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Record ID: SF-4D7F43
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a sheet copper alloy Medieval mount. It is rectangular, 22.83mm in length and 19.27mm wide, and is incomplete.There are one larger and two smaller rivet holes close to one of the shorter terminals, and the opposite terminal is incomplete due to old breaks. The mount is decorated on one surface with incised lines defining two triangular zones of hatching, which respect the rivet holes, and a further curved line of pitting, near the incomplete terminal. The underside is plain. The mount fragment weighs 1.68g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4870F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Post-Medieval probable mount or possible casket key handle. It is roughly circular, 10.35mm in diameter and 2mm thick, with a rectangular projection 6.6mm wide and 3.43mm in length, incomplete due to old breaks. The centre of the mount is decorated with an openwork quatrefoil motif. The mount weighs 4.18g. Examples of circular mounts, and mounts with quatrefoil openwork are known from the sixteenth century, and there are illustration in Read 1995. This example lacks a lug for attachment, but is incomplete. It may have been part of a key handle or other small object of …
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C39D16
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a cast copper alloy mount with pendant annular ring. It is a triangular-shaped mount, with a fish-tail terminal 13mm wide. There are two rivet holes in the centre of the mount, 7.35mm apart. The hooked terminal bends round to the back of the mount, and an annular ring 11.65mm in external diameter and 2.5mm wide moves freely on the hook. The object measures 29.8mm in length and weighs 3.59mm. A similar example is illustrated in Read 1988, dating to the 15th-16th centuries.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AB2D32
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
an incomplete copper alloy object, probably a mount of medieval date. It is a flat rectangular plate,1.5mm thick, 28.31mm in length and 18.46mm in width at one terminal tapering to 16.25mm at the opposite one. This shorter side has a straight edge, which may have been cut or broken, in antiquity. The three other edges are indented, giving a wavy line effect. The upper surface is decorated with a border of ring and dot pattern, with further ring and dot at random across the mount.In the centre and close to the cut edge is a dome shape, pushed through from the under side. This under sid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
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-9A0A27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy mount of probable medieval date. It is rectangular and measures 18.34mm in length and 8.21mm in width. It is approximately 0.5mm in thickness and weighs 0.4g. Neither of the short edges is complete, and the mount is slightly bent in the centre. A semi-circular rivet hole can be seen along the edge at the point where the mount is bent. Whilst it is not possible to date the object, its use in the medieval period seems most likely.
Created on: Monday 18th 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-99CAC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy medieval mount, possibly a single strap-plate. It is rectangular and incomplete, one terminal missing due to an old break. The plate measures 16.41mm in length, 9.65mm in width and 1.23mm thick. There is a rivet in situ, placed centrally, close to the complete terminal. The upper surface is decorated with a single border of incised triangles and a central band also outlined with triangles. This contains a wavy line, similarly outlined, running transversely from the rivet head to the incomplete terminal. The mount weighs 1.15g.
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
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-05DFE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy medieval bar-mount, with central and terminal lobes. It is 32.29mm in length and 4.73mm in width across the bar. The central lobe is 8.85mm in external diameter and is perforated. there are rivet holes in the terminal lobes. Bar-mounts of this type are likely to date to the fourteenth century, and examples have been found from medieval London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos 1154, 1157)
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.

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Record ID: SF-858DE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a cast copper alloy Post-Medieval mount. It is star-shaped with eight points, four longer and four shorter and two of the latter are worn down. On the reverse are the remains of two integral lugs, both blunt but incomplete. It measures 25.95mm in length and 23.18mm in width, and weighs 4.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CE7EC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a cast copper alloy Post Medieval mount with integral spikes. It is 18.7mm in length and 8.52mm wide, weighing 1.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-429094
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
an incomplete copper alloy Post-medieval mount. It is a flat mount in the shape of a bird in flight, with a long neck terminating in a pointed beak. The tops of the wings are rounded and the edges of the mount are serrated to indicate feathers. One wing tip is complete, though bent upwards, whilst the other is missing due to old breaks. The central part of the body has a single rivet hole in the centre, and is broken off above the tail. There are two half-circles suggesting small rivet holes along the broken edge of the body. The mount has incised line decoration dividing the neck, bo…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-720BB5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy bar mount with pendant loop. It is a T-shaped bar, measuring 13.08mm in length and 7.15mm in width across the bar of the T. There are traces of white metal coating on the bar, which curves round and back upon itself to form a loop. From this loop a single oval shaped link is suspended, and moves freely. It measures 11.22mm in length and 10.75mm in width, and is 2mm in thickness. The pendant loop weighs 1.34g. Mounts with pendant loops allowed for various strap fittings and decorations. Examples dating to the fourteenth century from medieval London are illustrated in Ega…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6188C1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy medieval bar mount. It is a flat rectangular strip 18.5mm in length and 9.5mm in width, weighing 0.7g. The remains of two incomplete rivet holes can be determined at the mid point of each of the shorter terminals. Faint traces of transverse rocker decoration are visible along the length of the mount. The mount was probably attached to a leather strap, and is likely to date from c. 1300 to 1500 AD.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedding', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-06E754
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a complete copper alloy Post-Medieval mount with integral spike. It is a domed oval shaped mount, with pointed spike bent round at right angles. It is 22.18mm in length and 12.3mm wide, weighing 2.9g
Created on: Monday 13th August 2007
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-067AE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a complete copper alloy Medieval object, a mount or a fitting from a strap or a casket. It is a narrow rectangular bar, 73.36mm in length and 11mm wide at one terminal, tapering to a point at the other. It weighs 7.4g. At the wider terminal the object is bent back on itself and secured with a central rivet. It is cut away to form a central loop 4.5mm wide. There are two transverse incised lines of decoration on either side of the rivet, and the edges are both cut away at this point, each forming a small semi-circle. The bar is undecorated, with two rivet holes visible, set longitudin…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2007
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-9E9C85
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy mount of probable medieval date. It is a trapezoidal plate, with one short terminal having a wavy-edged outline and a rivet hole off-centre. The mount flares toward the opposite short terminal, in the centre or which is an incomplete cut-out circle 5mm in diameter. With the mount held horizontally, there is more openwork decoration along the centre, firstly with a circular piercing 3mm in diameter, and then with a rectangle, 10.55mm x 4.07mm. The upper surface is covered with random ring and dot motifs, approximately 2.8mm in diameter and the under side is plain. Overall…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1007A6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a solid lead mount in the form of a sexfoil. It is flat on the reverse, and domed on the front, with moulded petals. In the centre is a separate rectangular curved strip of lead, 40.91mm in length and 27.3mm wide, and approximately 2mm thick. In the centre of this, and close to one long edge is a protruding square(12.98mm) of corroded metal, probably copper alloy and resembling a bolt head, but not visible on the under-side of the object. The sexfoil measures 72.67mm in length and 55.56mm in width, and is 24.85mm thick. It weighs 440g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-696BF3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a cast copper alloy post-medieval mount with integral lugs. It is a quatrefoil shape, with a knop projecting between two foils, and a rounded extension between the opposite two foils. There is decoration within two adjacent foils too worn to identify, and openwork in the other two, consisting of pierced holes in each. The mount measures 32.28mm in length, 24.51mm in width, and weighs 5.84g. It dates to the 17th century and would have been used to decorate leather straps.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-692731
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy post-medieval hooked mount of probable 17th century date. It is a flat trapezoidal plate, tapering to one short terminal which extends into an inward-turning hook. There are the remains of two rivets in the centre of the plate, and a possible third rivet hole in the upper edge of the mount. It measures 32.47mm in length including the hook, and is 12.13mm in width at the upper edge, and 6.45mm in width just above the hook, which is 3.46mm wide. It weighs 2.14g. An identical example from Norwich dates to 1600-1650.Goodall in Margeson (see ref)says that hooked mounts hu…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-66B404
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a cast copper alloy late medieval or Post-Medieval object, probably a furniture fitting. It is a rectangular shape, 46.5mm in length, with one terminal finishing in a fan shape 12mm wide, with a central protruding, rounded knop. With this terminal uppermost, the object extends into a shaft with a D-shaped cross-section, having a collar with three transverse bands, and continuing, with three bands of moulding [?drapery] on either side, to a terminal point, itself forming part of two tear-shaped openwork holes within a curving frame 15.65mm wide. The frame protrudes on either side of th…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-86AFB1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy late Medieval or Post Medieval mount, in the shape of a stylised bird, probably an eagle. It is D-shaped in section, with an integral blunted rivet in the centre of the flat side. The upper surface has longitudinal grooves defining the outline of wings and tail, on which there are traces of gilding. The mount narrows slightly toward the shoulder, and has a neck and head turned at right angles, forming one terminal. The centre of the mount is slightly waisted, and the lower terminal is indented between the tail and the wing-tips. There is some gilding present on the unde…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nacton', grid reference and parish protected.