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: CAM-2E1FE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Small Long brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises a small portion of the leg and the trapezoidal catchplate. The leg possesses a series of incised grooves and ribbed bands. The fragment measures 18mm in length and 6mm in width. It weighs 2.79g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2F9C92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy possible buckle or brooch frame, of medieval date. Oval in shape measuring 16.74mm by 15.27mm externally and 11.41mm by 11.23mm internally. One face has three constrictions, one of which has corroded iron adhering to it. An iron pin may therefore have been attached to this constriction allowing the frame to be used as a brooch or even a buckle.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D79386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative Polden Hill variant (folded wing, Eastern Group), variant Polden Hill rear hook spring attachment. Upper half only, missing pin, some corrosion. The spring has 10 turns. The axis bar is held in 4mm wide enclose ends and a rear hook holds the chord. The wings have a concave moulding and rib with intervening grooves at the terminals. Traces of white metal / tinning survive on the surface of the wings. The bow has a slightly convex back and a rounded front. A central notched rib is flanked by a pair of grooves to give a reeded effect. Width 28.5…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith, Suffolk', 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: SF-2D0716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment, lower bow and part of the flat panel from a early Anglo-Saxon brooch. There is a longitudinal decorative band running down the centre of the bow and below the bow transverse grooves delimit the start of the flat panel. Surviving length is 17.94mm and width is 17.38mm. All edges worn and damaged due to old breaks. Both faces are black probably due to exposure to fire, perhaps indicating that this brooch was originally from a cremation cemetary.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DF342
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy disc brooch of 'hub-cap' type, most likely to be AD 900-1100, late Anglo-Saxon in date. Very similar to examples from Wyverstone, see SF-E66913 and Mellis, see SF-7F2271. It is circular in shape and measures 20.96mm in diameter. The front face has a central circular setting containing a worn dark green glass gem. Surrounding this central setting there are seven circular indentations. The back face is flat and has a pin loop, now incomplete opposite a catchplate. No trace of the pin survives. It is fairly worn and has some patches of powdery green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

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-6F0F71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with Polden Hill variant spring attachment. Missing foot with catchplate, spring, pin. The spring was held by a rear hook and by enclosed wing ends, 6mm wide - these contain an iron-like corrosion, but it does not react to a magnet. The wings have a single angled groove and five grooves at the terminals, with slight notching of some of the intervening narrow ribs. The bow tapers slightly and is oval in section, with slight angles at the sides. A central band of three grooves define two reserved notched narrow ribs. Width 31mm, surviving …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F53E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with a rear hook. Missing both wings, spring, pin; damaged catchplate; corroded/abraded surfaces, especially the bow front. The bow has a slightly convex back and rounded front, and a stront crest at the top in profile. It tapers to a smal;l foot knob. Two centre grooves define a centre rib which may have had horizontal hatching and there are traces of possible concave mouldings each side. The footknob is marked by a slight transverse groove. Length 41mm, surviving width 6.5mm. Although this could be a standard rear hook type it has many…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', 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: NMS-7BB2D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt fragment of head-plate from an Early Saxon Great Square-Headed brooch, broken and bent, comprising undecorated fragment of head-plate second panel on one side of plain frame and inner panel with running loops containing pellets (as on example from Spong Hill, Hines fig.63c) and square bosses at angles and more elaborate boss at base of undecorated central bar between two square perforations (broken across one). Broken perforated pin lugs on reverse (ancient breaks). Hines' Group XVI, see example from Ely-High Barns, plate 93(a). 6th-century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilketshall St Andrew/Ilketshall St John', 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.

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Record ID: SF-E3CB63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy annular brooch of medieval date. The circular frame measures 15.85mm externally and 12.18mm internally. The frame has an oval section and a constriction around which the open loop of a copper-alloy pin is attached, the pin tapers to a point. Traces of gilding can be seen on the frame.
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E44471
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Three quarters of the bow and the foot survive, the rest of this brooch and the pin are missing due to old breaks. It measures 40.01mm in surviving length and 8.05mm in width. The bow has a D-shaped cross-section and is faceted, the flat panel is short and the terminal in the shape of a horse head with bulging eyes and flaring protruding nostrils. The catchplate on the back face of the terminal is complete.
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4C94D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy umbonate disc brooch (compare Hattatt 1987, 179). The chain-loop is incomplete with only a lower fragment surviving; the pin is missing, apart from a fragment between the two pierced lugs. The edges of the brooch are worn and incomplete. On the front, a deep channel marks the edge of the main raised area which is decorated with two concentric circles of triangular indentations which retain traces of enamel within them. The outer larger triangles have traces of a dark blue enamel and the inner smaller ones have red enamel within them. There is a flat projecti…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5E4341
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman headstud type bow brooch, this is a British type of brooch and production starts in the later 1st century and continues into the 2nd century. Missing most of pin otherwise complete. It has short deep wings with moulding forming two steps from the wing tips to the bow. The chain loop is cast, worn, broken and distorted. Their is semicircular axis bar casing behind each wing the copper-alloy axis bar survive and does a fragment of the copper-alloy loop of the pin. The headstud has a raised rim and is worn. The bow is rectangular in section above the headstud; and fl…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5F5752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Langton Down type Roman bow brooch, the wings and the upper part of the bow survive and the rest of the brooch and the pin is missing, Langton Down brooches occur in Pre-conquest contexts but also in contexts dated post AD 43. The wings are a cylindrical spring cover with transverse grooves across their terminal and one horizontal groove across the centre. The bow fragment is flat backed and has longitudinal reeded decoration. Similar to Hacheston example (PLouviez 2004, 91,-92, no 34). It measures 21.21mm in length and 19.67mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D45F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman bow brooch of Langton Down type. It is incomplete as the lower bow and foot and pin are missing. The spring cover is cylindrical and bow flat backed with three transverse grooves where it joins the spring cover and five longitudinal grooves running down its length. This brooch measures 20.11mm in surviving length and 14.90mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9A3D92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch dating to c.25-60AD. The short wings are flat and the bow is circular in section and tapers to a point at the foot. The catchplate has three rectangular perforations. Only one turn brooch of the spring survives, but when complete it is likely to have had six or eight turns. The pin is missing, but the forward-facing hook which would have held the spring's external chord is intact. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (2000; 297, fig.156, no.1455). Also in Crummy's Colchester report (1995; 11-…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9A67F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spring from a Roman bow brooch. Only two coils remain with part of the wire being straight, perhaps where it attached to the brooch. This was found in the same field as an incomplete Roman brooch so it is possible that it is from this brooch. The brooch is recorded on the database as LVPL-9A3D92.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9A73E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy small long brooch dating to the 6th century. It is a square headed type and appears mostly free from decoration. There are four circular perforations, one in each corner of the head. One of these holes has broken through to the edge. The catchplate and some of the lug remain but the pin is missing. The bow is curved only at the top part close to the head. The foot is spatulate shaped and has a horizontal line across the lower part. It is slightly broken at the bottom and so has an uneven edge. It has a mainly green patina but there appears to be som…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-031D82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (folded wings, Eastern Group) type, incomplete and missing lower bow, foot, catchplate, spring and pin. Measuring 18.31mm in survving length and 27.84mm in width. The semi-cylindrical wings are extended and folded round to form a short fully enclosed section at both ends, which held the axis bar, fragments of this bar remain. The rear facing hook at the centre would have originaly held the spring cord. The wings have transverse grooves across them and swollen rounded ends. The bow has a D-shaped section and has two parallel longitudinal grooves…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2BE766
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a horse, only the head, neck and a fragment of the body now survives, the rest of it is missing due to old breaks. Very similar to a more complete example in Hattatt no.1182 (Hattatt, 1989, 359, fig 218, no 1182). It measures 23.26mm in height and 15.19mm in surviving width. The head is small and the nose long with a rounded terminal, there is an incised eye and a small pointed oval-shaped recess representing the ear. The neck is long and curving and has small slanted grooves running down its outer edge, representi…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2CFD04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early medieval brooch, either a cruciform or small long in type. A fragment of the lower head and upper bow, measuring 27.60mm in surviving length and 16.74mm in surviving width. The bow has transverse grooves at its top and there are two longitudinal parallel grooves down its centre. It is D-shaped in section. There is an incomplete pin loop on the back face with the remains of a corroded iron adhering to it, presumably from the iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-311B60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch, missing the flat panel and foot as well as the pin. Measuring 37.99mm in length and 30.74mm in width across the head. The head has three crescent-shaped knobs, the front face has grooves delimiting the head plate and there is a pair of grooves across the base of each knob. The bow is faceted and has transverse grooves at its top and a pair down the centre of the bow. There is a pin loop in the centre of the back face of the head and there is corroded iron within it, presumably the remains of the pin.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-315D95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot of an early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch, the flat panel, half round panel and spatulate terminal survive, as does the catchplate on the back face. This fragment measures 38.30mm in length and 18.93mm in width, across the spatulate terminal, the rest of this brooch is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The flat panel has a pair of transverse grooves across it and the half round panel has transverse grooves down its sides. The spatulate terminal has a border of crescent shaped indentations.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C418A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower bow and foot of a copper-alloy Roman, 3rd century AD crossbow brooch, most similar to Hattatt no 101. Measuring 44.14mm in surviving length and 4.57mm in width. The bow is roughly D-shaped in section with a flat inner face and central longitudinal ridge. At its base there is a transverse moulded semi-circular projection and below this a less pronounced bulge. The foot is U-shaped in section and tapers to a rounded point, the back face is hollow to accmodate the pin, and the catchplate is now fragmentary due to old breaks. The brooch has a white metal coating.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FDBC48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy foot fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. Measuring 25.14mm in length and 16.69mm in width. The terminal is lozenge shaped and flat, the front face has punched annulets around its edges. On the back face there is a small catchplate, just below the break.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-169476
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon small long type brooch, the foot of this brooch is now missing due to an old break. The head is worn and in the shape of a trefoil, projecting from the centre of the back face of the head there is an integral pin loop which has corroded iron within and adhering around it, presumably the remains of an iron pin. The bow is faceted and has transverse groove at either end. This brooch measures 34.22mm in surviving length and is 20.94mm in width across the head and 10.89mm in width across the bow.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-515D23
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy ansate brooch of roughly middle Anglo-Saxon date. One terminal of this example is missing due to an old break. It is of Thorle Gruppe VIIIB (Thorle 2001, tafel 38, 9-14), which he dates circa AD 800-900. The surviving terminal is a quatrefoil with square ended terminals and a central lozenge shape, there are curvilinear protrusions between each terminal. The bow is rectangular with longitudinal mouldings and in its centre is a quatrefoil like the terminal, again with a lozenge shaled central moulding. On the back face of the survving terminal there is an…
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgate', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E9EDE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval brooch, with an annular circular frame and an in situ copper-alloy wire pin, attached to the frame via an open loop. The frame has no constriction and measures 15.77mm externally and 10.39mm internally.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CE2712
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Langton Down type. It has a cylindrical spring cover, partly un-curled in the centre and exposing four coils of the spring within. Both ends of the spring case are incomplete. The case is decorated on the front with double incised lines along the top. The bow is flat-backed, and the front is decorated with reeding, consisting of several ribs with central grooves. The catchplate is missing, as is the pin. The brooch fragment measures 33.62mm in length and is 23mm wide across the spring case. It weighs 8.87g. Langton Down brooches date to the fi…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

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Record ID: SF-FFC782
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval annular brooch frame with attached copper-alloy pin. The frame is circular in shape and measures 15.06mm in external diameter and 11.30mm internally. The frame has a pin constriction and the pin is attached via an open loop and tapers to a point.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D7650
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy ansate brooch of Weetch's type IV, middle to late Anglo-Saxon in date. The terminals are flat and rectangular and one is incomplete, the complete terminal has a single pin loop which appears to have been riveted through the terminal. The bow is curving and rectangular in shape with its longitudinal edges bent at right angles to it. This brooch measures 38.49mm in length and 18.03mm in width across the terminal and 10.43mm in width across the bow.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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-D53114
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy bow from an Anglo-Saxon long brooch. It has uneven surfaces probably due to having been part of a cremation. It is a rectangular lump with the remains of two rounded terminals on the corners of one edge, and is curved and hollow on the under side. It measures 22.95mm in length, 17.88mm in width, and weighs 10.47g. Other fragments have been found associated with Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts suggesting a cemetery site in this area, for example YAX SF-3CEB56.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D60166
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy fragment from an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, distorted due to heat probably as the result of cremation. It is the foot of the brooch only, with a horse head terminal and the rest of the brooch missing. The terminal is spatulate below the nostrils. The brooch fragment measures 29.77mm in length and is 8.95mm wide at the lower terminal. It weighs 3.18g. Other fragments have been found associated with Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts suggesting a cemetery site in this area, for example YAX SF-3CEB56.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D72515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
part of a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon long brooch. The surfaces are corroded and irregular,possibly due to heat, and the object is incomplete. It is a narrow rectangular strip, with a curve in the centre, 49.31mm in length and about 5.5mm wide, weighing 2.38g. The head of the brooch is incomplete due to old breaks , and the foot terminal is also incomplete, but with a suggestion of a perforation at the base. There are bands of transverse moulding all along the brooch from foot to head, mostly in repeated bands of four grooves . An example from Iklingham illustrated in West 1998, fig.54 …
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA3682
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy fragment probably from an Anglo-Saxon long brooch. It is square, with broken corners and distorted probably as a result of heat. The upper surface is decorated with a plain central zone, outlined by a single band forming on oval shape. Around this is a zone of wavy lines contained by a futher single band close to the edge of the fragment. The under side is plain. The fragment measures 10.76mm in length and is 9.53mm wide. It weighs 4.69g. It could be the central panel from the head of a cruciform or square-headed brooch.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', 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-6FC380
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval annular brooch with a finger-ring style setting. It is a plain annular frame with a diameter of 21.82mm, and protrudes at one point to form a bezel as for a finger-ring, which has an empty oval-shaped setting. This is set at ninety degrees to the pin, which is attached to a constriction on the frame and has a patch of corrosion at its centre. The brooch frame shows sign of wear on its underside. The pin measures 23.29mm in length, and the brooch weighs 2.72g. A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt, no.1339A, and dates to the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', 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.

Record ID: SF-742C87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper alloy Roman bow brooch, Colchester type, dating to the first century AD. The brooch is missing the spring, parts of the wings, and catchplate due to old breaks. It has the remains of two short and flat wings, with part of the integral spring projecting backwards from the point where the two wings meet. Above the wings is a slight projection that marks the start of the now missing integral flattened hook, which would have bent forwards onto the front of the bow. The bow itself is oval in section, curves sharply at the shoulder and tapers towards a sharp poi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-892397
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy small-long brooch of Anglo Saxon date. The bow, foot, pin, catchplate and some of the extremities of the headplate are all missing due to old breaks. The headplate is flat and sub-rectangular in shape with integral projecting wings/knobs at the top and to each side giving a trefoil-shaped appearance. These are flat, semi-circular in plan and connected to the headplate by narrow arms, and measure between 10.68 and 11.90mm in width. The upper face of the brooch is decorated with single lines of punched semi-circles that run from the centre of each of the side k…
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB1A45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy plate brooch of Roman date. It is lozenge shaped and with projecting knops at each corner of the lozenge, one of which is missing due to old breaks, as is the pin. The plate has at its centre three raised stepped platforms that have faintly incised vertical, parallel grooves, the uppermost central lozenge containing enamelling. The enamel is yellow in colour and has holes for five small inset glass beads arranged in a cross of which only the central black one survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The projecting knops at each corner of the bro…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB88A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn copper alloy detachable knob probably from an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, perhaps from the side rather than top of the brooch. The knob has a terminal end that is semi-circular in section with an exterior surface that appears to have triangular faceting. Beneath the terminal the knob is waisted with a slight groove above and below. The attachment end is circular in shape and has a single incised groove that runs circumferentially around the outer face. The underside of the knob is flat and has a slot accross one end. The entire object is pierced by a central circu…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1A44A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British disc brooch, tinned, traces of blue enamel decoration. Total diameter 33mm. Central circle c. 9mm in diameter, recessed for possible (missing) setting around which is a plain tinned band c. 3mm in width, surrounded by a circle of 22 pellets, a further plain band, and the outermost band consists of hemispherical pellets. Catchplate on reverse projects further than the diameter of the brooch, iron corrosion adhering to double pin lug. See Hattatt no.1564, 2nd century.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-28D914
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British dolphin brooch, rearward hook, wings with engraved saltires and a groove at both terminals, spring missing. Lozenge-sectioned bow with longitudinal moulding on both sides, and in down centre, with a suggestion of notched decoration towards the foot, broken catch-plate on reverse. Similar to Hattatt no. 17, but with engraving on wings. Wingspan 51 x 33.5mm. c.43-65 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2938E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Colchester one piece brooch, rearward hook, 43mm x >11mm wingspan, spring still attached, Hattatt no.14. 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-295438
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British colchester one piece brooch, rearward hook, 55mm x >11mm wingspan, spring missing, stub of broken catchplate. Hattatt no. 14. 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-296856
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British colchester one piece brooch, rearward hook, 51mm x >12mm wingspan, spring missing, stub of broken catchplate. Hattatt no. 14. 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-29F266
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British Hod Hill brooch, tinned. Below the (broken) pin attachment lugs, the flaring upper part of bow has three longitudinal grooves ending at two horizontal grooves across the lower, thinner part of the brooch, which ends in a sub-rectangular knop with a horizontal groove across it. Some of catchplate remains, many file marks visible on reverse. Total length 49mm, wingspan 13mm. Closest to Hattatt nos 50 & 1501. c. 43-70 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A0458
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British colchester type two-piece derivative brooch, ten-coiled spring still intact in rearward-facing hook, pin half missing. Catchplate also still intact, one circular aperture. Length 38mmm, width 18mm. Hattat nos. 256-258, 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A0FB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano British zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a chicken, pointed oval in plan, domed body of chicken inlaid with enamel wings and triangular neck feathers. Comb on top of stylised head slightly worn, ring and dot eye. Flat, almost hemispherical tail with missing point, pierced above double pin lug with copper alloy spindle. Fragment of flat copper alloy pin remains on spindle. 21x 33mm (including tail) x 32mm in height. Hattatt no. 167, 2nd century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2A29B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon coin-brooch. The object is a silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), of the Hammer Cross type, c. AD 1060, which has been mounted as a brooch or badge. The original coin was minted in Thetford, probably by the moneyer Godlef, although the secondary treatment of the coin means that most of the inscription is no longer legible, with only __FONÐET__, from the middle of the reverse inscription clearly legible. The reverse of the coin, showing a cross, has been gilded for display, and five holes have been pierced in the coin, one in the centre and one at the end o…
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-448647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Colchester derivative hinged brooch of Roman date, complete with the exception of the pin, which is missing due to old breaks. The brooch has cylindrical wings that encase the iron axis bar and have the remains of the hinged pin at their centre. The exterior surfaces of the wings have bands of moulded decoration comprising three grooves at each outer end. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and moulded upper surface. Where the bow joins the wings are two vertical and two diagonal moulded grooves. Beneath this is a band of transvers moulding comprising a singl…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-542AB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot of a copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon florid cruciform brooch. A short section from the base of the foot survives, including an elaborate Style I human-head terminal. The remainder of the brooch is missing due to old breaks. The foot is slightly convex in section, although it does not have a prominent central ridge, and the terminal has a flat back with central concave triangular recess and moulded front face. The front face of the foot, probably the nose of a horse's head, is separated into two distinct trapezoidal fields that have borders composed of double moulded lines separated…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cretingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-594B05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Headstud brooch. It is missing the bottom half of the bow, as well as part of one wing, the pin and the integral loop at the head of the brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings that encase an iron axis bar and have a rectangular slot where they meet at the centre. Here the remains of the hinged pin can still be seen. The upper surfaces of the wings have moulded grooved decoration. The bow is flat and sub-oval in section. At the head end can be seen the remains of a suspension loop, which is now missing due to old breaks. Moulded grooves run down either…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waldringfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6BBCC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late early-medieval cast Borre-style disc brooch. Decoration of concave-sided lozenge with each of the four corners extended to form interlaced, double-contoured knots. In the centre is a sunken circular field. Around the damaged edge is a plain raised border. The decoration is worn, as on most recorded examples. On the reverse is a rectangular scar from the missing catch-plate or pin lug and a small probably accidental perforation at the opposite edge. However, there is no trace of the corresponding element for securing the pin. This brooch is of a type commonly found in East Anglia,…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrandeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6BDF61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age/Romano British Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook, spring missing, short wings, tapering oval-sectioned bow with bent terminal and remains of catch-plate, 11 x 57mm. c.20-60 AD.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6EF198
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete copper alloy Roman rosette brooch of 1st century AD date. Only a small portion of the disc and spring case survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The spring case would have been cylindrical in shape and contained a now missing spring and pin. The disc is worn to an oval shape and is missing the applique front that would once have been attached to it. Around the edge of the disc is a circumferential groove, and at the centre is the small circular rivet that would have held the applique in place. The rivet has a small cylindrical shaft and large…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonham Earl', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A7BBC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, incomplete Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing the lower half of the bow, catchplate and pin, as well as the ends of the wings and part of one of the pierced lugs. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape, slightly faceted but with no decoration. At the centre of the wings is the double lug. Half of the lower lug is missing due to old breaks and the upper lug contains the remains of the spring chord. The lug is set off-centre to the left hand side in relation to the bow, with incised grooves either side. The bow itself is flat, oval shaped in…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E82AC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. Only the wing case and upper bow survive. The wing case is semi-cylindrical,and both lugs are incomplete. The upper bow is D-shaped and has a deep central groove. the fragment measures 20.27mm in surviving length, 15.54mm in width and weighs 2.97g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E88186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester hinged type. Only the wing case and upper bow survive. The wings are folded round to form a cylindrical case. The remains of the hinged pin can be determined at the centre of the wing case. A short length of upper bow survives. The fragment measures 11.67mm in surviving length, 19.93mm in width and weighs 2.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8B180
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. Only the wing case, double lug and upper bow survive. The wings are semi-cylindrical and a fragment of the axis bar, with a single coil, survives through the lower lug. A short length of upper bow survives with the upper lug extending into the central rib of the bow. The fragment measures 20.42mm in surviving length, 14.44mm in width and weighs 2.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8CE80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. Only the wing case, a single lug and upper bow survive. The wings are semi-cylindrical with one side incomplete. A short length of upper bow survives with a D-shaped section, and a central groove. The fragment measures 14.90mm in surviving length, 15.11mmin width and weighs 2.22g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE12F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval annular brooch fragment. It is a segment of a brooch which is incomplete due to old breaks, and is broken off at one terminal across the pin constriction. The fragment measures 27.57mm in diameter and is 2.8mm in width, weighing 1.85g. The underside is flat, and the upper surface has four evenly spaced raised settings, now empty but which would have held glass or paste. There is a slight decorative ridge on the brooch between each setting. Annular brooches of this type are likely to date to the fourteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B94EE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative fan-tailed brooch. It has cylindrical wings that encase a copper alloy axis bar from which the now missing pin would have hinged. The head is surmounted by an integral circular suspension loop that has been subject to post-depositional damage and corrosion. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flattened back and moulded, decoratve front face. The upper half of the bow consists of the flattened trumpet head that tapers to a central oval shaped disc. This has small knops that project to either side, and the front face has a centra…
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BA3D60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch found in two pieces in separate locations (see SF-BB0CD1). This fragment consists of the upper half of the bow, wings and axis bar, which is missing the pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in shape and encase an iron axis bar that has at its centre the remains of the hinged pin. The bow is flat, oval shaped in section and terminates in old breaks just above the foot. The exterior surface of the bow has moulded decoration in the form of a raised inverted triangle with rounded edges that tapers towards the foot of the bow. To …
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB0CD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch found in two pieces in separate locations (see SF-BA3D60). This fragment consists of the foot and catchplate of the brooch. The foot is flat and flares slightly towards the base, which has a slight outturned lip. On the front face there are the remains of three ring and dot motifs, two complete examples at the base of the foot and half of one motif at the top of the fragment, which joins with the other incomplete ring-and-dot motif on the upper half of the bow. On the back face is the integral catchplate that is sub-triangular in shape a…
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB2EA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing the lower half of the bow, foot, catchplate, spring and pin due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape and perhaps have grooves towards their outer edges, but this is uncertain due to corrosion and wear. At the centre of the wings is the double pierced lug to allow for attachment to the now missing spring and axis bar. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flattened back and a central ridge running down the exterior face from the lug. The fragment measures 22.65m…
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB9A72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an incomplete brooch, probably from a Roman Colchester derivative bow brooch of 1st century AD date. Only the lower part of the bow, the foot and catchplate survive, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The bow is very thin, D-shaped in section with a flat back and no apparent decoration. On the back face of the bow is the integral catchplate, which extends to the base of the foot, is sub-triangular in shape with curved pin slot and two circular perforations. This fragment measures 29.31mm in length, 2.95mm in width, and weighs 1.58g.
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A195F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval fragment from a small long brooch. It consists of the foot only, which is flared, and above which are two raised bands of transverse moulding. Each is decorated with three lines, and there are a further two horizontal lines above them. On the reverse the remains of the catchplate protrude from behind the decorated area and 18mm from the foot terminal. The brooch fragment measures 29.24mm in surviving length and is 6.4mm wide. The splayed foot terminal, with one corner missing due to old breaks measures 14.14 mm in surviving width. The object weighs 3.23g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-767C06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative double pierced lug variant brooch. It is complete with the exception of the pin and part of the catchplate, which are missing due to old breaks. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings that have single incised grooves on their exterior surfaces. The spring chord and axis bar both survive intact as does the spring, which is wrapped around the axis bar and joins the spring chord at its extremities. Five spring coils are visible to one side of the pierced lug as well as a small break presumably where the now missing pin would have once …
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-77A4F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy equal ended plate brooch. It is missing one terminal, as well as the pin, lug and part of the catchplate due to old breaks. The plate is flat and lozenge shaped in plan. it has a central, raised lozenge shaped platform that is flat and has an incised groove followed by a beaded/corded exterior border. At the centre of the platform is a lozenge shaped recess that would probably once have contained inlaid enamelling, but this is now missing due to old breaks. The top of the plate terminates in old breaks, however the moulded foot of the plate survives int…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-787998
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch. It is flat, hexagonal in shape and with enamelled decoration on the exterior face. Due to old breaks the brooch is missing the pin and peripheral knops that would have been evenly spaced around the exterior edge of the plate. At the centre of the front face is a circular enamelled field measuring 6.63mm in diameter that contains a dark green/black enamel. Surrounding the central circle is a larger circular band of enamelling contained within moulded walls located at the exterior edge of the brooch and around the central field. This origina…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B53962
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch catchplate fragment. It is most probably from a Colchester derivative brooch, dating to the first century AD. It is an incomplete triangular shape, with an openwork notched or lobed pattern in the centre. The bow is triangular in section, and there is a strong groove for the pin adjacent to the outside edge which curls forward over it. The fragment measures 17.48mm in length, 13.71mm at maximum width, tapering to 6mm at the foot of the catchplate. It weighs 1.31g. It resembles amongst others an example from Hatcheston (Blagg et al, 2004, no.105) which may …
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B585A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch fragment. It is part of a Colchester derivative brooch with double lug, dating to the first century AD. It consists of the semi-cylindrical wing case, the spring with eight coils, and the upper bow only. The bow is D-shaped with the lug becoming the central rib. The fragment measures 17.2mm in width across the wings and 16.25mm in surviving length. It weighs 3.49g. See Blagg et al, 2004, no.88 for a similar example from Hatcheston, Suffolk.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B5C7D4
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 brooch with double lug, dating to the first century AD. It consists of the semi-cylindrical wing case, broken lug and the upper bow only. The bow is D-shaped with the lug becoming the central rib which widens and flattens out. The fragment measures 17.03mm in width across the wings and 17.71mm in surviving length. It weighs 2.04g. See Blagg et al, 2004, no.88 for a similar example from Hatcheston, Suffolk.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C795C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman catchplate from a bow brooch, probably a Colchester derivative type, AD 43-100. It consists of the bottom part of the bow which is D-shaped but becoming triangular towards it base, and a triangular-shaped catchplate. There is a large perforation in the centre, and the outer edge is folded in. The fragment measures 25mm in surviving length and is 12.15mm at its widest point. It tapers to 5.63mm at its foot and weighs 4.03g. It resembles examples illustrated from Hacheston in Blagg et al 2004, fig.64, nos.91 and 105.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.