Record ID: KENT-D4C5E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, fragment of a cast copper alloy florid cruciform brooch. The surviving section of the brooch is part of the foot plate. There is a flat square panel with a sub-rectangular lappet on the left hand side and a moulded half rounded pannel below. The lapet is decorated with style 1 animal ornamentation. The reverse of the fragment contains a wide and incomplete catchplate. The breaks are worn. The brooch has a dark green-black patina.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-ADBE44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy convex disc brooch of late early-medieval date and Scandinavian design. The plate is circular in form and slightly domed with a concave reverse. The front has intricate moulded and gilded decoration in Jellinge style that depicts a mirror-image pair of stylised serpentine-like animals contained within a narrow border. At the centre of the plate is a small moulded cross saltire. At the top is an elongated head facing left with large round eye and pointed-oval ear. The body extends to fill much of the plate and is decorated along its centre with parallel …
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1A7C75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon radiate-headed or miniature bow brooch, very worn. Only the head and part of the bow survive. The flat semi-circular head has three small integral knobs and no trace of a central panel or any decoration can be seen. On the reverse of the head there is a pin lug, again worn; it is off-centre and above the junction of the head meeting the bow. The bow has two transverse grooves across its top and has a D-shaped section. The fragment measures 32.24mm in surviving length and 21.58mm in width across the head. A further study on these small se…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E28B03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy brooch in the form of a bird, now in two halves. The upper half consists of the head, body and most of the wings. The lower half consists of the tail and the wing tip to the observer's left. The two halves were found three years apart; they will be described together. The body of the bird is depicted as if viewed straight on and the head is turned to the observer's right. The beak is down-curving and the head entirely consists of a large circular eye decorated with a ring-and-dot motif. The top half of the vertical body, perhaps including the neck, is a long oval; th…
Created on: Monday 14th September 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'mid suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3B3127
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, but worn, cast copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon disc brooch with relief decoration depicting a backward-looking animal. The front face has as its central decorative motif a quadruped standing left with all four legs visible, its head facing backwards and a triangular pointed tail bent forwards over the back to meet it. Three toes or claws are visible on each foot and the back of the head and neck has spiked or zig-zag edges representing a mane. The animal has an open mouth, and has a very worn ring and dot motif for the eye. The animal is contained within a border formed from…
Created on: Friday 18th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF136
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragmentary copper-alloy small-long brooch; head-plate consists of a trefoil around a central square, D-shaped arms with single incised lines across the base of each, arched bow rounded at front, flat behind with flat planes at the top forming faceted corners, two parallel median lines across front, broken at base of bow, foot missing, remains of hinge at back of head-plate encrusted with iron corrosion from pin.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1362
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy cruciform brooch; foot missing below bow; top-knop cast with brooch, semi-circular in section, concave behind, domed in outline with a single collar; side knops missing; trapezoidal head-plate with irregular circular punchmarks along sides; expanded plain wings damaged at corners; arched bow with faceted corners, carinated at front and concave behind, double grooves at top and bottom; single hinge with corroded remains of iron pin.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2000
Last updated: Friday 5th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF137
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragmentary copper-alloy brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, probably a cruciform. Head and terminal of foot missing, arched bow rounded at front, flat behind, flat planes at the top and bottom forming faceted corners, tapering foot decorated on front with parallel transverse incisions and a slightly raised sub-triangular moulding, worn catchplate on reverse of foot.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF138
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head-plate fragment from a small-long or cruciform brooch; central square field flanked by trapezoidal lateral wings; possibly worn from original D-shaped wings in trefoil arrangement, breakage at bottom of plate, pierced lug survives at back, incrusted with iron corrosion from pin.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1414
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragmentary copper alloy annular brooch; flat band, slightly pushed out in the centre; row of square stamps around the inner and outer perimeters respectively; a pair of transverse lines delineates a zone of metal pierced by the remains of an iron pin which survives as areas of corrosion on the front and back surfaces.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 13', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Foot fragment from an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch; fragmentary rectangular shaft above terminal decorated by a pair of transverse incisions, sides carinated; this field and foot below are separated by a moulded collar decorated with a series of incised transverse incisions; the terminal is in the form of an animal's head seen from above with prominent circular eyes and flared rounded nostrils; the underside retains a complete catchplate decorated on its inside edge by closely spaced transverse incisions.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1420
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy small-long brooch fragment; fragmentary head-plate, wings damaged, central trapezoidal field defined by two borders of triangular punchmarks; arched bow with faceted corners, carinated front, flat behind; foot missing below bow; reverse of head-plate retains single hinge with traces of iron corrosion from pin.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF1453
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Foot fragment from a copper alloy small-long brooch; plain sub-triangular foot with slightly convex lower edge; catch-plate on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1483
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal fragment from a copper alloy ansate brooch of Weetch Type XII.C or Hubener Group 10. It is a flat band decorated on the upper surface with three parallel grooves; these bifurcate and diverge on the surviving terminal to give a serrated effect. Remains of catchplate on reverse. Weetch dates this type to the 9th or 10th centuries, and notes that the three known examples (now four, see below) all come from the same parish. Compare SF179.
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1571
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy equal-armed brooch; arms badly damaged and worn; arms sub-rectangular in shape, straight outer and tapering inner edges with ? rounded terminals, traces of engraved outer borders towards outer edges; central curving bow with central groove; remains of pin-lug with traces of iron corrosion from pin on reverse of one arm and worn and damaged catch-plate on the other. The form of this brooch is best paralleled by an elaborate version from Sutton Courtenay, Oxon., most examples such as that from Spong Hill & Brandon have expanded sub-triangular arms.
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF1656
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Foot fragment from a copper alloy cruciform brooch; very worn and corroded; transverse mouldings at top of foot below breakage; foot in form of a well modelled animal head with curving brows and circular pellet eyes, nose worn and rounded; on reverse trace of stub of catchplate, indentations behind facial features.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WALDRINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1734
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch; head-plate and bow carinated, reverse of head-plate retains side-lugs for missing axis-bar and pin, gently curving bow with flat reverse; pair of transverse grooves above foot; foot slightly expanded, squared-off at terminal, catch-plate set to one side on reverse of foot with deep profile; as Hattatt no. 1308A. Early 5th-century form of brooch with origins in N. Germany and the Low Countries. This brooch is 24mm wide and so falls into the gap between the wider Mahndorf (25mm plus) and the narrower Perlberg (up to 22mm wide) types, as defined by …
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STONHAM ASPAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy rectangular plate brooch of middle or late Anglo-Saxon date. Sub-rectangular plate with serrated sub-triangular protrusions at each corner; raised rectangular section in centre of plate at front; the back retains a complete pin-lug and a broken hinge in a parallel axis.Compare a similar example from a late 9th- to early 10th-century context in Winchester (Biddle 1990, no. 2009 Weetch comments that rectangular brooches with corner projections date from the late 8th to the 10th century (Weetch 2014, 132).
Created on: Monday 13th September 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF179
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy ansate brooch; curving bow with lobed terminal; the surviving terminal is rounded with a serrated edge and is filled on its front with radiating grooves giving a sub-foliate appearance; the bow is decorated with three parallel longitudinal grooves, the outer pair terminating in curves at the base of the lobe; the back retains the stub of the hinge or catch-plate. Weetch dates this type to the 9th or 10th centuries, and notes that the three known examples all come from the same parish.
Created on: Monday 13th September 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF1971
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bow fragment from a copper alloy cruciform or small-long brooch; carinated at front with deeply recessed reverse; longitudinal median grooves at apex of carination, corner facets with incised transverse grooves in surviving collar at one end; heavily corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.