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Record ID: SUR-3EEF86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman or later Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene III or Nauheim derivative type. A portion of the integrally cast spring is retained separately. The bow has a flat cross sectional profile and is lenticular in shape, expanding to a maximum width of 8.5mm at the lower end before tapering sharply towards the foot which has largely broken off. The bow is decorated with a double row of punched dots along both lateral margins.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-D7E145
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, bent copper alloy Iron Age one-piece brooch; La Tene 1 , dating from circa 350-250 BC. One piece brooch with a strongly arched bow with a plano convex cross section. The brooch has a loosely wound spring with a mock-spring hingefoot has a catch-plate that curves back upon itself towards the bow, with a transverse moulded collar and a disc- shaped terminal lobe. Possibly horizontal incised decorations on the bow.
Dimensions; maximum width at head 13.19mm, body width at head 6.02mm width at foot 3.49mm sub-circular terminal lobe 5.67mm.. …
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-C12B8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Nauheim derivative) of Iron Age to Roman date (c.50BC-AD50).
Description: The brooch has a four-coiled spring with internal chord. The pin is broken near the coil. The spring and bow are rectangular in cross-section, tapering slightly to the pointed foot. There is a solid rectangular catchplate on the back of the foot. The brooch has a medium green patina and is bent at >90 degrees the bottom.
Measurements: length: 28mm; width (spring): 12.4mm, (bow): 3.3mm; thickness (spring): 8.3mm, (bow): 1.2mm; weight: 2.43g
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4772CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim derivative type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, 35mm in length, comprising the bow and a stump of the spring, which is 8mm in diameter and made from the same piece of metal as the rest of the brooch. The bow is lozengiform with a flat cross sectional profile and is decorated with a line of punched S-shapes along the centre and linear external borders. The pin and most of the spring is missing as is the foot and catchplate.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1AC08B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Bow only of a continental Knotenfibel, moulded area near the top, Mackreth type TBC. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 20BC-AD43 TBC
Length: 21.9mm, Width: 8.6mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 1.33gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-047B79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 100 BC – AD 100. Uncertain type.
The brooch comprises a rectangular plate with a narrowed elongated trapezoidal foot to one end and an integral coiled spring to the other. The circular sectioned spring extends from the centre of one edge of the plate. It extends backwards and curves up and round to form a coil. The coil continues upward and curves over the central spring to form a second coil to the other side. The coil then extends downward to form the tapering sectioned pin.
The rectangular …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-86EE7F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Iron Age brooch of the Langton Down Type, dating to c. AD 25-60. Only the upper part of the bow is surviving. The front face of the case bears three pairs of longnitudial moulding (Blagg et al, 2004, pg 92, figure 62, plate 39). It is 14.76mm in length, 18.35mm in width and 2.32g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-0A7F48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age La Tène III Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the period c.25 BC- AD 100. The brooch is almost complete only missing its pin.
At the top of the bow is the head of the brooch. The head is made of the begining of a coil before ending in a transverse break. From the head of the brooch the bow expands in sharp diagonal lines into a flat, rectangular cross sectioned plate that is 1.2mm thick and 6.8mm wide. It narrows over its final third to a plain rounded foot (0.5mm wide). A flat catchplate projects from the back of the foot. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-06C40F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene I type, 23.2mm in length and dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. All that remains is the bow, which has a circular cross section, 4mm in maximum diameter, and tapers at either end to old breaks with the integrally cast spring and head and the foot with catchplate, both now missing. The bow appears to be undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-DC7F0D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strip brooch of Birdlip variation, dating circa 30BC -60AD.
The head of the brooch has a convex outer surface and a flat reverse. It is decorated with a very worn chevron design and a central dotted groove running to the top of the head. The top of the head curves behind in a loop, ending with cylindrical wings and a central axis bar where part of the hinge remains attached. The bottom of the head terminates in a singular line of transverse moulding, below which a incipient, curved beak p…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-5134D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy brooch Colchester one-piece brooch dating AD 25-60.
Description: On either side of the head project short rectangular-section wings and at the head's apex is a (bent out of shape) forward facing hook. The spring has been stretch but loosely retains what appears to be a five-coil spring and external chord. The spring tapers to a point where the pin would have stemmed from.
At the head end, the bow is sub-oval in cross-section, tapering into a sub-ciruclar sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-4B07BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age copper alloy brooch of the La Tene I type dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. ' Wessex' Type, Hull's Type 1A. The brooch has a strongly arched faceted bow with a diamond-shaped cross section.. The top of the arch extends to form the tightly coiled spring with an axis bar and arched mock-spring. A tapering pin with a sub-circular section remains, and tapers down to a pointed terminal that is situated near the catch plate. The opposite end of the arch extends to form the foot and catchplate of the brooch which consists of a bar that is ben…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-46F522
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch. Bow of a Colchester one piece brooch. Mackreth 2011, type C 2. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 25-60
Length: 50.15 mm
Width: 14.07 mm
Thickness: 3.89 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-DE9A7D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy birdlip brooch, dating to c. 50 BC - AD 60. The pin, lower bow and catch plate are missing. The oval head is decorated with a chevron, formed of two moulded lines, to the rear a cylindrical bar houses the spring pin and a fragment of the pin, the rest of the pin is missing. The oval head constricts, then expands into a globular knop which is undecorated. An hour glass shaped knop sits below, at the front is a small vulvate mount. The lower bow is cylindrical in section and decorated with incised horizontal lines, it terminate…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B445DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch of late La Tene type (cf. Mackreth (2011), Chapter 2, Part 1, 1.a), dating to the late 1st century BC. The integrally cast spring and pin are mostly lost. The bow is strongly arched with moulded decoration in the form of an ovate lobe flanked by ridged collars and moulded reels at the mid point before a step to a tapering foot which has been bent back on itself.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-5FF70A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Colchester type bow brooch. Short flat wings, only one of which survives, on a D-sectioned bow. A fragment of the chord hook survives but nothing of the springs or pin of the brooch. 29.6mm length, 9.4mm width, 1.50g
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Whepstead', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-361C44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy brooch. Bow and spring of a La Tene III brooch, incised line and rocked tracer decoration, Mackreth type ND 1.a. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 50BC-AD70
Length: 40.9mm, Width: 9.9mm, Thickness: 0.9mm, Weight: 1.94gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-219198
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III Nauheim type brooch, c.100 BC- AD 100.
It is incomplete insofar as the coil has broken and the pin is now missing. There are two coils in the spring, it loops twice over the front of the brooch, before curling back underneath itself and curls in a single loop. This is where the pin would have been attached, though it has since broken off.
After the spring there is a narrow neck that quickly forms the main body of the brooch, measuring 10mm wide. There are the remains of geometric decoration, which are unclear duetowear …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-A41B3C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Large head with remains of the spring of a large Rosette brooch, Mackreth type ROS 3. Corroded. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 30-50
Length: 27.5mm, Width: 35.6mm, Weight: 10.39gms
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-A26E2B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tène I and of Hull & Hawkes (1987: 95-106) type 1Ba, dating to the 4th or 3rd century BC.
The one-piece brooch is missing both its spring and its pin. The arched bow is D-shaped in section, being flat on the back and convex on the front. It has a maximum width of 5.87mm and thickness of 4.26mm. It is decorated down its length with a column of punched dots framed by a vertical line on either side. Just below where the spring would have been attached at the top is a sub-rectangular plate attached…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-7D3AAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim derivative type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period (1st century AD), 46mm in length, complete with spring, but missing its pin. The bow has a lenticular cross section and appears to be undecorated, tapering to a narrow foot with a triangular catchplate.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Hayling Island', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-EAADB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed lower end of the bow with a solid catchplate of Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch. At the ancient break the cross-section is pointed oval but with three faintly defined facets on the front face. Weight 2.92g. Extant length 30.2mm. Width and thickness at break 4.8 and 3.1mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Finder's no. CF4/F7
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E71CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with almost all of the spring, the pin, one wing, all of the catchplate and the foot of the bow missing. The breaks are old and the bow is pockmarked. Part of the chord remains fixed within the forward-facing hook. Weight 3.88g. Estimated wing-span 12mm. Extant length 40.7mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Finders no. HCF4/1
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E48CF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman or later Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene III or Nauheim derivative type. The head and integrally cast spring and pin are missing. The bow has a flat cross sectional profile and is trapezoidal in shape, expanding to a maximum width of 10.6mm at the lower end before tapering sharply towards the foot which has largely broken off. The bow is decorated with incised lines along both lateral margins, with transverse lines across the foot from the point where the bow narrows.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-A62B33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene I type, 30.2mm in length and dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. All that remains is the bow, which is lenticular in shape with a flattened underside and a sub oval cross section. The bow tapers at either end to old breaks with the integrally cast spring and head and the foot with catchplate, both now missing. The bow is decorated with an incised line along the spine.
Created on: Friday 19th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-90A8C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim Derivative brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c.50 BC - AD 100. Possibly Mackreth 2011, Nauheim Derivative Type 5, Plate 10, no.4447.
The brooch comprises a single D-sectioned strip of metal, forming a bow, which narrows to a circular section and forms a coiled spring head with two turns of the spring remaining. The spring turns away from the bow and then curves back around towards the bow form before terminating in a worn break. The upper bow has a slight raised central spine while t…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: SF-7DE487
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman birdlip brooch. All that remains of the upper bow/head is a bent oval section with a transverse groove on its upper surface providing little information about its original form. Below this a flattened disc-shaped section projects outwards from the outer face of the bow with a pointed crescentic section below it curving downwards and outwards. The upper surface of the disc-shaped section is a decorated with a smaller, shallower disc and there is a groove where it joins the lower bow. Below this the lower bow is straight, tapering and sub…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-7A5064
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman or later Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene III or Nauheim derivative type. The head has an integrally cast spring, the pin is missing. The bow has a flat cross sectional profile and is triangular or trapezoidal in shape, expanding to a maximum width of 11mm at the lower end before tapering sharply towards the foot which has broken off. The bow is decorated with a flanking pair of tapering incised lines along the middle.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Hayling Island', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-D51555
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age copper-alloy rosette brooch of 1st century AD date, c.25-60 AD. Only the upper half of the bow and wings survive, the lower half, pin and rosette are missing.
The spring casing at the head is cylindrical in form (25.3mm wide), folded to encase the separately cast spring and pin. It has a rectangular pin slot cut into its back for the pin. Four coils of the spring can be seen through a break in the casing. The bow projects from the front of the bow with a width of 11.6mm. It is flat in cross section but arched in profile and straigh…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Warborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BH-D4D701
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch (Mackreth 2011 C type 2e) dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch consists of the wings, bow and part of the catch plate. The spring, pin and most of the catch plate are missing.
The head of the brooch has two short rectangular wings, both broken and worn on the edges. Projecting from the upper edge of the reverse is a short broken pointed hook that would have looped upwards over the wings. The short base of another broken hook projects from the lower edge.
The D-sectioned upper bow …
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-D4CBFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch (Mackreth 2011 C type 2e) dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch consists of the wings and bow. The spring, pin and catch plate are missing.
The head of the brooch has two short rectangular wings. Projecting from the centre of the wing interior is a short rectangular-sectioned integral block with the remains of a lower projecting hook and the worn base of another hook that would have looped upwards over the wings.
The bow projects from the centre front of the wings where it is sub-s…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-D32545
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken one-piece cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to Early Roman brooch of the Tène III Type, dating to 50 BC - AD 70.
It has a three-coil spring mechanism with internal chord and complete pin that has split from the bow head and slipped down the shaft. The bow is curved in profile and has an oval cross-section tapering towards the foot where it flatens creating the catch plate. The catch plate is trapezoidal in profile and has the upper corner of the back edge folded in itself in order to create the catch for the pin.
The brooch measure&…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-D18DF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch dating to the period AD 25-60. The brooch comprises the wings and upper portion of the bow. The lower bow, spring, pin and catch plate are missing.
The wings are cylindrical, open ended and with an open hollow reverse. The edges are unevenly broken and worn. The front face is rounded and undecorated. At the centre of the lower edge of the wing casing is a small notch.
The bow extends downwards from the centre of the front face of the wings. The bow has a square top and is broadly trapezoid…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-D13520
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Rosette brooch, probably of Mackretch ROS 2/3, dating from the Iron Age to the Roman period (c. AD 20-60). The brooch consists of part of the upper bow, bow plate and part of the catch plate. The wings, spring and pin are missing.
From a worn uneven transverse break the surviving portion of the upper bow is broadly rectangular in shape, shallow D-shape in cross-section and slightly arched. It is decorated on the front with three very worn longitudinal grooves dividing four ridges. The base of the bow connects to a flat and slightly convex…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9888D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy 'La Tene I' style brooch. A sprung bow brooch with four coils and a chord running underneath. The bow and pin were made in one piece. The pin is missing. The bow is arched forward and downwards from the coils. The upper part of the bow has a D-shaped cross section. It tapers to a pointed break. The foot and catchplate are missing. It is decorated on the front with two incised transverse straight grooves across it, with a v-shaped groove below.
Reference: a similar 'La Tene I' style can b…
Created on: Saturday 6th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BUC-7EA0B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch dating from c. 25-70 AD. The brooch consists of the bow, spring and pin. The spring is wrapped around the head of the brooch, with two loops either side. Extending out from the coil of the spring is the pin, this has been bent out of shape and extends outwards. It narrows to a rounded point. The bow of the brooch is long triangular shape and narrows towards the foot, where there is a worn break. It is rectangular in cross section. There is no decoration and the brooch has a mid green patina. It measures 35.0m…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-584A22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Birdlip Brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 4.1a or b. The trumpet-like head and the straight upper part of the bow are extant and joined at a slightly obtuse angle. Between them there is an expanded transverse disc, projecting forward, sideways and very slightly rearward. Immediately below this on the front of the bow is the characteristic turned-up beak. All parts are cast in one piece. There is no trace of the spring or pin.
The trumpet head is sub-lozengiform in cross-section before it flares, with a well-defined arris run…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-411161
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date, Hull and Hawkes Group K (c.100 BC-AD 50). The brooch is comprised of the wings, bow, foot and catch plate, missing the pin (total length 48.0mm). The ‘wings’ are cylindrical with transverse mouldings imitating a spring mechanism and terminate in flat circular moulded end caps (wing span 30.3mm, diameter of end caps 6.6mm. There is a 2.1mm wide gap in the moulded decoration next to the head to accommodate a hinged pin, now missing (the diameter of the wings is 4.0mm at the gap). The head is plain,…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SOM-30DE50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete continental 'Augenfibel' or Eye brooch of Iron Age to Roman date (AD 25-75).
At the head of the bow is an integrally cast spring of which three coils survive to the left hand side of the head, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. Above the spring coil is an integrally cast forwards facing hook that extends onto the head of the brooch and terminates with a triangular point.
The head itself has small projecting flattened rectangular wings and slight incised groove with notches to either side where the wings and bow meet. The bow is flat, rectangular i…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F2BB4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower part of a reeded bow with part of the catchplate. The breaks are not recent. Weight 0.78g. Extant length 15.7mm. Width 7mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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