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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-65C2A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a silver possible Anglo-Saxon brooch. This fragment has old breaks on all edges and is now roughly triangular in shape. The front face has traces of worn possibly chip carved decoration, what is depicted is very unclear. The back face is rough and also worn. Dimensions:10.66mm by 10.41mm in size, 2.38mm in thickness and 0.83g in weight. Discussion: This fragment is really too small to identify its original function but a brooch fragment, possibly from a square headed brooch does seem likely. The precious metal content of this possible brooch f…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-69F8D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a possible silver gilt Anglo Saxon brooch, perhaps a fragment of the catch plate area of a square headed brooch. The fragment is very worn and none of the edges appear to be original. It is roughly rectangular in shape but one short edge is diagonal. The chip carving consists of four border grooves and the surviving part of the design within these appears to depict the lower halves of two scroll like motifs with a pellet between them. One of these motifs may have an open work hole through it or this could be due to wear or damage. On the back face there…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1E08E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of incomplete silver early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, with only the head surviving. The head is rectangular with U-shaped cut-outs forming a cross shape; there are small punched crescents along its edges on the front. On the reverse there is an integral pin lug with a mass of corroded iron surrounding and within it from the pin. The brooch is much worn and it seems likely that it is incomplete, with an old worn break across the top of the bow. Its dark grey colour, with silvery areas, suggested that the brooch was silver or copper-alloy with tinning. Dim…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pettistree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-94DB56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a possible Anglo-Saxon brooch or alternatively some other item of Anglo-Saxon jewellery. The fragment is roughly oval in shape, with two complete opposing curvilinear edges; the other edges are incomplete due to old worn breaks. The fragment appears to be made from silver and has an attached gold and cloisonné garnet decorative element. This is hexagonal in oval shape and the cloisonné within it is divided into two cells. On the back face it can be seen that the hexagonal gold element has been attached, at least in part, via two silver rivets. There is als…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodbridge', 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.

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-788930
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver annular brooch with attached in situ silver pin. This brooch is medieval and circa 14th century in date. The frame is oval in shape with a rectangular pin constriction. The silver pin is attached to the constriction via an open loop and has a decorated transverse ridge in between the loop and the shaft; it tapers to a point. Opposite the pin constriction is a straight bar on the centre of which the tip of the pin rests and slightly projects over. The front face of the frame is rounded and decorated. Either side of the pin constriction there are tiny circular inde…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F667E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver annular brooch terminating in two clasped hands. The back face of the frame is flat and the front face has a central ridge so the frame has a triangular cross-section. It has a rectangular shaped pin restriction and the complete silver pin remains in situ attached via an open loop. The pin has a transverse ridge where the loop joins the shaft and it tapers to a point. The front face of the frame is decorated with two raised rectangles, each one has four transverse grooves across it, one occurs opposite the pin constriction and the other opposite the clasped hands …
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', 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-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-3ADAC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A thirteenth century silver-gilt annular brooch, the circular frame is D-shaped in section and formed of four animal or dragon heads. The constriction for the pin attachment is gripped by two of the animals; the pin-rest is gripped by the other two. Each animal has two small projecting ears, annulet eyes and a short square-ended snout. The bodies between the heads are decorated with a diagonal groove surrounded by punched annulets. The pin is attached to the pin hole via an open loop and it has a transverse moulded decoration where the loop joins the shaft of the pin a…
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-94FB42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of silver Roman fibula of the mid or late first century AD was found on the same site, but is not believed to have been associated with the hoard. Cross-piece and upper bow of a small silver fibula. Even when complete, the brooch would have been no more than about 2cm in length. Impressed decoration consisting of two lines of raised zig-zag lines along the bow and encircling each side of the cross-piece. The fibula is a small example of the dolphin type, an early Roman form current in Britain in the middle of the first century AD and into the second half of the century. Repo…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodbridge area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4F791B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast gilded silver radiate-headed brooch of early medieval date, comprising the head-plate and most of the bow (the pin, lower bow and foot-plate missing to old damage). A relatively fresh break has truncated the surviving portion of the brooch into two fragments across the upper portion of the bow, where it joins with the head-plate. These fit together snugly, though the break is not particularly recent. The entire front of the object is gilded, most of which survives with slight areas worn away on the very highest points of the bow. The head-plate is flat and semi-circ…
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC7542
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast gilded silver early medieval bow brooch, probably a great square-headed brooch. It consists of slightly less than a third of the original brooch, with only around half the bow, catch-plate and less than half of the footplate. The rest of the object is missing to old breaks. The bow curves strongly in profile and demonstrates two fluted sections flanking a central raised element, decorated with incised zig-zag motifs which appear to have been inlaid with niello. Gilding survives in the fluted areas but has worn off on most of the objects' higher points. The bow trans…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-811766
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete and somewhat damaged cast silver composite disc brooch dating to the later Early Medieval period, c. 900-1000 AD. From a typological point of view the brooch seemingly corresponds to what is broadly Weetch's type 12, with approximately 10% of the brooch's edges and the pin fittings now missing in post-depositional damage. The main body of the brooch was originally circular in plan, with a projecting sub-rectangular 'tab' extending from each cardinal point (though now only one of these is visible due to breakage). On the upper face of the brooch is a plain…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', 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-7D7348
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete cast silver annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The frame is circular in plan and retains its pin, which sits within a constriction on the brooch frame itself, tapers along its length and is decorated with a transverse collar close to where it hinges. The brooch frame is simply decorated with four circular 'brambled' knops demonstrating stamped annulet decoration. Date: c. 1200-1400 Dimensions: the brooch measures 22.32mm in external diameter and 2.01mm thick at its midpoint, while the pin is c. 22.68mm long by 2.11mm thick at its …
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5DE1EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast silver annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1150-1400. It consists of a circular-sectioned frame with a constriction in one side to accommodate a wound-wire silver pin. The pin itself survives intact, demonstrating moulded decoration in the form of a raised transverse collar with small projecting circular knops directly in front of its loop. Preserved in extremely good condition with an uneven brownish patina, the brooch frame measures 15.48mm in diameter and c. 1.8mm thick, while the pin measures c. 15.65mm long. It weighs 1.35g. Simple and undecorated…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.