Record ID: NMS-AEAC9D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of flat copper-alloy plate, 1.3mm thick and approximately rectangular, 23 x 12 mm. One face is smooth and the other rougher. One long edge is cut into with four V-shaped notches, larger at one end and getting smaller towards the other. The other long edge has a partial circle (c. 6mm diameter) cut out of the corner closer to the smaller notches. Other edges appear to be broken (worn breaks). The zig-zag serrations are very slightly bevelled or rounded, on the smoother face only. There is a green patina and the object appears of some age, although precise date and fun…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9F1F6A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc-headed nail or stud made from copper alloy, of uncertain date but perhaps Roman to medieval. The head is flat and an irregular circular shape, 10.3-11.1mm in diameter and c. 2mm thick. The edge is perhaps damaged in places but it was originally rectilinear; the cross-section is not quite rectangular, as the reverse seems to be slightly thicker where the off-centre shaft emerges. This is roughly circular in cross-section and tapers at first gently and then more steeply to a point. It has a shiny brown patina. Total length, 9.2mm. Weight, 1.4g.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9E59E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of bent copper-alloy strip, roughly rectangular but tapering from 8.9 to 7.6mm in width along its length, which is c. 38mm. Both ends are probably broken, but the breaks are neat and worn. The surfaces are not flat but appear hammered. On one face, the narrower end is covered with fine parallel closely spaced oblique grooves. On the other, there is a zone of similar grooving in the centre, but here there are two orientations of grooves crossing each other; a group of closely spaced oblique lines, and over the top a few more widely spaced grooves following the same …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A920BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-square piece of copper-alloy sheet, now bent at a slight angle across. It measures 38mm long (parallel to the bend) and at least 36.5mm wide, and has a circular hole 3.7mm in diameter at one corner. This and one adjacent corner are neat right angles, and the sides are also neat here, but two other sides are more ragged. There is no obvious decoration. The sheet is 1.2mm thick and a pale green colour with patches of a corroded surface; it weighs 9.3g. Function unknown, but likely to be of Roman to medieval date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A85BCA
Object type: ROVE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small square piece of copper-alloy sheet, probably a rove. It measures 9.7 x 7.9mm, and varies in thickness from 0.7mm at one edge to 0.5mm at others; it weighs 0.3g. There is an off-centre circular hole, 1.6mm in diameter, which has been pushed through from the slightly concave front to the slightly convex reverse. There is no decoration. It could be a fragment of a larger object, but is quite neatly shaped, so may be a complete rove from a rivet. Separate sheet roves are commonest in the medieval period, but are used from Roman times onwards. 
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A5D7A9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible strap-fitting made from a strip of copper-alloy sheet folded in half, with a single rivet hole (diameter 2.4mm) at the open end. The strip tapers very slightly from 10.2mm wide at the open end, where it is c. 3mm thick, to 8.7mm at the closed end, which has a wide, rounded fold bringing the thickness to 5.7mm. It weighs 3.6g. There is no obvious decoration, although there is a roughly circular patch of corrosion around the rivet hole on one face. It has a dark grey patina underlying a mottled dark green surface. This cannot be a conventional buckle plate because there i…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A57DE1
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neatly made copper-alloy ring. The ring has a circular cross-section, 2.6mm diameter around most of the circumference, but has an internal notch at two points opposite each other, taking the thickness of the ring here down to 1.4mm. The notches may be due to wear, but are neat and the ring may have been intentionally made with them. One has a pair of tiny nicks next to it on the external surface. There is a grey, polished surface obscured in places by pale green corrosion and brown iron staining. It measures 20.8mm externally between the narrower areas and&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C3FEF2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete gold ingot, long with rounded ends and oval cross-section. One surface is smooth with a few large dents; the other is pitted with very many small dents. One end is slightly wider and substantially thicker due to a rise in the pitted surface; the smoother surface is fairly flat. The colour is very slightly pale, suggesting a relatively impure gold. Dimensions: Length, 40.9mm. Maximum width, 13.3mm. Maximum thickness, 8.8mm. Weight 37.39g.  Discussion: This ingot is quite distinctive; it is long, with rounded ends and cross-section, o…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D53905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold ring, probably a finger-ring of unknown date. It is made from thin gold strip, consistently 4.3-4.5mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It is flat on both faces, but more polished or worn on the exterior. There is no obvious seam but there is a slight tear on the inside in one place which might indicate a point of weakness at a join. When found, it was flattened, but has since been bent out to its present irregular shape. It fits neatly and comfortably on a finger, and is approximately 20mm in external diameter. It weighs 2.3g. The ring does not obviously appear modern but there is no e…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D4F278
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap-end of unusual form. It consists of a rounded or heart-shaped plate which is split for almost all its length to hold the strap. One half is missing (old break) but the other, probably the front, survives complete. It has low-relief openwork decoration with minute traces of gilding in the recesses. The design is symmetrical, with an outer frame containing six central rounded lobes (two vertical rows of three each). The central lobes each have a pair of tendrils or spokes emerging from them to join the outer frame, forming three holes down either side. The top pair ma…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-751047
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object consisting of a circular-section rod c. 7mm in diameter, with worn ends which appear to originally have been squared off, not broken. One end might have been cut or otherwise shaped into three facets. It is shaped into a loose ring, originally perhaps c. 50-60mm in external diameter, but one end (the one with three possible facets) has been bent backwards to wrench the ring out of shape. Its unbent length is c. 200mm and it weighs 48.9g. This object was found on the same field as a small hoard of Bronze Age items (2021T771) but it cannot be positively identifi…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E6ED94
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold element from jewellery, set with a blue cabochon gemstone. It is an irregular oval or sub-triangle, made to accommodate an uncut gem. It consists of a flat backplate with a central circular scar, and an upright plain collar which curves very slightly inwards to fit over the lower part of the gem, holding it in place. The polished, translucent stone is slightly domed in cross-section, curving to a flat top; it may be a sapphire. The overall cross-section is largely rectangular. Dimensions: Length 9.2mm, width 7.8mm, th…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-823EA1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy unidentified object, of unknown date. It has one broken or possibly cut end, which is a flat hexagon or oval in cross-section. The other end is bifurcated, with each arm D-shaped in cross-section and tapering. The end of each arm is slightly expanded into an oval, rounded on the outside and flat on the inner face. Both ovals are pierced, and the holes are now blocked with hard soil, probably with some iron corrosion. The arms are not precisely symmetrical and at least one might have been bent outwards a little. Each arm is c. 16mm long and the total surviving length is 25…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-1A3DD7
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of silver droplet or metalworking debris. It is flat, 3.3mm thick, and oval with one rounded end. The edges are also rounded, except for the end opposite the rounded end which is irregular and indented with sharp edges, probably caused by breakage at a bubble. All edges and faces have smaller sharp-edged depressions and indentations, probably caused by gas bubbles when molten. Both faces have small green patches as well as a silvery surface. It measures 13.7mm x 9.9mm and weighs 2.2g. Undatable.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F9589D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cruciform or cross-shaped object made from copper alloy and now corroded. Three arms survive, all tapering from the centre both in width and thickness, and with D-shaped cross-sections. Two opposing arms are longer, giving a total length of 33.3mm. They appear to be broken at their ends (worn breaks. The shorter arm is definitely incomplete although the break is again worn; the missing arm has an unworn break. The upper face of the object is slightly convex, the underside slightly concave, with an equal curve to all the arms. There is no decoration, but there is an off-cent…
Created on: Monday 14th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EA2D3C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed object or fragment of object of cast copper alloy. The broken end is concave and although now worn, looks as if it was broken at a time when the metal was not brittle. It is pentagonal in cross-section at the break, with rounded angles; these facets run to the point, tapering gently and first and then more sharply, although with no obvious break of curve. There are longitudinal grooves on the more steeply tapering area which are irregular and appear more due to wear than to deliberate manufacture. Length 38.5mm, maximum cross-section c. 10mm across, weight 12.6g.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-76E0E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy and iron unidentified object. It is irregular in shape, sub-square or sub-oval; it measures about 20 x 21mm between edges, or 24 x 20mm between angles. It is a maximum of 15mm thick and weighs 28.40g. One face appears to have a copper-alloy border around square hollow in the centre filled with iron corrosion; the other face has iron corrosion all over it but with a strip of copper alloy running from one edge into the centre, and two corners of copper alloy. The sides appear to be largely copper alloy with a surface spread of iron corrosion. There cannot be much of an iron…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-677D7C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four pieces of casting waste, all solid, green and smoothly rounded droplets. All approximately the same size, at 15.7g, 14.5g, 9.3g and 7.3g. Total weight 46.8g.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-278D72
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper-alloy casting waste. Both are blobby droplets; one weighs 7.3g and is green with a smooth surface, the other weighs 10.6g and is grey-green, shiny in places and with a wrinkled surface implying shrinkage on cooling. Total weight 18.0g; undatable.
Created on: Friday 6th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-26E97D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy unidentified object. It is flat and basically triangular, with two original edges joining at a right angle. The third edge is irregular and most of it is probably broken. The right angle is rounded, and decorated on one face with a stamped circle right at the tip flanked by two others; all three circles are off the object to some extent. Behind and between is a groove which runs to the centre of the irregular edge; its base is polished, as if by wear. There is a hint of a low ridge along both the original edges, and this extends a little beyond the broken edge at one corn…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-51E974
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chunky cast copper-alloy object of unknown date and function. It is largely rectangular, 35mm long and 24mm wide at the best-preserved short end. One long edge is 9mm thick, neatly right-angled and appears original. One face curves slightly from this long edge to the other, and the other curves much more strongly so that the whole object tapers in side view to a thin edge along the other long side. This may also be an original edge, or may be broken but worn; one corner is certainly damaged but very worn. Across the centre of the object, between the long edges, runs a 9mm wide ba…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2F196B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Standing lead weight with rectangular base measuring 15 x 12.5mm, and bevelled corners rising to a height of 32mm. The very top is flattened front to back, and irregularly rounded, and pierced between the wider faces with a circular hole. Neatly made, it weighs 35.56g (one and a quarter ounces). Compare the larger SWYOR-05FF1A and CORN-C10729. These weights are very difficult to date.
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-541E8A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Narrow strip of copper alloy, pointed-oval in cross-section and a maximum of 4.5mm wide. It tapers gently to either end, both of which are broken. One face is highly polished, with many irregular longitudinal scratches. The other is rougher, but has four transverse grooves at one end and is broken at what may be a fifth. Length 61mm, thickness 1mm, weight 1.89g. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF9119
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy. The fragment is curved, with two parallel bands of rounded convex moulding on the exterior; both bands have damage to them (hammer marks) and between these the metal is rough. The interior has a series of parallel flat facets, striations and hollows, set perpendicular to the mouldings on the exterior. All the edges have fresh unworn breaks, indicating that the metal is quite brittle. The metal is patinated a dark green all over, including the breaks. Length perpendicular to mouldings, 7 mm. Width parallel to mouldings, 28 mm. Thickness 4 mm. It is …
Created on: Monday 12th August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WYVERSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8997
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An unidentified object made from lead. The base is rectangular (20 x 13 mm) with a rectangular projection at each corner bringing the maximum dimensions up to 23 x 17 mm; it is 10-11 mm thick. The rectangular projections continue up the base on the long edges but not on the short edges, giving a tapering effect. The underside of the base has a series of scratched lines forming a rough ziz-zag of perhaps five points, with a line beneath them; the lines are patinated and look as if they might be original. On the top of the base are two tall cones which bend slightly towards each ot…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8524
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two pieces of copper-alloy strip, 13 mm wide, each broken at a rivet hole at both ends. The holes are circular and 4 mm in diameter. The strips are each decorated with a row of punched circles nearly 2 mm in diameter which run down each long edge. The punch has a slightly straighter edge along one side of the circle, and these straight edges are lined up on one side along the edge, and on the other side towards the middle, giving a neat appearance. At one end of one strip the punch has been held at an angle so that a crescent rather than a circle results. The strips are corroded to a …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2002
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6871
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy and lead. Rectangular, flat and thick, it has six faces; two large front and back faces, two sides, and a top and bottom. One of the larger faces, both sides, certainly the top and also perhaps the bottom appear to have been made from a single piece of dark grey cast copper alloy which increases in thickness slightly from one short edge to the other. The other large face is made from a separate sheet of green copper alloy. There is an oval hole in the centre of this showing that the centre of the object is filled with lead. The hole ext…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK THORPE MORIEUX', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6872
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount made of copper alloy, sub-square with each side measuring 15 mm, and nearly 4 mm thick. On the reverse are the stubs of two slender attachment spikes or rivets. The front is decorated with a low-relief pattern with each strand emphasised by grooves. There is a double-strand border, around a double-strand cross which runs between the corners of the sub-square. The outer strand of the border has transverse grooves giving a beaded effect. The double stands of the cross interlace at the centre, and in the angles of the cross are radial grooves. The decoration is slightly obscu…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK MENDLESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6787
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made out of copper-alloy sheet. It consists of a rectangular plate, 12 x 21 mm, and a broken projection which extends from the centre of one of the long edges. The plate is undecorated and curved slightly along the long axis. It has two empty rivet holes in the corners of the long edge opposite the projection, and a third rivet hole blocked with iron just by the base of the projection. On the concave face each hole has a surrounding patch of iron corrosion. The projection tapers from 5 mm wide as it emerges from the plate to 4 mm wide at the break. It is bent,…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6476
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Thurrock
Workflow stage: Published
Block of possible sandstone, hollowed out cylindrically inside to make a possible vessel. Externally there is a carination close to the base. The rim is missing (surviving height 98 mm) and the breaks are abraded. There are three cracks around the circumference which have been eroded externally to form clefts. Internally the surface is a reddened orangey colour, and externally there is an orange patch close to a blackened patch; the colours appear to have sunk in between the grains of stone, like pigment or lichen. The inside has a curious smell which people tend to describe as 'burnt…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2001
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ESSEX EAST TILBURY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6291
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from cast copper alloy. It consists of a central stem and three side branches; the stem has a central rib on one face and has a fragment of a projecting corner at the base on the other face. The break here is old. The lowest side branch extends upwards and away from the stem in a straight line; the next one is on the other side, and is similar but longer and at a less acute angle. The third is back on the first side and is short and curved. The stem then ends in a point. The object has a hand-made look and a grey, surface-enriched or white-metal coated surface…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2001
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6184
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular copper-alloy ring, 21 mm in diameter. Rounded in section, 2.5 x 1.5 mm; otherwise featureless, with an even olive green patina. It is comfortable as a finger-ring and could well have been used as such. Dating is difficult as there are so few diagnostic features, but the patina looks of some age.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2001
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5736
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of one arm of a pair of tweezers. It flares from 7 mm wide at the fairly fresh break, to 8.5 mm close to the bottom; it becomes a little narrower at the turned-in end, but this may be due to edge damage. The arm is flat and the end is turned in at right angles. There is no decoration, and so the fragment is hard to date; it could date to anywhere from the Roman to the medieval period.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5660
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a thin copper-alloy disc with unclear decoration on one face. There is a wide grooved border around worn relief decoration. The breaks are old and the reverse is undecorated. Original diameter c. 25-30 mm. Date and function unknown.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2001
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5624
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead pot mend with narrow waist where it would have passed through the hole in the pot. To one side of this it is a neat circle; the other side is much more irregular. Traces of reddish pot survive in the waisted centre, but not enough to date the pot-mend which could either be Roman, medieval or post-medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2001
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5463
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Chunky copper-alloy unidentified object. At one end is a flattened globular terminal 16 mm wide by 13 mm deep and 13 mm tall, with a side-to-side perforation. This ends in a narrow neck, and below the object flares out again and splits into a front and back plate, each about 4 mm thick and with bevelled edges. Each plate is slightly concave, and they come closest to each other In the centre where each plate has a perforation. Between the plates is iron corrosion and it seems possible that the plates could have been pulled together by an iron rivet passing through the central perforati…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT WALDINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5407
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy ring. About half survives, in a corroded condition with apparently old breaks. 27 mm in diameter, the cross-section is a rounded 3mm sub-square with an internal and perhaps slight external casting flash. Undatable, but perhaps ancient.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5371
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made of lead alloy, flat and oval with relief decoration on one face. The decoration is now hard to read, but appears to be relief lines making up a square divided unevenly into four, with blobs in some of the quarters. Unknown date and function.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5247
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual and hard-to-date strap-end made from copper alloy. The attachment end is broken off, and the strap-end now consists only of one sheet 27.5 mm long, decorated on one face with five ring-and-dot motifs, tapering from 9 mm wide at the broken end to 8 mm wide at the narrower end which has two curved cut-outs at the corners. Off centre, between the ring-and-dot at the narrow end and its neighbour, is a small copper-alloy rivet which cuts through the ring. This strap-end is certainly post-Roman, and may be early Anglo-Saxon; it is not middle or late Anglo-Saxon, but may be medieval.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 3rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5250
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mystery object made of iron and also probably of copper alloy. As far as can be seen, the object consists of a circular-section iron rod, flattened and widened in the centre, bent into a U shape. On the outer curve of the U is some smooth greenish metal, perhaps an elongated copper-alloy plate, with a blob of iron in the centre which may be the remains of a rivet holding the copper alloy on. Although both ends of the iron rod are broken, the most complete tapers to 5 mm in diameter; the centre of the U has expanded to 11 mm wide and 3 mm thick. This is perhaps similar to one from …
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.