Record ID: SWYOR-7AFB3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating from AD 150- 250. It would have had an applied repousse disc on the front, but this is missing. The upper surface of the circular brooch is uneven. There is a crescent shaped protrusion on the outer edge of the brooch next to the hinge housing on the rear. This was probably a headloop. The reverse is flat and undecorated with the hinge for the pin in situ. The pin is missing along with the majority of the catch plate. The hinge for the pin is of unusual construction. A single rectangular tab projects from the b…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-62CC4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy umbonate disc brooch of Roman date, c.AD 100 - 250. Mackreth 2011, British Plate, Domed boss, Type 6a, Plate 108, no.11577. The brooch is semi-circular with half of the dome lost to a worn break. The remaining curved edge is also broken and worn. The main body of the brooch is decorated with two concentric rings of triangular cells, all pointing towards a central circular recessed cell. The inner most triangles retain blue enamel while the outer most have a pale-yellow paste. The reverse is concave and undecorated. The metal has a dark brown patina an…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0F7C0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of headstud type, now bent and very worn, of late 1st- or 2nd-century date around AD 75 - 200. The rectangular-section wings are short and stubby, and taper to worn, broken ends and appear undecorated.   A slim tube on the reverse retains the copper-alloy axis bar. There is an off-centre slot for the missing hinged pin.  The bow is rectangular in cross-section at first but quickly tapering and rounding to a D-shaped cross-section.  The underside of the rectangular-section area is hollowed with traces o…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 27th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E8F8A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman brooch, a Colchester derivative type dating from AD 43 - 175. Only the head of the bow survives. the spring and pin are missing, as is the lower bow. The wings are short and rounded. The bow is humped and tapers to an old break. The patina is flaky. Measurments are; length 20.2mm, width 16.8mm, thickness 9.5mm and weight 4.72g.
Created on: Monday 25th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E63F4C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast Copper-Alloy headstud Brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. The catchplate and foot are missing.  The pin arrangement is hinged - although the pin itself is missing, there survives a rectangular slot at the centre of the tubular housing on the reverse of the wings, and this is where the pin would have moved. This housing still contains the copper alloy axis bar on the back of the head, which extends slightly beyond the wings. The front of the wings contains a lozenge shaped cell of pale blue enamel, sourrou…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Record ID: DENO-C495A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman brooch, devolved trumpet type (group B), dating to c. AD 75 - 200. The brooch has an oval head with a decorated collar before a complete head loop. There is a three part moulded decoration in the centre of the bow with vertical incised lines down the lower bow leading to decorated collars on the foot. There is a lyre-shaped catchplate which is almost complete but bent and there is a complete in situ pin. Length 48.19 mm, width 13.17 mm and weight 9.72 g. A similar brooch is recorded here: DOR-6BD504
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-379CB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy hinged Roman brooch of the headstud type dating from around AD 75-200. The head has the remains of a cast head loop and an integrally cast raised circular headstud. The wings are rectangular and appears to be stepped on the front face. They hide a tubular housing for the axis bar and hinged pin, only a fragment of which survives. The bow is rectangular in cross-section and is be decorated with rectangular cells with enamel filling. Only one full cell decorated with red enamel is visible. A portion of a second cell can be seen at break. The lower bow is mis…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-92EFCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy curved pin, probably from a brooch of Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400. It is of oval cross section and has a large discoidal collar, like a roundel dagger, and a cast perforated tab for attachment to the frame. Part of the copper allot bar or frame survives in the hole in the lug. Length: 37.63mm Weight: 3.36g Diameter of collar: 10.64mm Compare brooches with their pins in situ such as SUR-E4BDAC, KENT-ADDBD4 and DENO-C83F53.
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-92A72B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a plain Polden Hill type dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the head and upper bow survive. The head is a plain spring case, with flat ends, each of which is perforated to support an iron axis bar. The spring is mounted on this. The pin does not survive. The bow is rectangular in cross-section and appears to be plain other than traces of a white metal coating. Measurements are; length 20.0mm, width 15.7mm, thickness 8.8mm and weight 4.63g.
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-917642
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of a Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the centre of the bow survives, with the characteristic acanthus knop. There is a triple collar above and below the knop, and the moulding is only on the front and sides of the bow. The knop has three petals above and three below a central simple reel moulding, now damaged. The breaks are patinated. Measurements are; length 30.6mm, width 7.8mm, thickness 8.8mm and weight 4.67g.
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AFC8F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded silver medieval annular brooch with pin, dating from the 13th century. The frame is oval, roughly D-shaped in cross-section, and moulded and decorated in the shape of two snake like beasts entwined, perhaps amphisbaenae or wyverns. The opposed heads meet at a pin constriction, and have open jaws, pellet eyes, a groove along the headand round ears. Behind the heads are long necks, decorated with a channel along the top, filled with pellets, and transverse moulded lines on the sides. Behind the necks, the body widens and is moulded to represent wings which lie flat along th…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-67ABAD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy brooch of Modern date, about AD 1900, depicting a figure in a boat. The figure is a winged churub and is seated in the stern, facing right. He holds the tiller with his right hand. The boat is well modelled with the planks forming the hull, the rigging and the sails all clearly defined. There is a mainsail and a foresail. The reverse is plain, but there is a scar where the barrel hinge was soldered on behind the churub, and a blob of metal on the foresail marks where the catch would have been. 4.87g. It is 47.35mm long, 3.73mm thick and 20.4mm high. An identic…
Created on: Friday 14th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-CF55D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable Medieval annular brooch fragment dating from AD 1200 - 1400. It is probably part of a multifoil (maybe hexagon or lozenge shaped) annular brooch with concave sides. Only two sides survive. Each terminates in a bulbous lobe, with a break visible at the other side of the lobe. At the point where the two sides meet at an acute angle, there is a separate raised collet attached by a rivet through the frame. The setting is empty bar traces of the white adhesive. The brooch is deeply patinated and worn. It has a length of 16.65mm, a width of 20.82mm, and a thickness o…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th March 2020
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Record ID: DENO-C83F53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the medieval period (c. AD 1200-1400). The brooch has a circular frame and is approximately D-shaped in section. The face of the brooch is divided into eight moulded sections, alternating larger and smaller. The larger four sections appear to have had a granulated or cross-hatched design, although this is very worn and can now only be seen in small sections close to the edges. The four smaller sections are undecorated. Cast into the outer edge of the brooch is a deep lateral groove running around the circumference of the circu…
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
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Record ID: DENO-C93674
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cloisonné brooch (10th - 11th century AD, Late Anglo-Saxon). The brooch is cast in copper alloy with substantial traces of gilding remaining. The brooch is circular in plan and originally had seven lobes around the circumference: one is now missing and a further five are damaged. Only one is complete and has an oval inset of black enamel or glass. There is a circumferential border, rising 1.2 mm and creating a recession to hold the cloisonné decoration. The central circular setting is filled with copper alloy wire cells arranged in a cruciform motif with crenulated…
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Salvin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8BB7B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast dragonesque brooch, Mackreth type DRAG 3.a4. A leaf-shaped plate curled at either end to approach an S-form, with a moulded beast head with large concave ear and a long curved snout at one end; the effect is slightly mouse-like. The plate, which is lightly concavo-convex, has a central group of four rectangular cells, with two sub-triangular cells to either side. A reddish smear in one triangular cell to one side of the centre may be a trace of red enamel, while a [now] pale green patch appears in the equivalent cell on the other side. A crudely incised star …
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wentworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8563FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Brooch of Polden Hill type dating from between AD 75 and AD 175. The bow is complete, but the pin is missing. The head is humped, with tubular wings supporting the copper alloy axis bar. It appears to be undecorated apart from a short ridge on the top of the head. The surface is glossy green but corroded and pitted in places where the patina is missing. Part of the catchplate is present and it has a broken edge. The edge of the catchplate is decorated with incised lines on one face. A curved line follows the edge of the catchplate, and the area between the l…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE0196
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman brooch of the Bow and Fantail type, dating from AD 50 - 150. The remaining portion consists of a short length of the lower portion of the bow and the fantail. The bow is separated from the fantail by a single narrow, transverse groove, and the tail, which is slightly abraded at the corners, carries a moulded design of a transverse lozenge above a transverse scroll. A section of the catch plate remains on the underside of the tail; the remainder of the brooch is missing. The fragment has a light green patina. It is 21.6mm long, 12.5mm wide and 4.6mm thick. It weig…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-CAAD16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman brooch, probably a headstud variant, dating from about AD 100 - 200. The remaining portion consists of the shoulder and upper part of the bow, together with two short, tubular wings. A length of copper alloy pin bar remains in place within the wings, which are divided in the centre to accommodate the hinged pin, which is missing apart fram a small detatched fragment of its head. There is a longitudinal ridge on the ehad of the brooch. The fronts of the wings have triangular mouldings for enamel which is now missing. The bow has a pattern of moulded, transverse loze…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-409F11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy enamelled Roman Dragonesque brooch dating from AD 75 - 50 - 175. Only the central body survives. The brooch is largely S-shaped, with a lozenge body that narrows and curves at the ends. A small spur protrudes from the widest section of the body on one side; this would have originally been where the chin of the beast's head connected, the neck forming the loop where the pin attached, and the closed loop being an extra precaution against losing the pin. The pin nad the zoomorphic head terminals are missing. The front surface of the body is decorated with a…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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