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Record ID: LEIC-B33FD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper bow brooch fragment, 17mm long, 10mm wide and 8mm deep. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 1.79 grams. The object consists of the upper part of a bow brooch with open wings, now missing the spring, and a rectangular sectioned bow which has a ridge running down its length.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-B32C82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper brooch foot, 18mm long, 9mm wide and 4mm deep. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 1.23 grams. The foot consists of a sub rectangular plate with damaged upper edges. The lower edge is complete and has a flat base with outward tapering sides. This is decorated with a single incised dot and ring motif. The reverse has the remains of a catchplate which runs the length of the fragment.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-B30546
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper birdlip type bow brooch, 35mm long, 11mm wide and 9mm deep. The brooch is in poor condition and weighs 5.76grams. The brooch is missing its head and catchplate and consists of a rectangular sectioned shaft which has a prominent catchplate scar running its length. The front is plain except for a tongue like protrusion which emerges from underneath a circular plate (with a rectangular section) which sits on the top of the bow. The circular section of the brooch is divided into two by an incised line running around its edge and the remainder of the bro…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: WILT-B0FD94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age/ Early Roman copper alloy possible Colchester one-piece brooch missing its spring mechanism, pin, lower bow and catchplate. The wings are also very worn and mostly missing. It measures 56.32mm in (slightly bent) length and weighs 2.85g.
The wings survive as short, worn projections at either side of the top of the bow. This is the widest part of the brooch and measures 10.55mm. At the centre is a single projection, which would have extended into the spring mechanism.
The bow is flat and measures 8.32x1.69mm below the wings. It is decorated with three rai…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-AFEFB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Early Early-Medieval (500-600) copper alloy gilt small square-headed brooch, consisting of the headplate (with single lug to the reverse) and part of the bow. It measures 24.95x18.58x12.76mm and weighs 4.21g. All breaks are ancient.
The head plate measures 24.95x13.38x1.85mm (without lug). At the centre of a sunken area is a raised rectangular panel with two narrow ribs flanking the short edges and one narrow rib linking the outside pair of short ribs on the upper long edge (the other long edge is flanked by the top of the bow). Around the sunken area is a thickened ri…
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-AE4E53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age/Early Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 59mm long, 4mm wide and weighing 3.20grams. The brooch consists of a sub-circular sectioned bar which has a spherical ornament set into it just above half way. It has no pin mechanism present but part of an openwork catch plate is present at its lower end.
The brooch is similar to e.g. 750, fig.152 in Hattatt's 'visual catalogue'. This brooch is a European Knotenfibeln type type dated to 100BC-100AD.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
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Record ID: LON-A10591
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy Knickfibel type brooch dating from the 1st century AD. The bow brooch has a Colchester spring gear with six coils and external cord and cord hook protruding from the front of the head. The head is 16.5mm wide and 26.9mm of the pin survives. The bow protrudes from the head perpendicularly before bending though 90 degrees. A rounded collar decorates the mid section on the bow. The foot is pointed in shape and had the catch plate still present on the reverse. Hattat illustrates the type (1987 p30 ref 754) and suggests that this is a continental type of brooch th…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Record ID: WILT-9FB4C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age/ Early Roman (AD 1-50) Knickfibel brooch, a continental type using the Colchester spring gear and with little wings (Hattatt, 1987; Brooches of Antiquity, p.30, ref.754). It is missing the pin and half the coils (about 4), and the curl of the catchplate. The brooch measures 59.38mm in length and weighs 7.92g.
The wings span 15.66mm and are plain and undecorated. They are flat to the reverse (visible where half the coils are missing) but also thickened and angled slightly when viewed underneath. The surviving coil extends slightly outside the edge of its w…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Quarley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-9F4D35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
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 part of the foot and catchplate (probably about half). The bow is bent inwards. The brooch measures 47.43mm in length and weighs 1.92g.
The head consists of four spring coils 10.66mm wide. The chord curves underneath the bow, which is undecorated and slightly D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the reverse). It is 4.68mm wide below the spring and narrows to 0.50mm at the broken foot. Part of the curl is still with the surviving piece…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Nether Wallop', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-9E2852
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with enamel
Brooch. Plate Brooch. Cast plate with a round central compartment surrounded by a ring of thirteen pellets within a thirteen pointed star or chevron pattern; the spaces between these features were presumably intended to receive enamel. The stub of a hinged catch plate and the housing for a hinged pin (lost) remain on the back. Patches of red enamel remain between the inner ring and the chevron decoration; Mackreth (2011) Plate type 2c. Suggested date: Roman, 120-250.
Diameter: 20.7mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 1.7mm, Weight: 3.16gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: LIN-9E2068
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch dating to the early Roman period. The brooch has a comma-shaped bow that is triangular in cross-section with a flat ledge on either side. The catchplate is complete and solid. The headplate is unusual; there are no wings, but instead a wide flat plate extends from the back of the head in a similar manner to a Hod Hill or Aucissa brooch.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Reston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-9DC667
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Colchester Derivative, rear-hook brooch. Plain curved wings - if decorated, only the relict of a terminal band appears at one end only - with a backward pointing hook above them, formerly grasping a spring (lost), Mackreth (2011) type CD RH ?4Kc. A plain D-section bow grasps the wings, then tapers to a plain foot with the stub of a possibly unpierced catch plate behind it. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-100. Mackreth suggests that the distribution of brooches with this form of hook to hold the spring was promoted by a diaspora of Iceni craftsmen after the supression of the Boudic…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-9BCE31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Cast silver trumpet brooch from the Roman period, dating to c. 1st to 2nd centuries AD. The trumpet brooch has a typical oval head shape. The brooch is a hinged example. The hinge and pin are missing. The lug which held the pin remains at the back of the head. The head is decorated with a vertical central ridge divided with three grooves. The ridge expands at the top into a C-shape and at the base into two circles, each containing a pellet. To each side of the central ridge is an inverted S-shaped ridge containing a large pellet in each curve at the top and a pellet where the curve be…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
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This findspot is known as 'knutsford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-9AFF07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman period copper alloy horse and rider plate brooch facing right and measuring 28mm long, 22mm wide, and 2mm thick. The brooch weighs 2.6g and is decorated with 6 cells, all containing enamel.
The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with two protrusions which form the majority of head of the horse as a square and the rider itself is sub rectangular in shape. Three smaller sub rectangular protrusions form a complete tail, and parts of the fore and hind limbs.The brooch shows the majority of the horse and a complete rider.
The horse portion of the br…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-9A97C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman period copper alloy horse and rider plate brooch facing right and measuring 24mm long, 23mm wide, and 2mm thick. The brooch weighs 3.1g and is decorated with 5 cells, some of which contain enamel.
The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with two protrusions which form the majority of head of the horse as a square and the rider itself is sub rectangular in shape. Three smaller sub rectangular protrusions form part of the tail, fore and hind limbs.The brooch shows the majority of the horse and a complete rider.
The horse portion of the brooch is d…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-9A25C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman period copper alloy horse and rider plate. It is 26mm long, 21mm wide, and 1mm thick. The brooch weighs 3.5g and is decorated with 7 cells, all containing enamel.
The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with two protrusions which form the head of the horse as a square and the rider itself is sub rectangular in shape. Three smaller sub rectangular protrusions form part of the tail, fore and hind limbs.The brooch shows the majority of the horse and a complete rider.
The horse portion of the brooch is decorated with 4 cells; the first cell is circu…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-8C8BD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The leg and foot from a corroded cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st-century AD date. The sub-triangular catch-plate survives well and has a curved inner side. It features two opposing broadly triangular perforations within a zone slightly recessed from the sides. The curved element which retains the pin is 18.6mm long, with some abrasions along its length. It is delineated by a longitudinal groove. The bow is broken just above the catch-plate; it can be seen to be broadly triangular in cross-section. It tapers gradually towards the terminal. It upper surface is decor…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-8B7D92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Roman composite plate brooch inlaid with enamel, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin (c. 2nd century AD). The brooch is in the form of a trefoil formed three three conjoined circular cells of equal size. Within each of these circles is a central pellet which would have still been visible with the enamel present. In two of the circular cells blue enamel is still present within the recesses although very cracked; one cell is devoid of enamel. The sub-triangular central space between the circular cells is flat, plain metal, unlike other similar brooches. The…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 20th January 2013
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Record ID: SOM-891793
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and bow of a Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy Langton Down type brooch dating to the mid first century AD. The head is formed of a cylindrical piece, open-ended and C-shaped in cross-section, which partially encases the spring, leaving a gap at the rear. The edges of this cylinder are worn and rounded, but may have originally been rectangular and the gap closed or much narrower. There is a large slot at the centre on the underside where the pin would have projected.
The spring is present, and two sets of four coils can be seen from the rear, separated by a 1.9mm gap. The he…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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This findspot is known as 'East Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-886A57
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch, 27mm long, 20mm wide and 8mm deep. The object is in fair condition and weighs 4.82grams. The brooch is oval in form and is decorated with two raised borders, one on the objects outer edge and one inside this. In between the two is a row of incised circles. The reverse contains teh cars of a catchplate and spring loop.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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