Record ID: SF-95E648
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy blade fragment, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age. It is possibly from a sword but there is no central thickening or mid-rib, and it is very thin. All the surfaces are lost to pale/mid green invasive corrosion, with additional recent surface grazes, probably from the plough. The side view shows some bending near the break, possibly supporting the deliberate fragmentation as found on sword fragments from Late Bronze Age 'founders' hoards. It is 31mm in length, 34mm wide and 4mm thick, weighing 20g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-746732
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete shale or possibly jet bead. This bead is circular in plan and measures 19mm in diameter, its sides flare outwards in its centre. One side of the bead is a lot thicker than the other measuring 11mm, the other side is only 6mm thick. The wider side is most likely to have been the front face of the bead. This bead has a circular perforation which is off centre and worn, it measures 7mm in diameter. This bead is a rare discovery in very good condition. It is early Bronze Age in date and similar to a shale bead discovered in Wiltshire (Annable and Simpson 1964, 117, no 498), exa…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3718FC
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. It has a dark brown patina that is pitted in places and with some areas of corrosion, but is otherwise complete. The blade is crescentic in form, flaring at each side and triangular in profile. The cutting edge remains relatively sharp and perhaps has signs of resharpening. It has a flat, rectangular body that thickens towards the centre where there is a slight ridge that is apparent to the touch but has not developed into a proper stop ridge, before tapering to a rounded butt end. On each side are developed flanges that are po…
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A57D27
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete possible flint arrowhead of probable Neolithic-Bronze Age date. It is struck from a light brown glassy flint. It is sub-triangular, bi-facially worked with moderate edge damage. There is a slight bulb of percussion on the ventral face and weak ripple marks. This flint measures 23.14mm in length, 13.91mm in width, 3.23mm in thickness, 1.23g in weight.
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5629
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object which may just possibly be a Bronze Age awl. It is square in section and has four lozengiform faces; in the centre the maximum dimensions in cross-section are 5 x 5 mm. Both ends are probably broken and the surviving length is 24 mm. There are longitudinal grooves on two faces which may possibly be the result of manufacture from hammering rolled and folded sheet rather than from casting. The surface, where it survives, is a mid green colour.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2001
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1DB7D2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A moderately patinated thumb-nail flint scraper of Bronze Age date. It is struck from a black glassy flint. It is squat, D-shaped in section with a prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The outer edge of the dorsal face has abrupt edge retouch. Circa 45% cortex remaining on the dorsal face. This scraper measures 26.38mm in length, 34.43mm in width, 8.52mm in thickness, 8.74g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF833
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy armlet fragment; flat-ended, lipped terminal, surviving curving section of band hollow cast with three transverse grooves on the upper surface behind the terminal. At reverse a crude rectangular slot has been cut roughly midway along the band from the breakage, which is irregular as if deliberately hacked. A small off-cut section of the band is enclosed loose within the hollow interior. The fragment has a fine bronze patina with small patches of invasive corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-48BA44
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard recovered initially through metal detecting on 24th March 2012, followed by a small scale excavation on the 27th March 2012 by Andrew Brown (Suffolk FLO) and Mark Sommers (SCCAS). Metal detecting on the 24th of March produced a total of nine objects including the remains of seven socketed axes, one gouge and a fragment of copper-alloy ingot all dating to the Late Bronze Age. Excavation on the 27th centred on the immediate area of the metal detected finds where there was the suggestion of a concentration of material in addition to objects still i…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-88E071
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Following metal detecting and excavation which recovered a hoard of 16 objects in March 2012 recorded under PAS reference SF-48BA44, further metal detecting has recovered eight additional objects. Objects: Complete Socketed Axe Description: Complete cast copper-alloy looped socketed axe of South Eastern Type. The axe is plain with what looks like a single mouth moulding on one side and a double mouth moulding on the other side. It has a straight or possibly slightly hour-glass shaped outline. The blade looks slightly splayed and shows some signs of use and re-sha…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3849C0
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Five objects which are possibly part of a Late Bronze Age hoard. 1: A roughly wedge-shaped copper-alloy fragment of metal working waste with irregular but relatively angular faces. At least two of the edges appear snapped though all faces are heavily patinated dark greenish-brown. Dimensions; 37.8mm x 31mm x 12.5mm and 41g in weight. 2: A fragment of a copper-alloy socket with short stub of a loop surviving. A moulding seam is visible above and below the loop stub. The relatively small oval mouth diameter suggests that this is probably from a socketed chisel or mortising tool though i…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.