Record ID: WILT-596884
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled Roman zoomorphic plate brooch dating to the period c. AD 100 - 200. The brooch consists of a rectangular plate with an undecorated metal reserve border running around the edge creating a rectangular recessed field surrounding a raised metal reserve design in the shape of a hare or hound running to the right. The animal has a long muzzle, with the mouth indicated by a horizontal groove. The ears are long and angled backwards. The front leg is angled upwards and terminates in a rounded downwards facing paw. The back is curved and the tail curls upwar…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-5B7137
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch fragment, 43mm long and 11mm wide with a weight of 19.59grams. The object consists of a circular head which has a raised collar on its outer edge and faint traces of raised circles at each side (possibly triskele?). The reverse of the head has two bar like protrusions to hold a pin bar, now missing. The bow emerges from the centre of the head and retains a circular cross section down its length. It is at its narrowest at the top but widens out to accomodate a protruding moulded collar. Below this it has a slightly wider circumference than above the mo…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-5A9644
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. Only part of the frame survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn. The frame is flat and curvilinear. The front and back face have grooved borders on both the inner and outer edge. Between these is a possible fictitious legend. Between each letter or symbol the brooch is decorated with shallow transverse grooves. This brooch measures 27.82mm in length, 6.28mm in width, 1.80mm in thickness, 1.48g in weight. There are similar examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, p. …
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-5E532B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch of one-piece Colchester type. The brooch is plain and the bow has a circular section. The spring and pin are both missing as is the catchplate.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-5B7033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age (400-200 BC) La Tène I type brooch which is missing its head, spring, and pin. It measures 39.5mm in length, 5.25mm wide (across the bow), 11.4mm deep (bow to catchplate) and weighs 2.97 grams. The head of the bow and spring are missing, the neck expands from the missing integral coil and projects outwards at a ninety degree angle to form the thickening bow. The bow is broadly a pointed oval in plan and D shaped in cross section. It widens to 5.25mm at the centre, before narrowing to 2.85mm as the lower bow extends offset. The bow is decorate…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-58BEC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy bow brooch fragment, 45mm long, 35mm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 24.37grams. The surface patina is odd with green, brown and sooty corrosion, perhaps suggesting the object has been exposed to fire? The 'square' portion of the brooch is incomplete and appears to house the scar of a catchplate on its reveres, which would make it the 'flat' panel below the bow. It is decorated with a raised rectangular triple border which contains raised decoration which could represent a face? The curved bow is also decorated with rai…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-5ADDCB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval florid cruciform ? brooch fragment, 29mm long, 27mm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 10.80 It has a green and brown surface with cracking which suggests it may have been burnt? The brooch consists of a triangular shaped head plate with a curved upper surface. This sits above the start of a curved bow, now incomplete. The head plate possibly has raised decoration in the centre representing a human face? The reverse of the head plate has a vertical scar where a pin housing would have sat.
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Area', grid reference and parish protected.