Record ID: SF-92ED82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cas copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type. 43-100 AD. It consists of the wings and upper bow only, the coil, pin and catch-plate are missing. The wings are shallow and not quite semi-cylindrical, and are decorated on the outside with several bands of transverse mouldings. The bow has a central longitudinal panel of moulding and is incomplete at the foot because of old breaks. The reverse side of the bow has a hollow channel. The brooch fragment measures 28.23mm in surviving length and is 29.19mm in width across the wings. It weighs 8.05g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F6B325
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch, almost complete. The pin is missing and the chain loop is incomplete. The wings are short with three steps of moulding from the ends to the bow. There is circular casing for the axis bar behind the wings. The headstud has a raised rim and central dot, and the bow is rectangular in section above the headstud. Below it is flat-backed and has a longitudinal panel filled with lozenge-shaped cells flanked by triangular ones. The central lozenges contain a whitish material, and some of the flanking triangles have a suggestion of red enamel infil. The ca…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Homersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F677F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch. It is incomplete due to old breaks and consists of a short semi-circular wing case, with bands of transverse moulding on both ends. There is a rear facing hook, but the axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bow has a flat back, with bands of ridge and grooved longitudinal moulding down the front. The lower part of the bow, along with the catch-plate, are missing. The brooch measures 18.16mm in width across the wings, 19.85mm in length, and weighs 3.21g. It most likely dates to the first century AD. A similar brooch from excavation…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Homersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F65E56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch. It is incomplete due to old breaks and consists of the semi-circular wing case, folded ends type, with two bands of transverse moulding on both ends. There is a rear facing hook, but the axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bow has a flat back, with longitudinal moulding. The lower part of the bow, along with the catch-plate, are missing. The brooch measures 27.24mm in width across the wings, 19.51mm in length, and weighs 3.93g. It most likely dates to the first century AD
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Sunday 25th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Homersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F63435
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman plate brooch. It is a lozenge-shaped brooch, with three steps up to the central lozenge,the centre of which is dished and contains traces of a white paste of possible infil. It has a domed, rounded hollow on the underside. The brooch has a pin fitting consisting of double lugs set close together and perforated to take a bar to hold the pin, now missing. These are set at one corner, and there is a small protrusion from the opposite corner which holds the catchplate. The brooch measures 27.06mm in length, 15.4mm in width and weighs 1.95g. A similar brooch is illu…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Homersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B7CCA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments from Roman Colchester derivative, Harlow style brooch, dated to 50-80. One fragment consists of the wings and upper bow only, of a Colchester derivative brooch with double lug. The wings are short and semi-cylindrical, and are plain and unfaceted. The coil and pin are missing. The line of the double lug at the centre continues forward and runs down the bow as a longitudinal ridge. The bow is flat-backed. The brooch measures 19.02mm in width across the wings, 5.46mm across the bow, and is 16.62mm in surviving length. It weighs 2.86g. The second fragment consists…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F79731
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative,Rear hook lbrooch fragment. It is incomplete due to old breaks, and consists of the top of the bow and wings only of a Colchester brooch , rear hook type. The wings are 19.98mm in width, and are a shallow, semi-circular shape, with two lines of decoration ochester derivative, h. There is moulding on the top of the bow which is rectangular in section, with a small ridge where the rear hook begins, but is now missing . The brooch fragments measures 13.11mm in length and weighs 2.69g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-953904
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch, incomplete due to old breaks. It is missing a chain loop from the top of the head, as well as the pin. The head of the brooch is conical in profile, with an oval shaped face, having a slight ridge around the outer edge in which a narrow silver wire can be determined for about half the circumference. The sides of the head are folded back to hold an axis bar and a spring of four coils, broken off where the pin would have been. Below the head is a pelta shaped body plate, with two circular apertures, beneath which the moulded bow continu…
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mellis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-984F84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy fragment of a Late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch of Nertomarus type. Only the spring and cylindrical spring cover, the head and a small part of the bow survive. Where the spring cover is broken, six coils can be seen to one side of the pin springing (pin missing) and four to the other, the rest missing due to old breaks. The head is decorated in low relief with an oval-shaped human head perforated with three holes, suggesting two eyes and one mouth. The design is similar to that of Hattatt no.270, 'hooks and eyes' type, with scroll mouldin…
Created on: Thursday 28th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C8B184
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. It consists of the foot with the horse's head terminal, the bow and part of the catchplate behind, the rest of the brooch missing due to old breaks. The incomplete upper terminal broken off before the head of the brooch, is undecorated but has a faceted centre, and is sharply curved to give a hooked shape. behind this and running longitudinally is the catchplate, 38.55mm in length. Beneath this the flat panel is plain apart from two diagonal, grooved lines on either side which finish at a horizontal rib, forming a collar above th…
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-78F555
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Developed T-shaped; Colchester derivative hinged (Mackreth 2011, Group 2a, pl. 68 brooch. It is a T-shaped brooch and is complete except for the hinged pin which is missing. The brooch has a chain loop at the top, upstanding at ninety degrees to the short, square wings, which form a cylindrical shape at the back of the brooch. The upper bow turns down at a sharp angle, and is decorated with twin panels of enamelling alternating in four rectangular pairs between bright orange and dark blue. There is moulding beneath the enamelling, with two transverse ribs above …
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E63FC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman early plate (cruciform) brooch fragment. It is part of a flat cruciform plate with four concave sides. The upper terminal is complete though worn, and the edges of the arm have knops on either side. Behind this are two semi-circular lugs between which the pin remains are hinged. The right arm terminal is complete, with a central transverse groove and serrated edges. The left arm terminal is now twisted but appears to have had a similar shape and decoration. The lower arm terminal is missing due to old beaks. There is a central circular motif, with double concentri…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9FF011
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver Medieval annular brooch. It is approximately half of a flat circular brooch frame, incomplete due to old breaks. The frame has an external diameter of 18.18mm, is 3.08mm in width, c.0.6mm in thickness and weighs 0.37g. On one surface there is an engraved inscription in bold capital letters, reading AIDE MEI M (or possibly AEDE MEI M). The letters are based upon the outer edge of the brooch rather than the more normal inner. The reverse is undecorated. The inscription should probably be read as Help Me M[ary] in French. Annular brooches with inscriptions, f…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E49135
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead brooch of 'hub-cap' type (Weetch type 17), of late Early-Medieval date, probably 10th or 11th century. It is circular, 26.7mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick, with a central circular hole (7.65mm in diameter) surrounded by a raised edge. It weighs 10.08g. There are four evenly spaced raised hollow-backed bosses or domes, 4.44mm in diameter, around the edges, each pushed up from the back of the brooch. There is a small sub-circular hole through the lead between two of the domes. There is a lead loop catchplate on the back of the brooch, and remains of an attachment point for a pin.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D4FE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob. A copper alloy detachable side knob from an Early Medieval brooch, probably from a cruciform brooch. It is a full round knob,with a knop, and a hole running through the centre (blocked by corrosion) for the pin bar . The knob has moulded decoration, of a single groove at the base of the head, a plain central panel, and three more grooves around the collar. The knob measures 16.78mm in length, 9.08mm in width and weighs 5.33g. There are traces of a white metal coating on the knob.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D3AA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch knob, copper alloy. It is a full round knob, with a hole running through the centre for the pin bar (missing). The knob has moulded decoration, of a single groove at the base of the head, and another around the collar. The knob measures 13.04mm in length, 10.15mm in width and weighs 4.84g.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-913EB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bow brooch of supporting arm type dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The pin and spring are missing; the lugs are damaged and it is abraded around the head and foot. There is corrosion around the two pierced lugs on the reverse of the head. The facets of the arched bow expand into the head, which has rounded edges at both terminals. There is a single horizontal line of decoration along the top of the head, with two groups of three incised lines on the right arm, and on the left upper bow . At the base of the bow is a single groove; below this are single notches on th…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-842A48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy chatelaine brooch. Part of one side of the brooch survives, including one lug to take the missing chatelaine bar. Part of the edge with one side lug is bent back at right angles, apparently torn away from the incomplete plate. The plate is decorated with two bands; the lower contains two triangles and the upper two semi-circles. These decorative cells contain traces of a deposit which may be yellow enamel. The brooch fragment measures 17.09mm in length, 21.6mm in width and weighs 2.3g. Hattatt illustrates examples of these brooches and suggests a se…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: SF-9374D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. Bow from a cruciform brooch, but could also have come from a square-headed brooch. It is approximately rectangular, 29.89mm in length and 17mm wide. It weighs 9.14g. It is curved to a bow shape, and is domed with a longitudinal ridge down the centre, giving way to a flatter profile where it forms the base of the central panel. The metal shows signs of having been in a fire, which suggests that it may have come from a cremation .
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E37553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy openwork cross brooch dating to the 9th century AD, of Weetch's type 15.B. Less than half the brooch survives. It consists of a ring-shaped semi-circle, 3.85mm wide and with a reconstructable diameter of 26.5mm, with an openwork pattern of one complete quadrant-shaped hole, and parts of two more. Originally the disc would have had four such holes which formed a cross shape, the arms of which widen from the centre to the outside ring. On the reverse there is an integral pin lug, a square lug with a large perforation. A similar brooch from Ixworth, discover…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ixworth', grid reference and parish protected.