Record ID: SF-1C36B7
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy complete button-and-loop fastener of a form which represents a hybrid of Wilds' Class II and III (Wild 1970 138-139, fig 1). Wild dates Class II to mid 1st to 2nd century AD and Calss III to AD 50-150, this example is therefore likely to be broadly of a smilar date. As the fasteners are often found on military sites they are believed to have possibly been items of military equipment. It measures 29.15mm in length and 21.31mm in width. As with all button and loop fasteners this example is characterised by a button like head from the back of which a shank w…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2B7792
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver gilt 16th century cap-hook or hat-hook in the form of a Tudor rose. On the front face the rose has five moulded petals and a central protruding circular boss. The back face is flat and has a now incomplete pin across its middle; this pin is soldered on and incomplete due to an old break. Discussion: Other Tudor cap-hooks are known from elsewhere, Gaimster (2002, 169-173) identifies them as a main category of Tudor dress accessory and it believed that they were used to embellish the hats of the Tudor elite. This example is very similar to a complete cap-hook fro…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D0716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, lower bow and part of the flat panel from a early Anglo-Saxon brooch. There is a longitudinal decorative band running down the centre of the bow and below the bow transverse grooves delimit the start of the flat panel. Surviving length is 17.94mm and width is 17.38mm. All edges worn and damaged due to old breaks. Both faces are black probably due to exposure to fire, perhaps indicating that this brooch was originally from a cremation cemetary.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F0F71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with Polden Hill variant spring attachment. Missing foot with catchplate, spring, pin. The spring was held by a rear hook and by enclosed wing ends, 6mm wide - these contain an iron-like corrosion, but it does not react to a magnet. The wings have a single angled groove and five grooves at the terminals, with slight notching of some of the intervening narrow ribs. The bow tapers slightly and is oval in section, with slight angles at the sides. A central band of three grooves define two reserved notched narrow ribs. Width 31mm, surviving …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F53E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with a rear hook. Missing both wings, spring, pin; damaged catchplate; corroded/abraded surfaces, especially the bow front. The bow has a slightly convex back and rounded front, and a stront crest at the top in profile. It tapers to a smal;l foot knob. Two centre grooves define a centre rib which may have had horizontal hatching and there are traces of possible concave mouldings each side. The footknob is marked by a slight transverse groove. Length 41mm, surviving width 6.5mm. Although this could be a standard rear hook type it has many…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-564705
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver gilt fragment of a 16th century dress fitting, probably a hat hook or perhaps a hooked tag. The plate is incomplete due to old breaks and was probably oval in shape when complete. The front face is decorated with a protruding V-shaped moulding with smaller, possibly foliate mouldings, surrounding it. The edges of the plate have V-shaped notches cut into it. On the back face, near to the complete end of the plate, there is a fragment of a silver rectangular shaft, which is soldered onto the plate. This shaft is projecting out at right angles to the plat…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7DD9F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Lepidus, mint in Italy; 42 BC, (RRC, no. 495/2d; Sear 2000, p. 295, no. 1523)
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D310E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post medieval decorative belt mount in the form of a side profile man's head. The head is facing right, balding, with a small protruding nose, full lips and a long beard. The back has a rectangular integral loop (the centre of this is missing due to old breaks). This mount measures 29.06mm in length and 18.04mm in width, it has a patchy black patina as if it has been exposed to a fire or it may be the remains of a coating.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EC2B43
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman strap-mounted terret. The terret has a large circular upper loop measuring 36.03mm externally and 22.01mm internally. It has a circular section and is worn along one lower edges face. The remains of one side of a smaller lower rectangular loop survive but most of this loop is missing due to old breaks. It is similar to an example from Hacheston (Plouviez 2004, 128, no 228) and Colchester (Crummy 1983, fig 109, no 2543).
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DD8B6
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy central-looped cosmetic mortar. One terminal end is now missing due to an old break. The bow is crescent-shaped with a central loop and the surviving terminal has a rounded knop at its tapering end which may be phallic. It measures 58.79mm in surviving length, 10.42mm at its widest point, across the centre of the bow and 8.45mm in depth, 15.37mm in depth if the central loop is included in the measurement. The longitudinal groove measures 3.05mm in depth, at its deepest central point. The central loop is oval and at the underside of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.