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Record ID: SF-94BC05
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy vessel rim fragment of Medieval - Post Medieval date. The rim is flanged and probably formed part of a cooking vessel. The front face is decorated with three circumferential grooves. It measures 39.41mm in length, 22.14mm in width, 3.82mm in thickness, 11.60g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-952D9B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead uniface token of probable Post-Medieval date. It is flat and circular in form with moulded decoration on one face. The decoration depicts two longitudinal ridges with a central pellet between them. This token measures 26.83mm in diameter, 3.49g in weight. Similar tokens are noted by Mitchiner and Skinner (1984: plates 16-22) and suggest a date range in the 16th to 18th centuries for the current example.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-972B85
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy 17th century farthing trader's token of Cleare Shewell from Harleston, Suffolk, dated on the token to 1656 AD. As Williamson, 1967, p. 846, no. 52. Obverse: *[]RE.SHEWELL, The Grocers arms, within an inner circle. Reverse: *IN.HARLSTONE.1656, The letters C.S, all within an inner circle.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-988CF4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has an unthickened rim with incised circumferential groove. Running upwards from the rim are rows of evenly spaced punched oval indentations that terminate with a recessed band at the top of the thimble. It measures 16.28mm in height, 20.99mm in external diameter at the base (slightly flattened), 17.78mm in external diameter at top (slightly flattened), 1.10mm in thickness, and weighs 7.09g. The use of a thimble with an open top suggests a date range in the 15th to 16th centurie…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-92FE0D
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sword-belt hanger Post-Medieval in date. It is missing two decorative plates and the majority of a third due to old breaks, now worn. It is asymmetrical and a flattened D-shape in section. The front face is decorated with scrolled foliage decoration. The back face is flat and undecorated. At the base of the plate are three integral circular suspension loops. From one loop the hook and top of a separate copper-alloy decorative plate survives. The front face of the plate is decorated with scrolled foliage decoration. This sword-belt hanger measures …
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-938A1D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap loop or slide of Post-Medieval date. It is missing part of the lugs due to old breaks, now worn. It is D-shaped in section with a rounded front and flat back face. There is a central rectangular panel with circular terminals. The front face of the rectangular panel is decorated with three transverse grooves. On the back face are two integrally cast copper-alloy lugs that are flat, rectangular and taper to a point before terminating in old breaks. This strap fitting measures 23.73mm in length, 8.78mm in width, 2.97mm in thickness, 3.52g in w…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-948895
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy figurative strap fitting of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the terminal of the hook due to old breaks, now worn. It is D-shaped in section. At one end is a circular attachment loop with two smaller loops above. From here the object expands with a pair of curvilinear open work decoration. The front face is decorated with moulded-relief in the form of a long-haired and bearded man wearing a girdle around the hips. Projecting from the head is the remains of an integral hook. This is rectangular and D-shaped in section before terminating in old breaks…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-96C775
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper-alloy rivet, probably for repairing a sheet metal vessel, of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It is formed from a kite-shaped piece of copper-alloy sheeting rolled to form a cone with the point at the top folded down to form the head. This rivet measures 30.53mm in length, 19.12mm in diameter at head, 10.09g in weight. Egan (2005: pp. 101) notes that rivets of this form superseded Medieval folded staples in the later 15th century but continued in use into the 18th century AD. There is also a similar example from Norwich (Margeson, 1993, p.77, no. 470) and …
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-92D012
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy purse of Post Medieval date. Only the attachment loop survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It is oval and a flattened D-shape in section. At the base of the loop is a circular collar with an integral circular rivet. This purse measures 42.71mm in length, 19.69mm in width, 2.56mm in thickness, 9.79g in weight. There are similar examples of oval suspension loops recorded on the PAS database (SF-5F1624), (SF-EB0754).
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-98D6F6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 flattened biconical head that is faceted and decorated with 16 ring and dot motifs. Beneath the head is a small transverse collar, from which extends the cylindrical shaft that bends slightly before terminating in an old break. The pin measures 37.73mm in length, 7.45mm in diameter (at the head; 2.20mm at shaft), and weighs 2.34g. Similar pins noted on the PAS database (for example SF-AEBAB2, NMS-4C7913, NMS-466973, SF-72DED5) and in West (1998…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.