Record ID: BERK-CDD1C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman developed T-shaped brooch, dating to the late first to mid-second century AD. The brooch is missing the loweer part of the bow and its foot. The brooch has a broken head loop, damage to the arms (which enclose the pin bar) and only a small element of the hinged pin remaining. The bow of the brooch is decorated with a deep recessed X at the head, beneath which is a raised oval setting with triangular cells that would have held enamel, which is now missing. Below this are two raised X-shaped mouldings, before the break in the bow. This type of brooc…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-CDA903
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch, dating to the late first to later second century AD. The brooch is missing the lower part of the bow and its foot, however a small part of the catchplate is retained on the inside of the bow. The brooch head is of typical trumpet form with an incomplete head loop. There are ribbed mouldings either side of the head and splayed linear mouldings on the narrowed bow, above and below a larger tri-ribbed swelling. The whole brooch has been silvered and much of this survives. The pin and part of the spring is retained. This type of brooch…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th June 2014
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Record ID: SUR-CC24B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section from the bow of a Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped (developed) type. The upper part of the fragment is decorated with triangular and lozengiform cells which may have been enamelled, but no trace remains if so. The back of the fragment is hollow.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-CBFCB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Umbonate disc brooch of Roman date. The brooch would originally have been circular in plan, though much of the original edge is now broken away, and has a conical projection at its centre. The conical boss is decorated with four remaining recessed petal-shaped cells, each retaining traces of blue enamel. The spaces between each petal have inverted recessed triangular cells with red enamel. A recessed circumferential groove is present at the base of the boss. The remaining outer rim of the brooch is decorated with numerous tongue-shaped cells, some of which r…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: CORN-CBADF9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with the remains of part of the iron spindle held inside the tubular wings, still visible at the broken ends of the wing as iron oxide. The copper alloy hinge and the beginning of the pin also survive within the notch behind the head of the brooch. The notch extends to a short triangular recess behind the bow. The rest of the pin is missing as is the catch plate and the foot of the bow. The bow is triangular in plan and semi-circular in section, tapering towards the foot. The front of the bow has a flattened rectangular panel w…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2015
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Record ID: CORN-CB9DF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch with the remains of part of the iron spindle held inside the tubular wings, still visible at the broken ends of the wing as iron oxide. The hinge is no longer in the notch behind the head of the brooch.The notch widens to a large triangular recess behind the bow. The pin is missing but the beginnings of the catch plate are still extant at the back of the foot of the bow. The bow is triangular in plan and semi-circular in section, tapering to a triangular section foot. The front of the bow has a flattened rectangular panel with …
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th May 2014
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Record ID: DUR-CB2A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible copper alloy headstud brooch dating to the Roman period, c. AD 50 to 200. The object has a sub-rectangular head which holds a hinge mechanism with part of the pin still in place. There are some vertical lines on the wings. The bow projects at 90 degrees from the head and there is a small circular cell which may have formed part of a headstud. The bow does not arch away very much and tapers to point where the foot and catchplate are missing. The brooch could be a very simple headstud brooch with the headloop missing, see Bayley and Butcher (2004: 97) catalogue number…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: LON-CAD7ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy lozenge-shaped buckle dating to the late 14th century. The object is formed of a cast square, with a circular void in the centre. The back is flat and the front has moulded decoration. There is a constriction at one of the corners to hold the pin, which is still in place. The pin is cast with a collar at the junction with the frame and tapering at the end to form a point. The front of the object is decorated with a four petalled flower in each corner and a series of parallel lines connecting each corner to form a panel in each arm of the frame. Within the …
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Record ID: SUR-CACF63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Trumpet derivative type. Only the lower part of the brooch survives together with its catchplate. The bow is divided into three vertical cells; the outer two are infilled with blue enamel but the colour of the missing enamel in the central cell is unclear. At the foot of the brooch is a broken attachment loop.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: SUR-CA7612
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver annular brooch frame now slightly distorted dating to the 13th to 14th century AD. The pin is missing and the frame is broken across the constriction for the pin. The brooch is made from a thin wire band of circular section. Two sections of the band, amounting to about half of its length, are spirally fluted with a line of raised pellets along each hollow. See eg HAMP-1A98E7 HAMP-880545 LIN-0490A4 NMS-14C084 for similar examples.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Record ID: BH-CA208C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch, dating from the mid 1st century AD. The lower part of the brooch has been lost in antiquity and the pin mechanism is also missing. The headplate is of inverted-subtrapezoidal form, with a central pin slot and the remains of an axis bar cylinder. Two simple mouldings form the parallel-sided upper bow; the area beneath is slightly wider, has a vertical ridge at the centre and straight sides which converge towards the point of the break. Length: 20.7mm; width: 11.5mm; thickness: 2.4mm; weight: 1.05g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C9FF9B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Roman bow/fibula brooch, probably of Colchester-derivative type, dating from the 1st century AD. Only the lower part of the brooch survives, the remainder having been lost in antiquity. The bow is of trapezoidal section, with parallel sides; the foot is squared off and the catchplate has a subtriangular perforation and a rolled outer side. Length: 29.7mm; width: 6mm; depth: 15.3mm; weight: 4.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Streatley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C9C894
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Colchester-derivative (double lug) brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD. The wings consist of a horizontally aligned half-cylinder which is slightly wider on one side than on the other (due to either damage or miscasting), closed at either end and has a pair of perforated lugs at the centre of the underside. At the back, these lugs taper into a ridge which extends the length of the slightly distorted bow, creating a trapezoidal section. The straight sides of the bow gradually converge towards the foot. The catchplate has an hourglass-shaped perfor…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lilley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C95B71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon (6th century AD) copper alloy openwork disc brooch with four apertures forming a swastika design with 10 irregularly spaced punched ring-and-dot motifs around the circular frame ad at its centre. Complete but broken in two pieces with some further cracks developing. A catchplate and single lug to hold the pin survive on the reverse. There is some corrosion showing through an otherwise even mid-green patina. There is some iron staining on the reverse from the iron pin, now missing. Brooches of this type are not common (MacGregor and Bolick 1993, 69). Two simil…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: NARC-C8AC41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon Long brooch of developed Anglian Cruciform type. Cast in one piece. A single head knob adorns the upper edge of the headplate. The headplate is decorated with a serieds of punched annulets (or semi-circles) around the edge of the two side panels. Althouh worn, there does not seem to be any pinched decoration on the central panel. The arch is concave and 32mm long. There are small semi-circular side lugs below the arch. The reverse of the arch is concave. The foot is moulded with a stylised horse's head, which has projecting pellets as eyes, and flattened cir…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: WILT-C89CB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, with only the lower bow and catchplate remaining, dating to AD 50-200. The brooch measures 33.21mm in length, 7.09mm at its widest, and 2.52mm at its thickest. It weighs 3.11g. The bow is C-shaped in cross-section, with a bifaced obverse and a concave reverse. It begins with an old break before two horizontally raised ridges, and then tapers down in width to a projectile foot 3.75mm wide. The catchplate is attached to the left side of the reverse and folds outwards in a hook for the pin. It has a small crack at the base and is about 0.79mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-C89485
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. All that remains is a rectangular sectioned bow, the upper surface of which is decorated with a series of eight parallel rectangular recessed cells. Each of the cells are filled with alternating blue and red enamel. The bow terminates in a semi-circular foot knop with a vertically grooved collar. The remains of a catchplate project from the reverse of the bow. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 29.3mm long, 6.2mm wide, 12.7mm thick and weighs 4g. Similar examples are illustrated in Hattat…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: LANCUM-C8560E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is comprised of very narrow rectangular wings from the reverse of which two integral lugs would have originally housed an axis bar around which the loop of the pin would have been hinged. The pin proper no longer remains. A rectangular sectioned bow extends centrally from the wings tapering steadily in width to a worn break. Similar on the database to YORYM-27EB75 and YORYM-7B8521. The length is 48mm, the width is 24mm thickness 12mm and the weight 38.92g. Similar examples are illustrated in Hatt…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STOW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C84D21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Roman copper-alloy and gilded quatrefoil shaped plate brooch dating to 1st-2nd century AD. The brooch is broadly circular in plan with six out of eight remaining alternating bifoliate and circular arms, and with its lug, pin, and catchplate still intact on the reverse. The brooch is 35.68mm in length, c. 30.44mm in width, 1.37mm thick, and weighs 6.72g. The flat body of the brooch had originally been gilded. The centre of the brooch has a circular recess 14.11mm in diameter, with an inner circular ridge, and an open break in the very centre, suggesting that the …
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-C83C62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is comprised of tubular wings with ridged decoration on the front surface. An axis bar is present within the wings which would have held the pin though this no longer remains. A circular sectioned bow extends centrally from the front of the wings tapering steadily in width to a worn point. The upper surface of the bow appears undecorated except for an integral ring and dot style headstud. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 25mm long, 14.5mm wide, 4.7mm thick and weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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