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Record ID: SF6880
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of lead-alloy nummular brooch. Just a tiny scrap of the edge survives, with relief decoration consisting of a border of ladder pattern, an inner border of pellets, and an inner field of geometrically intersecting straight lines. On the reverse is a transverse pin lug. These brooches are so called because they are ultimately derived from coins; the borders are imitating the filigree settings that were added to coins to make the originals. The fragment measures 22 x 13 mm; the brooch would originally have been about 40 mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK INGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6D7152
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead-alloy nummular brooch, so called because their designs are ultimately derived from coins. Part of one edge of this brooch now survives, the fragment is slightly distorted and measures 24mm by 20mm in size and would have an original diameter of c40mm when complete. The fragment is decorated on its front face with relief decoration consisting of a double border of pellets; this border is likely to be imitating the filigree settings that were added to coins to make the originals. The inner field is decorated with straight lines and cuvilinear lines with transverse li…
Created on: Monday 21st June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rishangles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5095A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged lead alloy late Anglo-Saxon nummular brooch, two adjoining parts of which survive. Both of these are bent and distorted and will be discussed together. The brooch would have originally have been circular in shape and now measures circa 36mm in diameter. The original diameter is likely to have been larger as the surviving edges of the brooch are now bent backwards, reducing its present diameter. The front face is decorated with five concentric rings of pellets around an unclear central motif which is circular in outline and may have had a cross within it …
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B950AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy probable sub-nummular brooch of Weetch's type Type 4.A (with straight-armed cross motif) dating c. 900-1000. Although forms also occur on the continent it is unclear if these brooches were imported directly or made locally. However, they do represent continued cross-influence in brooch fashions in the North Sea region (Weetch 2014, 288). The pin and fittings on the rear of the brooch are largely broken away in old damage, though the object otherwise survives in tact. The front of the object demonstrates moulded decoration in the form of a cross with…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-12B70C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval lead-alloy pseudo-nummular brooch dating to circa AD 875-1050. The extant fragment comprises of a small arc of the edge. The front face has a chip carved border groove near the edge and two recognisable symbols of two wedge shaped arms of a cross and a 'C' shape with an adjoining reverse curve at the top. These two symbols are also chip carved into the face. The reverse is plain but worn and has a slightly convex surface. The design is redolent of SF-234D38 (although this brooch has raised symbols). Consequently, this places it in Weetch's Type 2.A…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-19700B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch. The centre of the outer face is decorated with simple raised lines forming a five pointed star-shape surrounded by irregularly positioned raised pellets . This is followed by three raised concentric lines dividing the remaining area into three circles. The inner and outer of these circles are filled with circles of raised pellets, whilst the central circle is filled with alternating groups of two and three raised transverse lines. To the reverse there is the remains of a single lug pin fitting to one side and a catch-pl…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-234D38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead alloy early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular (coin-like) brooch. It is disc-shaped and the design on the outer face imitates contemporary coinage. To the reverse there is the remains of a double lug pin fitting to one side and a small catch-plate remains intact at the other end. The outer face is decorated with a central voided cross formed from two pairs of crossed lines, surrounded by an inner circle and then a garbled legend of alternating raised crosses and letters. Only the letters '+C+I+C+[...]' can be read. It survives in fair condition, but there is some dama…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CB0567
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to Medieval lead-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. The brooch is disc-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. It has a central circular bosses surrounded by moulded pellets set inside a circumferential border. The reverse is plain. A corroded hinge mechanism and lug to secure the pin are in place at either end. The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 5: disc-broaches characterised by concentric designs, with the majority of her sample being lead-alloy examples (2013: 78-79). Length: 39mm; Width: 33mm; Thickness: 8mm; Weight: 36.66g.
Created on: Friday 17th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shimpling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-74365E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to Medieval lead-alloy brooch dating to circa AD 900-1000. The brooch is disc-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. It has relief decoration on the front face. In the centre is a straight armed cross. It is surrounded by two concentric circles containing 'laddering' decoration. The reverse is plain. Projecting from the reverse are two integrally cast D shaped loops at the apex and nadir containg an externally cast ferrous pin. The pin is circular sectioned.  The brooch is consistent with Weetch Type 4a: disc-broaches characterised by…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2B7C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) nummular brooch.  Discoidal in plan and flat the front face is decorated with a human figure holding a staff and with a crown, sat on a bench holding a figure, either a child or animal, within a border of raised pellets or beads. This brooch fits a group of late Saxon disc brooches which copy, or appear to copy coinage of the period see Weetch (2013:15-16 fig no176,179), with the variants being divided by whether they copy obverse or reverse designs. To the reverse is an intergral pin and catchplate, which are …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.