Record ID: SF-5F5752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Langton Down type Roman bow brooch, the wings and the upper part of the bow survive and the rest of the brooch and the pin is missing, Langton Down brooches occur in Pre-conquest contexts but also in contexts dated post AD 43. The wings are a cylindrical spring cover with transverse grooves across their terminal and one horizontal groove across the centre. The bow fragment is flat backed and has longitudinal reeded decoration. Similar to Hacheston example (PLouviez 2004, 91,-92, no 34). It measures 21.21mm in length and 19.67mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D45F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman bow brooch of Langton Down type. It is incomplete as the lower bow and foot and pin are missing. The spring cover is cylindrical and bow flat backed with three transverse grooves where it joins the spring cover and five longitudinal grooves running down its length. This brooch measures 20.11mm in surviving length and 14.90mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9A3D92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch dating to c.25-60AD. The short wings are flat and the bow is circular in section and tapers to a point at the foot. The catchplate has three rectangular perforations. Only one turn brooch of the spring survives, but when complete it is likely to have had six or eight turns. The pin is missing, but the forward-facing hook which would have held the spring's external chord is intact. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (2000; 297, fig.156, no.1455). Also in Crummy's Colchester report (1995; 11-…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6BDF61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age/Romano British Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook, spring missing, short wings, tapering oval-sectioned bow with bent terminal and remains of catch-plate, 11 x 57mm. c.20-60 AD.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-49BAA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age La Tene III type brooch fragment. The pin is missing and the coil terminal is incomplete due to old breaks. The bow is flat and triangular in shape, tapering towards the foot. There is indeterminate moulding on the bow, obscured by the abraded surface of the metal. The foot is rectangular in section, and is bent backwards, terminating with an incomplete catchplate. The brooch measures 36.78mm in surviving length, and the bow is 7.96mm at its widest, with the foot tapering to 1.5mm. It weighs 2.24g. A parallel is illustrated from Kelvedon (Rodwell 1987,pp57-58, fig.43, no.8…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettelstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB9592
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman one-piece Colchester brooch. It is missing most of one wing, the spring, pin and catchplate due to old breaks. The brooch has undecorated, short and flat wings and a small projecting knop that marks the start of the integral spring but terminates in old breaks. The integral flat, chord hook is bent forwards onto the bow and tapers to a point. The bow itself is sub-circular shaped in section with slight faceting on the back face and upper portions of the front face. It tapers towards a rounded point at the foot of the bow. The remains of the …
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-016786
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy Colchester Type brooch  dating to the Late Iron Age, i.e. c. AD25-60. The brooch is very worn and the surface corroded. No decoration survives.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3CFB81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy La Tene I brooch of Iron Age date. It has an integrally cast spring of four coils, two to either side of the bow, with external spring chord and integrally cast pin. The pin is cylindrical in form and tapers to a sharp point, exhibiting some sings of post-depositional damage that have left it slightly bent in places. The bow is curved, oval shaped in section with flattened back face and moulded decoration on the front face. This comprises a pointed-oval shaped shaped motif that runs down the centre of the front face of the bow. At the join of the bow and foot …
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-78D441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Rosette brooch. Part of the spring casing/wings, the bow and part of the integral disc survive intact, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The spring casing is semi-cylindrical in form and missing its outer edges due to old breaks. Extending from the casing is the steeply curved bow, which is rectangular in form, oval shaped in section and decorated on the front face with transverse grooves at top and bottom between which run three vertical flutes. At its base the bow is integrally cast with the remains of t…
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F86D27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Rosette brooch. Part of the spring casing/wings, the bow and part of the integral disc survive intact, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The spring casing is semi-cylindrical in form and missing its outer edges due to old breaks. Extending from the casing is the steeply curved bow, which is rectangular in form, oval shaped in section and possibly decorated on the front face with vertical grooves or flutes, but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At its base the bow i…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-460C06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of late Iron Age date. It is missing the foot, most of the catchplate, parts of the wings/spring casing and the pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folding to encase a separately cast copper-alloy axis bar and spring, of which six coils survive intact. The spring casing is worn and corroded, particularly at its outer edges, and has the remains of a rectangular slot through which the pin would have hinged. At the head of the brooch between the join of wings a and bow there is a prominent transverse ridge. The bow itself is tra…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Waldingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4DD8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy late Iron Age to Roman rosette brooch. Only a fragment of the rosette section and the lower end of the bow survive. The rosette fragment is sub-triangular in shape with damage and corrosion obscuring its original form and and decoration. The rosette brooches were primarily in use during the middle decades of the first century AD, with Mackreth's (2011, vo.I) re-dating of the King Harry Lane material suggesting that some variants may have been in use even earlier from the end of the 1st century BC. Length: 21.46mm, width: 22.07mm, thickness: 6.52…
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-63F601
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Rosette brooch of Iron Age to Roman date. The lower half of the bow and half of the disc survive intact, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The bow is flat, rectangular in form and curved in profile. It is integrally cast with the remains of the disc and is decorated on its front face with a series of four vertical grooves truncated at the join of bow and disc with a transverse groove. The surviving half of the the disc is flat, semi-circular in form and appears to have originally extended upwards behind the bow to give it a circ…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-642A91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Rosette brooch of Iron Age to Roman date. It is missing the foot and pin due to old breaks. The brooch has a semi-cylindrical spring casing with flat, round end plates that are pierced at their centre and hold in place a copper-alloy axis bar with the remains of a spring of 7 coils. The pin is missing due to old breaks. The front face of the spring casing has rectangular decoration surrounding the top of the bow and formed from double parallel grooves with traces of added white metal (niello?) coating. The bow itself is sharply curved with D-shaped sect…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B364A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A worn Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Rosette brooch of complex riveted (Léontomorphe) type, c.25-65 AD. It is missing parts of the central disc, the spring case, catchplate and spring due to old breaks. The spring case is cylindrical in form with traces of an added white metal coating on one front face. It contains the remains of the spring, of which at least 7 coils survive separated by the incomplete pin. Extending forwards from the spring case is a short and integrally cast bow in the form of a crouching lion (sphinx) that is perhaps missing part of its head and has lost any…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FCF931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy later Iron Age to Roman brooch, probably of Rosette, Aesica or similar form. Only part of the foot and catchplate survive, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The foot is flat, triangular in form and terminates at the top in old breaks. The front face is decorated with an added white metal coating and that has suffered from post-depositional damage and corrosion. On the back face is an incomplete but integrally cast rectangular catchplate with folded outer edge and a single oval shaped perforation. The entire object measures 20.04…
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9DF265
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy Iron Age/La Tene III Nauheim derivative brooch. It is missing the outer edge of the catchplate due to old breaks and has been bent to an angle of 90 degrees due to post-depositional damage. The brooch has an integrally cast spring of four coils that is square in section and has an internal spring chord. From the spring extends the pin, which is square in section and tapers to a sharp point. The head of the bow narrows at the spring, expanding to a flat, triangular shaped bow with tapering, pointed foot. The front face of the bow is decorated with two …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A1D974
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast coper-alloy object, possibly a fragment from an Iron Age/La Tene III 'Birdlip brooch'. Only a small curved section of the brooch at the join of head and bow survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The head is oval shaped in section, terminating in old breaks towards the spring end. It has a central moulded ridge on the upper/front surface and on the underside there are two moulded globular pellets that resemble eyes. Separating the head and bow is a projecting semi-circular transverse disc with semi-circular panels on top and bottom surfaces. T…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A2AD55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Rosette brooch. Part of the spring casing/wings, the bow and part of the integral disc survive intact, the remainder of the brooch now missing due to old breaks. The spring casing is semi-cylindrical in form and missing its outer edges due to old breaks. Extending from the casing is the narrow and steeply curved bow, which is oval shaped in section and undecorated. At its base the bow is integrally cast with the remains of the incomplete disc. This has a moulded semi-circle at the foot of the bow and possible traces of radiating lines …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-42E064
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester bow brooch. It has relatively flat rectangular wings that are slightly concave on their back faces and have moulded decoration consisting of double vertical ridges on the front faces. At the centre of the wings is an integrally cast axis bar and spring of ten coils that extends to a pin with sharp tapering point. The pin itself has suffered from post-depositional damage and is now slightly bent in form but appears complete. The axis bar is held in place by an integrally cast hook that is flat, rectangular in form and would orig…
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.