Record ID: SF8228
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Piece of lead which has been melted onto a numismatic item, perhaps a coin or a token or a commemorative medal. The lead has covered between a quarter and a half survives, cast from a c. 25 mm diameter disc. The central motif may be two initials, of which the left-hand one (right-hand on the original item) looks like an I. The initials are contained within a circle of tiny radiating oval depressions (pellets on the original). The partial inscription around appears to read 'I. ETALG'. The style of the lettering appears late 17th or 18th century. There is a slight rim around the ed…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WICKHAM MARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8224
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from cast copper alloy. Basically rectangular, measuring 33 x 11.5 mm, for most of its length it is D-shaped in cross-section and 8 mm thick. One end has a long bevel which is interrupted halfway down by a transverse ridge which has two broad grooves across it; below this ridge is a circular hole 3 mm in diameter, and then the end is a little irregular, perhaps worn. Above the ridge the bevel is outlined by an off-centre curved groove which encloses four shorter grooves running a little way up from the ridge. The sides of the object are decorated with perha…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WICKHAM MARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8133
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular mount, 27-28 mm in diameter, made from cast copper alloy. Around the edge are 19 projecting rounded lobes. Moving inwards, the next element is a deep concave ring which is divided into three by three short radiating ridges. There are traces of gilding between the lobes and in the base of these three deep channels; two of the channels have a circular hole drilled through them. The centre of the mount is divided into a central circular sunken field and two shallowly sunken concentric rings. There is a small area of deep red enamel in the central field which spreads in two or…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8105
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy object which cannot now be identified. The fragment appears to have been cast; all the edges are broken and there is a slight curve across its short axis. It measures 27 x 11 mm and is irregular in shape; it is around a millimetre thick. The convex face is clearly the upper one, being much smoother and having decoration of a double groove across close to one end (along the line of the curve) and a possible second pair of grooves, more widely spaced, across the other end. Both the grooves and the mid green patina, with black corrosion in a few places on the …
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PLAYFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8073
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flat copper-alloy mount from an unidentified object, consisting of a circle 12 mm in diameter with a broken projection flaring from 4 to 4.5 mm wide extending from one side. There is a border of dot-in-crescent stamps which runs around the circle and onto either edge of the projection. On the reverse, between the centre of the circle and the start of the projection, is a short integral rivet. The thickness of the mount, without the rivet, varies between 1 and 1.5 mm; with the rivet, it is 4 mm. The front has the remains of a shiny white-metal coating. No good parallel has been fou…
Created on: Friday 1st February 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLEHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF7921
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It is long and hollow, and apparently broken at both ends. Each end is rectangular in section, almost imperceptibly flaring from 8 x 11 mm at the broken ends to a maximum 9 x 11.5 mm. In the middle, the object expands into a disc, 22 mm in diameter but still 9 mm thick. On one face this disc is decorated with a border groove around a sunken centre. The sunken area has a reserved snowflake-like pattern consisting of six elaborately cut-out arms. These are not on quite the same alignment as the rectangular ends. In between the snowflake t…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7922
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It is long and hollow, and apparently broken at both ends. Each end is rectangular in section, measuring 7 x 9 mm, and is decorated with at least three transverse flutes with concave bases. In the middle, the object expands into a disc, 12 mm in diameter but still 7 mm thick. On one face this disc is decorated with a broad sunken ring which has a convex or ridged base. In the centre is a small circular perforation. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Inside, both the rectangular ends and the disc are hollow. There are some dents and …
Created on: Monday 21st January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7875
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper-alloy sheet. Although now very corroded, it seems that the long edges of the sheet were rolled inwards, more tightly at one end than at the other, and then that the tighter end was flattened. The less tight end is now C-shaped in cross-section, and measures 7 x 5 mm. The top edge has 2 U-shaped cut-outs forming a wavy pattern. The split between the two edges becomes a seam 27 mm from the top. The flattened end measures 6 x 2 mm and has a pointed tip, although it is hard to be certain if this is original. There is a mid green patina almost enti…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7868
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Piece of lead enclosed within an oval casing of copper alloy. The copper alloy is cut off short so that the lead is exposed. All surfaces are rounded and there is no surviving decoration. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHIPPENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7815
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy disc, 24 mm in diameter and 1-2 mm thick. In the centre is a circular hole 4 mm in diameter; around this are three concentric flat-topped ridges separating two broad U-shaped grooves. Part of the outer groove and ridge are missing (old breaks), but the rest of the edge of the disc is original. The reverse is undecorated and relatively flat. The grooves are too shallow for enamel, and there are no signs of any fixing mechanisms apart from the central perforation (which looks decorative). The object looks ancient, but its function and date cannot be established. It looks …
Created on: Friday 4th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FORNHAM ST MARTIN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7807
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from lead alloy. It is incomplete, and now consists of a hollow dome with the remains of some kind of flat border around at least part of its edge. The dome has a central boss, around which are rings of smaller pellets. It is about the same size as the top of a thimble.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7793
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Globular copper-alloy object resembling a pin head. It is circular in cross-section, 8 mm in diameter, and 12 mm long. One tapering end is extremely corroded, but was probably originally rounded; the other tapers to a narrow off-centre point which is broken off. This could possibly have been a shaft, but at 1 mm in diameter is too narrow for a pin shaft given the size of the head. Around the circumference are six rather uneven shallow grooves.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SAHAM TONEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7626
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from lead. It is lozenge-shaped, 24 x 20 mm, and 14 mm thick. There seem to be slight ribs running down the thickness of each corner. One of the lozenge-shaped faces is flat, but the other is sunken with a pyramid-shaped depression. A 4 mm square perforation runs between the two. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PARHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7593
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object, perhaps a pendant, made from bone, antler or walrus ivory (it is not elephant ivory). The pendant is openwork and composed of elegant curves. In the centre is an S shape, tapering slightly at the bottom and more strongly at the top. At the bottom the S ends in a crescentic 'tail'; at the top is a circular disc, perhaps a head, with a large central circular groove which may represent an eye. On the edge of this disc is a broken perforation, perhaps a suspension loop. From out of the upper curve of the S come two C shapes, which together can be seen as another S …
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BOYTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7576
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy. At one end is a flat plate with one end probably broken; its elements are a short 4 mm wide length with bevelled edges, then an 8 mm wide section decorated with two transverse grooves, then a 5 mm wide area with bevelled edges, then lastly a rounded 9 mm wide area with bevelled edges. This takes up nearly two-thirds of the 28.5 mm length of the object, and has the only fixing device, a small iron rivet to one side at the start of the final rounded lobe . The other third is a thicker, nearly three-dimensional area which could be a very styl…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7568
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified 19th-century object made from copper alloy with turquoise bead decoration. This object has been recorded as undecorated ones are frequently found and their date has been hitherto a mystery; unfortunately, this decorated example still does not help us work out their function. The object is made of two hollow halves joined together into a circle with an off-centre perforation. The effect is that of a long tapering tube with the edges bent round and joined into a circle 18 mm in diameter. The soldered seam between the two halves is clearly visible. One half - the reverse …
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HOLLESLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7565
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of flat circular frame with a short decorated projection. The frame is 36 mm in diameter, 4 mm wide and 1.5 mm thick, with edges a little more rounded on one face than the other. Nearly half of it survives, and the breaks are old and worn. The projection is 6 mm wide at the most, and 13.5 mm long (9.5 mm long if the 4 mm width of the frame is discounted). It tapers and is decorated on one face with a clear chevron moulding and perhaps two dots; it may have been intended to represent an animal head. The other face is flat and has filemarks. There are three obvious possibili…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7566
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It is rectangular in cross-section, but otherwise hard to describe. There is one wider flatter end (16 x 3 mm), and then one long edge has a straight taper and the other is incurved. It becomes narrower and thicker, reaching 4.5 mm thick and 6 mm wide in the centre. The incurved edge continues its line, but gains a central longitudinal groove. The straight edge follows the line of the curved edge. The object continues to thicken to a maximum thickness of 10 mm, and the width increases to 9 mm; this almost square-section end has some poss…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7550
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pin-like object made from copper alloy. Long and thin, it has one broken end and one complete end. The complete end is a truncated cone with a flat edge, oval in cross-section and measuring 6 x 7 mm. This tapers down to a surrounding collar, below which is a cylindrical shaft 3.5 mm in diameter and 8 mm long, now a little bent. Below this is a rectangular-section panel (5 x 6 mm) which has two transverse grooves on each of its narrower faces. The rest of the object, running down to the worn break, tapers and has a wide bevel on the edges of one of the wider faces and a narrow beve…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TATTINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7521
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object or fragment of object. It is a flattened circle in cross-section, with maximum width 6 mm and maximum thickness 5.5 mm, and curves to form a semi-circle 30 mm across. At one end it tapers gradually to a point, rather like an elephant's tusk; this break is worn. At the other end it also tapers slightly (or is corroded) before an unworn break. The patina is a matt dark brown. It looks ancient, but both date and function are unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SAHAM TONEY', grid reference and parish protected.