Record ID: SOMDOR-BC1877
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy variant of an early Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. The flat circular brooch measures 27.7mm in diameter, it is 3.8 mm thick and weighs 7.17g. It has a central raised circular border with a further less well-defined raised circle within. Inside this is a convex oval decorated with two small circular depressions and a slightly protruding area to one side. This resembles a face. Outside the outer circular border, the brooch has been silvered or tinned, and it is decorated with a border of rounded crescent stamps. The back of the brooch is flat and undecorated. The integra…
Created on: Friday 22nd December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BBE9E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy penannular brooch of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date. The brooch is oval with a circular cross section. Each terminal has been formed by twisting the ends forwards into spirals. The pin and much of the original surface are missing and there is no discernible decoration. A similar example from Lincolnshire can be seen in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 340, fig. 199, no. 651).
Created on: Friday 22nd December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BB7C91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy disc brooch of probable second century AD date. The brooch measures 36.1mm by 34.2mm by 1.9mm and weighs 6.43g. It is circular and flat with four equally spaced circular knops around the edge. The front of each of these is recessed for enamel, traces of which survive. There are four circular holes in the main part of the brooch, each in line with one of the knops. Around the holes a circular border is recessed for enamel, very little of which survives. The area around the holes is also recessed, and there is a further concave depression in the centre of the brooch. …
Created on: Friday 22nd December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9557F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Colchester-type one-piece brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch is 68mm in length, 27.8mm across the wings and the bow is 2.2mm thick. It weighs 7.29g. At one end is a crossbar which would have protected the (missing) spring. The external chord, a short length of which survives, is held in place by a short hook which is turned back on itself from the top of the bow. The wide flat bow narrows slowly into a rounded foot which is slightly damaged. It is decorated with four faint parallel ridges. Between the central pair of ridges there is a vertical line of beading…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C006A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy two-piece brooch of early Roman date. The brooch is a hybrid T-shape with a Polden Hill-style pin attachment and a crest on the head. It measures 29mm in length and weighs 3.94g. The measurement across the hollow cylindrical wings is 20.7mm and their maximum diameter is 6.4mm. The spring and pin are almost entirely missing, apart from the corroded iron which is present in the perforation at each end of the wings. Only the stub of the chord remains and the perforation through which part of the spring would have been threaded is missing. The brooch is largely undecora…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D9C0D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dragonesque brooch of first to second century AD date. The brooch measures 34.8mm by 24.6mm by 7.4mm and weighs 7.3g. The brooch is in the form of an S-shaped plate, although part of the lower terminal has broken off. The surviving terminal is in the form of a head with a curved snout and circular eyes which are recessed to take enamel. The beast's ears appear to have broken off from the top of the head. Its chin connects with its 'chest', probably as an extra precaution against loosing the pin should the loop expand (Hattatt 1982, p. 153). The central s…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aller', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B74D07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of probable second century AD date. The brooch measures 59.3mm by 16.3mm by 4.6mm and weighs 14.18g. It appears to most closely conform to the T-shaped plate-headed type and possibly formerly had a headstud at the end of the damaged and worn D-shaped plate. The Cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for a hinged pin (missing). The bow flares out slightly, then narrows gradually towards the missing foot. The external face of the bow is convex, the back is concave and there are three parallel vertical grooved lines down the centre of the bow which s…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stringston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B389F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy T-Shape brooch of first to second century AD date. The brooch measures 39.5mm in length and weighs 6.99g. The cylindrical wings measure 24.1mm in length and 4.2mm in diameter. They conceal the axis bar for the hinged pin (missing). At each end of the wings there is an incised circumferential line. One end is slightly damaged. The bow has a D-shaped cross section (with the convex side external) and the upper part is decorated with two incised lines which flare out diagonally from the notch for the pin. The bow narrows into the foot, with projects slightly. The lower …
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stringston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A12616
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ansate brooch of early-medieval date. The brooch measures 37.2mm by 11.2mm by 5.5mm and weighs 7.93g. At each end of the forward projecting central arm there is a circular terminal. Both are decorated with three uneven annulets, the outer two of which adjoin a linear which is parallel to the central arm. This pattern is set within a raised border. The central arm is decorated with two parallel longitudinal linears, apart from on the central circular boss, which is decorated with faint lines in the form of three sides of a square. On the back of one terminal are the …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-CA2407
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The cast copper alloy head from a probable trumpet brooch of first to second century date. The fragment measures 15.4mm by 9.1mm by 10.9mm and weighs 2.8g. It comprises a small plain oval head with the stub of a head stud at the top and the loop which held the sprung iron pin in place on the back. Iron corrosion is present within the hole. Traces of tinning or silvering are discernible in some areas.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C9F9D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The cast copper alloy central section from a probable trumpet brooch of first to second century date. The fragment measures 18.2mm by 11.1mm by 7mm and weighs 3.12g. It comprises an acanthus knop with a hollow back.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C9D601
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot of a large cast copper alloy bow brooch of first or second century AD date. The fragment measures 32mm by 11.2mm by 3.1mm and weighs 4.71g. The front face is slightly convex and the back flat. It is undecorated but the faint remains of tinning or silvering can be discerned. The terminal flares out and curves forward and behind it is a large triangular catchplate with a curving edge. It may have come from a plate-headed T-Shape brooch similar to no. 406 in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 305, fig. 164) which is from Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C998F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch of first to second century AD date. The brooch measures 43.1mm in length and weighs 5.33g. The plain head, unadorned with the exception of a broken head stud, conceals the axis bar for a hinged pin (missing). The forward projecting bow narrows slightly into a simplified acanthus knop, which is decorated with incised parallel vertical lines. Below this the bow narrows further into a forward-projecting and knurled foot, behind which is a triangular curving catchplate. Similar brooches are illustrated in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C95668
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy disc brooch of probable second century AD date. The circular brooch measures 27mm in diameter and has a thickness of 1mm. It weighs 3.99g. On the front of the brooch there are traces of lead-tin solder which would have held in place an applied (probably repoussé) panel which is missing. On the reverse is an incomplete hinged pin and a rectangular catchplate with a curving end. Examples of similar Roman plate brooches with applied panels can be seen in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 344, fig. 203, nos. 138, 630, 631, 1077 and 1578).
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-8A4573
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch measures 28.8mm and weighs 3.97g. The oval head conceals the axis bar for a hinged pin which is missing. The stub of a head stub has been preserved above the axis bar. The bow projects forward and narrows into a simple acanthus knop. Below this the brooch narrows more slowly into the forward projecting foot, which is deorated with vertical parallel incised lines. The lower section has a central vertical ridge, forming two vertical facets. Behind the foot is an incomplete triangular catchplate. The brooch…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-8A1484
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch measures 34.3mm and weighs 7.29g. The measurement across the cylindrical wings is 21.9mm and they have a maximum diameter of 4.5mm. They conceal the iron axis bar for a hinged pin, which is missing, although there is some iron corrosion within the central slot for the pin. Each wing is decorated with two groups of two closely-set parallel vertical ridges. The forward projecting bow is convex, both front and back. The upper part of the bow is decorated with three vertical ridges, one in the centre and one on ea…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-616A06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch of early Roman date. The surviving part of the brooch measures 38.6mm by 10.8mm by 2.7mm and weighs 4.88g. Most of the rolled axis bar is missing, as is the pin. The bow, which is decorated with parallel incised lines to form three central ridges, narrows slightly towards the foot. It has a central oval knop and below this is the triangular foot, on which are the faint remains of incised dotted decoration and some remaining silvering/tinning. The foot would probably have terminated in a knop (see for example on the similar no. 1499 i…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-83B161
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy T-shaped Roman brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch measures 48mm in length and weighs 6.48g. The cylindrical wings measure 24.1mm in length and 4.4mm in diameter. They conceal the copper alloy axis bar for the missing hinged pin. The axis bar is visible within the central notch which would have accommodated the pin. The wings are decorated with two parallel vertical incised lines on the external face of each end and two parallel slightly diagonal lines which frame the bow. The bow narrows to less than a millimetre at the foot. The thicker part of the bo…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DA7F66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The surviving part of the brooch measures 21.5mm and weighs 4.62g. The cylindrical wings measure 21.7mm across and have a diameter of 3.85mm. They conceal the iron axis bar for a hinged pin, which is missing, although there is some iron corrosion within the central slot for the pin. The forward projecting bow is slightly D-shaped with the curve facing outwards. The upper part is decorated with four vertical ridges, two in the centre and one on each edge. The bow narrows until the point where it has broken. The closest…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-374E54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strip bow brooch of early Roman date. The brooch is 60.2mm long, 15.1mm wide, 1.2mm thick and weighs 4.85g. The top of the brooch has been rolled back to form a narrow tube (one side is incomplete). The tube contains iron corrosion which is all that remains of the axis bar for the (missing) hinged pin. In the centre of the tube is a notch which would have accommodated the pin. The front of the bow is decorated with five vertical zigzagged lines, three in the centre and one on either side. The brooch's foot is rounded. On its reverse is a damaged curving catchplate. …
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.