Record ID: SF-E78700
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver medieval annular brooch. The frame is circular in shape and has a four-faced cable twist. It is decorated with a line of small engraved dots along each of the four faces. There is a worn section to one side, probably where the pin sat in use. The pin is formed from a tapering strip simply bent around the hoop to form the head. There is a raised collar decorated with dots dividing the head from the stem.. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted with corrosion. Date: 13th or 14th century AD Dimensions: Diameter: 14.02mm, thickness: 1.42mm, weight: 0.…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hitcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8ACB1A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Langton Down brooch dating to AD 20-65. T-shaped in plan, the extant piece consists of the wings and upper bow. The wings are cylindrical with straight, solid edges. A longitudinal seam runs along the reverse of the wings.  In the centre is a now heavily abraded slot for the now missing hinged in to be housed within. A decorative incised groove is positioned on the top of the wings. The bow is straight, plano-convex in section and tapers gently into an old break. Separating the bow from the wings is crescentic groove…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B67599
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow Spring/double lug brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. It is T-shaped in plan. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse in the centre is a double lug with upper and lower circular apertures. Part of the spring mechanism is intact on one side of the double lug: the chord runs from the upper aperture and the axis bar the lower. The coil is survived on the same side by four loops. The pin is mssing. The front of the wings are plain The plano-convex in section bow tapers …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EE1C67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete enamelled copper alloy Roman plate brooch. less than half of the deep crescentic (or 'pelta') shaped plate survives. This is slightly concave, curving towards the reverse in profile. A short point projects from the centre of the upper edge and a wider, rounded section from the centre of the lower edge. Traces of enamelled decoration can be seen on the outer face, but this is hevaily corroded and now is largely retricted to a central longitudinal line of lozenges and a transverse row of cresents along the lower edge. The remains of a hinged double-lug pin fitt…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9548
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver annular brooch, or possibly buckle frame, measuring 13mm in external diameter. It consists of a ring, with a circular cross-section, with silver wire woven around it in an elaborate pattern, this wire decoration is rectangular in cross-section. The pin constriction is 3mm in length and the pin is missing. The side of the brooch opposite the pin constriction has been damaged and the wire pattern destroyed. This brooch is likely to be medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 1st November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stowmarket', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-00ACEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) probable Great Square Headed brooch, dating to AD 500-570. It is sub-rectangular in plan and it bears a moulded decoration on its front face. The decoration consists of a raised L-shaped line along one broken edge, which defines an incomplete panel decorated with an unclear sunken relief. The back face is undecorated and has a bevelled edge. Length: 15.56mm; width: 13.05 mm; thickness: 4.28mm; weight: 1.88g. Discussion: Less than 10% of the brooch survives. It is not possible to determine the Type or find an exact parallel; It …
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CA5906
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver gilt brooch. This brooch has been cut from a sheet of silver, it is circular in shape and measures 24mm in external diameter and 15mm in internal diameter. There is a circular pin hole through which the pin is still attached via a closed loop. The pin is triangular in shape measuring 21mm in length, it has a transverse ridge after the loop and tapers to a point. Both the front and back faces of the frame and the pin are decorated with gilding. This brooch is medieval in date and will be examined in more detail under the Treasure Act at the British Museum.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'cransford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C10772
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver annular brooch, which appears to have been cut from sheet silver. The frame of this brooch is oval in shape, measuring 27mm in external length and 24mm in width. Internally the frame measures 19mm in length and 16mm in width, it was probably originally circular in shape, but is now slightly bent out of shape. The base of the frame flares outwards at about a 45 degree angle from its top. The outer face is decorated with two circumferencial grooves, one near to the top egde and one to the bottom edge. There is a circular pin hole, through which the silver pin rema…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mutford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C0D7A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver annular brooch, which appears to have been cut from sheet silver. The frame of this brooch is oval in shape, measuring 29mm in external length and 27mm in width. Internally the frame measures 17mm in length and 15mm in width. The front face of this brooch is slightly convex and the back face slightly concave, both faces have a circumferencial ridge around their edge. There is a pin hole, through which the silver pin remains attached, via a closed loop. The pin is rectangular in shape, measuring 23mm in length and 2mm in width, its front face is slightly rounded and d…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C132E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver annular brooch. The frame of this brooch is flat and circular in shape, measuring 18mm in external diameter and 12mm in internal diameter. The front face of this frame is decorated with re-occuring almost S-shaped grooves, traces of gilding can also be seen on both the front and back faces. There is a pin constriction, 4mm in length, which consists of a rectangular shaped bar. The pin is now detached from the brooch frame but still survives, it is also gilded silver and measures 17mm in length and would have been attached to the frame via an open loop. It tapers to a…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shadingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-06A165
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver penny of William I the Conqueror (1066-1087), 19mm in diameter, chipped at two points, that has been turned into a coin brooch with small traces of solder for the attachment of the catch on the obverse side and a gilt reverse side which exhibits a cross. The coin is rather worn with the secondary gilt finish surviving in the recesses between the motifs and lettering on the reverse and in small areas on the obverse where the gilding survives around parts of the border. Coin type: silver penny of William I, two sceptres type (BMC iv), Thetford mint,moneyer Cinric, reading:…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-BA087F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver-gilt sprung bow brooch, of Polden Hill type, comprising the wings, top of the bow and part of the covered spring. The side-wings, of semi-circular cross-section, have three milled ribs with intervening cavetto mouldings. At the back only the very stub of the rearward hook survives, together with eight turns of the spring and a fragment of the chord. On the D-sectioned bow two lines of a fine, lightly-recessed, wavy line motif, which starts at each side of the head, converge to form a single decorative mid-rib. All of the mouldings show signs of wear. Gilding rem…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bungay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-48F5C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver annular brooch. The round-sectioned hoop is decorated with multiple circumferential grooves. A short space on either side of the pin constriction has been left plain. On the pin, which is rather wider than the constriction, there is a small transverse rib or grip next the loop. 13th century. Diameter 17mm. Diameter of hoop 1.5mm. Length of pin 19mm. Weight 1.29g.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9D4FB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete silver gilt annular post medieval probable brooch frame. Circular in shape measuring 14mm in external diameter and 8mm in internal diameter. The lower edge of the frame is set at c45 degrees from the inner edge of the frame. There is a small circular pin hole and the pin is now missing. The front face is decorated with filigree circles and small rounded knops.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonham Aspal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-527EB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thirteenth century silver-gilt annular brooch, the ring formed of four animal or dragon heads. The loop for the pin attachment is gripped by two of the animals, the pin-rest is gripped by the other two. The brooch is set with two garnets at the upper and lower points of the ring, between each pair of animals. The ring measures 19mm in external diameter and 13mm in internal diameter. There is a oval shaped pin hole 3mm in length and c2mm in width. Opposite this there is a oval shaped flattened area with a central groove for the pin tip to rest in. The pin is attached to the pin hol…
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AEB944
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, 13th century, silver, annular brooch made from sheet silver. This brooch measures 25mm in diameter externally and 16mm in diameter internally. The hoop of the brooch flares outwards, therefore making the internal diameter narrower on the front face. The outer face of the hoop has circumferencial grooves along both edges. There is a crude hole through the hoop and a silver pin is in situ through this via an open loop. The pin measures 21mm in length and 2mm in width and tapers to a point. Examined by J P Robinson, Curator of Medieval Collections, British Museum, 15th A…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AEF807
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete thirteenth century silver annular brooch. The frame of this brooch is rectangular in cross-section and measures 4mm in width, it is now bent out of shape and is roughly oval in shape, 26mm length and 24mm width. Part of the pin constriction also survives. The front face is decorated with regular repetative greek key decoration. The back face is undecorated. Examined under the Treasure Act by: J P Robinson,Curator of Medieval Collections, British Museum.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B51EF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny struck for Edward the Confessor (1047-66), Expanding Cross type (heavy sub-type) (North 141, no 823), issued by the moneyer Morcere at Bury St Edmunds c. AD 1050-55, and subsequently modified to form coin-brooch or badge. The reverse has been gilded, indicating that this side was intended to be displayed, with the gilding extending round the edge onto the obverse, leaving most of the obverse uncovered. A variety of pin fittings are known from coin-brooches of this period. These are most commonly riveted to the coin, but occasionally soldered. In this case no si…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bury St Edmunds', 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-5AEA1D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a gilded silver keystone disc brooch, comprising part of the edge, part of one outer setting, and a tiny fragment of the central setting. The rest is now missing due to old breaks. The outer edge is flat, ungilded and decorated with two rows of punched opposed triangles, creating a zigzag effect. Inside this survives a portion of the main central field of the brooch, gilded and decorated with Style I zoomorphic motifs. To the right of this (as photographed) are the remains of a keystone setting, roughly trapezoidal in original shape; and underneath, a small …
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.