Virtual museum – 3 Archaeology: Prehistory to 1500

Romano-British cremtion urns 1st-2nd century AD found on a building site near Orford Caslte in 1978.

(Orf.Mus.1992.82.12)

Roman Brooches - 43 AD-350 AD.

(Orf.Mus.2002.32)

Bronze Age or Iron Age Palstave (axe-head).
c.1200-500 BC

(Orf.Mus.2005.1.1)

Terret ring for guiding harness reins, late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. c.900-400 BC

(Orf.Mus.2005.35)

Late Neolithic/Bronze Age stone axe-head or hammer found in the river Ore in 1922. c.1500-1000 BC.

(Orf.Mus.1995.16)

Mesolithic leaf-shaped arrow head. c.8000-4000 BC

(Orf.Mus.1995.2.9)

Padlock – decorated with lines of oval punch marks and filled with lead. c.1350.

(Orf.Mus.1996.26.1)

Pilgrim’s Ampulla or flask for holy water, found near Butley Priory (flattened by a plough). c.1400-1500

(Orf.Mus.2006.59.2)

Copper alloy Enamelled Badge, probably from a livery or mount. It is oval with a cutaway design of a standing bear with a tail curling up behind, chained to a ragged staff. Thought to be a version of the seal of 13th Earl of Warwick. c.1439

(Orf.Mus.2010.18.2)

Part of a Cruciform Brooch found at Gedgrave indicating a Christian Anglo-Saxon presence. c.630-800 AD

(Orf.Mus.2005.1.45)

Two Viking gaming pieces, one is made of lead, the other bronze.
C10-early C11

(Orf.Mus.2005.1.79)

Early Bronze Age tanged and barbed Arrow Head. c.2000-1300 BC.

(Orf.Mus.2005.19)

Mirror Case – the two perfectly matching halves were found 30m apart. The mirror would have been of polished metal, not glass. c.1200-1300.

(Orf.Mus.1996.26.2)