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Record ID: SF-D209C1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three copper alloy mounts or studs of Late to Post-medieval date. They are all a pointed oval shape, domed, with a central integral spike. These may have been used as belt stiffeners, and are similar, though thinner than an example from Norwich in Margeson 1993, p.41, no.248. a 21.15mm in length, 12.85mm in width, weight 1.87g b)22.92mm in length, 12.85mm in width, weight 2.44g c)21.96mm in length, 12.22mm in width, weight 2.57g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-409BE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval octofoil mount. It is slightly domed, with a patch of corrosion obscuring the central rivet hole. It is stamped out to the shape of the lobes, and measures 11.47mm in diameter, weighing 0.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-04E574
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman mount. It consists of two conjoined parts, one a domed terminal with three knobbed projections evenly spaced, and the other a lunulate-shaped terminal, on the fourth side of the dome. This has moulded decoration with a pair of knobs at the centre of the outside edge, resembling those of a terret. On the underside of the dome is a single projecting stud. The underside of the lunula is hollow. The mount measures 26.7mm in length and is 17.32mm wide, weighing 3.37g. A similar style of mount has been found at Hatcheston (Blagg 2004, fig.92, no.266) and further example…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F12AE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-Medieval mount with a pair of integral lugs. The mount has one trefoil terminal set on an elongated triangular-shaped body, with a smaller projecting square forming the opposite terminal. The paired lugs on the reverse turn inwards, one is incomplete due to old breaks, and the other is pointed at the tip. The mount measures 25.7mm in length, 8.65mm in width and weighs 1.56g. Such mounts were used to decorate leather straps, and are likely to date to the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DE0B43
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-Medieval hooked mount, probably associated with a sword belt. It is a rectangular strip 6.45mm wide and with a triangular section. There are two integral rivets on the underside. There is a collar at 21.9mm, beyond which the mount narrows to 4.6mm in width and tapers to a hooked terminal which is incomplete due to an old break. The mount weighs 5.14g. Such mounts were used, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on sword-belts to enable the attachment of a sword.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DDC754
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-medieval mount. It is a flat, pentagonal shape decorated with a five-petalled rose with central roundel surrounded by a raised rim. The lugs on the reverse are bent outwards and curve up. The mount measures 12.78mm in diameter and weighs 1.66g.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DBB5A6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval sexfoil mount. It is complete, having a domed centre and flattish lobes, and two rivets and roves in situ. It measures 14.18mm in diameter and weighs 0.64g. A similar example from medieval London is recorded from a fourteenth century context. (Egan 1991, no.1011)
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D98501
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-Medieval mount. It is complete, with a pair of integral prongs which are pointed and have been bent inwards. The mount has a trefoil shaped terminal which tapers to a waist before swelling slightly to its opposite, rounded terminal. The mount measures 19.72mm in length and 9.67mm in width at its broadest, and 6mm at the narrower terminal. It weighs 1.48g.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C706E2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-Medieval mount fragment. It is a half-acorn shape, and is hollow. At both upper and lower terminals there are semi-circular perforations to allow for attachment. The half-acorn measures 21.45mm in length and is 15.93mm at its widest point at the base, tapering to 8mm at the opposite terminal. The mount weighs 4.32g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2377B8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy heraldic mount. It is shield-shaped with the upper edge slightly dished and the sides curving to a pointed terminal. There are rivets in situ in the two upper corners, and the remains of a possible third amidst some corrosion at the pointed terminal. The outer surface is worn and abraded, but bears traces of the coat of arms of England, with two lions passant guardant at the top and centre, and space for a third below. There are remnants of a yellow-brown coating which may be the remains of enamelling or gilding of the mount. It measures 36.95mm in length, 27.7…
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Blakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6498B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-Medieval harness mount, or clasp. It is of sheet metal, approximately circular and 29.35mm in diameter, with a collared, rectangular loop projecting, 15.7mm x 9.6mm, and three evenly spaced projecting knops, one rounded and two pointed, and all pierced with a rivet hole. Its maximum length is 42mm. There are the remains of two lug attachments on the reverse. The mount/clasp weighs 6.55g.
Created on: Monday 15th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FD7B05
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy roundel or mount of Early Medieval date. It is circular, with an outer, pennanular rim 35.5mm in diameter and 2.7mm wide and 3.12mm in thickness, having a square section. Within this rim is a double-sided openwork decoration, depicting an animal's head, possibly a dog with a long muzzle, with a curving neck and drooping ear. With the animal facing left, its face has a ring and dot eye outlined, and there are short incised lines defining the muzzle. The body is narrow and curvy, with a front limb joint indicated by an incised line teardrop shape pointing downwards. The o…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AE5583
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-medieval mount with two integral lugs. It is rectangular and tapers to a point at one short terminal, and has three grooved lines of decoration at the opposite, straight terminal. At the centre it has a shallow triangular cross-section, and is decorated with a 'V-shaped' pattern of three grooves which meet at the centre. The mount is 25.95mm in length, 9.3mm in width and weighs 2.96g.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EF2515
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular, with both narrow terminals being incomplete due to old breaks, and measures 54.4mm in length and 8.8mm in width. The mount is D shaped at both terminals where it is 4mm thick, but rectangular at the central section (3mm thick). This central area has a longitudinal ridge along its central axis, and is angled, giving a concave profile to the upper surface of the mount. The edges extend back to form narrow flanges on the reverse side of the mount. It weighs 10.56g There is zoomorphic decoration on the upper surface, wi…
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DB0E27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval plate with bar mount. The plate is rectangular with the inside edge chamfered to a point at the centre. There is a single rivet in situ at the point. The bar mount is attached at the opposite terminal, and is rectangular with a D-shaped section. There is a single central rivet joining it to the plate. The object measures 12.95mm in width, 9.52mm in width and weighs 0.92g. Similar examples from Medieval London come from fourteenth century contexts.
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-46D5B1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bar-shaped mount of probable early medieval date. It is rectangular with a U-shaped profile, and is incomplete at one short terminal, due to old breaks. The opposite terminal is lobed, with the remains of an iron rivet in some white material occupying the upper surface of the lobe. The mount is divided into segments by a longitudinal line along the centre, and short lines bisecting it and running off to the long edges. At the centre of the mount, on the underside, the copper alloy thickens to accommodate another iron rivet, the head of which is square and protrudes from …
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-351165
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post-Medieval mount. It is rectangular and incomplete at one terminal due to old breaks. There are two blunt, integral lugs protruding from the underside. The mount measures 18.86mm in length, 6.57mm in width and weighs 2.58g.
Created on: Monday 13th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B7D406
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet mount of probable Medieval date. It is a roughly circular mount, probably a sheet sexfoil or similar, and irregularly trimmed. There is corrosion on both sides, which may include the remains of solder on the underside. The upper surface shows traces of gilding. The mount measures 11.22mm in diameter and weighs 0.71g. Examples from medieval London come from fourteenth to fifteenth century contexts. (Egan 1991, fig.119)
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B70223
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval strap-type mount. It consists of a narrow bar terminating at one end in a lozenge shape with the remains of a rivet in the centre. The opposite terminal is incomplete due to old breaks, and is starting to curve into a hooked shape. Between the two terminals is a collar with protrusions to either side, also both incomplete. The mount has traces of a possible tin coating, and measures 29.93mm in surviving length, and is 10mm at its widest. It weighs 2.38g. Examples of chest or casket mounts from medieval London are illustrated in Egan 1998, figs 48 and 49, dati…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B694F4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Late Medieval or Post-Medieval hooked mount with pendant annular ring. It has a square plate, extending from one side of which is a narrow loop, 5.9mm in width which bends back and is attached to the rear of the plate by a separate rivet. The loop terminates in a pointed lozenge shape. The mount measures 25.16mm in length and 15.43mm in width, with the pendant ring being 16.38mm in external diameter and 3.8mm thick. The object weighs 9.77g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.