Record ID: GAT-6F0F7C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy brooch. The fragment is sub rectangular in section. The object curves at one end before widening slightly. Both ends of the fragment are truncated while the find has a dark patina. The find likely formed part of a brooch, potentially a bow brooch, although due to how heavily truncated the object is, it is not possible to identify a specific type to the find.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aberdaron', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-82DC32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman trumpet brooch. The brooch has a sub-oval flat head which has been truncated, an integral sub-circular loop may have been present beyond this truncation. The reverse would have had two perforated projections which would have held the spring, support bar and pin, however on this find these are missing, although evidence of their existence is present. The ‘D’ in cross section bow emerges from the front of the head and curves to a raised knee. The knee has decoration in the form of transversal ribs. From the knee, the brooch tapers and terminates …
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanrug', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-F251E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification Silver annular stirrup brooch. Groups of transverse grooves inlaid with niello on both faces: chevrons separating grooves of transverse grooves in front face, and three groups of transverse groups on the back. The pin is complete and the stirrup has inturned ends and punched grooves along its edge, with slight grooves at the junction of pin and wrap-around head. The pin is complete and has a diamond cross-section, each facet being decorated with zig-zag grooves. Dimensions: max. diameter 15.3mm; thickness 1.9 x 1.4mm; pin length 16.3mm; weight 1.56g. …
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arthog', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-9B35C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman trumpet brooch. The brooch has a sub oval head. Behind the head is a single loop to hold the spring (now missing). The upper bow is oval in cross-section and emerges from the front of the head, curving to a raised knee knop. From the knop the lower bow runs straight, terminating at a break. The catch plate on the reverse remains partially intact. There is no discernable decoration present on the brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arthog', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-0228FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch of Roman date. The bow head is sub-oval in form and there is no trace of a head loop. To either side of the head are two wings, one of the wings has been damaged, and both may be truncated. From the head, the bow, D in cross section, curves and tapers to a pointed knop. There is no trace of the foot or catch plate. There appears to be recessed linear decoration on either side of the bow head, and there may be faint traces of decoration on the face of bow itself. While it is not possible to say for certain due to the condition of …
Created on: Friday 9th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanllechid', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-B5F5EA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dragonesque brooch of probable Roman date. The brooch is ‘S’ shaped in plan, presented as a two headed dragon. The heads both have protruding ears, curving snouts and decorated eyes. From the heads the brooch curves and expands into a wider body. The obverse is decorated with raised panel lines and enamel. The reverse of the find is undecorated but there is evidence of two attachment lugs located roughly centrally on the piece. The edges of the brooch are rough. This may be due to poor casting or potentially damage which has occurred to the object. …
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bangor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-0E908D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, or fibula, of probable Langton Down or bow type variant. These styles are associated with the period of the Claudian conquest, but had died out by the Flavian period, giving the brooch a likely date of the 1st century AD (Collingwood & Richmond 1969, 293). The spring mechanism and lower part of the bow, including the catch-plate, are missing, leaving only the upper bow and pin. The remaining section of the upper bow is longitudinally decorated, with the decoration tapering to the waist. The wings of the brooch are no longer present. The pi…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SH7038', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-8518CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy piece in the form of a scorpion. One of the pincers has been lost and the end of the tail as well as some legs. The body is marked with scales. The underside is fairly flat and undecorated. There is a stud at the head end that may be the remains of a pin or could be a stud for attachment to leather or clothing.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 5th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-ED838D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Half of the frame from an annular silver brooch with cut from sheet metal. The external face bears engraved lettering in crudely cut Lombardic style, which appears to read: I S H [reversed h of N] A - (horizontal 'I' unless a dash) The 'S' being on its side, and the motto may be garbled. There is evidence for a restriction in the frame for a pin (now missing). The back is plain. External diameter 28mm; inner diameter 19mm; maximum thickness 1mm; weight 1.47g. The ring, which has a highly worn outer surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-69425D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. The design of the brooch is zoomorphic (resembling an animal) and it appears most closely resemble a mythical winged creature known as a Wyvern, popular in medieval society. Originally mounted using a pin, now lost, which ran the length of the brooch. The brooch is curved, with the design on the obverse. The head of the animal has a pointed ear and the head is angled downwards with an eye, nostril and mouth picked out in the design. A foreleg is depicted with a three clawed foot at the end. The wing of the animal helps form the spine of the brooch, and is linked t…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llechwedd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-11A194
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. 'Lover's' openwork brooch, identified from an example on the PAS catalogue NLM-035316. Comprising a pair of round section strands of thick wire bent and tied in a complex knot. This example is broken on one side. The display face bears crescentic stamps grouped along parts of the wire frame. The seat for a hinged pin is retained on the back. This was probably made in a craft setting from scrap. Wire thickness 2.78mm.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: GAT-A96D47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy un-sprung brooch. The head of the brooch is 'D; shaped in section with two short cylindrical wings extending from each side. The wings terminate in flat slightly over-sized oval lug plates. There is a hole in the end plates of the cylinder where the axle pin which held the fixing pin was located (both now missing). The underside of the cylinder is pierced with a sub oval hole where the fixing pin emerged. A small chain loop extends from the end of the head of the bow. The bow is initially quite thick at the head but as it turns in a right angle it also begins to narr…
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-4234AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Roman 'Holden Hill' type brooch. The object is badly damaged and decayed, it is missing both wings, the catchplate and foot, the spring and pin. It is a mid-green colour all over with patches of mid brown probably due to soil staining. There is also possible iron oxide staining in the remnants of the spring 'cylinder'. The bow is comma shaped and the back of the head is decorated with two lines of closely arranged recessed dots which converge from the front of the wings and run partway along the back of the bow. There are two oval flat 'cheeks' one on each side…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-DB4616
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman 'Wirral' type bow brooch. This is a hinged rather than sprung example. It has a greenish brown patina all over, and is pitted in places. At the head of the brooch is a small rectangular decorated plate with an integral loop, most of which is broken away. The decoration comprises three linear bands or steps which rise up very slightly towards the beginning of the bow. The lower and upper steps are decorated with a series of grooves. The main upper part of the bow is 'D' shaped in section with three parallel grooves running its length. These contain the remains o…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-EDABC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman 'knee' type brooch. The object has a flat oval plate as its head with an integral perforated loop at its top end forming a 'chain loop'. The hole is 3.85mm in diameter. 13mm below this loop perforation, there is a further hole 3.88mm diameter through the head plate itself. The rear of the head is flat and undecorated with two parallel pierced lugs with their perforations aligned, presumably to take the axis bar for the fixing pin. Both of these are now missing. The bow extends at a ninety degree angle from the base edge of the head plate before turning back …
Created on: Monday 16th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-318237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and very badly decayed copper alloy trumpet brooch. The head is nearly circular with a slight lip visible around its edge. There is a hint of decoration on the upper surface of the bell of the 'trumpet' in the form of possible raised oval loops. The bow is short and circular in section. At its bottom end the bow thickens into a band of decoration which cannot be deciphered, possibly representing acanthus leaves which is common on similar examples. This band of decoration is separated above and possibly below by a single narrow groove in the bow. The foot currently is a very …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-03AF25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
1st century Roman cast copper alloy wheel plate brooch. It has a raised inner and outer rim between which is a recessed surface which is slightly convex in section forming a slight rounded central ridge. Four opposed spokes which are triangular in section attach the rim to a central hub which is circular and cylindrical. It has a raised outer rim and a recessed area surrounding a central rounded knop. The fixing method was by pin located between two upstanding perforated lugs cast with the brooch body; these survive though one of the lugs is partially broken away. The pin was locke…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
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Record ID: GAT-036F34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
First to mid second century Roman copper alloy "dolphin" brooch. Long thin arched and tapering bow, forming a rounded square in section. There is a long, triangular, recessed panel running along the back of the bow, possibly originally retaining enamel. At its tail the bow thickens to form a "droplet" shape. The stub of the catch plate survives. The wings are short and semi circular in section (hollow at the back) and terminate in a flattened knop.
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-49A4E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch 'T' shaped in plan with a lozenge shaped bow narrowing to a blunt point. In profile the bow is arched and a pronounced 'comma' shape. It is 'D' shaped in section being very roughly flattened on the back. Two short wings project from either side of the bow head, round in section and narrowing towards their ends. On the reverse, a narrow raised bar runs across the brooch and out along each wing. This appear to have been cast integrally with the main body of the brooch. At the junction of the bow with the wings, this narrow bar bridges a small ho…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: GAT-582062
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragmentary catchplate from a copper alloy bow brooch found with a metal detector in the field to the north of Tan Llan, in January 2008.The catchplate is sub-triangular in shape with a curved edge to create housing for the pin.The surface is pitted and there is an apparent longitudinal line visible in the reverse – probably a result of the casting. It had been suggested to the finder that this may in fact be a brooch made from a Roman coin, and on this basis the NationalMuseum was contacted for an opinion.Experts at the NationalMuseum concluded that this was a catchplate rathe…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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