Record ID: SF-2596D4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A late Bronze Age hoard with 47 pieces listed below. 1) A copper-alloy fragment of a solid hammer, roughly rectangular in plan flaring towards one terminal, both terminals now missing due to old breaks. It was produced in a bivalve mould-casting seams remain upstanding. Dimensions: 116.84g in weight, 40.24mm length, 34.05mm width, 18.09mm in thickness. 2) A copper-alloy fragment of a socketed spearhead with large, probably circular, central socket forming the midrib. There are secondary side-ribs midway along the blade edge, which is significantly damaged/ corrod…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bramfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-23F8A3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete pendant whetstone of uncertain date. It is formed from a medium to dark grey fine grained and micaceous stone, perhaps a micaceous schist, and is square in section, rectangular in form, terminating in old breaks at one end. The surviving end is triangular in profile with a worn hourglass perforation, an attempted second circular perforation visible on one side of the complete end. The entire object measures 50.43mm in length, 10.98mm in width, 11.81mm in thickness and 13.24g in weight. This is an incomplete pendant whetstone of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Earl…
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-238B75
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A small but complete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date. It is formed from a basic igneous rock that is a very dark almost black colour with occasional pale brown inclusions, probably an olivine with diorites. The axe is roughly triangular in form, oval sectioned with a pointed butt and crescentic cutting edge. It measures 102.82mm in length, 53.87mm in width, 31.96mm in thickness and 229.61g in weight. This is a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date, c.4000-2550 BC.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E1C104
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy ring of probable Bronze Age date. It is penannular in form with oval shaped cross section, tapering slightly to the terminal ends that almost meet at the centre of the back(?) face. The exterior surface has moulded decoration comprising two deeply moulded transverse grooves separated by ridges. All surfaces have extensive corrosion and wear with only traces of the dark brown patina surviving and pale green corrosive products evidence on many of the surfaces. It measures 18.55mm in width, 10.62mm in height, 2.50mm in thickness and 5.08g in weight. This is a cast c…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E07087
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and small copper-alloy blade of Bronze Age date, probably a knife. Part of the butt end and the blade survive, the tip of both ends missing due to old breaks. The butt end is rectangular in form, oval sectioned and has the remains of two circular rivet holes at the incomplete end. On each side it has two semi-circular notches. The blade is short, triangular in form, oval sectioned and tapers towards a now missing tip. All surfaces have a worn and pitted dark brown patina that shows signs of corrosion in places. It measures 57.28mm in length, 18.43mm in width, 2.18mm in t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-581FD5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small body fragment of a cast, copper-alloy Sompting socketed axe of early Iron Age date. Only a small sub-rectangular section of the main body of the axe survives with the breaks indicating its fragmentation in antiquity. The reverse is plain but the obverse displays remains of two parallel ribs terminating one pellet-in-circlet each. There are parallels in Pendleton (1999), no. 125 and 130. The axe is likely to date from the eighth century BC. The length is 20.14mm, the width is 16.79mm, the thickness is 2.67mm and it weighs 4.00g. Dot Boughton notes: 'Complete Early Iron Age s…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3849C0
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Five objects which are possibly part of a Late Bronze Age hoard. 1: A roughly wedge-shaped copper-alloy fragment of metal working waste with irregular but relatively angular faces. At least two of the edges appear snapped though all faces are heavily patinated dark greenish-brown. Dimensions; 37.8mm x 31mm x 12.5mm and 41g in weight. 2: A fragment of a copper-alloy socket with short stub of a loop surviving. A moulding seam is visible above and below the loop stub. The relatively small oval mouth diameter suggests that this is probably from a socketed chisel or mortising tool though i…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C4F6E0
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A worked Mesolithic flint tranchet axe formed from a grey flint with stained/patinated mottled white to brown surfaces. It is plano-convex in form and of tranchet type, both faces having all over flake removal and edge retouch. One side has a marked, ridged back and the cutting edge is convex in form with flake removal and edge retouch. The butt end has a small area of cortex remaining. The entire axe measures 122.83mm in length, 48.20mm in width, 30.75mm in thickness and 202.39g in weight. It dates to the Mesolithic period, c.8,300-4,500 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ADFBC6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete small worked flint chisel of Neolithic date. It is plano-convex in form and struck from a pale grey flint with some darker brown patches. All of the surfaces have retouch and flake removal, additionally the cutting edge and top of the ridge along the upper(?) spine of the object are polished. It measures 105.94mm in length, 35.06mm in width (27.69mm in width at blade end), 22.76mm in thickness, and weighs 86.80g. This is a worked flint chisel dating to the Early Neolithic period, c.3,500-2,900 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F86125
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A probable plough-dispersed late Bronze Age hoard found in a c 30m radius over a period of some time. 1: A small complete socketed bronze axe head, pale to medium green in colour. This axe head has double socket mouldings but is otherwise plain. There is a small hole, most likely to be a casting flaw, adjoining the loop. The blade edge has some damage and is relatively worn and rather blunt. There are a few use or sharpening marks visible on both faces and these are mostly affected by minor pocking from invasive corrosion. 81mm in length, 47mm in width and 160g in weight …
Created on: Monday 21st June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-73E075
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A large and complete tranchet type axehead of Mesolithic date. It has patinated and stained surfaces that are mixed grey in colour on one face and mixed brown on the other. The axe is roughly struck, plano-convex in form and with many heavy, large flake scars. The sides and butt end are steeply flaked and the cutting edge has an irregular, convex form. There are areas of cortex visible on both faces, as well as minor plough damage that in places reveals the unpatinated dark grey/black flint beneath the surface. This axe measures 180mm in length, 60.69mm in maximum width, 39.47mm in th…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EE7C71
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small flint tranchet axe or chisel of Mesolithic date. It is triangular in form and section with pale grey patinated surfaces and formed from one large reworked flake that has had one or two flakes removed from it rather than being from a single core. The broader blade end is shaped by the removal of a single flake and both sides and blade end have limited crude edge retouch and flaking. On one face is a relatively large area of cortex and both faces have iron staining resultant from plough damage whilst in the ground. The object measures 95.92mm in length, 38.15mm in width at bla…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54D866
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete small copper alloy quoit-headed pin of Middle Bronze Age date. It is undecorated and in a very good state of preservation, with traces of the original copper alloy colour still visible in places, but otherwise with a dark brown patina. The flat loop of the head has slightly rounded edges and is circular with a central sub-circular, or tear-drop shaped, perforation. The faces of the head and the upper areas of the stem demonstrate evidence of diagonal abrasions, possibly cleaning marks. One face of the loop has clear stepped cast edges on both the inner and outer edges as a r…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-420EA6
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint flaked tranchet axehead of Mesolithic date. The flint is a pale to medium grey colour with rust-red/brown, and mainly linear, iron staining on the prominent flake ridges, in particular on one face. This may be the result of plough damage. The axehead has an oval blade and a pointed butt end, with relatively heavy flaking on all surfaces. It measures 134.55mm in length, 57.22mm in width, 30.49mm in thickness, and weighs 231.50g. This axehead is of Mesolithic date.
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-398131
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint flaked tranchet axehead of probable mesolithic date with all-over flaking. Plano-convex section, somewhat irregular and crude, grey and cream mottled flint, unpatinated. Blade edge somewhat blunt with retouch from one face, other face tranchet like. Measuring 98.45mm in length, 38.25mm in width and 29.11mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-156C68
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe recent damage to blade end and butt, revealing mottled grey flint underneath patinated/stained pale to medium browns. It has a tranchet edge large flake scars and roughly plano-convex cross-section. Reltaively straight sided and narrows slightly towards the butt which is sub-square. 115.80mm in length and 40.54mm in width and 24.40mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F4433
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unpatinated black flint Mesolithic tranchet axehead, possibly partially stained brown at blade end. Tranchet flakes on both faces of the cutting edge, large flake scars, roughly plano-convex section, small areas of cortex near butt survive on both faces.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilburton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6176A6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A polished flint axehead with narrow butt and squared sides. All-over polish with only a few former flake scars present, mainly on butt butt half of axe. Polish is coarse apart from blade end where it is fine. The surface is a mixture of mid brown and grey, possibly partial peat staining. However, one side of the cutting edge has a series of unstained flakes removed at a later date, showing a mid grey flint. These flakes look like retouch but are possibly plough damage that occurred when the axe was buried at the base of the plough line in a sub-vertical position, relatively recently.…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3C3B46
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete single bronze valve from two-piece looped palstave mould of middle Bronze Age date. The blade end and 'corner' are missing due to an ancient patinated break. It measures 170mm in length and 60mm in width. Interior: Impression of a single looped palstave with sub-triangular ribs surrounding a raised central sub-triangular pendant decoration just below the septum stop-ridge. It has slightly convex developed flanges (developed shield pattern) with a continous stop ridge. The flanges on the edge of the mould have four small concave sockets to fit matching knobs on t…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hempnall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ADC3D0
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A flint handaxe in sharp condition with all-over shallow bifacial retouch, very unifrom slightly pointed oval in shape. Unpatinated or stained and a dark brown/black flint with one plae grey patch near the tip. Length 99mm, width 77mm and maximum thickness is 24mm. This axe looks like a relatively recent product, however no obvious recent flake scar marks are visible, so it has probably been buried for some time. None-the-less its discovered position, only 15cm deep, suggests a re-deposition from an unknown context. It could therefore be modern and in the form of a middle Palaeolithic…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdsey', grid reference and parish protected.