Record ID: NARC-424B81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman brooch of Colchester derivative (double Lug) type in copper-alloy. This form dates to between c.AD 40 and 65. The present example is complete, and in good condition, with an even deep green patina, and the pin is intact. The object measures 32mm long, with wings 17mm wide, and a maximum thickness of 12mm; it weighs 6.5g. The brooch is T-shaped in plan and D-shaped in section. The short, semi-cylindrical wings are undecorated, but the length of the bow is decorated with linear reeding, and it gradually tapers to form a point at the base. On the reverse of the brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-FE7F61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and enamel 2nd century Roman brooch. The brooch consists of a central disc surrounded symmetrically by four discs which in turn have three more discs spaced round the edges. The main part of the brooch has a raised circle with alternate wedges of turquoise blue and dark red enamel. These radiate from central cell the enamel of which is too poorly preserved to interpret the original colour. The outer lower section of this centre section has border of punched ring and dot design and short diagonal lines. Each of the four attached discs has blue and white millefiori enamel…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-31F394
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a cockerel. Almost complete apart from missing pin but slightly dented and damaged on one side. There is little evidence of enamelling, but the feather-like cells on the upper body of the cockerel can be seen. The comb, beak and eyes are rather worn but the wattles may have been enamelled in the hollow. The tail is stunted and may have broken off. Beneath, the cockerel is hollow and has a pair of perforated lugs, to hold the now missing pin under the tail and traces of the catchplate. The cockerel was an attribute to the Ro…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E65597
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver annular brooch which is complete and with the pin intact. Traces of gilding evident on the brooch. The frame is circular in plan and in section. It is decorated with four evenly spaced globular collars, each of which is punched with small circular marks. The pin is cast and is circular in cross section, tapering to a point at the end. The loop round the frame is unusual because it is formed from two arms projecting from the pin, with a central break on the outside of the frame, rather than one arm which is bent round the frame leaving a small gap near the pin which i…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharley End', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C57257
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch fragment. This piece consists of part of the cylindrical spring and spring cover with three turns of spring on each side and the start of the pin. The short length of the bow is decorated with lateral mouldings.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope RF1', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C588A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and abraded copper alloy Late Iron Age and early Roman Colchester brooch. The spring and pin are missing the bow is distorted and only a vestige of the catchplate remains.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope RF1', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-D9EA37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy catchplate and part of the round sectioned bow of a Nauheim-derivative Late Iron Age or early Roman brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope RF1', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EEE4D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A silver open-frame brooch of circular form. The bent frame has flat surfaces, applied to which are five of an original eight collets, all apparently empty. The spaces between the collets bear parallel lines of rolled or stamped decoration. The pin is attached via a hole in the frame and is complete. Openwork brooches with collets are a relatively common form of dress accessory during the 13th and 14th centuries - see examples from Meols, Cheshire (Griffiths et al. 2007: pl. 25). This find qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age a…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3D4E15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Roman (probably mid to late 1st century) date. The wings are short and have a flat underside. At the centre is a pierced lug, into which the now-missing axis bar would have fitted. Directly above the top of the wings is a second perforation, which contains a portion of the external chord. The humped bow is of flattened-oval section, the width and thickness gradually decreasing towards the bottom, where it has been broken in antiquity The brooch measures 28.4mm long, 13.2mm wide and weighs 3.16g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3D7418
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch of Roman (early to mid 1st century) date. The wings are tubular, the damaged underside revealing five coils of the spring. The bow forms a right-angle with the back of the head, the parallel-sided strip extending to the damaged foot. The bow's upper surface bears to parallel grooves on its upper surface. On the underside of the foot is the remnant of a catchplate. The artefact is bent and heavily corroded. It measures 29.6mm long, 13.7mm wide (wings) and weighs 3.43g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3D97C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy open-frame brooch of Medieval date. The frame is sub-oval in plan and sides are of circular section, narrowing at the pin constriction. The pin has been looped around this constriction. It is of trapezoidal section, the long sides gradually converging towards a point, the recessed underside of which rests on the top of the frame. A longitudinal groove (presumably decorative) extends the length of the pin, while a transverse moulding marks the start of the loop. The brooch has a dark brown surface and is corroded in places. It measures 38.1mm long, 32.2mm wide and …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3E1295
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman (mid to late 1st century) Colchester derivative (two-piece) brooch. The horizontal wings have a concave underside, in which sits the remaining six coils of the spring. The axis bar passes through a central lug on the underside of the head; a second lug, located above, holds in place the external chord. The remaining portion of the bow is of thin section and has a grooved longitudinal ridge at the centre. The brooch measures 17.7mm long, 17.5mm wide and weighs 3.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Saturday 5th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3E39A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman (mid to late 1st century) Colchester derivative (two-piece) brooch. The horizontal wings have a flat underside, at the centre of which is a pair of perforated lugs. The lower of these lugs is damaged and would have held in place the now-missing axis bar; within the above lug is a remnant of the external chord. The bow forms a shallow curve and is of 'D-shaped' section, its long sides converging towards a pointed foot. The catchplate is unperforated and is missing its rolled outer side. The surfaces of the brooch are corroded in places. It me…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Last updated: Saturday 5th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-673066
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy open-frame brooch of Medieval date. The frame is circular, poorly cast and exhibits numerous file marks. The upper and lower surfaces are convex, while the inner face is vertical. The pin has been looped around the frame. It is made from a flattened and tapering length of copper-alloy wire which has been squared-off at the end. The artefact measures 16.4mm in diameter, 4.3mm thick (dimensions include pin) and weighs 1.27g.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Saturday 5th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-060D95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an incomplete cast copper alloy brooch, most likely dating to the Anglo-Saxon (early Medieval) period. Although the brooch has eluded specific typological identification, it is most similar in shape and style to Anglo-Saxon Radiate Headed Brooches (in this case without radiate finials) or a Small-Long Brooch derivative. The object is geometric in design, with a semi-circular head, an outward curving rectangular neck, and an elongated and triangular catchment end. The pin attachments are intact, with a simple hinge and horizontally protruding catchment plate. However, the pin …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-067037
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La Tène III simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch, dating to approximately the 1st century BC -1st century AD. The brooch is fashioned with a single piece of copper alloy, which would have formed four spring loops at the top, followed by the pin shaped from the remaining thinner metal and placed in between the spring loops. However, in this case, three out of the four spring loops, as well as the pin, are missing. The body of the brooch arches into a slight curve which terminates in a thinner trapezoidal plate wi…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-068967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, possibly cast copper alloy and enameled Trumpet-headed brooch with a disc on its bow, dating to the Roman period (approx. 2nd century AD). The remains of the trumpet brooch consist of a curved, trumpet-shaped head with a large central disc with one protruding lug, a fragment of a vertical catchment plate, and a triangular-shaped brooch end, which is broken off. It is missing its head loop, as well as three out of the four metal lugs on the disc's circumference, its catchment end with most of the catchment plate, and all of its spring and pin. According to Bayley and But…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham cum Little Linford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-980425
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy plate brooch dating to the Roman period. The object is an oval, flat plate, divided into two zones by a reserved flat metal ridge that is concentric to the similar oval outer rim. The brooch is decorated within the outer zone with a bright blue enamel and the centre, although now empty, could have held further decorative elements such as a paste intaglio or more enamel. The back of the brooch is missing its pin and spring, although the single pierced lug and catchment plate with a curved edge are still intact. The colour of the metal is a mid-brown-green w…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-144D54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Incompete Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch. Part of the spring survives behind the head, but the pin and foot are missing. The bow of the brooch has decorative mouldings but these are obscured by iron corrosion. There are two C-shaped panels of blue enamel on the head and only small flecks of red on the upper bow.
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F09751
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of initial type dating from 1st to mid 2nd century AD. The head consists of a horizontally aligned cylinder which has a longitudinal seam on the underside. At the centre is a vertical slit and it is at this point that the copper-alloy pin loop is attached to the internal, iron axis bar. On the upper surface there is a simple moulding at either end of the cylinder. The sides of the bow converge towards the point of the break. A moulded transverse ridge marks the transition between bow and head, and an inverted triangular moulding extends do…
Created on: Saturday 2nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lathbury', grid reference and parish protected.