Record ID: SOM-CAD618
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
The head and part of the bow of a Roman copper alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch probably dating to c. AD 50-150. The head is nearly complete but the pin, lower part of the bow, foot and catchplate are missing to worn breaks. At the head of the bow are cylindrical wings which taper from 6.3mm to 5.1mm in diameter at the ends. The left appears almost complete, the right s broken with a worn break. The complete wing is open at the end revealing the end of an iron axis bar, also see in the other wing. There is a central slot between the wings to allow for a hinged pin, now missin…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CA7CF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman brooch of uncertain type and probably late first to second century date. Only the the lower part of the bow, foot and catchplate survive. The bow tapers slightly in width towards the foot and is D-shaped in cross section with convex front and flat back. Adjacent to the break is a raised transverse ridge. The foot consists of a semi-circular, stepped knob with three transverse ridges on the front, the central ridge wavy. The catchplate is solid and triangular with a straight upper edge and broken outer edge. Length: 31.9mm, Width: 5.9mm, Thickness: 13.9mm, Weig…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C9EE44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged large South-western T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. 80 - 200, missing the lower part of the bow, parts of the wing and head loop and the pin. At the head of the brooch the cylindical wings survive to a width of 26.4mm, the right wing is broken near the bow, the left probably complete, both are worn and no decoration survives. There is a slot between the wings on the underside of the head to hold the pin, hinging on an axis bar running through the wings. The remains of the iron axis bar can be seen at the end of each wing and iron cor…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C9BCD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Roman copper alloy Aucissa varient brooch, or possibly strip bow brooch varient, probably dating to c. AD 40-60. The majority of the brooch survives but the head is fragmentary, and it is missing part of its catchplate and pin. The head of the brooch projects backwards from the bow in a thin triangular plate. The plate is decorated with pairs of incised lines running parallel to each edge, ending in a transverse incised line at the top of the bow. A rectangular slot has been cut in the centre of the head to hold the hinged pin. to each side the plate has been roll…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E2359C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch complete with pin, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is circular in plan, and sub-hexagonal in cross-section with distinct angles running around the outside and inside of the ring and the impression of slightly flattened facets on the front and back face, now worn and rounded. The frame has a constriction for the pin that is 2.5mm wide. There is no pin rest. The frame also appears to have been decorated around the entire, or near entire, circumference with regularly spaced transverse incised lines across the front. These are worn…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-34D147
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Late Early Medieval tin-copper alloy pseudo-nummular brooch of Weetch type 2.Ai. The brooch is circular with a raised, cast, design on the front of a left facing radiate crowned bust with multiple lines of drapery below and to the lower right and a pseudo legend to the left all within a double line beaded border. The nonsense legend appears to read cHc or possibly oIID. An upside down V to the right of the head probably represents to tie from a diadem. The back is lain with the stubs of a broken pin lug and catchplate. These are arranged on opposites sides and run vertically down t…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8B260
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small silver annular brooch dating to Medieval period. It is complete with separate pin in situ. The frame has rounded edges and a circular cross-section. It has a small constriction to hold the pin. The pin is circular in section and is looped loosely around the bar. It tapers to a rounded point and it is now slightly distorted. The frame is decorated on the front with a delicate moulded rope twist or cable design. The back is plain and present small indents, possibly post-depositional. The brooch has a black silver patina. Dimensions: The brooch is 15.1mm to 15.3mm in diam…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fitzhead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0D000A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Aucissa brooch dating to c. AD 40-60. The head and bow are formed of a single continuous strip. Part of the catchplate and the pin are now missing but a mass of iron at the head suggests the hinge bar and pin were iron. The head is plan and measures 12.9 mm in width. It is formed by rolling the top of the bow forward to hold an axis bar. There is a flat, wider area adjacent to this rolled forward section which narrows to the bow, probably in a step in in width although this is now damaged. The details of any decoration on this flat section or slot through the h…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redlynch CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC65BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch complete with pin. The frame has a raised centre on the front with a flatter, slightly irregular rim around the outer edge. On the raised circle are six evenly spaced circular projections, collets, each with a hollowed top containing varying amounts of white paste. The inner edge is indented slightly to each side of the each collet. Between the collets are flatter sections, five decorated with a double row of stamped annulets. There is a circular hole for the pin through the last of these flatter sections, in that section the annulets from a r…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tytherley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E25E28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of rear hook Colchester Derivative type dating to AD 40 to 70, complete apart from the missing spring and pin. The brooch has a semi-circular head with a solid front and hollow back which is 18.4mm wide. Each wing is decorated with two pairs of closely spaced raised collars, one near the centre and one near the end. There is no remains of the spring or pin. At the top of the bow is a short crest ending in a rearward hook projecting into the head to hold the overhead chord of the spring. This crest and hook appears complete and is decorated with two raised…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA7247
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman hinged headstud brooch dating to the period cAD75 - 200. The brooch comprises the upper part of the bow, the head and the wings. The pin, lower bow and catchplate are all missing. The wings are cylindrical with a central slot between them for the pin and both with broken worn ends. The end of the copper alloy cross bar that runs through the wings, and the white cement to hold it in pace, is visible in the ends. The fronts of the wings are expanded into flat rectangular plates decorated with transverse lines. At the top of the head is an integral circul…
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-AA2E6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged strip bow brooch dating to the period c. AD 25- 70. The majority of the brooch survives although it is missing its pin and parts of its wings. The head of the brooch is a flat sub-rectangular plate which is incomplete and has a central slot cut into the edge. The plate is slightly wider than the bow stepping out in width to form wings, only the right of which survives. The top edge of the plate starts to curls backwards to form a cylinder, but is broken just after it starts to bend.The slot would have held the hinged pin but this is now mis…
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-DCBB1B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a man riding a horse going left with enamel decoration dating to AD 250 to 410. The front legs and tail of the horse are missing to an old break and the back legs are slightly bent backwards but it is otherwise complete apart from the pin. The horse has a narrow face with splayed lips and nostrils and a prominent circular eye, probably filled with green enamel. The mane is highly arched, separated from the neck by an incised line and decorated with repeated vertical incised lines to indicate the hair with a wider gap for an ear. There …
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Orchard Portman', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1AB64E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. The brooch is almost complete, only lacking the pin, part of one wing and the edge of the catchplate, but has broken in two. The break is mostly corroded with only a small area of fresh break suggesting it was cracked in the soil. At the head of the bow are cylindrical wing projecting to each side, now 22.4mm wide, due to damage the right wing is mostly missing with white cement or solder visible int he broken end. The other wing appears almost complete, tapering down to a abraded end. There is a …
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-37A87D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower part of the bow and catch-plate of a copper alloy Roman brooch. The upper part of the bow, the head of the brooch and pin are missing due to an old well-smoothed break. In cross-section, the bow is convex on its upper surface and slightly concave on its lower surface with rounded corners. In plan the bow, is elongated trapezoidal and tapers gradually from the break (W.: 6.0mm) to a width of 3.6mm at the foot. In profile the bow is mostly flat but begins to curve near its upper end, before the break. The bow's foot is plain and squared off with slightly rounded corners. …
Created on: Monday 7th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Cantelo CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AB3AB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. The surviving portion of the brooch comprises of the upper bow and partial head only, with the lower bow and pin both missing. At the head of the brooch the wings survive to a width of 30.4mm, these are cylindrical with worn, broken ends. There is a rectangular slot at the back of the head, between the wings to hold the pin. This slot and the ends of the wings are filled with iron corrosion suggesting an iron pin and cross bar. The bow of the brooch is 13.2mm wide at the top taperin…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Lydeard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-384980
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. The brooch is complete apart from the pin but bent and distorted. At the head of the bow is a cylindrical wing casing, now 27.9mm wide, due to damage the right half of the wing case is angled downwards. There is a central slot through the head to allow for a hinged pin, now missing, but the copper alloy axis bar remains in situ across the slot. The wings are undecorated apart from a group of three incised lines at each outer end. The bow expands below the wing casing, and has similarly been bent o…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charleton Horethorne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C886B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch with pin dating to the late first century AD. The head has two cylindrical wings to hold the probably copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin. Cracks and a break at the end of one wing has exposed the white cement that held the bar in place. The wings are each decorated with five indented transverse lines creating four raised collars and a raised end between the lines. The collars and lines vary slightly in width. There is no evidence for a tab or loop at the head. On the back of the head are two indented lines running along the wings w…
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6EC98C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Head and upper part of the bow of a Roman cast copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 60-100. The brooch head has open-ended cylindrical wings, both slightly abraded at the ends, which are now 28.2mm wide. They have what is possibly the rusted remains of an iron axis bar for the hinge running through them and visible at the ends. The wings are decorated with pairs of incised transverse lines near the ends. There is a large transverse slot through the centre of the underside of the head, between the wings, now filled with corrosion. The bow is very broa…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-3C1DFE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver annular brooch in two pieces. The brooch consists of a simple, undecorated circular frame, bevelled externally on the front face and internally on the back with a slight flattened rim on the inner edge. The frame has a constriction to accommodate a simple pin, also of silver and surviving in situ. On the back, flanking the pin constriction, pieces of silver sheet have been soldered in place, with a raised line down the centre suggesting they hold a pin which runs across the constriction. The solder on one side is a large crude blob suggesting this arrangement might b…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Marsh CP', grid reference and parish protected.