Category: Brooch

I did my project on a brooch recovered from a graveyard near the current-day civil parish of Eriswell. The graveyard belonged to a village referred to as little Eriswell during the sixth-century and contained thirty-three burials. The brooch and the background of the cemetery in which it was found...

Sophia Heidebrecht Found in the grave of a woman at West Stow, this cruciform brooch is an elaborate example of Anglo-Saxon metalworking. While the particular significance of the brooch and its symbolism is largely lost to us now, it was important enough to the woman’s identity that she was...

This specific brooch was uncovered at the West Stow archeological site, alongside other forms of brooches. Multiple brooches were found in sunken-featured buildings, where it is theorized that the SFBs were used as workshops- suggesting their high demand in the community. The common materials to use in brooches were...