Record ID: SUSS-13DF60
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar. The bar has a central oval knop with another oval knop below and a bar above terminating in the remains of a loop (majority lost to old break). There is a central bar through the two oval knops which probably joins to the top bar and once rotated but it is now solid with corrosion products. The central knop is decorated with inlaid neillo; on one side it is in the shape of three V's one above the other joined by a central vertical line; on the other side is the remains of a lozenge divided into four small lozenges From either side of th…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wittersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-13AC94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy key. The shaft and bit are almost complete but most of the bow has been lost to old breaks. There is a collar between the bow and shaft. The shaft is round in section with slightly flattened sides and hollow; it has been cast in one piece rather than rolled. The bit is eleborate with two rectangular teeth each ending in a curve with a knob on the outer edge, the teeth are flanked by a triangular knops extending from the shank. Length 74.4mm, width (including bit) 24.2mm, diameter of shank 9.9mm, weight 35.58g. Egan (1998, "The Medieval Household",…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wittersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-12BEA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle with pin and plate. The frame is oval with a narrowed and offset strap bar. The frame is oval in cross section. It has a incised line on the front following and just inside the inner edge and an notched lip flanked by four small knops (two per side) at the centre of the outer edge. The incised line runs across the outer knops dividing them in two. The frame is 12.4mm long, 12.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick. The pin is cast and has a raised transverse collar just below the loop, it is straight edged till the tip where it narrows to a point. The …
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Oxney', grid reference and parish protected.