Record ID: PUBLIC-280C08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and eroded cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are near complete being semi-cylindrical in plan; the flat end caps are pierced. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost or fragmentary as the rear oft he head of the brooch is encased in an orange corrosion product. This suggests that the spring was probably formed of iron wire; it would have been held in place by an external cord which is fixed to a now much abraded rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The head of th…
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kempley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-23E0F3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Silver gilt dress pin with hollow cast spherical head divided into two hemispheres by a central raises band. Each half is decorated with applied filigree and granulated ornament containing three sets of quatrefoils and trefoils of annulars enclosed by a circlet and punctuated by knops. The stem which emanates from the base of the sphere is complete and slightly bent. Similar items can be found on the PAS database (2012 T919, SUSS-6A00B4; 2012 T233, BUC-97FF54; 2012 T66, NMS-020525; 2012 T417, SUSS-60E964). Notes: In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% preciou…
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-238B69
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an undecorated lead conical spindle whorl with an off centre hole. Plain lead spindle whorls and weights were cast locally from the Roman period to the Post Medieval Period, therefore making them hard to date precisely.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2363C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~This is a penny of Edward III, mint mark Cross potent wich dates it to AD 1361-1369 EDWARD[U]S [REX ANGLI] Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each angle. Quatrefoil in centre [CIVITA]S EBOR[ACI]
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.