Record ID: SF-C64AB7
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment. It is the head and upper bow of a headstud brooch. It has short deep wings with mouldings forming three steps from the wing-tips to the bow. The chain-loop is broken off, there is a semi-circular axis bar casing behind each wing, and the pin is missing. The bow is D-shaped, with a headstud above a central panel of lozenge decoration bordered by triangles which could have held enamel. The bow is incomplete, caused by old breaks, and measures 23.3mm in surviving length, and 8.32mm in width. The brooch measures 18.79mm in width across the wings, a…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1C59B4
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman colchester derivative double pierced lug type, the wings, spring and an upper fragment of the bow survive the rest of this brooch is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The wings are semi-cylindrical and are decorated with transverse grooves on its terminals. The individual coils of the spring can no longer be seen due to corrosion. The bow is D-shaped in section. This brooch measures 13.34mm in length and 24.65mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D1FF6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of trumpet type, incomplete, missing most of chain loop and lower bow, only a fragment of a copper-alloy pin survives. The pin fragment is hinged on a copper-alloy bar which passes through an enclosed case. The head is plain apart from two border grooves along the upper edge. The bow has a triangular section due to a central longitudinal ridgeand has transverse mouldings at the break. The brooch measures 25.85mm in surviving length and 12.43mm in width across the head.
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5B7E02
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman bow brooch or hod hill type, only the head and a fragment of the upper bow survive the rest of the brooch is missing due to old breaks. The head is formed from the rolled over bow terminal. The bow is rectangular in shape and has a transverse moulding and a central longitudinal groove. This brooch measures 14.33mm in surviving length and 12.75mm in width.
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC6940
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of hinge headed type, 1st-2nd century in date. Missing pin and with incomplete sides and catchplate due to wear. The head has a cylindircal pin bar case, the bow has an upper swelling with a circular shaped indentation in its centre and then narrows before flaring out into an oval shaped terminal with two enamelled lozenge shapes. This brooch measures 33.10mm in length and 10.66mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waldringfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ACD4D1
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Colchester derivative rear hook type Roman bow brooch, incomplete, missing most of rear hook, spring, pin and lower bow and foot due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical and decorated with diagonal grooves at their tips. The bow has a D-shaped section and central longitudinal ridge. This brooch measures 26.24mm in length and 21.54mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A5287
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn copper-aloy Roman bow brooch of head stud type, the headstud is a British brooch type and production starts in the later 1st century and continues into the 2nd century. This example has an incomplete chainloop and is missing its pin and foot due to old breaks, the lower bow break is stained a dark black/brown, which may be burning or due to some sort of soil/corrosive reaction. The wings are decorated with grooves and there is is a semi-circular axis bar casing behind them, with a copper-alloy axis bar within this. the head stud is a projecting circle with a cross…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A7A52
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn copper-aloy Roman bow brooch of knee type, similar in form, although not enamelled to Hattatt 1661 and 1222 (1989, fig 194). The head has a worn scar where it may have had a chain loop, the head is semi-cylindrical and missing the axis bar, the pin is also missing as it the foot of the brooch. The bow has a D-shaped section and tapers to a worn incomplete temrinal. This example measures 19.66mm in lenght and 8.49mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AB9753
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch. A Colchester derivative type, with semi-cylindrical wings, coil and spring missing. There is moulded decoration on the wings, two grooves and ridges on each, and the narrow bow has a central rib. there are traces of white metal coating particularly across the wings. The catchplate and foot are incomplete. The brooch measures 29.84mm in length and 20.67mm in width. It weighs 3.91g. Examples of similar brooches from Hatcheston are illustrated in Blagg 2004, fig.64, no.116, and are date to the mid to late first century.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC38F3
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a Roman copper alloy bow brooch, Langton Down type. It has a semi-cylindrical incomplete spring case with spring of eight coils. The pin and catchplate are missing. The bow is flat and tapers to a rounded tip c.1.5mm wide. The brooch is 12.75mm in width across the spring case, 30.83mm in length and weighs 3.36g. The surfaces are worn, but traces of reeding down the bow can be determined. A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattatt, fig.165, no.273
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D3C73
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. The wings are incomplete, and there is a coil of six springs. A double pierced lug holds the axis bar and spring chord. The pin and catchplate are missing. The bow is D-shaped with a groove down the centre. The foot of the bow is missing. The brooch measures 21.2mm in existing length and is 20.3mm in width across the wings. It weighs 3.98g.It is likely to date to the second half of the 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-085CE6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a worn copper alloy Colchester derivative Roman bow brooch. Only a short section of the bow, measuring 37.28mm in length, and part of the catchplate survive, the remainder lost due to old breaks. The bow is approximately triangular in section, tapers towards the foot of the brooch, and has a large central rib running its entire length. There is no other visible decoration. The entire fragment measures 37.28mm in lenght, 5.12mm in width, 3.46mm in thickness, and weighs 3.14g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-089C23
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper alloy bow brooch of Roman date, probably a Colchester derivative rear hook brooch. The brooch is largely complete, but is missing the rear hook, spring, pin and catchplate. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape, perhaps with two moulded grooves where the wings join the bow. The bow is D-shaped in section with a raised central rib that begins as an extension of the now missing rear hook and runs the length of the bow, with traces of transverse grooved decoration close to the hook and two slight grooves either side. The catchplate is mostly missing, however t…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-091C93
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a worn copper alloy Colchester derivative double pierced lug Roman bow brooch. The wings, part of the spring and a short section of the bow are preserved, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape with half of the double lug remaining intact, the second lug now missing due to old breaks. Half of the spring survives, which when complete would have probably had eight coils. The surviving length of the bow is triangular in section with a raised central rib that runs from the lug. The entire fragment measures 11.96mm in length, 16.93…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-878674
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch, complete except for the spring and pin. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape and on their outer surface have two moulded bands, one at the edge and one close to the bow, with parallel transverse grooves. Between the two moulded bands the exterior of the wings is concave in shape. The interior surfaces of the wings have small corroded fragments of the spring, particularly inside the intact rear hook. The bow is flat and rectangular in shape, tapering to narrow curved tip. The exterior of the bow has a raised central rib that …
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8808D4
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type with double pierced lug spring attachment. Upper half only, with incomplete spring, damage to one wing and worn and corroded surfaces. The surviving half of the spring has four turns. No decoration survives on the wings. The bow is flat backed with convex sides and no surviving decoration on the central rib. Width 21mm, surviving length 21mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-057F82
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy incomplete Roman bow brooch, Colchester derivative type. It consists of the upper bow, part of the spring case and three turns of the coil. The bow is flat-backed, with moulded longitudinal decoration of five ribs separated by grooves. The wing case is semi-cylindrical, and the foot of the bow is missing. The surviving length of the brooch is 20.88, and width across the wings is 17.38mm. The brooch fragment weighs 3.72g. A similar brooch from Hatcheston, dating to the mid first century AD is illustrated in Blagg 2004, no.76.
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-05A1A3
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bow brooch, Colchester derivative hinged type. It is complete except for the pin. The wings form a complete cylindrical case, and have bands of moulded decoration on either side of the bow head. They terminate with rounded knop ends. The bow has a flattish back and rounded profile, which narrows and flattens toward its foot. There is a band of moulding forming a ladder pattern down the upper part of the bow. The catchplate is approximately triangular in shape, though incomplete, and unpierced. The brooch measures 52.14mm in length and 28.92mm in width. It weighs …
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-062814
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bow brooch, a rearward facing hook type, with the hook missing. It also lacks the pin. The wings are short and semi-cylindrical, and have bands of moulded decoration on either side of the bow head. There are traces of solder inside the wing case on both sides. The bow head is rectangular in section and has traces of a central rib and flanking ribs, but is in poor condition. On either side of the bow head is further moulding in the form of a band of crescents. The bow narrows toward its foot, and the position of the catchplate is indicated by three projections show…
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-06B530
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy bow brooch, a Colchester derivative type with rearward facing hook missing. It also lacks the pin, coil and catchplate. The wings are short and semi-cylindrical, and no decoration can be determined because the metal is worn. The bow has a flat back and rounded profile. Moulded decoration extends from the head down the length of the bow. The bow narrows toward its foot, and is incomplete due to old breaks which have also removed the catchplate. The brooch measures 30.41mm in length and 21.11mm in width. It weighs 6.12g. A parallel for this brooch can be seen fr…
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.