Record ID: SF-DED750
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy pyramid mount of Early Anglo-Saxon date. It is pyramidal in form with hollow reverse and flattened top. Each of the four faces of the pyramid and the flattened top have the remains of inlaid white-metal decoration, probably niello. At the top this comprises a simple saltire cross. Each of the four faces has an outer border, with opposing faces bearing the same motif. One opposing pair has central circles with four radiating arms; the other pair have stepped lines that divide the face into three. These decorative elements are presumably intended to imitate inlaid ga…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DE72C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy middle to late Early-Medieval ansate brooch. It is missing the pin but is otherwise complete. It is rectangular in form and section with curved bow and flattened terminals. The front face of the brooch has incised decoration comprising four transverse grooves at the centre of the bow, with pairs of transverse grooves at the join of bow and terminals. Between these sets of grooved decoration the bow has pairs of diagonal grooves that form triangular motifs on the surfaces of the bow. Each of the terminals has similar decoration formed from pairs of diago…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-770321
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy wide equal-armed brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date, in two joining fragments due to old breaks. Part of one incomplete arm, the bow and a small fragment of the second arm survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The surviving arm is sub-rectangular in form and oval in section with elaborate moulded and gilded decoration particularly on the front face. The outer edge of the arm has a wide border with pairs of opposing diagonal notches and one surviving oval aperture towards the complete end. At the end there is an incomplete oval aperture and…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A03892
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An unusual complete silver buckle with Trewhiddle-style decoration made from five different components all of which appear to be made from the same metal. It has an elongated D-shaped frame, with a sub-rectangular cross-section decorated with four bands of short transverse grooves on the upper face; there is also a grooved pin rest in the centre of the outer edge. The terminals of the frame are flattened ovals with circular holes through them, through which a silver cylindrical bar runs. One terminal of this bar has a domed head and the other is merely burred over, giving…
Created on: Monday 18th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F3F683
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A 7th-century Early-Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis; c.600-675 AD; mint: Quentovic (Wicus); moneyer: Dutta; Lafaurie, 1996: nos. 62-66b.
Created on: Monday 17th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-776106
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver sceat of Primary Series A, probably Series A2, c.685-690 AD. SeeAbramson, 2006: nos A075, A100; Metcalf, 1993: pp. 86-90.
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-10B8F2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap end of Thomas Class E Type 1. The attachment end is incomplete due to old breaks but the remainder of the object survives intact. It is tongue-shaped in form with flat back face and moulded decoration in high relief on the front face. This is symmetrical in form and comprises a central vertical band with large pellet at top and bottom, and pairs of curving foliate motifs to each side that run from central band to outer edge between which are additional stylised foliate motifs. At the top is a transverse moulded ridge above which the…
Created on: Monday 13th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D63A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Circular object made from gilded silver. It consists of a thick, almost-circular disc, with both faces deeply recessed. The front has chip-carved relief decoration of a cross, with each arm made up of a clockwise-turning spiral. There originally appears to have been a small raised three-sided pyramid between each terminal, but only one of these now survives as the others have been largely destroyed by the punching of neat circular holes through them. The three holes thus formed are all about 2mm in diameter, and they have raised edges to both front and reverse. They cut t…
Created on: Monday 13th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0C85E2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end of Gabor Thomas Class A (Thomas 2003, 2) consisting of the zoomorphic terminal only. The fragment tapers from the broken edge to a rounded point. The upper incomplete edge has the lower part of what appears to be an openwork design, consisting of two symmetrical V-shaped notches with part of a central small rounded hole, resembling a rivet hole, between. The breaks appear worn. Below is an unusually elaborate animal-head terminal with engraved decoration leaving the features in relief. The usual oval ears with central inver…
Created on: Monday 13th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frostenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F30E3
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, perhaps the eraser from an early-medieval stylus. The surviving fragment is triangular, flattening as it flares with straight edges towards the widest edge, which is incomplete due to old breaks. At the narrower end is a raised collar giving the object an oval cross-section, raised on both front and reverse. Above this, the object terminates in old breaks. It has a dark green/brown patina that is worn in places, has some pitting and evidence of post-depositional corrosion. The entire fragment measures 27.17mm in length, 29.35mm in width, 6.86…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.