31.5mm in blade width and 5mm in blade thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-86C4F5
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze fragment from the end of a solid cast object possibly of solid cylindrical form, with one side casting seam visible, its original diameter is estimated as approximately 25mm. It has a dark brown patina with a bronze colour visible over much of the original surfaces, suggesting recent disturbance from anaerobic conditions. The date and function of this object are unknown due to its fragmentary nature however there is a possiblity that it could be the terminal of a Bronze Age hammer of mid-late Bronze Age in date.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Santon Downham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8DB40
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small bronze socketed hammer, measuring 34mm in surviving length, 13mm in width at socket tip, 12mm in thickness at the socket and 5mm in thickness at the tip. Part of the oval cross-sectioned socket and the hammer end now survive, the rest of the socket is missing due to old breaks now worn. The hammer end is slightly off-square and is formed of two bevalled opposing faces which form a rectangular cross-section. This hammer fragment has a very poor surface condition with extensive invasive corrosion. This is a very small hammer, similar in size to an example from t…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B89096
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A socketed bronze hammer, complete. Measuring 46mm in length, 25mm in width and 22mm in thickness. The working face is angled/off-square, convex and has markedly rounded edges. The face is relatively smooth and its edges are marked by a range of numerous irregular and differently aligned linear indentations, some of which could be recent agricultural damage, but most of which are probably original. The rest of the body of the hammer has been relatively crudely finished. The socket is sub-rectangular and has a double mouth-moulding on the exterior. Casting seams are quite…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6620
Object type: HAMMER
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small iron hammer-head. In the centre is a sub-rectangular hole for the insertion of a handle. One end is conical and flares to an oval end measuring 13 x 16 mm. The other end is wide and flat and slightly downwards-curving, shaped like a large chisel or miniature adze. Not scanned due to its fragility. Date unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.