Record ID: BUC-7A64C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) - medieval copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled disc brooch (late 10th - 11th century), of the Saunderton type (Weetch Type 20.A). The brooch is constructed from a base-plate of copper alloy with six equidistant rounded projections, though one has been broken off. A circular copper-alloy collar, 19 mm in diameter, has been soldered onto this base plate and set within the collar is the cloisonné enamel pattern. The pattern is marked out by copper alloy cells and comprises a six-pointed star for of conjoined curving strips which meet a…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-792ED1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment from the bow of a Roman trumpet brooch (75-175 AD). The fragment comprises the mid part of the bow; the head and foot are lost through old patinated breaks. It is crescentic in plan and oval in cross section. It is decorated with a central real flanked above and below by stylised acanthus leaves. The lower edge shows the top of a mid-rib which would have formed the catch plate. The fragment is a mid brownish green colour with a good and well preserved surface patina. This style of Roman brooch can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knockin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-776865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy fragment of a great square-headed brooch. The fragment is roughly L-shaped, consisting of the bow and part of one side of the footplate, with a circular knob projecting from the front of the bow. Traces of gilding and simple grooved decoration are visible on the front of the bow, and the stub of a catchplate remains on the reverse. The fragment is distorted, perhaps through plough damage or by heat, for example during a cremation. The fragment is 43mm long, 31mm wide, 2mm thick at the top and 6mm thick at the knob, and weighs 21.36g. Finds Advisor …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-764720
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Headstud type with the remains of a hinged pin. The bow is decorated with a band of notching and has brodering grooves. The stud is round and has a central boss. The rounded flat foot sits below a pair of transverse ridges.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-763D03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La Tène III (AD 20-100) simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch. It is missing the lower bow and catchplate, and the pin is bent to one side. The brooch measures 43.26mm in length and weighs 4.23g. The head consists of four spring coils 11.22mm wide with a copper alloy axis bar between (11.71mm wide). The third coil from the left extends into the pin, which narrows to a point. The chord curves underneath the bow, which is flat and parallel-sided (5.97x1.44mm) and decorated to the front with at least three slightly diag…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-763051
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch foot dating from the early medieval period, that is c. AD700-900. Only the foot and part of the catchplate survive. The bow, head and pin are missing. The brooch is very worn, but there does not seem to be any surface decoration or mouldings. The foot plate is oval and what remains of the bow is hollow. It may possibly be the foot of an Ansate brooch (pers. comm. Helen Geake).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Natland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-75F431
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin shank and the lower bow and catchplate. The brooch measures 32.96mm in incomplete length and weighs 6.47g. The tubular wingspan is 18.14mm. To the reverse is a slot with the pin head intact, to the front is a transverse moulding flanking either end. The top of the wings are flat. The bow (8.52mm wide) extends from the top of the wings with moulded flanges to either side for c.10mm length. It is flat to the reverse. Between the flanges is prominent triangul…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-75A2A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 280-410) gilded and tinned/ silvered copper alloy early form of crossbow brooch or Light Crossbow brooch, measuring 41.88mm in length and weighing 3.74g. It is missing most of the pin shaft and most of one wing half. The wingspan is 14.36mm, and would originally have been c.20mm. The surviving wing is triangular in section with a rounded knob (flat to the reverse) at the end. The wing is largely obscured by corrosion. The remaining stump of the other wing shows an iron axis bar within it. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular moulding from which rises a…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-737901
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible cast copper-alloy disc brooch of early Medieval date. The fragment is part of a flat circular disc and has been burnt. It has a raised outside border and a circular recessed area, possibly for a setting or enamelling. The fragment measures 31.51mm in length, 21.21mm in width, 3.93mm in thickness and weighs 8.01g. It is similar to published examples (West, 1998, no 3.5, also from Barham).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.