Record ID: SOM-3829A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head and upper bow from a copper-alloy Developed T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The leg is missing below a central knop due to an old break. Furthermore, only the head of the pin survives. Cylindrical wings conceal the copper-alloy axis bar for the hinged pin. Their upper surfaces are decorated with two incised lines at each end. The head of the pin has a pointed projection for tensioning, but this is all that survives of the pin; the very beginnings of the shaft have been been to one side. On the upper surface the wing tip are decorated with a pair of transversely incise…
Created on: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-390654
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head and upper part of the bow of a Roman cast copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 60-100. The lower part of the bow, foot and pin are missing to worn breaks. The brooch head has open-ended cylindrical wings containing an iron axis bar for the hinge. One wing has lost its upper half, possibly as a result of corrosion of the axis bar within. The complete wing is decorated with a double transverse ridge moulding towards its top with an incised line within. There is a large transverse slot through the centre of the underside of the head, between the w…
Created on: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F1E330
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman developed T-shaped brooch (Colchester derivative) dating to c. AD 75-150. Much of the bow is missing. The wings are possibly broken through an original cylinder; nothing of the brooch apparatus survives. At the centre is a longitudinal slot, presumably to accommodate the expanded head of a hinged pin. The head of the bow arches back from centre of the wings before dropping downwards and tapering to the break. The bow is a sub oval in cross section at the old break. The head is decorated with double stepped low triangular moulding, now wor…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-10E72D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age La Tène III type/ Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the period c. AD 10-100 (Plouviez period E). While much of the brooch survives, the integral pin is missing, as is the catch-plate. At the top of the bow is the head of the brooch. The head was probably made of four coils of circular cross-section, two either side of the bow, but the internal coil that would have developed into the bow has been lost to an old break. The coils on the other side of the bow may have been squashed flat. When viewed head uppermost, the first coil to the left of the pin and …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-D090E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy brooch of unusual form (c. 1st to 3rd century). It consists of a long, thin trapezoidal plate connected by an angled section to the head, probably for a hinged pin. It is unclear to what extent the head survives; the brooch is broken at the start of a section that is expanded slightly from that from which it extends. It may have developed into a tubular head to retain an axis bar for a hinged pin; there are hints of a central pin slot. As noted, a small angled section connects this to the plate; it is set at an angle of just over 45 degrees.&n…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6D331A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate copper-alloy Roman T-shaped bow brooch of probable 2nd-century AD date, incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin. The brooch is robust, with both an elaborated head and bow. Traces of orange-brown corrosion product in the pin slot, at the end of the wings and at the catch-plate suggest that the missing pin was made of iron. The wings are broadly tubular, with a slightly squashed profile. The front the wings are decorated with blind-drilled holes, three either side of the bow, the outermost of which to each side have abraded through. Below the holes, traces of…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Saturday 25th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.