Record ID: SF2950
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy eagle figurine; portrayed with outstretched wings with its head turned to left; the head and body, including its underside, carry engraved details representing facial features and feathers; at the base of the figurine just above the legs of the eagle is an irregular breakage, the face of which is impregnated with iron corrosion; this may represent the remains of an attachment feature. This object is very closely paralleled by an eagle from Fenny Stratford, Bucks, which is attached to a circular base-plate, cf. Green. Update: these eagle figurines are not now consid…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK GREAT BARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2947
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age rapier blade; flattened mid-rib; blade edges heavily worn and nicked; blade bent along its length in several places, probably by post-depositional agricultural equipment; rusty brown patina with small patches of green invasive corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK LAKENHEATH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2857
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy toggle; central sub-rectangular loop protrudes beyond rounded, cylindrical contours of main body; body constricted on either side of loop and then swells to form a pair of knopped terminals decorated with an engraved concentric groove on their outer surface, and triangular motifs with slightly concave sides on their curved end surfaces; patches on invasive corrosion on surface of metal.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BUXHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2858
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unfinished cast copper alloy spur, badly distorted and bent out of shape; casting seams with metal 'run-off' (prior to removal with file) present in continuous flanges on the inner and outer edges of arms and rowel box; sub-rectangular terminals with pairs of circular depressions marking location of attachment holes prior to drilling or punching; rowel-box has medial grooves on either side prior to the creation of the rowel housing.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SAXMUNDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2860
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount associated with a belt or some other form of strap used in a military context; thickened bar, D-shaped in section, expands both in width and thickness towards centre, decorated towards flat outer ends with two pairs of concentric mouldings; underside slightly hollowed with two protruding, integrally cast attachment rivets with sub-circular sectioned shafts and flat-topped heads; variant of double-riveted mounts attributed to military use, e.g. Colchester, no. 4238.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2861
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment with a hooked terminal; worn and corroded; flat band with sides which taper regularly from breakage point representing maximum width of 7mm to the hook; front and back surfaces decorated with pairs of sub-triangular nicks and facets cut into the outer edges of the metal; on the front surface, the placing of these facts forms alternating oval and transverse-banded fields; c.f. Colchester no. 1728.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2862
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment; terminal fragment of flat parallel-sided band, outer edge of terminal marked by a series of notches cut into the edge of the metal; decorated on front surface with a sub-triangular field of closely-spaced punched ring-and-dots bounded by a pair of transverse grooves.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2863
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy amphorae-shaped strap-end; attachment-end missing, surface of metal corroded and edges damaged, sloping shoulders below transverse breakage at upper edge; sub-spherical terminal knop at apex; both surfaces decorated with patterns of punched ring-and-dots; in each case larger central ones placed centrally (3 on one side and 1 on the other) enclosed within outer borders of smaller ones.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2797
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy penannular brooch; ring bent out of shape, metal heavily corroded; ring of circular section, ends flattened and rolled tightly into terminals which have been twisted so that they are at right angles to the plane of the ring; internal diameter 24mm; pin in situ, shaft of circular section flattened and rolled to form attachment loop at one end.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BURGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2798
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy pin head; sub-triangular with a convex upper edge and single side scallops occupying the upper half of each of the tapering edges, diagonal breakage towards bottom apex above missing shaft, damage to upper corners of head also, surface of metal corroded; head tapers from a maximum thickness of 2mm at breakage point to 0.7mm at top edge; front surface engraved (possibly chip-carved) with an intricate near symmetrical interlace design enclosed within an outer border, both of which retain traces of gilding; areas in-between interlacing strands are decorated with lightly execu…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF2799
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy scabbard chape of early Anglo-Saxon date, with engraved and punched detail on the front. The object consists of a sub-ovoid openwork plate, with a flat reverse and slightly curving upper surface; the upper or front is in the shape of two profiled curving bird (or possibly beast) heads separated by a thin tapering field which connects the chin of a human head placed at the top of the plate (between each of the bird heads) to a broken hook of D-shaped section at the bottom. There is a curved notch on the top left hand side. The human head has a bald curving brow, po…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2723
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy terret fragment; ring oval in section, tapering gradually towards breakage near top of ring, max diameter 9.5mm, min 5.5mm; ring decorated with a raised concentric moulding with central curving section flanked by a pair of thinner borders; ring terminates in a concentric knop with sloping underside caused by excessive wear; knop retains small stub of flattened cross bar.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

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.

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.

Record ID: SF2692
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Elaborate copper alloy sword belt hook; consists of a large shield-shaped plate with scalloped upper edge interrupted by a central longitudinal slot which divides the plate into two sub-rectangular upper panels; these are decorated with an identical engraved foliate design composed of a pair of flowering stems around a central bud; the ground to this motif is recessed and may have originally been enamelled; below the slot is a transverse field terminating at either side of the plate in a pair of circular piercings, internally, the field carries a row of 9 longitudinal lines within an e…
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.