Record ID: SF-5BDB00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch for which no published parallel could be found. The fragment consists of a large oval shaped solid full round knob with a smaller circular top knop projecting from its top. This knob is unusual and is decorated with two transverse grooves across its centre. There is a circular double transverse moulding at the base of the knob and then a rectangular plate, this is narrow and its lower edge is incomplete due to an old break and its long sides appear to be complete, indicating that if this is a brooch head it did not have win…
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-9AEF01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch fragment of early Anglo-Saxon date.It is approximately one quarter of a brooch with a projected diameter of 40mm. The fragment is a flat band, worn and corroded, but has two transverse lines of decoration, close to one incomplete terminal. It measures 32.62mm in surviving length, 10mm in width and 1.92mm in thickness, and weighs 2.76g. Similar annular brooches have been discovered in Icklingham, Suffolk (West 1998, 169, fig 52 and McGregor and Bolick 1993, 88). Their distribution is most heavily concentrated in the Anglian territories and they date fro…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AF6F82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon brooch fragment, part of a cruciform or small-long brooch. The headplate has a central rectangular panel flanked by two trapezoidal wings. There is an integral top knob which is half-round, with two incised lines decorating its base, and further two lines defining a collar where the top knob meets the headplate. Behind the headplate are the remains of a pin loop hidden within a mass of corrosion. There is a short length of bow 8.8mm wide, extant for 7.55mm then broken off (an old break). The surviving length of the brooch is 30.84mm, and its width across he…
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-558110
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy square headed brooch head, John Hines has commented that the fragment is an interesting and relatively important piece. It's a fragment of the headplate of a group IX great square-headed brooch: not a very populous group but of considerable importance in the genealogy of Great Square Headed Brooch design in East Anglia (Hines pers comm 2008). The fragment is very worn with pale green active corrosive products. Measuring 36.66mm by 33.25mm in size. The front face is decorated with a central stylised possible horse-head, with bulbous eyes, surround…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', 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-9058F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy detachable knob probably from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, this knob is likely to have been a top rather than a side knob. It has a full round terminal with a waisted centre, it has a rectangular projection from the attachment edge which has transverse grooves across it. There is a circular hole through the centre of the knob, which can be seen from its underside. 15.35mm in length and 8.09mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C172E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. It consists of the head-plate and upper bow only, the rest missing due to old breaks. The head is a 'cross potent' shape, with a square head plate surrounded by three straight-edged wings, the edges of which are definied by three fine incised lines. The head is otherwise plain. Two grooved lines define the top of the bow, which is arched and facetted with a longitudinal rib. On the back face the pin loop is complete. The brooch measures 35mm in surviving length and 30.13mm in width. It weighs 7.87g.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 8th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-216990
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Early-Medieval date, probably from an Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch of fifth to seventh century date. The brooch consists of a fragmentary head plate that may have been square in shape although one side is now lost due to an old break, and the other is damaged and partly folded. At the left hand side of the plate is the remains of a row of punched crescent-shaped decoration. Similar decoration is perhaps present at the top of the head plate, although this is unclear. The bow is 17.72mm in length and 10.21mm in width, sharply curved and with no decor…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horham', grid reference and parish protected.

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-1A4104
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Late Saxon bird brooch. The brooch is in the shape of a bird of prey and is complete except for the pin. The bird has a triangular tail with moulded decoration to represent the feathers, where the tail joins the body of the bird is a raised transverse moulded band. A short triangular wing projects from the body of the bird above its back, the tip bent (old damage), and again with similar moulding for the feathers. Beneath short legs are two feet, each with four pointed talons, that meet at the base of the brooch creating a circular opening under the body of the bird. On…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AE0C83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy middle or late Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch. Just under half of the brooch is missing, along with the double lug and pin. The bow is sub-oval in cross-section, with a central arch. At the highest point of the bow there are three prominent transverse ribs, the remainder of the bow now missing due to old breaks. The surviving terminal (the foot) is moulded into a tri-lobed shape.On the back of the terminal is a longitudinally set catchplate. The brooch measures 30.65mm in length, 7.39mm in width, 2.31mm in thickness, and weighs 2.76g. This fragment belongs to …
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E4ABB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bow section from an Early Medieval brooch. It could be from an Early medieval cruciform or small long brooch. It consists of the curved, faceted bow only, broken off at both head and foot terminals. It measures 23.36mm in length, 14.9mm in width and weighs 6.84g.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E73E56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy small long brooch fragment of Early Medieval date. The headplate is flat and lozenge shaped, with flat spatulate knops rather than knobs at the top and on one side, the right side knob is missing. The head plate is decorated with a crescent motif, running across the left side knop, across the centre and on to the incomplete right side. Further crescents run in a line at right angles from the centre up to the top knob. There is moulded decoration of transverse ridges and grooves on either side of the curved bow section of the brooch, which tapers from head to foot. A smal…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E7A5D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy small long brooch fragment of Early Medieval date. The headplate is flat and rectangular, and trefoil-headed. The terminals are flat spatulate knops rather than knobs at the top and on one side, the left side terminal is missing. The head plate has an incised line running from top to bottom on the right shoulder. The bow is curved with a central longitudinal ridge, and is incomplete due to old breaks. The remains of a curved catchplate in a mass of corrosion occupies most of the back face of the headplate. The brooch fragment measures 35.8mm in surviving length and 24…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', 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.

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-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-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-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-1CD572
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It is missing parts of the end of the foot, and the spring and pin, due to old breaks and abrasions. The wings are D-shaped in cross-section, with incomplete perforated lugs at their ends, and a flattened rear face positioned at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. The front of the headplate thus formed has decoration consisting of double transverse grooves. Beneath the arms, the bow is curved, D-shaped in cross-section with decorated square panels at top and bottom between which the front of the bow is faceted. The …
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.