Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ED09F2
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy wrist-clasp of Hines's form B20, made from a bar and fragmentary plate cast in one piece. The narrow rectangular bar is now very worn, but can be seen to be decorated with four groups of two or three transverse grooves, one set at either end and the others fairly equally spaced in the centre. There also appears to be a row of tiny annulet or crescent stamps running down either long edge. The bar measures 41mm long and 4mm wide. Part of the plate survives, with similar tiny annulet stamps along the edge by the bar and along the surviving edg…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF9212
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd, probably of early Anglo-Saxon date.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'THELNETHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9203
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Remains of an extremely corroded flat disc brooch. It has relief decoration consisting of a central relief lozenge with a sunken circle in the middle. Each corner of the lozenge is extended to form double strands which loosely knot around themselves. On the reverse is a broken transverse pin lug and a broken catchplate. All of the edges are lost, with the possible exception of a short length of edge near the pin lug; the maximum surviving diameter is 28 mm. Some surface survives on the reverse, but the front is extremely badly corroded. The knots seem neatly made and symmetrical, alth…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2002
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GLEMSFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9155
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cruciform brooch made from copper alloy, now missing its foot (fresh break). The headplate is small and pentagonal, having a straight lower edge but cutaway corners on the upper edge. It is decorated with a double-strand engraved saltire and on the reverse has a single pin bar lug with extensive traces of the iron spring. The upper knob is full-round and has a double collar below; the side knobs are simple and flattish with no collars. None of the knobs is particularly well made. The bow is narrow (only 6 mm wide) but quite long and highly arched. It begins with an undecorated fl…
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9122
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Stirrup-strap mount of Williams's Class A, Type 12 (closed version). Now very worn and a little bent, the loop at the apex is still intact but is very worn at the top. Below, the mount was originally lozengiform but has now lost its side corners; it is decorated with a worn double-strand diagonal cross with a large circular boss in the centre, and a similar double-strand border. There are very low bumps at the intersections of the cross arms and the border. The basal flange has broken away with part of the bottom of the mount, across two rivet holes. All breaks are very worn. Stirrup-…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9073
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-end with relief Borre-style decoration. All the edges are fragmentary, but this type is highly standardised and the original appearance can be reconstructed from parallels. The attachment end is stepped in on the reverse, but flat on the front; it was probably originally straight, with a series of small notches cut into it. One complete central rivet hole can be seen, and it is broken across a rivet hole to either side. There are five ring-and-dot motifs across the attachment end, three cut through by the rivet holes. The body of the strap-end is decorated with an a…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2002
Last updated: Sunday 12th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FELSHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9057
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy, consisting of a solid globular end and a perforated lug. The solid end is flattened slightly on both sides, so that it is 12 mm wide and 14 mm thick; the top is cut off to make a rectangular platform making the length 13 mm. The rectangular-section lug emerges from one end of the platform, flaring from 4.5 mm wide at this end to 7 mm wide at the far end and also flattening slightly. It has a faint grooved border on at least one face, and at the wider end is a circular perforation 2.5 mm in diameter. The addition of the lug brings the length …
Created on: Monday 5th August 2002
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8990
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Almost-complete stirrup terminal made from copper alloy. The top is U-shaped in cross-section and has a very short length above a bold rounded moulding. Below this the terminal flares to a maximum of 12.5 mm wide and then continues straight down to the base. This area is geometrically facetted; there is a central kite-shaped facet, with the side angles at the widest point, then an angled facet to either side between the centre and the two side facets. None of the five facets has any decoration. The reverse is open from top to bottom, but the base is then closed to form a horizontal…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EYKE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8958
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRAMLINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8930
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
D-shaped copper-alloy buckle frame. The bar is inset, circular in section and now broken (old break). The loop is a low triangle in cross-section and is bent, probably due to the same force which broke the bar; the bend has not caused stress to the metal and probably took place quite early in the buckle's life. The loop is decorated with three animal heads, one larger in the centre of the outer edge and one smaller at either end of the loop beyond the bar. Each head is roughly triangular, with a pair of rounded ears emphasised by large and deep drilled dots. The smaller heads have…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLARE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8939
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy small-long or cruciform brooch. The headplate is rectangular (34 x 25 mm) and has a small semi-circular cut-out on both top and bottom edges near to each corner. The central panel and wings are not distinguished by a change in thickness, but only by a double line of triangular stamps (set base to base) which are obscured by corrosion on one side. The top knob and both side knobs are missing; below the centre of the top edge is a separate copper-alloy rivet which retains a scrap of copper-alloy sheet, and this may represent an attempt to replace a top knob missing in antiq…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TUDDENHAM ST MARTIN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8888
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece fragment in the form of a Ringerike-style animal head. At one end is a fragment of broken loop; the break is old and worn. The neck of the animal then curves up and round, with a lappet or ear at the top. The head continues the curve, and has a crest of one large curling point and three smaller points. There is a dot eye close to the open jaws, which bend around to rejoin the front of the neck forming two circular holes. The upper jaw has a slightly turned-up end. One face of the cheekpiece is undecorated; the other has not only the dot eye, but also fai…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DALLINGHOO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8889
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One end from a copper-alloy harness link. Externally it is a wide lozenge with a knob at three of the corners; internally it has a roughly oval or D-shaped perforation. The fourth corner of the lozenge is extended into a flattish oval-section arm of which only a short length survives; the break is very old and worn. The cheekpiece is corroded to a dull brown patina through which small patches of metal can be seen. This is not a particularly well-made example; the arm is flimsy and the knobs are of uneven sizes.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2002
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DALLINGHOO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8878
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pinhead and part of shaft. The head is a cuboid with the corners cut off, measuring 7 mm wide by 5 mm thick. It is quite corroded and no decoration survives on any of the faces. A slight collar below the head can just be seen, above the circular-section shaft. This tapers to 1.5 mm thick at the old break. Total surviving length, 23 mm. Middle Anglo-Saxon, 8th or 9th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8866
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin head with tiny stub of shaft. The head a flat inverted drop shape, with gilded relief decoration on one face consisting of tightly packed asymmetric interlace with both curves and angles. The gilding survives on the higher parts, but in the lower parts dirt obscures it; this dirt should only be removed by an expert conservator as the pinhead appears very fragile and some of the edges may already have been lost. The stub of shaft is oval in cross-section, and has been bent above an old break. The interlace is Anglo-Saxon and dates the pin to the 8th century.
Created on: Monday 1st July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8856
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual Carolingian-style copper-alloy strap-slide. It is cast in one piece, in the shape of a rectangular loop with one long side expanded into a decorative rectangular plate measuring 22.5 x 12 mm. This is slightly convex along both axes and has deeply carved decoration. Along the centre is a broad ridge which rises to a curved peak at either end and a third in the middle; between each peak and at either end is a pair of short longitudinal grooves. The decoration to either side is roughly symmetrical; a U-shaped groove (on one side) or cut-out (on the other) in the centre of eac…
Created on: Monday 1st July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8874
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head and stub of bow from a copper-alloy cruciform brooch. The headplate is small, with a raised central panel and wide wings. Apart from a hint of double vertical line decoration down the outer edge of one wing, no decoration is visible on the headplate. The three half-round knobs all survive, cast in one with the headplate. They are fairly flat, and simply shaped with a narrowed waist below a rounded terminal. Each one is flat, not hollowed, on the reverse. The reverse of the headplate has a single pin bar lug with extensive remains of the iron pin bar and spring. What remains of th…
Created on: Monday 1st July 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8875
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper-alloy mount, decorated with interlace. Although very corroded, it appears to be complete, except for one broken lug on the reverse; it consists of two main lobes. The larger is rectangular, with a D-shaped projection in the middle of each short edge. Each projection is decorated with a central pellet, and the rectangular lobe is decorated with a bold ridged border around a bold ridged lozenge. Within the lozengiform and triangular fields thus created is well-designed symmetrical interlace. This lobe curves slightly along its long axis so that the decoration is on the con…
Created on: Monday 1st July 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8706
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd from a small biconical bowl. Hand-made, and decorated with a band of incised decoration above the shoulder. The surviving fragment of decoration consists of a horizontal line at the top, then four oblique lines running one way and four the other to form a V shape. Early Anglo-Saxon, probably sixth century AD. The bowl originally had a rim diameter of 90 mm, which is too small for a cremation urn; it may have been domestic pottery but it is perhaps most likely, given the size of this fragment, that the vessel was a grave-good in an inhumation burial.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.