Record ID: SF-55ED42
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy early Iron Age cast ring-headed 'swan-neck' pin. The head is ring-shaped, circular in cross-section and 30.22-mm maximum in diamater. Each face is decorated with a line of small incised dots along the centre. There is a diagonal join at one side of the head where the two ends meet. One end terminates here while the other curves downwards to create the stem. This is S-shaped at its upper end (from where the 'swan-necked' term originates). The stem is circular in cross-section and tapers to a point at the lower end. Th…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7589BC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Medieval gold pin dating to circa AD 550-900. The head is flat and sub-oval, broadly heart-shaped, with two lobes projecting from the top. The head gives way to the cylindrical shank, which tapers gently into a point. Both faces of the pin head are decorated with the same incised design. The design is comprised of a pair of inward two scrolls located at the top of the lobes. The scrolls are joined underneath forming a heart-shape. Below, is a central longitudinal incision with oblique or chevroned incised lines radiating outwards. The design is possibly a crudely rende…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C2DE91
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) hair pin. It has a cylindrical shaft, which tapers towards the missing pointed end, while the head of the pin is created by folding and slightly flattening its thicker end. It can be assigned to the Loop-headed Type in Ross (1991, p. 201). The date is AD 500-600. Length: 68.78 mm, Width: 6.21 mm, Diameter: 3.78 mm, Weight: 3.57 g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-109C22
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy Picardy type pin dating to the 'Ornament Horizon' (late Taunton/early Penard metalworking phases) of the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1400-1250 BC. The pin demonstrates a cup-shaped head with a deep recess in its upper edge designed to accomodate an insert (now missing), while the sides of the head towards its lower edge are decorated with two transverse collars and a repeating 'nicked' design at its base. Underneath the head, the circular-sectioned neck of the pin narrows abruptly before swelling prominently and then tapering steadily along its length to a sharp…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6DFB8E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy quoit-headed pin dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1200 BC. The pin consists of a flat circular head with a large central aperture, demonstrating small decorative incisions or notches radiating from its inner edge. The bottom of the head transitions into a circular-sectioned shank, which extends downwards and eventually tapers to a sharp point, initially curving outwards but then returning back on itself as a result of post-depositional distortion. Preserved in very good condition with an even greenish and brown patina, the pin measures 82.70mm long…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D8EB3B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy pin or stud, probably of Roman date. The head is roughly spherical, although has a slightly flattened base. The stem is sub-circular in section and tapers slightly, culminating in an abrupt break. It is similar in size and form to an example from excavations at Aldborough, North Yorkshire (Bishop 1996, 17, fig.9, no.41). Length: 27.54mm, diameter of head: 7.83mm, diameter of stem: 2.90mm, weight: 2.67g
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ED5D66
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary gilded silver artefact, probably part of a pinhead. The fragment is rectangular in shape with one tapering end; both terminals are now missing. The front face is decorated with a gilded interlace design in a central panel. The design consists of two conjoined circles with crosses within them and, beneath these where the object narrows, an adjoining spiral-like motif. The panel has a plain border decorated with tiny circular indentations. The back face is flat and undecorated with some rough scratches.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-501254
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy hair pin of Roman date. Only the head and a fragment of the shaft survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The head is biconical in shape, measuring 7.20mm in diameter. The top face is decorated with five diagonal grooves radiating from the top of the head to a circumferential groove at the base. The bottom face is decorated with a circumferential groove. The shaft is roughly circular in cross-section (4.03mm in diameter) and tapers before terminating in old breaks. This pin measures 27.90mm in length, 2.06g in weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D98426
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver pin, with a hollow spherical head. The head is 8.05mm in height and 9.04mm in width, it is gilded and decorated with a delicate incised design, when viewed from above there is a ten petalled flower, with five outer petals set behind the inner five. The field behind the petals is decorated with cross-hatching. There is a plain band around the centre of the head and then on the lower half another ten petalled flower with cross-hatching around and the shaft of the pin projecting from its centre. The shaft has a circular section and tapers to a point. …
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-98FF8A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of probable Middle Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the lower half of the shaft due to old breaks. The pin has a biconical head with flattened and slightly faceted median band. At the base of the head is a small collar from which extends the shaft. This is cylindrical in form and terminates in old breaks just below the head. The pin measures 22.69mm in length, 8.24mm in diameter (at the head; 2.05mm at shaft), and weighs 2.30g. Similar pins noted on the PAS database (for example LIN-AB3143, WMID-1E7FA6, or NLM-198FD6) suggest a Middle Saxon date for this …
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-692CF4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin head of probable Roman or Middle Anglo-Saxon date. It is solid, biconical in form with the remains of a slight collare at the base of the head. From the collar extends a thin, integrally cast shaft that is circular in section and terminates in old breaks just below the head. The pin measures 20.85mm in length, 8.30mm in diameter, and weighs 1.76g in weight. Cast copper-alloy pin heads of this type were utilised in the Roman and later periods, particularly during the Middle Anglo-Saxon period. It is possible, therefore, that this example does date as…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F74767
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, probably the shaft from a pin, a spoon handle, cosmetic implement or similar object of Roman date. It is formed from a flat sheet of copper-alloy that has been rolled to create a tube that tapers towards one end. A seam is visible along one side, which has been reworked in order to hide or disguise the seam. The object terminates at both ends in old breaks making identification of its original form or function impossible. It has a dark green patina with some pitting in places and measures 50.33mm in length, 3.56mm in diameter, and 1.69g in weigh…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C43E86
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver pin with polyhedral head, missing most of its shaft. The head is a rough cube, measuring 4.8mm square at the top; it is 4.2mm tall and there is no collar between the base of the head and the top of the shaft. The corners of the cube have been cut off, leaving tiny triangular facets. All the faces are undecorated. The shaft is circular in cross-section and is 2.2mm in diameter at the top, where it tapers strongly to begin with; it then runs straight down to the fresh unpatinated break, at which it measures 1.5mm in diameter. Total length 15.0mm. Weight 1.0g. Silver pins…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2AFD81
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt pin head of early post-medieval date, probably 16th century. It is decorated with filigree with a band around the widest part dividing it in two. Above the band are three evenly spaced filigree spirals, each with a pellet at the centre. Additional pellets separate each spiral and a final pellet is on the top of the pin head. Below the band there are two filigree circles, one on each side of the pin head. Each of these contains four smaller equal filigree circles arranged in a square with a central pellet, one of which is missing. Between these two larger circles are furt…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-92C643
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver middle Anglo-Saxon pin, missing the pointed tip of its shaft due to old breaks. This pin has a spherical head decorated with a series of curving radiating grooves; it is 'wrythen-headed.' Beneath the head there are two circumferential grooves forming a collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section. Dimensions: The head has a diameter of 5.71mm, shaft is a maximum of 1.97mm in diameter and the total surviving length is 27.44mm. It weighs 1.345g. Discussion: Due to the nature of these pins this item falls into either the the Roman or Early-Mediev…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CCCCE5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver gilt dress pin with hollow-cast decorative head. The head is spherical in shape and decorated with a pair of cast medial bands and filigree ornament. On the upper half of the head the filigree ornament consists of three large circles, each with a smaller circle in its centre. Between and at the base of each of the large circles there is another smaller circle and above these projecting knops, there is also a large knop in the centre of the upper face. The lower half of the head is also decorated although less ornately, with three filigree circles. The sh…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Beccles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F278A5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy pin of Middle Anglo-Saxon date. Only the head and upper portion of the shaft survive intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The pin head is globular in form with flattened top and tapering towards the shaft. At the base of the head is a transverse collar formed from two parallel transverse bands. The shaft beneath the collar is circular in section measuring 1.88mm in diameter, and terminates in old breaks just beneath the head. The entire object measures 19.03mm in length, 8.85mm in diameter at head, and weighs 3.22g. This globu…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54D866
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete small copper alloy quoit-headed pin of Middle Bronze Age date. It is undecorated and in a very good state of preservation, with traces of the original copper alloy colour still visible in places, but otherwise with a dark brown patina. The flat loop of the head has slightly rounded edges and is circular with a central sub-circular, or tear-drop shaped, perforation. The faces of the head and the upper areas of the stem demonstrate evidence of diagonal abrasions, possibly cleaning marks. One face of the loop has clear stepped cast edges on both the inner and outer edges as a r…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-032C85
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver-gilt dress-pin with hollow cast spherical head and applied filigree decoration. The hollow pin head is divided into two hemispheres by a transverse band. In each of the hemispheres are three filigree circlets that contain three smaller circlets forming a trefoil with a knop at their centre. Each of the three larger circlets is separated by a filigree circle and a knop. There is an additional, larger, knop at the top of the head. A short length of the shaft survives, and the start of a probably deliberate bend is visible, however, the remainder is now lost due to o…
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1B8EE8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The spherical head of a post medieval silver gilt dress pin, the head is hollow and divided into two hemispheres by a transverse band. Each hemisphere is decorated with three circlets in filigree with a smaller circle of filigree between them. There is also a further cluster of three smaller circles of filigree within each circlet. There are small silver circular knops in the centre of these three smaller circles and between the circlets as well as a larger knop at the top of the head. There is a circular hole in the underside of the head, which would have accommodated th…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.