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Record ID: SF-2F21B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, made out of a sheet, with a circular hole at one end, and the remains of another hole at the break end. There is a thin folded sheet at the top with the remains of an iron pin in situ. There is evidence of gilding on the surface.
Width 42.17mm
Length: 21.70mm
Weight: 5.00g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2DA48D
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy casket key dating to Medieval to Post Medieval date. All that remains is the bit, steam and the beginnings of the looped bow. There is no decoration evident, the bit has two circular holes in the centre.
Length: 25.43mm
Width: 15.42mm
Weight: 3.64g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2D58FB
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an iron probable late medieval to early post-medieval scabbard chape. Only the lower end of the object survives. This is a cast, hollow flat triangular chape with a jagged break around its upper edge and a flattened globular terminal projecting from its lower end. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded.
Scabbard chapes are more commonly made from sheet metal, but cast examples in copper alloy and iron are known. Compare PAS records: PUBLIC-03A532, LON-0444D0 and WMID-C808A3. It seems likely to be of late medieval to early post-medieval date.
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Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2D3443
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval vessel lug. The zoomorphic terminal has with two wide slanting grooves for ears, two vertical grooves for eyes, a V-shaped groove on either side for the open mouth, and a moulded groove running around the top to form an up-turned nose. A hole runs right through along the long axis from the back of the head to the open mouth, and this would have held the end of a rectilinear handle. An example from a shallow sheet-metal bowl (not a chafing dish) is published in Egan 1998, fig. 143. The surface of the metal is slightly corroded and the break…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2BC0B3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval enamelled harness pendant. It is quatrefoil in shape, the outer edge conprising four rounded lobes, each with a small projection between. The outer face of each lobe is decorated with three raised petals as in the upper section of a fleur-de-lis. In the centre of the outer face there is a square linear border surrounding a raised lion en passant. The remains of red and black enamel can be seen in places alongside small traces of gilding. A suspension loop projects from the centre of the upper edge.
Harness penda…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Badwell Ash', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2B9C2E
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy lamp hanger of Medieval date. It has been cast in one and measures 43.00mm in height and 24.45mm in width. It consists of a central vertical shaft which terminates in a suspension loop. The base of this shaft flares outwards and is in the centre of three arms, which project at right angles from the central shaft. Each arm is incomplete due to old breaks, the missing terminals probably originally had circular perforations through them from which chains would have hung, to hold the lamp below. There is another circular perforation, through a small central …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-18A9B9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval Limoges figurine. The figurine depicts a three-quarter length standing figure that is cast flat and rectangular in form with the exception of the head. This is cylindrical with a flattened top and back face and has moulded decoration comprising of eyes, nose and mouth, the eyes consist of inlayed blue glass. The reverse of the face has an integral cyclindrical rivet for attachement. The figure is depicted wearing a long gown that hangs in folds creating multiple small fields originally filled with enamel. The arms of the figure are …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-187732
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) hooked tag. The plate is rectangular with angular steps down into an integral hook. There are three circular sewing holes across the top edge. It cannot be assigned a Read type due to it's slightly unusal form.
Length: 16.66mm
Width: 12.26mm
Weight: 0.80g
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-14F86F
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval knife handle terminal. The terminal is shaped like an horse's hoof and has iron corrosion. It curves downwards slightly at an angle and has a flat outer end. The inner surface is covered with iron corrosion where it would have joined the iron tang of a knife originally.
A number of similar example have now been recorded with the PAS: e.g. SF-6B23D0, NLM-61F60B, SUR-1DCA47, IOW-E044C2, SOM-A63564 and LVPL-2ABAE1.
Egan (2005, 93, no.398) illustrates a similar example from a 15th to 16th century excavated context in London.
Length: 19…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-145089
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy knife end cap of Post-Medieval date. It is rectangular in profile and oval shaped in section with moulded vertical ridges down each side. Both faces have incised decoration comprising a rectangular border containing a cross saltire, the edges suffering from corrosive copper-alloy and iron products. The top of the cap is decorated with an incised star shaped motif. At the base there is a transverse rectangular slot that contains the corroded remains of the knife tang. The entire object measures13.69mm in height, 9.31mm in diameter, and weighs 7.66g. It is of Post-Med…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-4815E0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (cut half) silver medieval penny of Edward the Confessor, dating to the period AD 1042-1044. 'PACX' Type. Uncertain moneyer and mint.
B.M.C. iv; Hild. D; North vol.I, no.813
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-46E082
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (cut half) silver medieval penny of Henry III, dating to the period AD 1222-1236. Probably Class 7b. Minted by Henri(c) of uncertain town.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-463537
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 138-161 (Reece period 7). Uncertain reverse type, maybe Salus with patera over altar and vertical sceptre.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-43D755
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy stud with a flat head of Roman date. It has a circular convex head with a small rim, and a hollow convex moulding in the centre. There is a circular shaft on the reverse. Similar examples can be seen in Crummy, 1983, pg 117 - 118.
Diameter: 20.45mm
Height: 10.77mm
Weight: 6.95
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-43A379
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman strip bracelet/armlet terminal of multiple motif type dating to the Roman period, c. 250-410 AD. The fragment is flattened rectangular in cross-section, with a slight curve. The upper surface of the bracelet is decorated with a stamped ring-dot motif, with a double row of dots and triangular grooves, and at the terminal end transverse line of three small incised ring and dots.
Bracelets of this style were in use from the later 3rd to 4th century AD (Crummy 1983, 37).
Length: 25.08mm
Width: 17.10mm
Weig…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-43736E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy contemporary copy of a Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period c. AD 321-323 (Reece Period 16). BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS reverse type depicting a globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, three stars above. Prototype of the mint of Trier. The weight, style, lettering in both legends, as wel as the misaligned altar suggest this is a contemporary copy.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Wyverstone', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-436A46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch dating to the 2nd Century. The brooch is D shaped in profile, symmetrical on both axes with upright bead terminal with a ridge across the top. The pin is missing, the but the remains of a catch plate can be seen on the reverse of the terminal. The panel forming the bow is rectangular, with a design divided into three horizontal panels, the outer repeating each other. There is evidence of enamelling and beading, with small cells for enamel. There is evidence of a white metal coating. The patina is corroded, with a green and purple colour. A …
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-434199
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (cut half) silver medieval penny of John, dating to the period AD 1204-7. Class 5. Minted by Willelm B of London.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-300FB2
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead mould probably dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period. It is shaped into a fish, with a clear tail and some detailing to create a face. It has defined sides, and a raised rim on the reverse face suggesting it was used to mould pottery or bricks. It has suffered post-depositional damage and is not flat and mis-shapen.
Length: 94.08mm
Width: 28.10mm
Thickness: 10.58mm
Weight: 117.34g
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2F49F4
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of complete Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy tweezers dating to circa AD 43-1066. The tweezers are sub-rectangular in plan. In section, the arm end is bent out shape at a 90 degree angle to the loop. The loop is circular and contains the remains of a complete wire suspension loop. The suspension loop has two coiled ends to keep it in place. The arms of the tweezers flare outwards and the tip of one arm is folded inwards at 90 degrees. The form and the inclusion of a slip knot suspension loop suggests an Early Medieval date. …
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.
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