Record ID: SF2242
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy lidded container for a set of nested cup-weights. It is a truncated cone in shape with a sub-hexagonal base 26 mm in diameter at the bottom; the lid is 34 mm in diameter. The sides have four solid vertical ribs and two double ribs running from top to bottom. Each of the double ribs ends in a perforated lug, one pair empty and the other with a copper-alloy hinge bar. The lid has projections corresponding to the ribs, and projecting lugs by the double ribs each with a perforation. One is hinged on the bar, the other sits just above the double empty perforation and was pr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CAMPSEY ASH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3396
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper-alloy harness link. The centre has a circular boss decorated with two concentric grooves, and two short side projections. The top and bottom are extended into two D-section arms which narrow at a step and are then broken (old breaks). Corroded to a rough matt green with brown rubbed patches, and rather worn. Surviving length 31 mm; maximum width 19 mm.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2000
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GISLEHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3397
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper-alloy stirrup terminal, U-shaped in section. The exterior has relief and engraved decoration consisting of a broad transverse above an animal head. The head has triangular relief ears and two pairs of concentric engraved drop shapes forming the eyes. The snout forms the lower end of the terminal and is slightly upturned. The reverse of the terminal is not closed at the lower end, and is filled with the remains of the corner of the iron stirrup. Both arms of the iron stirrup are oval in section. The terminal is 27 mm long and 12 mm wide at most; the iron projects …
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CAMPSEY ASH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3398
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Composite copper-alloy buckle frame and integral plate. The frame is oval with a distinct knop at the pin rest, and 22 mm wide. The integral forked spacer has a plate soldered to each face leaving a hole for the (missing) pin. There is a single copper-alloy rivet at the attachment end and the plate is 15 mm wide. The frame and spacer are a dark grey colour, and there are patches of dark grey coating on the plate; the dark grey probably represents a decayed white-metal coating. Length 41 mm.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3399
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead cloth seal. Disc 1 is stamped with a stylised pin cone on a crossed stem, with a trefoil to either side. Disc 2 is missing, but the rivet retains a fragment of the initial A. There are no textile impressions on the reverse. This is a seal from a fustian (cotton/linen mix) made in Augsburg, Germany.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3400
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large mount, probably from a belt, made of two pieces of copper alloy sheet held together with four rivets. Each sheet is basically rectangular with either short end cut into a double outcurve. Both sheets have a central circular perforation 5 mm in diameter. The rivets are placed in the centre of the outcurves and have disc heads at either end. Some fragmentary edges. Perhaps a decorative mount, or perhaps for reinforcing a hole in the strap. 41 x 21 mm.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3401
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount from a sword belt. One end, originally with either a hook or a loop, is now missing (fairly fresh break). The break is across one end of a domed oval lobe with hollow reverse; at the other end is a transverse moulding, then a rounded pierced terminal with an iron rivet, then a small knop. Maximum width 13 mm, surviving length 28 mm.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3402
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy button with solid biconvex head. The back is much more shallowly domed than the front. The integral loop is very worn at one point. 11 mm diameter, 13 mm from the front to the end of the loop.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3403
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy button made in two pieces. The head of the button is hollow and biconvex, with a large hole in the shallowly domed back into which a circular-section wire loop is inserted. Possibly medieval, as it is similar in some respects to Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1386; but also perhaps much later, perhaps 17th century. 10 mm in diameter, and 10 mm from the front to the end of the loop.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3405
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of rim from a cast copper-alloy vessel, together with part of the angled handle lug which identifies it as a cauldron. The rim is smoothly polished inside and has oblique filemarks outside; both surfaces are black but this is very even and may be a deliberate coating rather than sooting. There are at least two breaks, one much more recent than the other. The handle is a faceted D-shape in section and is broken just below the rather rounded angle. The rim fragment is 56 x 23 mm maximum, and the handle projects 36 mm from the rim. The section of the handle is 10 x 10 mm.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3407
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount from a sword-belt made from cast copper alloy. Large and flat, it is sub-triangular with a slot cut out of the base to form two arms. Each arm has a decoratively shaped base and a hole filled with an iron rivet; one of the arms has wear or damage to its inner corner. The arms are each decorated with two broad and very shallow longitudinal grooves separated by a narrow groove. Across the top of the arms are three transverse grooves cut through by another rivet hole containing a third iron rivet. Above this the apex is truncated and decoratively shaped. On the reverse at the …
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK MARTLESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3408
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Alexander III of Scotland
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3409
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Object consisting of a copper-alloy rod with an ornate terminal. The rod is hexagonally facetted in section, 4 x 4 mm. The terminal makes up over half of the length, and starts with a narrow moulding running around the whole of the section, then a wider biconical moulding, and then a 9 mm diameter ring with a long pointed knop at the end. The other end of the rod is flattened and perhaps broken (old break). The object is a little reminiscent of composite strap-ends, but one of these would have plates soldered to either face of the ring, which are impossible in this case because of …
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT FINBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3410
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sprue cap waster with two runners. Some slight medium green areas of invasive corrosion products showing, but mainly deep dark green patina. Edges all abraded (agricultural action?) Length 36 mm, width 24 mm, height 25 mm, weight 47g.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3411
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Sword blade fragment. Bent and very abraded (agricultural action?) Medium/dark green patina. Length 39 mm, width 34 mm, thickness 5 mm, weight 39g.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3412
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sword blade fragment. Slightly bent, extremely abraded (agricultural action?) Medium/dark green patina. Length 37 mm, width 29 mm, weight 32g. Abrasion on this fragment probably suggests long-standing movement and resultant wear in a sandy or gritty ploughsoil. The breakage however is deliberate and occurred in antiquity, and is a common feature of LBA hoards.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3413
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sword blade fragment. Slightly bent, extremely abraded (agricultural/sandy soil action?) Pale/medium green with some invasive corrosion and modern nicks on edges. Length 32 mm, width 32 mm, weight 28g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3415
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Rectangular-section (3 x 2 mm) copper-alloy rod, now bent. At one end the section flattens to a 2 mm square and then expands, possibly being broken at a perforation (if so, very old break). At the centre, the rod is bent through nearly 90 degrees; towards the other end the section becomes square and there are two flattened expanded lobes, one beyond the other. All these expanded areas are c. 4 mm wide. The rod is again bent at this point. The object is corroded to a matt brown, which can be a characteristic of late post-medieval copper alloys. Unbent length c. 60 mm.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT FINBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3422
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy object. Circular (16 mm diameter) and plano-convex (4 mm thick), it has a central circular perforation 4 mm in diameter with rounded corners at either end. The low rounded face is badly pitted and corroded. The matt pale green patina and chunky proportions would not be out of place in the Roman period, or earlier, but no close parallel has been found.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK EDWARDSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3423
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky strap loop made from a piece of D-section copper-alloy rod bent in half with a wide loop at the bend. The two arms are held together with two copper-alloy rivets with sub-spherical heads and unobtrusive hammered-down ends. The loop is very worn internally at the reverse. The whole strap loop is gilded but there also appears to be a black coating over the top of the gilding (perhaps caused by the application of hot linseed oil, ironically intended to preserve the gold colour). Patches of gilding are visible on the scanned image. The space between the two arms (the thickness …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.