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Record ID: SF-54734B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch detachable side knob. It is half round, with a slot and hole for pin on the base. It is semi-oval in cross section. It has a lozenge shaped dome, tapering into a waist before terminating in the base. Due to its half round shape, it conforms to Cruciform Brooch Phase B, dating to 475-550AD (Martin, 2015, pg 128).
Height: 15.85mm
Diameter: 8.31mm
Weight: 5.57g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-54127D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. It consists of a circular shape with a pin rest. There is no decoration evident.
Width: 13.70mm
Length: 23.03mm
Weight: 1.34g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-42B58D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform, dating to AD 420-480. The foot is missing. The head plate is rectangular and has an integral full rounded top knop; the latter has a domed head, a waist and a base, which extends outwards on the front face. The head plate has bevelled sides and has the same width as the arched bow protruding from its lower edge; its back face has a pierced semi-circular tab which is blocked by a fragment of the iron axis-bar; a fragment of the spring and iron corrosion products are encrusted around the…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-2C098E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Early-Medieval date. It is missing a small part of the plate and pin due to old breaks. The brooch has a flat circular plate with openwork and moulded decoration, although corroded. This comprises a central cross-shaped motif with central lozenge shaped panel and circular perforations in each quadrant. At the centre of the lozenge is a slightly raised conical boss. The outer edge of the brooch, whilst corroded, suggests 'teeth' around the edge. On the back face of the plate is an integrally cast transverse semi-circular pin lu…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-2B7C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular brooch. Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a human figure holding a staff and with a crown, sat on a bench holding a figure, either a child or animal, within a border of raised pellets or beads. This brooch fits a group of late Saxon disc brooches which copy, or appear to copy coinage of the period see Weetch (2013:15-16 fig no176,179), with the variants being divided by whether they copy obverse or reverse designs. To the reverse is an intergral pin and catchplate, which are …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-4769EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) Type 2.2.4 of Martin Cruciform brooch type B - AD475-550 (Martin, 2015, pg29, 37, 38 (fig 14) and 128). Only the foot of the brooch survives with an old break across the upper end of the flat panel. Only half the catchplate survives to the reverse of the rectangular flat panel. Above the head is the half-round panel which has moulded transverse grooves. It is defined by a zoomorphic section moulded to look like the head of an animal, probably a horse, with small projecting pellet eyes to either…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-46E26A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch. A round, gilded, brooch with a enamel filled stud fastened in the middle from which raidated a set of five ribs, of which only two remain. The pin and catchplate are missing. There is evidence of red enamel (Mackreth, 2011, pg 162). A similar example can be seen in Mackreth, 2011, pg 110, plate 107, 10947).
Diameter: 23.57mm
Weight: 5.93g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-436A46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch dating to the 2nd Century. The brooch is D shaped in profile, symmetrical on both axes with upright bead terminal with a ridge across the top. The pin is missing, the but the remains of a catch plate can be seen on the reverse of the terminal. The panel forming the bow is rectangular, with a design divided into three horizontal panels, the outer repeating each other. There is evidence of enamelling and beading, with small cells for enamel. There is evidence of a white metal coating. The patina is corroded, with a green and purple colour. A …
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-2EF885
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with double pierced lug. Half the spring is missing, the pin and wings are incomplete. The lug becomes a central rib on the upper bow, with moulded grooves on either side. The flat centre rib of the lower bow has lightly incised rocker decoration. The catchplate is folded over and has a groove where the pin would lie when closed (Blagg et al., 2004, pg 94-95, plate 88).
Weight: 6.57g
Length: 39.85mm
Width: 19.72mm
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-06E2A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Hod Hill Roman brooch, with low side knobs and plain leg. Pin, hinge missing, incomplete catchplate. The bow is flat-backed.Damaged edges. Evidence of white metal coating. Length: 45.29mm, width 16.58mm, weight 4.97g. Similar examples can be found in Blagg et al, 2004, pg 90, plate 61, p21.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-045F93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. Only the terminal end survives. The terminal is flat, triangular in form and missing parts of its outer edges due to old breaks. There is no evidence of decoration on the front plate. On the back face is a single D-shaped pin lug with circular aperture. It is 22.15mm in length, 32.91mm wide and 11.36mm in thickness, weighing 8.12g.
This is an incomplete equal-armed brooch. It is similar to those known as the 'Anglian' type, seen as having Scandinavian influence …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-04053E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. The head plate is incomplete missing the top projection and left side knob, roughly trefoil-shaped consisting of a central square with a D-shaped section projecting to the side with a notch to the side behind it. The outer face of the central section is decorated with a raised square while the D-shaped section is decorated with longitudinal lines engraved. In the centre of the reverse of the head there is a sub-rectangular pin lug covered with heavy iron corrosion from the now…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-89E378
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 rectangular slot on the centre of the reverse which would have housed the now missing pin. Each wing is decorated with incised transverse grooves. The bow is d-shaped, with diagonal grooves where it joins the wings. The catchplate is incomplete. Traces of white metal coating on the bow. It is 42.28mm in length, 33.34mm in width and 10.44g in weight. Similar examples can be found in Blagg et al, 2004,…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-88FB93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear-hook brooch. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with a rounded outer face and concave reverse where the missing pin fitting would have been secured. The outer face of each wing is worn but decorated with two transverse grooves alternating with two transverse ridges. The remains of a rear-facing hook projects from the centre of the upper edge of the head. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, fully curved in profile and tapers to a blunt point at its lower end. Its outer face is decorated with three worn long…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Nedging-with-Naughton', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-86EE7F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Iron Age brooch of the Langton Down Type, dating to c. AD 25-60. Only the upper part of the bow is surviving. The front face of the case bears three pairs of longnitudial moulding (Blagg et al, 2004, pg 92, figure 62, plate 39). It is 14.76mm in length, 18.35mm in width and 2.32g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-86824E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow Spring/double lug brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. It is T-shaped in plan. The extant elements of the brooch consist of the wings and part of the upper bow. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse, in the centre, is a double lug with upper and lower circular apertures. The pin is missing. The plano-convex in section bow tapers and is fragmentary and has a prominent median longitudinal ridge and two worn flanking incised grooves. Length 15.7…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-74C29B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch dating to circa 43-70 AD. Spring, pin and lower bow missing due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical wings with a folded enclosed section at both ends. The wings are decorated three transverse grooves at their terminals and a diagonal groove in presence either side of the bow. The spring mechanism would have been held in place by a rear facing hook projecting from the head. The bow has a D-shaped section. There are three sharp longitudinal grooves down the front of the bow. Similar to Scole n…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Burgh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-749620
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow Spring/double lug brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. It is T-shaped in plan. The extant elements of the brooch consist of the wings and part of the upper bow. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse, in the centre, is a double lug with upper and lower circular apertures. The spring mechanism is survived by the chord which runs through the upper aperture of the lug and axis bar the lower. There eight coils arranged in two series of four either side of the lug…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Burgh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1EE96A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. It is missing the spring, pin and lower bow/ catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form, separated by an integrally cast rear facing hook. The bow is D-shaped in section, tapering to a pointed foot that is missing its tip due to old breaks. It has decoration on its front face comprising a central vertical rib that runs from rear hook to foot and grooves along the edges of the bow.
It measures 29mm in length, 21.9mm in width at wings, and 5g in weight.
This is an incomplet…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Linstead Parva', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1EC5C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and very worn and corroded copper-alloy Roman Colchester bow brooch. It is missing most of the spring, pin and catchplate due to old breaks, and has suffered from extensive post-depositional wear and corrosion. The brooch has flat rectangular wings, separated at the centre of the head by an integral spring and hook, both of which are incomplete due to old breaks. The bow is oval in section and rectangular in form, tapering to a pointed foot. The entire brooch measures 47.1mm in length, 11.5mm in width at wings, 5.5mm in width at bow, 3 and 5.61g in weight.
This is a…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1D8D90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper-alloy trumpet brooch of Richborough group A (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 160-161). Appears undecorated, although very worn, with a spring, now missing, attached to a single lug, headloop missing, it has a full round waist-moulding and terminal of bow is missing due to old breaks. cAD 60-125 in date.
40.3mm length, 9.7mm width, 7.85g.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1BE619
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper-alloy plate brooch dating to circa AD 200-350, missing only the pin. It is oval in plan. In the centre is a recessed oval cell surrounded by a projecting rectangular-sectioned oval border. The cell would have been inlaid with a conical glass or stone setting which is now missing. Between the outer border and the outer edge are traces of gilding. Projecting from the reverse is a D-shaped pin lug. At the lower edge is a flat catchplate, much of which has now broken away. The reverse retains traces of a white metal coating.
The brooch is consistent …
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Westhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F6DD83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman 2nd century plate brooch of umbonate and conical type with enamelling. The outer edges and pin are missing due to old breaks, as the former are missing the original shape and number of sides cannot be known, there is one surviving projecting knop which has the remains of the catchplate on its back face. The front face has a flat outer part with arched cells, which would hold blue and yellow enamel. In the centre is a cone with six arched cells, each filled with blue enamel, representing petals, around a central projecting rounded knob.
On the back face this central…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F6B92F
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 rectangular slot on the centre of the reverse which would have housed the now missing pin. Each wing is very worn and damaged. The bow is plano-convex in section only the upper section survives the rest of the brooch is missing due to an old break.
16.5mm length, 24.8mm width, 3.72g
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F6768D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch is circular in plan and plan-convex in section. The outer face is also decorated with six raised circular collets. Four of which contains a blue glass setting, two are now missing these glass settings but have the remains of a white cement within them. Between the collets the front face of the brooch frame is decorated with transverse grooves. At the apex, is a rectangular constricted section in which sits the loop of a fragment of a copper-alloy wire pin.
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Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-A51459
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of the Langton Down Type, dating to AD 25-60 and is missing its pin. It consists of a cylindrical spring case, which still houses part of the spring coils and the upper part of the pin. The back face of the case has a central slot from which a fragment of the pin protrutes.The bow is flat and sub rectangular in shape with three prominent ridges and there are two curved grooves either side of the spring cover. The bow is set almost at right angle to the head and tapers towards the terminal. The catchplate…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-63B4EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy late early medieval disc brooch, flat and circular in shape, which would have orginally been enamelled and has a cross motif, formed of shallow pits, on the front face. The pin lug with a fragment of corroded iron from the pin survives on the back face and a fragment is missing from the edge due to old breaks. This brooch is most similar to Weetch type 18 A, which are dated to the 9th-10th centuries and had champleve enamel, in this case now missing, the decoration is of Weetch cross type iii, being a cross with expanding arms and bulb-shaped intersti…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-60C983
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy possibly equal-ended plate brooch of Roman date. All that survives is a tapering triangular foot with a knob at its terminal. It measures 12.8mm in length, 14.7mm in width, and 1.15g in weight.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-608D0F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch,gilded oval type, with active green corrosion. Missing the pin, most of the spring and the central glass setting. The pin was sprung on a single lug.The front of the oval plate has traces of gilding. The front of the brooch has a central oval setting, now empty, likely to have held a glass setting originally, 18 x 11mm, defined by a ridge, which is now corroded and incomplete. Surrounding the setting is gilded stamped decoration, stamped semi-circles, only fragments of which now survive It is an example of Hattatt's glass centre boss type. 28.7mm …
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-6058E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary and very worn Roman copper-alloy possible Headstud brooch dating to circa AD 75-250. Only the wings and an upper fragment of the bow survives. The wings are short. The bar and pin would have been iron as iron corrosion can be seen inside the wings. The bow is plano-convex in section. There is a circular hole which may have originally held enamel or a setting at the top of the bow, none of the headstud survives.23.9mm length, 24.5mm width, 16.52g.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-603128
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Colchester derivative bow brooch with double pierced lug, missing pin and catch plate, with old breaks now worn.
A lug at the back of the wings has two holes, the upper one carries a fragment of the copper-alloy spring cord and the lower one a copper-alloy axis bar, the spring has 8 coils. Wings are semi-cylindrical and undecorated. The bow has a D-shaped section and a central rib which flattens and on the lower bow and is decorated by incised rocker decoration. 40.2mm length, 19.7mm width, 5.36g.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-60154E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Colchester derivative bow brooch with double pierced lug, missing spring, pin and tip of one wing due to old breaks now worn.
A lug at the back of the wings has two holes, the upper one carries a fragment of the copper-alloy spring cord otherwise the spring is missing. Wings are semi-cylindrical and undecorated, catch plate is triangular with a groove for the missing pin. The bow has a D-shaped section and a central rib which then has a central groove. 33.0mm length, 16.1mm width, 5.00g.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-5FF70A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Colchester type bow brooch. Short flat wings, only one of which survives, on a D-sectioned bow. A fragment of the chord hook survives but nothing of the springs or pin of the brooch. 29.6mm length, 9.4mm width, 1.50g
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-3929C3
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, is a double lug. The spring mechanism is complete save for the missing pin. The mechanism consists of the circular-sectioned chord which runs through the upper aperture. and rectangular-sectioned axis bar running through the lower. Eight coils are present, wrapped around the axis bar, four either side of the of the double lug. The front fa…
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Brandeston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-A823D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy probably Roman trumpet brooch. Only the head of the brooch survives. This has a depression in the centre of the reverse filled with heavy iron corrosion, but is otherwise heavily corroded. The outer face is slightly faceted and a small stub is all that remains of the bow. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded and the breaks are well worn.
Without further parts of the brooch it is difficult to assign it to a specific sub-type and so only a general late first to mid-third century AD date is suggested.
Length: 11.97mm, width: 16.25…
Created on: Friday 19th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-7DE487
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman birdlip brooch. All that remains of the upper bow/head is a bent oval section with a transverse groove on its upper surface providing little information about its original form. Below this a flattened disc-shaped section projects outwards from the outer face of the bow with a pointed crescentic section below it curving downwards and outwards. The upper surface of the disc-shaped section is a decorated with a smaller, shallower disc and there is a groove where it joins the lower bow. Below this the lower bow is straight, tapering and sub…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-7DB528
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) supporting arm brooch or Stützarmfibel. The head is a flattened rectangular shape with incomplete circular lugs projecting from either end of the reverse. The upper end of the bow expands to the full width of the head where they join leaving a only a small recess along the upper edge of the outer face of the head. The rest of the upper and middle bow is uniform in size, D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face and strongly curved in profile. Across the lower end of the outer face of the bow there is a raised flat&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-7D9469
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. At the head there is a trefoil-shaped plate consisting of a central rectangular section with a D-shaped projection to either side, each with a notch to either side behind it creating a constriction. A further D-shaped section would have projected from the outer end originally, but this is now missing. To the reverse there is the inner remains of a single lug pin fitting. The upper part of the bow projects downwards from the lower edge of the head. This is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat rev…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-FE5837
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear-hook brooch. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with a rounded outer face and concave reverse where the missing pin fitting would have been secured. The outer face of each wing is decorated with two transverse grooves alternating with two transverse ridges. The remains of a rear-facing hook projects from the centre of the upper edge of the head. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, fully curved in profile and tapers to a blunt point at its lower end. Its outer face is decorated with three parallel, raised, beaded ridg…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-FE095B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular shoe buckle. It consists of a small circular frame with a simple copper-alloy wire pin wrapped around it to one side.
Similar buckles have been found during excavations in London, most from mid-14th to mid-15th century contexts (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 5758), although their chronology extends beyond this into the post-medieval period. Egan and Pritchard (ibid., 57) suggest that buckles of this period with a diameter or 20mm or less are probably from shoes, although some may have fulfilled other dress-related functions and there may have been s…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-FDFBCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear-hook brooch. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with a rounded outer face and concave reverse where the missing pin fitting would have been secured. The outer face of each wing is decorated with a single central transverse groove, but the rest of the decoration is obscured by corrosion and the outer ends of each are missing. The remains of a rear-facing hook projects from the centre of the upper edge of the head. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, fully curved in profile and tapers to a blunt point at its lower end.…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-17BB93
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 piece is virtually complete save for the missing pin. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. The front face of the headplate is decocorated with two parallel incised grooves running along the edge. The edge of the trefoils are decorated two parallel incised transverse grooves. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section and curved. Its underside is concave. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-02C120
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch dating to circa AD 75-175. The extant piece consists of the lower bow, foot and catchplate. The lower bow is plano-convex in section and terminates in a moulded rounded foot.The front face of the bow is decorated with median longitudinal lozenges. The field surrounding the lozenges retains traces of red enamel. The lozenge cells themselves would have also carried enamel but none now survives. Projecting from the reverse of the foot is a V-shaped flat catchplate with folded outer edge.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-02B221
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. T-shaped in plan, the piece is complete save for the missing spring mechanism and pin. The wings are hemispherical, open at the reverse. The spring mechanism would have been held in place in the recess by the rear facing hook. The front face of the decorated with two longitudinal incised grooves. The bow is triangular-sectioned and tapers into a rounded foot. The exterior facets of the front face of the wings are decorated with hemispherical grooves. Projec…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-0293C6
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 rectangular slot on the centre of the reverse which would have housed the now missing pin. The wings are heavily abraded but no trace of decoration remains. At the apex of the bow is a head loop, survived now by two projecting stumps. The bow projects from the wings at a right angle. It is plano-convex in section and tapers slightly into an old break. The front face of the bow is decorated with a recessed pan…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-882061
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy ansate brooch dating to circa AD 700-1000. Roughly 60% of the piece survives with part of the body and one terminal missing. It is rectangular in plan and section. The bow consists of a flat central element and is stepped into the terminal. The central element is decorated with two deeply incised longitudinal grooves. The element beneath contains a median arris either side of which are opposed ring and dots. The extant terminal now terminates in old breaks so it is unclear precisely which shape the terminal would have taken, making typological …
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-870063
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Continental Plate brooch dating to circa AD 25-250. Now with incomplete, jagged edges the piece is flat and discoidal in plan. The front face is decorated with two concentric roundels. The inner roundelis decorating with alternativing rectangular and triangular cells with blue and orange millefoire inlay. THe outer roundel has alternating roundels of rectangular cells of light green and yellow millefoire. Projecting from the centre is an integrally cast stud. The stem is circular-sectioned and the head is flat and wider than the stem. The head is n…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-864484
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, is a double lug, now heavily abraded. Remains of a portion of the externally made axis bar are slotted through the lower lug. The spring mechanism and chord are missing. The front face of the wings are undecorated. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into an old break. The upper bow is decorated with a median longi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-8631FE
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 rectangular slot on the centre of the reverse which would have housed the now missing pin. Each wing is decorated with five incised longitudinal grooves. The bow is plano-convex in section. It tapers gently before terminating in an old break before reaching the foot. The front face of the bow is decorated with a median longitudinal recessed groove. The edge of each wing is decorated with incised oblique g…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Shottisham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-86003E
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 rectangular slot on the centre of the reverse. The slot houses the remant of the pin, now survived by a short stub. Each wing is decorated with two incised longitudinal grooves. The bow is plano-convex in section. It tapers gently before terminating in an old break before reaching the foot. The front face of the bow is decorated two incised median longitudinal grooves. There is no trace of a catchplate o…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Ramsholt', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-6FC8D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch dating 43-70 AD. The brooch is heavily corroded and has a green brown patina. T-shaped in plan, the extant elements of the piece consist of the head and upper bow. The wings are hemispherical, open at the reverse. The spring mechanism would have been held in place in the recess by the rear facing hook, now survived by a short stub. The front face of the wings decorated with two incised parallel longitudinal grooves. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers gently before terminating in an…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-F025DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch (Group A: Bayley and Butcher 2004, 160 ,fig.130) of Roman date, c.AD 75-150.
Only the bow re mains. The bow has a sub-circular cross section and both terminals end at a worn rounded break. The top of the bow is triangular in shape and opens out to two decorative central disks, which wraps round the back of the brooch. The lower bow is also sub triangular in shape, ending at a pointed broken terminal.
The metal has a dark green patina and is very worn. Abrasion caused in the plough soil has resulted in a loss of surface de…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SF-F5344E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 43-150.The extant piece consists of the foot, terminal and catchplate. The foot is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. Its terminal is bulbous with a flate base. The front face of the foot is undecorated. Emerging from the reverse of the foot is V-shaped catchplate with folded edge. iThe brooch has a dark green patina.
Owing to the fragmentary nature of the brooch it is not possible to assign it a classification so a broad mid 1st century to mid 2nd century AD date is offered.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Near Bildeston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F3DB74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy plate brooch dating to circa AD 200-350. It is oval in plan. In the centre is a recessed oval cell surrounded by a projecting rectangular-sectioned oval border. The cell would have been inlaid with a conical glass or stone setting which is now missing. Between the outer border and the outer edge are significant traces of gilding. Projecting from the reverse is a D-shaped hinged lug which contains bent and distorted traces of a circular-sectioned separately made pin. At the lower edge is a flat circular catchplate, much of which has now broken …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Butley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F34E65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a copper-alloy early medieval (middle Anglo-Saxon) ansate brooch. Only one terminal survives. This is sub-lozenge shaped with a straight break across its inner end. Its outer face is decorated with an incised saltire cross-shaped dividing it into four lozenge-shaped cells, each decorated with parallel engraved chevrons. There is evidence that small lobes projected from each of the three outer corners orginally, but two are missing and the remaining one to one side is hardly visible due to corrosion. To the reverse a double lug pin fitting projects still holding a corrode…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F346FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) probable small-long brooch. Only the foot of the brooch survives. This is an expanded patulate or axe-shape with inwards curving sides and outwards curving lower edge. There is a break where it probably attached to the brooch. There is no evidence of decoration, but the edges are damaged and corroded.
This style of foot appears on several forms of small-long brooch (and on the later Anglian equal-arm brooch, but these are less common). Penn and Brugmann (2007) place the small-long brooches within their phas…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F33F3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. Only the foot of the brooch survives, making it difficult to identify the type. The foot terminal is a narrow spatulate shape with inwards curving sides and straight lower edge and curves inwards slightly when viewed in profile. Above this on the outer face there is a raised panel, D-shaped in cross-section, its outer face decorated with multiple transverse grooves and above this a narrow, undecorated section that expands very slightly towards its upper end where there is an abrupt break where …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F33B4C
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. T-shaped in plan, the piece is complete save for the missing spring mechanism and pin. The wings are hemispherical, open at the reverse. The spring mechanism would have been held in place in the recess by the rear facing hook. The front face of the decorated with two longitudinal incised grooves. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into a pointed foot. The front face of the bow is decorated with two longitudinal ridges in relief between …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Butley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F33735
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch. Only the foot of the brooch survives with a well worn break across its upper end. This terminal of this is zoomorphic in decoration and slightly tapering towards the tip. The outer face of the terminal is decorated with a semi-circular moulding to either side of the tip producing the effect of nostrils and above this, at the widest point of the terminal, there is a pellet-like eye to either side. Across the inner end of the terminal there is a raised panel, D-shaped in cross-section, its outer face d…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-F21DA8
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 piece is almost complete save for a missing side knop. The head is cylindrical with a median rectangular slot in the reverse to house an intact, separately made, copper alloy hinged pin. The pin is circular-sectioned and tapers into a point. At the junction of the head and the bow is a moulded transverse double groove. The bow is triangular, flaring outwards. Each wing of the front face is decorated with three incised oblique grooves. Towards the lower edge of the bow, projecting from either flank…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wilby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LVPL-36D468
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Harlow double-lug brooch dating to AD 43-100. The lower part of the bow, and the pin are missing.
The wings survive to a width of 13.3mm and they are each made of crescent plates, that have been flattened and taper to a point. Both wings are undecorated.
A D-shaped attachment lug projects from the centre of the wings and the back of the head. This has one perforation close to the centre and is filled with copper alloy corrosion product, probably the remains of an axis bar.
The bow projects from the top …
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: HAMP-8E1266
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilded copper alloy Early Medieval Great Square Headed Brooch, Group IV Phase 1 GSHBs (Hines). Leeds Group A3 (a) and (b) The brooch has a rectangular head, concavo-convex mid-bow element and a rectangular plate flanked by lappets or side lobes; twin lugs with corroded iron spring behind the head and a missing catch plate. The foot of the brooch has broken off. The head plate has an outer zone with triangular punch marks, which extends into the interior to mark off a rectangular inner zone from the outer border. The outer borde…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SF-0D7939
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Early Medieval cruciform/small long brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The extant piece consists of the lower bow and foot. The bow is rectangular in plan and curved in profile. It is has convex underside and concave front face. At the junction of the bow and foot is a transverse incised groove. The foot is flat and broadly triangular in shape. It is now heavily worn but appears undecorated. Emerging from the reverse of the foot is a broken, flat likely D-shaped catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F92118
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear-hook brooch. The head is heavily eroded at either end but appears to have been semi-cylindrical in shape. The reverse is concave where the missing pin fitting would have been secured by a rear facing hook, now survived by a short stub.
The outer face of each wing is decorated with two parallel longitudinal grooves and both outer ends are damaged. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, gently curved in profile and it tapers towards the break in the bow. Its outer face is decorated with a raised cen…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F919CF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman double lug Colchester derivative/Harlow brooch. It is T shaped in plan and only the upper portion of the plano-convex bow survives. The double lug is positioned in the centre of the reverse of the wings and is compromised of an upper and lower aperture, now corroded. The spring mechanism, pin and foot are missing and the breaks are well worn. The front face is decorated with two longitudinal, central ridges, terminating in an old break.
Colchester derivative brooches with this style of pin fitting were in use from around the time of the Conq…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F8E0D7
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, trefoil head plat and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. Each arm has a triangular knop positioned before the trefoil terminal. The front face of the headplate is now heavily worn but appears undecorated. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section and curved. It in. It is decorated with a median longitudinal incised groove…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F8BCA9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear-hook brooch. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with a rounded outer face and concave reverse where the missing pin fitting would have been secured. The outer face of each wing is decorated with transverse grooves. A rear-facing hook projects from the centre of the upper edge of the wings. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, curved in profile and it tapers strongly towards a break at its lower end. Its outer face is decorated with a raised central longitudinal ridge and an inwards curving longitud…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-A36AF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval copper-alloy probable small long or cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The extant element element consists of a broken, now rectangular, head plate and bow. The piece is plano-convex in section and the bow is C-shaped. The bow terminates in an ancient break. Emerging from the reverse of the headplate are the remnants of a central D-shaped lug. The piece is now very heavily worn and covered in a green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-A25B83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman brooch. Only the lower half of the brooch survives. The bow is narrow, sub-triangular in cross-section with a longitudinal ridge running down the centre of its outer face and it tapers gradually to a rounded point at the foot. To the rear is a roughly triangular catch-plate with its hooked outer edge missing. The catch-plate is covered with iron corrosion, which may be the remains of a pin. The surface of the metal is corroded and the breaks are worn.
There is no foot knob suggesting that this is likely to be part of a Colcheste…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9399F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman hinged Colchester derivative brooch. The head is cylindrical in shape with long wings, the tip of each now missing, and a transverse slot in the centre of its reverse where the hinged head of a copper-alloy pin remains in situ surrounded by the corroded remains of an iron axis bar. Only the head of the pin survives. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and curved in profile, tapering rapidly towards a heavily corroded break across its lower end. The lower bow, foot and catch-plate are all missing.
This style of brooch was in use from around t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9385E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative brooch dating to the period circa 43-120 AD. The extant element consists of the foot. It is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. It tapers from an ancient break into a moulded, rounded knop. Positioned above the knop is a circumferential horizontal groove. Emerging from the reverse of the foot is a V-shaped catchplate with a folded edge.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near Offton', grid reference and parish protected.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This findspot is known as 'Near Walsham le Willows', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-C69B01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Rearhook brooch dating to circa 43-70 AD. The brooch is virtually complete save for the spring mechanism and and pin. The wings are open at the reverse and would have contained the spring mechanism. The spring mechanism would have been held in place by a rear facing hook projecting from the head which survives. Each wing is decorated with five longitudinal grooves. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers to its foot. The bow is decorated by three median longitudinal grooves. The small, unpierced catchplate…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bildeston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-C5C6BC
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 AD 43-100. The extant elements of the brooch consist of part of each of the wings, the spring, and the upper bow. It is T-shaped in plan. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse with the spring partially still in place, the double lug form being visible in cross section. The wing ends and pin are lost. The wings and bow are corroded. The bow is triangular in plan and decorated with a longitudinal central ridge. The bow terminates in anc…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Bildeston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-84C91E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular brooch. The frame is circular in shape and rectangular in cross-section. Its reverse is undecorated, while its outer face is inscribed with the letters 'X P O V E R T P A R T C O M' along the centre in Lombardic script with an engraved linear border along each edge. There is a recess at the start of the legend which holds an in situ copper-alloy pin. The pin is made from a strip of wire, rectangular in cross-section with a bufurcated inner end forming an attachment loop.
For similar examples in copper-alloy…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Leiston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-3655EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill brooch dating to AD 43-70. The extant elements of the brooch consist of the wings and part of the upper bow. It is T-shaped in plan. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse with the end caps partially intact. The axis bar, spring and pin are all lost. In the centre of the reverse is is a rectangular recess which would have held the bar, spring and pin. At the top of the wings in the centre is the remnant of the hook that would have held the spring in place. The wings and bow are…
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E13003
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 and foot. The extant element of the lower bow is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. It is decorated with three raised longitudinal grooves terminating in a transverse groove. The foot flares outwards and then tapers into a flat, raised base, creating a triangular in plan appearance. At the apex of the foot is a raised transverse ridge. Traces of white metal coating are evident on the foot. Projecting from the centre of the reverse is a flat, bro…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-CCFBC4
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 although one of the wings is missing whilst the surviving wing is incomplete. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse, in the centre, are the remains of a double lug, now covered in corrosion. The chord survives, running through the upper aperture. The axis bar and chords do not survive. The front face of the wings are plain. The plano-convex in section bow tapers gently inwards before terminati…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-CCADED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch is circular in plan and plan-convex in section. The outer face is also decorated with six raised circular collets. Each contains circular cells within which are trace of white cement, the remains of a fixative for holding decoration in place. Between the collets are raised rectangular panels each carrying two beaded transverse grooves. Gilding surrounds the grooves. At the apex, is a rectangular constricted section in which sits the loop of a pin. Beneath the loop is a rectangu…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-B80D28
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: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-35EF8E
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 circa AD 25-60. The head consists of short, narrow wings, rectangular in section and open at the reverse. Emerging from the top is the forward facing hook, which terminates in an old, worn break. The spring mechanism and pin do not survive. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into a pointed foot. The bow is plain. Projecting from the reverse of the foot is the faint remains of the catchplate, surviving now as a short projecting jagged edge.
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.
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