Record ID: LEIC-C60435
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably an Aesica variant, 31mm long, 14mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.15grams. The brooch is roughly rectangular in form and section. It has a wide upper edge which is slightly rounded on the front to hold the spring casing. From the centre of this upper edge projects a narrow strip which forms an arch and re-joins the main body at the base of the spring casing. Below this the bow has a further slightly curved surface which dips about half way down. The lower part of the brooch is flat and plain and its reverse house…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-C5D243
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) of Mackreth 2011, 4.g., c. AD 80-120. The bow of the brooch has a comma shaped profile and is D-shaped in cross section. The bow tapers from a wide head to a point above a well defined bulbous knopped foot. The wings are semi-cylindrical in plan with pierced, closed end caps. Each wing has a wedge attached to the head. The axis bar, spring and pin of the brooch are lost, however, the spring would have been enclosed in the wings. It would have been secured in place by a rearward…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 16th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C5C0F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) type, c. AD 80-120. The bow of the brooch has a comma shaped profile and is D-shaped in cross section. The bow tapers from the head to a narrow point above a worn bulbous knopped foot. The wings are cylindrical in plan with closed pierced end caps. The spring of the brooch is encased in the wings. The external chord of the spring is held in place with a rearward facing hook. An axial bar runs through the length of the spring and is supported by the pierced end caps a…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 16th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C5BF18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely bent, early-medieval (mid 5th- to 6th-century Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch. This incomplete brooch is cast in copper alloy, with traces of an iron pin corroded within the lug. This brooch has been severely bent so much so that the arched bow is so flat that it can sit on a flat surface. The head and foot are bent almost at right angles to the flattened bow, their upper surfaces now facing. The brooch has a rectangular head-plate with rounded corners to which has a incised border of double V-shaped stamps, with small broken annulets at the apex of each 'pyramid'. The …
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C51426
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The spring and part of the pin from a Roman bow brooch, possibly of Colchester type.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-C50B76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin type. The brooch has plain side wings and is largely complete. The spring and pin are missing as well as most of the openwork catchplate. In the upper bow is a curved indentation.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2012
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Record ID: SUR-C4FE51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of the bow of a Roman bow brooch of Langton Down type together with the spring in its cylindrical housing.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2012
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Record ID: WILT-C02CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age (400-200 BC) La Tène I type brooch which is missing its pin. It measures 51.9mm in length, 15.9mm in max. width (across the spring), 7.70mm wide (across the bow), 19.5mm deep (bow to catchplate) and weighs 16.27 grams. The head of the bow is formed of an integral spring, which is wrapped round a copper-alloy bar. The spring consists of four coils, one of which loops round the top of the brooch to form a D shaped loop, the central coil forms the copper-alloy pin which is missing. The neck expands from the integral coil and projects outwards at a…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B23DC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Iron Age (400-200 BC) La Tène I type brooch. It measures 56.05mm in length, 13.7mm in max. width (across the spring), 7.75mm wide (across the bow), 16.7mm deep (bow to catchplate) and weighs 17.27 grams. The head of the bow is formed of an integral spring, which is wrapped round a copper-alloy bar. The spring consists of four coils, one of which loops round the top of the brooch to form a D shaped loop, the central coil forms the copper-alloy pin which survives and tapers towards the tip. The neck expands from the integral coil and projects outwards at a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B1A2B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of La Tene III 'Nauheim Derivative' type dated to the 1st century BC to 1st century AD. This brooch has broken at the head with the loss of the pin and much of the spring, and the catchplate is also absent. At the uppermost portion, half of one spiral from the integral spring remains, which is circular in section. The body of the brooch extends from this, and is flat in section and tapered from head to the foot. At the lowest portion, traces of the thinning of the bow to form a catchplate remain, though this is now ab…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B16362
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded and misshapen cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to Early Roman brooch of La Tene III Nauheim Derivative type dating to the c. 1st century BC - 1st century AD. This brooch is formed of an incomplete head, with only half of the spring and interior chord remaining (10.mm wide) and with a partially complete catch plate (14.3mm by 6.1mm); the pin is missing. The head spring remains in two coils of oval in section wire which extends down to form a hemispherical in section narrow bow. The body of the bow extends for 20.4mm, before curving at approximately ninety degrees…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B16211
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy, possibly a wing from an Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The fragment is shovel-shaped, flat and decorated on both sides with a perimeter of punched crescents, and a line of punched crescents down the centre.The narrow stem of the 'shovel' is incomplete.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-B13787
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spring and pin from a Roman bow brooch. This artefact is formed of a sub-circular in section straight pin (measuring 26.6mm in length, 2.7mm thick), which is wrapped around a narrowed rectangular in section bar (19.1mm in length, 1.9mm thick). This bar tapers towards what would have formed the centre of the brooch head, whilst the pin terminates short of its full length. This artefact has corroded to a mid-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B0FA01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch deriving from a composite of Rosette and Hod Hill types dating from c. mid-late 1st century AD. This brooch has a near-complete head and foot with slightly damaged catchplate; the pin is missing. It has a flat vertical profile. The head of the brooch is composed of a cylindrical rolled casing which would have held the now absent hinged pin. From this the bow narrows to a single marked cross-moulding, before expanding to a large circular plate with a central circular aperture. A single rounded knop protrudes from one side which h…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B0CAD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Headstud type dating to the c. 2nd century AD. The brooch is formed of a complete head loop, hinged pin, full bow and complete foot; the catchplate is mostly absent. The head of the brooch is formed of triangular in section wings, which measure 15.4mm in width, that have three deep incised vertical lines for decoration. These wings hold the hinge pin in situ, which is flat at the upper portions but tapers to a rounded section and terminates in a sharp point. From the wings, the bow extends in a sub-rectangular form with a raised circle…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B09D01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but slightly corroded and worn cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age or early Roman period one-piece brooch of La Tene III 'Nauheim derivative' type dating to the 1st century AD. The head of the brooch is formed of a complete interior chord and bilateral four-coil spring, which extends into a 37.9mm long pin. From the spring, the body extends in a sub-rectangular in plan form, widening slightly in the direction of the foot, before sharply tapering to a very narrow extension that leads to the catch plate. The catch plate is sub-triangular in plan, and curls inwardly to the right s…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B08722
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and upper part of the bow of a devolved T-shaped brooch of local type with a flat expanded head plate. The head plate is now damaged with most of the outer edge missing to very corroded breaks but was probably fan shaped (D-shaped) . Along the straight lower edge of the plate is a cylinder with a central slot. The cylinder held the bar on which the pin hinged, pivoting in the slot. One end is damaged and it is now 23.9mm long. There is iron corrosion visible in the slot and the ends of the cylindrical wings suggesting the hinge was made of iron. The pin is missing. The bow extend…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donhead St Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B06426
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of 'trumpet' form dating to the c. 1st or 2nd century AD (c. AD 43-200). This brooch is formed of a complete head, bow and catchplate, although both the spring and pin are absent. The head of this brooch is expanded to a form resembling the bell of a trumpet (measuring 14.2mm in length, by 20.5mm in width), which is concave on the underside to situate the spring. A single flat in section lug remains, which is 'D' shaped as viewed from the side, whilst a small rectangular projection extends from the top of the head away from the…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Angmering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-AFDA31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head from a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Hod Hill type. The missing pin was hinged.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-AFD027
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head from a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Langton Down type. The spring is held in a hollow cylindrical housing. The remaining part of the bow has a D-section.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.