Record ID: SF-D30D10
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold object, probably a bead, of possible Bronze Age date. It has been flattened due to post-depositional damage but otherwise appears intact. The object is rectangular in form and would originally have been tubular in form. It is decorated on its exterior surface be a series of 17 transverse incised grooves, seemingly incised individually and by hand with the result that they are slightly unevenly spaced and the ends of some of the grooves do not quite meet. There is some damage to the exterior surface in the form of small cracks and splits to the metalwork resultant from it being …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B28293
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ornament, probably a bead. The thin sheet of gold had been rolled into a cylindrical shape but has now been unfortunately crushed. It is decorated with sixteen transverse embossed grooves. There is a brown substance, probably soil, inside the crushed ornament. The probable bead is very rare for Britain and Ireland though a necklace of similar beads from Ireland is in the British Museum (BM 1853,0926.2). Although the presence of sheet-working technique and embossed decoration in Britain would suggest an Early-Middle Bronze Age date, parallels in Bronze Final individual burial cr…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F1ED08
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bead of possible Bronze Age, or later date. It is circular with a circular central piercing 6.7cm in diameter, and has flattened surfaces around the perforations. It is biconical and measures 15.93mm in diameter at its maximum width, 8.63mm in height, and weighs 8.05g. The use of copper alloy for beads in the Roman to Medieval periods is not common, but there are a few examples on the PAS database. Some for which a Bronze Age date is suggested include beads from West Sussex, SUSS 61E555 and DF71D5. The latter is similar to the Brockley bead, though larger and heavier. …
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B4C654
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy possible bead which could be prehistoric or later in date. It is circular in plan measuring 15.6mm in external diameter and the central perforation is 5.4mm in diameter, the bead is 7.9mm in thickness. The front and back faces are concave. The outer face is decorated with a central circumferencial moulding flanked by grooves. No parallel could be found for this possible bead.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-746732
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete shale or possibly jet bead. This bead is circular in plan and measures 19mm in diameter, its sides flare outwards in its centre. One side of the bead is a lot thicker than the other measuring 11mm, the other side is only 6mm thick. The wider side is most likely to have been the front face of the bead. This bead has a circular perforation which is off centre and worn, it measures 7mm in diameter. This bead is a rare discovery in very good condition. It is early Bronze Age in date and similar to a shale bead discovered in Wiltshire (Annable and Simpson 1964, 117, no 498), exa…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF828
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Opaque non-coloured glass bead fragment; D-shaped section, rounded outer surface, tooling marks evident on inner surface.
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 1999
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BACTON', grid reference and parish protected.