Record ID: SF-6FE5D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy foot from a Roman hinge headed brooch, most likely to have been an equal ended enamelled type originally. Similar to the foot on a complete example from Hacheston (Plouviez et al 2004, 104-5, fig 68, no 190). The temrinal is zoomorphic it has ring and dot eyes, a projecting snout and incised line scales on the neck. The catchplate on the bakc face is incomplete. This fragment measures 18.78mm in length and 9.13mm in width.
Created on: Monday 4th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7269B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot fragment of a copper-alloy Roman bow brooch probably of rosette type. The foot is rectangular in shape and flat and the front face decorated with longitudinal grooves. The cathplate is incomplete. The fragment measures 26.98mm in length and 8.63mm in width.
Created on: Monday 4th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-03C4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment. It is part of a Colchester derivative with double-pierced lug type. The upper bow with hook, shallow semi-cylindrical wings and spring of six coils are all that remain. The bow has a raised rib which continues into the hook, and a single longitudinal line of decoration. The fragment measures 12.61mm in surviving length, and 15.24mm across the wings. It weighs 3.08g. A mid-first to second century date is suggested from examples from Hatcheston, 2004.
Created on: Monday 11th 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-1CE496
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Hod Hill type. It has been bent over so that the head touches the catchplate. The head terminal is incomplete and the axis bar and pin are missing. There is longitudinal moulding on the bow, and transverse moulding below this, at the junction with the leg. There are side-knobs also with moulding. The leg is plain and triangular, with the foot missing. There are traces of white metal coating on the leg. The brooch measures 21.78mm in (unfolded) length and is 12.21mm wide at the head, and 16.33mm wide across the side-knobs. It weighs 3.74g. Brooches of…
Created on: Tuesday 12th 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-AD0005
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy plate brooch probably 1st-2nd century in date. Edges incomplete due to wear and pin missing. Cicrular in shape and flat with a border groove and a central circular indentation. There is a double pin lug on the back face and a worn catchplate opposite this. This brooch measures c23.17mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 19th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C12981
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch, probably 2nd century in date similar to Hattatt 1989, 345, fig 204, no 1419. Consisting of a circular disc with the remains of edge projections, fragmentary due to old breaks now worn. the front face has two concentric circles, the outer one has traces of enamel in alternate red and now a decayed green colour. The inner circle has alternate white and now brown bands decorating it and projecting from its centre is an integral rounded knob/boss. On the back face a double pin lug with a complete copper-alloy pin which is hinged on…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C5AC32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy brooch with moulded decoration dating to the Early Roman period, c. AD45-60. Only the rear part of the bow and part of the spring case remain. The bow is hardly decorated but the wings are moulded with vertical flutes between ribs in a sort of inverted astragal arrangement, the ribs being finely grooved.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stowmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-429484
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy enamelled horse and rider brooch. Missing pin, damaged catchplate, worn horse head, tail and legs, some corrosion, missing some enamel. Pin was sprung on a single lug, traces of corroded iron can be seen within this. Plate 1.48mm thick. Standard horse and rider type outline with some detail on horse head - possibly notched mane. Light blue enamel in the two areas on the horse's body, red in the long shape on the rider. Length surviving is 26.36mm, height 23.10mm. Similar to the Hockwold group (Gurney 1986 EAA 31, 65 Fig 41) also to SF-25cea4 from Ringshall, Suffolk. The…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C1DCF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester type. The spring and pin are missing. The hook to hold the chord is bent forward toward the body. The wings are short and flat, 9.25mm in width. The bow has a rounded section, and is incomplete, and the catchplate is mising. The brooch is 35.76mm in length and weighs 2.58g.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8A1557
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower bow and foot of silver bow brooch, either a P-shaped or a Crossbow. The undecorated foot tapers gently to the terminal, and the catchplate extends the full length of its rear. There is a slight concavity at the junction with the bow. This is of trapezoidal section with the narrowest face forwards, and tapers very gently towards the break. Again no decoration is present. Date: 3rd century AD. Dimensions: Surviving length 26mm. Max. width 4mm. Weighing 2.11g.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-448571
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Roman date. It is missing the pin, part of the pin lug and catchplate due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, circular in frm and with four evenly spaced projecting rectangular knops positioned at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. The knop at the top (12 o'clock) has a central circular perforation. At the centre of the disc is a projecting cylindrical knop with central circular recess containing red enamel. Surrounding the central knop is openwork decoration comprising four kidney shaped perforations. The areas of the front face surrounding the perf…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA7D16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy incomplete Roman bow brooch. The spring case is semi-clindrical, with the ends folded in to enclose part of the spring of six coils . The pin is missing. The bow is flat, 11.05mm wide with a single central broad rib 5.7mm wide. It is attached to the centre of a rosette plate with moulded decoration consisting of an inner band of radiating lines, and then of concentric rings and grooves. The rosette is a flat disc with incomplete edges, and the top of the disc is a straight edge, not joined to the spring case. The foot of the brooch is missing, and the start of the catch…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-257AE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy probable Roman plate brooch. It may be part of the circumference of a disc or wheel-shaped brooch and consists of a curved strip, with D-shaped section 24.78mm in length and 2.27mm wide, and 2.12mm in thickness. On the convex edge are two projecting circular cells, each about 6mm in diameter. One has a red-brown stone infill, and the other a white stone, which is cracked. On the concave side directly below the white-filled cell is another projecting cell, pentagonal with red-brown stone filling and measuring 9.41mm in length, 8.75mm in width and 2.4mm thic…
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-21C384
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch, Knee type. It is complete except for the pin which is broken and the catchplate which is missing. The brooch has a semi-circular head plate with enclosed ends to hold the axis bar with a spring of four coils. There is a narrow crescent -shaped field which could have taken an enamel infill, at the top of the head. The bow is D-shaped, and the foot out-turned, with the vertical flange of the catchplate extending for 6.3mm from the foot base. The brooch measures 28.02mm in length and is 9.92mm in width. It weighs 2.39g. The shape of this brooch most clos…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hintlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-490550
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. Only the cylindrical wing case survives, with a short length of bow. The wings form a cylindrical case, 42.58mm wide. There is grooved decoration around the wings, in two bands of two grooves. The bow has a central rib with side grooves, and the fragment measures 12.88mm in length.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Glemham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1F92B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch. It is probably a Hod Hill type with a straight bow. The upper, rolled-over terminal is incomplete, and the pin is missing. The bow is a narrow triangular shape, tapering toward a point at its foot behind which is the catchplate. The bow has a shallow central longitudinal rib, and the surfaces are corroded. The leg is straight in profile. The brooch measures 39.76mm in length and is 10.2mm wide at the upper terminal. It weighs 2.24g. Hod Hill brooches are likely to date to the first century AD. This example bears some resemblence to one from Cambridge,…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5E6446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy Roman bow brooch. The wings are folded round and form a cylindrical case around the axis bar. The pin is missing but would have been hinged at the centre. There is a single groove decoration at each terminal of the cylindrical case. The bow is incomplete and the catchplate is missing. The bow is rectangular in profile, and tapers. It is decorated with a single longitudinal groove flanked by a rib on either side. The brooch measures 18.58mm in surviving length and is 23.05mm wide. It weighs 3.59g.
Created on: Monday 28th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Glemham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7008D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Fantail brooch, East Anglian type (pers. comm. D. Mackreth) stump of rearward-hook, damaged semi-circular wings both with remains of a knurled rib between two plain ribs, containing fragments of solder and spring, short D-sectioned bow bifurcates and continues as a moulding along the upper edge of the a trapezoidal foot with fine engraved bordering line. There are remains of a worn stump of a catch-plate on reverse. 13 x 27mm. c.50-60 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7013E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Romano-British Trumpet brooch, chain-loop missing, lug with remains of four loops of spring, enamelled with two small addorsed yellow triangles above opposing crescent head pattern containing decayed greenish enamel, broken above missing button and leg. 16 x >23mm. 1st-2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-701E18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Dolphin brooch, broken rearward hook, semi-circular wings both with reel and spool moulding, spring missing, broad knurled median rib between concave mouldings tapering towards foot, remains of broken catch-plate on reverse. 17 x 40mm. c.40-65 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.