Record ID: SF-CADA75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, Trumpet type with enamelled wings giving a fly shape. Missing pin; damaged catchplate, corroded surfaces and margin. The pin was sprung between two pierced lugs on the edges of the head which is hollowed, the copper-alloy spring survives and has five coils. The wings contain blue enamel. The footknob appears to be a plain sphere rather than lobed to form an insect head but is corroded. Length 37.12mm, width (wingtips) 17.38mm. As Hattatt (1989) no.459, also similar to another example from Charsfield, Suffolk (see SF-1A7FF8).
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F49A38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy probale Roman plate brooch, a rectangular foot, with the catchplate on its backface survives, with a fragment of a circular knob at its terminal end. The upper end has three incomplete projections, which appear to be the lower edges of an open work plate. It measures 22.27mm in surviving length and 4.06mm across the foot and 13.43mm in width across the plate area.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-60F931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a probable penannular brooch, one terminal and part of the ring now survives, the rest is missing due to an old break. The ring is flat and there are slight traces of possible incised decoration on the upper face, the surviving terminal is coiled and twisted so it is at right angles to the plane of the ring. It is similar to example from Colchester which are classified as Flowers type C (Crummy 1983, 18, fig 16). The fragment measures 26.68mm in length and the ring is 3.10mm in width, if complete tthis ring wuld have an external diameter of c4cm.
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-851112
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman plate brooch, of mid to late 1st century date (see Hattatt, 1989, fig 201, nos 1558 and 1008). The brooch is flat and has a recessed circular centre with concentric circles within it and a hole through its centre. Around the edge of the central circle there are incomplete projections, they have a white metal coating and a border of tiny circular indentations, fragmentary remains of five projections survive, one has the double lug on its back face and a fragment of a copper-alloy pin is held in this. This brooch measures 21.92mm in surviving diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoxne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4647B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very unusual copper-alloy Roman bow brooch for which no parallel could be found. It appears most likely to be a variation on the hod hill and aucissa types. The brooch is complete apart from missing its pin. It measures 47.59mm in length and 26.54mm at its widest point. The corroded iron remains of the axis bar, on which the pin was hinged, are held in a rolled over bow terminal, 20.25mm in width. Below the rolled bow terminal the brooch slopes down at a circa 45 degree angle and has three evenly spaced circular holes through it. There is then a wider part with triangular side pro…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9C88D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of 2nd century date in the form of a bird (Hattatt 1989, 361, fig 220, no 1150). The wings, body and tail are all missing due to old breask, as is the pin. The bird has a slender worn head, the beak of which is also missing, The wings are flat and held out from the body, which is only slightly convex on its upper face. The underside of the bird is flat and there is the remains of a catch plate beneath the breast. It measures 13.64mm in length and 15.44mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9CE7F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Roman Aesica type bow brooch similar in form but not decoration to Hattatt no 793 (1989, 310, fig 169). The head is hinged and the wings folded round to form a cylindrical tube within which the corroded iron remains of the axis bar remain, the pin is missing. The bow is D-shaped in section at its top and then flat, with a rectangular section, its sides are very worn and it is likely to have had opposing projections at its base originally, although these no longer survive. The bow is decorated with longitudinal grooves and a receesed triangular …
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-59D686
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bow fragment of a copper-alloy brooch which could be Roman or Anglo-Saxon in date. It is curvilinear and measures 19.71mm in length and 7.90mm in width. It has a brown patina a patches of active powdery green corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A2E01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A foot fragment of a Roman brooch which could either be a hod hill of 1st century date or an equal-ended type of 2nd century date. The foot has a transverse moulding with vertical grooves and there are two short ones lower down, between waisted parts it terminates in a rounded knop. The catchplate has a circular hole through its centre. There are traces of white metal coating on the brooch. It measures 18.87mm in length and 8.33mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AFD515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment of a Roman possibly umbonate type plate brooch, a fragment of the circular plate and the double pin lug now survive. This fragment is flat and has triangular recessed cells around its edge one of which has the remains of blue enamel within it, there are also two surviving projecting flat rounded knops projecting from the edge of the fragment. The double pin lug on the back face is incomplete and no trace of the pin survives. The fragment is 21.31mm by 10.61mm in size. As umbonate brooches have flat outer part and conical centres it is impossble to tell if it is of t…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AFEE63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy worn flat enamelled disc brooch, similar to an example from Hacheston (Plouviez et al 2004, 102-3, no 171). Circular in shape measuring 19.12mm in diameter, complete except for the pin. There is a single pin lug and opposing catchplate on the back face. The front face has a six-lobed motif surrounding a central circle of metal, there are traces of a black enamel in the field surrounding the motif and of a decayed, possibly red enamel in the terminals of the motif.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FFA7D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower bow and foot of a copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, probably a straight hod hill type. Measuring 28.76mm in surviving length and 4.51mm. The bow is decorated with longitudinal ridges and there is a transverse ridge before the foot, which flares towards its terminal. The catchplate is complete.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D92F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete damaged and worn Roman copper-alloy plate brooch, this brooch has a thin sheet, the edges of which are incomplete which would have had further plate decoration attached to it originally, traces of solder can be seen. On the back face there is an integral single pin loop and catchplate. The plate is roughly oval in shape and measures 32.23mm in length and 19.75mm in width.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3F3D42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, Hod Hill type. The pin is missing, and the bow is bent over in a loop, but is otherwise complete. The bow terminal is rolled over upwards, and the bow is flat, with three deep longitudinal grooves along the centre. There are two transverse ridges across the lower bow , behind which the catchplate is placed centrally, trapezoidal in shape and running down to the foot. The bow tapers to a narrow foot, 5mm wide, defined by two more ridges. There are traces of white metal coating on the upper surface of the brooch. Its length (bent) is 32.5mm and width acros…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-411DF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative rear hook type. Worn and corroded missing the tip of one wing, the spring, pin and lower bow and foot due to old breaks. Measuring 23.27mm in length and 21.04mm in width. The wings are semi-cylindrical and the bow has a D-shaped section with a central longitudinal ridge.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton Ashby and Herringfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-573696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch of early Roman date (50-150 AD). The brooch is broadly oval in plan with a sub-rectangular projection at either end. The edges of the brooch have been heavily abraded resulting in a considerable loss of metal. The brooch measures 28.6mm length, 16.3mm width is 5.9mm thick at the hinge and 1.7mm thick across the central plate. It weighs 2.51 grams. The front face is relatively flat in profile with a series of geometric (circular) cast designs. At the centre of the plate is a shallow recess which may originally have held enamel. Around the out…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-57AE48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Aesica 1st century Roman brooch brooch, incomplete as missing spring and pin only. Very similar to Hattat example 1474 (Hattatt 1989, 310, fig 169, no 1474). This brooch has semi-cylindrical wings, which are decorated with transverse grooves, there is a rear hook, which is a continuation of the bow, over the centre of the wings. The upper bow has two pronounced ribs and flares into a lozenge shaped body with three triangular ridges across it. Finally the foot is smaller triangular shape, with a pair of triangular grooves across it. Traces of white metal coating can also…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2AC534
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman disc brooch of 2nd century date see Hattatt 1989, fig 206, no 1431. Just over half of this brooch is missing due to old breaks. It is circular in shape and would have measured 32.83mm in diameter. There are small projecting rounded knobs along the outer edge, the front face is then decorated with a decorative wreath-like band and there is then a central boss with a concave circular top with a circular knop in its centre. On the back face, which is hollow on the reverse of the boss, there is a double pin lug with the remains of copper-alloy pin and a…
Created on: Friday 14th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F3EF71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman hinged plate brooch of 1st century AD date. The plate is flat and sub-circular in shape, tapering towards a pointed terminal at the base, which is now missing due to old breaks. In addition to the terminal at the base of the brooch, approximately one quarter of the upper half of the brooch is missing due to an old break, as are any knops or projections that may once have existed around the periphery of the plate. On the front face of the plate is a central decorative motif consisting of a large circular depression that contains a raised circle at its ce…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stowupland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-709970
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower half of an incomplete copper alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch. Part of the bow, the foot and part of the catchplate are preserved, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The bow is oval shaped in section with a flattened back and lozenge shaped in plan. It is decorated on the exterior face with a vertical line of punched dots that run down the middle of the bow to the foot. There are also traces of an added white metal coating, as well as damage to both sides of the bow presumably caused whilst the object was in the ground. The brooch terminates in a projecting and moulded foot …
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.