Record ID: SF-D64463
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn enamelled copper-alloy flat disc brooch dating to 80-250AD. A small disc, with the (now missing) pin mounted between two worn lugs. On the centre of the disc is a centrla reserved spot surrounded by a concave sided hexagon on whose cusps are small circles, and in the recesses are remains of blue enamel. A similar example can be seen in Mackreth, 2011, pg 108, plate 105, 11599 and 10656. Diameter: 17.03mm Weight: 1.47g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4D1707
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Headstud brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type R1, and similar to ibid No. 7283. Only the wings and the top of the bow are extant. The pin, axis bar, foot and the remainder of the bow are missing. The wings are straight with parallel sides and rounded ends (perhaps rounded by wear). They are marginally C-shaped in cross-section, with a shallow longitudinal concave recess running along the reverse. In the centre of the wings, directly behind the head there is a deeper oval concavity. The front of the wings bear elaborate moulded decoration. There is…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-C3C8F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A headstud type. At the top is the stub of a chain loop. The wings are short and the right is incomplete. They are D-shaped in cross section, flat at the front and convex at the rear. The wings house the iron axis bar for the missing hinged pin which was attached in a notch between the wings. The head of the bow curves down from the wings and is decorated with a large moulded headstud. The headstud comprises a domed projection with a central circular stud surrounded by four small triangular recesses. The areas inside these may have contained en…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-291FA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman developed T-shaped brooch of Hull T105/6, dating to c. AD 50-150. The brooch comprises the wings and part of the bow, the lower part of the bow, footplate and pin are all now missing. The wings are cylindrical in shape with a broad rectangular notch at the centre where a significant amount of iron decay suggests that the iron hinge would have been located. The bow rises gently from the centre of the wings, and is flattened in cross section. It curves very steadily downwards to the break. The wings are decorated with a number of incised verti…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadclyst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-16EA88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Developed T-Shaped brooch likely dating from 50-150 AD. The brooch is missing its foot, leg, catchplate, a portion of the pin, much of one wing, and most of the probable chain loop. The brooch has two tubular wings with a central slot containing the hinged pin. The base of what was likely a chain loop is retained adjacent to the wings. The bow is angled sharply downwards from the head to form an almost straight section of bow bearing a 13.7mm long panel of triangle and lozenge cells missing their enamel. Below this is an angled junction between the bow …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalke Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0867F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman plate brooch, of zoomorphic design, depicting a prancing horse in profile, dating to around 2nd century AD. The front is highly decorative, with the mane and facial features engraved and the body area containing open areas of arabesques and curling designs that would have contained enamel. Only a trace of red remains of this. The tail, end of the muzzle and bottom part of the hind leg are missing due ancient breaks On the reverse the pin, which has a coil attachment, is bent upward from the catch plate, which is broken.It is quite corroded with a green patina. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Navenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B72CA4
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled disc plate brooch (AD 80-250). This brooch is of the flat and plain-edged type. The spring mechanism, pin and a part of the catch-plate are missing. The front surface of the brooch is flat and has a narrow raised rim, inside of which is a trace of blue enamel. A small part of the rim is damaged. At the centre is a worn copper alloy ring (10.9mm diameter) around a central circular cell which is empty. Around the ring are six evenly spaced ring-and-pellets (circlets/rings-and-dot). The ring-and-pellets themselves and the central ring …
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-B173B4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy heraldic harness pendant dating to the Medieval period, c. 1300-1400. The pendant is shield-shaped in form, with a broken suspension loop angled at a perpendicular plane to the main body of the pendant protruding from its upper edge. The pendant is broadly plano-convex in section, with a flattened back and decorated upper surface, which originally would have been fully enamelled. The heraldry is now virtually unidentifiable due to the degree of surface erosion suffered by the object, but appears to have been chequy, azure and gules on an field of uncert…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-88E223
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness pendant dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The pendant is formed of a main circular body with a scalloped edge and a smaller, semi-circular plate attached by rectangular bar extending from the top. There appears to be no attachment method. The front bears traces of gilding. The main body bears a cross pommee in saltire within a circular border. There is possible decoration within the border, although difficult to tell from the picture.
Created on: Sunday 29th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Margaret Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-EB53B3
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy book clasp. This has a rectangular plate. The face of the plate is highly decorated with blue and green enamel, similar to the enamelling produced by the Limoges workshops in the late 12th to early 13th century. This consists of a large cross satire of green enamel covering most of the surface, with deep blue enamel in each of the angles. In the centre of the cross is a circular hole (3mm diameter). Running down the centre of each arm and bordering the cross is a thin band of metal. The thin border surrounding the plate is decorated with a zigzag pattern. On the forward e…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke orchard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-595855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy 'Umbonate' type plate brooch dating to the Roman period, c. 100-250 AD. It is sub-circular in plan and plano-convex in section, with a domed central plate that demonstrates ornate decoration in the form of two concentric rings of 14 recessed inward-facing centripetal triangular cells (the inner of the two being slightly smaller with only 10 cells) the inner with now much degraded blue and the outer with red enamel inlays. Around the edge of this central plate was a border consisting of a deep groove and raised rim that in places has broken away from the…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-98A7F3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy finger ring, incomplete; late 1st-2nd century. The back and one side of the hoop is missing; the remaining part of the hoop is bent outwards; it is circular-sectioned. The bezel is an expanded oval decorated with a relief moulded cross; the resulting four cells may once have contained enamel - there appears to be a tiny trace of red enamel within one of the cells. Length (distorted) 22.2mm, width of bezel 8.3mm, thickness of bezel 2.4mm, width of hoop 1.9mm, thickness of hoop 1.6mm, weight 1.41g. Daubney Group 3a (quarters) (unpub).
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covington', grid reference and parish protected.