Record ID: HESH-8E01A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date (75-200AD). The head of the brooch is complete, being broadly sub-triangular (D shaped) in plan with a slight stepped profile. The reverse face has a distinct shallow concave recess. On the reverse and on the sides of the upper bow edge are two conjoined D shaped lugs which are pierced and hold the axis bar and spring. The axis bar and spring is formed from a length of iron wire and is poorly preserved, remnants of the axis bar are present in the pierced lugs, fragments of the spring are concreted to the head of the brooch. The …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knockin Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-8A44C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet derivative brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. 55mm long, the wings are narrow and are 12mm long. The central collar is 8mm in diameter. The wongs have a square rearward lug to hold the pin and spring in place, which are now missing. A collar sits beneath the 90degree downwards bend in the bow, and a smaller collar is at the end of the bow, with a knop underneath acting as the foot. The catchplate is triangular in plan and extends between the two collars at the back of the bow. The bow has two rows of a zig-zag pattern etched along the front.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-882DE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy incomplete annular brooch of Anglo-Saxon tradition, dating to the 6th century. The brooch is incomplete, with approximately 50% of the brooch remaining in two adjoining fragments. The band is a flat ring of rectangular section and 10.07mm in breadth and 2.66mm in thickness.The upper face of the band is decorated with an inner and outer circle of punched rings/annulets. One section of these are interupted by eight incised lines across the width of the band, creating a small banded panel. The hinge of the iron pin remains, corroded in place. This appears to be a …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-866A71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper-alloy rosette variant, lion (leontomorphe) derivative bow brooch (AD 30-60). The foot, spring mechanism and pin, and the catch plate are missing. The wings (or spring housing) are semi-circular, open at the rear. The upper and lower part of the bow is flat and is divided by a narrow waist which has a small protrusion at the front and is flat at the rear. Beneath the wings, the sides of the upper part of the bow taper and then expand to the waist. From the waist, the sides of the lower part of the bow taper to a transverse break.…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7A64C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) - medieval copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled disc brooch (late 10th - 11th century), of the Saunderton type (Weetch Type 20.A). The brooch is constructed from a base-plate of copper alloy with six equidistant rounded projections, though one has been broken off. A circular copper-alloy collar, 19 mm in diameter, has been soldered onto this base plate and set within the collar is the cloisonné enamel pattern. The pattern is marked out by copper alloy cells and comprises a six-pointed star for of conjoined curving strips which meet a…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-792ED1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment from the bow of a Roman trumpet brooch (75-175 AD). The fragment comprises the mid part of the bow; the head and foot are lost through old patinated breaks. It is crescentic in plan and oval in cross section. It is decorated with a central real flanked above and below by stylised acanthus leaves. The lower edge shows the top of a mid-rib which would have formed the catch plate. The fragment is a mid brownish green colour with a good and well preserved surface patina. This style of Roman brooch can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knockin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-776865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy fragment of a great square-headed brooch. The fragment is roughly L-shaped, consisting of the bow and part of one side of the footplate, with a circular knob projecting from the front of the bow. Traces of gilding and simple grooved decoration are visible on the front of the bow, and the stub of a catchplate remains on the reverse. The fragment is distorted, perhaps through plough damage or by heat, for example during a cremation. The fragment is 43mm long, 31mm wide, 2mm thick at the top and 6mm thick at the knob, and weighs 21.36g. Finds Advisor …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-764720
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Headstud type with the remains of a hinged pin. The bow is decorated with a band of notching and has brodering grooves. The stud is round and has a central boss. The rounded flat foot sits below a pair of transverse ridges.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-763D03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La Tène III (AD 20-100) simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch. It is missing the lower bow and catchplate, and the pin is bent to one side. The brooch measures 43.26mm in length and weighs 4.23g. The head consists of four spring coils 11.22mm wide with a copper alloy axis bar between (11.71mm wide). The third coil from the left extends into the pin, which narrows to a point. The chord curves underneath the bow, which is flat and parallel-sided (5.97x1.44mm) and decorated to the front with at least three slightly diag…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-763051
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch foot dating from the early medieval period, that is c. AD700-900. Only the foot and part of the catchplate survive. The bow, head and pin are missing. The brooch is very worn, but there does not seem to be any surface decoration or mouldings. The foot plate is oval and what remains of the bow is hollow. It may possibly be the foot of an Ansate brooch (pers. comm. Helen Geake).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Natland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-75F431
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin shank and the lower bow and catchplate. The brooch measures 32.96mm in incomplete length and weighs 6.47g. The tubular wingspan is 18.14mm. To the reverse is a slot with the pin head intact, to the front is a transverse moulding flanking either end. The top of the wings are flat. The bow (8.52mm wide) extends from the top of the wings with moulded flanges to either side for c.10mm length. It is flat to the reverse. Between the flanges is prominent triangul…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-75A2A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 280-410) gilded and tinned/ silvered copper alloy early form of crossbow brooch or Light Crossbow brooch, measuring 41.88mm in length and weighing 3.74g. It is missing most of the pin shaft and most of one wing half. The wingspan is 14.36mm, and would originally have been c.20mm. The surviving wing is triangular in section with a rounded knob (flat to the reverse) at the end. The wing is largely obscured by corrosion. The remaining stump of the other wing shows an iron axis bar within it. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular moulding from which rises a…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-737901
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible cast copper-alloy disc brooch of early Medieval date. The fragment is part of a flat circular disc and has been burnt. It has a raised outside border and a circular recessed area, possibly for a setting or enamelling. The fragment measures 31.51mm in length, 21.21mm in width, 3.93mm in thickness and weighs 8.01g. It is similar to published examples (West, 1998, no 3.5, also from Barham).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6218C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, without side lugs. It is missing its pin and the curl of the openwork catchplate. It measures 35.33mm in length and weighs 3.02g. The wings, which curl forwards to hold the axis bar, are 11.59mm in width. To the top and front of the wings a thick white-metal coating (probably tin) remains mostly intact. Orange staining suggests the axis bar is iron. In front of the wings is a 4.56mm wide projection with concave sides. It extends into the top of the bow which then drops at 90 degrees and the top of which is cut in an inv…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5F3CD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver open-frame brooch, made by bending a circular-sectioned wire to form the now-distorted ring. The pin is of circular section, tapers to a point and is slightly bent. Adjacent to the pin loop there is a moulded collar decorated with punched circles. Discussion: A parallel for this brooch is Treasure find 2006 T161 from Wiltshire (TAR 2005/6: 104, no. 316). In terms of age, and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4EC4E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Disc brooch. A plain cast disc with the stubs of a hinged pin lug and a folded U-shaped catch-plate. The front is entirely plain except for a single ring and dot of diameter 3mm close to the edge. It may be that a Roman brooch or back plate has been reused; however, the plate is slightly larger than the simpler forms of disc brooch illustrated by Mackreth (2011), so an imitation of the form may rather explain this piece. However, it is conventionally believed that Anglo-Saxon brooches were usually provided with iron pins, and there is no sign of iron staining on t…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-4EAA45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy plate or disc brooch of probable later Iron Age date. It has a disc shaped plate that is D-shaped in section with slightly concave back face and moulded front face. The front face has a central circular depression that contains a moulded rosette motif formed from three projecting pellets at the centre surrounded by nine further similar pellets. The rounded edges of the front face have moulded decoration formed from three pairs of decoorative motifs. Each motif has a small rosette with central pellet and eight surrounding pellets, next to which is a sinuous trumpet …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4EA855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and Iron, painted or oiled Late Roman Crossbow Brooch fragment. Cast onion knop surmounting a deep collar with billeted edges. Beyond the collar the object acquires an oval section with two oval projections, presumably the start of a series. Two prongs of iron wire of thickness 1.3mm are bedded in the core of this stem. Erica Darch kindly identifies this as a part of a Crossbow Brooch, a type associated with the later Roman military; in this correcting an identification as a knife pommel. She cites SF-A65EF0 as a similar fragment and SUR-56D6F6 as a complete example.…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-4E0DB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the foot and pin due to old breaks and has evidence of post-depositional wear and corrosion but is otherwise intact. The headplate is lozenge shaped in form, flat and with projecting knops at each corner. These are oval shaped in form and D-shaped in section with rounded ends and possible transverse mouldings although this is uncertain due to their preservation. At the centre of the headplate is a raised vertical rectangular panel running from the top knop to the bow. On the back face of the headplate is an…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-4B0202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron brooch dating from the Late Iron to Early Roman period. The brooch is in the one-piece Colchester style, missing the pin and spring and the foot including the catchplate. Although iron brooches are unusual there are a number recorded on this database. First century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherwell district', grid reference and parish protected.