Record ID: SF-C94AD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper-alloy object, possibly a Colchester type brooch of Roman date. It has a cylindrical body, tapering at one end (top?) to a curving and pointed hook, probably missing its tip due to old breaks. At the opposite end the body tapers, bends outwards to an angle of 90 degrees before eventually narrowing to a pointed tip. There is no sign of any decoration or attachments, and all surfaces are pitted and extremely worn. It measures 64.90mm in length, 3.95mm in maximum diameter/thickness and 3.72g in weight. The precise form and function of this object remain u…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-11C9AE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman or early plate brooch dating to c. AD 43-1065. The brooch is circular in shape with a flat section, it is almost complete apart from the pin which has broken part way down. The upper surface of the brooch is too eroded and concreted to be able to identify any diagnostic decoration. Diameter: 24.05mm, thickness: 2.17mm, thickness (inc. pin and catch plate): 9.16mm, weight: 5.71g.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-73B0B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman rear hook Colchester derivative brooch. The head is incomplete, only part of one wing surviving. This surviving section is decorated with a wide transverse flute. The reverse of the head is concave and the remains of a rear-facing hook projects from the centre of its upper edge. The bow is a flattened D-shape in cross-section, curved in profile and tapering towards a rounded break at its lower end. The outer face of the bow is decorated with two widely spaced, parallel, longitudinal ribs running down the centre. The lower bow, foot and catch-plate are …
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-19FF21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a very worn plate brooch of unbomate type and 2nd century in date. A fragment of the outer edge survives and the rest is missing deut to old breaks, now worn. The fragment measures 19.48mm by 11.39mm in size. Around the edge of the front face there are triangular cells filled with decayed enamel. On the back face a double pin lug survives. Both faces have active powdery green corrosive products visible.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2CAC85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete but the pin is missing. The brooch is lozenge shaped with a lug at each corner. The front face has a hollow central lozenge shaped boss which would have been filled with enamel as decoration. The boss is surrounded by a raised edge. The lugs have been cast integrally with the brooch and are pointed and collared. Two have the remains of the pin mechanism and the catchplate on the back. The back of the brooch is plain. This type of brooch dates from the end of the first century throug…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-2CD8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast reversed fantail type of Roman bow brooch. The bow of the brooch is complete and the catchplate is still present. The pin was on a spring mechanism held by a rearward hook over the chord. The hook is still present but the pin and the spring are missing. The back of the bow is flat and the front decoration is moulded. The top half of the bow is made up of two domes. The bow then widens to the lower bow which is almost lozenge shaped. The lower bow has an X on the top part. The foot knob is semi-spherical. Hatatt dated this type of brooch to the mid first century AD. A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-5A2B76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch comprises a flat circular plate which has been divided into three cells, two outer ring shaped cells and an inner circular cell. There are remnants of degraded enamel in the ring shaped cells. It is green in the outer one and red in the inner one. On the underside of the plate are the remains of a catchplate and a semi-circular perforated pin lug with remnants of a corroded pin attached. The brooch has a diameter of 30mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C230C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, depicting a sitting chicken. Missing most of pin; damaged catchplate and damaged and bent tail; hole in one enamel cell.The pin is hinged between two close set lugs below the tail. The underside of the body and neck is hollow. The head has small punched circles for eyes and triangles with a trace of blue enamel in the comb and the wattle. The enamelled cells on each side of the body consist of two crescents at the top, with traces of blue in some, and a row of triangualr shapes at the bottom, again with some blue enamel, and a larger curvilinear shape between the …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DC3B48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bow brooch of Colchester Derivative rearhook type dating to the Roman period, c. 43-100 AD. It survives virtually complete, with the exception of the spring/pin mechanism and the rear portion of the catchplate. The brooch demonstrates a hemi-spherically sectioned winged head with a rearward facing hook projecting from its midpoint on the reverse face of the object. Each wing is decorated with three separate sets of collars, consisting three parallel transverse ridges and concurrent grooves - which are sited at the terminal, midpoint and inner edge of ea…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CDC1D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, equal-ended type with lozenge shaped plate and zoomorphic terminals. Missing terminal with pin loop and pin; incomplete lozenge shaped plate. The snake head terminal has a punched dot eyes, punched V-shapes for scales and a strong V-shaped moulding at the neck. The central lozenge has two concentric circles of copper alloy at the middle, both containing orange enamel. The outer area of the lozenge contains orange enamel too and there are traces of setting within this. Surviving length 26.04mm, width of lozenge 21.28mm, plate 2.01mm thick, 2.83g in weight. Type as …
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.