Record ID: SF-700A23
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval Gabor Thomas Class E strap end, only the attachment end survives, the rest is missing due to an old break. It is rectangular in shape measuring 24.54mm in surviving length and 26.57mm in width. Theattachment end has a stepped back face and a circular rivet hole through either corner. Both faces are decorated with transverse rows of ring and dot motifs. Below there the strap end has an open work plate with two oval holes and the fragments of some more holes below these, the holes also have ring and dot motifs between them.and faint traces of grooves agai…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4E6D65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I, c.322 AD. Reverse: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, A globe on an altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, three stars above. As RIC 7 no. 341.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4F2567
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Marcus Aurelius or similar Antonine ruler, c.138-192 AD. Reverse: Illegible legend, female figure seated left holding cornucopia and uncertain object in outstretched right hand, [S]-C in the field.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-509736
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch. The head and part of the bow survive, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. It has a plain, undecorated trumpet shaped head with slight transverse groove visible at the top of the front face. On the reverse of the head is an integrally cast raised rectangular moulding with an incomplete circular aperture to one side that would originally have housed the now missing spring and axis bar. The original form this moulded area would have taken is uncertain due to old breaks and post-deposition…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0AC9C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy small-long brooch of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the terminal end of the foot, outer edges of the pin lug and catchplate, and the pin, due to old breaks but is otherwise complete. The headplate is flat, trefoil in form with a central square plate from which extend three semi-circular arms. The arm to the right has been bent forwards due to post-depositional damage. Each of the arms is decorated on its front face with an incised border at the inner edge, along which runs a row of seven punched semi-circles. On the back face of the head…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-352945
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn silver penny of Edward IV, probably his second reign York Archiepiscopal Sede Vacant issue, c.1472-1475 AD. As Wren, 1995: pp. 136, no. XIVi.
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-35A983
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end of Thomas Class A Type 1. It is missing half of the attachment end due to old breaks. The strap end is sub-oval in shape with convex sides, tapering to a decorative zoomorphic terminal. The terminal has a flattened snout with incised semi-circular notches to either side forming the nostrils, above which are semi-circular eyes with central dots. At the top of the terminal are incised oval shaped ears with crescentic decoration at their centre, as well as two short parallel notches or strokes on the interior edge of each ear. A short…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-866FA8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy halfpenny token of the Hibernian Mining Company, c.1792-1797 AD. Obverse: CAM[AC KYAN] AND [CA]MAC, The cypher HMCo with HALFPENNY below. Reverse: INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Hibernia seated left resting left arm on a harp, the date 17[] in exergue. Inscription around the edge of the token reads PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR [BAL]LYMU[RT]AG[H].
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-868244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman radiate of Victorinus, c.269-271 AD. Reverse: Illegible legend, Uncertain figure standing left?
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8692D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, c.330-340 AD. Reverse: She-wolf suckling twins, two stars above.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-86A5E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, c.347-348 AD. Reverse: [VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN], Two winged Victories standing facing one another holding wreaths. The edges of the flan are missing due to old breaks.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-86D9F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Valentinian I, c.367-375 AD. Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor advancing right holding standard and dragging captive. As LRBC II no. 721.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-42C1C1
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a gaming piece, of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian date. It is pyramidal in form with a flat underside that has a sub-circular convex moulding at its centre. There is a slight lip or ridge around the base of the sides, probably as a result of the casting process. The top of the object is flattened and at its centre has impressed and gilded decoration. The precise form of the decoration is uncertain but appears to be zoomorphic in nature, perhaps resembling an animal or beast (lion?) with head facing left and curving tail to the right. This object measure…
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-5A4AA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy Roman coin, probably a dupondius of uncertain 1st to 2nd century AD ruler. Reverse: Illegible legend, Uncertain figure seated left?
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A9053
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness penant of Medieval date. It has a square plate with integrally cast suspension loop at the centre of the top edge, which is set at right angles to the plane of the plate and has a circular perforation. The front face of the plate has a central raised square with central circular aperture, around which the face is recessed, perhaps originally containing enamelling or similar decoration that is now missing due to old breaks. At the suspension loop are the remains of an incomplete, separately cast copper-alloy mount to enable attachment of the pendant. This is…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9D01C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount, possibly a lappet or knop from a florid cruciform brooch, of Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval date. It is flat, rectangular in form and terminating in old breaks at the top. The front face of the object has elaborate chip-carved decoration in Salin's Style 1 in the form of a human face. This comprises two projecting circular eyes at the top of the plate above which is an arched, double-stranded brow that extends horizontally to either side of the eyes where it curls inwards. Beneath the eyes is a projecting triangular nose either side of rounded cheeks…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A1C95
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup terminal, of late Anglo-Saxon 11th century date. The tube is now worn, it is 36.72mm in length and appears to is closed at the lower end and open at the top and back. The tube would have fitted around the iron stirrup. The lower end of the tube has a D-shaped projection on the front, 25.28mm in length and 17.56mm in width, it has a central circular perforation measuring 7.84mm in diameter and another smaller hole above this. The intended decorative scheme is a crested animal head curled around the perforation to face back up the stirrup, a flat crest can be seen…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A56B4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy complete harness pendant of medieval circa 14th century date. This pendant is in the shape of an open work cross and measures 36.39mm in length and 28.45mm in width. It has a suspension loop which is oval and set at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The pendant has traces of gilding on the front face and appears to decorative rather than heraldic in nature.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-80B405
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sterling penny of Henry V, 1413-1422.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80BD34
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy mount, possibly of Anglo-Saxon or later date. The surviving fragment is a triangular terminal which is flaring where the old break occurs. It measures 27.83mm in surviving length and 27.58mm in width, it is 2.28mm in thickness. When viewed in side profile the fragment is slightly curving with a concave back face. The front is decorated with deep double border grooves which are filled with a cream coloured material, this also fills a triangular field within the grooves and there is the strat of a rounded recess beyond this which is fragmentary. The back fac…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.