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: 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: 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: NARC-0822A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman brooch. Incomplete. Probably an equal ended plate brooch. Rectangular in plan, with a knop at the narrow ends which appear to be broken. Rectangular wings, 7.5mm long and 3.5mm wide. Three inset rectanguar cells are set along the rectangular central panel. The cells would originally have held enamel. The reverse is slightly concave.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-C8A442
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tania Dickinson has reviewed this brooch and commented as follows: "As far as I can establish there is not a close parallel to your brooch, because its facemask has clearly separate oval eyes, rounded eyering and rounded banded cheeks, but also integrates the eyebrows and moustache/upper lip (Class E2 and E3 integrate the eyebrows and cheeks, but might still be the closest).....it clearly is a developed form in (the Suzuki) sequence, which he dates broadly between 475 and 550. His Class E, which is particularly interrelated with masks on saucer brooches, is dated from c. 500-520". …
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-65C355
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Alcester type trumpet derivative brooch of Roman date. The slightly distorted brooch measures 48.7mm by 19.1mm by 16.6mm and weighs 19.4g. It has a large trumpet-shaped head with a loop at the apex and a recess on the back for the seven-coiled spring. The pin is missing. A domed moulding projects from the middle of the bow and overhangs the rest of the bow, which is flat and narrow. This section expands slightly towards its end and terminates with a rounded knop which has a smaller knop projecting from it. Little of the catchplate survives. It has been suggested tha…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham Cum Little Linford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-514B73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early La Tene I style, copper alloy brooch consisting of two wings and a bow. The wings are round sectioned and end in spherical knobs. There is a sharply defined collar where these knobs join the wing and a central knob at the junction of the wings and the bow. The latter has a pronounced arch and has a hollow back, that may have been to reduce the weight of the brooch. The bow turns back on itself making a loop by the catchplate and has another knob finishing it off. The pin is missing. Jope [2000, p44] illustrates two arched brooches from Woodeaton, Oxon that he dates to 3rd cent…
Created on: Friday 27th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-24F052
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch (Wroxeter type), dating from the first to second century. In this type of brooch, the trumpet head has been almost replaced by a flat plate with a pierced lug at the top. The brooch has a moulded foot knob with two distinct lobes and a bow that is narrow and ridged on the lower part. In the centre of the bow are three ridges, the central one with chevron mouldings. Above the upper ridge is a raised circular knob divided into four quadrants. The upper half of the bow has three vertical channels in the central one of which traces of red …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Linford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-2502F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a duck. The brooch has a plate for the body of the bird that is flat on the underside and rises on the upper side to the neck end. The neck and head extend from this and there is an upturned beak that widens towards a curved tip. On the upper side there is a triangular central area wider at the tail end that is divided centrally into two cells filled with (probably) yellow enamel. The remainder of the body (the wings) is filled with blue enamel. At the tail end there is a lug for attachment of a chain, pierced with a circular …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Linford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-A3C244
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat copper alloy plate brooch with three of the original six lugs protruding from the edge. The design appears to be a series of arhes facing an obscure central, circular motif. The undecorated back has traces of the pin mount and catchplate.
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Crawley', grid reference and parish protected.