Record ID: SF-528FA4
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an antler, incomplete due to old breaks at both ends. It measures 72mm in length and 28mm in width with a thickness of 14mm. This antler fragment does not appear to have been worked and is likely to just be a stray loss, however, it could be a by product of antler working, or have been lost before it was worked. Therefore it is recorded in case any other antler fragments worked or otherwise are found on this site in the future.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-104216
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from near the tip of a polished bone dagger similar to other Suffolk examples, see Beck Row, SMR reference number MNL 145, Worlington, reference number WGN 008. This and previous examples are most likely to be Bronze Age in date. This fragment consits of a split and sharpened bone with part of the circular marrow core surviving. It is plano-convex in cross-section and there are old breaks near th tip and roughly mid-blade. The surviving fragment shows numerous sharpening and abrasive linear marks and facets. There is also a slight split visible along the length of…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9FF146
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete antler disc fragment with a copper-alloy suspension loop riveted onto one edge, it is Anglo-Saxon in date and likely to have had an amuletic function. The disc measures c32mm in surviving length and 26.4mm in width, it is 6.1mm thick, when complete the disc would have measured circa 6cm in diameter. Both faces of the disc are decorated with ring and dot motifs. The copper-alloy loop has stained the antler green in the area surrounding it. The loop is set at right angle to the plane of the disc and has flattened rectangular terminals which have a central copper…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C637A2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone blank which is unfinished but may have been created to make a handle, possibly for a knife. It is c85mm in length, 16.5mm in width and 14.4mm in thickness. One face is faceted and the other flat. It is most likely to be early post medieval in date and was discovered in association with five sherds of delftware pottery, a wine glass stem and another decorated bone handle.
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lowestoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C66FA6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete decorated bone knife handle most likely to be early post medieval in date. This handle measures 44mm in surviving length, and flares towards one end from a width of 10.7mm to a width of 18.8mm. It has an oval cross-section and is 11.1mm in thickness. All faces are decorated with a flowing incised design which appears to have been done freehand, it consists of ovals with diagonal grooves within them, circles with dots in their centres and continuous spirals. Within the handle there is a mass of corroded iton, presumably the remains of a knife tang. This handle was fou…
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lowestoft', grid reference and parish protected.