Record ID: SUR-F021F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Hod Hill type. The brooch has a trapezoidal plate and a pair of projecting arms. The axial bar is of iron and the pin is missing.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-EED185
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval ansate brooch. It is missing the pin, most of the catchplate and possibly the ends of the pin lug due to old breaks. The brooch is flat, rectangular in form with flattened rectangular terminals connected by a gently curving bow of the same width. Where the bow and terminals meet are the remains of small semi-circular or sub-rectangular knops projecting from each side of the brooch. The front face of the brooch is decorated with single incised grooves running down each side forming a slightly uneven border. Between the grooves …
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creeting St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EBFAE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch fragment. Probably from a dolphin or Colchester Derivative brooch. A cast D section bow tapers from the stub of tubular wings to the stub of a catch plate. Suggested date: Early Roman, 60-100. Length: 37.5mm, Width: 11mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 4.3mm, Weight: 4.96gms.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-EBF835
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman (AD 43--255) copper alloy Colchester Derivative, Harlow Mackreth 2011, 2.c. brooch with spring mechanism, the chord of which is broken (but complete). The brooch measures 43.92mm in length and weighs 12.27g. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section (with a hollowed area for the spring) and span 23.68mm. They are decorated to the front with a single transverse groove flanking each end. Behind is a nine-coil spring, pin, axis bar and chord passing through a double-pierced lug. The lug has a 2mm wide transverse groove to the reverse. The bow extends from the fr…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hullavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D8CAE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy Roman brooch of the trumpet type, dating from AD 75-175. There is a full round acanthus moulding in the centre of the bow with very worn collars above and below. The lower part of the bow is faceted and tapers towards the foot which is missing. There is a flared rim round the trumpet head. The brooch is otherwise undecorated. On the reverse of the head is an integral loop to hold the pin mechanism, and descending from this, a downward pointing hook. Part of the axis bar, which is hollow, one coil of the spring and a short section of copper alloy pin remain, but th…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-D6DA87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 42mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.56 grams. The brooch is complete except of a pin and consists of solid circular sectioned wings, a circular sectioned tapering bow and a complete catch-plate. The brooch is plain except for a ridge running down the upper part of the bow, which has been incised with horizontal lines to form a row of square protrusions.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D6AE35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (AD c. 25 - c. 60). It retains the stub of its rearward facing hook at the top of the head. Nothing survives of the integral spring and pin. The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat. One has been bent round and under the head. The other has been truncated. The bow bends up beyond the head before curving back over gradually to the foot; the original curve has been distorted as a result of old damage. The bow is sub-oval in cross-section, flattened at the t…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kimpton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D68282
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic (duck) brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. It consists of an oval shaped plate which has a domed section. The rear end is missing and the front end has a circular sectioned neck emerging from the centre. This is broken just after the point where it curves and before the head. The body of the duck is covered in two lines of crescent shaped enamel cells, many are filled with blue enamel and these seem to be placed in alternate cells. Below the ducks neck, on the edge of the brooch is a scar from a catch-plate. It is 24mm long, 16mm wide, 3mm thick and weig…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'wymeswold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D622B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Small Long Brooch, 44mm long, 35mm wide and 6mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 11.31grams. The brooch is complete except for its foot. It has a square head plate which is decorated with two incised lines running across its upper edge and it sits slightly above the three protruding arms. Each arm has a semi-circular shaped lug, each one has a double incised line across its inner straight edge. Behind the head plate are two semi-circular suspension lugs with iron staining in between. The bow is curved and decorated with a band of two incise…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D56503
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Initial T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin-shank and the curl of the catchplate. The brooch measures 60.81mm in length and weighs 4.7g. The tubular wing span is 21.35mm and c.3-4mm in diameter. They are apparently plain with just a diagonal moulding at the juncture with the bow. One open end has a white substance within it, the other has iron corrosion. To the reverse the head of the pin is bent to one side of the pin slot. The bow extends from the front of the wings with a slight hump and is D-shaped in cross-section, 5.90x3.63mm. Below the …
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D53C76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Early Early-Medieval (500-600) copper alloy gilt small square-headed brooch, consisting of the headplate and small portion of the bow only. It measures 13.11x15.35x5.24mm and weighs 1.9g. The headplate measures 15.35x8.34x2.03mm (without lug). At the centre of a sunken rectangular area are eight raised vertical ribs, the group being flanked with a rope-effect rib, decorated with transverse grooves. The gilding is mostly retained except on the vertical ribs. The bow above is 6.86mm wide and worn at the old break. It curves forwards slightly and survives to a length of…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D4BF01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy gilded and tinned (or silvered) oval plate brooch (AD 200-350) of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type, missing the glass setting from the centre and possibly part of the pin. The central oval cell for the missing setting has walls c.2.7mm high and rather damaged and squashed in places. The dimensions are 18.81x13.39x3.51mm and traces of a pale corrosion or fixant are visible around the edges. The plate surrounding the centre is gilded and decorated with a wavy line (similar to conjoined S shapes) within two raised ribs decorated with rope-effect diagonal …
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D4B371
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of disc type (1st-2nd century AD). The fragment is formed of a raised outer circumference, then a deeply recessed band, followed by a smaller raised central area with central pellet. This inner area retains traces of a red enamel in situ. At the exterior edges of the circumference of this fragment are the worn remnants of the copper-alloy body suggesting an extension to the form in four directions. The underside of this fragment is very worn and pitted from corrosion, and the artefact overall has a broadly dark bro…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Steyning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D47198
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The trumpet head is decorated with a grove round the rim, and two grooves down the centre of the bow. There is a triple collar above and below the full round acanthus button. The lower bow is triangular in section with a groove running along each face. The foot is discoidal but very worn. The catchplate survives but is missing the turn over, and behind the head of the brooch is a tubular housing for the axis bar, which is copper alloy. The hinged pin sits in a slot, but only the head survives. The head loop is broken off and missi…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-D3C7E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Roman bow brooch. The brooch has a tubular head which forms wings to house an iron axis bar for a copper alloy pin. Only the loop of the pin survives within the extended pin lugs at the rear. At the top of the head there are two abraded stubs which are the remains of a chain loop. At the front there is a transverse groove between the chain loop and the wings. Beneath the wings, the bow (as viewed from the front) expands in plan and then narrows to a transverse break. The bow is roughly 'D'-shaped in cross-section and is hollow at the rear with a vertical m…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Saturday 25th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C89BC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 4,flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal, however the wing caps are incomplete and the wings are slightly abraded. In the centre of the wings there is a slight indentation which is filled with a black substance. The wings are undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is slightly curved in profil…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-C63201
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a hare running to the right. The brooch has two panels of enamel, possibly red. The extremities of the brooch are missing, as is the pin.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C4CC06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent late Iron Age to early Roman cast copper-alloy one piece brooch of La Tene III type (1st century BC-1st century AD). It is formed of a circular in section spring and pin (2mm thick), and a flat in section bow (0.9mm thick). The bow is sub-rectangular in form (15.9mm length, 4.4mm width) and extends in width through the length of the bow to 8mm before sharply narrowing to extend into the catch plate, which is now absent. The bow is decorated with two linear incisions which follow the outer form, and a central zig-zag patten. Where the bow tapers, two slight horiz…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C3B4A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper half of a cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The wings are circular in cross section and extend upwards from the bow forming a shallow V. The wings are decorated with two vertical grooves either side of the bow. One wing is incomplete revealing iron corrosion product from the axis bar, the slot for the axis bar is also incomplete. The bow extends outwards from the wings at a fourty five degree angle. It expands slightly at the centre of the bow before tapering towards the foot which is missing. The bow is decorated with multipl…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C02475
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded cast copper-alloy fragment possibly from a brooch of uncertain, possibly Roman date. This artefact is formed from a sub-rectangular in plan head, which has a central circular perforation, with an extension to the left that terminates in the remnants of a circular section pin. From the main body of the possible head extends a rectangular in plan, sub-rectangular in section possible bow. This artefact has a broadly mid-green corrosion patina, with areas of red-brown, around the circular perforation, possibly indicative of a separate iron decorative rivet. The fragme…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.