Record ID: SUSS-07FD66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy buckle chape, AD 1660-1720. The chape belongs to Whitehead’s (2003, 96) class IV of anchor types. It would have been part of a shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame so that it cold be hinged on a separate spindle. The chape has been cast in a shape similar to an anchor, with a curving lower edge that extends round into two curving prongs. One of these prongs has broken off completely. From what would have been the centre of the curving lower edge project three small triangular wedges. These now abut one of the curving prongs on one side, …
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07F393
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy radiate of uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD c.260 - c.275 (Reece period 13).
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07EDC4
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy hook-section of a two-piece clasp (1550-1650 AD). The fitting is flat backed and has a moulded front. The central plate is oval in plan with three attachment-knops and two ornamental knops. Within the oval plate is a raised oval panel bearing a foliate design. The raised oval panel is contained within a beaded border. At one edge of the plate is a projecting blunt hook. The hook of this type of clasp is noted for curving upwards and back towards the plate, rather than downwards. The hook is flanked on either side by a small attachment knop to allow th…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Saturday 5th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07D977
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin: penny of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), Group D. North no. 2267.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07D2D8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy openwork strap fitting (1400-1600 AD). The mount is circular in plan with a trefoil lozenge-shaped projection; it is possible that the mount was shaped like a shell or, if used the other way round, a pomegranate. In the lower half of the circle there is a large openwork section. It would have originally been divided into three sections by two solid bars, but these have broken off leaving two pointed knops. On the reverse of the mount there are two internally-cast rivets. They are parallel along the central vertical axis of the moun…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07C785
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of Henry III or Edward I, dating to the period 1250 - 1278. Voided long-cross coinage, classes 4 to 7. Uncertain mint and moneyer.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07C2F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame with thinned and recessed strap bar and expanded outer edge. The loop is oval, 18.5mm long by 15.7mm wide by 1.7mm thick. The frame weighs 1.78 grams. The outer edge is expanded into a rectangular projection with six knops cut by five grooves. See Whitehead 2003, p 22, for similar examples dated 1250-1400AD.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07B961
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy strap junction, probably Medieval 1200-1500 AD. The artefact consists of a simple circular-plan strap distributor. It has a thick, oval-sectioned outer edge and four thinner, rectangular-sectioned bars which divide the interior into quarters, meeting at a central knop. The find is worn and heavily concreted. It measures 29.6mm in diameter, and 2.6mm thick. It weighs 5.86 grams.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07B4E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy figurative strap mount (1400-1600 AD). The mount is shaped like a shell with a projecting rectangular terminal at the base. It has a D-shaped section with a flat back. The front surface of the mount is decorated with incised ridges to define the shape of the shell. The base of the shell is waisted, opening out slightly into a sub-rectangular section. This possibly folded round back on itself, it is difficult to discern as the back of the mount is worn and covered in concretion. From the centre of the shell at the reverse an interna…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07B175
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle frame. Both loops are oval with a D-shaped section and flat back. In the centre of each loop's outer edge protrudes a round knop with a flat top and moulded rosette. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with has pointed knops at either end. There is evidence of the remains of iron corrosion on the strap bar, possibly remains of part of the pin. The buckle is 49.5mm long, 28.6mm wide, and 3.1mm thick; it weighs 7.82 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (p. 66, No. 408) which he dates to c.1550-1650.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07ADC4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double looped shoe or knee buckle with drilled frames for a separate spindle. The frame is decoratively moulded, the strap bar is present. The chape, pin and tongue are missing. The frame buckle is complete. The buckle measures 25.4mm long by 17.3mm wide and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 2.83grams. Similar examples can be seen in Whitehead, 2003, p94, ref 617, which he dates 1660 - 1800 AD.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-07A623
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy heart shaped halfpenny token issued by William Kemster of Milton-next-Gravesend, dated 1668.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-0798A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin: rose farthing of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), Type I. North no. 2289.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0792F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sheet buckle plates. The plates are square and have two projecting tabs to fit over the missing strap bar, with a notch in between for the pin. There is evidence of two rivet hole at the opposite end. The rivits are both missing. The front plate contains the decoration of an animal. The buckle plates are 26.5mm long, 21.3mm wide and 2.1mm thick. They weigh 5.67 grams. Without a frame it is hard to date the plate precisely but the shape and decoration suggests a Medieval date between 1150 - 1500.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-078DA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy probable single-loop buckle of Medieval date. The plate is leaf shaped, with scalloped edges and at least two in situ rivets. The frame, which appears to be integrally cast, is pentagonal in plan and has a lobes on its points. No trace remains of the pin.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-078770
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic Post Medieval cast copper alloy fragment, probably a strap clasp, 1500-1700 AD. The zoomorphic terminal has been cast in the shape of a stylised beast with a pointed muzzle and open mouth. It has moulded eyes and, inline with the eyes and slightly further back, ears pointing backwards to the neck. At the base of the top of the head is a projecting rounded notch, which may have been part of the catch of the clasp. The surface of the fitting has a dark olive-green patina and traces of tinned decoration. The fragment measures 17.6mm long, 4.2mm thick and weighs 20.7 grams.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-078155
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount, 1500-1600 AD. The mount has broken along one side so it is not possible to be sure what shape it was when complete, but it was probably square or rectangular in plan. The find has three complete sides forming three sides of a square; the other side has broken along a diagonal axis. The mount has been cast in copper alloy with an internal circular-sectioned rivet. This projects from the reverse of the mount, in what would be a central position if the mount were square-shaped. The mount is badly worn and the reverse has a good deal …
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-076373
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead Firle-type musket ball. The musket ball weighs 12.85 grams. Lead bullets such as these were used from c1550 – 1850, but most of them are likely to date from the 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-075DA2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast lead alloy ampulla, 14th-16th century AD. The find consists of around 60% of the ampulla flask: the neck has broken off, possibly due to being torn open. The body of the flask has been decorated on both sides: one side has a basically executed scallop-shell design, the other appears to have a geometric design of a triangle, or possibly an ‘A’ within a circular border. The incomplete ampulla measures 22.6mm long, 15.6mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 9.23 grams. Ampullae were an important kind of pilgrim souvenir in the medieval period. They were designe…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-073D21
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy buckle of post-Medieval date. The L-shaped piece represents one corner from a rectangular frame and is of flat section. A longitudinal groove extends down the centre of the vertical end's upper surface, and this side of the frame also has a toothed outer edge.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.