Record ID: LIN-3A1F6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD c.43-c.100) Polden Hill brooch, missing one of its wings, its pin and and the foot, including its catchplate. Overall, the brooch measures 35.6mm long, 23.2mm wide and 16.2mm thick. It weighs 11.08g. The brooch had a hinge mechanism. The surviving wing is sub-cylindrical, measuring 18.9mm from the pin slot to the end cap, and 7.1mm in diameter. It has three vertical grooves on its front half. Between each groove is a ridge, one of which has serrations (the other is too worn). The wing terminates with a sub-circular end cap. The bow projects f…
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Sunday 10th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-386B77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Early-Medieval (450-600 Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch, missing the (iron) pin, a corner of the head-plate (recent break) and the projection of the catchplate (old break). It measures 38.18mm in length, (max)19.30mm in width, (max)11.48mm in depth and weighs 6.11 grams. The head-plate is rectangular in shape (19.30x16.42x1.64mm) with a border of punched triangles flanking the edges and a further line of punched triangles running vertically along the centre. There are some patches of patina loss and traces of a worn white-metal wash. To the reverse is a single D-sh…
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 7th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-37486F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of variant 2, dating to the Roman period, c. AD75-175. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with a break which occurred during antiquity. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. At the top of the head is a rearward facing lug. The bow is decorated with a vertical median ridge which is decorated with horizontal incised grooves. The lower bow, foot and catchplate are missing. The object has a dark brown patina and is in poor condition. E…
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulk Stapleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-36366D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment, probably from a cruciform but possibly from a small-long brooch. The fragment comprises the base of the curved bow, a plain flat field slightly tapered from top to bottom retaining a single side lappet in the form of a bird's head with eye and curved raptor beak, and a tranverse ridge at the top of the lower part of the foot. The stub of a catch plate projects from the back of the flat panel. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600. Length: 22.9mm, Width: 24.8mm, thickness (clear of catch plate, at base of curved bow): 3.5mm, Weight: 8.81g.
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northorpe', grid reference and parish protected.