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Record ID: SF-BD75B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small assemblage of 17 greyware sherds dating to the Roman period, c. 100-400 AD. The assemblage consists 7 rim sherds, 6 body sherds and 4 base sherds from a variety of vessel forms, all with hard greyish or greyish buff fabrics and silvery micaceous inclusions. Combined weight: 228g.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BCAC8B
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large section of a tegula type rooftile dating to the Roman period, c. 43-410 AD. The fragment consists around 25% of the original tile, demonstrating the outer body and part of the raised edge. Demonstrating a high-fired bright orange fabric, the fragment is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and 'L' shaped in profile, it survives to a length of 127.62mm, 64mm wide at its widest point, and 46.51mm thick at the midpoint of its raised outer edge. It weighs 324g.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BC81AD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy radiate struck for Gallienus' sole reign (AD 260-268) dating to c. AD 260-268. Reece period 13. Reverse: FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopia. Mint of Rome. C.f Cunetio p. 116, no. 1215.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BC680E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle of Meols type 2 dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. It is broadly oval in plan, with an offset strap bar (all but the very base of the pin missing in old damage) and a thickened outer edge to the frame with two transverse grooves on its upper surface. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it measures 23.22mm in length, 15.42mm wide, and 3.65mm thick at the midpoint of the outer frame. It weighs 3.2g. For a parallel see Egan (2007) p. 91, no. 485.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BC51FA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A virtually complete cast copper-alloy buckle of Meols type 9 dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. It is broadly oval in plan, with an offset strap bar (around which part of the wound-wire pin still survives) and a thickened outer edge to the frame consisting a central thickened lobed section with pin-rest on its upper surface, flanked on each side by a double transverse collar. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it measures 24.17mm in length, 17.19mm wide, and 3.39mm thick at the midpoint of the outer frame. It weighs 2.9g. See Egan (2007), p. 91, no. 5…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC1DFC
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment originating from a terret ring of uncertain type, dating to the Late Iron Age or Early Roman period, c. 100 BC- 100 AD. Only around 30-40% of the terret survives, the extant fragment consisting the very edge of the strap bar and one side of the object, truncated at both ends in old breaks. Curving in plan and broadly circular in section, it demonstrates an extremely prominent disc-shaped collar adjacent to the surviving fragment of strap bar, in addition to a projecting disc-shaped protrusion at the mid-point of its surviving side, the latter b…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BBBC9C
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount/stud dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. It demonstrates a rectangular main body with a projecting circular attachment lug extending from its rear face, and a thinned section at its lower edge with a central cut-out section that is folded back on itself to form two projecting lugs with a central aperture. The latter would originally have housed the suspension loop of the pendant itself and an axis bar, though these are now missing. Preserved in fair condition with an even green patina, it measures 19.17mm long, 10.…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BB0657
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A creased and flan damaged halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-47) from the Canterbury mint under archbishop Warham mm : cross patonce c.1526-32. Obverse: crowned bust right with legend hEnRIC VIII D G R AGL Z F R Reverse: letters W A divided by shield with legend CIVI / TAS / CAN / TOR
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-BAE780
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five sherds of Black Burnished type ware. South Western variant fabric. Dark grey to black reduced fabric with oxidised dark red and reduced pale gray margins. Poorly sorted mixed temper, including sand, shale and iron rich pieces. Some of the surfaces are slipped..Two rim sherds from jars and one undiagnostic body sherd. One rim is beaded and the other is upright with a beaded edge. Handmade. The sherds a heavily abraded. One moderately everted rim sherd from a jar. One rim sherd from a flanged bowl. Three undiagnostic body sherds. Handmade. The sherds are heavily abraded. Date:Earl…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-BACEBC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Black Burnished ware. Poole/Wareham fabric.Dark grey to black reduced fabric with abundant rounded quartz sand temper. Some of the surfaces are heavily burnished.Two rim sherds from jars and one undiagnostic body sherd. One rim is beaded and the other is upright with a beaded edge. Handmade. The sherds a heavily abraded. Date:Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c.50 BC to 150 AD Weight: 21 g
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-BAAF0B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap end. A Roman cvalry strap terminal or apron mount.. A D-sectioned plate of curvilinear outline with a rounded attachment loop at the top which retains a copper alloy rivet in the circular hole. Beyond it the plate is baluster shaped with a rounded, circular cross sectioned knop at the end. At the rear, above the knop is a short upward projecting lip. Date: Roman - AD 43 - 150 Dimensions:28.10 mm x 6.15 mm x 6.77 mm Weight: 2.93 g Similar to WILT-80CAA7 where the author notes: The object belongs to a group of distinctive strap fittings relatin…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-BA8A9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete large copper alloy plate brooch. A plate brooch in the form of rosette bow brooch. Part of a brooch of composite construction. A large plate with traces of white metal coating on the front face. The plate has a circular upper paert with a narrowed leg below. The large rounded end of the plate is slightly dished and has a central iron rivet. It is decorated with a faintly incised double-stranded circular framing band. The leg of the brooch extends outward from the rounded end and may have formerly flared out into a fantail, however this is now tapering to a gently rounded…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B950F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV. Dated 1461-1462. Minted in Durham under the Kings Reciever. Heavy coinage. Local die. Rose in centre of reverse. North vol.II, no.1544. Obverse description: Crowned bust facing. Obverse isnscription: EDWAR[D RE]X ANGL. Reverse description: Long cross with rose at centre and three pellets in each quadrant dividing legend. Reverse inscription: CIVI [TAS] DON OLM.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B87CC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval short cross, cut halfpenny, of Henry II -Henry III AD1180-1247. Further detial obscured by wear.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B8549C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-medieval silver groat of Mary. Dated 1553-1554. London mint. Privy mark: pomegranate. North 1991: 126, ref: 1960. Cracked flan behind bust. Obverse description: Crowned bust left. Obverse inscription: MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI. Reverse description: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Reverse inscription: VERITA/S TEM/PORIS/FILIA (Truth, the daughter of Time).
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B7FAE3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle with integral plate. The buckle frame is trapeziodal with vertical inner edges and a triangular cross section (pointed at the outer edge. The frame is decorates with transverse grooves arount three sides. At the fouurth side projects the integral plate. The plate is narrowed from the frame, slightly tapering and rectangular in cross section. The edgeds a slightly chamfered. Behind the frame is a central circular attachment hole. Towards the opposite end is another circular attachment hole filled with iron corrosion product and flanked by a short rounded projectio…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B7C651
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Langton Down brooch. The short wings are complete, open to the the rear and at either end. The wings are filled with the fused remnants of the copper alloy spring for the missing pin.There is a copper alloy axis bar visible at the ends of the wings. The head of the bow is arched upwards from the wings, curving downwards and tapering towards the break. The bow is decorated with moulded longitudinal ridges. It is oval in cross section. Date: Iron Age to Roman - AD 25 - 60. Dimensions: 29.68 mm x 15.06 mm x 13.27 mm Weight: 9.53 g
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B77997
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch. A Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. The wings are complete, open to the top and rear and terminating in a perforated wing cap at either end. These are sub-oval, expanding backwards and have an off-centre drilled circular perforation, holding a copper alloy axis bar in situ. The wings are plain. Around the axis bar are the remnants of the coils of the sprung pin mechanism. The coils are in three pieces; two coils on one side, five on the other and one and a half coils extending into the stub of the pin and remnant of the chord. There is a furth…
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-B76219
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of Gratian (AD 367 - 378) dating to AD 367 - 378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI (Gratian standing holding standard and shield) reverse. Mint of Arles. Date: Roman Diameter: 18.02 mm Weight: 2.08 g Diameter: 6
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DOR-B74CA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the house of Valentinian dating to AD 364 - 378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM (Emperor standing holding standard, captive to rear) reverse. Date: Roman Diameter: 16.55 mm Weight: 1.78 g Diameter: 6
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.