Record ID: SF-8DBC23
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete enamelled copper-alloy early medieval (probably late Anglo-Saxon) zoomorphic brooch. A flat plate in the form of a stylised bird standing in outline facing right. The bird has a rounded body, sub-triangular tail and a small head with duck-like, up-turned beak. Two incomplete legs project from the centre of the lower edge. To the reverse there is the remains of a single-lug pin fitting at the tail end and an incomplete catch-plate at the head end, both covered with iron corrosion. The object is slightly bent when viewed in profile, the surface of the metal is cor…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8DB0BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch. Only the lower bow survives. This is sub-circular in cross-section with an incomplete small sub-triangular catch-plate to the reverse of the lower end. Traces of a fine dark green patina remain in places on the surface, but the remainder is corroded. The break across the upper end of the bow is well worn. The size, form and decoration of this example suggests that it is a Colchester brooch rather than one of the later derivative forms. Colchester brooches were used during the middle decades of the first century …
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6693AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy cruciform or small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete headplate and upper bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. terminating in worn breaks on all edges. The front face is heavily abraded and no decoration can be ascertained. The bow is decorated with a median arris before terminating in an ancient break. Projecting from the reverse of the headplate is a median flat lug which terminates in an old break. It would have hinged the now missing externally cast pin.  The …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-665FBD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete bow and headplate. The head plate is flat and rectangular. Only a fragment of one arm now survives, projecting from the edge. Separating the headplate and arm is an incised longitudinal groove. Set in front of the groove are three ring and dots, a design replicated on the opposite edge. In the centre of the headplate is a circular perofration 3mm in diameter. It is unclear precisely what function this perforation played. T…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-65EAE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a flat, incomplete trefoil head plate and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. Only one arm now survices, projecting from the side edge. It is broadly an elongated crescent. It carries punched ring and dots running along the heavily abraded outer edge. The headplate is plain. The bow projects from the underside of the headplate and is C-shaped in section. It is decorated with a median longitudinal arris. At the junction of the headplate a…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-648AD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch, with geometric decoration, and possibly zoomorphic, c.1st-2nd century AD. It may alternatively have composed part of a decorative attachment of a saddle/bridle. Although it is not complete, it can be likely estimated to have an elongated sub-rectangular shape. The body of the brooch is diamond-shaped with a high-relief border, with two arms extending from it. One arm is now missing, but the other is relatively intact. At the end of the surviving arm, there is a small raised dot, and in the centre of the diamond, there…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-26684D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch. The bow and foot survives, but most of the head and the catch-plate are missing and the object has been bent in half. The upper bow becomes bifurcated where it would have extended into a rolled head originally. The upper bow is wide and flattened with a small knop projecting to either side of its lower end and its outer face is divided by three raised, longitudinal ridges. The lower bow is narrower and tapers to a rounded point at its lower end, while its outer face is divided by three transverse ridges. To the reverse of the lower bow …
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grundisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-127F69
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch dating to circa AD 43-100. The extant piece consists of the lower bow, foot and small portion of the upper bow. The head is missing. The extant element of the lupper bow consists of a broadly triangular in plan and plano-convex in section plate. The front face is decorated with three moulded longitudinal ridges and a transverse moulded groove. Between the bow and foot is a collar compriosed of two transverse raised grooves. The foot is comprised of a triangular in plan and plano-convex in section plate. The …
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1215E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow Spring/double lug brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. It is T-shaped in plan. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse, in the centre, are the remains of a double lug. The spring mechanism, axis bar and chord are missing. The front face of the wings are plain. The plano-convex in section bow tapers gently inwards before terminating in an old break. It is undecorated. There is no trace of a catchplate on the reverse. 
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-11F00D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the period circa 25-60 AD. The brooch is heavily worn. The head consists of narrow, flat rectangular wings. The wings are undecorated. The rear facing hook projects from the back of the wings terminating in an ancient break. The spring mechanism is surviving by a short stub projecting from the lower edge of the reverse of the wings. and the spring mechanism are now partially survived on the back of the wings but heavily corroded.  The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers int…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FEDC7E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester or Colchester Derivative brooch dating dating to circa AD 20-120. Rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section the extant element consists of the lower bow and catchplate. The lower bow is a narrow undecorated strip tapring into a point. Projecting from the reverse is a flat D-shaped catchplate with a folded edge which has now broken away. 
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E8DCDA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Dolphin type Roman brooch. The bow and the head survives, although any decoration is not apparant because of the condition of the object. The catch plate and pin are missing. Dimensions: 23.5 long and 18mm wide, it weighs 4.91g
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54AF77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch. The head has very short, undecorated, flattened wings to either side. In its centre there is an integral forward facing hook and to the reverse a small strip that is all that remains of a coiled pin fitting. The pin itself is missing. The bow is oval in cross-section, tapering to a point at the foot. The catch-plate, which would have projected from the rear of the lower bow, is now entirely missing. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded with a brownish patina and the bow is bent into a …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4114AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged Pin brooch dating to circa AD 43-120. T-shaped in plan, the brooch has cylindrical wings, with a narrow rectangular slot in the centre of the reverse. The slot would have housed the now missing pin but is now filled with corrosion. The front face of each wing is decorated with a single oblique groove. The bow is plano-convex in section. It tapers gently inwards before terminating in a now heavily abraded, likely rounded, foot. The front face of the upper bow is decorated with a a median longitudinal protruding…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F07B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy plate brooch dating to circa AD 25-250. The piece is flat with a sub-circular plan. In the centre is a projecting discoidal boss. It is surrounded by a single reoundel with a field which would have been inlaid with enamel. Within the field, arranged in a circulr fashion, are eight recessed dots, 1.3mm in diameter. They would contained probable glass insets; two survive now a white colour and discoloured green which was likely white. Between the roundel and the outer edge are eight ring and dots. The outer rings are inliad with a cobalt blue en…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E87BF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. It is a non-enamelled disc brooch. Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a rear-facing quadraped set within a border of 28 raised rectangular pellets or beads. The beast has a pointed tail indicating it is mythological. On the reverse are two diametrically opposed median integrally cast lugs. The lug at the apex would have housed the pin, and is now covered in iron corrosion. The lower lug would have functioned as a catchplate. It consists of a hook in which the pin would have reste…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E7BB98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy brooch, dating to circa AD 75-150. The fragment comprises the lower bow, foot and an incomplete catch-plate of a developed T-shaped brooch. The lower bow is rectangular in plan and triangular in section. The front face of the lower bow is now very worn decorated with a median longitudinal arrangement of recessed broadly lozenge-shaped cells. Traces of red enamel survive within the cells. The foot is a rounded bulbous knop. Projecting from the reverse is a flat broadly D-shaped catchplate which terminates in a worn and uneven e…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A9F5DE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. Broadly T-shaped in plan with narrow wings, the brooch is missing the spring mechanism and pin. The wings are hemispherical, open at the reverse. The now missing spring mechanism would have been held in place in the recess by the rear facing hook, which is now survived by a worn stump projecting from the apex of the wings. The front face of the wings are now heavily abraded but plainly decorated. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into an old break. The ex…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Assington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1535A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Weetch's type 18. The front of the circular plate is worn, but decorated with a narrow raised border from which the outlines of four circles project at regular intervals. This leaves the remaining part of the central field as a Anglian cross motif. The depressed areas of the cross and circles may have held enamel (c.f. example from Great Saxham in Evison 1977) but no traces are now visible. The reverse is plain except for a missing pin and catch, consisting of two parallel projecting lugs …
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Walsham le Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-152B46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small long brooch. Only the headplate remains,  in the form of a cross with two round-ended arms separated by small, sub-right angled to sub-semi-circular, indented clefts, with the top arm missing. There is no decoration evident on the face of the brooch. Positioned centrally on the reverse of the head is a single lug that would originally have had a pin, now missing, attached, although there is evidence of iron corrosion around the lug.  Weight: 7.72g Length: 28.77mm Width 32.79mm
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Walsham le Willows', grid reference and parish protected.