Record ID: NMGW-8E1549
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, flat wing cap type), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 4.l, Plate 48. and of 1st to 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary missing the leg and wings (with a surviving length of 29.0mm, a surviving depth of 10.9mm and a weight of 3.8g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing, probably behind wings with perforated terminals, now lost (with a surviving width of 11.9mm). Above the head is the remnant of a hook to tension the chord. The head has curved mouldings on the sides (givi…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-8D945B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-b., flat wing ends type), and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary and represented by the head and upper bow only and would have been comparatively substantial (with a surviving length of 37.8mm, a surviving depth of 17.5mm and a weight of 14.0g). The missing spring was likely to have been secured between lateral lugs now lost. There is the stub of a corroded lug on the head, suggesting that the brooch employed a Polden Hill, lug Type arrangement. The wings are heavily tru…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.