Record ID: SUSS-5FDCD3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap mount dating to the 16th - 18th century. The mount is lozenge-shaped. Two attachment spikes project from the reverse, but these are now broken and only a stumps remain. These spikes would have allowed the mount to be attached to a leather strap. The metal has a mid greyish-brown patina, with a black lacquer coating and is worn, much of the original surface has been lost.
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5F8E83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount or strap fitting. The mount comprises three main features, but it is unclear which way around the mount would have been positioned. The main body of the mount is oval in shape and has been decorated with incised lines, made to resemble a shell. Projecting out of the tip of this main section is a rounded knop with a circular terminal. On the other side of the main section there is some sort of attachment fitting (now broken). This appears to have once been a hook. On the reverse of this hook there is some iron corrosion. Otherwise the reverse is undecorated. Th…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5F7071
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single looped oval buckle with integral forked spacer, cast in copper alloy. The buckle frame has a triangle lip projection where the terminal of the pin would have rested. The pin recess sits in-between the forks of the spacer, on the strap bar. The pin is missing. The buckle plate is also missing. Both prongs are broken. The tapering prongs of the forked spacer have two steps cut into the copper alloy. This stepping occurs on the inner edges of the fork. The front of the oval buckle has a chamfered edge, but the fork and the reverse of the oval buckle are flat and have squared edge…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5F4B94
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy crucifix with abstract figure of Christ crudely depicted. Unknown date.
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5F29C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tear-dropped shaped mount. The front surface of the mount has been gilded. There is a knop on the rounded end of the mount and a trilobate knop on the pointed end of the mount. The reverse is undecorated and ungilded. On the reverse two spikes survive which would have held the mount onto either wood or leather. The mount appears to be complete apart from the broken spike. Much of the artefacts original surface has been lost and the gilding only survives in traces. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. This mount probably dates from the post medieval period, cir…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5EF677
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double looped buckle frame, with a narrow strap bar. There is no pin recess, the pin is missing. Both surfaces are undecorated. The buckle is complete apart from the missing pin. The buckle is a dark reddish-brown colour and the surface is quite pitted. These buckles date from circa 1350 - 1650. Parallels for this type of buckle can be seen in Whitehead, 2003, p53.
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-04CD20
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy clothes fastener. The object appears to be only part of something. A curved half cylinder of copper alloy plate forms the main part of the artefact; the front surface of this is decorated with a series of parallel criss-cross lines. This design is then frames within a raise line around the edges of the plate. The cylinder shape in wider at one end than the other, it tapers to the thinner end. A small, thin, tapering projection extends from the middle of the thinner end of the half cylinder. The reverse is undecorated. An almost identical object has been described in…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-048CD1
Object type: CLOTHING FASTENING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy clothes fastener. The object appears to be only part of something. A curved half cylinder of copper alloy plate forms the main part of the artefact; the front surface of this is decorated with a series of parallel criss-cross lines. This design is then frames within a raise line around the edges of the plate. The cylinder shape in wider at one end than the other, it tapers to the thinner end. A small, thin, tapering projection extends from the middle of the thinner end of the half cylinder. The reverse is undecorated. An almost identical object has been described in…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-35F331
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token. The token is flat and circular, with a thin section. The obverse of the token depicts five pellets (four in a square, one in the centre). The lead has gone a mid whitish-grey colour. The reverse is blank. Due to a lack of context this token can only be loosely dated from between circa 1400 – 1850 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-35DFD4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wrought iron key dating to the late medieval to post-medieval period. The key comprises a solid, circular section stem, which widens towards the bit. The bow is missing. The bit is rectangular but the rust makes it impossible to see the shape.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-35B2A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle, with intact strap bar. The pin is missing. There is no pin recess on the frame. The buckle is a mid greenish-brown.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-35A015
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small basic scraper dating to the Neolithic period (circa 3500 – 2100 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive on the ventral surface. A number of ripples are also evident. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface before this flake itself was removed. 30% of the dorsal surface is still coated with the natural cortex. There is some evidence of retouch on the left edge of the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-359995
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A waste flake Mesolithic to Neolithic period (circa 8300 – 2100 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive on the ventral surface. A large scar is also evident. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface before this flake itself was removed. There is some evidence of platform preparation on the dorsal surface. 10% of the dorsal surface is still coated with the natural cortex. The flake has broken off square at the opposite terminal to the striking platform.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-3592D6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small crude waste flake Neolithic to Bronze Age period (circa 3500 – 800 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface is still coated in the natural cortex. There is some evidence of retouch on the right edge of the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-358767
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small waste flake Mesolithic to Neolithic period (circa 8300 – 2100 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive on the ventral surface. A large scar is also evident. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface before this flake itself was removed. There is some evidence of platform preparation on the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-356331
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small crude waste flake Neolithic to Bronze Age period (circa 3500 – 800 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform have both been removed but ripples can be seen on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface still has 40% of the natural cortex coating it. There is some evidence of retouch on the left edge of the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-351065
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bowl of a clay pipe dating from 1700 onwards. The bowl is all that remains of the clay pipe, as the entire stem has been snapped off. Both sides of the bowl depict a cricket bat, ball and a set of stumps. Underneath each cricket set is a texturised pattern possibly depicting grass. The mould joining line is visible on the rear of the bowl.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-34F612
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy unidentifiable object, which is undatable. The object has been formed from one solid piece of copper alloy. The object is shaped like the top part of a letter ‘Y’. The object has obviously broken off of a much larger object. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour. The breaks are all well worn and the surface of the metal is quite corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-34E433
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible leg or handle fragment from a Bronze (copper-alloy) vessel, from the Late Medieval or Post-Medieval period. The fragment may have been part of a cauldron or a plate/dish. The fragment has a flat side; the other has a raised area possibly the base of a handle or a claw ridge on a foot. The raised area is 27.83mm thick and thinnest part of the fragment is 6.04mm thick. The surface of this fragment has a dark green patina and retains a great deal of its original black surface colour. All the edges are broken and are slightly worn.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Unprovidenced', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-34D956
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg fragment from a Bronze (copper-alloy) vessel, from the Late Medieval or Post-Medieval period. The fragment may have been part of a cauldron or a plate/dish. The leg is triangular in shape the widest part being the base of the foot. The foot appears to have three small lobes at the front, the back is slightly concave. The surface of this leg has a dark green patina with a small amount of it’s original black surface. The top of the leg is broken and worn.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Unprovidenced', grid reference and parish protected.