Record ID: HESH-07E49A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from the head and upper bow of a cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The fragment of the brooch is distorted with the bow being further bent and distorted - probably deliberately in antiquity. The head of the brooch is oval in plan. The reverse of it is divided by a vertical rectangular bar which is pierced at the mid-point. It is through this hole that the spring / pin would have been fixed. Both the pin and spring are lost. The head of brooch tapers from a flared upper bow and then expands with a thickened ridge below which three mo…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malpas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-07DB3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) brooch, Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD80-120). The wings are semi-cylindrical and the perforated wing / end caps are lost. The pin, axis bar, spring are also lost. A large depression is present on the reverse of the brooch; this is filled with a black coloured deposit. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The upper edge of the head has a flat triangular wedge shaped boss - which is probably all that remains of a rearward pr…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: HESH-33D62F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Roman/ Early-Medieval (AD 400-600) penannular brooch of Fowler's Type D and Booth's type D2. The frame is sub-circular, and oval in cross-section. The pin is missing. The brooch is made from a single cylindrical piece of copper alloy that has been bent into a circle, with the outer edges bent back to form terminals lying flat against the frame. The terminals each have a pair of incurved facets on their top edges and a groove across each end, forming what looks like a very stylised animal head (Booth, 2014, 148: type D2). The terminals touch each other. There is no f…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-C792C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch of Roman date (AD 980-120). The rearward facing hook is missing its tip, one of the wings and cap, the spring, pin, foot and catch plate are missing. The remaining wing on the right hand side is cylindrical with a perforated wing / end cap. The remains of the rearward facing hook is visible, this is located at the centre of the bow on the upper edge. However the tip is missing. The rear of the brooch head where the spring would once have been has a sub-circular indentation. There is iron corrosion present that…
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: HESH-65E1BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester type one-piece bow brooch dating to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman Period circa (AD 25-60). The brooch is missing the spring, the pin, the forward facing hook and the catch-plate. The brooch has the partial remains of the wings that form a T-shape and have rounded terminals. The spring is missing behind the wings and only the remains of the projecting claw and forward facing hook to hold the spring in place are present. The bow projects outwards from the head which is angular in profile. The bow then tapers inwards towards the foot. The bow is…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: HESH-6503CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Aesica brooch dating to circa (AD 50-75). The upper bow is complete and the partial remains of one wing cap. The opposing wing cap, axis bar, pin, foot and catch plate are missing. The brooch has the left hand wing partially intact that is semi-cylindrical in profile. The upper bow is broadly triangular in plan with expanded knopped terminals in the bottom corners. On the lower edge of the triangular bow is a narrowed moulded collar comprised of two horizontal ribs. The collar extends to a broken terminal from which originally the lower fantail s…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Record ID: HESH-64216D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester-derivative Polden Hill (fMackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46 type, AD 80-120. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete. The rearward facing hook, spring, pin, foot and catch plate are missing. The remains of the rearward facing hook is visible, this is located at the centre of the bow on the upper edge. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow tapers to a broken terminal. The catch-plate on the rear has bee…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
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Record ID: HESH-95EE1C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy, Roman Polden Hill type brooch dating to (c.AD75-AD175). The fragment consists of the bow and head of the brooch. The spring, pin, foot and catchplate are missing. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow tapers to a broken terminal that would have formed the foot and catchplate on the reverse. The object has a light to mid-green coloured patina. Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: HESH-954C5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Roman date (AD75-175). The foot and catchplate are lost as is the spring and pin. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. On the reverse of the head at the upper edge are the remains of a hook that would have once held the spring in place. The wings are 'D' shaped in cross section. The bow is also D shaped cross -section. It extends to a broken and eroded point above the foot. The catchplate and pin rest are lost - the catchplate would have been formed from a single rib which descends on…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: HESH-18C206
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the head and bow of a cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. All that remains of the brooch is the head of the brooch which is circular in plan with an integral loop and the mid section of the bow. The foot terminates in a broken and rounded point. There is no evidence of the catch plate or foot of the brooch. The decoration on the bow consists of a swollen moulded D shaped in profile raised moulding which is decorated above and below by a single recessed groove on the front of the bow only. The reverse side is flat and smooth. The brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.