Record ID: WAW-8D29B7
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy catch for a box or cloak probably dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1800). The object has a teardrop-shaped loop, which is slightly convex at the lower end of the loop and concave as it tapers up to the narrow opening. A single rivet remains in situ at the opening of the loop upon which the hook is attached. The hook has a flat, circular attachment completely surrounding the rivet. The shaft of the hook is circular in section and tapers towards the hooked end. The point of the hook has since broken away. The object is undecorated and has a l…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A2F957
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy catch from a box or bag, of 7th-century date. It is now incomplete, but would originally have been symmetrical, with a rounded lobe at either end (one now missing). The surviving rounded end is 6.4mm in diameter and flat, 1.4mm thick, pierced to take a separate copper-alloy rivet which has a large, low-domed head and circular-section shaft (total length of rivet 7.2mm). In between, the rest of the object is T-shaped in section, with a rib down the centre bringing the maximum thickness of the plate to 3.5mm. All three edges (the two sides and the top of the …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-6B0010
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a lozenge shaped bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked. A D-shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is lozenge shaped i…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5BA29B
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a lozenge shaped bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked. A V-shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is lozenge shaped in this case. They ar…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5B94F8
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a lozenge shaped bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked. A V-shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is lozenge shaped in this case. They ar…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5B84B2
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a lozenge shaped bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked, though has now slightly broken. A V-shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is l…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5B6E2C
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of rectangular bar in plan bar. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation. The other terminal is hooked. One face of the bar is flat and the other rounded, D-shaped in section. The rounded side of the bar is decorated with three longtudinal grooves situated at either end of the bar. The terminals are flat These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicatin…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5B5599
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of rectangular bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation. The other terminal is broken but would have been hooked. It is now survived by two short stumps. A central lateral, rectangular flange projects from the reverse. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary base…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8B5CD3
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a rectangular bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop whereas the now other would have been hooked, but is now missing. The bar is flat on one face and rounded on the other. The rounded face is heavily abraded but contains transverse ridges running across it. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. The…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4DCB5D
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of rectangular bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked. A bell shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is lozenge shaped in this case. They are …
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC604D
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy box or bag catch dating to circa AD 600-700. It consists of a lozenge shaped bar with straight edges. One terminal is comprised of a circular loop with central perforation whilst the other is hooked. A V-shaped flange projects from the centre of the back face. These catches have been interpreted as box catches/fittings (West 1998: 22) though Geake (1997: 80-81) notes that their association with leather, indicating they were from bags or satchels. They appear to vary based on the shape of the bar, which is lozenge shaped in this case. They ar…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3FB1A5
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bag or box catch dating to the seventh century AD. This artefact weighs 1.32g, has a length of 25.7mm, maximum width of 6.2mm and maximum thickness of 4.0mm. The body of the artefact is lozenge shaped, with a width of 5.6mm, thickness of 1.8mm and accounts for 16.5mm of the total length. Two sub-circular integral lobes are present, on the same plane as the body, one at either end of the lozenge. One of these lobes has a width of 4.6mm, thickness of 1.4mm and accounts for c.4.0mm of the total object's length. Slightly off-centre, this lobe has a circular ap…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0ECE0D
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) box catch. It consists of a central rectangular-shaped plate with triangular keel projecting at a right-angle from the centre of one face. One end of the plate is rounded and pierced with a small circular hole, while the other, which presumably formed a catch end, is missing. The object is corroded and damaged in places A group of very similar examples have been excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21. They probably date to the Early Anglo-Saxon period, c.500-720 AD, and are thought to have function…
Created on: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0EBE90
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) box catch. It consists of a flat lozenge shaped plate with triangular keel running longitundinally down the centre of one face, projecting outwards an angle of 90 degrees. At one end of the plate the inner part circular terminal with central rivet hole survives, while at the other end is break where a hook/catch would have projected. There is some additional damage along both sides. A group of very similar examples have been excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21). They probably date to the Early A…
Created on: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-853CD6
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy element from an Early Saxon box catch dating to the period c. AD 500 - 720. It comprises a trapezoidal-sectioned shaft with an incomplete terminal hammered flat at either end, one in the form of a loop which would have swiveled on an axis bar and the other a slightly larger terminal with a notch which would have formed the catch. See: SF-3B9FAD which notes five complete examples excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21), thought to have functioned as catches to secure wooden boxes or caskets. Finder's ref: Oct 17 12. Update: The identification o…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-88B788
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to middle Saxon copper alloy catch or hook-clasp for fastening a box dating to the period c. AD 650-750. At one end is a flat circular loop with a central circular perforation. The opposing terminal is similarly flattened, however, the loop is incomplete and may have originally termninated in a hook. The central part of the object is rectangular. The reverse has a projecting flange running down the centre. Similar in form to examples from Coddenham, Suffolk (SF-74FF25) & Easton, Cambridgeshire (SF-090F45). Another identical example was found 40m to the north in 2021 (NMS-A2F957).
Created on: Friday 13th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F598C3
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) box catch, dating to AD 600-700. It has a flat lozenge shaped plate with triangular keel on the front face set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the plate. At one end of the plate is a circular terminal with central rivet hole, in which still rest the copper-alloy rivet; on the back face some iron corrosion around the rivet suggests that the support the catch was attached to might have been iron made. The other end is missing and it might have formed a hook, when complete. The back face has a recessed central panel. …
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3B9FAD
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) box catch. It consists of a central rectangular-shaped plate with triangular keel projecting at a right-angle from the centre of one face. A semi-circular plate extends from either end, which when originally complete would have formed circular attachment and catch ends. Five very similar examples have been found at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21). They probably date to the early or middle Anglo-Saxon period, c.600-750 AD, and are thought to have functioned as catches to secure wooden boxes or caskets.…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1B7942
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) box catch. It has a central bar, D-shaped in cross-section, with a group of four fne transverse grooves at either end of the rounded outer face. At one end of the plate is a flat circular terminal with central rivet hole, while at the other end is a hook/catch formed from another flat circular plate with a square notch removed from one side. The object survives in excellent condition with a bright green patina. A group of very similar examples have been excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21 and parti…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1B6315
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) box catch. It has a flat lozenge shaped plate with triangular keel running longitundinally down the centre of the outer face and extending outwards an angle of 90 degrees. At one end of the plate is a circular terminal with central rivet hole, while at the other end is an incomplete hook/catch. There is some additional damage along both sides where the surface of the metal has flaked away. A group of very similar examples have been excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21. They probably date to the E…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.