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-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-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-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-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-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-72DED5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The head is polyhedral, a cuboid with the corners cut off. It is decorated with ring and dot motifs and the upper face has an incised cross. The shaft is bent and may be incomplete; it has a circular cross-section. The head measures 8.38mm in width and 5.59mm in thickness, the shaft is 1.73mm in width and the pin is 31.35mm in total length. Compare NARC-772F63, which also has a saltire engraved on the top.
Created on: Monday 4th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 19th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0A036
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver pin. Description: An incomplete silver pin, the head and a fragment of the shaft now survive. The head is polyhedral in shape, that is a solid cube with the corners faceted/cut off. The head has 13 faces, the upper face and the four main faces of the cube are lozenge-shaped and are decorated with a lozenge-shaped panel with a cross within it, there are traces of niello within the arms of the cross. Where the head joins the shaft there is a collar. The shaft is circular in section and incomplete due to an old break. It measures 18.85mm in total length, the head…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F82072
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete middle Anglo-Saxon silver pin with polyhedral head. The shaft is incomplete due to an old break. The pin head is a solid cube with its corners cut off, measuring 5.5mm by 5.5mm in size. The upper face of the head is decorated with a central ring and dot motif and five circular indentations around its edges. There is no collar; the surviving fragment of shaft is circular in cross-section and measures 2mm in width and c4mm in surviving length. This pin weighs 1.49g. Pins with faceted heads such as this example are believed to be 8th or 9th century in date. It is simil…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke by Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FBF022
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The head of this pin is a cuboid with the corners cut off and measures 7.4mm in length and 5.7mm in width. Corrosive pitting and pocks can be seen on pinhead. There is a circumferencial collar where the pinhead joins the shaft. The shaft of this pin is incomplete due to an old break, it measures 27.2mm in surviving length, has a circular cross-section and measures 1.5mm in width. Most of the original surface of the shaft is now worn away.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-548AC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy incomplete pin, due to old breaks now worn the head and a fragment of the shaft survive. The head is biconical in shape and measures 10mm in height and c. 10mm in diameter. The shaft is circular in cross-section, measuring 6.7mm in surviving length and 2mm in width. This pin is most likely to be middle Anglo-Saxon in date.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-422796
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A lozenge-shaped pin head 12mm by 11 mm set diagonally atop a pin of 1.5mm gauge. The lozenge format is actually a flattened and reorganized version of a facetted pin head, with the two lozenge faces greatly enlarged, and all the others greatly squashed or compressed but still represented by angles and facets. The top and two side ends of the lozenge are small hexagons, in the 5.5mm thickness of the head. Between them the diagonal sides are carinated, or chamfered longitudinally, to create two angles or facets.The lower angled sides are shaped similarly. Each separate angle, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blaxhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5DCF02
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin, measuring 54.44mm in surviving length, the terminal of the shaft is missing due to an old break. The pin head is flattened biconical in shape, measuring 7.62mm in diameter, the upper face is flat and the lower face tapers towards the shaft. Where the head joins the shaft there is a circumferencial collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapering towards its missing terminal. This pin is most likely to be middle Anglo-Saxon in date, due to the shape of its head and the presence of a collar.
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DFEAD3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The head is of flattened biconical shape, decorated with ring-and-dot ornament. The pin shaft is both bent and broken. The surviving overall length is 33mm and the surviving length of the pin's shaft is 25mm, its diameter 1.5mm. There is a ridge or collar at the junction of the head with the shaft.The head has twelve ring-and-dot motifs, one of which is central on the summit and the others placed apparently at random: the ring diameter is 2.25mm and the diameter of the head itself is 7mm. This object was found with a strap-fitting with engraved rin…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stuston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D31C91
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy middle Anglo-Saxon pin. The head and most of the shaft survive. The head is flattened biconical in shape, 8mm in diameter, with a tapering lower part running down to the shaft. Where the head meets the shaft there are traces of a circumferential groove. The shaft is incomplete due to an old break; 15mm in surviving length, it has a circular cross-section 2mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-94A367
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin, only the head and a stub of the shaft of this pin survive. The head is biconical in shape, with a flat tip, it measures 6mm in height and 7mm in width (at its widest point- the centre). It is decorated with ring and dot decoration, there is a central ring and dot on the flat tip and a two circumferencial rows of ring and dot around the rest of the pin head. One side of the head is very worn and in this area the ring and dot are no longer visible. Where the head joins the shaft there is a circumferencial collar. The shaft measures 5mm in surviving le…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'gedding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D1FC54
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver pin, the shaft incomplete due to an old break. The head is cuboid in shape, with the corners cut off, measuring 6mm in length and 5mm in width. There is a single dot on each lozenge-shaped face. The shaft is circular in cross-section, measuring 7mm in surviving length and 1.6mm in width. There is no collar at the junction of head and shaft. Total length 13mm, weight 1.06g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Blakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-120617
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an 8th century Anglo-Saxon mount or link-pin, silver and gilded. Originally of round shape, divided in four fields by a cross with rounded terminals, pierced for mounting/linking. Two additional holes, possibly suggest reuse of the piece, or repair. The decoration shows a chipped-carved interlaced motif. A similar decoration can be seen on a mount from Whitby illustrated in The Making of England, no. 107a. Dr Anna Gannon Department of Coins & Medals The British Museum
Created on: Wednesday 6th August 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA2C22
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy pin, this pin is bent almost in half and the shaft is to split at the point of the bend. The pin head is biconical in shape measuring 8mm in diameter, at its widest point. Beneath the head there is a collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section and swollen at its upper end. It tapers towards its slightly pointed tip. When unfolded the shaft would have been c93mm in length. This pin is most likely to be middle Anglo-Saxon in date.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10827
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An worn copper-alloy pin head, this pin head is cuboid in shape, with its corners cut off and measures 8mm by 6mm in size. Active invasive corrosion is visible and has destroyed most of the surface of the pin head, where it remains file marks can be seen. It is likley that this pin head is middle Anglo-Saxon in date as its shape is typically found in this period (Geake 2001, 40).
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EYE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10667
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy pin-head and incomplete shaft. The pin head is flattened biconical in shape and 7mm in width and 8mm in length. It is decorated with curving radiating grooves, (radiating from the centre of the top of the head), these grooves curves down to the top of the shaft of the pin which has four transverse grooves at its top. The shaft is circular in cross-section and is incomplete due to an old break. The surviving part is 14mm in length. This pin is middle Anglo-Saxon in date and similar pins have been found in Ipswich (West 1995, 214, Fig 96).
Created on: Friday 21st February 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHARSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10259
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy worn Middle Anglo-Saxon pin head and incomplete shaft, 31mm in length in total. The pin head is a flattened biconical shape, 10mm in length, 8.5mm in width, at its widest point. It is decorated with ring and dot decoration which seems to run in two transverse rows, although some of the ring and dot has worn away in places. Beneath the pin head there is the suggestion of a collar which has now almost completely worn away. The incomplete shaft is circular in cross-section and tapering towards its end. A similar pinhead and incomplete shaft with ring and dot decoration has …
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HARKSTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10061
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Spherical headed pin, missing most of shaft. The head is 8 mm in diameter. At the junction with the shaft there is a small collar which suggests a middle Anglo-Saxon date. The shaft is 2 mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAISEWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10062
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin with flattened spherical head, missing most of the shaft. There are deep spiralling grooves on the head, which has a diameter of 7.5mm; there is a small collar above a straight shaft fragment 2 mm in diameter. Similar to an example from Brandon (Webster and Backhouse 1991, no. 66k (mis-labelled i in the fig.).
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAISEWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10054
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy ball-headed pin. The shaft is in two pieces and incomplete; it is attached in the collared socket at the base of the hollow head, and apparently projects into the damaged knob on the top of the sphere. Four projections around the mid point are applied cylinders (one is missing) with applied beaded silver wire collars; the cylinders contain a powdery black material. The rest of the surface has applied spirals of silver wire with concave surfaces. A similar form of pin (but without the spirals) in gilded silver from Flixborough is dated to the 8th century (Webster and Backho…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAISEWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9857
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin 23mm in length. The head of the pin is polyhedral, that is a cuboid with the corners cut off, 18mm in length and 6mm in width. The shaft is incomplete due to an old break and circular in cross-section. There was a similar pin found in Ipswich which is middle Anglo-Saxon in date (West 1998, p214, Fig 96, No, 11).
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9858
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy pin. The incomplete shaft, which is circular in cross-section, has been bent at right angles beneath the head, the length of the bent shaft is 26mm. The head of the pin is flattened biconical in shape with a length of 8mm and a width of 7mm, it has been decorated with a series of curving radiating lines which meet in the centre of the top of the head, below these lines there is a collar. A similar pin has been found at Ipswich and is Middle Anglo-Saxon in date (West p 214, Fig 96, No 14).
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9821
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head from a gilded copper-alloy ball-headed pin, almost spherical in shape and 17mm in diameter. The head is decorated with gilding and raised filigree circles, about 3.5mm in diameter, one of which has inlaid glass within it. In between the circles there are also filigree spirals. The pin head is slightly damaged as there is a square hole in one side of it; through this hole it is possible to see that the head is hollow with the remains of the copper alloy shaft running through it. The rest of the shaft does not survive. The presence of filigree spirals implies that this pin head …
Created on: Monday 25th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WORLINGWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9683
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon pin, 39mm in length. The head of the pin is biconical in shape with a median band, it has a width of 10mm and length of 11mm and is decorated by two transverse rows of circular indentations, one row either side of the median band. The pin has a collar and below this the shaft is circular in cross-section and slightly swollen and incomplete, due to an old break.
Created on: Monday 11th November 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SWEFLING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9400
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a silver gilt panel cast with fine chip-carved ornament in low relief, max. w. 24mm, wt. 2.27g.  The main motif is a cat-like beast with its head turned to look back, its mouth open and a long tongue projecting.  The round ear develops into a 'lappet', a fine line which extends in looped interlace to fill the spaces around the body. The creature stands in profile with spiral decoration in the front hip of a vertical leg (incomplete) and what may be the upper foreleg of the other front leg raised. The torso is slender.  The rest is broken away.  A bro…
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8878
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pinhead and part of shaft. The head is a cuboid with the corners cut off, measuring 7 mm wide by 5 mm thick. It is quite corroded and no decoration survives on any of the faces. A slight collar below the head can just be seen, above the circular-section shaft. This tapers to 1.5 mm thick at the old break. Total surviving length, 23 mm. Middle Anglo-Saxon, 8th or 9th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8866
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin head with tiny stub of shaft. The head a flat inverted drop shape, with gilded relief decoration on one face consisting of tightly packed asymmetric interlace with both curves and angles. The gilding survives on the higher parts, but in the lower parts dirt obscures it; this dirt should only be removed by an expert conservator as the pinhead appears very fragile and some of the edges may already have been lost. The stub of shaft is oval in cross-section, and has been bent above an old break. The interlace is Anglo-Saxon and dates the pin to the 8th century.
Created on: Monday 1st July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8690
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin. The head is a flat cuboid, 7 mm wide and 4 mm thick, with the corners cut off; there is no decoration on any of the faces. Below the head is a collar, and then a circular-section shaft. The shaft is a little bent some way above the old break. Length as bent, 39 mm.
Created on: Monday 10th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8685
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pinhead and part of shaft. The pinhead is an irregular cube of side 6 mm; the faces are not at right angles and the corners are cut off. There is no decoration on any face. Below the head is a collar, and then a tiny fragment of circular-section shaft. The break is fairly fresh. There are small areas of hard pale grey concretions on the head which look like decayed solder. Middle Anglo-Saxon, 8th or 9th century.
Created on: Monday 10th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8254
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin head and part of shaft. The head is a cuboid with the corners not particularly neatly cut off. The cuboid measures 6 mm wide, 5 mm deep and 5 mm tall. The four main side faces, and the top face, have a bold ring-and-dot motif, but in some cases the face is too small to take the complete outer ring and the effect is of a single raised ring. The cut-off corner faces are undecorated. The lower face tapers into the shaft, which has a square-section collar at the top. Two of the faces of the collar have a single transverse groove, and the other two are large enough to…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WORLINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8233
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin head and part of shaft. The head is a flattened cuboid with the corners cut off; the cuboid is 10 mm wide, 5 mm thick and 11 mm tall. On one of the major faces three ring-and-dot motifs can be seen in a horizontal line, and on the other four can be seen in a ring around the outside; it is probable that originally there were five arranged in a quincunx on both faces. Faint traces of a single ring-and-dot can be seen on nearly all of the upper and lower cut-off corners, and on one of the side faces, and there was also probably a single one on the top face. The poor c…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FORNHAM ST MARTIN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8221
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head and top of shaft from a pin. The head is made from copper alloy. It is in the form of a cuboid measuring 7 mm square in cross-section and 10 mm long, with the corners cut off. On three of the four main lozenge-shaped faces are five dots drilled in a quincunx and filled with a white material which may possibly be a decayed inlay. On the fourth main face is a pierced D-shaped lug to take a linking chain or cord. All the other faces are undecorated. From the base of the head the shaft emerges; this is made of iron, and is circular in cross-section measuring c. 3 mm in diameter.…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WICKHAM MARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7494
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Coppr-alloy pin, missing lower part of shaft. The head is a cube of side 7 mm, with the corners cut off to give a facetted effect. There is no visible decoration on any face, and some of the angles are rubbed so that a bright brassy metal shines through. Around the top of the circular-section shaft is a small biconical collar. The shaft is straight and measures 2 mm in diameter for the whole of its surviving length; it ends in a worn break.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.