Record ID: SUR-6709AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, probably Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and enclose an iron spring held on an iron spindle with a chord held in a lug projecting from the centre. The mounting arrangment of the spring axis spindle is now concealed by rusted concretion. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-558A04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy English Medieval jetton with a clasp riveted to what would have been the obverse, showing a shield of Arms and a border of alternating dashes and rosettes. The other side, intended to be displayed, shoes a triple armed cross moline fleurry with one dash in each quadrant of the outer circle and alternating crescents and stars in the inner quadrants. This jetton has been turned into a clasp or brooch in the same way as a number of others noted by Marsden in Norfolk Archaeology 2014, pp.92. Invariably the reverse was displayed, making it clear that the cross was th…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-A520DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative brooch, dating to c.AD 75 - 175.  The wings and upper bow remain, the lower bow, pin and catchplate are missing. The circular wings are hollow, the wings are decorated with a central moulded ridge. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers towards the lower bow, it is also decorated with a central ridge. The bow tapers towards an old break. The rear of the brooch is undecorated.  Length: 25.8 mm Width: 37.4 mm Weight: 11.34 g
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-A4F6E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy brooch of the British Plate Type, dating to AD 150-300. It consists of a circular plate which has ten rounded knops protruding from the edge. The front face of the brooch has a circumferential ridge and two inner ridges on the main body which divides the plate into three concentric ring, the outer ring has traces of blue enamel. The rear of the brooch has a complete pierced lug and an opposite catch plate. The pin is missing. As Mackreth (2011, Vol. 2, p. 109, Pl. 106, no. 14742). Diameter: 25.2 mm Weight: 3.46 g
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F9FFD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical covering a double lugged flange at the centre, which retains a fragment of the spring chord. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-9282C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and decorated with moulded reels and cover a spring held on a spindle in a double lugged flange at the centre. A large portion of the pin is retained; this has broken from the spring but remains articulated on the spindle. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: GLO-E1AA3F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group B. Oval head plate, on the reverse is a single loop that would have held the missing spring. The undecorated bow emanates from the front of the head plate curving down to a moulded knee at the apex of the bow; below the lower leg is truncated . Date AD 80-200.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-2135D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy brooch made from an English pictorial jetton of large diameter (26.1mm) dating to c. 1280-1300. Obverse: arms of England within a border of strokes and rosettes (cf. Mitchiner 168). Reverse: triple stranded cross fleury with a star or crescent in each angle and a border with a three pellet cluster in each segment (cf Mitchiner 169). The jetton has been fitted with a brooch attachment on the obverse side, riveted through the centre. 
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: BERK-B93EE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a brooch of Roman date. Uncertain type. Only extant part is a solid catchplate and part of the bow. Probably Colchester Derivative.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: SF-F8E0D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to circa AD 450-500. The surviving element consists of a, trefoil head plat and bow. The head plate is flat and rectangular. The arms are broadly in the form of an elongated crescent. Each arm has a triangular knop positioned before the trefoil terminal. The front face of the headplate is now heavily worn but appears undecorated. The bow projects from the lower edge of the headplate. It is plano-convex in cross-section  and curved. It in. It is decorated with a median longitudinal incised groove…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A457AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of a Roman brooch, probably a Colchester derivative type, 52.6mm in length. The fragment comprises the foot, catchplate and portion of the bow. The catchplate is openwork with two triangular openings separated by an angular S-shaped bar. The bow is very narrow, with an oval cross section around 2.4mm wide by 3.4mm deep. Circa 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: SF-A36AF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval copper-alloy probable small long or cruciform brooch dating to circa AD 450-550. The extant element element consists of a broken, now rectangular, head plate and bow. The piece is plano-convex in section and the bow is C-shaped. The bow terminates in an ancient break. Emerging from the reverse of the headplate are the remnants of a central D-shaped lug. The piece is now very heavily worn and covered in a green patina. 
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-64AC02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch, probably of the postmedieval or modern period, probably 1850 - 1950 AD. The brooch is formed of two sheet-metal pressed circular plates, one forming a back plate and the other the face.  The centre is hollow and contains soil.  It is 31.9mm in diameter, 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.0g.  The surfaces are rough and brown in colour, with areas of green copper corrosion products.  Breaks are old and patinated. The face of the brooch is generally circular with a concave central area surrounded by a raised border about 3.9mm wide.  Th…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2E5D55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy brooch or dress hook made from a Medieval English Jetton, a large-sized example (diameter approx. 25mm) of a type often used for such Jetton brooches with the Arms of England on one side and a cross with crescents and stars in the angles on the other. The outer surface is well worn, attesting that the brooch was well used when lost. The clasp-like fitting is typical of these items which might indeed be more properly called clasps. The Jettons used in this adaptation seem to have been modified shortly after issue; the fashion for disc brooches of this type …
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: GLO-9AA990
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch. On the reverse two hollow tubes holds the pin axis bar, a small gap between the two tubes would mount the pin which is now missing. There is a truncated loop on the top of the head plate with the bow emanating from the front that is decorated with a rectangular cell that contains two parallel zigzag ridges that are divided by a central ridge, forming to rows of opposing triangles, these recesses would have been filled with enamel, but no traces remain.  There is a moulded knee at the apex of the bow; the lower leg is undecorated and the catc…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-477800
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a probable Roman brooch only part of the bow survives. The fragment is  rectangular in plan, oval in cross section and a shallow crescent in profile. It is truncated by two transverse breaks. Near one of these the patina has chipped away so that the shaft becomes thinner but wether this is a genuine contraction or just damage is unclear. The outer surface has incised decoration This includes a groove running down the centre of the convex face which has a raised zig zag line running down its centre. two slightly narrower grooves with the same pattern are then place…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
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Record ID: LIN-A2E631
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Roman copper alloy Headstud brooch. The upper half of the brooch survives. The head has rectangular grooved wings with a single integral lug on the reverse in the middle. Attached to this is a copper alloy spring with four coils to either side. The spring is held by an external chord and hook. The bow is rectangular in section, arched, and is decorated with a moulded ring with pellet in the centre, Below this is a vertical row of recessed rectangular cells. The brooch dates circa AD75-150.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A2C9EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. Only the lower half survives. The brooch had a flat rectangular panel with a narrow lip at the base. A narrower panel with lip extends below, which leads to a flat triangular foot. A large catchplate is on the reverse which as a circular hole. The brooch dates circa AD50-80.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB8F6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Langton Down brooch dating to AD 20-65. T-shaped in plan, the extant piece consists of the head, spring mechanism and small portion of the bow. The head cyclindrical and would have originally been enclosed, containing the spring mechanism. The spring mechanism is now visible due to old breaks in the head. At least 8 coils are discernible but there are voids between coils indicating the presence of more. The pin is missing, and would have emerged from a slot in the centre of the head. The bow is sub-rectangular in plan and…
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5425AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman silvered copper alloy possible strip bow brooch, dating to c AD 25 - 75. It is a strip with, on the outer surface, a heavy white metal coating which, if a brooch, is missing most of the head, the pin and the foot with catchplate. It has a slightly flared top where there is a central slot, with a slight curve back as in a strip bow brooch, but ends in an early break before further evidence of any tubular wings. The strip tapers a little before ending in another early break. The strip is decorated with an incised longitudinal li…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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