2024-03-29T12:26:58+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/results27110EarlyDorset10CountyCast8.1EARLY MEDIEVAL1EarlyChance find during metal detectingshortbrooch.jpg1436217From finder1143431EMIncised or engraved or chased1.2DistrictCertain4PUBLIC14451600Pimpernex410225.69North Dorset106272022-02-22T12:50:21ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) probable small-long brooch (AD 400-600)
The pin is missing and the bottom part of the brooch is missing.
The cruciform head plate is flat and formed of a central lozenge-shaped plate from which extend three.flat, roughly lozenge shaped arms, each with a waist between it and the central plate.
The central plate is decorated with five punched ring and dot elements, one within each of the upper and side projections, and two arranged vertically on the central plate.
Protruding from the lower edge of the head there is an arched bow, which is preceded by a fourth partial lozenge shaped arm. The front face of the bow displays an additional ring and dot decoration. The foot and catch plate are missing due to an old abraded break.
On the rear of the head plate there are two integrally cast lugs which are roughly D shaped [when viewed from the side] which would have housed an axis bar for the attachment of the missing pin. It has an even matt green patina.
Brooches of this form were typically worn in pairs. This example is similar to many excavated from cemeteries in East Anglia and elsewhere (e.g. MacGregor and Bolick (1993) p142-145), however the angled projections of the head-plate are not directly paralleld these examples. Additionally, these brooches largely have a single lug for th attachment of a sprung pin, rather than the two lugs seen on this example.
Height: 34.3mm; width: 23.1mm; thickness: 1.2mm. Weight: 5.69g.
Bow: height: c. 8.1mm; width at top: 7.3mm; width at bottom: 8.7mm; thickness at centre: 5.1mm
Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen34.371-2.1435126Anglo-Saxon stylePUBLIC-22A6341050264171EARLY MEDIEVALBROOCHST9009finds-1050264x4101211223.18PUBLIC-5A0E22Complete400x41022images/martyng/11170064PAS61E5A0E200128D42022-01-17T17:01:22ZCertainx4102214750.88040445EARLY MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427EM1Circa47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:16:24.777ZDorset1CountyCastROMAN1Metal detectorA55BFBa.jpg143622Generated from computer mapping software411144331ROInlaid with enamel5.97DistrictCertain2PUBLIC14451200Restricted Accessx4121848.25North Dorset106272019-07-19T10:32:51ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch. A symmetrical continental plate brooch with zoomorphic decoration dating to the 1st to 2nd Century AD . There are faint traces of red enamel remaining. The brooch is cruciform in shape with a large central sub- circular plate. The plate is framed by a raised reserve of metal along both edges, creating a recess for enamel and has a central circular aperture.There are two opposing zoomorphic heads with recesses in the eyes and two opposing two circular projections also recessed for enamel.At the rear of the brooch behind the opposing zoomorphic heads are two pierced lugs for the pin attachment and a hooked catchplate.The lugs would have housed the axis bar for a missing hinged pin mechanism.
Date: Roman - AD 1st to 2nd century
Dimensions: 46.09 mm x 30.34 mm x 5.97 mm
Weight: 4.85 g
A similar brooch is recorded on the artefacts.mom.fr website, under FIB-41309.
Robert Webley46.097Tarrant LauncestonPUBLIC-3866D49053682plate1ROMANBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-9053681130.3410PUBLIC-A55BFBIncomplete50x41218images/pitchfork1685/11017011PAS5B1A55BF001B4D42018-06-08T11:09:03ZCertainx41218121ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainEnamelCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:14:43.277ZDorset10County1ROMAN3LateMetal detectorRomanBroochP1040319.jpg143622016Generated from computer mapping software1144911RO7DistrictPossibly2PUBLIC14539100Piddletrenthidex412185.7West Dorset106272018-01-08T09:27:54ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete Late Iron age or Roman copper alloy T-shaped applied hook brooch, probably dating to c. AD 25-100. The surviving fragment comprises of the head of the bow, wings and partial pin, the lower bow being lost.
The cylindrical wings expand transversely from the head of the brooch, these retaining a copper alloy axis bar in situ and with a slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin, the latter, also of copper alloy, partially survives. The bow expands out from the head terminating in a patinated break. The bow is undecorated, but with an incised groove running down either edge. The bow is perforated twice along the logitudinal median line, the lower incomplete and in line with the break. These probably originally held an applied decorative plate, now lost.
Dimensions: length 20.5mm; width 31.8mm; thickness 7mm; weight 5.7g.
Bailey & Butcher (2005: 157) note this is type of brooch, with an applied decorative plate, is concentrated in the area of Somerset and Dorset and may belong to the early phases of British brooch production. They suggest that the type had developed by the mid-1st century and probably continued into the third quarter. Comparable brooches (nos. 1-3) were excavated in contexts dating to the second and third centuries in Exeter (Holbrook & Bidwell 1991: 234), further examples of applied plate brooches have been recorded on this database, cf. SOM-A5752A, SOM-189C62, WILT-C40BA1, SOM-B02BC3.
Wil Partridge20.573-2.3985976Piddletrenthide Rally 2016PUBLIC-E162D58815954911ROMANBROOCHSY7299finds-8815951131.88PUBLIC-E13782Incomplete20x41218images/beckrow/3642927PAS5A4E137800128742018-01-04T11:43:52ZPossiblyx139922016-10-01T23:00:00Z212016-10-01T23:00:00Z50.78988621ROMANCopper alloy41427IA1Circa16http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/IRON AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:14:28.548ZEarlyDorset100CountyCast12ROMAN1EarlyMetal detectorDSCN5563.JPG143622017From finderEncrusted8114547111019RO8.5DistrictCertain2PUBLIC14451120Okeford Fitzpainex412188.4North Dorset106272017-10-08T14:11:40ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type two-piece brooch with a spring mechanism. The cross bar of the brooch is composed of hollow, rectangular wings which are semi-circular in profile to accommodate the iron spring, now missing. Between the two wings at the back projects a semi-circular lug pierced with two holes. The upper hole was for the chord of the spring and the lower hole has the corroded remains of the end of the iron axis bar in place. The pin is also missing, which was probably also made of iron. There is a small fragment of copper alloy wire, found with the brooch, which might be part of the chord, rather than the pin, but is not curved enough in profile for the spring. The head of the bow is corroded but there is still the base of a narrow vertical crest that runs down the centre of the beginnings of the bow. The lower section of the bow has been damaged and is bent, but still retains the base of the catch plate. The patina is mid-green in colour with a layer of brown pitted corrosion over most of the bow and some light green active areas of bronze disease.
Length 55 mm, width 23.9 mm, height 12 mm, thickness 8.5 mm. weight 8.4 g.
Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar sprung Polden Hill type brooch with a short crest on page 300, fig.159, no.26, which is dated from the 1st century AD.
Bayley and Butcher (2004) illustrate a similar sprung Polden Hill type brooch with a short crest on page 90, fig.71, no.209, which dates from c.AD 80-120.
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A cast copper alloy medieval open-frame brooch, probably dating from the m13th or 14th century.
The frame is lozenge shaped and of rhomboidal cross section. At the apex , the remains of a fine wire pin loop are wrapped around a pin constriction in the frame. The word 'AVE' extends along the upper surface of the top left side of the frame, and 'MARIA' occupies the bottom right side. This legend has been cast in negative relief, as has the foliate scrollwork occupying the remaining two sides of the frame.
Height: 22.69mm; width: 22.02mm; thickness: 1.23mm. Weight: 2.067g.
Julian Watters7Nr WimbornePUBLIC-CAA017815045Open-frame1MEDIEVALBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-8150451122.026PUBLIC-CA8088Incomplete1200x14221images/charles bullock/1646554PAS582CA80800188342016-11-16T18:40:08ZCertainx1422112016-03-12T00:00:00Z291MEDIEVALCopper alloy41427MD1Circa29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:13:41.496ZDorset100CountyCastROMAN1Metal detectorP1060164.JPG1436222016Generated from computer mapping softwareFair1143391ROInlaid with enamel1.77DistrictCertain2PUBLIC1442220.56250Restricted Accessx412183.096East Dorset106272016-11-15T17:25:30ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Roman copper-alloy disc brooch from the late-1st century to 2nd century AD. The brooch is circular and its front displays a five pointed star with knops to each point; these appear to be picked out in red enamel and the background with blue enamel. Only traces of the enamel remain. The side of the star or flower incurve. At its centre is a circle of metal with the field around it devoid of enamel. The reverse of the brooch has two lugs arranged in a line, located at the circumference. One D-shaped lug is perforated for the pin; the other opposite lug forms an abraded catch-plate. The pin is missing, though traces of iron corrosion product around the pin lug suggest that it was made of iron. The object has a matt green patina. It has suffered a small circumferential loss.
The brooch has a diameter of 20.56 mm is 1.77 mm thick and weighs 3.096 g
Similar brooches can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 344; nos 118, 518, 1409), though these have six points to the stars. Variants with five points would appear to be far rarer. Though, an example traced (DOR-D9A020) is from Dorset, a second example recorded on this database (SF-35ED73) was found far more distantly, in Suffolk.
Robert Webley7Nr WimbornePUBLIC-20311F7996482disc1ROMANBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-799648116PUBLIC-1FC86CIncomplete80x41218images/charles bullock/1578863PAS57B1FC86001CBB32016-08-15T18:31:50ZCertainx4121812016-04-02T23:00:00Z211ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:13:27.196ZEarlyDorset100CountyCastROMAN3EarlyMetal detectorFBFA34side.JPG14362Generated from computer mapping softwarePoor1143551RO1.49DistrictPossibly2PUBLIC1436375Restricted Accessx412182.894Purbeck106272018-05-04T14:41:58ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.
The head comprises two tabs which spring from the top of the bow and terminate at the top in the remains of an axis bar cylinder with attached iron corrosion. The bar and pin are both missing, but the latter would have been attached to the former via the slit between the two head tabs. A transverse ridge, moulded in high relief, marks the top of the bow; at its base, this ridge slopes gradually downwards; located beneath it are two lower transverse ridges and a dividing groove.Below these mouldings, the central bow is of flat section, with inward-bowing sides and a further pair of transverse ridges at the bottom. The foot tapers to a point, and the unperforated catchplate, located on the underside of the lower bow and foot, is unperforated and has lost its rolled outer side.
The dimensions are: Length: 41.05 mm. Width: 8.22 mm. Thickness: 1.49 mm. Weight: 2.894 grams.
Julian Watters41.057Wareham1PUBLIC-FC101F750239Hod Hill1ROMANBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-750239118.226PUBLIC-FBFA34Incomplete43x41218images/charles bullock/1539735PAS563FBFA300142842015-11-08T21:33:23ZCertainx412181213ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainDistrict Ward2022-07-14T07:12:42.035ZEarlyDorset100CountyCastROMAN2EarlyMetal detectorE2064EBack.JPG143622015Generated from computer mapping softwareFair11RO0.85DistrictProbably2PUBLIC1453975x41218263448950.784West Dorset106272018-07-03T09:47:35ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st century date.
Only the head and top of the bow remain, the rest of the brooch having been lost in antiquity. The bow consists of a parallel-sided, flat-sectioned strip, decorated at its upper end by the incuse letters 'DO', presumably the start of an inscription At this top end, the bow flares into the head, which has an axis bar within a cylinder. The loop of the otherwise missing pin is attached to the bar via a central slit in the cylinder.
The brooch has a length of 18.35 mm, with a width of 14.66 mm at the head and 6.70 mm at the top of the bow. The thickness is 0.85 mm and the weight is 0.784 grams.
Julian Watters18.357Nr Wimborne1PUBLIC-E20CBB750208Bow1ROMANBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-7502081114.666PUBLIC-E2064EIncomplete43x41218images/charles bullock/2539684PAS563E2064001ED442015-11-07T16:01:40ZProbablyx4121812015-10-31T00:00:00Z211ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertain2022-07-14T07:12:42.018ZRestricted AccessDorset1CountyHand madeIRON AGE1Metal detector930DFBrightside.JPG143622011Generated from computer mapping softwareGood1Linear143391IADistrictCertain2PUBLIC14422-300Restricted Accessx1399226344895124East Dorset106272018-07-03T10:09:26ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A incomplete copper alloy La Tène 1 brooch from the 4th-3rd century BC.
The object is of one piece construction, with a highly arched bow and a returned foot. The bow is decorated with longitudinal ridges with tranverse grooves to the spring end and at the foot. The lower end of the bow is narrowed and returns back on itself to create an oval loop, ending in a discoidal terminal. Within the oval loop there is a groove to secure the missing pin which has snapped off at the spring. Three coils of the spring survive, along with the internal chord. The length of the brooch is 52.04 mm, it has a width of 15.07 at the spring and 6.34 mm at the bow. It weighs 12 grams. The object has a degraded patchy green patina and is slightly distorted.
Reference: Cf.Richard Hattatt, Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Page 54 No. 4.
Also Cf.Richard Hattatt, Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Page 11 No.219
Julian Watters52.047Nr WimbornePUBLIC-9318C3747211La Tène 11UKDFD 34111IRON AGEBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-747211116.3410PUBLIC-930DFBIncomplete-400x13992images/charles bullock/1537686PAS562930DF001C3342015-10-22T19:54:23ZCertainx1399282011-10-15T23:00:00Z162IRON AGECopper alloy41427IA1Circa16http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/IRON AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:40.438ZEarlyDorset1CountyCastROMAN1EarlyMetal detector2C82BDside.JPG143622015GPS (from the finder)Poor1Linear143391RO4.6DistrictCertain2PUBLIC14422150Restricted Accessx41218263448959.1984East Dorset106272018-06-11T11:58:40ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
A incomplete and corroded cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch.
The axis bar is contained within a horizontal cylinder ,with a central slot for the now-missing pin. The left-hand wing has a pair of parallel, angled grooves, one third of the way in from the centre.The bow has a convex upper surface, a hollow underside at the top, and straight sides which converge towards the point of the break. A lightly incised pattern of grooves decorates the upper part of the bow; a short distance below this is an irregular depression, which may be a casting flaw.
Julian Watters21.737Nr Wimborne1PUBLIC-2C8917743929T-shaped1ROMANBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-7439291138.7110PUBLIC-2C82BDIncomplete70x41218images/charles bullock/1535154PAS5612C82B001DF642015-10-05T19:57:47ZCertainx4121812015-10-02T23:00:00Z213ROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:38.544Z