Record ID: SF-173464
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman end-looped cosmetic mortar dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. It is complete, with one terminal curved over into a semi-circular handle, with signs of wear on the underside. The opposite terminal is collared with a spherical knob, which may have phallic associations. The overall length is 66.17mm. The bow is 47.65mm long and 12.59mm wide, 6mm thick, and . The bow has a central longitudianl groove which is worn and the base is flat. The mortar weighs 28.44g. Cosmetic mortars of this type are unique to Britain and Gaul, and are thought to have th…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA0386
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast potin, Class II, incomplete, Hobbs 718
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FAE788
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch fragment. It is the bow only, which is arched and flat-backed. The bow is an oval shape, with moulded decoration outlining the edges, and a single central longitudinal ridge . Both terminals are incomplete, due to old breaks. The bow measures 28.78mm in length and is 10.73mm maximum width in the centre, tapering to 2.25 and 3.2mm at the terminals. It weighs 7.29g. Similar brooches are illustrated in Hull and Hawkes 1987, pl.323,such as nos 2923, 7376 and 2931. They are part of the Type 1B classification, and date to the fourth century BC.
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FFA3A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a worn copper alloy Iron Age unit of Cunobeline, 10-20AD
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-573BB3
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch, Colchester one-piece type. It is incomplete, with spring, pin and catchplate missing. It has short flat wings, 8.42mm wide, with an incomplete hook coming from the body and bent back toward the bow. The bow has a round front and faceted back, and tapers to a point. The brooch measures 48.18mm in length and weighs 3.39g. A similar,though complete, example is illustrated from Hacheston(Blagg et al 2004, no.63)dated to the early part of the first century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E7EF35
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a fragment of a copper alloy terret ring from a harness fitting.It is probably a knobbed terret which has been burnt and distorted, Late Iron Age in date. The fragment has part of the bar surviving which is circular in section and one circumferencial knob separates this from a fragment of the loop which is flatter and has a rectangular section. The fragment measures 14.45mm in surviving width and 15.98mm in surviving length. It weighs 5.42g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-49BAA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age La Tene III type brooch fragment. The pin is missing and the coil terminal is incomplete due to old breaks. The bow is flat and triangular in shape, tapering towards the foot. There is indeterminate moulding on the bow, obscured by the abraded surface of the metal. The foot is rectangular in section, and is bent backwards, terminating with an incomplete catchplate. The brooch measures 36.78mm in surviving length, and the bow is 7.96mm at its widest, with the foot tapering to 1.5mm. It weighs 2.24g. A parallel is illustrated from Kelvedon (Rodwell 1987,pp57-58, fig.43, no.8…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettelstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-13AED3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin head of probable Iron Age date.The head is approximately spherical with two conical projections, the point of one of which is missing due to old breaks. A raised collar separates the decorative elements of the pin head from a shank, circular in section and if which only a short length, 5.36mm, survives. The conical projections and the shank are evenly spaced around the spherical head which forms a dome above them. The head is decorated with three oval elements around a central trianglular area which bears traces of hatching. The surface is worn and pitted. If …
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mickfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-822982
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman probable bridle fitting fragment. The object is curvilinear, and if held in one direction, appears to be zoomorphic in design, with two curved and drooping ears above two bulging, rounded eye sockets. Both 'ears' are incomplete due to old breaks. Part of the nose or muzzle is suggested by two outward curving semi-circles, both of which are worn, the one to the left more so than on the right. The eyes sockets are deep-set for c.4mm, with an inner circle of 3.2mm and outer of 5.9mm. They may once have contained enamel, but no trace remains. …
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-74AE15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy core of a plated copy of a Gallic War uniface stater. cf. ABC 16
Created on: Monday 19th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C55C98
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a copper alloy Late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic mortar. The bow is crescent shaped but incomplete, both terminals are missing due to old breaks.The bow measures 38.49mm in length,8.24mm in width and 5.63mm in depth. The central groove shows signs of wear and is c.3mm in depth. The central loop at the base of the mortar is oval and is 12.94mm in length and 7.8mm in width. Above the central loop on both faces there are three recessed triangular cells, which would have contained enamel originally, this is now missing. This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date and such obje…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0850A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Late Iron Age bow brooch, a Nauheim derivative or La tene III type. The brooch appears to have been constructed from a single piece of metal, expanded at the foot and curled back to form a vertical catchplate. The catchplate is decorated with two pairs of incised lines, at the top and the centre, and a further single line at the base. The bow is a simple wire, 1.6mm in thickness, which runs vertically from the catchplate, before a slight bend then a single spring coil curves to one side. It is incomplete, and would have continued to coil before descending as the pin. Th…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E2013
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age early Roman Nauheim derivative brooch.It is a one piece brooch with one surviving spring coil, with the pin and remaining coils missing. The bow is flat with sloping shoulders and tapers to a pointed terminal. It is decorated with border grooves, and has a flat triangular catchplate. The brooch dates to the first century AD. It is 44.62mm in length, 5.59mm in width and weighs 1.33g. A similar example from Hacheston is illustrated in Plouviez et al 2004,no.5.
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B82C46
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
base sherd , gritty black fabric, Iron Age/Roman date
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B84034
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
body sherd ,smooth black fabric with red grog temper, Iron Age/Roman date
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6BF342
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery sherds picked up whilst fieldwalking. Medieval coarseware: 70 bodysherds, weight 375.69g; 5 bases, weight 49.71g; 1 strap handle, weight 30.23g; 8 cooking pot rims, weight 114.82g; 3 greyware rims, weight 31.71g; 1 redware rim, weight 6.26g. Thetford-type ware or other Anglo-Saxon fabric, 1 bowl rim and 2 bodysherds, weight 20.83g. Post-Medieval unglazed coarseware, 11 bodysherds, 1 rim, 1 handle, weight 117.05g. Post-medieval glazed wares, 7 bodysheds, 2rims, weight 111.2g. Iron Age sherd, with burnt flint temper, weight 61.83g
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6B0701
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
pottery sherds picked up whilst field-walking/metal-detecting. 3 bodysherds of probable Iron Age date, one with burnt flint temper, weight 12.89g Roman sandy greywares, 5 rims and 34 bodysherds, weighing 173.56g 2 bodysherds Belgic derived, one with combed decoration, weight 16.71. Post-Medieval, 3 green-glazed bodysherds, weight 15.34g, and 1 stoneware bodysherd, weight 14.86g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6C83F7
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a late Iron Age copper alloy stud. It is circular, with a diameter of 23.66mm. The upper surface is domed, with a raised line of copper alloy tracing a helichoidal pattern. There are two small circles of copper alloy arranged asymetrically along the line, one being a knop-ended tendril, and the coil terminates in a roundel. There is red enamel infilling the spaces outlined. The under-side is dished, with uneven patches of reddish material, most likely enamel. The mount weighs 5.73g. The mount has no rivet for attachment, and may have been glued into position. The mount may have deco…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7A6EA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver unit, Iceni Pattern/Horse type, ANTED, c.1-25 AD. As VA 710-711
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D99616
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Hertfordshire pudding stone rotary quern. Part of the top, curved surface survives(42mmx32mm)and more of the lower surface, c.50mm x 60mm. The vertical, curving groove, 23mm in width, which runs through the centre of the quern is also extant. The fragment measures 91.82mm in height, 78.6mm in width and weighs 643g.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.