Record ID: SF7596
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's type E, decorated with a longitudinal central ridge. The split end is fragmentary, but seems to have had two nicks cut into it forming three rounded lobes. The two outer lobes each retain an iron rivet. The split is quite short, and below this the strap-end has straight sides which taper very slightly to a rounded end. There is no decoration apart from the low wide rounded longitudinal ridge, which starts just below the rivets and runs right down to the end. It also tapers, from 3 mm wide at the top to 2 mm wide at the bottom. The edges of the strap-…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TATTINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7577
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky mount, probably from a vessel, made from silvered and gilded copper alloy. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate and a hook that might have fitted over the vessel's rim; both curve down their long axis to fit around a globular vessel wall, and both combine to form a stylised animal. The plate is 20 mm wide at most, and 23 mm long. It has rounded corners and a slightly concave curve to the long sides. It is decorated with slightly angular symmetrical triple-strand interlace around four circular perforations; the two furthest away from the animal's head may have been function…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7569
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver sceat, Series C2, Primary Phase.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT BROMLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7560
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky D-shaped buckle frame with an animal head at each end of the loop and at the pin rest, and an inset bar. The bar has a lump of iron corrosion at one end, probably from the pin. The animal heads are three-dimensional but rather simplified; although each has a pair of deeply drilled eyes, the rest of the decoration just consists of grooves running down the snout. The larger head, at the pin rest, has a V-shaped nick between the eyes which would have acted as a groove for the pin; this head has some iron corrosion. The rest of the loop is a pointed oval in cross-section, angled…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7561
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead brooch. It is flat and circular, 39 mm in diameter, and about half is missing. There is a border consisting of two rings of pellets, which surrounds a relief quatrefoil. Inside this is another quatrefoil, and then a central relief circle. Only one of the foils survives complete, and this has a large pellet between the central circle and the line of the inner quatrefoil. Just inside the border, in some places cutting through the outer quatrefoil, is a ring of small circular perforations. On the reverse is a transverse pin lug, now squashed flat. The design of this br…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7556
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete annular brooch with broad flat frame. One face is corroded, with a strip of mineral-preserved textile (probably a decorative border from a garment) obscuring the surface; a drilled dot can just be seen close to each break. There is a line of iron corrosion across the frame which probably results from the end of the pin resting there; any pin constriction or hole is missing. The other face has a very high polish, perhaps from wear against an undergarment. There are some folds in the metal on this face resulting from slapdash manufacture, so the polish ought not to be deli…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7528
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky copper-alloy pommel from a sword. The base of the pommel is curved and it has five curved lobes, increasing in height towards the centre. The central lobe has a circular perforation, 6 mm in diameter, to allow it to fit over the tang of the sword; there are hammer marks around the perforation where the tang has been hammered down to fix it in place. The perforation then flares out to become an oval hollow; only the side lobes are completely solid, and the undersides of these are neatly filed smooth and flat. The pommel is in good condition with no obvious wear. There are no riv…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2001
Last updated: Saturday 17th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ELY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7527
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Thick piece of copper-alloy plate with some cast decoration which may be early Anglo-Saxon Style I. There appears to be an eye within a frame, and a curly beak, but the beak seems upside down compared to the eye and headframe. The plate varies in thickness slightly. Leslie Webster has seen it, and agrees that it is probably Style I, but the object from which it came cannot be identified. Style I dates to the 6th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7493
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head and part of bow from a small-long brooch. The central panel of the headplate is trapezoidal, tapering from 18 mm wide at the top to 12 mm at the junction with the bow. Down each side of the slightly raised central panel is a row of dot-and-crescent punchmarks, largely obscured by corrosion on one side. There are three 'knobs', each long, flat and rectangular with a semi-circular cut-out in each short edge; each one has a row of punchmarks along its inner edge and a fine engraved line along its outer edge. The punchmarks on the 'knobs' are triangular with a tiny annulet or cres…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7494
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Coppr-alloy pin, missing lower part of shaft. The head is a cube of side 7 mm, with the corners cut off to give a facetted effect. There is no visible decoration on any face, and some of the angles are rubbed so that a bright brassy metal shines through. Around the top of the circular-section shaft is a small biconical collar. The shaft is straight and measures 2 mm in diameter for the whole of its surviving length; it ends in a worn break.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7484
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Side knob from a cruciform brooch. The knob is made from copper alloy, and is half-round with a slot in the base into which the edge of the headplate would have been fitted. Above this the knob has a rectangular base with rounded edges, then a narrow waist, then a hemispherical upper part with a large collar at the top. A hole runs right through the knob from the base to the collar, and this retains a substantial part of the iron pin bar. Although the bar is corroded, it seems to have originally been either square or D-shaped in cross-section, measuring about 2 mm square. There is…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7486
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo-Saxon strap-end, now missing its attachment end. The surviving portion has straight sides which gradually taper and then curve to a small projection in the centre of the surviving end. The end of the projection appears to have broken off. There is decoration on one face of a broad longitudinal groove with short broad transverse grooves to either side. There is also a narrow grooved border which runs nearly down to the rounded end on both sides; it is unusual to have any kind of decoration on the reverse. The break is quite unworn. Surviving length 29 mm, maximum surviving w…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7482
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead disc brooch, 28 mm in diameter. It is flat and has relief decoration of a double-strand border around a Jellinge-style animal. The animal begins with a head with a round eye and open bulbous jaws. A long double-strand tongue emerges to interlace over the body and under one leg. The animal is twisted into a reversed-S shape, with an angular junction between the long curving neck and the body which runs across the centre of the brooch; both neck and body are transversely ribbed with a contour line running along the back. From the angular junction emerges a transversely ribbed forel…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GOODERSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7483
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular hooked tag made from copper alloy. 16.5 mm wide at the top and 22.5 mm long, the sharp apex is turned under to form a small hook. There are two circular sewing holes set well in from the top corners. The tag is decorated with a vertical line of rectangular punchmarks, which runs right from the top between the holes down to the apex. This is crossed by a similar line across the top above the holes. Each side has two widely spaced similar lines which run up to the central vertical line. The punchmarks are all so neatly placed that it seems likely that they were made by ro…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7469
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Four body sherds of Thetford ware, all fairly thin.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COCKFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7450
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object, perhaps a strap-fitting. One right-angled corner survives, with surviving dimensions of 25 x 33 mm. The two surviving edges both have angled flanges on the reverse, and also on the reverse is a chunky but broken pierced D-shaped lug. The front is corroded but many of the details of the decoration can be seen. There are three rectangular bosses, all with the remains of sheet silver covering them. The most complete area of silver retains some irregular diagonal cross-hatched grooves. The bosses sit on top of relief ribbons which curve around in a rather angular…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7419
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy pommel, probably from a sword but possibly from a seax (a small single-edged sword or large hunting knife). The base of the pommel is curved and it has five curved lobes, increasing in height towards the centre. The two outer lobes are very small and have cut-away bases. The central lobe has a perforation to allow it to fit over the end of the iron tang, part of which survives. Where it passes through the central lobe it measures 6 x 7 mm, but at its broken end (within the hollow pommel) it measures 3 x 8 mm. Although the pommel is worn and some edges may be miss…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TOSTOCK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7390
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ELMSWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7376
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Extremely corroded stirrup-strap mount. At the base, a small stub of surviving flange can be seen on the reverse. Above this are two circular rivet holes. From the base upwards, the sides first flare a little, then have a long concave curve up to the upper corners. The mount then tapers up to a missing apex. Few details of decoration can be seen. There appear to have been six indentations around a central lozengiform indentation. There is a diagonal crease across the centre which has caused three of the indentations, including the central one, to perforate the mount. In outline this m…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HARKSTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7369
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy stirrup terminal. The upper part is a partial cylinder, open at the reverse and slightly flaring, and decorated with a wide transverse moulding between two narrower ridges. Nearly all of the upper edge is missing. Below the mouldings the terminal swells into a rounded bulb with a vertical carination down the centre, but no other decoration. At its maximum it is 16 mm wide and 17 mm thick. On the reverse the tube is closed c. 7 mm above the base, with a horizontal end into which the corner of the stirrup would have fitted. The edges of the tube run fairly straight fro…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NACTON', grid reference and parish protected.