Record ID: BM-D82626
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy repoussé plate brooch (Mackreth's repousse disc type) dating to the mid-second to mid-third century AD. The brooch is flat and circular. The upper surface was originally decorated with a thin metal foil with a stamped triskele motif of which only a small corroded portion, perhaps only of the adhesive remains. The diameter of the brooch measures 25mm and is a maximum of 2mm thick. The catchplate is 6mm in length and 4mm in width. cf. No. 370 from Richborough for a close parallel (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 130-131). They note that very few of this brooch type have been fo…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-D689C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman T-shape, sawfish brooch dating to the period AD 43-200. The brooch is incomplete. The pin and catchplate are missing and the foot of the brooch appears to be missing. The top of the brooch comprises a plain bar which wraps around at the back of the brooch to encase the hinge pin which is still in place. The bow of the brooch leads from the bar at the rop and gradually narrows towards the foot of the brooch. The front of the bow is convex and at the top there is raised decoration which may be zoomorphic. The raised rib leads into lozengiform decoration co…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southrop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D605A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon small-long or cruciform brooch dating to the period AD 450-600. The brooch is incomplete as it is missing the pin, part of the pin bar lug, part of the catchplate and the terminal of the foot. The headplate is sub-rectangular, with a raised central panel which forms the top of the bow, and a wing to either side. The headplate is decorated with stamped annulet decoration along the top and the vertical sides of the central panel, and along the top and side edges of the wings. There are no stamps along the lower edge of the central panel and there are pro…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Saturday 20th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Poggs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-D5B28C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete large Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch, rearward hook, spring and catchplate missing. Worn and broken wings, both with remains of two broad grooves between three knurled ribs. Broad median rib at upper end of the bow between transverse lines and three annulets on both sides. Oval-sectioned leg tapering to foot with openwork catchplate on reverse with three irregular perforations (from top sub-triangular, n-shaped and cruciform). Length 64mm. Wingspan 45.5mm. c.43 - c.80 AD.
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: WILT-D472CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age cruciform plate brooch dating to c 200BC - AD 43. The brooch is incomplete as the pin and part of the catchplate are missing. The brooch comprises a central, sub-circular dome (11.85mm in diameter) with four circular knops domes projecting from the main body at each cardinal point. In cross section each knop is D shaped as the reverse is flat. The two projecting knops which have the lugs and catchplate on the reverse appear to possibly have a perforation or a circular recess. Within the perforation or recess is either inlay of a different copper-alloy or a c…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clyffe Pypard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-D42D94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gilded silver annular brooch with surviving pin. The frame is circular, wedge-shaped in cross-section to give a flat inward-sloping surface on either face, and has a construction for the surviving pin. The pin has a groove set between two ridges on one face at the junction of loop and shaft; the shaft appears to have a stamped motif, perhaps a letter O, half way down on both faces. The frame carries an inscription in Lombardic lettering on both faces. The front (judging from the decoration on the pin) reads + AMVR VENT TVTEN (or R), a variant of the common inscription Amor…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
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Record ID: WILT-D20B78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch, dating from the late 1st to late 2nd century AD. The wings of the brooch have straight sides which contain the axis bar. A central slit marks the point at which the now-missing pin would have been attached. The bow is decorated from the T to about half way down with grooves on each side, then with three transverse grooves. The remaining part of the bow is undecorated apart from a knop at the end. Only a remnant of the catchplate is situated on the underside of the bow's lower end. Length 34 mm, width 24 mm, and weight 4 g. Refer Hattat…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Hill', grid reference and parish protected.