Record ID: PUBLIC-A62BE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, cast copper-alloy annular brooch with zoomorphic decoration of medieval date (c. 12th century AD). It shows two creatures of equal length biting each others' tails. The frame has a broadly circular cross section. The circumference is rounded, whilst the internal side is bevelled above and below; both outer surfaces are flat. Located centrally between the moulded heads is a pin constriction. A basic flat, wire pin survives in situ slightly bent with an abraded tip. The two animal heads are identical and prominently moulded in high relief. They emerge from the frame with moulde…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A4850B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch, 17mm in length, 14mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 4.45grams. The brooch has hollow circular cross sectioned rectangular shaped wings, now missing the pin. The bow is rectangular in cross section and has a rounded upper edge, which narrows down as it curves. It is missing its base and catchplate. The brooch is probably a Langton Down type?
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton (District)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-A482A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Dolphin Brooch of Roman date (AD 43-100). The object is a hinged, Colchester- derivative type. The object pin and axis bar are are formed from circular sectioned wire and are set within the hollow circular wings. From the wings the bow projects in a D shape and tapers in toward a semi-circular foot. The bow is decorated with a raised central rib running longitudinally with repeating incised transverse lines. From the back of the foot a recurved triangular catchplate is retained. Hattatt (2000), p. 299, no. 20. The metal is a mid-brown in colour with a sli…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-A4703E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy trumpet style bow brooch, 42mm in length, 12mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 9.57grams. The brooch has an oval headplate which is now missing its spring and pin. The bow emerges from this and is plain except for a stylised, angular acanthus scroll at its shoulder. The remainder of the bow is D shaped in cross section and terminates with a stepped foot which has a tri-lobed motif decorating it. The reverse houses an intact triangular catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton (District)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A4499D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy umbonate plate brooch, 22mm in length, 20mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 7.47grams. The brooch is circular in form and triangular in cross section. It has an incomplete flat outer border which has two intact circular cut outs. Given that they are not in the correct position for suspension loops and the remaining incomplete cut outs have different depths, this would suggest the brooch originally had a series of cut out circles as a border. These would have been interspersed with punched ring and dot motifs. In the centre is a triangular boss contained withi…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton (District)', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A428F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch of the trumpet type, dating from about AD 75 - 175. It has a small trumpet shaped head hiding a lug to hold the spring and pin which are now missing. The acanthus button extends right round the bow. It has a triple collar above and below. The lower bow is faceted and there is a discoidal foot. The catchplate is almost complete. The brooch is 39.5mm long, 11.4mm wide and 17.2mm thick. It weighs 5.47gm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-A3F853
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch dating to the period AD 475-570. Consists of part of the square head and arched neck. The head of the brooch is decorated in Style I with possibly animal/human features amoung swirling lines. The neck consists of two valleys in between three ridges. The centre ridge is larger than the other two. There is gold inlay on the exterior surface. Dimensions: Length: 30.23mm, Width at head: 26.70mm, Width at neck: 16.90mm, Thickness, 2.30mm, Height: 9.69mm, height between valley and peak of centre ridge: 2.30mm, Weight: 8.62g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A354B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy Roman brooch of the dragonesque type, dating from AD 75-175. It can be classified as Mackreth Dragonesque type 2 (no enamel). The fragment consists of the central body of the brooch, with both terminals missing. It is decorated with a central circular domed boss surrounded by a grooved ring. Ouside the groove, sinuous relief motifs extend is a scroll at each end of the brooch, terminating in a smalled similar grooved boss at each end. There is also an incised border line round the outer edge of the brooch. It is 32.9mm long, 15.1mm wide and 4.7mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: WILT-A31818
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative type 12.c Roman Brooch dating to the period AD 43-100. The majority of the brooch is missing, only the lower bow of brooch and catch plate survive. There is a ridge running from the bottom of the triangle section of lozenge to the foot. Only the bottom triangle of divided lozenge is present and there is a groove around the triangle section. The bow is triangular in shape narrowing down towards the foot. The foot is knobbed, the catch plate is triangular and the curl survives. Dimensions: Length: 25.57mm, Width 7.76mm, Thickness of bo…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: IOW-A2D378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch (AD 25-60). The pin, spring mechanism and the lower part of the bow, including the catch-plate, are missing. The brooch is generally T-shaped in plan and has wings which are semi-cylindrical and open at the rear. In plan, the bow narrows from the wings towards the break at the bottom. Adjacent to the wings, the bow has a width of c. 15.0mm and the width at the break is 6.2mm. The front of the bow is stepped horizontally and the rear face is flat and plain. This brooch is green and corroded overal…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A27921
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy, late Iron Age to early Roman bow brooch, of the Colchester type. Spring, pin and catch plate missing, as is the tip of the bow. Simple spring hook intact, either side of which are two, short flattened wings. The bow is oval in cross-section and has along its outside length a narrow decorative groove, infilled with a cheveron pattern. Length 51.2 mm., Width 15.7 mm. Thickness 3.1 mm, Weight 7.22 g. ref. Hattatt, 2000, page 296, figs. 753, 1456.
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.