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.

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.

Record ID: SF3596
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal and fragment of side from a copper-alloy spur. The terminal is an in-line figure-8, attached to the side by one of the loops of the 8; this loop is very worn. There are two small side projections at the junction between the side and the terminal. The side is a low triangle in section and only 6.5 mm wide; as only about 15 mm of it survive it is hard to tell whether it would have been straight or curved under the ankle, but the way of joining the terminal suggests that it might have been curved. A late medieval date seems most appropriate. Overall length 28 mm.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LITTLE BLAKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3599
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Knotenfibel, complete except for the foot and part of the catchplate. The name Knotenfibel has no good English equivalent; it refers to a Late Iron Age one-piece brooch with a moulding on the bow derived from the returned foot of a La Tene II brooch. This example has a bent but complete pin, and a spring made up of two wide coils to either side of the pin and a chord running under the top of the bow. Below, an expanded flat-section bow tapers to a circular-section moulding. The moulding is decorated with fine cross-hatching all around its circumference, and has a groove and a narro…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ELMSWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3604
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Piece of thin copper-alloy sheet cut into a long lozenge and now slightly curved in section along the long axis. Just off centre is a small circular boss with hollow reverse showing some ?iron staining. One of the edges is rounded and the others have sharp edges; one has a silvery patch. There is bubbly corrosion on both front and back and the object looks old.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SHIMPLING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3605
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It consists of a rod of sub-square section, each side 4 mm and with rounded corners, now bent (no visible stress to the metal). At one end is a nicely modelled animal head with small knob-like ears, circular sunken eyes filled with ?glass, a short nose between rounded cheeks, and perhaps a slightly protruding tongue. If the rod is held so that both eyes are visible, the upper face is decorated with evenly spaced circular punchmarks which do not occur on the other faces. At the other end is a curious expanded ?terminal with four indentati…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF3977
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Apparently a lead model for a brooch, which would have been circular and slightly domed. Some of the edges now appear to have been cut off straight, and the maximum surviving diameter is 21 mm. There is no decoration on the convex upper face. The reverse is flat, not hollowed, and has a surviving curled-over lug which looks like a catchplate. No pin lug survives. Perhaps a trial piece or a model which would have been used in the manufacturing process; similar to the small Anglo-Scandinavian domed disc brooches of the tenth century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BADINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3980
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Knob from a cruciform brooch, half-round and hollow on the reverse. The base is broken, so there is no evidence that it was made separately, and there is no evidence for the presence of an iron pin bar. It is therefore probably a top knob. The metal is very thin at the break, but immediately above there is a chunky moulding, then a waisted area, then a rounded half-hemisphere terminal.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK MENDLESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3981
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large copper-alloy hooked tag made from a piece of triangular sheet decorated with ring-and-dot motifs. Along the top are three ring-and-dots which have central circular perforations for attaching the tag. Below is a wobbly row of three more, then two irregularly stamped pairs, then a single one. The narrow apex of the tag is now bent out of shape, but would originally have been bent under to form a sharp hook. Original length probably c. 33 mm, maximum width 19 mm. Hooked tags were used by the Anglo-Saxons from the 7th to the 11th century and are hard to date, but such a large one…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WETHERINGSETT CUM BROCKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3982
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tiny silver catch-piece from a dress fastener. The plate is in the form of a shell, nicely modelled in three dimensions, and at the narrow apex of the shell is a transversely set oval loop. Around the loop there is engraved decoration which may represent stylised foliage. In both of the angles between the shell and the loop is a small circular sewing loop.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4908
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Openwork relief-decorated copper-alloy mount, perhaps from belt or harness. It has a rose at the top, above two back-to-back C-shaped scrolls, but the ornament is now rather worn and difficult to decipher. The lower end of each scroll may terminate in an animal head. On the reverse are two bent-over attachment spikes, one now broken.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4912
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pin made from bone or antler, highly polished and very smooth. The head consists of three more or less square mouldings separated on the top of the shaft; the top of the head is rough showing that further moulding(s) have broken off. The shaft here is 2.5 mm in diameter and it then swells to 5 mm in diameter before tapering again to the pointed tip. The widest area is c. 40 mm from the tip and this may originally have been the midpoint of the pin before the loss of the top of the head. The section of the pin is not quite circular.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LAKENHEATH', 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: 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: 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.