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Record ID: SF-428C73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver penny; Viking imitation of a coin of Alfred of Wessex (871-99), c.880-899 AD. North 475.1; mint and moneyer unknown. The flan is slightly bent and has a small area of damage to one edge.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-31F506
Object type: LINKED PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy object of Early-Medieval date, possibly a link for a pin set or similar item. It has a flat, pointed oval shaped plate with integral suspension loops at each end. These are oval in form, set at right angles to the plane of the plate, with central circular apertures and moulded transverse double collars separating loop from plate. The front face of the plate has extensive chip carved and gilded decoration. This comprises symmetrical chip carved single strand interlace that covers the front face and is contained within a pointed-oval shaped incised border, traces of a thi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-4AA4E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A pale gold 7th-century Anglo-Saxon shilling modified for usage as a pendant or similar item, c.660-680 AD. It is of Sutherland type II.ii.var: Roman: Constantine (26var) with star-like object on the obverse instead of hand and cross as in Sutherland 26. The coin has been pierced and the remains of a separately cast cylindrical silver rivet are present towards one side of the flan, indicative of modification for usage as something other than a coin. Coins of this period were commonly either looped or pierced for suspension and worn as pendants, and it is likely that the purpose of the…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-BE27D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Aethelstan, King of East Anglia (c.827-850). moneyer: Eadgar; mint: East Anglia. Naismith type E29.2/North 435.
Obverse most similar to Naismith C29.1 (Eadgar moneyer), reverse C29.2 although new dies.
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 12th March 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-BD9681
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A early medieval (French) silver denier of Charles the Bald, Carolingian King of the West Franks, c.840-877 AD. Minted at Melle, France.
Dr. M. Allen (Fitzwilliam Museum, pers. comm.) notes that this coin "is of a type issued from the reign of Charlemagne to the tenth century, but its style indicates an attribution to Charles the Bald (Morrison and Grunthal 1063)".
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th September 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-394035
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold and cloisonné garnet mount in the form of the upper body of a bird of prey in profile looking left, now slightly crushed and distorted. The bird has a curving pointed beak, a rounded head and waisted neck.
The mount was made from a gold backplate, with beaded-wire filigree soldered around its edge so that it is visible from both front and reverse. The beaded wire is c. 0.8-0.9mm in diameter and was made by using a swage to form rather irregular, angular beads, several with a medial seam or Äquatorschnitt. Attached to the front of the backplate are …
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-552FD2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy harness pendant of Anglo-Saxon date. The pendant is axe-shaped, narrowing in thickness towards the base and with an integrally cast rectangular suspension loop at the centre of the top edge. This has a central circular aperture that is elongated at its upper edge probably as a result of use wear, the base of the suspension loop extending down onto the undecorated back face of the plate. The back face itself appears to have traces of two incomplete but integrally cast circular rivets positioned beneath the suspension loop at the centre of the plate The entire object meas…
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-86FCD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) penny of Cuthred, King of Kent, c.798-807 AD, mint: Canterbury, moneyer: Duda.
Portrait type as North, 1980: no. 211; Naismith C30.1. The flan has some slight damage to one side but otherwise the coin is in good condition.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', 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-75D752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy knob from a florid cruciform brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. It comprises a flat rectangular plate with chip-carved decoration on the front face comprising a Salin's Style I human face mask. This has a transverse band of decoration at the attachment end that projects slightly to each side of the lappet and contains a central transverse wavy or zig-zag line. Beneath this the face has prominent eyebrows, globular eyes and projecting oval cheeks separated by a sub-triangular nose. Extending from the base of the nose is a triangular motif, possibly the mouth or to…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-735931
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead object, possibly a gaming piece of later Early-Medieval date. It is pyramidal in form with hollow back face and moulded decoration on the front face. The moulded decoration comprises four evenly spaced vertical ridges that run the length of the object and taper towards the rounded top. It measures 16.18mm in height, 18.31mm in length, 17.48mm in width, and 16.55g in weight.
Similar conical lead objects with hollow back faces and moulded decoration are noted from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (for example SF-C01997, SF-50B784, SF-6F5256 and SF-6F7361). They are interpreted …
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-BAFF04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver sceatta, Continental series E, later type (Variety A-related), 710-765 AD, probably an Abramson type E 150.
Martin Allen has recorded it as EMC 2012.0083, and commented that it belongs to a secondary variety of Series E that does not really fit into the typology of Metcalf and Op den Velde. This is a very diverse coinage that sometimes defies precise classification.
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wethersingsett', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-93D3D0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy buckle frame dating to the early-medieval or medieval period. The bar is narrowed but not offset, with a circular, faceted cross-section. The rest of the frame has a slightly rounded upper surface with a flat reverse. It is D-shaped, with a notched protrusion at the mid-point of the outside edge, where a pin could rest, and two notched protrusions on the exterior edge, on on the top and one on the bottom, close to the junction of the loop with the bar.
The metal is worn and corroded, so details of decoration are obscured, but all around the upper surface of the buckl…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-0F4415
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy stylus, probably of Early Medieval date. The metal is worn and patinated, obscuring any decoration, although there are traces of bands of grooved lines on the shaft. The stylus has a flat terminal ( or eraser) which is triangular in shape, and its shaft is circular in section, terminating in a point. The shaft is bent and the lower section and terminal have been bent at right angles, forming a square hook shape. The stylus measures 85.35mm in length (bent), and the shaft is 3.8mm in diameter. The straight edge of the flat terminal measures 12.41mm in length, and the sty…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-596EA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late Early Medieval buckle frame, (11th century). It is D-shaped, with a thickened outside edge which is faceted. There are animal-head terminals facing each other to either side of the bar, which is narrowed and circular in section. They have dots for eyes and ears which are flattened against the head; they hold the bar in their mouths. The metalwork is pitted and patinated and any other decorative detail is now lost. Along the centre of the ridge on the outside edge there is a short strip of oblique grooves forming cable decoration. A pin rest is visible on one side o…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E06595
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Possible catch plate from a large silver early Anglo-Saxon brooch of uncertain form. There are three horizontal incised lines at one end and five at the other end. The object appears to have been cut from the original item but it is possible that it has broken off very cleanly. It is trapezoidal in shape with the wider side at the broken/cut edge.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-D872A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver penny of Eadmund, King of East Anglia, c.855-870 AD. This coin is likely to be a continuation of a previous hoard of silver Eadmund pennies recorded through the Treasure Act as 2004 T115 (SF-077A54, SF-076841, SF-D99E44), 2008 T138 (SF-E1C3B5), 2010 T720 ( SF-AAFFB2) and (SF-C21281).
This record is an administrative error duplicate of SF-C21281. This will be resolved shortly.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-0C2A17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A pale gold Anglo-Saxon preliminary phase primary sceatta of the runic Pada type (series Pa IA), c.655-680 AD. Metcalf, 1993: pp. 75-76; North, 1980: no. 151.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Barham', 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-9203D5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete cast probable silver early medieval or Viking Age ingot, roughly cylindrical in shape with slightly flaring terminals. The ingot appears to have been worked with tiny hammer marks on its surfaces giving it a faceted appearance.
Dimensions: 31.62mm in length and 11.71mm in width, 10.68mm in thickness, 19.7g in weight.
Discussion: This probable ingot is of a slightly unusual form, they more normally have a sub-rectangular section. Simple cast ingots can be difficult to date but are often found in Viking Age hoards, although may have been used at other times t…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-793F43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver penny of Aethelweard (c.845-855), moneyer: Twicga. The coin is of a previously unrecorded type.
The obverse type appears as North (1980) no. 452, while the reverse type appears to be that of later issues, North nos. 454/455. One third of the coin survives, the remainder missing due to old breaks.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-FD3346
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval hooked tag of Read Class D Type 1. It has a flat plate that is sub-oval shaped in plan with scalloped edges giving the impression of seven projecting lobes, three of which form semi-circular sewing lugs with central circular apertures. The front face of the plate has incised decoration comprising single lines running either side of each lobe towards the centre of the plate creating four V-shaped motifs, each of which are joined to the next by a short curving line. This gives the impression of a central cross pattee The base of the palate …
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-FA22F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver early medieval coin of the Danelaw, Saint Edmund Memorial penny with shortened, blundered legends, c.890-910 AD. Moneyer: Odalbert. North 483.
The coin has a long crack leading towards the centre of the flan due to post-depositional damage.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1DE6B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96), Light coinage (group II, c.785-792; North 307; Chick 48), mint: London, moneyer: Ealhmund. Refs: North 1994: 88; Chick 2010; this coin also published as Naismith and Naylor 2012, no. 7.
The coin is missing part of the flan due to old breaks and show signs of post-depositional corrosion and wear.
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-B236E4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver mount, complete, flat and rectangular in shape with a small circular rivet hole through each corner. The front is decorated with a slightly untidy design consisting of an engraved border groove around two engraved cross shapes which each use the border along the long edge to form the edge of the top and bottom arms. One of the crosses has rounded ends to its side arms, but with the faint trace of squared ends lightly marked as well. Between the rivet holes, next to the cross with round-ended arms, is another U shape looking like one arm from a third cross. A row of small …
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-660703
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Offa of Mercia (757-96); heavy coinage (c.792-6), moneyer: Ciolhard/Ceolheard (North 321; Chick 203); mint: London. Refs: North 1994: 89; Chick 2010; also recorded as Naismith and Naylor 2012, no. 20.
The coin shows some signs of corrosion to both surfaces and appears to be missing most of the outer edge of the flan.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E8A4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead disc brooch of late Early-Medieval date. It is missing the pin and the outer edges of the pin lugs due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, circular in form and with relief decoration on the front face. This comprises a double stranded border within which is contained an animal or beast in the Jellinge style. The animal is positioned in a reverse S-shape and has a triangular head with oval shaped eyes and a bulbous open jaw. Extending from the base of the mouth is a double-stranded tongue that interlaces with the body and one leg. The curving neck and body run along o…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-AAFFB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Eadmund of East Anglia as king (North, 1980, 459). This coin has been bent in the past as there is a deep crease across its entire flan. Obverse: EADMUND REX AN Cross with upper and two transverse arms crosslet, the latter sloping upwards. Reverse: BEORNFERTH MO Cross pattee with a pellet in each angle Dimensions: 1.280g Discussion: This coin is likely to be a continuation of a previous hoard of four silver Eadmund pennies, which were recorded through the Treasure Act in 2004 (see 2004 T115, and on the PAS database as SF-077A54, SF-076841 and SF-D99E44) and 2008 (see 2008…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-6BE160
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the top of the bow, headplate, pin and terminal end of the foot due to old breaks. The bow is steeply arched, and a flattish oval in cross-section with a flat back. It has the remains of rectangular panels at top and bottom, each decorated with multiple incised transverse grooves where the panel and bow meet, the lower panel also decorated with single triangular notches to either side. The bow between them is slightly faceted, with a central vertical ridge decorated with three incised grooves.
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Created on: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-210523
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Anglo-Saxon supporting-arm brooch. It is missing the axis bar, spring, pin and outer edge of the catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are D-shaped in section with perforated lugs at their ends and a rear face that contains extensive iron corrosion resulting from the now-missing spring, axis bar and pin. The front of the wings (or the head of the brooch) is decorated with two pairs of transverse double grooves. Beneath the head the bow is steeply curved, sub-circular in cross-section with a rounded reverse and slightly faceted front with a central ve…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mellis', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E172D7
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp of HInes Form B16. It consists of a flat rectangular plate, with four projecting attachment lugs on one long edge (the rear edge), each lug approximately triangular in shape and perforated with circular holes. The central two are intact and complete, whilst the outer two are incomplete due to old breaks. The opposite long edge also has two perforations about halfway along, both incomplete, and set 8.5mm apart.; these are where a hook or catch would normally be. The two short edges taper slightly toward the rear.
The upper surface of the …
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-92A882
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver sceatta of Primary (Intermediaite Continental) Series D, type 2c, Abramson ref D400, 700-715 AD
Martin Allen has verified the identification and added it to the coin index as EMC 2010.0291.
Created on: Monday 16th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-C8B184
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. It consists of the foot with the horse's head terminal, the bow and part of the catchplate behind, the rest of the brooch missing due to old breaks. The incomplete upper terminal broken off before the head of the brooch, is undecorated but has a faceted centre, and is sharply curved to give a hooked shape. behind this and running longitudinally is the catchplate, 38.55mm in length. Beneath this the flat panel is plain apart from two diagonal, grooved lines on either side which finish at a horizontal rib, forming a collar above th…
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-C74207
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy relief-decorated early Anglo-Saxon mount. It is rectangular, 18.82mm x 16.6mm and has a raised rim of 2mm width. It weighs 3.4g.
Within the undecorated raised border is a field of relief Style I decoration. The details are now obscured by corrosion, but when held with long sides to top and bottom it appears to be the right way up. There is a face, apparently human, in the top right corner, with one pellet eye clearly visible. There is a clear curl of hair to the left of the eye, but there are also some features next to the border, perhaps more of the face, which are …
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9CB641
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount or escutcheon of Anglo-Saxon date. One third of the mount is preserved and joins to SF-9CA772 to complete the object. The mound is flat, disc shaped and has chip carved and gilded decoration on the front face. This comprises a central recessed circular field that may once have held a setting of some kind but which is now missing due to old breaks. Surrounding the central setting is a circular border, with a second circular border mid-way from the centre of the object to its outer edge dividing the mount into two distinct bands of decoration. The i…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9CA772
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount or escutcheon of Anglo-Saxon date. Two thirds of the mount is preserved, the other third found separately by the finder and recorded as SF-9CB641. The mound is flat, disc shaped and has chip carved and gilded decoration on the front face. This comprises a central recessed circular field that may once have held a setting of some kind but which is now missing due to old breaks. Surrounding the central setting is a circular border, with a second circular border mid-way from the centre of the object to its outer edge dividing the mount into two distin…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1DC2A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold probable Anglo-Saxon possible mount. It is missing one terminal end and the other survives but is now detached from the main surviving body of the object. This probable mount is an elongated oval in shape and made from sheet gold the front face of which has been decorated with applied filigree and gems, probably garnets, which have oval settings. The decoration appears to be zoomorphic, with a long body and small animal head of a mouse or bat like creature. Beaded filigree strands with narrower plain gold wire flanking them, run along the longitudinal e…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'westleton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-8B2EA5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Object Date: Early medieval Description: Mount Axe-shaped mount with remains of ?enamel decoration. A cross-shaped motif in the centre has split ends on the left and right, which develop into four curling spirals. The design is executed in relief and the background is filled with remains of ?enamel, which now appear white. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the metal fitting identified the metal as high-tin bronze, with no detectable precious metal. Dimensions: W 16mm max., L. 15mm max. Th. 1mm; Weight 1.9g Note: This find does not qualify as Treasure under …
Created on: Wednesday 16th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-FB31F3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A probable silver early medieval or Viking Age ingot. Roughly triangular in section and rectangular in plan, incomplete at one end which is tapering. Two faces have evidence of diagonal marks, which appear to have been made by a file. One terminal narrows and is incomplete due to an old break and the other is rounded with a flattened end. Dimensions: 33.75mm in length and 7.11mm in width, 4.71mm in thickness, 5.61g in weight. Discussion: This probable ingot is similar in shape to a larger narrow ingot of Late Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian datefound in Hindringham, Norfolk (200…
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-CD3B63
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete oval-shaped gold pendant which is set with a cabochon garnet with a grooved attachment loop. The back plate is plain and the grooved attachment loop soldered onto it. The loop is bent to one side, and squashed. Its two thin, separate, gold wires feed through, one of them wrapping around the front of the loop's base, the other one around the back. On the front face the back plate is framed with two wire cables either side of a central beaded wire cable, into which a plain upright border is set. The innermost cable of the frame is a plain wire, but towards the pr…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Halesworth', grid reference and parish protected.
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