Record ID: WAW-9CFF11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.f. Dating AD c. 80-120. The brooch is copper alloy and is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head has an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar has the iron spring coiled around it but it is not certain how many times it is coiled due to corrosion. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and with a central vertical lin…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-9C28B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Eastern Group) (AD c. 43-100): The incomplete copper alloy brooch has wings which are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with double-stranded linear grooves. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral perorated lug which holds the chord in place, only a fragment of the chord remains. The copper alloy axis bar has the spring coiled around it eight times with the pin being missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and undecorated. The bow is semi-…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2016
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Record ID: WAW-9C1AC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (AD c. 69-96) T-shaped brooch: The cylindrical crossbar is formed by being curled around the iron axis bar forming a horizontal seam on the reverse of the crossbar. The crossbar has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged which is now missing. The outer face of the wings is undecorated. The bow protrudes from the centre of the cross bar and is slightly hump-like and is sub semi-circular in section. The bow and bow head are undecorated. The bow tapers to a blunt broken point above where the catchplate would have been. The brooch surface is slightly abraded and…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-9B3573
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Roman Dolphin brooch of spring pin fitting type. Only part of the head and arch of the bow survive. The head of the brooch has the classic swollen hump appearance of a Dolphin Brooch but the lugs for attaching the axis bar and spring are missing. The pin, spring and axis bar are all also missing. Only short stubs of the wings remain but were evidently semi-circular in section and there are traces of iron corrosion in the concave reverse. The bow is semi-circular in section and tapers sharply towards a point although the foot, including catchplate are missing. T…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bingham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9A8714
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Supporting-arm brooch (Stützarmfibel), the spring, pin, all of one pierced lug, part of the other, and the footplate missing. The front of the supporting arm or head is decorated with transverse grooves, and the bow with a pair of edge notches, a pair of transverse grooves and a single groove just above the break. The breaks at the lugs are recent, that across the base of the bow old. Böhme 1974, Typ Mahndorf. Width 27.5mm. Extant length 23mm. c.420 - c.480 AD.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 19th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-99DFC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative type, cAD50-100.. The brooch has multiple mouldings on the side wings. There are also rounded curving ridges in pairs on the upper part of the bow, and a grooved knop on the bow itself. The spine has a band of notched decoration.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-9889E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy knee brooch, dating from the mid 2nd to mid 3rd centuries AD. The copper-alloy spring is contained within a cylinder, damaged on the underside. A transverse groove separates this cylinder from the top of the arched bow, the latter being of 'D-shaped' section, with concave sides and a decorative vertical ridge at the centre of its upper surface. A transverse moulding with two parallel ridges marks the transition between the bow and the damaged, flat-sectioned foot. Length: 23.4mm; width: 14.5mm; weight: 5.4g.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Therfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-981062
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age-Roman copper alloy Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook containing fragment of chord, spring and pin missing. Short wings, tapering sub rectangular - oval-sectioned bow. slight stump of missing catch-plate. Length 42mm. Wingspan 10mm. c.20-c.75mm.
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-97DA14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch dating to the period c. AD 75 - 175. The brooch is missing part of the suspension loop, the tips of both wings and part of the catchplate. The flared trumpet head is broadly rectangular with the semicircular remains of the suspension loop protruding from the top. The trumpet head features a broadly oval hole through which the pin mounting is visible. The wings are cylindrical in shape and feature the remains of the pin bar which is still in situ. The pin is looped around the pin bar and extends from the lower surface of the bro…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-9742F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The brooch is missing the pin, one wing, part of the catchplate and part of the bow. The surviving wing is tubular in shape and features two parallel grooves spaced 1.58mm apart at the tip. The wing terminates in an old break at the centre of the head. The head extends back into the bow which measures 6.75mm in width and is decorated with a central ridge divided into small squares of uneven size by a series of incised transverse grooves. This terminates at a narrow transverse ridge which forms part o…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.