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: 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
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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: 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: 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-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: 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: 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-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-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-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
No spatial data available.

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-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-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: 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: 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: 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-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: LVPL147
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of Roman dragonesque brooch. Head and tail missing. Body decorated with alternate blue and white enamel inlaid panels.
Created on: Thursday 16th July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE SILVERDALE', grid reference and parish protected.