Record ID: NMS-090A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead nummular brooch, cast pattern in relief on face, unusual arrangement for attachment on reverse comprising opposed twin lugs on outside edges with transverse perforations linked by groove with raised sides, diameter 41mm. Pattern derived from penny of Cnut (pointed helmet type), North no.787, pl.13, 1024-30. There is no other English coin with this design.
Created on: Friday 4th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3540D7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy rowel from spur with 24 radiating arms, each of which is rectangular-sectioned with bevelled edges, expanding slightly to pointed terminals. The arms are conjoined for about half thier length with a central, sub-oval hole, possibly of irregular shape as a result of wear. Traces of tinning survive on both faces. Maximum diameter 73.5mm. Thickness 4mm. Similar, multi-pointed, large rowels became popular from the later 14th century (Clark, 1995, The Medieval Horse and It's Equipment, 29 and 148, fig.106, no.361 and 362), and other similar examples are reco…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B903F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver annular brooch. Broken circular sectioned frame with two (probably of originally four) knops around the frame, each decorated with multiple stamped annulets but now worn smooth over much of the surface. Tiny traces of gilding survive on the knops. There is a long patch of solder on the frame between the two surviving knops indicating an unknown missing element. Pin missing. Perhaps half the frame survives, but distorted, so original diameter uncertain. Weight 2.1g. Diameter of frame 2mm. Diameter of knops 5mm. A well known type. For similar, comple…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-22CE27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver object, possibly a mount, complete but in two refitting pieces. The object is cruciform in shape, comprising a central rectangular panel from which project four animal-heads, forming the arms of the cross. One animal-head has broken off at the neck and is now separate; two are bent inwards at 90 degrees to the central panel, and the fourth is almost straight with a slight inward curve. The reverse of the object is plain and slightly hollowed, and the central plate is slightly convex. The upper surface of the object is decorated in low relief. The …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-366351
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy shield-shaped strap-end. Waisted plate with almost all of original edge missing, with separate rectangular, bar mount of arched section at attachment edge. Two rivets, one through plate and one securing bar mount, both with incomplete rectangular roves on the reverse to hold a thickness of circa 1.5mm. Length 15mm. Width 13mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 157, no.735) for a similar example. Late 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-48B706
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from an incomplete medieval silver book clasp of Howsam type A.9.2. Box-like lozenge-shaped composite element formed from an front-plate, back-plate and separate sides, with four radiating engraved notches on the upper face, one in the centre of each edge, and four concave grooves, one across each corner. At one corner is a break and solder where the terminal would have been attached to the (missing) plates or socket for the strap, at the other there is a stylised animal-head terminal with pointed ears emphasised by notches on the sides and engraved dashes on the upper face (…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-48DB77
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete copper alloy horse harness suspension mount, horizontal bar, rivet hole at both ends, broken across one, the other with copper alloy rivet and pointed terminal, twin suspension-loops project from lower edge containing copper alloy pin and fragment of pendant suspension-loop, 40 (reconstructed) x 12mm. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-07864A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin or headdress pin. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to the blunt point, broken across the rectangular slot at the upper end, the terminal missing. Decorated alike on both faces with two transverse lines below the slot from the lower of which multiple longitudinal engraved lines descend, lengthening towards the centre. There are no marks on the surviving part of the bodkin, which is cracked and slightly distorted along the whole length. Surviving length 86mm. Maximum surviving width 4mm. Maximum surviving thickness 2mm. Weight 2.9g. Many similar examples have …
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-701F8C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck blade-like flake, struck from a single platform core. It is of unpatinated mottled grey flint with use wear or damage to both lateral edges. 65 x 28 x 12 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6EEEE1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medieval purse bar of LMMC type B1. A collar at the base of the central suspension loop has two horizontal ribs below a pair of oblique grooves. The central boss is squat shield-shaped, with two oblique grooves on one face and two oblique and two vertical grooves, as well as four round indentations. The mouldings on the bar and the terminal knobs are as LMMC fig.52. Length 53mm, height 58mm. Early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mettingham', grid reference and parish protected.