Record ID: SF-1B00D9
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy two-part harness pendant, medieval and circa 1300-1500 century in date, consisting of an outer pendant frame and a solid inner pendant. The outer pendant frame is shaped like a six-petalled flower with a suspension loop set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The suspension loop is at the terminal of a two parallel rectangular shafts, which projects from the top of the middle of the central petal. The outer pendant measures 46.1mm in length and 28.4mm in width. The inner pendant is also a circular six-petalled flower, each petal fitting inside a large…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1AB887
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an incomplete scabbard chape of Early-Medieval date, possibly an end protector for a knife scabbard. It finds parallels in a number of examples recorded through the PAS (e.g. LIN-E5C477, SF-0E88A2, HAMP-1DA880 or WAW-03F886) and is of probable c.11th century AD date. It depicts a possibly a bear-like creature or man with a straight bar behind and above the figure, the lower part is missing due to old breaks. It is 35.2mm length, 15.8mm width, 2.1mm thickness, 4.34g.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F75D07
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy strap end, missing attachment end due to old breaks, now worn. Narrow Anglo-Saxon strap end 750-900, animal head terminal, worn diagonal incised line decoration above; Thomas Class A , probable Type 2.  Length: 36mm, Width: 12.6mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 3.29g
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F6EDED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy finger-ring, with circular cross-section which tapers from 3.9 mm in diameter in the centre to sharply pointed overlapping ends. Both ends are now bent out of shape; there is no further decoration. The ring 23.2 mm in external diameter. This shape is characteristic of Viking or Late Anglo-Saxon finger-rings.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-63B4EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy late early medieval disc brooch, flat and circular in shape, which would have orginally been enamelled and has a cross motif, formed of shallow pits, on the front face. The pin lug with a fragment of corroded iron from the pin survives on the back face and a fragment is missing from the edge due to old breaks. This brooch is most similar to Weetch type 18 A, which are dated to the 9th-10th centuries and had champleve enamel, in this case now missing, the decoration is of Weetch cross type iii, being a cross with expanding arms and bulb-shaped intersti…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-00ACEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) probable Great Square Headed brooch, dating to AD 500-570. It is sub-rectangular in plan and it bears a moulded decoration on its front face. The decoration consists of a raised L-shaped line along one broken edge, which defines an incomplete panel decorated with an unclear sunken relief. The back face is undecorated and has a bevelled edge. Length: 15.56mm; width: 13.05 mm; thickness: 4.28mm; weight: 1.88g. Discussion: Less than 10% of the brooch survives. It is not possible to determine the Type or find an exact parallel; It …
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0091F1
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gold Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) ring, dating to AD 500-750. It consists of an octagonal cross-sectioned wire, which has been bent into a loop with either end wrapped twice around the other to secure it. It survives in excellent condition. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.38 mm, thickness: 2.18mm, weight: 1.15g Discussion: Small rings of this form appear in both Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian contexts and appear to have served a variety of purposes, although they are more typically made from copper alloy or sometimes silver (e.g. MacGregor and Bolick 1993, 261-2, nos…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FFB4E8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver pin. The head is flat and heart-shaped, and decorated on both sides with opposing birds' heads in Salin's Style II. The heads are arranged vertically with their eyes in the lower corners near the point of the 'heart', and their curved beaks meeting to form two lobes at the top. The shaft of the pin is circular in cross-section and tapers to a point. It is bent roughly two thirds of the way down its length.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FF84D3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval cast silver pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard. It is in the form of a hollow truncated pyramid with a square base and a flat top. Each face is decorated with three triangular recesses, one at the top with the point downwards and one each in the left and right corners, their points upwards. On the top is a partially recessed circular cell with a pellet in the centre. An integral bar runs transversely across the base, rounded in section in the middle and flattened towards each end.
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-036380
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper alloy mount, probably of early medieval date. It is roughly crescentic in shape, with one pointed end and a blunt break at the other end. Half of the outer face, towards the pointed end, is raised and undecorated, whilst the other half, towards the damaged end, is recessed, gilded and decorated with a line of punched dots around the outer edge. Projecting from the reverse, towards the pointed end, is a small integral attachment lug. The object is slightly bent out of shape in profile and the break is well worn. The form and decoration suggests a probable…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bramford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A60BD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three body sherds from early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) handmade earthernware vessels. Both the cores and outer surfaces are a dark grey-brown colour and the inner surfaces are smooth and shiny. The fabric is coarse and crumbly and is tempered with poorly sorted fragments of white shelly material (<10mm) and there are frequent long, rounded voids. Total weight: 79.52g
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-690636
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular disc made of gold sheet. The disc is thin and rather crumpled. There is no apparent decoration but there are a few small dents, although it is unclear if these are intentional. One point on the circumference has been snipped off.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68EE97
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver object with punched decoration, likely to be part of the hoop and bezel of an early medieval finger-ring. The probable hoop fragment is rectangular in plan and D-shaped in section with a rounded outer face, which tapers to the break. The hoop expands to a flat bezel-like feature which may have been lozenge-shaped when complete. There are three transverse incised grooves where the hoop joins the bezel. The bezel itself is decorated with stamped motifs, comprising an oval and then two vertical rows of zig-zags.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68C168
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver pin, comprising the pin-head and part of the shaft. The pin-head is globular in form with a flattened top, measuring 6.14mm in length and 4.67mm in width. It appears to be undecorated. The shaft is mostly lost to an old break, but appears to have been oval in cross-section. It is 2.61mm wide.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68A246
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a solid silver, possibly an ingot, of probable early medieval date. The fragment is semi-circular and slightly molten due to burning. It is flat and rectangular in section.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6892EF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver artefact, rectangular in shape and section with one straight end and the other slightly splayed and flattened. It is plain and undecorated, with some scratching.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68844D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid silver probable ingot of very small size and probable Viking Age date. Rectangular in shape, square in section, with slightly rounded terminals hammer marks can be seen on both faces. This ingot is smaller than published examples found but is of the same form as the more common larger examples, for example from Old Buckenham, Dereham area and South Norfolk (see 2006 T455, T57 and T400 respectively (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, p84, no 229-231). It has been suggested than ingots were used as bullion but M Blackburn (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 84) has suggested that in …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68708B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid silver probable ingot of small size and probable Viking Age date. Flat and rectangular in shape with slightly rounded terminals, hammer marks can be seen on both faces. This ingot is smaller than published examples found but is of the same form as the more common larger examples, for example from Old Buckenham, Dereham area and South Norfolk (see 2006 T455, T57 and T400 respectively (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, p84, no 229-231). It has been suggested than ingots were used as bullion but M Blackburn (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 84) has suggested that in Southern Englan…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-59659C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  At face value, this is an unofficial copy of a gold Merovingian tremissis of a type originally minted in Dorestad between c.630 and c.650 by a moneyer named Madelinus. The obverse displays a right-facing bust with the legend RESTΛTFIT. The reverse is a stylised cross on steps, with a base and two rows of three pellets beneath. The reverse legends reads NΛVNI(LE[retrograde])△SN. It has a small circular neat piercing near to the edge of the flan directly above the reverse cross. The legends on both sides of the coin are blundered to a degree that is un…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ED5D66
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary gilded silver artefact, probably part of a pinhead. The fragment is rectangular in shape with one tapering end; both terminals are now missing. The front face is decorated with a gilded interlace design in a central panel. The design consists of two conjoined circles with crosses within them and, beneath these where the object narrows, an adjoining spiral-like motif. The panel has a plain border decorated with tiny circular indentations. The back face is flat and undecorated with some rough scratches.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.