Record ID: ESS-F2B0F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Brooch: Incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, dating AD 75-175. The headplate is sub-rectangular with an incised groove running vertically along its top edge. There is a broken projection at the apex of the head, from a (now missing chain) loop. The rear lug on the reverse of the head has a large perforation for the (now missing) sprung pin. The bow is curved in profile, and has a central moulded decoration of an acanthus all the way around the bow, with a moulded collar above and below. The upper section of the bow is circular in cross section, and below the acanthus…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Orford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-16A027
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch, dating to AD 500-600. The object retains its head plate and bow, but it is missing it's pin and most of the mechanism on the back. The brooch includes a cruciform head with an attached knop at the top and two short arms on either side, around a central square. Each side arm is decorated with three vertical, incised grooves. The square plate remains undecorated. The bow also has three vertical grooves running down the middle.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mellis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8EAB9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy and enamel Roman plate brooch in the form of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer. Likely dating from AD 100 to 400. Most of the protruding features of the animal, including the legs, tail, ears and nose are worn or broken, making its original form difficult to infer. The front is formed of moulded relief that separates the forequarters and hindquarters from the rest of the body. The brooch has red and yellow enamel on the forequarters. The back shows a hinge for a pin and a worn catchplace. The patina is worn and patchy and the colour is a dark green. …
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-CFBB1C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval copper alloy annular buckle or possible brooch dating to the period c. AD 1250-1500. The frame is plain, with a constriction which houses the pin. The butt of the pin is wrapped around the constriction. Most of the pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Linstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CF7DCF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating to the period c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is twisted or cabled, with a constriction which houses the pin. The butt of the pin is wrapped around the constriction and has a transverse, square collar.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Linstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D25E22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete cast silver annular brooch dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1400). The brooch is circular in shape with a pin attached to a short recessed section of the frame. The pin is attached to the frame by an oval attachment loop. The shaft of the pin is rectangular in shape and tapers gradually from the attachment loop towards the pointed tip that rests on the upper surface of the frame. There is no visible pin rest. The upper side of the frame has outer and inner borders created by its bevelled composition. The underside is plain. Dimensions: diameter:…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A01233
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch dating to the Roman period c. AD 100-200. The brooch is broken near the head and missing the pin and lug, but otherwise complete. It takes the form of a fish or dolphin and is approx. 52.1mm in length. The fish's tail is triangular and inset with two panels of triangular, brown coloured enamel, much of which is now missing. The maximum width of the tail is 12.9mm. On the underside of the tail are two semi-circular lugs with evidence of iron staining around a pierced hole. This would have been the pierced plate portion of the brooch hinge.…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-8A8771
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy square-headed brooch of the small-long variety. Dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 6th - 7th centuries (AD 500 - 700). The head is square in shape though the lower edge is cut into by the top of the bow, forming two slight flanges on the lower edge of the square head. The bow is slightly curved and features moulded raised transverse linear ridge decoration of varying thickness, concentrated near the junctures with the head and the foot. The foot is fan-shaped and flares out from the end of the bow before forming a curving bottom edge. The back of the…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
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Record ID: ESS-EDD0CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver annular brooch dating to the Medieval period. The brooch is circular in shape with a cylindrical cross section. There is a collared pin with bent terminal affixing it to the frame of the brooch. The pin is cylindrical in cross section and tapers to a sharp point. The collar shows circular incised decoration. The frame features a lozenge shaped plate soldered to the upper surface. There is some evidence of soldering at least two other places around the brooch frame that suggest there were more lozenge plates attached. The plate is decorated with a pressed design in the form o…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-5E12F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early Medieval date AD475-550. The object has a sub-rectangular central panel that has two incised vertical lines forming a central trapezoid shape. The central panel has two half-round knops on either side. The left hand knop has two incised lines on the base and the right hand knop has one. The bow joins the bottom of the central panel. There is a raised shoulder at this junction which has three incised lines running parallel with the central panel. The bow is D shaped in cross section and has a central rib running the length of t…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2019
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Record ID: ESS-D4356A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from the head of a Roman copper-alloy 'colchester derivative' brooch. A small section of the wind backplates remain, as does a backward curved tab which rests at the apex of the brooch head. Much of the bow is missing and broken. Dimensions: weight: 1.3g, length: 14.4mm, width: 11.5mm, thickness: 6.0mm
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-2F6493
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. The brooch has a semi-circular head plate with a partial suspension loop projecting form the centre of the head at the top. Directly opposite this, on the straight edge of the head, there is a transverse circular plate emerging from the mid-point of the tubular hinge mechanism. The bow emerges from the semi-circular head plate and features moulded relief at the apex of the curvature in the form of three transverse moulded ridges between two thinner moulded double collars. The bow extends down to a flat foot, also collar…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: ESS-2F01B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy small long brooch of Early Medieval date, c. 6th century AD. The brooch is formed of a square head, a short arched bow and a sub-triangular shaped foot. The rear features the remains of a hinge mechanism (on the back of the head) and a catchplate (on the back of the foot). The pin is missing Dimensions: weight: 11.0g, length: 46.4mm, width (head): 17.2mm, width (bow): 8.1mm, thickness (bow): 4.0mm
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-F7226A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast small long brooch of 5th to 6th century date (c.425 - 575 AD). The headplate is square and relatively small when compared to the overall size of the item. The pin hinge, which is attached on the reverse, takes up much of the space on the back of the headplate, and features a pin lug loop with partial remains of the pin intact and iron corrosion. The head plate, like the rest of the brooch surface, is plain and undecorated. The bow is 'D' shaped in cross section and forms a short 'C' curve being attached at the top to the head plate and at the bottom to the foot. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-688131
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy Developed T-shaped brooch. The wings are rectangular in plan and are rolled to form a circular cross section with a slot in the centre where the hinged copper alloy pin is attached. The front of the wings have three vertical grooves towards there ends. The bow is prominantly arched, with the upper section having five vertical grooves above five horizontal mouldings. The lower section of the bow has a triangular cross section. There is a small triangular catchplate, missing the folded end, on the reverse of the foot. The pin bends towards the catch, and there is…
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-D540A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy mid first century Romano-British brooch of Colchester-derivative Polden Hill (folded wings, Eastern Group) type. The wings of the brooch are complete and cylindrical. There is a deliberate slot to the rear of the cylinder, which we would expect to hold a spring mechanism, but this slot reveals the remains of a coiled spring partially surviving to one side. Otherwise the majority of the springhead is missing, as is the pin shaft. The ends of the wings are not capped. The front of the wings are decorated with a pair vertical grooved lines, placed at either s…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxtead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1C3271
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy disc brooch with enamel inlay, dating AD150-250. The object is in the form of a disc with an integral loop and catchplate on the reverse. Through the loop is a spring pin, with some of the coils remaining but the pin no longer present. There is a circular recess on the front of the disc, forming a raised border around the edge. There is a central raised annulat and six raised pellets surrounding it. Within the field is red enamel, only traces of which survive. The metal is a mid-dark green, with traces of an orange-brown around the coild of the pin sug…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2016
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Record ID: ESS-C5535F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy two-piece brooch, dating AD 50-150. Only the head and part of the bow survive. Traces of the spring pin remain in the semi-cylindrical crossbar. There are two cast loops, one within the crossbar and one at the top of the head of the bow, through which the spring would have been attached to the brooch. There are a series of ribs decorating the upper surface of the crossbar, with a series of short horizontal engraved lines running down the length of each rib. There is a crest running down the centre of the bow, following the integral loop. There is a rec…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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Record ID: ESS-CF88B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold annular brooch dating to the Medieval period. The frame is circular in plan and 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curving front) with two opposed oval collets which taper towards the top, both now empty but once would have contained a cabochon stone. The pin is 'D' shaped in section (flat back, curved front) and is looped around a narrowing in the frame. A flanged transverse ridge is present on the upper face at either side of the narrowing for the pin. A rounded and segmented collar is present just after the loop and the pin tapers in width to the rounded end. The pin rest is …
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
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Record ID: ESS-6ABBD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. A hinged head enamelled brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. The centrepiece is a flat lozenge with panels of enamelling (now missing). It would have two terminals but one has broken off. The remaining terminal is long and is separated from the centrepiece by a sub-rounded collar. The terminal ends with a zoomorphic head with indented dot and circle eyes. The pin is missing, and the probable hinge is missing also. The object is abraded. It has a dark green patina but is almost completely covered by a light green corrosion product. Lengt…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2010
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.