Record ID: LANCUM-6A3931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy brooch of headstud type. The bow has a moulded stud on the curve at the top. The short wings extend either side of the head, and above these the plate on which the missing spring and pin would have mounted is present, decorated with three horizontal lines. The bow ends with a circular foot. The catch plate is present but incomplete. The cylindrical mount for the spring is still on the reverse but is incomplete. It has an even bronze coloured patina with no corrosion, which is attributable to it having been found in sand. Parallels for…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-047B79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 100 BC – AD 100. Uncertain type. The brooch comprises a rectangular plate with a narrowed elongated trapezoidal foot to one end and an integral coiled spring to the other. The circular sectioned spring extends from the centre of one edge of the plate. It extends backwards and curves up and round to form a coil. The coil continues upward and curves over the central spring to form a second coil to the other side. The coil then extends downward to form the tapering sectioned pin.  The rectangular …
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E4CC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of what is probably a knee or trumpet type early Roman brooch. The head is circular and behind it are the remains of the fixing plate for the spring. This is a raised rectangular section which fills the full diameter of the head and would have extended perhaps 3mm or 4mm upright. The remains of this have a worn curve in the centre which would have formed a fixing hole when complete. From the front of this head a circular section piece extends which has a central rib down the length of it. This curves at approximately 75 degrees, sloping down from the head, then vert…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-02328D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and enamel lozengeiform brooch of the Roman period, 1st to 2nd centuries AD. It is diamond shaped, with the longer axis being horizontal. In the centre is a number of cells which form first another rhomboid, which is inlaid with blue enamel (intact) and inside this are four smaller diameter circles. The outer circles are inlaid with white enamel, which survives, the inner circles do not have enamel in them, and may alternatively have contained gem stones, it is not possible to confirm this. The outer frame is again a lozenge shaped, div…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nether Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DAAD22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Roman period copper alloy keyhole or fantail brooch, as Hattatt Figure 168. The decorative feature is a circle, divided into quarters with two diagonal lines. Opposing quarters are filled with enamel in yellow and red. Attached to this are the corroded remains of a foot or other feature, with ribs running horizontally across this. On the back is part of the catch mechanism. It has some similarities with the more complete artefact CORN-FF6820, or NMS-018A86 Dimensions: 22mm high and 11.5mm wide, 4mm thickness, it weighs 4.08g
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cantsfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1FC056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy Roman brooch dating from AD 75 - 200, a Thealby Mine type, now classified as a headstud varient of Colchester derivative hinged type. It fits well into Mackreth's CD H 17.1b group, especially number 7456 on plate 66. The head of the brooch comprises tubular wings which act as a hinge mechanism. A copper alloy axis bar is retained through the lugs and a pin loop remains fitted around the axis bar by a closed loop. The copper alloy pin proper is lost to an old worn, break. The cast loop is incomplete, but it has a small peak rising from the bottom. T…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-B683C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Trumpet brooch of Group A type (Bayley and Butcher 2004, fig. 73), which dates AD 75-150.  Oval plate at top of which some is missing on one side. From this the trumpet curves into a design of leaves above and below a line like a column, then narrows to a foot which is a short tube with lines at top and bottom. Spring still present and is held behind the plate by a circular aperture.  The pin is lost. as is the back plate. Long foot is slightly bent to one side. The brooch has a brown patina. Dimensions: It is 57mm long and 17mm&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bolton le Sands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B682F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Trumpet brooch of Group A type (Bayley and Butcher 2004, fig. 73), which dates AD 75-150.  It has an oval plate at top. From this the trumpet curves with three, raised, concentric circles around it, then narrows to a foot which is a short tube with lines at top and bottom. The spring still present and is held behind the plate by a circular aperture. The pin is lost as is the actual catch for it, although the catch plate survives.The brooch has a brown patina. Dimensions: 58mm long and 17 wide across the to, 28mm deep and it weighs 17.53g
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bolton le Sands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-574ED9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Dolphin type Roman period brooch with hinge mechanism. The brooch is made of copper alloy. Both sides of the arms are present, as is most of the bow, although the pin and catchplate are missing. It is very degraded and any traces of pattern are obliterated. Dimensions: It is 40mm long and 25mm wide, 28mm deep and weighs 28.5g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yealand Redmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9943B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, probably an annular brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1400). The object has a sub-circular cross section and presents a narrowed constriction which has worn break at the end. The face is decorated with a cast decoration presenting chevrons and pellets. The underneath is undecorated. The object has a dark brown patina. Dimensions: Length 34.3mm; width 6.3mm; thickness 4.8mm; weight 9.28g Similar annular brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 250), see nos. 1314-18.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-F0DF1B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dragonesque brooch of the early Roman period complete apart from the pin and well preserved. It is moulded as one piece in copper alloy, an extended S shape which is formed of two symmetrical arms. Bars form the terminals and in the centre each arm widens slightly and is joined by a central section slightly thinner in diameter. From this centre are two curved features, one one each arm, extending part of the way along the arm. The bars and this central section are decorated with a beaded effect, with a linear edge either side of this. The rear is flat and hollow in the…
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kirkby Lonsdale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DF87E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment, folded and distorted. The top part of it has parallel lines running over a curved section, in a manner which resembles a Roman bow brooch, of Hod Hill type. The point where this is folded into the body of the piece can be seen on one side, on the reverse this join is not apparent and the curved section has thus been formed as part of the body. The lower part of it has no real form and no decoration, but has small, circular plate on one side which is riveted to the piece with a copper alloy rivet - this can be seen on the reverse. This suggests that it…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Quernmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DF460B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy P shaped brooch of the Roman period. The mechanism is held in a half-tube which is ridged around the circumference. In the rear the springs for this would have been located, they are now very corroded. From the front of this are two prongs, curving outwards and in again in an arc - or bow. They have a triangular section, the sharp point being outward. The two prongs come together slightly and join into a single arm of a similar section, with a collar between. It is quite degraded and no longer has any signs of surface treatment. Such brooches are se…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mitton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-FBF6EA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy brooch inset with red enamel. No close parallel identified yet but it has similarities with Trumpet, and possibly Headstud, brooches. The rounded breaks suggest that it was broken in antiquity. The pin and spring, and part of the catchplate and foot, are absent. Suggested date range c43 to c200 AD. Bow (1) - length 31mm, width 11mm, thickness 7mm, weight 3.9g Foot (2) - length 29mm, width 8mm, thickness 7mm, weight 6.6g Overall length 60mm, width 11mm, thickness 5mm, weight 10.5g
Created on: Friday 17th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A206F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lozenge shaped, copper alloy, Roman plate brooch datingf rom AD 25 - 250. It is probably a Continental Plate brooch type. The upper surface of the lozenge shaped plate is decorated with 25 lozenge shaped cells arranged in rows. Alternate rows are filled with a blue enamel, while the remaining cells are now empty. The edge of the brooch comprises a series of small triangular cells, which are filled with blue enamel in a similar alternate pattern to the centre. On each side of the brooch there is a rounded knop at the corner. At the hinge end of the brooch there is a collar comprising …
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-85C85B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
59.68mm in length, 16.72mm in width at the head, 4.90mm in width on the stem4.25mm in thickness, and 8.36mm in thickness at the thickest point. It weighs 11.48g.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-85DA2C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2021 T149 Description  A complete Medieval silver annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The frame of the brooch is complete, but the pin is missing. The frame is circular in shape and in section. At one small section the frame narrows to form the constriction for the now missing pin. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with incised saltires that cover the width of the frame. In each cross quadrant is an irregular number of stamped annulets that are often incomplete or overlapping each other. Either side of the constriction are two incised bands that cove…
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilldale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-400324
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sandal type skeuomorphic plate brooch. The brooch has an outline in the shape of an elongated sandal sole with the pointed heel at the top, a narrowed instep, expanded 'ball' of the foot and a pointed toe. It is sided, probably to represent the right foot. On the outer face the originally flat plate has a raised border around a plain flat centre which once held enamel. The base of a projecting loop or knop remains on the heel. On the reverse are the projecting remains of the pin attachment and the catch plate. Skeuomorphic plate brooches were popular in the 2nd cent…
Created on: Sunday 29th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-56A1AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular brooch complete with pin, dating to the medieval period c. 1200-1400AD. The main part of the band is rectangular in section. The pin, which is also copper alloy, is square in section and tapers to a point. The upper surface of the brooch has two concentric grooves in between which has been stamped lettering reading 'ihc naza renus' (Jesus of Nazareth). The underside of the brooch is plain. See LEIC-09F89A on the database for a similar example. Diameter: 27.6mm; width of band: 5.4mm; thickness: 2.2mm; weight: 5.31g.
Created on: Friday 8th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goosnargh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BF3343
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper-alloy Roman glass-centred boss brooch, complete with boss and pin (c. AD 250 - 450). The brooch has an oval plate with a central, oval setting for a black glass pyramidal boss on the front face. The section between the boss and the outer edge is decorated with a series of patterned lines. From the outer edge to the boss, these are: incised pelleted circles, a ridge, a rope-like pattern formed from diagonal grooves across a shallow ridge, two incised interweaving lines and, finally, the rope-like pattern again. A pattern of two incised interweaving lines also runs around …
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-40DAA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Roman penannular brooch, missing its pin (c. 25 BC - AD 100). The brooch frame is oval-sectioned with pinched terminals - i.e., both ends are folded back on themselves, and decorated on the upper face by vertical grooves. The object is dark brown in colour. It is 34.63mm in length, 31.48mm in width and 4.73mm in thickness. It weighs 5.23g. Hattatt (Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, 128-9) dates this type of brooch to the 1st century AD, classifying it as type D.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-C628C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval inscribed silver annular brooch, complete with pin. The brooch has a flat, circular frame with a pin restriction. Both sides are decorated in relief. Lozenge-armed crosses within squares separate running hares on one side. The other side has an inscription in French that has been interpreted by Malcolm Jones as MON QVER AVET TENET SI VO VOLE, which translates as 'Have my heart Keep (it) if you want (it)'. The pin is collared and rectangular in section. It tapers to a point. Diameter 19.05mm, width of frame 3.26mm, thickness 0.97mm, length of pin 18.67mm, and weight 1.5g.…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D1115
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch (c. AD 75 - 175). The brooch has a flared head reminiscent of a trumpet mouth. Behind the head is a tubular case for a hinge; the copper-alloy axis bar encased within this is visible at either end of the case, although the pin is missing. A D-sectioned bow curves down from the bottom of the head, punctuated approximately halfway down the front face by a transverse ridge, which is flanked by rows of raised squares - a motif typically thought to represent acanthus leaves. The bow terminates in a worn break, with a pointed ridge on the back fa…
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-54B6BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Broken copper-alloy and enamel Roman dragonesque brooch, complete with pin, dating to c. 50 - 150 AD. The brooch has an S-shaped body with elaborate terminals. The terminals take the form of a curved triangle with an oval extension and they are decorated on the front face: the triangles have a central circular depression and the oval extensions have a pair of connected oval knobs within a recession that retains traces of blue enamel. The foot terminal has broken off from the body of the brooch; the broken edge is abraded. One end of a copper-alloy pin is curled around the neck of the…
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-426613
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete but damaged enamelled copper-alloy disc brooch dating from the Roman period, c 2nd century AD. Description: The brooch is circular with a decorated obverse and plain reverse. A chunk of the disc with the catch plate below are broken off and missing. The sprung pin and catch arrangement are on the reverse. The plate is decorated with three fields of champlevé enamel, the central field is circular and has no clear enamel remaining. The first/inner ring may have been plain or possibly was decorated with moulded dot. The next ring was filled with green enamel with moulded dot…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-423553
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch fragment dating from c. AD75-175. Only the head and part of the bow of the brooch survive. The front part of the bow, foot, spring and pin are missing. The bow has a circular cross section and is broken just next to the for this brooch type typical moulded acanthus leaf-and-reel-decoration which sits at the apex of the bow. Below the trumpet-shaped head which gives this brooch type its name, is the hinge mechanism that attached the pin to the brooch. This trumpet brooch did not have a sprung but a hinged mechanism with the two tubular moulding…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-41D3B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy enamelled Dragonesque brooch dating from late 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch survives almost complete with only one of the terminal heads missing. The pin is still in place, bent around the body of the brooch. Although most of the enamel is missing, it is in excellent condition. The surface is dark brown and shiny and smooth to the touch. The brooch was S-shaped with both sides terminating in a small head with ear, eye and a curled up snout or nose. The body was cast with eleven integral cells which were filled with enamel, probably alternating blue a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CA227C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval plate brooch probably dating to the ninth century and of Continental, Carolingian, origin.. The plate is rectangular in shape, with a solid raised border running around the edge. The brooch is divided into three panels depicting a wolf flanked by two birds. On the inside of the panels is blue enamel with the surface of the light green copper alloy patina showing through. On the reverse Is the remains of the attachment. On one side there is the catchplate, this is rectangular in shape with the outer edge curved over to hold the now missing…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-129B6D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of middle Iron Age date, c. 400BC - 100BC. The brooch comprises a low arched ovate bow with circular knops projecting from each cardinal point. The upper and lower knops are perforated by dome topped rivets. To the reverse the rivets can be seen projecting though not evidence of a catchplate or hinge remain. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The brooch is 30.1mm long, 14.6mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 2.7g. The closest parallel for this object is YORYM-8431CF which is described as sharing features in common with Hull and Hawkes Ty…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-BF512B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy plate brooch dating to the Roman period, c. 150-250 AD. It is oval in plan and broadly plano-convex in section, with a flat underside demonstrating a broken looped pin mechanism and catchplate. The upper face has been ornately decorated, demonstrating an outer recessed field with stamped circular motifs inside two linear ropework designs, which serve to enclose the former. This has been gilded, the majority of which survives intact. The inner of these encircles a central oval cell with projecting rim, which originally would have contained a glass insert…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-BF442A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy 'T' shaped probable headstud brooch of Roman date, c.AD 75 -200. The head of the brooch comprises D-sectioned wings with a hinge mechanism to the reverse. The spring and pin are missing. The outer edge of each wings is decorated with a central raised ridge with two crescent shaped cells on each wing containing blue enamel and at each end of the wings is one transverse groove. A round sectioned bow extends centrally from the wings curving and tapering to a worn break. A ring and dot style headstud decoration is present at the apex of the bow with a circula…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-9B5FF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch dating 75 to 200AD. The brooch is complete. The head of the brooch consists of two tubular wings, both of which have a rectangular front face decorated with two vertical grooves. The attachment loop extends from the upper edge of the head. At the junction between the loop and head is a raised collar, which is decorated with a series of vertical incised lines. The reverse of the head has an integral double lug hinge mechanism, with a complete pin still attached to the axis bar. The bow tapers in width and has a central ridge, which creates a pointe…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-4AA5D9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (late 1st to 2nd century) brooch, Dragonesque type: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete and the pin is missing. It is an S-shape abstract zoomorphic form with turned in head at the terminal. Only one head remains the other is missing. The remaining head has a small circular cell topped with blue enamel which is representative of an eye, an openwork small circular cell at one edge may represent an ear and a short ridge represents the mouth. The body has a transverse band across the centre which is filled with circular and lozenge cells with settings now empty probably original…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-92E241
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy cast model possibly representing the head and bow of a 'T' shaped or Dolphin Roman brooch at 1:1 scale. As presented, the object lacks mechanical strength and, in this case, a hinged pin or spring to permit the brooch to operate is also absent, along with the catch plate; the top of the bow ending on a plain slightly curved edge. The length is 63mm, the width is 25mm thickness 11mm. First, this may be a trial piece or model of Roman date, or possibly a symbolic replacement for a brooch. The latter is occasionally encountered, though mainly in post-Roman (Anglo-Saxon) buria…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E5526
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch of Roman date, c.AD 100 - 200. The brooch is circular and is decorated with an outer border of raised chevrons with two raised inner rings with traces of red enamel between the rings six-pointed star around a large central ring. The brooch appears to be stained by the remains of gilding. The diameter is 33mm and the weight 9.27g. The worn remains of an integral lug and hinge project from opposite points on the reverse of the brooch. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. Similar examples are illustrated…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-683942
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, that is c. AD75-175.The brooch is in good condition with a complete body, head, spring and foot but the pin is missing. The trumpet brooch is composed of a strong, sturdy body with moulded decoration on the bow. The head is trumpet-shaped and doubles as the spring housing. The axis bar around which the spring would have been curled would have been held in place by the loop underneath the trumpet end. The latter end of the brooch's bow has a circular cross section and tapers slightly towards the foot which terminate…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-1C3944
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman or Romano British copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to between 75 to 175AD. The head has no wings and is sub oval in plan. The spring of 6 turns and the axis bar are present but the pin is absent as is most of the integral head loop. The bow is decorated with three moulded horizontal ribs of varying thickness, continuity and width. These are usually described as stylised acanthus moulding which is lower profile on the reverse of the bow. Below this decoration the bow tapers slightly and is sub-triangular in section. The bow terminates with a triple banded circular foot kn…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-09343B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy trumpet brooch dating from the Roman period, that is c. AD75-175. Only part of the bow remains. It is decorated with the for this brooch type typical reel-and-acanthus leaf motif.
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bashall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4DB9A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy penannular brooch of the Iron Age to Roman Period, dating to 100 BC - AD 100. About 90% of the brooch remains, the pin is missing. The brooch is sub oval in shape and circular in cross section. It comprises of a thin open hoop. Half way there is a notch or dent in the hoop, this is where the pin would have sat. The terminals are circular in plan and rectangular in cross section. They are made from the flattened end of the hoop, which have been turned up and rolled into a spiral. The brooch is a dark brown in colour with traces of green corrosion. Abr…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-927222
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch dating from the Roman period, c. AD75-175. The brooch looks to be a trumpet derivative brooch. It is complete, with spring and pin still in place. The body of the brooch was made from moulded copper alloy but appears to have had no further incised or enamelled decoration. The bow is fairly high with a moulded crescent on the apex and the head is flat oval in cross-section. The foot plate is wide and the terminal of the foot is decorated with a small moulded-and-collared knop.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA511C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy knee brooch (AD 150-250). The axis bar, spring, pin and part of the catch-plate are missing. This brooch has a semi-circular head-plate and a semi-circular, hollow, humped bow.. The plate is flat at the front and partially flat at the rear. On the obverse it is decorated with a moulded step and three crescent-shaped cells which are filled with red enamel. The lower part of the head-plate at the rear is hollow to accommodate the missing spring. However, some ferrous corrosion is still retained within the lugs around the axis and close to the head. At…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DA3B96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman flat enamelled disc (sexfoil) plate brooch with a flat and plain edge dating from the late first to mid-second century AD. The brooch is circular in plan and displays a six-pointed sexfoil star pattern. The inside of the star retains a small amount of red enamel, while the outer field retains a small amount of black enamel. The reverse of the brooch is plain and undecorated and retains the double lugs for the spring and pin; part of the spring remains but the pin is broken and missing. Opposite the hinge lugs is the catchplate, of which only the securing lip …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-89C151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dragonesque brooch of Roman date. The brooch is curvilinear in form resulting in a roughly S-shaped piece with two "dragon head" terminals and a zoomorphic face with a stylised eye. The body of the brooch is decorated with three circular cells connected by a spiral which may well have been filled with enamel. The brooch also appears to have been gilded. The ears are both broken off but the break would appear to indicate that it is probably of the East Brigantian type with a raised, upwards pointing 'ear'. The length is 54mm, the width is 26mm and the weight …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-BABF85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy and enamelled umbonate disc brooch (AD 100-250). The pin is missing and there is extensive loss of material around the edges. The umbo is circular in plan, domed at the front and concave at the rear. It has a pair of parallel pin lugs but the catch-plate is missing. The brooch is decorated with two circles of triangular cells which are filled with enamel. The outer circle is filled with blue enamel while the inner circle has blue cells which alternate with cells which are now empty. In the centre of the object is a small circular cell which is empty. I…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-172EF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment probably part of a miscast Roman brooch or possibly relating to horse harness furniture late 1st to early 2nd century. The object is from a known Roman site. The length is 40mm, the width is 11mm and the weight 8.40g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-172497
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment probably part of a miscast Roman brooch or possibly relating to horse harness furniture late 1st to early 2nd century. The object is from a known Roman site. The length is 46mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 8.38g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-6B1A3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely well preserved copper alloy disc brooch dating from the Roman period, c. 2nd century. The brooch is complete and in very good condition. There are no break except for possible knops which appear to have broken off the circumference of the brooch. Only some jagged remains suggest that there were small knops or lugs. The rest of the brooch is intact, with the spring, hinge, pin and pin rest still on the reverse. The brooch has a smooth, chocolate-brown patina and while there are no marks on the obverse, the reverse appears polished or scratched. The brooch may be slightly dome…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4B1C45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the trumpet type, dating from AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the trumpet and a section of the bow. The bow has an integral, circular plate at the shoulder, separated from the trumpet by a short, narrow neck. The upper side of the disc is decorated with a deeply recessed circle, within which is a smaller annulet, also recessed and with a central, circular pellet. The two circular grooves created by this arrangement both contain the remains of enamel, now light yellow or cream in the inner groove and red in the outer. Th…
Created on: Monday 29th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morecambe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-63788C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age/ early Roman La Tène III, Nauheim derivative brooch (100 BC - AD 100). The brooch is made in one piece, with the top of the bow narrowing and curling back on itself several times to form a spring which would then extend downwards to form the pin, there are 4 coils remaining and the top of the pin now broken. The brooch has a very thin, arched bow, which is D-shaped in section, being flat to the reverse undecorated except for a square sectioned integral plate at the centre. The bow narrows down to a triangular catchplate that is unperforated wi…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F80416
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Polden Hill (Dolphin sprung) type, of Roman dating (AD 50- AD 70). In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The wings are semi-circular in cross-section. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers to the broken edge, forming the bow of the object. The claw, or crest, on the head of the brooch, to hold the spring, is broken. The lower part of the brooch is missing. The object is 26.54mm long and 25.19mm wide. The bow is 7.15mm thick. The object weighs 11.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0D0516
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unusual Trumpet headed bow brooch. At the head, the rear face of the trumpet seems to be cast in the shape of a coiled spring with a hole for an axis bar which holds the remains of the pin, (See the example given by Hattatt, diag. 83, fig 45 in Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Hattat, p108), although the rest of the pin is missing, as is the catch plate and foot. It also appears there may have been a substantial suspension loop, of which only the base remains. The bow itself seems to be similar to a perforated Hod Hill class D type, with the remains of a perforated …
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0C7F3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a two piece copper alloy trumpet brooch, typical of the early British versions produced in the 2nd half of the first century AD. (Collingwood group R (i)) The bow is diamond shaped in profile, but with rounded mid-bow triple flange and ridged cylindrical foot knob decoration and solid catch plate. It has the remnants of a cast lug behind the small trumpet shaped head which the spring would have attached to. The spring and pin are missing. The upper part of the bow and head are twisted and the brooch has a greenish patina. Similar in appearance to Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-8F5F9C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Very small silver annular brooch dating from the medieval period that is the 14th/15th century. There are six equidistant cross hatched knops surmounting the frame which is rounded on the front and flat on the back. The pin is intact swivelling on a constricted area of the frame and would have been separately made. Shares similarities with No 4 Figure 13 and similar brooches of similar date are mentioned in that entry in P. Saunders (Ed). Salisbury and Southern Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 4. Salisbury and Wiltshire Museum. Similar to examples in Egan and Pritchard (…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gressingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-02DCAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of uncertain type possibly a headstud type dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The head, wings, pin and bow are all missing. The fragment consists only of a portion of the leg, the foot and the catchplate. The length is 32mm, the width is 12mm, and the weight 4.51g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-5DF571
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount inlaid with enamel dating from the Roman period, c. 1st-4th century AD. The mount is small and very worn - it may have been the centre of a brooch or the head of a button and loop fastener but it is too worn to be certain. It may have been circular once but now it is oval or eye-shaped, with a worn back and front. There is still some enamel present, however: Between two concentric moulded rings are a blue centre and a red enamelled ring. There may have been further moulded rings, but not enough of the body survives to be certain.
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-52AA15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass Brooch a Headstud variety dating to the late 1st century AD. It does not match any of the known Castleford types but the robustness is suggestive of the Castleford variants. However there are no wings and at the top of the bow is a huge integrally cast loop. It is possible that the brooch is an unknown Castleford variant but it may well be an unknown variant type from somewhere else in Lancashire. The brooch shares also shares similarities apart from the wings with Mackreth type Headstud R1 (East Midlands regional variant) - and Thelby-type brooches. There is a headstud at the a…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DOWNHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-524CCA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of a Castlford type variant dating from AD 75 - 175. The head is a plain with a groove parallel to edge and central lug for securing the spring behind. There is a squared off projection at the top of the lug. The bow tapers to central mouldings of two small petals either side of a hemispherical moulding with one rib above and one below. The bow tapers with a central groove and to parallel grooves to the base which terminates in a cylindrical foot knop. The catchplate is missing. Shares similarities with Fig 69 in Cool, H. E. M and Philo. C (Eds). Ro…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST BRADFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D08D9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period. The object is a hinged example. The wings are tubular and semi-circular in cross-section with a raised stop-ridge at either end. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. The bow is decorated with a central vertical ridge which is corroded. The foot of the brooch is rounded and incomplete due to recent damage. At the rear of the brooch the catchplate is incomplete. Similar to DENO-2C80A2, LVPL-07358E and LIN-464485 on the database. The length is 54mm, the wid…
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B4BF8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass Brooch a Headstud variety dating to the late 1st century AD. It does not match any of the known Castleford types but the robustness is suggestive of the Castleford variants. However there are no wings and at the top of the bow is a huge integrally cast loop. It is possible that the brooch is an unknown Castleford variant but it may well be an unknown variant type from somewhere else in Lancashire. The brooch shares also shares similarities apart from the wings with Mackreth type Headstud R1 (East Midlands regional variant) - and Thelby-type brooches. There is a headstud at the a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PENDLETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ACA913
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman Dolphin brooch dating to the 1st Century AD. Similar to Hattat No 379 Page 301. Hattat. R. 2000. A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches. Oxbow. Oxford. The length is 53mm, and the width is 20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRKHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ABBDE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy item difficult to identify possibly dating 300BC to 410AD. It is possibly the bow from an early Iron Age brooch, part of a terret ring or mount. The fragment is long, tapering and curving in different directions and the apex and terminal at which points it is also broken. Similar to SF-70C8C7, and YORYM-017E93on the database. The length is 28mm, the width is 10mm thickness 4mm and the weight 4.07g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KELBROOK', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D5CDC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a large fragment of a Roman Wirral type brooch dating from the early Roman period, that is c. AD43-200. Only the bow and head remain, most of the pin rest, foot and pin are missing. The surface of the brooch is very worn and no trace of enamel or moulded decoration remains. The general shape and outline suggests a humped rectangular cross-section and a rounded head. The spring mechanism was hinged.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C7F845
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver annular brooch dating from the late 13th to early 14th century 1280 to 1320 AD. Circular sectioned frame, now slightly distorted, with four equally spaced and separately made knops each of which encloses the frame that are undecorated and the bracelet is worn smooth over much of the surface. There are two smaller knops that surround the shank of the pin next to the loop. There is a setting for the pin which is now missing and wear on the frame from the pin. The diameter is 37mm and the weight 3.84g. Similar to NMS-27A577, NMS-ADAAF6, NMS-19C764 and NMS-D2A387 on the …
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GISBURN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B76CD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch fragment. What remains is the intersection of the bow and the crosspiece. The stump of the headstud and the base of the suspension loop are also visible. It is probable that the bow, and possibly the wings and the stud, were decorated with enamel cells. Dates from between c75 and c200 AD. The length is 25mm, the width is 16mm, thickness 11mm, and the weight 7.17g. For similar, more complete, examples see YORYM-C17EC4, NLM-DCAD20, NMS-A36126, and LANCUM-EE6072 amongst many others.
Created on: Sunday 1st December 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trawden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0BFAE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy disc brooch dating to between c75 and c410 AD. The brooch is circular, one face has a raised external rim, a second raised rim 5mm from the edge, and a circular boss in the centre. The perimeter band retains possible remnants of the wire used to delineate cells of enamel. The centre probably contained a dome shaped piece of coloured glass or a semi precious stone. There are two lugs on the other face. One contains the trapped remains of of the pin, the other is the catchplate. The diameter is 30mm, thickness 10mm, and the weight is less than 11.97g. …
Created on: Monday 13th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-773D05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a fragment of cast copper alloy Roman headstud brooch (75-175 AD). Only the bow of the brooch survives below the head survives. It is sub triangular in section with what would have originally have been bright blue enamel lozenges along the apex . The recess for the headstud is intact and it would have been attached by a rivet. At the base, the foot is missing. A concave recess suggests that this was also a separate stud which is now missing. The catch plate and the base of the bow are missing. The length is 22mm and the thickness12mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WORSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C2D4D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval brooch consisting of a circular frame with grooved decoration at four equidistant points. Black niello decoration remains in some of the grooves but is missing in most of them. The pin survives intact and is still in place. The pin has a circular collar and tapers to a point. The brooch is silver and dates from the 13th century or early 14th century. Dimensions: diameter 35 mm. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. D Boughton Finds Liaison Officer (Lancas…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
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Record ID: LANCUM-D103A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The headplate is rectangular and measures 22mm in length and 21mm in width. The front of the headplate is decorated with a slightly raised central panel and a pair of wings which slope slightly to their edges, the best-preserved of which is decorated with a border groove. The side knobs are missing but a full-round integrally cast top knob survives, with a base decorated with a fine groove, a broader groove forming the waist, and a dome also decorated with a fine groove. There is a …
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-6E1D53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Enamelled cast cu-alloy Dragonesque brooch dating from the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete with one of the heads of the brooch's body missing as well as the pin. The brooch was cast having small 'cloisonne'-style fields on the obverse whilst the reverse was plain. The obverse fields were filled with different coloured enamel, probably red and blue. They made of a geometrical and floral pattern and there was also enamel on the remaining head of the brooch, especially around the circular 'eye'. The pin would have been a strong cast cu-alloy pin that was 'looped' around the neck…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2010
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2D59A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch fragment dating from c. AD75-175. Only part of the bow and head remain. There is a swelling head rising over short wings whose only decoration is moulded ridges at the end. It had a hinged construction. The pin is missing.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-125251
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman penannular brooch dating from c. AD43-410. The brooch frame is complete and survives in an excellent condition, with a pitted but high shine patina which has worn under the pin loop, giving it a brassy appearance. Both terminals survive, both culminates in round knops, decorated with incised lines, arranged in a spiral formation. The pin remains intact and is looped around the frame, it has a squared off section and it has a flattened terminal. There is an incised line down the spine of the pin. The brooch itself is a light mid brownish-green in co…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverdale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8F68F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy possible Roman flat edged disc brooch with enamelled decoration. It is round extremely worn and corroded with possibly a pattern in the centre with some red enamel. The reverse of the brooch has an integrally cast catchplate, which is now incomplete and extremely worn. There is a relatively recent break across the surface of the brooch, based on the limited amount of wear this damage is most likely due to agricultural damage. The brooch has a mid green patina. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds From Excavations …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SILVERDALE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8F4EE4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tinned trumpet brooch derivative probably 2nd century. No head loop with 2 mouldings and disc. The catchplate is intact and a small amount of the pin remains. The bow is a narrow 'D' shape . It is 36mm long, 20mm wide, 6mm thick and weighs 4.54g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SILVERDALE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-706958
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper ally Roman knee brooch. The head and part of the bow remain. It is a fan shaped plate headed type. The remains of the bow is slightly arched and hollow. Behind the head are two perforated integral lugs between which the spring would have sat. It has a smooth light green patina.
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C6E3B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A melted and distorted copper alloy Roman brooch; probably a bow and fantail type dating from 50 - 150 AD. The brooch is 30.28mm long, 28.98mm wide and 14.19mm thick. It weighs 9.86g. The foot of the brooch is missing. The bow is bent out of shape and is pitted. Traces of silvering are visible. The top of the bow flares into the head which is thick and wide. The type of pin cannot be determined due to the damage to the brooch head. The pin is missing. There is a damaged projection from the centre of the back of the head which may be part of the pin mechanism. There is a trace of possi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2009
Last updated: Sunday 10th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-967396
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver brooch formed of four crescents joned together with three shields which are keyed for enamel. The shields are decorative rather than heraldic. A fourth space is left vacant for the attachment of the pin which may have borne a fourth shield to complete the composition. The pin is absent. The brooch dates from c1300 to c1400 AD. Length 23mm and width 21.5mm.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5508B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, i.e. c. AD75-175. Only the main part of the bow and the head remain; spring, pin rest and pin are missing. The surface of the brooch is very corroded, but the moulded reel-and-acanthus decoration is still visible. The brooch, however, did not bear any enamelled decoration like some of the more elaborate examples do.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D853D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Headstud type bow brooch dating from c.70 through to the late 2nd century. The brooch is mostly complete although the catchplate and pin are missing and the headloop has broken off. It is a hinged type and the top of the pin is still present. The wings are broken at the ends but would have had square ends. They have moulded steps from the centre to the end. There is a circular boss at the top of the bow. Below this the decoration starts and goes all the way to the foot. This consists of lozenge shaped hollows in which enamel would have been. All the enamel is now mis…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E019C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely corroded bow and head fragment of a Roman trumpet brooch dating from the early Roman period, i.e. c. AD75-175. The brooch has lots its foot, half its bow, the spring and pin. The remaining part of the bow still retains, however, the typical trumpet-shaped head, the petal-and-reel (or acanthus-leaf) decoration in the top centre of the bow. The FLO has not seen the object; identification was provided from emailed image. Image on database kindly provided by finder.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-56C705
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast cu-alloy Roman head stud brooch dating to the late first, but mainly to the second century AD. it is a heavy well made brooch which probably had a swivelling wire chain loop which has now become undone. The brooch was not seen by FLO; the image was kindly supplied by the finder.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-56BBF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy headstud brooch dating to the Early Roman period. The brooch is almost complete and in very good condition with only the spring and pin missing. Bow, headstud, spring case and loop (for suspension of beads, etc?) are still intact. Bow and head are very sturdy, with a rectangular cross-section and limited amount of decoration: there are two thin grooves on the bow and two more around the headstud as well as vertical grooves (possibly a reel motif?) on the sides of the cross bar (see image). The find was reported via email and was not seen by FLO. Image kindly provided by t…
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E1E4A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British one-piece Colchester type brooch. Behind the flat rectangular wings is a copper alloy spring with four surviving coils. The other half of the coils and the pin are missing. On top of the head is a forward facing hook to secure the spring. The plain bow is hexagonal in section and tapers to a plain pointed foot. The long catchplate is incomplete at the bottom and has two surviving rectangular perforations. The surviving length of the catchplate is 17.8mm and the width is 13.6mm. There are some traces of bronze disease on the bow and catchpl…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-411DE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic Dragonesque brooch, incomplete as the tail is missing and also the pin. A crudely made example with angular edges, unlike most others this has a reversed 'S' shape. The reverse is flat with many parallel scratch marks which probably derive from the movement of the pin. The obverse is decorated with a 'Celtic-style' moulded decoration and there are circles in relief on each 'dragon's head', mimicking an eye and a smaller nostril. Although this is probably a type of Dragonesque brooch that did not carry any enamel in the grooves and spaces, it is…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-685EF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rare, complete cast cu-alloy brooch dating from the La Tène period/Late Iron Age (c 4th-3rd centuries BC). It is a one-piece brooch with bilateral spring and a highly arched bow which is decorated with grooves and a line of dots(?)/small hourglass(?)-shaped stamps on top. The grooved decoration can be found on both sides and the reverse of the bow and it is interesting to note that the upper side of the bow is much more worn than the reverse which would have had more contact with the cloth. The uppermost part of the bow is smooth and shiny. Furthermore, the brooch has an extended catc…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61EFA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Birdlip brooch dating from the mid-1st century BC to mid-1st century AD. Its pin is missing but otherwise it is complete. It has a trumpet-shaped head and moulded decoration on the bow which is very thin towards the head of the brooch. Probably for both decoration and stabilisation purposes, a cast cu-alloy 'ball' was moulded between the rim of the trumpet-shaped head and the heavier top of the bow. The large foot is undecorated and does not have a headstud.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A79752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain cast cu-alloy annular brooch with intact yet fragile, flaky pin which is still attached to the hoop by means of a small loop.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EFD064
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, complete except for the pin. The pin was part of a hinge mechanism and there is no spring coil underneath the plain trumpet-shaped head. The small head stud is plain and the large, heavy bow is decorated with the for this brooch type typical alternating petal/reel mouldings. Furthermore, it seems that at some point, after the foot had broken off it was replaced/repaired with a small metal sheet (probably bronze) which was attached to the remainder of the original foot with two very small rivets which are fragmentary today. Nina Crummy adds: "Trum…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ribble Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EFCD32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Headstud brooch, Hattatt No. 35: Hinged pin type with bronze axis bar but without the for this brooch type typical chain loop. "It does not have any enamel decoration, unless the stud originally held some. The wings are step grooved in the usual Headstud manner", but without the knurling on alternative ribs. The round foot knob is undecorated "It is plain underneath. The stud has a frontal kick and the face of the bow is shaped to a smooth rounded channel from stud to foot. A fairly plain Headstud brooch, but nicely worked. Probably second half of the second century AD.
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ribble Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F50CA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2nd century Romano-British disc brooch with Celtic-inspired triskele design (comp. Hattatt 2000, no. 120, p. 344). It was made from cast cu-alloy and decorated with dark blue and white(?) enamel. Part of the spring coil and the catch plate are still in place, but the pin is missing. It is possible that both spring coil and pin were made from iron (as dark red corrosion suggests). The obverse of the brooch is decorated with triskele motif that was filled in with dark blue enamel. If the spaces between the three arms of the triskele were, too, filled with enamel, there is almost no more…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-683C68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a Victorian copper-alloy brooch, pin and spring coils missing. It was possibly worn as a choker on the front part of a high-necked collar (?). The basic shape is that of a Maltese cross; a rectangular-cut gemstone was set in the centre of the brooch, but it is missing today. It was not of very high quality.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-4832F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Wirral type brooch dating from the Roman period: Circular lead, edge damaged. It is decorated with a transverse ridge and regular incised lines. The upper side of the bow is divided into three rectangular panels down to the mid bow. Inlaid with enamel in squares - only three cells survive. There is an extension at the mid bow. Below the lower bow tapers to a missing foot. The hinged pin and the copper alloy axis bar is secured in pierced lugs.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FB8175
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Small Roman Trumpet type brooch. Pierced lug at the back of the oval head which is bent sharply backwards. Projection at the top of the head. Spring gear and pin missing. Triple moulded waist bead extends around the back of the bow but is flattened at the back. The detail of the moulding is lost due to wear. Straight slightly tapering leg. Triangular catchplate complete. Flattened bead moulding at foot.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FB6493
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Trumpet type brooch in poor condition. Pierced lug at the back of the worn head. Spring gear and pin missing. Triple moulded waist bead extends around the back of the bow. Straight denuded leg with remnant of catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FB07C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of bow and catchplate of a possible Langton Down type brooch. The bow is thin, straight sided and rounded at its end. The front surface is ribbed. The catchplate has two perforations. Unusually, the brooch has been repaired in antiquity in that the worn catchplate has had a plate riveted to it with two copper rivets. It has been cut to the shape of the original catchplate and turned over at its edge to catch the pin.
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7BBF31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a Roman Disc Brooch. Round with a ridge running round one face. Solder marks on back, which is rounded. one square mark on back. Possibly a pattern in the middle with some red enamel. Grey Brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bickerstaffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-475BA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post medieval disc brooch. Decorated with gold emameling, with a floral leaf design embossed on the front plate. The front plate has and external lip running around its circumference. The back is flat although missing any evidence for the pin.
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-046E33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate brooch, probably post medieval. The front plate is missing, which would have probably contained some form of decoration. The back plate still has the remains of the pin bar and lug, although the pin itself is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garstang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-82B4E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative broach, probably dating to the post medieval period. The broach is in the shape of a thisle, with a central point at the top, and two pointed spikes slighly further down at either side. Underneath these spikes at the end of the lozenge shaped body two protruding curved cresent shaped features at either side, which are meant to represent leaves. This leads to the stem which is Z shaped, and narrow. Throughout the body of the broach are round indentations, which would have originally contained semi-precious stones. There is also lines breaking up these round inden…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-22A1A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy, Roman headstud brooch, possibly 3rd century, although heavily corroded. The headstud is pirform shape and integrally cast, and the wings and neckband would have supported a head loop which is recently broken. The brooch would have had a hing pin at the back which has been lost. It has a well arched flat faced bow of heavy construction which tapers towards the catch plate which is missing. The foot of the brooch is rounded at the end, although because it is heavily corroded and most of the foot is missing it is difficult to be sure. There is incised ribbed decoration aroun…
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5C6602
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Brooch in the shape of an equilateral triangle with two broad, flat sides connected with a narrow bar. The flat sides are recessed and decorated with incised X's. The pin is located on a short bar at the centre of one of the flat sides.
Created on: Monday 15th September 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalmine', grid reference and parish protected.