Record ID: SF2735
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy belt fitting; curving leaf-shaped plate with a pair of integrally cast attachment rivets on the reverse, each rivet has a sub-circular shank and flattened head; one apex of the plate extends into a pierced suspension lug with a basal raised collar; patches of invasive corrosion on front surface of plate; belt fitting possibly associated with military costume or equipment.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2737
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Beard fragment from the face of a Grimston-ware jug.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2738
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pierced Roman copper alloy coin(s); at least two highly corroded coins sandwiched together through corrosion with a small circular hole pierced towards the top of both (all) coins for suspension as a pendant (during the Early Anglo-Saxon period).
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LACKFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2698
Object type: FOOD PREPARATION EQUIPMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy pastry jigger; circular with serrated edges and four ovoid piercings arranged around a cross with a central perforation containing the remains of an iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHIPPENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2699
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead seal matrix with sub-rectangular grip at reverse; die engraved with a central scissors-like motif flanked either side by three pellets; inscription reads 'SIGIIL MART FIL RAD (Martin son of Radolphus (Ralph)).
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHIPPENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2701
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy ring brooch; hexagonal with concave edges; ring sub-triangular in section, reverse flat and undecorated; sides sloping with notches cut into metal at regular intervals giving an angular beaded effect; on the angled inside surface, between each of the notches are a series of circular drilled recesses which would have originally taken glass or paste insets; a copper alloy sheet metal pin of D-shaped section is secured around a constriction in the brooch frame; metal corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHIPPENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2703
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragmentary copper alloy bracelet; flat band of metal, max width and thickness 7 by 1.2mm towards an irregular breakage, metal tapers in both width and thickness towards a squared-off terminal with slightly rounded corners; front surface decorated with incised linear decoration consisting of both parallel transverse and converging lines in association with punched ring-and-dots; very worn and corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE FORDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2704
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plano-convex knife; highly patinated white flint; retouch visible on all edges of dorsal surface; clear bulb of percussion on ventral surface; damage scars of ventral surface.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHIPPENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2705
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy disc brooch of Kershaw's East Anglian series. Flat circular plate, damaged and severely corroded; stub of both pin-lug and catch-plate on reverse; decoration on front cast in relief, consists of a central concave-sided cross with central circular recess; the four cross arms degenerate into a continuos double-contoured ring-chain interlace pattern around the periphery of the plate; this example which stylistically represents an Anglo-Scandinavian version of the Viking Borre style has several East Anglian parallels, cf. BUR 023, published in SIAH 1995
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LITTLE THURLOW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2706
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cylindrical copper alloy handle with an internal iron core; pierced suspension lug at one end with a wire loop still in place; handle decorated with a series of concentric mouldings consisting of 3 rounded knops separated by raised billeted collars, paired at the upper end; below the lowermost of the mouldings the metal narrows to a tapering shank; of square section at the top and sub-circular section below; from the latter protrudes an iron core which has stained the surrounding copper-alloy with corrosion; presumably this represents the remains of a shank or shaft for a tool or implement.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LITTLE THURLOW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2707
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy bracelet; flat band of metal, no signs of tapering either in width or thickness; reverse plain though patina suggests heavily worn; obverse decorated with outer billeted borders which enclose a central row of billeting 2mm wide. This example was included in Crummy 2005 as an example of her Group B (with one central band of decoration) or possibly C (with three bands of decoration) (Crummy 2005, 99, 104; no. 47).
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LITTLE THURLOW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2708
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap-fitting; consists of an openwork plate formed from 4 conjoined rings in a square arrangement; each ring is plain and of circular section; the reverse retains two stubs from a strap-loop or slide of D-shaped section; unfortunately the surface of the metal has been stripped of its patina by chemical cleaning.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2709
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-end; cast sub-triangular outline with a very stylised pointed zoomorphic terminal with faceted ears and eyes; main body plain apart from two transverse notches cut into metal at split-end; upper edge of split-end bent and damaged, pierced by single centrally placed rivet hole that may be secondary; front surface tinned; crude example of a 9th-century type of strap-end.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2710
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy belt mount; circular openwork plate with trefoil and single pellet protrusions; plate in form of an outer beaded ring with an internal cross with central circular boss; two attachment rivets on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2711
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy terminal or finial in the form of a beast's (dragon or serpent) head' ; behind the head the neck extends as a curving bar of metal of sub-circular section which tapers regularly towards the breakage point which indicates an oval cross section; the profiled head is finely executed with a pair of swept-back triangular ears, large bulging lentoid eyes and a large gaping mouth; between the jaws is a sub-triangular piercing, the corners of the mouth carry engraved scrolls which are also used to represent nostrils at the snout; a flat transverse section of metal which joins…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2712
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2713
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2689
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy shield-shaped horse-harness pendant; pierced suspension lug at top edge, front face decorated with a heraldic device consisting of a stag defined by engraved outer borders inlaid with niello? Apart from the prominent antlers which are themselves engraved and inlaid with red enamel, a possible reading is: Or, a stag trippant (or?) attired gules; these particular Arms are not listed though it could be that this device was used as a badge.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2690
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy heraldic stud; shield-shaped plate, slightly curving in profile; reverse has an integral attachment rivet of sub-circular section, the end of which has been hammered flat to hold the stud in place; front decorated with a heraldic design consisting of a chequered pattern inlaid with red enamel; all surface finish has been lost though it is most likely that this stud originally bore the arms of the Warrene family (Chequey, Or and Gules) who held extensive lands in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2691
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper alloy finger ring; D-shaped in section with a curving outer, and flat inner surface; all surfaces gilded, though much has worn away on the outer; inner surface has a lightly engraved crude inscription reading 'I LVE IN HOPE'.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.