Record ID: NMGW-FBA826
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester one-piece type, dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the catch-plate and the end of the pin. The brooch has a distorted length of 48.00mm and has a weight of 7.9g. The spring survives, but has broken on the outer coil. The spring has a width of 15.38mm and coils three times each side of the centre. The spring diameter is slightly wider on the pin side, than the other (6.7mm diameter compared to 6.2mm diameter). The chord was anchored at the head by a tapering forward-facing hook, which is n…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: SF-0DD8B6
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy central-looped cosmetic mortar. One terminal end is now missing due to an old break. The bow is crescent-shaped with a central loop and the surviving terminal has a rounded knop at its tapering end which may be phallic. It measures 58.79mm in surviving length, 10.42mm at its widest point, across the centre of the bow and 8.45mm in depth, 15.37mm in depth if the central loop is included in the measurement. The longitudinal groove measures 3.05mm in depth, at its deepest central point. The central loop is oval and at the underside of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E0233
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Late Iron Age or Roman centre-looped cosmetic pestle. The pestle is crescentic and tapers towards each end. One terminal is missing and the centre loop is incomplete due to old breaks. It is 48.42mm long, 3.93mm wide and 4.04mm thick. The stem has a triangular cross-section with rounded corners. The integral central loop is oval, and its upper half missing and measures 12.54mm in width. This cosmetic pestle was found in close proximity to a cosmetic mortar, see SF-0DD8B6. This pestle fits perfectly within the longitudinal groove of the mortar and is als…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0EF164
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age coin: a silver unit, North-Eastern / Corieltauvi, c. 55-45BC, 'Boar/Horse' type. 13mm diameter, 1mm thick. Ref. BMC / Hobbs p. 177, nos. 3208-11; Van Arsdell, p. 239, no. 8575
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-127A90
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age coin; Fragment of silver unit with noticeable ‘dished’ shape. Coin is of the North Eastern South Ferriby or Boar-Horse type, dated to c45-10BC Obv: boar standing right Rev: horse right, with one pellet visible below tail Diameter 16.1mm, thickness 1.1mm, weight 0.94g References: Hobbs/BMC p. 177, 3218ff Van Arsdell pp. 242-3, nos. 877-1/7
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mansfield Woodhouse area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-22C4F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete copper-alloy La Tène I Iron Age brooch (3rd-4th century BC). The brooch is sub-oval in plan and semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse surface. At the head one spring coil remains, to the left when viewing the brooch with head uppermost. The bow arcs round to a leg in the same plane as the head; the foot and catchplate have been lost along with the rest of the pin mechanism. The brooch is a mid-green colour with variable survival of surface patina. A comparable example can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2001, 288; ref. 725).
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-233715
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. A one-piece example with a broken and now vestigial rearward facing hook at the top of the head (L.: 2.9mm). This hook would have held the external chord of the spring; this latter, along with the pin, broken just below the head, is now missing. Below the hook there are two flat wings which survive bent and abraded (W. across wings: 17.2mm). The bow is sub-oval in cross-section. It tapers from a maximum width of c. 6.5mm to less than 1.4mm at the catchplate end,…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-23B126
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Gallo-Belgic gold quarter stater; VA 67-3.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willingdon and Jevington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-27F571
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. An one-piece example, the head has suffered considerable damage with the wings, rearward hook and spring surviving only in very small parts. The brooch decreases from a thickness of 11.45mm at the head to 4mm at the bow. At the catchplate end the brooch tapers to a sharp point. The catchplate itself is highly abraded. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4CA973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age La Tene III Brooch, Nauheim Type. The one-piece brooch has an undecorated flat narrow bow with an integral pin and catchplate. The head is slightly bent where the metal was turning out to form the spring, which is now missing. The surviving length is 38.9mm, the width is 18.2mm, the thickness of the bow is 3.9mm and the weight is 2.40g.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-80A094
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Birdlip type brooch. The brooch head, in plan is semi-circular and in profile is domed. The reverse of the head has a narrowed integral sub-circular projection which is waisted and expands. The terminal is broken but may have originally formed a concave void within which the spring mechanism was attached. This is probably a recent break. The underside of the protrusion is decorated with a moulded transverse ridge. The outer face of the bow head is decorated with the outline of a curved lozenge which is bisected by a transverse groove. Below the bow…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-80F1A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch. The bow head is a sub-oval in plan. On the reverse of the bow head there is an integral vertical lug with a circular perforation in the centre. Through this perforation there is a fragment of an iron axis bar. The pin is missing, and was probably hinged on this axis bar. Integral to the upper edge of the bow head is sub-circular loop decorated with irregular radiate grooves. The bow protrudes from the centre of the bow head and is sub-triangular in section. In profile the bow is curvaceous forming an elongated ‘S’ shape. At the midpo…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-813E25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch. The bow head is a sub-oval in plan. On the reverse of the bow head there is an integral vertical lug with a circular perforation in the centre. The pin, axis bar and spring are missing. The bow protrudes from the centre of the bow head and is sub-oval in section. In profile the bow is curvaceous inverted ‘L’ shape. At the approximate midpoint of the bow there is a simplistic acanthus formed by three horizontal ridges, the centre being the most prominent. The lower portion of the bow is undecorated. The bow gradually tapers to slightl…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-817661
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a cast copper Colchester brooch. The wings are formed by a horizontal rectangular band which is abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings , integral to the upper edge is a oval sectioned protrusion which tapers to a blunt point and curves upwards and forwards, forming, in profile, a ‘c’ shape. The lower edge of the wings has the integral spring protruding, which has two coils remaining before it is broken. The break is not too recent. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section. The reverse of the low…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8CCF95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age early uninscribed 'G' gold (Clacton Type) stater. VA1455. Dating from the late 2nd to mid 1st century BC. The coin has a maximum diameter of 19.92mm, is 2.45mm thick and weighs 5.87 grams.
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maldon District', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-8D0C71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Iron Age bronze unit
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-922671
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Colchester one-piece type brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch possesses small rectangular wings. A small fragment of a hook and single coil of a pin remain. The wings extend to an oval section bow which tapers to a point. The bow is decorated with a vertical band of zig zagged ribbing flanked on each side by a single vertical rib. The catchplate is barely visible and comprises an uneven rib. The brooch measures 89mm in length, 13mm in width at the head and 6mm in width at the bow.
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB0E90
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy centre-looped cosmetic pestle of Late Iron Age to Roman date. The rod is crescentic, tapers to a rounded point at either terminal and is D-shaped in secion. There is a large central loop projecting from its centre. The vertical loop has an oval sectioned neck and a circular loop with corroded iron within it. The pestle is 32mm long, 6.81mm wide at its widest central point, 6.52mm thick and 21.95mm in height if the central loop is included. Most of the original patina of this pestle survives and is dark brown in colour. There are also small patches of activ…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BBABD6
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar. The mortar is boat-shaped, 55mm in length and 6mm in width into which the cosmetics were placed and then ground. At one end is an integral circular loop. This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date (1-200 AD). Such objects are unique to Roman Britain, only one has been found outside Britain, in Northern France. They are believed to have been used to grind small quantities of powder or cosmetics and have an association with fertility, due to their crescent shape and some examples with male and female animal he…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-E515F7
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy toggle fastener, 29.5mm long, 18mm wide and 12mm in diameter at terminals. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 16.67 grams. The object has two identical terminals formed of a circle with semi-spherical edges that sits on top of a narrow raised collar. In the centre of the circle is a circular depression surrounding a spherical dome. The main body of the toggle tapers in underneath the terminals and then bulges out again so it in its centre it has the same circumference as the terminals. On one side it is decorated with a circular depres…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.