Record ID: SUSS-8838B2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and circular. The obverse of the token depicts the capital letter W . The lead has gone a light brownish-grey colour. The reverse is blank. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1400 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-884485
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and roughly circular. The obverse of the token depicts a long cross. There are three pellets in each quarter. The reverse is blank. The lead has gone a mid brownish-grey colour. Due to a lack of excavated examples these tokens can only be loosely dated from between circa 1400 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glynde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-884AA0
Object type: TAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy barrel tap handle. It is 18th-19th century in date.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-885254
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead tall, domed weight. The weight has a large indentation in its base. The surface of the object is pitted and worn. Due to a lack of excavated examples, it is not possible to date this object very precisely but it is most likely to be post-medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-886731
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large headed handmade iron nail. The head measures 39mm x 43mm. The nail is probably medieval to early post-medieval in date, but an earlier Roman date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-886E45
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horse or oxen shoe. The shoe is likely to date from the late medieval period, but could be early post-medieval in date. Only part of the shoe survives, suggesting that it could be a part shoe (made in two halves for a cloven-hoof animal such as oxen. Three small countersunk nail holes remain, but no nails. The shoe has a slightly sinuous edge (curvy).
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8873E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. The object is wedge shaped; resembling the end of a Bronze Age chisel, but the patina looks more modern. The object has a rectangular section, with one rounded, tapering terminal and other terminal is broken. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and it is patina. This object is likely to be post-medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-887DA4
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, diameter 29.5mm. The ring is circular in section. It is worn with a dark brownish-green patina. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-888715
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring, diameter 29.5mm. The ring is circular in section. It is worn with a dark brownish-green patina. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is not possible to date this object. Copper alloy rings like this one have been used through-out history for everything from harness fittings to clothes fittings.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-1BB1D1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, much of surface missing, hexagonally facetted conical handle with collared pierced terminal. Circular, 19.3mm. Owl sitting on a branch, represented by a vertical twig with horizontal leaves either side. *HAVLOVLHAVL (mimicking the cry of the owl). Four drills in the shape of a diamond form the reverse initial mark at roughly the 12 o'clock position.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D2D81
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large slightly oval leather polishing stone. Weight: 924g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Graffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2D5992
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bronze socketed hammer, with rectangular faces. The hammer survives in two fragments. Small butt end fragment: 83g. Length: 35.6mm, Width: 24.9mm, Thickness: 19.9mm. Large socketed end fragment: 152g. Length: 61.01mm, Width of socket: 29.2mm, Thickness of socket: 26.3mm. Internal socket = 15.6mm x 15.9mm. 36mm = socket depth. Socketed hammers are relatively rare finds, but are known from both middle and late Bronze Age contexts. This hammer was found as a single find. They are likely to be metal workers tools. The hammer has a rectangular section, with a socket wh…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trotton with Chithurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-330224
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large pot leg fragment from a cast copper alloy vessel. The fragment consists of part of the foot and leg. The reverse of the object is flat. There is a large vertical raised ridge running down the centre of the leg. All the breaks are worn. The surface of the metal is pitted with a mid greyish-green patina. Pot legs date to AD 1350-1850.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-332DF1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pot leg from a copper alloy vessel. The fragment consists of the foot and part of the leg. The object is rectangular in section. The foot is rounded and there is a wdie collar between the foot and the leg. The reverse of the leg is flat and undecorated. The surface is worn, as is the break. It has a dark green patina. Pot legs date to 1350-1850 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4125D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, surviving in two pieces. The object could be a Roman bracelet, but it is more likely to be a medieval brooch. The object is formed from a twisted strip of copper alloy wire. There is a step in the strip - which could indicate that that is a pin construction and therefore the object is a brooch. The metal is a dark brownish-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4193E8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle plate, medieval in date. The plate is rectangular and flat. The object is formed from one plate, folded widthways to form the front and back plate. Both terminals of the plate are broken; therefore no pin recess or other attachment evidence survives. The plate has been decorated with incised decoration, but much of the original surface has been lost due to corrosion. There are three rivet holes in the plate. The metal is a dark greyish-green colour.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-41A3E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish penny of an uncertain King.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-41F9E4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a copper alloy French jetton.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-423146
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bell. The bell has been cast as one piece and it is conical shaped. The top of the bell has been decorated with two collars and there is an attachment loop at the apex of the bell. There is an incised line around the middle of the bell and a hole in the side. The base of the bell is badly damaged. This bell is post-medieval in date. The metal is a dark greenish-brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-4255B6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. All that survives is the outer edge of the frame, which has been decoratively moulded. The pin is missing. The reverse is moulded like the front. The metal has lost most of its original surface and the metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and is pitted. This type of buckle dates from circa 1250 – 1400. Parallels for this type of buckle can be seen in Whitehead, p21.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoughton', grid reference and parish protected.