Record ID: SF-D5D480
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy fragment distorted due to heat. It is possibly part of an Anglo-Saxon brooch but is no longer recognisable. It is a rectangular strip with one triangular shaped terminal on one short end.The surfaces are uneven. the strip measures 16.86mm in length, 8.09mm in width, and weighs 1.27g. Other fragments have been found associated with Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts suggesting a cemetery site in this area, for example YAX SF-3CEB56.
Created on: Monday 10th 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-D60166
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy fragment from an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, distorted due to heat probably as the result of cremation. It is the foot of the brooch only, with a horse head terminal and the rest of the brooch missing. The terminal is spatulate below the nostrils. The brooch fragment measures 29.77mm in length and is 8.95mm wide at the lower terminal. It weighs 3.18g. Other fragments have been found associated with Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts suggesting a cemetery site in this area, for example YAX SF-3CEB56.
Created on: Monday 10th 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-D72515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
part of a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon long brooch. The surfaces are corroded and irregular,possibly due to heat, and the object is incomplete. It is a narrow rectangular strip, with a curve in the centre, 49.31mm in length and about 5.5mm wide, weighing 2.38g. The head of the brooch is incomplete due to old breaks , and the foot terminal is also incomplete, but with a suggestion of a perforation at the base. There are bands of transverse moulding all along the brooch from foot to head, mostly in repeated bands of four grooves . An example from Iklingham illustrated in West 1998, fig.54 …
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
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-D76711
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy strip which may be a fragment of the rim of a medieval dish or bowl. It is 26.04mm in length and 6.65mm wide, weighing 0.96g.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
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-D782C5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a sherd of shell-tempered pottery, possibly Romano-British, 19.84mm in length and 24.94mm wide, weight 2.93g. Other sherds found nearby include early Anglo-Saxon handmade ware.
Created on: Monday 10th 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-D79D87
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
an incomplete copper alloy object, of unknown date and function. It is approximately triangular in shape, with two surfaces intact and the third incomplete. There is a rounded edge between the two surfaces and one terminal comes to a point. The opposite terminal is 10mm wide and is incomplete, but has a central groove 4mm wide, suggesting another component to the object, now missing. The object measures 28.53mm in length and weighs 6.02g
Created on: Monday 10th 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-E66653
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch, Colchester derivative type with rear hook. The brooch is almost complete except for the ends of the wings, the spring and pin. The wings are semi-cylindrical and measure 16.32mm in width. A line of moulding continues down the bow from the rear hook , with a central longitudinal panel flanked by ribs . There is some corrosion obscuring the pattern on the bow. The catchplate is largely intact. the brooch measures 40.36mm in length and weighs 5.49g. A similar example from Hatcheston is illustrated in Blagg et al 2004, no.71. Colchester derivative brooches…
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-E6B3F3
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a probable Roman iron double spiked loop.It has been bent at right angles into an L-shape, with a loop, filled with corrosion at one terminal and the two arms terminating with spiked ends. The arms are separate from each other but corroded together. The object measures 57.36mm in length, from loop terminal to the right-angle bend, and is 21.12mm wide across the loop. The arms are 6.56mm and 6.84mm in width, and the object weighs 33g. Whilst it ressembles double spiked loops from Hatcheston (Blagg et al, 2004, nos 291 etc) it does seem to be deliberately bent in half, unlike the others…
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-E73985
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman strap mount or harness fitting. It is an openwork disc, 21.39mm in diameter, with one complete cutaway pelta design, and part of another which breaks the circumference. On the opposite side of the disc there is a projection, 5mm in length and 9.2mm in width, suggesting another smaller cutaway disc, but corroded and incomplete. The surface of the fitting is abraided. The under side has two projecting lugs, 15.2mm apart, one set between the two peltas and the other close to the projection. it weighs 4.17g This mount may be a personal fitting, or harness mount. It c…
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-E7AEA0
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a fragment of a Late medieval or Post-medieval badge. It is probably a lead alloy, and is roughly semi-circular with a moulded cut-away pattern. There openwork includes parts of two letters, an upright and an incomplete R or K, and there are moulded knops around the edge. It measures 7.88mm in length and 12.38mm in width, weighing 1.09g.
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-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-E82BF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy buckle frame of probable Viking date. It is a complete oval with the sides curved upward and a central bar. The pin is missing. At one terminal the oval extends into an animal head, a domed oval 9.8mm in length and 7.1mm wide. There are eyes on either side of the head, and a single line curving round to indicate the mouth. The top of the head is faceted, but also has some corrosion so that the detail is unclear. The arms of the frame are 4.8mm in width and 2.75mm in thickness, and angled at about 45 degrees to the horizontal. The outside edges of the arms are decorated…
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-E89855
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
six potsherds, combined weight 21g, reduced ware, black fabric, micaceous with fine grit and occasional large flint temper. Three adjoining sherds form sharp curve suggesting shoulder of urn. Decorated with combed lines in chevron bands of two and four. Largest sherd is 24.39mm in length and 21mm in width. Other sherds of early Anglo-Saxon date have been recorded from nearby in Yaxley, see SF-409D66 and E3C1E4. Many examples of this type of vessel with linear decoration are known from Spong Hill, Norfolk where they were used for cremations.(Hills et al 1994)
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-EA3682
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy fragment probably from an Anglo-Saxon long brooch. It is square, with broken corners and distorted probably as a result of heat. The upper surface is decorated with a plain central zone, outlined by a single band forming on oval shape. Around this is a zone of wavy lines contained by a futher single band close to the edge of the fragment. The under side is plain. The fragment measures 10.76mm in length and is 9.53mm wide. It weighs 4.69g. It could be the central panel from the head of a cruciform or square-headed brooch.
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.

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Record ID: SF-5B5EA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman and medieval pot sherds recovered whilst metal detecting: a) 5 Medieval coarseware rims 51.45g; 2 bases 19g; 1 bodysherd 2.8g b) Roman rim, coarse gritty red fabric, 22.9g c) Medieval green glazed bodysherd, jug form, 13.6g
Created on: Monday 27th 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-5DA374
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman and medieval pot sherds recovered whilst metal detecting: a) 5 Medieval coarseware rims 51.32g; 1 strap handle sherd 16.52g; 4 bodysherds 19.87g b) 4 Roman rims , coarse grey wares, 40.18g c) 1 possible Thetford ware rim, 15.95g
Created on: Monday 27th 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-5DC082
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman, medieval and Post-Medieval pot sherds recovered whilst metal detecting: a) 6 Medieval coarseware rims 64.77g; 36 bodysherds 175g; 4 base sherds 30.24g b)6 Roman rims, 1st-2nd century, 65.68g, coarse grey wares; 5 bodysherds, 17.15g c) Post-medieval: 2 coarseware rims 36.25g, 2 bodysherds. 12.2g; 1 glazed bodysherd, 3.5g; Stoneware:2 bodysherds, 1 base 4.5g, 1 lid 15.8g, 17th-19th centuries
Created on: Monday 27th 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-5E16D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver voided long cross penny of Henry III, class IIIc
Created on: Monday 27th 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-5E6825
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy strap end. It is narrow and rectangular, finishing with a cruciform knop at one terminal, and with straight edges at the attachment edge. It is made from two plates attached to each other with three rivets, one at the attachment edge,one above the knopped terminal and one set into the cruciform knop. The strap end measures 55.13mm in length and 7.34mm at the attachment edge. It weighs 4.02g. Similar strap ends are recorded from medieval Norwich (Margeson 1993, nos 232, 234) and London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig.94, no.671) and date to the fourteenth century.
Created on: Monday 27th 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-5EE5F8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Medieval cast copper alloy vessel rim fragments: a) Rim fragment from skillet or cauldron, 46.07mm x 25.86mm, weight 13.63g b) Rim fragment from skillet or cauldron, with much corrosion, 33.74mm x 27.05mm, weight 10.82g
Created on: Monday 27th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.