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Record ID: NMS-4343DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval copper-alloy cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 475-550. The extant piece consists of a side knop which would have been attached to the headplate of the brooch.. It is dumbbell shaped in plan and plano-convex in section, with a flat reverse. The front face consists of two lobes joined by a constricted mid-setion. Each lobe is decorated with three incised transverse grooves. At the efge of one of the lobes is a shall median rectangular groove which would have facilitated attachment to the brooch. It is now covered with iron staining.
Half-rou…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D5B0BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy ansate brooch dating to circa AD 700-1000. Cast in one piece it consists of two flat discoidal terminals at either end. One terminal appears to have been slightly miscast with a circular protrusion projecting from one edge. The bow has a triangular-section and is curved in profile. The terminals and bow are undecorated. Projecting from the reverse of one of the terminals is a heavily corroded lug which would have held the now missing pin. There is now no trace of a catchplate projecting from the reverse of the other terminal.
The brooch is con…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: SF-882061
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy ansate brooch dating to circa AD 700-1000. Roughly 60% of the piece survives with part of the body and one terminal missing. It is rectangular in plan and section. The bow consists of a flat central element and is stepped into the terminal. The central element is decorated with two deeply incised longitudinal grooves. The element beneath contains a median arris either side of which are opposed ring and dots. The extant terminal now terminates in old breaks so it is unclear precisely which shape the terminal would have taken, making typological …
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F8E0D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a, trefoil head plat and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. Each arm has a triangular knop positioned before the trefoil terminal. The front face of the headplate is now heavily worn but appears undecorated. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section and curved. It in. It is decorated with a median longitudinal incised groove…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-A36AF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval copper-alloy probable small long or cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The extant element element consists of a broken, now rectangular, head plate and bow. The piece is plano-convex in section and the bow is C-shaped. The bow terminates in an ancient break. Emerging from the reverse of the headplate are the remnants of a central D-shaped lug. The piece is now very heavily worn and covered in a green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-A3043E
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy sleeve clasp dating to circa AD 450-480. It consists of a bar which is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. From one edge projects a median D-shaped hook element with central, circular perforation. The bar is decorated with two sets of two incised transverse grooves positioned just beyond the edges of the hook. The main body of the clasp has broken away although a perforation at one edge can be discerned.
This example very likely falls into Hines’ B12 category. Penn and Brugmann simplify Hines&…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-6693AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy cruciform or small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete headplate and upper bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. terminating in worn breaks on all edges. The front face is heavily abraded and no decoration can be ascertained. The bow is decorated with a median arris before terminating in an ancient break. Projecting from the reverse of the headplate is a median flat lug which terminates in an old break. It would have hinged the now missing externally cast pin.
The …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-665FBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete bow and headplate. The head plate is flat and rectangular. Only a fragment of one arm now survives, projecting from the edge. Separating the headplate and arm is an incised longitudinal groove. Set in front of the groove are three ring and dots, a design replicated on the opposite edge. In the centre of the headplate is a circular perofration 3mm in diameter. It is unclear precisely what function this perforation played. T…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-65EAE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete trefoil head plate and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. Only one arm now survices, projecting from the side edge. It is broadly an elongated crescent. It carries punched ring and dots running along the heavily abraded outer edge. The headplate is plain. The bow projects from the underside of the headplate and is C-shaped in section. It is decorated with a median longitudinal arris. At the junction of the headplate a…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-648334
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy sleeve clasp dating to circa AD 450-480. It consists of a bar which is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The bar has three raised rectangular bosses. Two are located at each edge whilst there is a central boss located at the midsection of the bar. Projecting from each boss are the faint remains of loops. Projecting from the rear edge of the central boss is a hook element which is now broken and survived by two stubs. The narrowed rectangular fields between the bosses are decorated with inc…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E6203C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy great square-headed brooch dating to circa 500-570 AD. The brooch is virtually complete save for this missing pin. Additionally, one of the footplate side lobes broken away, although the piece survives as an additionally fragment. The break is jagged and relatively sharp, indicating it occurred recently. The head plate is broadly flat. The head plate is rectangular. At the apex is the headplate top knob which consists of a median flat semi-circular projection. The upper edge has two rectangular upper corners carrying slightly recessed square sh…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Dullingham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-D28366
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a narrowed, now broken terminal. The terminal is zoomorphic, representing the snout of a beast. The loop has broken away. On the front face is now heavily worn but there is moulded decoration probably representing a pair of snake-like beasts. The lower edge contains two opposed perforations. There is no decoration on the reverse.
The piece is consistent with Williams 1997 Class A, Type 6 with a similar example d…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-D12A39
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval penny probably of of Aethelweard of East Anglia (AD 850-855) BMC type 25, dating to circa AD 850-855 (N 450). Moneyer: Possible Eadmund; Mint: East Anglia. Ref: North 1980: 75.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-D0A667
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cut farthing of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066), Trefoil-Quadrilateral type, dating to circa AD 1046-1048 (N 817). Unclear moneyer and mint. Ref: North 1980: 140.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9479B1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) stirrup mount dating to circa AD 1000-1100. It is broadly lozenge-shaped in plan with projecting circular loop for suspension which is now filled with corrosion. The base of the mount is flat, and offset at a right angle from the body. The body solid with a raised saltire running through it. The edges are raised. The junction of the edges and saltire are adorned with raised rounded knops. In the centre of the saltire is a raised rounded knop. Two raised rounded knops are present on the edges of the widest points of the lo…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-943967
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Medieval stirrup terminal dating to circa AD 1000-1100. Rectangular in plan and L-shaped in section, it has a socket at the reverse. T. The front face has moulded zoomorphic decoration. At the bottom edge are two nostrils comprised of opposed rounded knops . Above this a median bulbous protrusion. Above this is a moulded V-shape probably representing the ears.
A similar example is depicted in Williams 1997 fig 2a. It is consistent with Anglo-Scandinavian examples dated to the 11th century AD.
Class: Terminal
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-921E77
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable Early Medieval strap end dating to circle AD 800-1000. Now very worn, it is broadly trapezoidal in plan tapering into a narrow rounded terminal. The front face is decorated toward the attachment with an incised probable zoomorphic design but is rendered to a more anthropomorphic likeness, perhaps due to the skill of execution of the craftsperson. It contain two opposed almond shaped eyes and mouth below what was probably a main. The lower front face into the terminal is decorated with incised linear decoration. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Th…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-554C0E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver sceat, Primary Series, Series B/BG2a 'Dove on Cross' type dating to AD 680-710 (N 126). Ref: North 1980: 41; Abramson 2006: 61, BGJ20.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-54604F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver Primary Phase sceatta of Series F (variety b; BMC type 24b) dating c. AD 680-700 (N 62). Obverse: crude (helmeted?) bust right, with pelleted headdress, [regular pseudo-legend around]. Reverse: cross on steps, single annulet at end of each limb, pseudo-legend around. Ref: North 1980: 38; Abramson2006: 71, F120.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E87BF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. It is a non-enamelled disc brooch. Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a rear-facing quadraped set within a border of 28 raised rectangular pellets or beads. The beast has a pointed tail indicating it is mythological. On the reverse are two diametrically opposed median integrally cast lugs. The lug at the apex would have housed the pin, and is now covered in iron corrosion. The lower lug would have functioned as a catchplate. It consists of a hook in which the pin would have reste…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.
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