Record ID: SF-BB3355
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold object of uncertain date, but possibly Iron Age or early Roman. It consists a length of thick gold wire (now rather twisted and distorted) of circular section with a knopped globular terminal at each end. Identification is uncertain, although it is likely to be an item of personal adornment such as a bracelet. The original length/diameter of the object is uncertain due to heavy distortion but has been estimated at 130mm; the terminals are c. 2.66mm in diameter and the midpoint of the wire 1.42mm thick. It weighs 3.96g. Although this object is difficult to par…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-84A6C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pale gold thrymsa of post-Crondall 'two emperors' type, c.645-670 AD (Metcalf, 1993: pp. 44-46, 52, no. 79). The coin has some slight wear on the obverse face.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3849
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small, roughly hemispherical, gold droplet with rounded upper surface and flattish lumpy reverse. The surface is pitted all over. The diameter varies from c. 6 to c. 7 mm and the thickness is c. 4 mm at most. This droplet is undatable; although there is no particular reason to believe that it is over 300 years old, an ancient origin is possible and so it has been recorded.
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ELMSWELL', grid reference and parish protected.