Record ID: SF-870063
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Continental Plate brooch dating to circa AD 25-250. Now with incomplete, jagged edges the piece is flat and discoidal in plan. The front face is decorated with two concentric roundels. The inner roundelis decorating with alternativing rectangular and triangular cells with blue and orange millefoire inlay. THe outer roundel has alternating roundels of rectangular cells of light green and yellow millefoire. Projecting from the centre is an integrally cast stud. The stem is circular-sectioned and the head is flat and wider than the stem. The head is n…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Alderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DE26ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an annular copper-alloy medieval brooch. It is decorated with four raised collets projecting at equal intervals around the outer face of the fragment. The collets are angled slightly outwards; the settings have been lost and three out of the four collets retain traces of silver-gold paste or fixative within the mount. The pin fixings are not present on the fragment.  The use of collets likely dates the brooch to the 13th century (Alexander and Binski 1987). Length: 27.02mm, taken at the widest surviving point; Width (of …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B654C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval, cast, copper alloy annular brooch dating to the 13th to 14th centuries AD. The annular frame is plano-convex with a slightly rounded convex decorated side and a constriction for a missing pin. It has seven evenly spaced circular projections, collets, each with a hollowed top, five of which contain cream or pale yellow paste. Diameter: 28.13 mm; Thickness: 2.99 mm; Weight: 3.76g
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pickworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D39354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval annular brooch, broken, approx half survives, one end with sub-lozengiform plate with drilled perforation for the missing pin, the other end broken before the probable pin rest, the surviving triangular-sectioned side has a single projecting collet which is empty. Diameter c. 31mm (excluding projecting plate). Weight 2.55g. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3D7007
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Knee brooch, Mackreth 2011 KNEE Br 1.a.1, with the upper end of a pierced tab on top of the head and part of the catchplate missing. On the front of the hollow-backed bow there are four round cells and a long narrow cell running the full length, all inlaid with dull grey material, At the foot a short projection is curled forward. The axis bar is of iron. Close in form and decoration to NMS-F3F636 on which there are six round cells (with inlay identified as silver). Weight 4.0g. Extant length 32.7mm. Width 9.8mm. 2nd - mid 3rd century.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-878BB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman dragonesque type brooch dating from AD 50 - 150. It fits into Hunter's (2010) class B4a, a non-enamelled, zoomorphic brooch with scalloped decoration radiating from the central boss. The brooch has matching terminals at the head and foot, each shaped like a zoomorphic dragon or beast head with ears sloping backwards, and a damaged snout which appears to be scrolled. A deep concave setting, perhaps for a missing inlaid decorative feature, forms an eye on each head. The body is S shaped and decorated with moulded curving ribs or scalloping, radiating fro…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd April 2022
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Record ID: NLM-F94464
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy annular brooch. A cast ring with eight cylindrical collets of height c.3.5mm and diameter 3.4mm equidistantly distributed around its display side, of which four retain traces of white fixative or otherwise degraded contents. The band may be beaded between the settings. A short drawn wire pin is wrapped around the frame. Abraded and lightly twisted. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300 Diameter: 26.5mm, Band Width/Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.22g.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-B699CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy hinged brooch, probably dating to 300-150 BC. The brooch is now incomplete, but originally probably consisted of a lozengiform frame with a relatively large circular lobe in each angle, decorated with a recessed ring-and-dot pattern. Traces of a possible coral inlay survive in the central 'dot' of one lobe. A transverse perforated double-lug projects from the reverse of one lobe, retaining an iron axis par and section of pin. Length 27.5mm; width 25.6mm; thickness 10.0mm; Weight 9.09g. This brooch can be compared to a hinged brooch found near Caster…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-1090C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete, cast copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a bird, dating to the 2nd century AD. Its pin, catchplate and hinge are intact. The bird, possibly a duck, has been stylised, to a degree, into a series of flat geometric shapes. The outstretched wings form two sub rectangular shapes either side of a broadly triangular body. This body in slightly convex, hollow underneath. The tail, curving upwards, is a triangular extension of the body with a semi circular knop at the outer end, which has a suspension loop. The double lug to hold the pin lies beneath the tail. The …
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: DENO-D1613F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, copper alloy, Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type 1st century AD. Length 60.7mm, Width 20.1mm across lugs, Weight 16.1g. The catch plate is complete, as is the pin. The only damage is to the head of the brooch with slight erosion to the rear facing lug. The wings are cylindrical in form and undecorated, folded to encase a separately cast axis bar. Extending either side of the rear lug over the top of the brooch and down part of the bow, are two incised lines which meet in a v - shape, at approximately the point where the catch plate starts on the back, this is div…
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: BERK-EF5FB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A significant fragment of a cast copper-alloy annular, Medieval brooch dating to c. 1200 - 1400 AD. The frame has lost a little under a quarter of its circumference, the pin remains in situ. The pin constriction and rest are marked by a bulbous extrusion that has been hand punched with numerous small circles or crescents. At ninety degrees to the pin section, there is a single remaining square tapered collet that probably contained a stone of some description. The opposite side is now missing. The remaining frame has a 'd' cross section and the surface is now a dark green and relative…
Created on: Friday 5th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8DE7C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, c. AD 1200 - 1400. It has an annular frame that is D-shaped in section with flat reverse and rounded front face. The brooch has an incomplete pin. There is a single transverse grooved pin rest opposite the pin constriction. Evenly spaced around the frame are four oval collets, two of which retain a white paste, but all are missing their stones if set with those. Between each of the collets the frame sinks slightly. The brooch measures 18.84 mm in diameter, 1.59 mm in thickness at the frame, 2.53 mm at collets), and weighs …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: OXON-124EBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast Medieval annular brooch, c. 1200 - 1400 AD. The brooch is octagonal with modestly exaggerated points at each outer angle. The face has four 'collets', in which there is a white material, they are then interspersed by another four 'post'. Which may have held other adornments. The pin hole is present, but the pin is missing. The surface has a dark grey patina, perhaps indicative of a base silver/pewter content?
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: SF-2E4911
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The brooch is composed of a sub-circular frame, a constriction on one edge retaining a wound-wire pin. The upper surface demonstrates eight raised collets, inset with alternately off-white stones and green glass inlays. Between each collet, the frame points outwards in a squat triangular lobe-each lobe demonstrating a stamped circular dimple at its centre. Preserved in good condition with an uneven brownish patina, it measures 25.21mm in diameter, c. 4.09mm thick at the collects, c. 1.6mm thick at…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-393AF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The head has no wings and in plan is a vertical oval; it is decorated with a circular cell either side of double stranded ridges which continue down the upper portion of the bow. The cells are on platforms which blend into the sides of the bow head. One cell is filled with blue glass which has an off-centre low relief area. The reverse of the bow head is concave with a vertical, perforated lug which extends to a point above the bow head. The spring, pin and axis bar are all missing. The bow is oval in section and at the apex of the curve h…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-618BFF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably dating to c. AD 100-300. The brooch consists of an oval plate, with a recessed central oval cell within a recessed oval border, defined by raised borders, one around the outside of the plate and another defining the central cell. The outer recessed border retains an enamel inlay, which alternates between white and blue around the circumference. A single perforated lug projects from the reverse of the plate at one end, with iron corrosion suggesting the presence of an iron axis bar or pin, with an unperforated catchplate projecti…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
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Record ID: SF-2DE46A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The brooch is broadly oval in plan, a recessed constricted area on one side housing the wound-wire pin. On the upper edge of the frame is a projecting moulded motif in the form of two hands clasped together in prayer, while on the lower edge is a single prominent collet inset with an off-white stone. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it measures 31.12mm in length, 19.53mm wide across the axis of the pin, 3.11mm thick at the centre of the projecting clasped hands and 2.02mm thi…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bardwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-906386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval annular, copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the 13th or 14th century AD. Description: It is missing its pin which would have been restricted in an indent on the frame. There are six shallow collets arranged equidistantly around the frame, three retain a white paste, either from decoration or inlay paste and one has a hole in the bottom. The frame swells a little bit between the collets. The frame itself is bent a little out of its presumably original flat shape. The brooch is patinated a grey-green colour. Measurements: 24.08mm in diameter, 3.39mm thi…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C29D87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1350. The brooch demonstrates a circular frame, on one side of which is a recessed constriction for the original pin (now missing in old damage). On the lower adjacent edge of the frame is a recessed collet containing a white paste setting, opposing which on the other side of the frame is a projecting stylised moulding in the form of a pair of clasped hands. The underside of the brooch is plain and featureless. Preserved in good condition with an even dark green patina, it measures 29.31mm long betwe…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-42A94B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Continental disc brooch with zoomorphic terminal with peripheral lugs, dating to 2nd century AD. One of the lugs is largely missing and the pin is missing. The central circular plate has a raised rim with a smaller circular raised ridge enclosing a central roundel. The outer cell thus formed has a blue fillng in which there are 8 - 10 small circular pits which must once have held stones or a different colour fill, none of which now remains. The centre roundel is encrusted with debris and possibly corrosion and it is not possible to ascertain detai…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.