2024-03-28T08:57:56+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results26120finds-10833261083326DEV-F1E330BROOCHROMANAn 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 worn. Around halfway down the original bow are three blind drilled pits arranged in an inverted triangular formation. If these recesses held anything originally it is no longer there.
Measurements: length 23 mm, width 22.5 mm, weight 5.00 gDeveloped T-shaped2121751504DEV2021-12-10T00:00:00Z2021-12-10T00:00:00ZSCC receipt 0230162022-10-18T22:44:19Z2022-10-19T12:15:20Z5PAS634F1E3300103922.5231712141427231472247522881DevonTeignbridgeIpplepenSX856650.48249689-3.6222721bands.shops.handy10DEV-F1E4B6Copper alloy10627IncompleteROMANx41218ROMANx41218x41218Metal detectorReturned to finderDEVF1E330Tshapedbrooch.JPG1200045images/rwebley2/South WestProbably22022-10-19T11:15:20.426Zfinds-10975031097503DEV-10E72DBROOCHROMANAn 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 bow is a direct continuation of the bow. From this coil, the spring wraps around to the left forming the next spring before curving undeneath the bottom of the row of coils and behind the plate, giving the brooch an internal chord, before folding back up to curve into the coil on the right end of of the head before the break.
From the head of the brooch the bow expands horizontally into a very shallowly convex, drop-shaped bow which is flat and thus broadly of rectangular cross-section. This attains a maximum width of c. 8.5 mm quickly before then tapering gradually. Having thinned to an effectively circular cross-sectioned wire, the brooch has broken before it developed into the catch-plate. The front of the bow is somewhat corroded and pitted, but is seemingly plain.
Measurements: 40.5 mm in length, up to 12 mm in width; weight 2.80 g
Similar brooches are illustrated by Hattat (2000, 290, fig. 149) which are termed as La Tène III brooches. The appelation of Nauheim Derivative tends to now be applied, along with a date range between c. AD 10 and 100.Nauheim derivative16213101004DEV2014-03-30T00:00:00Z2014-03-30T00:00:00ZSCC receipt 0232922023-02-06T14:28:02Z2023-02-06T15:42:50Z2.8PAS63E10E72001DE71240.51712141427143621452814539DorsetWest DorsetFramptonSY639550.75341095-2.52587023bands.shops.handy10DEV-10ECFACopper alloy10627IncompleteIRON AGEx13992LateROMANx41218x41218Metal detectorReturned to finderDEV10E72DNauheimderivativebrooch.jpg1213147images/rwebley2/South WestCertain12023-02-06T15:42:50.659Zfinds-10987581098758DEV-D090E5BROOCHROMANAn 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. The plate has a raised border around the front within which a transverse arrangement of enamelled stripes fills the recess. The enamel now appears to alternate between orange and turquoise, starting with orange at the head end, and possibly three stripes of each, before terminating in a large light-blue patch at the catch-plate end.
At the foot the trapezoidal plate is squared off with a small central foot knop projecting beyond. The knop is sub-triangular, having a rounded tip. On the reverse, a short catch-plate runs along the centre of the foot knop, extending into the plate reverse for around the same length again. The catch-plate appears now as a sub-rectangular tab, now slightly bent and abraded.
Measurements: length: 33 mm; width (max.): 9.5 mm; weight: 5.06 g
This appears to be part of a group of unusual and variable hinge-headed enamelled brooches, found in Britain and the continent. Mackreth (2011, pl. 67) illustrates a very similar seeming example with a similar lower trapezoid bow with foot knop. Mackreth (ibid) groups similar as X.4 and states all current known examples come from the South West but does not speculate on dating.
Hattatt (2000, 324) illustrates a broadly similar example, no. 997 (unprovenanced), with a faceted and curved upper bow and rectangular plate below which contains multiple different colours of enamel in bands and sections within the cell. His (ibid.) no. 463 has a trapezoidal plate like this example but a more elaborate upper bow and no foot knop. He suggests a 1st- to 2nd-century date for these.
Similar continental examples are listed on http://artefacts.mom.fr, under the reference FIB-41091 - a variant of Feugère's (1985) Type 26a - for which a date range of AD 120-250 is suggested.2121502504DEV2022-10-19T00:00:00ZSCC receipt 0232842023-02-15T16:32:14Z2023-03-22T11:55:24Z5.06PAS63ED090E0014DD9.533171221439251682443925WiltshireWiltshireBritfordSU122751.0422314-1.83021096bands.shops.handy10DEV-D09333Copper alloy10627Inlaid with enamelIncompleteROMANx41218ROMANx41218x41218Metal detectorReturned to finderDEVD090E5bowbrooch.jpg1215131images/rwebley2/Certain12023-03-22T11:55:24.545Zfinds-10722901072290DEV-6D331ABROOCHROMANAn 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 a moulded linear ropework border survive. Projecting from the top of the wings is an elaborate head-plate. Broadly semi-circular, the head-plate has projecting loops both at the base to each side - connecting the head-plate and the wings - and at the top: a trio formed of a central loop flanked to either side. Based on the retention of material in the central uppermost loop it may be that these projecting loops once retained decorative material. At the centre of the head-plate a semi-circular field is filled with seven enamel wedges alternating in red and blue, though the blue has largely degraded to a light green.
The bow emerges from the head turning through nearly 90 degrees, giving the bow a shallow downwards angle towards the foot which is raised by a deep catch-plate. At its junction with the head, the bow is broadly trumpet shaped with a double, moulded, curvilinear ropework border, echoing that on the wings. Once the bow returns through its initial curve from the head it expands to a circular element flanked on each side by a loop set laterally. As with some of these decorative loops at the head, both expansions have abraded through at their outer edges. At its centre this part of the bow is concave and was possibly once set with a separate component. Below this expanded element the bow expands again in the form of a flat, circular panel. The panel is decorated on the front by five concentric circular mouldings, the grooves between which contained enamel. The enamel now survives sporadically: perhaps a white flower at the centre with blue petals; the third (middle) register apparently contains alternating small squares in blue and red; the fourth register, alternating small squares in yellow and red. Below this panel, after a waist, the brooch flares above the foot to further lateral, looped protrusions, also abraded through at their outer edges. These expansions flank a circular foot largely set below them. This echoes the element at the upper bow and is, similarly, concave and was possibly once set with a separate component.
The reverse of the bow is largely flat, save for a low medial ridge. The sub-triangular catch-plate is deep and abraded at the curl.
Measurements: length 68 mm, max. width 48.5 mm, max. height 21 mm, weight 47.30 g
Work continues to provide parallels and appropriate classification for this important brooch. A bow brooch found at Nornour has some similarities: in the central roundel, with recesses for a stud above and below. No parallel for this brooch could be cited in its report (Butcher 2004, 24-25, no. 313). It has been published by Pearce and Worrell (2023, 421-423, fig. 23).T shaped212110020014DEV2011-01-01T00:00:00Z2011-12-31T00:00:00ZSCC receipt 0230772022-07-07T13:36:01Z2023-11-25T14:26:02Z47.321PAS62C6D331001A3948.56817411212141427231472284622569DevonSouth HamsSparkwellSX585450.36872027-3.99806583bands.shops.handy6DEV-81A97CCopper alloy10627EnamelCastInlaid with enamelIncompleteROMANx41218ROMANx41218x41218Metal detectorReturned to finderDEV6D331Abrooch.jpg1190739images/rwebley2/South WestCertain12023-11-25T14:26:07.21ZOxfordshire100CountyROMAN1Metal detectorPAS8CC7FAplatebrooch.JPG832822015Centred on field185181ROInlaid with enamel2.1DistrictCertain4PAS8504200Somertonx41218263501914.97Cherwell106272016-02-05T22:14:39ZReturned to finderCirca
A complete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of c. 2nd century AD date. The brooch is broadly circular, though slightly angular, with sides that tend towards being straight between four lobed knops located one at each cardinal point. The brooch is decorated with three concentric circular grooves, divided by circles of the same height as the circumference. Probable traces of enamel are apparent within the grooves, as with the lobed knops which are each recessed, but not enough survives to be able to reconstruct a colour scheme. Two of the knops have been abraded through externally.
On the flat reverse is a double D-shaped pin lug at the junction of one of the knops and the plate. This retains a small separate copper-alloy axis bar around which a pin with expanded flat head, and general circular cross-section. The pin has been bent to one side and suffered a number of other bends giving it a wavy quality towards the tip. A sub-rectangular catch-plate survives well opposite, over a similar junction of knop and plate.
The brooch now has a brown surface colour. It measures 29.5 by 27.6 by 2.1mm, and weighs 4.97g. The most similar example traced can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 346; no. 1571).
Robert Webley29.57-1.28862781PAS-8CC8AD7471082plate1Tour find MS27ROMANBROOCHSP4927finds-7471081127.66PAS-8CC7FAComplete100x41218images/rwebley2/1552010PAS5628CC7F001A1A42015-10-22T12:46:07ZCertainx412182015-03-31T23:00:00Z212015-03-31T23:00:00Z51.93935449ROMANCopper alloyRO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:40.379ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityCast12.21Metal detectorSOM-8562F7.jpg43925From a paper map1169151RO2.8Unitary AuthorityCertain1SOM43925150Restricted Accessx41218263518351.39Wiltshire106272014-12-11T22:38:05ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of 1st to 2nd century AD date. The fragment consists of the lower bow and the foot, including the catch-plate. The bow has a flattened circular cross-section. It narrows and thickens seamlessly into the triangular catch-plate. The catch-plate has bent bent slightly to one side and the fold been abraded. The artefact has a variable mid/dark-green patina.
One may note that this seamless transition from bow to foot is a characteristic of T-shape brooches such a definitive classification has not been given here pending further work.
Laura Burnett34.67AlvedistonSOM-856538566355Uncertain bow1SCC receipt 22466BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-566355112.86SOM-8562F7Fragment50images/rwebley2/3430982PAS51C8562F001E8042013-06-24T15:22:40ZPossiblyx4121812013-05-12T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:18.624ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityCast11.91Metal detectorSOM-869F31.jpg43925From a paper map1169151RO7.8Unitary AuthorityCertain1SOM43925150Restricted Accessx41218263518358.52Wiltshire106272014-12-11T22:37:54ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st century AD date. The fragment consists of the head and beginnings of the upper bow; the rest of the brooch has been lost to old damage. The head is formed of a chunky cylinder seemingly with closed ends. Each end is perforated for the iron axis bar, now corroded. At its centre the head of the pin survives as a vestige within the pin slot. The tips of the wings are decorated with a double ridge. The bow emerges at an immediate forty-five degree angle. Beyond this is a further bend, but not as sharp. With this second bend the upper surface becomes flattened. Either side of this flattened top is a longitudinal ridge. The artefact has a corroded to a variable light/mid-green colour.
The classification of this brooch is not certain, but it may be of the T-shaped type.
Laura Burnett15.77AlvedistonSOM-86B4C0566407T-shaped1SCC receipt 22466BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-5664071124.56SOM-869F31Fragment50images/rwebley2/1430997PAS51C869F300110342013-06-24T16:46:59ZCertainx4121812013-05-12T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:18.664ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityCast5.31Metal detectorSOM-995606.jpg439252013From finderCorroded1170701ROUnitary AuthorityCertain1SOM43925150Restricted Accessx41218263446462.6Wiltshire106272014-12-11T22:37:24ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A corroded fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The lower half of the brooch survives, from a central acanthus button downwards. The acanthus button has the conventional form of a transverse ridge with triple knop above and below. The is conventional on Trumpet brooches (cf. Hattatt 2000, 326; fig. 185), although it can also appear on T-shape brooches, for example a 'Wilsford' type illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 302; ref. 914). Below the button the leg has a low triangular cross-section, with a flat lower surface. It tapers gradually towards the foot. On the lower surface the catch-plate extends the length of the leg (23.2mm). It has been highly abraded. The fragment now has a variable mid-grey/green colour, with patches of light-green corrosion product.
Laura Burnett32.77CheddelwichSOM-995AE6566568Uncertain bow1SCC receipt 22468BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-566568118.96SOM-995606Fragment43images/rwebley2/1431157PAS51C99560001CB542013-06-25T14:04:33ZCertainx4121812013-03-01T00:00:00Z2013-03-12T00:00:00Z4ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:18.773Z1Somerset100County3.21Metal detectorSOM-4AC795.jpg10578From a paper mapCorroded1102121RO
This object provides an interesting artefactual addition to historical and zooarchaeological debates regarding the dating of the introduction of rabbits to Britain, albeit recent proofs have shown that they were a Roman novelty.
2.1DistrictCertain2SOM10495200Restricted Accessx41218263522151.95South Somerset106272013-09-04T11:02:05ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A copper-alloy Roman zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a rabbit shown in profile. The rabbit is depicted seated with compact, rounded body and proportionally small head. The fore and hind paws seem to be truncated, but would not have been that prominent to judge from comparanda. The eye is formed of a punch and a small ear extends behind the head. The body is corroded and pitted; it is pitting that seems visible rather than recesses for enamel found on similar brooches. The lower surface features a broken and abraded double pin lug at the centre of the rabbit's rear, and a abraded catch-plate at the fore leg; the pin itself is now missing. Zoomorphic brooches in the shape of rabbits appear to be rare, compared to the hare, which is often shown running. Three examples can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 362; refs. 1192, 1632, 1633). This object has been bent following old damage. It has corroded to a dark-brown colour with some patches of green corrosion product.
Sally Worrell21.17Misterton CPSOM-4AF560572278zoomorphic (Rabbit)1SCC receipt 21984BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-57227811156SOM-4AC795Incomplete100images/rwebley2/1436005PAS5204AC79001ACC42013-08-09T09:46:49ZCertainx412181Potential for inclusion in Britannia2013-05-21T23:00:00Z4ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:21.793ZSomerset100County13.61Metal detectorSOM-8C84C7.jpg10578From a paper map1102121RO2.6DistrictCertain1SOM10495150Restricted Accessx41218263522153.6South Somerset106272013-08-12T12:39:09ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Roman copper-alloy lower part of the bow and catch-plate of a brooch. The upper part of the bow, the head of the brooch and pin are missing due to an old patinated break. In cross-section, the bow is rectangular with rounded corners; it generally has flat upper and lower surfaces. The bow is elongated trapezoidal and tapers gradually from the point of the break (W.: 5.9mm) to a width of 3.5mm at the foot. The foot is simply squared off and decorated with two transversely incised grooves; the leg above is plain. On the lower surface the solid catch-plate survives well. It is broadly trapezoidal with an angled fold only slightly abraded at each end. At its base the web of the catch-plate measures 12.3mm long. Fragmentary brooches are difficult to classify; this may be a T-shaped example. Where it survives the patina is dark-green; other pitted areas are lighter green in colour.
Robert Webley307Misterton CPSOM-8C88B35726311SCC receipt 21984BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-572631115.96SOM-8C84C7Fragment50images/rwebley2/1436156PAS5208C84C001E0342013-08-12T12:34:36ZCertainx412182013-05-21T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:21.987ZSomerset100County2Metal detectorSOM-21B4C2.jpg105782013Centred on field8110342111019RO20DistrictProbably2SOM43462100Restricted Accessx41218263446419.56Mendip106272013-08-19T14:44:28ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A copper-alloy Roman probable initial T-shaped brooch, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin (later 1st-century AD). The brooch survives well, only having suffered some post-depositional abrasions and slight pitting.
The head has tubular wings, flattened slightly on their upper surface. They are apparently plain. The axis bar is largely obscured by the wings, but is can be said to have been made from iron judging by orange corrosion product both at the wing terminals and within the pin slot. The hinged pin is missing.
The upper bow emerges from the wings initially at a width of c. 7.5mm before tapering gradually. Initially it turns through around ninety degrees. Immediately above the pin slot is a step. As it begins the upper surface on the bow is bevelled on both sides. The lowermost surface of the bow is flat, with the sides above both bevelled. As its travels towards the leg, however, the bevelling is rounded out and the bow takes on an oval cross-section. The bow travels up to a high point about halfway along its length before curving gradually down to the foot. At the foot the catch-plate is seamlessly developed from the bow which is expanded and narrowed at the same time. The sub-triangular solid catch-plate survives well, other than the fold which is highly abraded. Both it and the bow are plain. The foot, including the catch-plate, has been bent to one side either as a result of use or old damage.
The brooch has an even mid-green patina. Bayley and Butcher (2004, 159) describe initial T-shaped brooches as 'usually hinged, not enamelled but sometimes with fine relief decoration and lacking a headloop.' They suggest a Flavian association (69-96 AD).
Robert Webley65.17Near FromeSOM-21B7D6573528T-shaped1initialSCC receipt 21983BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-5735281126.56SOM-21B4C2Incomplete60images/rwebley2/2436823PAS52121B4C0013CC42013-08-19T14:19:08ZProbablyx412182013-03-31T23:00:00Z2013-04-29T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:22.434ZSomerset100CountyCast11Metal detectorSOM-87A344.jpg1057822013Centred on field1105331ROInlaid with enamel3DistrictCertain1SOM43462150Ston Eastonx41218263446811.97Mendip106272013-10-23T12:04:34ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment from a Roman cast copper-alloy developed T-shaped brooch dating to c. AD 75-150. The fragment consists of the abraded bow and foot with catch-plate on the reverse; the head and pin are both missing. The bow is flat with rounded edges. At its centre it expands into a flattened lozenge shape. This shape is decorated on the front with a moulded lozenge within a lozenge recess. Within the moulding is a further recess with traces of red enamel. The bow curves gradually in profile. The catch-plate is abraded at the foot. For similar brooches see Hattatt (2000, 303; refs. 318, 319).
Robert Webley25.57-2.51757095Ston Easton, Somerset (01/09/13)SOM-87B3485752292T-shaped3251DevelopedRally ticket 197BROOCHST6454finds-5752291186SOM-87A344Fragment75images/rwebley2/1438310PAS52287A340018D642013-09-05T13:33:56ZCertainx4121812013-08-31T23:00:00Z51.28399287ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:23.315ZSomerset1County13.21Metal detectorSOM-7C0E95.jpg105782013GPS (from the finder)1106381RO1.8DistrictCertain1SOM10575150Restricted Accessx41218263522422.51Sedgemoor106272013-11-19T14:25:12ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
The lower part of the bow and catch-plate of a Roman copper-alloy brooch. The upper part of the bow, the head of the brooch and pin are missing due to an old, twisted irregular break. In cross-section, the bow is rectangular with rounded corners; it generally has flat upper and lower surfaces, though with a recessed channel on the lower . The bow is elongated trapezoidal and tapers gradually from the point of the break (W.: 8.5mm) to a width of 5.6mm at the foot. The foot terminates in a transverse ridge decorated with two angled incisions. The leg above is finely decorated above a pair of transverse incisions at the foot. There is a small step at the sides of the foot. A central zone defined by longituidinally incised lines is decorated with abutting triangles and inverted triangles formed of combed diagonally incised lines. On the lower surface the solid catch-plate survives well. It is broadly trapezoidal with an angled fold slightly abraded at each end. At its base the web of the catch-plate measures 15.3mm long. Fragmentary brooches are difficult to classify; this may be a T-shaped example. The patina is light/mid-grey/green; there are only small patches of pitting. Cf. SOM-B99D33 on this database
Robert Webley28.77Otterhampton CPSOM-7C1185584126bow1SCC receipt 22344BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-584126118.510SOM-7C0E95Fragment50images/rwebley2/1444773PAS5277C0E9001A4C42013-11-04T15:44:41ZCertainx412182013-04-30T23:00:00Z2013-07-30T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:27.966ZSomerset100County1Metal detectorSOM-B70767.jpg10578From a paper map1103561RO12.5DistrictCertain2SOM10495175Restricted Accessx41218263446936.18South Somerset106272013-11-19T14:18:27ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A copper alloy T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. This Wilsford type brooch is incomplete in as much as it is missing its pin. The 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 (loose). The bow has a D-shaped cross-section and projects forward from the wings. The upper bow has moulded decoration in the form of four ridges with central grooves either side of a central recessed rib. Its lower surface is slightly receseed. The bow narrows slightly into a rounded central knop which is decorated with finely incised longitudinal lines. Beyond a low transverse ridge below, the foot is plain and of triangular cross-section. It terminates in a knob which is decorated with incised lines longitudinally .On the lower surface of the foot the catch-plate is highly abraded; its web is 17.8mm long. The brooch is similar to one illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 302; ref. 1519) found at Wilton, Wiltshire. The foot has been bent slightly to one side.
Robert Webley37.87WincantonSOM-B70921587147T-shaped1Wilsford TypeSCC receipt 22380BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-5871471125.96SOM-B70767Incomplete43images/rwebley2/1446841PAS528B7076001D9042013-11-19T14:06:46ZCertainx412182013-08-20T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:29.473ZSomerset100County131Metal detectorSOM-B764A1.jpg10578From a paper map1103561RO1.8DistrictCertain2SOM10495250Restricted Accessx41218263446933.77South Somerset106272013-11-19T14:43:01ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Dorset-type T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The head, pin and upper part of the bow are missing to old breaks; the rest of the bow, the leg and catch-plate survive. The head is lost to a horizontal break, at which point the bow has also been twisted. The bow is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The front is moulded with two ridges at the sides and a central bevelled ridge with deep longituidinal groove. Compared to the bow the plain leg is thinned. It tapers gradually, terminating in a ridged foot knob. On its lower surface the catch-plate survives well. Its web extend the full length of the leg and into the bow slightly, 22.8mm overall. It is of triangular form with slight abrasions and folding at the fold.
There are several similar brooches illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 304; fig. 163, lower row). Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167-168) suggest this type (T139) is an unusual variant of the T-shaped brooches with a mostly south western distribution; they suggest a second to possibly third century date. This object has an even mid-green patina.
Robert Webley35.77WincantonSOM-B76C96587165T-shaped1Dorset typeSCC receipt 22380BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-587165119.16SOM-B764A1Incomplete100images/rwebley2/1446859PAS528B764A0011C642013-11-19T14:31:38ZCertainx412182013-08-20T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:29.481ZSomerset100CountyCast5.61Metal detectorSOM-F92DC6.JPG10578From a paper map1104321RODistrictCertain2SOM10495150Restricted Accessx41218263446933.42South Somerset106272014-08-04T15:45:52ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragmentary cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. Present is the head, with broken pin, and upper bow; the lower bow, including leg and catch-plate, are missing. The head is formed of cylindrical wings with a central slot. The wings contain the copper-alloy axis bar for the hinged pin, viewable within the slot. The head of the copper-alloy pin, with spur, is still in the slot; only the beginnings of the rest of the pin survives in addition, bent to one side. Both wings are decorated with a trio of lines at the end on the upper surface. There is no evidence for a tab or loop at the head.
The bow has a curved cross-section, shallowly concave on the back and convex on the front. It projects at c. 30 degrees from the head, with the main part flat and in the same plane as the wings. The bow is decorated with three abutting raised lozenge shaped cells with central lozenge shaped recesses to take enamel; only the top of the lower cells is visible at the point of break. The outlines of the moulded cells are emphasised by incised lines. The sides of the upper bow are rebated.
The break is old, with the bow twisted at this point. The fragment has an even mid-green patina.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c. AD 75-150). For a local parallel see Leech (1980, 108; no. 17).
Robert Webley18.67Near WincantonSOM-F92F8E630935T-shaped1DevelopedSCC receipt 16623BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-6309351123.16SOM-F92DC6Incomplete75images/rwebley2/1479417PAS53DF92DC00164042014-08-04T15:04:12ZCertainx4121812014-06-16T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:55.62ZSomerset100CountyCast5.61Metal detectorSOM-F9D5FA.JPG105782From a paper map8110432111019ROInlaid with enamelDistrictCertain1SOM10495150Restricted Accessx41218263446932.11South Somerset106272014-08-06T09:37:05ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragmentary cast copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. Present is the most of the head and upper bow; the pin, lower bow, including leg and catch-plate, are missing. The head is formed of cylindrical wings with a central slot. One of the wings is broken with only about half of the original wing surviving. Orange/brown corrosion product in the slot and on the lower surface of the bow below suggests that the axis bar for the hinged pin was made of iron. Both wings are decorated with a trio of grooves, thus creating a pair of ridges, at the end largely on the lower surface. There is no evidence for a tab or loop at the head.
The bow has a flat rectangular cross-section. It projects at c. 30 degrees from the head, with the main part flat and in the same plane as the wings. The bow would have been decorated with three abutting raised lozenge shaped cells with central lozenge shaped recesses to take enamel; only one-and-a-half cells are visible at the point of break. The outlines of the moulded cells are emphasised by incised lines. A fragment of light-blue enamel is retained in the broken cell. There is a possible longitudinal ridge between the pin slot and upper cell. The sides of the upper bow are rebated.
The breaks are old. The fragment has an even dark-brown patina.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c. AD 75-150). For a local parallel see Leech (1980, 108; no. 17).
Robert Webley14.57Near WincantonSOM-F9D80B6309512T-shaped1DevelopedSCC receipt 16623BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-6309511120.86SOM-F9D5FAFragment75images/rwebley2/1479430PAS53DF9D5F001A9542014-08-04T15:49:03ZCertainx4121812014-06-16T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainIronCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:55.621ZSomerset100County6.91Metal detectorSOM-2451B2.jpg10578Centred on field1104321RODistrictCertain1SOM10495150Restricted Accessx41218263446931.75South Somerset106272014-08-13T11:30:41ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragmentary cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. Present is part of the head and upper bow; the rest of the head, pin, lower bow, including leg and catch-plate, are missing. The head was formed of cylindrical wings with a slot that is slightly off centre; one of the wings has been lost beyond the head. Retained in the extant wing is the remnant of the copper-alloy axis bar for the former hinged pin, viewable within the slot. The surviving wing is decorated with a pair of transverse lines at the end on the upper surface. An integral headloop protrudes from the centre of the head. It is a tab of thin rectangular cross-section and has broken through at the loop as a result of old damage.
The bow has a curved cross-section, shallowly concave on the back and almost flat on the front. It projects at a steep angle from the head initially, followed by a shallower angle beyond. It has been broken across the upper bow as a result of old damage with a diagonal break. On its upper surface the bow is decorated with an incised cross in saltire within the more shallowly angled panel. The sides of the upper bow are rebated.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, 167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c. AD 75-150). The fragment has an even mid-green patina with some areas of pitting and light-green corrosion product. The lower surface of the bow is comparatively rough.
Robert Webley11.57Near WincantonSOM-245478631237T-shaped1DevelopedSCC receipt 16622BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-6312371118.76SOM-2451B2Fragment75images/rwebley2/1480372PAS53E2451B00121742014-08-06T16:09:15ZCertainx412182014-06-16T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:55.764ZSomerset100County12.21Metal detectorSOM-ACACA4.jpg10578Centred on field1105841RO2.9DistrictCertain4SOM10575100Restricted Accessx41218263522497.67Sedgemoor106272014-01-06T16:42:46ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Roman copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch, incomplete in so far as it is missing the majority of its pin. The brooch consists of cylindrical wings, bow and foot with catch-plate at the back. The wings are decorated with a pair of incised lines at their tip on the upper surface. The front of this decoration is demarcated by a incised longitudinal line which travels towards the slot, without reaching it. The remains of the circular copper alloy axis bar is visible at the tips. Between the wings is a slot in which the remnants of the pin are hinged. The pin has a pointed spur at its head to aid hinging. It narrows to a circular cross-section before an early break. What survives has been bent downwards towards the back of the bow on the left hand side (when viewed in plan from below).
The bow projects from the front of the brooch in the centre of the head, intially at about 45 degrees before curving round and gradually travelling to the foot. It tapers in width to the foot. The bow is 'D'-shaped in section with a flat back and shallowly convex front. The upper surface has a triangular moulding at the front of the bow, just above the slot. This is decorated at its front by two diagonally incised lines that follow the sides of the moulding, with three transversely incised lines below. The majority of the upper surface of the bow features an indented groove of V-shaped cross-section. At the foot this meets a zone of finely incised transverse lines. The foot terminates in rounded knop projecting forwards from the front of the foot. The back of the foot has a sub-triangular catch-plate whose web measures 12.8mm long. The outer edge of the catch-plate curves back and has a groove below it in which the pin would have rested.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, 158) illustrate a broadly similar example, T137, with a plainer bow.. They suggest (ibid., 159) 'Initial T-shaped' brooches to be 'usually hinged, not enamelled but sometimes with fine relief decoration and lacking a head loop', dated to the Flavian period (AD 69-96) or earlier. This brooch has a dark-grey patina with some patches of light-green corrosion product. The bow has been buckled slightly as a result of old damage.
Robert Webley43.37Bawdrip CPSOM-ACB3B7593699T-shaped1initialSCC receipt 22390BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-5936991126.86SOM-ACACA4Complete60images/rwebley2/1451404PAS52CACACA00188342014-01-06T15:24:58ZCertainx412182013-09-11T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:33.593ZDevon10County13.31Metal detectorSOM-51B6A1.jpg231472013From finderCorroded1226821RODistrictCertain2SOM22902100Restricted Accessx412182634689212.3Mid Devon106272014-06-02T10:54:27ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch, missing the majority of its bow and pin, and also the leg with catch-plate. The brooch consists of heavily abraded cylindrical wings, upper bow and the head of the pin. Both wings are abraded at their tips, with one having lost most of its underside. There is possible incised diagonal decoration on the upper surface of the other wing, though this is not clear. The remnant of the circular-section copper alloy axis bar is visible at the broken wing, it is itself truncated. Between the wings is a slot in which the remnants of the pin are hinged. The pin has a pointed spur at its head to aid hinging. It narrows to a circular cross-section but is broken immediately beyond the head.
The bow projects from the front of the brooch in the centre of the head, intially at about 45 degrees before curving round and gradually travelling downwards. It tapers in width towards an old break. It is flat at the head and 'humped' just behind. The bow is 'D'-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. The upper surface has a triangular moulding at the front of the bow, just above the slot. This is delinated by grooves along its sides, with incised diagonal lines below, along the sides of the bow, giving a reeded effect. The bow continues to narrow below and is abraded thus obscuring any decoration. The transverse break below is old and patinated.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, 158) illustrate a broadly similar example, T137, with a plainer bow.. They suggest (ibid., 159) 'Initial T-shaped' brooches to be 'usually hinged, not enamelled but sometimes with fine relief decoration and lacking a head loop', dated to the Flavian period (AD 69-96) or earlier. This example also has parallels to hinged dolphin variant 4, though this type is mainly known from the Midlands. This brooch has a dark-green patina with some patches of light-green corrosion product.
Laura Burnett24.97Cullompton CPSOM-51BAC6595012T-shaped1initialSCC receipt 22391BROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-5950121141.28SOM-51B6A1Incomplete60images/rwebley2/1452326PAS52D51B6A0012F542014-01-14T11:11:38ZCertainx412182013-08-26T23:00:00Z4ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:34.523Z