Record ID: SF-407C41
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy purse frame of late medieval to post-medieval date. It consists of a strip of metal folded longitudinally along its centre to create a u-shape in cross-section culminating in a the remains of a right-angle terminal at one end and a worn break at the other. There are three small circular holes through one edge slightly further along. These would have held the fabric of the purse in place originally. The metal is heavily corroded with much of the original surface missing, obscuring any potential decoration. The object is also bent at its central poi…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-40003D
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant. It is very worn and corroded, with decayed enamel remaining. The pendant is shield shaped with the remains of blue enamel visible. The suspension loop is incomplete. The design is not clear, but it appears to be a lion. Pendants with enamelled decoration, usually heraldic, seem to be most common in the late 13th and first half of the 14th century, c. 1280-1350 (Griffiths 1986, 1; Ashley 2002, 29-30; Baker 2015, 6). They can be a variety of shapes, but shield-shaped (with straight top and sides curving to a point) and l…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F1A9F
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy hooked tag dating to circa AD 750-1065. Broadly circular in plan, it is comprised of a single thin sheet and is worn and corroded. Extending from the bottom is the stub of the hook, which tapers into a point curling back on itself.  Two parallel circular sewing holes are located at the top. Both faces are undecorated.  The form is consistent with Lewis and Naylor's A1.x in that it is broadly circular and undecorated (2013). Thomas notes that the sub-circular form was a later 8th century&nbs…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2FEC77
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date. It is missing the top of the suspension loop due to old breaks and has extremely worn surfaces due to post-depositional corrosion and damage. The pendant is flat and circular in form, with an integral suspension loop at the top set at right angles to the front face and now mostly incomplete due to old breaks. The back face is flat and undecorated, however the front face has extensive decoration that in many respects resembles a seal matrix rather than a harness pendant. At the centre of the face is an embossed shield wit…
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-507827
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a medieval copper alloy harness mount. It is an elaborate quatrefoil shape, (quatrefoil with pointed knops at the intersections) with a suspension loop turned at an angle of 90 degrees. It measures 34.16mm in length and 24.73mm in width. It weighs 6.99g. The surfaces are worn and have corrosion products adhering. The front face has traces of a gilded crown, just below the suspension loop. Below this is a shield containing the letter W or 'V V' intertwined and infilled with red enamel, the points of the descenders of which are reflected in the pointed shape at the base of the sh…
Created on: Friday 29th December 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3DEE5C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) buckle frame. It is D-shaped in plan and cross-section, flat backed with a narrowed bar, and notch for the now missing pin.  Short, plain frames are a feature of buckles of the 7th to 8th centuries (for examples, see MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 191 - 208). Length: 32.17mm Width: 21.67mm Weight: 11.62g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3DDF1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) buckle frame. It is sub-oval in plan with a slightly narrowed bar, and missing pin.  The frame is circular in cross-section. Short, plain frames are a feature of buckles of the 7th to 8th centuries (for examples, see MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 191 - 208). Length: 21.06mm Width: 10.64mm Weight: 2.17g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-105746
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable nummus, from the House of Constantine [AD 313 - 364]. The reverse is very worn, but it is possibly a GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type of a soldier with one standard, which would give a date range of AD 335-341, and a Reece period of 17. The Mint type is unclear. Dimensions: Diameter, 15mm. Thickness (average), 1.1mm. Weight: 1.34g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-3D082C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Medieval belt mount. It is acorn shaped, with a integral rivet to the reverse,  Diameter: 9.05mm Weight: 1.14g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3CF162
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. All that remains ins the cast front plate, which terminates in an old break. It has a lozenge shaped knop, and has a circular hole for a now missing rivet. Similar examples can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg 133, 614. Length: 29.44mm Width: 8.35mm Weight: 2.16g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.