Record ID: SF-929216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy early Anglo Saxon long brooch, either a cruciform or a small-long brooch. Only part of the top of the bow survives, with the rest of the brooch missing due to old breaks. The bow is 30mm in length and 13mm in width. It does not have a rectangular-section panel at the top, but instead meets the headplate still with a rounded cross-section. The junction between bow and headplate is marked by a double moulding around the convex end of the bow. This moulding is concave between the two ridges. A small fragment of the headplate still survives. This shap…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-914264
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy head plate from an early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The head plate is rectangular in shape and has intergral crescent-shaped side and top knops, the top knob and one of the side knops are incomplete due to old breaks. The complete knop is bent, but without any stress to the metal; this implies that it may have been damaged by heat. This is important as it can support the idea that some cremation was taking place in the area where this brooch was found. The head plate has a slightly raised rectangular central panel. The top of the bow is present, and again the r…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-911EB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon long brooch. Only the head plate and the bow of this brooch now survive, the rest of the brooch is missing due to old breaks. The head plate is incomplete, rectangular in shape and measures 15mm by 14mm in size. The bow is 20.5mm in length and 10mm in width. It is faceted and has two transverse grooves at its base. On the back face the pin constriction remains complete with the corroded iron remains of the pin within it. This brooch is slightly bent without any visible stress to the metal this implies that it was damaged by he…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-90BA76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch, flat and circular (35.2mm). The edges are slightly abraded. The upper surface is decorated with a series of 14 circular dots, conical in cross-section, each within a very worn and barely visible ring. The reverse has two lugs, one on each opposite edge, perpendicular to the edge of the brooch. Both lugs are incomplete. Around the lug which would have supported the pin there is some iron staining. The surface of the brooch is covered with a heavy brown/green patina.
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.