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Record ID: SF-431978
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a late Medieval to Post-Medieval vessel. The sherd is reddish in colour, with coarse inclusions. On the interior of the vessel the floor has a relatively thick yellow/white residue, with a large oval area of lead that is not obviously a vessel mend but is attached to the vessel. This sherd measures 37.22mm in length, 30.45mm in width, 13.01mm in thickness, and 20.81g in weight. It is of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.15th-16th centuries AD if not slightly earlier.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-42FF81
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unidentified, undatable copper-alloy object. Potentially melted from cremation.  Weight: 1.08g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-42D7AC
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead steelyard weight of probable Roman date. It is conical in shape, with the remains of a iron suspension loop.  Weight: 267.76g Height: 35.10mm Diameter: 40.27mm
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-42B58D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform, dating to AD 420-480. The foot is missing. The head plate is rectangular and has an integral full rounded top knop; the latter has a domed head, a waist and a base, which extends outwards on the front face. The head plate has bevelled sides and has the same width as the arched bow protruding from its lower edge; its back face has a pierced semi-circular tab which is blocked by a fragment of the iron axis-bar; a fragment of the spring and iron corrosion products are encrusted around the…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4234A4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unidentified, undatable silver object. Potentially melted from cremation.  Weight: 0.48g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-422F4A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unidentified, undatable metal object. Potentially melted from cremation.  Weight: 1.38g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-422751
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unidentified, undatable metal object. Potentially melted from cremation.  Weight: 7.33g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4219D3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A metal unidentified, undateable object.  Weight: 5.53g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-41D73E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle plate. It is rectangular in shape with three circular rivet holes, one containing a rivet. At the attachment end, is a pin slot. There is no decoration present.  Length:29.80mm Width: 18.64mm Weight: 3.34g
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3F509E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy seal matrix of medieval date (c.1300-1400). Description: The object consists of a circular die face, a waisted handle, hexagonal in cross-section and oval loop, with iron corrosion within. The dies face is engraved with a a pair of crossed arms above/below a crescent. A plain circular border separates this from the inscription which starts at 12 or 6 o'clock and runs retrograde around the edge of the die face reading, '+PRIVE SV', which translates to 'I am private'. A star begins the inscription. The object has an ev…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-2F3481
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is rectangular, with two holes which held integral lugs, one of which is misisng. There is moulding around the outside of the plate. A third integral lug is in situ at the break end of the plate.  Without the buckle frame it is difficult to date more precisely than c.AD 1250-1500. Length: 18.98mm Width: 17.19mm Weight: 2.18g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2F21B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, made out of a sheet, with a circular hole at one end, and the remains of another hole at the break end. There is a thin folded sheet at the top with the remains of an iron pin in situ. There is evidence of gilding on the surface.  Width 42.17mm Length: 21.70mm Weight: 5.00g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E78B9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1300-1500. The extant piece consits of the outer edge of the frame of a single looped D-shaped buckle. The outer edge is broadly triangular. Similar examples are depicted in Whitehead 2003: 109-117. Length:42.88mm Width: 28.70mm Weight: 4.27g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E6355
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete  copper-alloy buckle plate. The object is formed from a long strip folded in two, the outer section much longer and wider than the reverse, which is corroded. Square notches have been cut in the centre and to either side of the fold creating a gap for now missing pin, although iron corrosion can be seen. There is a small circular hole through each corner and the centre containing in situ copper alloy rivets, with one missing. Without the buckle frame it is difficult to date more precisely than c.AD 1250-1500. Weight: 7.45g Width: 23.79mm Length: 31.95mm
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E285D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle frame of late 13th-early 14th century date.The buckle is oval shaped with a narrowed offset bar. The frame is slightly rectangular in cross section. The outer face of the outer side is decorated with two raised lobes towards the outer end and a lobe in the centre. The pin is missing. The buckle shares similarities with oval shaped buckles with narrow, offset bars (Egan & Pritchard 1991: p.70, plate 42) Length: 15.70mm Width: 12.53mm Weight: 1.08g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DFB8F
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. It is sub-triangular in plan with a zoomorphic relief design.  It is composed of a narrowed upper terminal which expands towards an expanded flat lower edge with two outer projections. The lower projections and upper terminal are zoomorphic, in the form of an animal heads. Between the two projections are two circular intergral lugs, above which is an old break. At the back of the flattened edge is a right-angled flange. The upper surface has moulded relief decoration composed of two…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2DF786
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate or nummus of uncertain ruler, dating to the period c.AD 260-c.402. Uncertain reverse type and mint. Heavily corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DA48D
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy casket key dating to Medieval to Post Medieval date. All that remains is the bit, steam and the beginnings of the looped bow. There is no decoration evident, the bit has two circular holes in the centre. Length: 25.43mm Width: 15.42mm Weight: 3.64g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D58FB
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an iron probable late medieval to early post-medieval scabbard chape. Only the lower end of the object survives. This is a cast, hollow flat triangular chape with a jagged break around its upper edge and a flattened globular terminal projecting from its lower end. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. Scabbard chapes are more commonly made from sheet metal, but cast examples in copper alloy and iron are known. Compare PAS records: PUBLIC-03A532, LON-0444D0 and WMID-C808A3. It seems likely to be of late medieval to early post-medieval date. Le…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D3443
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval vessel  lug. The zoomorphic terminal has with two wide slanting grooves for ears, two vertical grooves for eyes, a V-shaped groove on either side for the open mouth, and a moulded groove running around the top to form an up-turned nose. A hole runs right through along the long axis from the back of the head to the open mouth, and this would have held the end of a rectilinear handle. An example from a shallow sheet-metal bowl (not a chafing dish) is published in Egan 1998, fig. 143. The surface of the metal is slightly corroded and the break…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.