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Record ID: SF945
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, Colchester derivative hinged type, upper part only, extremely corroded, missing pin and part of arm, probably moulded arms, all bow detail lost. 1st Century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2000
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ELMSWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: JP7314
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman brooch fragment. Missing head, spring, pin; damaged catchplate. The upper bow is a narrow oval in section with notching across the front face; in profile it is quite strongly curved. At the break it appears to be thickening slightly at the back. A plain circular flange joins the base of the upper bow and the the lower bow continues from the back of the flange. There is a slight raised triangle on the underneath of the flange (but not a beak as found on Birdlip types). The lower bow is flat backed with a convex face and tapers very slightly. There is horizontal notch…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2001
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BARHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy penannular brooch, Fowler type F. Complete but bent and quite corroded. Circular section ring, diameter c. 3.5mm, with no surviving decoration apart from the terminals. Animal head terminals (stylised) as shown in Hattatt 1989 Fig 130 almost rectangular in section (up to 8x6mm).The pin is circular in section, about 10mm longer than the booch diameter, and has a broad head with concave mouldings which completely encloses the brooch ring. Original brooch diameter c.55mm. Similar in most resspects to the right hand eg in Hattatt Fig 130 top row. These large penannulars are no…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT CORNARD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10516
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment, fantail type. Only the lower bow survives, and this is missing both bottom corners. The bow is flat backed, and narrow at the top break, with at least two transverse ribs immediately above a disc with small side knobsThe disc has a central setting, now empty, bounded by a small ridge, diam 8mm; the outer ring has a slight groove but is very abraded. The fantail foot is slightly thinner (2mm) than the disc. It is decorated with sharp V-section grooves parallel to the sides and angled in towards the centre base. The bottom edge has a slight rib along it. Th…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT FINBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8899
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester type. Complete, pin bent. The spring has 12 turns; it is attached via an axis bar which passes through a pierced lug and the chord is held by a short forward facing hook above the pierced lug (but this is definitely not a damged double pierced lug, the rounded hook terminal is in good condition). The wings have single angled grooves and single vertical grooves at the terminals and at the bow junctions. The wings are only slightly curved in profile. The tapering bow is triangular in section with small side flanges and a strong central groove. The catchpl…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2002
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRANDON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CE21C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, crossbow type. Complete except for the pin of which only the top survives; overcleaned. The crossarm is roughly rectangular in section with notching on the projecting front and has areas of gilding. A rivet is visible on the back of the crossarm just to the right of the pin slot, function is unclear. The knobs are onion shaped with a single rib moulding at the base. The bow has a flat centre band with a double row of punched angled trapezoids - perhaps originally niello filled - and some gilding survives on the sides. The long foot has a flat face with small facet…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Sunday 19th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford?', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4DE125
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British Hod Hill derivative, enamelled hinge-headed brooch, tubular wings with pin-slot and corroded iron axis-bar, pin missing, triangular bow with broad groove and multiple nicks around triangular containing six originally enamelled triangular cells, the upper three with red enamel, the middle two empty and the single cell at base with traces of dark greenish decayed enamel, foot and catch-plate missing, 15 x >26mm. 2nd century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyverstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-404EC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy flat enamelled zoomorphic brooch, probably a lion. Missing pin, damaged catchplate and legs, areas of corrosion. The pin was sprung (3-turns) on a bar between two lugs 5mm apart. The animal has a rounded head with open mouth and excised areas, one of which probably leads into an eye shape, but it is not clear whether there was any enamel on the head. The main body area is separated from the head by a straight line (slightly suggestive of a collar?)from which lines project (obscured by corrosion) into the first of two enamelled cells, in which no enamel survives. The secon…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2007
Last updated: Sunday 8th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedding, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-842A48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy chatelaine brooch. Part of one side of the brooch survives, including one lug to take the missing chatelaine bar. Part of the edge with one side lug is bent back at right angles, apparently torn away from the incomplete plate. The plate is decorated with two bands; the lower contains two triangles and the upper two semi-circles. These decorative cells contain traces of a deposit which may be yellow enamel. The brooch fragment measures 17.09mm in length, 21.6mm in width and weighs 2.3g. Hattatt illustrates examples of these brooches and suggests a se…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: SF-D91D84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a rabbit (or less likely a hare) with two young depicted on it (ie perhaps a pregnant rabbit). Missing pin and damaged extremities (ears, nose, legs, tail). The pin was hinged between two close set lugs. The back is flat except for a slightly raised band between lugs and catchplate. The front has traces of white metal (?tinned) surface and is flat with rounded sides. The eye is a punched ring. the two young and an intervening 6-pointed star shape are enamelled cells, the enamel only surviving in the right hand baby where it is reddish but degra…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedgrave, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BAD294
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy in the form of a bird of prey, probably an eagle, eating its prey, probably a hare. Missing the spring/pin, damaged lug and catchplate and missing part of the back let of the bird; some areas of corrosion on the front surface but white metal survives over most of the front. The pin was sprung on a single lug; traces of iron corrosion beside the lug might represent an iron pin. The catchplate is a tall, transversely set bar with hooked top (similar to knee brooch types). The bird and prey are hollow-backed with surface as cast. The front is in low relief, with openwork bea…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2006
Last updated: Sunday 8th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8E31D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, hinge-headed enamelled type. Missing pin, damaged hinge and edges. The main bow is a flat strip, joined by short elements at near right angles to the hinge and the lower bow. The front has a broad groove along each side, with a narrow beaded rib along the inner edges; these flank a row of five enamelled rectangles. The enamel is badly decayed, three contain a pale yellow-brown paste, alternating with pale greenish (perhaps originally white) traces. The lower bow tapers slightly and has a slightly convex undecorated front. A small broad footknob is defined by a nar…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whepstead, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-33BCC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch in the form of a bird. Missing most of the pin, the bird head, damaged tail and edges; bent. The pin is hinged between two close-set lugs. The body of the brooch is a flat plate, with the neck of the bird projecting at right angles above the catchplate end. The tail area, beyond the pin lugs, expands to a fan shape; a central triangle defined by deep grooves contains a punched dot and ring motif and outside the triangle there are converging rows of punched arcs. The body near lozenge-shaped, with the stubs of small back projections at the widest point and notching …
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-363F71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch in the form of a sitting chicken. Missing pin and catchplate, damaged pin lugs, tail and head, corroded surfaces. The pin was hinged between two close-set lugs. The eye is a punched dot and ring motif. The body is hollow and has enamelled cells (though much of the enamel is missing): a row of triangles at the base opf the neck, elongated shapes in the wings with two small lentoids at the top (most of the wing cells contain traces of mid blue enamel) an an empty cell along the centre back. Surviving length 32mm, width 18mm, surviving height 21mm. Type as Hattatt no. 620.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2006
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9E1E63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment, sawfish type of Hull T145C. Upper half only, missing pin and most of headloop; some surface corrosion. The cast headloop is joined to the top of the wings; these fold around the hinge bar with a sharp bend top and bottom to give a narrow profile. There are two grooves at the ends (perhaps with a beaded intervening rib) and possibly an angled groove. The bow is flat-backed with a rounded top and parallel sides and a low convex front. It has small recttangular projections along the edges. At the top is a large relief lozenge shape with higher central rib. J…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Saturday 4th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-3066C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Initial T-shaped brooch made of cast copper alloy. The brooch is a T-shaped type, which probably dates to the late 1st century (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 159)The wings are semi-cylindrical and formed by the upper and lower edges being folded over creating a horizontal join at the reverse of the wings. The wings are decorated with an oblique groove on each. Within the wings there is a horizontal copper alloy axis bar, around which the spring is coiled. T…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-D5EBE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy enamelled domed/umbonate disc brooch with projections. Missing parts of the margin and most of the two side projections; damaged headloop; damaged and bent pin. The pin is hinged between two close set lugs. There are slight traces of white metal coating on the front. A centre dot has no surviving enamel; an inner row of 14 triangles are alternately red and blue. The outer row of 14 triangles (points inward) are all blue. Diameter of disc 22.5mm, height of plate 5mm; surviving length (headloop to footknob)30.5mm. Standard type as Hattatt no 128 (his umbonate type).
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-669970
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment, crossbow type. Half of the crossarm only, corroded/abraded. The integral side and head knobs are onion shaped. The slot for the hinge bar is now open, either due to mis-casting, wear or post-depositional corrosion.The front of the crossarm curves out towards the bow stub and has a row of vertical notches decorating it. Surviving width 30mm. Keller types 3 or 4, 4th century (fairly similar to Hattatt no 1265).
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2004
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-64D211
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment, headstud type. Upper half only, missing the pin, part of the hinge cover and headloop. There are vertical grooves on the wings. The rectangular section bow has a cast circular stud which has centre dot and concentric groove. No enamel survives and it is uncertain as to whether there was anyoriginally. Lozenges and triangles along the remainder of the bow; the top lozenge contains a blue enamel fragment, the remainder is missing. The brooch is corroded and cleaned. It is 21mm in width and has a surviving length of 25mm. Snape 1993 type 3.1Di type, as Hatta…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rishangles, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A6D641
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Trumpet variant type, described by Hattatt as Disc and Trumpet (Hattatt 1985, 113). Missing pin, damaged headloop, spring, catchplate and foot; areas of corrosion; bow bent. The head has a marginal incised line and inlaid single spots and centre line - the inlay is very corroded and dark grey in colour, ?niello. The centre disc has a metal centre dot; the enamel is discoloured to green and the ?niello probably formed a band around it.The lower bow is flat backed with convex sides rising to a narrow centre band and no surviving decoration.The incomplete foot was a …
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Sunday 19th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.