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Record ID: SF-6A9712
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl,flat circular, 27mm diameter, and 13.75mm in thickness. It has a central perforation and is undecorated. This example could be Roman or later in date as the form of spindle whorls does not change from the Roman period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstead with Hulver Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6DAF78
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead two-disc cloth seal with connecting loop bent back. One disc shows a portcullis stamp in the centre, with a border legend now unradable due to wear. It is 18.32mm in diameter and weighs 6.89g. The second disc is plain, and is 16.78mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstead with Hulver Street', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-034471
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Perforated lead spindle whorl, circular with central perforation, diameter 13mm. The outer diameter of the whorl is 30.15mm. There is a single notch or groove on the surface from the outer edge toward the central perforation. The whorl weighs 66.82g. The date range is wide because the form of these spindle whorls does not change over time.
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A6AE11
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A lead weight, weighing 39.52g. It is rectangular and tapering to one narrow end, where it is 12.49mm in width,and is pierced in the centre with a small irregular hole, approximately 6.18mm in diameter, presumably for suspension. It weighs 39.52g , and is 32.39mm in length and 14.10mm in width.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2005
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-384037
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a pot mend, made of lead. It is an irregular lozenge shape, measuring 34.85mm in length by 30.03mm in width, and weighs 23.71g. It is probably of medieval or early Post-Medieval date.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2005
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-4C83F7
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman lead steelyard weight. It is biconical in shape, and is 24.51mm in length, and 20.26mm in width at its widest central point, weighing 36.25g. There are small patches of iron at each apex.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swefling', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-485414
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead seal matrix. It is a pointed oval in shape, 30.74mm in length and 15.30mm wide, weighing 8.77g. It is worn flat so that nothing of the inscription or decoration can be determined. The reverse is also plain and worn, with a small patch of applied lead near one pointed terminal, indicating the position of a loop handle now missing. It is similar in shape to a lead seal illustrated in Read, 1995,no 420 .
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-490534
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead seal matrix. It is incomplete, broken around all edges, and worn. It is part of a non-heraldic personal pointed oval seal matrix. Of the inscription it is possible to read L ( ) W but no other letters can be determined. Part of a device which may represent a raised hand is present in the centre. The fragment is an irregular shape, 18.78mm by 18.02mm, and weighs 5.45g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BBDB35
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a Post-Medieval lead mount or stud. It is a solid circular dome-shaped object with a pattern of small raised dots around the rim, diameter 22.74mm. Five curved lines of relief decoration run fom the flattened top of the dome to the rim. The mount/stud is 12.29mm in height and weighs 19.12g. A short length of rivet projects from the centre of the base for 2.38mm.
Created on: Monday 16th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D04E23
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead cloth seal.It is 16.84mm in diameter and weighs 5.26g. It consists of two discs joined by a folded connecting strip forming a narrow loop. Both discs are plain, and one has the remains of a flattened rivet. The discs are both plain with no sign of stamps or marks.
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-79A368
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast lead button. It is circular and the front is covered with a background pattern of cross-hatching, with raised round dots positioned roughly into rows giving a cruciform impression. There is a single larger raised dot in the centre. The back is plain, with a casting mark dividing the button in two, and the remains of the shank of the loop. It is 25.44mm in diameter and weighs 15.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-346032
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a Post-Medieval cloth seal. It is composed of two discs joined by a loop. This is probably the connecting strip which joins discs two and three of a four-piece cloth seal. One disc is decorated with a gothic letter G , and is 12.99mm in diameter. The second disc is 13.44mm in diameter and has a shield with two chevrons. The central area of the shield is cracked and the design interrupted. The cloth seal has a length of 17.14mm and weighs 2.30g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C88652
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a late medieval or Post-Medieval lead trade weight. It is circular, flat and bent, showing signs of recent surface damage. One side has W stamped close to the edge, and I A below this. There are two small square stamps, each at 9mm from the circumference and on the diameter. The weight is 39.93mm in diameter, and weighs 55.59g. This suggests that this may be a two-ounce weight.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C93A55
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
part of a medieval die from a seal matrix. It is flat and fragmentary, with not as much as a quadrant surviving. It has a curved outer edge which bears the legend RDIFI in mirror writing on one side. The reverse side also has a legend, which reads H O( or G) Y. It is 20.57mm in length and 16mm in width, weighing 2.90g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C97654
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
part of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal. It is the circular disc, disc one, with rivet on the reverse. It is worn with part of the edge missing, and has a central device, which could be circular or part of a shield outlined by a band of pellets underneath. Within this is a legend or initials reading i q underscored by a bar. On the rivet side there is an outline shield shape and no pattern within, surmounted by a rectangular bar divided into three squares, each with a dot in the centre. The seal diameter is 20.44mm, and the rivet 13.52mm. It weighs 7.63g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9D1C15
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval lead ampulla or holy water carrier. It is pouch-shaped, and cracked across a fold where the top half is bent over. The obverse shows a crowned initial W , with a single encircling line border, linking the ampulla to Walsingham. The reverse bears the allover pattern of the scallop shell design. The ampulla is 48.85mm in (unbent)length and 28.44mm wide. It weighs 26.82g. A similar ampulla from the Thetford area is illustrated in Mitchiner 1986, p138, no.397.
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harkstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9D8E97
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a fragmentary Medieval lead ampulla or holy water carrier. It is the lower part of a pouch-shaped ampulla, with one suspensory ring in tact, and only one side remaining. This is decorated with an outline six-foil in a single circle. The ampulla is 38.29mm in length and 35.99mm wide, weighing 34.31g. An example with a similar design, found near Thetford and probably made at Walsingham, is illustrated in Mitchiner 1986, p.145, no.410
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-661F61
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a conical lead weight of unknown date. It has a roughly circular base 19.86mm in diameter, with a circular hole, 4.8mm, drilled centrally through. It is 12.94mm in height and weighs 26.13g. Weights of this type are hard to date, but could be medieval or later. A weight of similar type was found in a thirteenth century context in Norwich. They may have been used as fishing weights.
Created on: Monday 19th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3BA848
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a medieval lead object. It is shield-shaped (rectangular with one short side having both corners cut to form a point) and measures 31.5mm along the short side and 43.95mm in length to the point. One face is flat and undecorated, whilst the other has a raised and indented pattern. The object is 7.1mm in thickness, and the edges are chamfered. With the point facing down there is a W or two intersecting Vs in the top half of the field. There is a raised line from the base of W to the point of the shield and two parallel raised lines on either side at 45 degrees running to the edges. In …
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B68191
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a lead plug, or pot mend for a ceramic vessel. On one side is a flat irregular oval surface, measuring 27.87mm by 22.35mm. On the other side is a smaller oval plug 18.78mm by 14.73mm. The object weighs 20g. Pot mends used melted lead to fill holes in damaged ceramic vessels, allowing the lead to overlap the broken edges. Some examples are illustrated in Egan 1998, p.241, from contexts dating from 1200-1400.
Created on: Monday 17th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brocklet', grid reference and parish protected.