Record ID: SF4739
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cylindrical glass bead with rounded ends, made of semi-translucent pale aquamarine or turquoise glass. It is 14 mm long and 11 mm in diameter, with a 4 mm perforation. Dating this bead has proved difficult. Cylindrical shapes are not found among pre-Roman beads. No parallel can be found in M. Guido's Prehistoric and Romano-British Glass Beads (1978). Catherine Johns of the British Museum thinks it is not Roman. This leaves early Anglo-Saxon as the most likely option, but it is an unusual colour. Leslie Webster of the British Museum has seen it and has suggested that the unusual …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CULPHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6275
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pale blue semi-translucent glass bead, made by winding the molten glass around a core. The bead is 7.5 mm long (parallel to the perforation) and 10.5 mm in diameter; the sides are unevenly curved to make a barrel shape. The perforation is 4 mm in diameter. Small monochrome glass beads are difficult to date; this one is unlikely to be medieval but may be Roman or Anglo-Saxon, and perhaps is most likely to be 7th or early 8th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CLOPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6306
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Glass bead, 22 mm long (parallel to perforation) and 12 mm in diameter, with a perforation tapering from 5 mm in diameter at one end to 2.5 mm in diameter at the other. This polychrome bead is made from red-brown, greenish yellow and dark green opaque glass, with tiny flecks of bright acid yellow. The core of the bead is red-brown, and two red-brown bands divide it transversely into three; the overlapping ends of these bands can clearly be seen. In the three zones is a marbled abstract pattern predominantly of greenish yellow, with thin stripes of dark green and dots and stripes of…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9829
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A circular bead probably made of glass, 19mm in diameter and 6mm thick. This bead is dark red in colour and has a circular hole through its centre which is slightly larger at one end than the other. This bead is likely to be Anglo-Saxon in date especially as it was found in association with other Anglo-Saxon objects.
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-02BFD8
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early Anglo-Saxon polychrome glass bead. This bead is fairly large and is circular in shape, it measures 30mm in diameter, is 9.4mm thick and has a central circular perforation which measures 7mm in diameter. The glass is black in colour and has yellow glass inclusions. Around the centre of the edge of this bead there is faint circumferencial zig-zag trail. Dr. Birte Brugmann has examined this bead and believes as a circumferencial trail is present it is most likely to be late Roman or early Anglo-Saxon, dating to the 5th or 6th century (Brugmann personal comm. 9/2003). …
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E03C2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A probable glass bead. Roughly circular in shape, c. 9mm in diameter, this probable bead has been burnt and melted. It is a light turquoise in colour, but this colour is in many areas obscured by a light brown/cream/light blue deposit which is due to the burning. No central perforation can be seen through the bead, but it is possible that this is as it has disappeared due to the melting of the glass. It was discovered in association with many early Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which are also burnt. It is therefore likely to have originally have been deposited in an early Anglo…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E23A6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete midnight blue opaque glass bead. This bead is circular in shape, measuring 12.8mm in diameter and 11.8mm in height. It has a central circular perforation, measuring 2.6mm in diameter. It is smooth but has tiny cracks and indentations on its surface, probably caused by wear over time. It was found in association with many other early Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which showed signs of burning. Although this bead does not appear to have been burnt it is still most likely to be early Anglo-Saxon in date and to have been deposited originally in an early Anglo-Saxon grave…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.