Record ID: ESS-EEC682
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval pin. It is Middle Saxon in date (AD720-850). Length 27mm, width of head 10mm, diameter of shaft 2.1mm, weight 3.51g. The head is biconical and is decorated with punched holes. There is a slight trace of a collar where the head meets the shaft. The shaft is circular but most of it is missing. The object is covered with mid green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-D1EDB4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Middle Saxon AD750-820) cast copper alloy pin. The head is polyhedral i.e. cuboid with the coins cut off, thereby creating thirteen visible faces. The head is decorated; each of the smaller faces having one ring-and-dot motif. The two larger faces each have four ring-and-dot motifs. The head is separated from the stem by a moulded collar, a characteristic feature on Middle Saxon pins. The incomplete shaft is circular in section. The pin has a length of 33mm, the head has a width of 9.5mm, the stem a diameter of 2mm. The weight is 2.45g.
Created on: Monday 8th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-1A0016
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag, circular, 12.5mm diameter, central perforation in centre of ring and dot, 4 ring and dots and two perforations in outer border.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B2844
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early/Middle/Late Saxon weight, circular with central ring-and-dot within eight ring-and-dots around border on upper face, sides with facetted chamfer to smaller base, weighs 3.79g, 0.1260oz, 55.0 grains. Although almost certainly belonging somewhere within the Early to Late Saxon periods, this weight does not conform to any units recorded in Scull (1990) or Kruse (1992).
Created on: Monday 29th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton (Near Bungay)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A4E956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch, very worn and corroded, fully-round top knob, damaged narrow head-plate (16mm) broken at springing of missing bow, length >27mm, much iron corrosion around broken single lug with remains of iron pin on reverse. Ancient breaks. Mid 5th century.
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5BDB00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch for which no published parallel could be found. The fragment consists of a large oval shaped solid full round knob with a smaller circular top knop projecting from its top. This knob is unusual and is decorated with two transverse grooves across its centre. There is a circular double transverse moulding at the base of the knob and then a rectangular plate, this is narrow and its lower edge is incomplete due to an old break and its long sides appear to be complete, indicating that if this is a brooch head it did not have win…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CFD04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval brooch, either a cruciform or small long in type. A fragment of the lower head and upper bow, measuring 27.60mm in surviving length and 16.74mm in surviving width. The bow has transverse grooves at its top and there are two longitudinal parallel grooves down its centre. It is D-shaped in section. There is an incomplete pin loop on the back face with the remains of a corroded iron adhering to it, presumably from the iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-20F0D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, copper alloy, dating to the fifth or sixth century AD. The brooch possesses a rectangular head plate with a slightly raised square central panel. Rectangular expansions extend from the head plate giving it the appearance of being cruciform in shape. on the underside of the head plate is a single semi-circular perforated lug surrounded by some iron corrosion products. The head plate extends to an arched convex section bow. Where the bow meets the foot, there is a rectangular facet. The foot possesses a series of rectangular mouldings and small oval lappets…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A1873
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch foot, that is either the spatulate extension from the end of a cruciform brooch or from a small long brooch. It is spatulate in shape and measures 25.17mm in surviving length and 19.96mm in width. It is incomplete due to an old break. The front face has a border of small circular indentations.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-43F242
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob, copper-alloy. Measuring 17.41mm in length and 11.13mm in width. It is half-round and has a hole running through its centre with corroded iron adhering at either end of this, this is probably the remains of the pin bar. There is no sign of a slot or projection on the underside.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-691217
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, incomplete, copper-alloy early . Only the central panel of the head, the top knob and a small fragment of the bow now survives, the rest is missing due to old breaks. It measures 30.07mm in surviving length and 19.68mm in surviving width. The top knob has been cast seperately and is attached via a projecting rectangular shaped tab with a stud on the underside which engages with the head plate, it may have been secured with solder originally but no trace of this can be seen now. The knob is full round and the rectangular tab, which projects over the fro…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D4C5E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, fragment of a cast copper alloy florid cruciform brooch. The surviving section of the brooch is part of the foot plate. There is a flat square panel with a sub-rectangular lappet on the left hand side and a moulded half rounded pannel below. The lapet is decorated with style 1 animal ornamentation. The reverse of the fragment contains a wide and incomplete catchplate. The breaks are worn. The brooch has a dark green-black patina.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-9374D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. Bow from a cruciform brooch, but could also have come from a square-headed brooch. It is approximately rectangular, 29.89mm in length and 17mm wide. It weighs 9.14g. It is curved to a bow shape, and is domed with a longitudinal ridge down the centre, giving way to a flatter profile where it forms the base of the central panel. The metal shows signs of having been in a fire, which suggests that it may have come from a cremation .
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DA2A63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A foot fragment of a copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon long brooch, either a cruciform or a small-long brooch. Only a lower fragment of the bow, the flat panel and the half round panel now survive; the rest of the brooch is missing due to old breaks. The bow is faceted and the flat panel has small rounded lappets. The half round panel has transverse mouldings across it. On the back face there is the remains of the catch plate. This fragment measures 28.6mm in length and c10mm in width across the bow and 19.5mm in width across the lappets of the flat panel. From its width it probab…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F93E8
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Mid/Late Saxon hooked tag, slightly trapezoidal, decoration comprises remains of two pairs of broad flat ribs with stamped ring-and-dot between three and below one narrow knurled ribs, broken across one of two perforations for attachment in corners of upper edge, >17 x >14mm. Cf. Margeson (in Rogerson 1995) 56-8, fig.39. 8th-11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C4C552
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy with Style I decoration, perhaps a fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon florid cruciform brooch. It is now folded in half and has signs of burning, perhaps indicating that it has come from a cremation burial. The fragment measures 23.6mm in length and 22.2mm in width, and consists of a flat plate (now folded) with a roughly semi-circular projection to one side, divided from the flat plate by a moulded rib. The projection has relief decoration of a Style I human face, with long triangular nose, rounded eyes and hair curling outwards at the ends; the overall impres…
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Friston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-63B6C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon incomplete Small-long brooch, probably Leeds ‘cross-potent derivative type’, bent and corroded, damaged head-plate with pitted (?stamped) raised rectangular panel, semi-circular notch survives in one lower corner, other lower corner missing, edge damaged, broken pierced lug on reverse, thin distorted and broken bow, ancient breaks, 22 x >34mm.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mutford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A064F0
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy hollow terminal from ?furniture, cast in the form of an animal head with open mouth, moulded nose, eyes and eyebrows, slight rib around neck, engraved longitudinal lines, flange projects back from base with remains of two rivet-holes, length at least 22mm. Cf. POL of similar terminal from Burlingham, described as possible stirrup terminal (HER 37309).
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-859C61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt chip-carved ovate frame from a buckle, probably of the sixth century, with detailed Style I animal-ornament chip-carved upon the surface. This is part of a high-quality composite object reflecting the exceptional status of the Sutton area during that period, and gives us an insight into the art current at Sutton before the high point represented by the famous ship-burial jewellery. The buckle frame is 35mm long by 21mm wide by 7mm high or thick. It is a long oval casting with a central slot 15mm long by 5mm wide to admit the strap. On the fore-edge of the frame…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BB268
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small animal-head terminal from a cruciform brooch. The whole object is 24mm long, 8mm wide and 4mm thick. It has a flat back with lngitudinal central groove. The snout has a longways central ridge and the two eyes are raised either side. The tip of the snout does not flare, but is shown by transverse banding, and then a flaring flat chisel-like tip.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.