Record ID: SF-869D56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver pin, formed from a 1.7mm diameter wire which tapers to a broken point at one end. The head is coiled twice and then flattened at the front to form a 3.2mm wide strip, which survives as 8mm long but might originally have been longer - it is not clear whether this is an abraded break or a true end, though the taper in profile suggests this is the original form. The main shaft has some small bends but was probably originally straight. Brooch pin Silver pin from a late Saxon ninth century disc brooch. Slightly warped and with minor cracking visible under magnification, but ot…
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A9565
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt fragment of a footplate of a square headed brooch. The fragment is incomplete at its top and bottom edges, where the rest of the footplate would have continued originally, due to old breaks, which are now worn. The fragment is roughly lozenge shaped and the front face decorated with an intricate chip carved design consisting of a central lozenge, two opposing terminals of which are complete and rounded in shape. There is a quatrefoil with spiral terminals within the lozenge shape and surrounding the lozenge there are rope-like or plaited motifs. The back face appears und…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E39FB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy small long type early Anglo-Saxon brooch. The foot terminal and the pin of the brooch are now missing. The brooch head has a rectangular central panel and rectangular wings forming a cruciform shape, there are worn tiny punched annulets delimiting the central panel and also arranged in rows on the wings. The bow is short and faceted and below this is an undecorated flat panel with a rectangular shaped lappet projecting from either side of it. The lappet is also decorated with rows of tiny punched annulets. The half-round panel has transverse mouldings and…
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CFD04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval brooch, either a cruciform or small long in type. A fragment of the lower head and upper bow, measuring 27.60mm in surviving length and 16.74mm in surviving width. The bow has transverse grooves at its top and there are two longitudinal parallel grooves down its centre. It is D-shaped in section. There is an incomplete pin loop on the back face with the remains of a corroded iron adhering to it, presumably from the iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D0716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, lower bow and part of the flat panel from a early Anglo-Saxon brooch. There is a longitudinal decorative band running down the centre of the bow and below the bow transverse grooves delimit the start of the flat panel. Surviving length is 17.94mm and width is 17.38mm. All edges worn and damaged due to old breaks. Both faces are black probably due to exposure to fire, perhaps indicating that this brooch was originally from a cremation cemetary.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-359E65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, the central panel and wings survive as does the top knob and one side knob, the rest of the brooch is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The edges of the brooch are distorted and it appears to have been burnt and therefore may be evidence of a cremation cemetery. The head measures 36.38mm in width and 26.17mm in surviving length. The central panel is rectangular and raised and has longitudinal borders of small crescent shaped indentations. The top knob and side knob are integral and not detachable. They are half round.
Created on: Monday 16th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E49135
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead brooch of 'hub-cap' type (Weetch type 17), of late Early-Medieval date, probably 10th or 11th century. It is circular, 26.7mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick, with a central circular hole (7.65mm in diameter) surrounded by a raised edge. It weighs 10.08g. There are four evenly spaced raised hollow-backed bosses or domes, 4.44mm in diameter, around the edges, each pushed up from the back of the brooch. There is a small sub-circular hole through the lead between two of the domes. There is a lead loop catchplate on the back of the brooch, and remains of an attachment point for a pin.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D4FE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob. A copper alloy detachable side knob from an Early Medieval brooch, probably from a cruciform brooch. It is a full round knob,with a knop, and a hole running through the centre (blocked by corrosion) for the pin bar . The knob has moulded decoration, of a single groove at the base of the head, a plain central panel, and three more grooves around the collar. The knob measures 16.78mm in length, 9.08mm in width and weighs 5.33g. There are traces of a white metal coating on the knob.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D3AA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob, copper alloy. It is a full round knob, with a hole running through the centre for the pin bar (missing). The knob has moulded decoration, of a single groove at the base of the head, and another around the collar. The knob measures 13.04mm in length, 10.15mm in width and weighs 4.84g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-913EB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bow brooch of supporting arm type dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The pin and spring are missing; the lugs are damaged and it is abraded around the head and foot. There is corrosion around the two pierced lugs on the reverse of the head. The facets of the arched bow expand into the head, which has rounded edges at both terminals. There is a single horizontal line of decoration along the top of the head, with two groups of three incised lines on the right arm, and on the left upper bow . At the base of the bow is a single groove; below this are single notches on th…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.