Record ID: DENO-BC9C44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman dolphin brooch fragment with spring mechanism. There is a backward pointing hook to hold the chord – there is a shallow, wide groove across this, then the hook extends a short way down the bow, as a slightly raised central rib. The wings are undecorated except for a single faint groove at the end of each. There is a raised collar on either side of the bow. The bow is undecorated except for the short raised rib mentioned earlier. The bow is broken off before the catchplate. Unusually there are two apparently deliberately cut grooves on the back of the right wing (as looked at f…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-763BE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon Copper alloy brooch, 30mm long, 17mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The brooch weighs 4.49grams and has a green patina. It represents the central portion of a cruciform or small long brooch. The brooch is largely flat and is decorated with incised cup and ring marks, at least three can be seen. One end has a sharp angle where the bow would emerge but the other edges are very fragmentary with no clue to their shape. The reverse has the remains of a loop which is surrounded by iron corrosion.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-A2F183
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 52mm long, 33mm wide with a weight of 14.71grams. The brooch has a dark brown patina and is in good condition. The brooch has a hinged pin which is missing and a complete catchplate 25mm long and 8mm at its widest. The brooch is plain except for a chevron formed of small incised lines on the shoulder and a vertical incised line just inside the edge of each arm. The base of the brooch has a splayed foot with an incised line above. It matches closely 361, Fig 158 in hattatt.
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9BE385
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. It is 21mm long, 23.5mm wide with a weight of 8.22grams. The object has a green corroded surface and is missing its spring, pin and catchplate. The spring casing is 23.5mm long and 7mm wide and has raised vertical ridges at each end. The spring casing and bow are joined by the characteristic semi circular protrusion which forms a ridge 1.5mm wide at each side of the bow and raises it up off the spring casing. The bow itself is 9mm wide and tapers …
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-9D5D22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch, 46mm long, 13mm wide with a weight of 7.07grams. The brooch has a small head 13mm wide and 19mm high, which has a semicircular lower edge. One side has a circular hole which would have held the spring bar, the other side is missing. The head protrudes above the bow and is decorated with two horizontal incised lines. Above this it has an unusual teminal with rounded outer edges and a triangular protrusion in the centre, which is decorated with a vertical incised line, running over a horizontal line near the base. The bow emerges from the base of the head and i…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9F3488
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. The rectangular 'head plate' is missing its original edges but there are remnants of a small hole in each corner suggesting a cross potent derivative type. A border comprising three parallel incised lines and a row of small double arched - the flat edges of which butt up to the innermost line is present on three sides. The bow is steeply chamfered witht the remnants of two incised lines running along the ridge. The upper 'foot' has (two panels with three incised lines and notches between). Two raised transverse ridges with four incised lines across them.…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South of Burton on the Wolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9F7378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cross potent small long brooch. The object is cruciform and sub rectangular in cross section. The head plate is missing its original edges. The central section is rectangular and has three collared semi-circular lugs, all now slightly incomplete. Each lobe is decorated with a row of double arched stamps running across the lower part, above the collar. The bow is steeply chamfered with 'triangular' raised terminals at each end. The bow isis decorated with a transverse incised line and a triangular notch at each side, at the head plate end. The bow has t…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymeswold parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EF72B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon gilded copper-alloy brooch or pin head, circular with separate central dome-headed copper-alloy rivet. There is a triangular panel of relief decoration in each quarter, each separated by an undecorated strip. The object has four equally spaced copper-alloy rivets, one positioned at the end of each undecorated strip - two remain. There is another rivet close to the central boss - there are some traces of iron staining on the reverse in a line between this rivet and one of the ones at the edge. The object is damaged around roughly two thirds of its edge (so the original d…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F04302
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from an early medieval gold brooch or mount. Rectangular fragment of very fine sheet gold with a filigree border and decoration (from one end to another) of a filigree S-scroll, a now empty raised circular cell, two filigree annulets, then a raised rectangular cell containing what appears to be possibly degraded blue enamel (now mostly opaque white). The reverse is undecorated, although the impression of the cells and filigree can be seen. Length 17.90mm, width 9.30mm, overall thickness 2.70mm, thickness of sheet 0.18mm, weight 0.79g.
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5D6836
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual Roman bow brooch with hinge mechanism but with a cast fake spring, chord and hook. The wings are ill defined so that the shaped of the head is triangular. There is a small area of red enamel on the bow. The bow is broken. The brooch is very thick. Little of the dark green original surface remains. Presumably 1st century AD. Length (including bent pin) 31.36mm, width of wings 26.78mm, thickness 12.54mm, weight 21.67g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-83A126
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy and gilt oval plate brooch, 30mm long, 25mm wide. The brooch is in poor condition and has a green/red patina. The brooch has damaged jagged edges and is missing its pin and most of its catchplate. The central fitting is missing but the raised border that held it is still intact. Outside this are two areas of gilded border each c. 3mm wide and both are decorated with a cross hatched design.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-83F402
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Trumpet derivitive brooch, C. 50mm long and 10mm wide. The brooch is in good condition and has a green/brown patina. The brooch has a semi-circular, hollow spring casing with the straight edge towards the top and has the remains of two lugs protruding from its reverse. This also has a suspension loop, c.5mm in diameter, protruding from the upper edge, below which is an incised horizontal line. The bow emerges just below this line, curving out and then down. The bow is plain apart from a raised downwards pointing arrow which is surronded by a semi circular border in …
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-843691
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, 52mm long and 15mm wide. The brooch is in good condition and has a green/brown patina. The brooch has a sub triangular head which is decorated on either side of the bow with a depressed circle surronded by a raised, circular sectioned spiral which continues into the centre of the bow. Below this are indented triangular motifs, one on either side of an incised vertical line. Below this is an area of indented and raised bands surrounding a large raised acanthus moulding. The main part of the bow is plain apart from a raised vertical line running down th…
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-86FA93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A long, thick Roman bow brooch. It has no arms surviving and the exposed pin coil and holding lug have gone. The bow has several ribs moulded along its length and is rather straight for the lower two thirds and then bends severely before the head. The very foot is missing and only the stub of the catchplate survives.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Probably Wymeswold parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C31331
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy double bowed knee brooch variant? The brooch has a rectangular spring casing which is decorated with a series of concentric raised rectangles. The double bows protrude from the centre of this and are both decorated with raised vertical lines. The bows have a pronounced semi-circular curve and join together to form a single indented terminal. Just above this is a protruding point? on each side of the front of the brooch. There is no sign of a catchplate and I cannot see if theh spring is present.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-1B9123
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 45mm long, 27mm wide with a weight of 10.78 grams. The brooch has a brown patina but is missing a lot of original surface through corrosion. It is plain except for the serated ridge running down the centre of the bow. The brooch has a circular sectioned head which accomodated a hinged pin, the pin fixing bar is still present. It has the remains of a catchplate 16mm long which has been worn down. Thr brooch resembles closly No20 Fig 158 in Hattatt.
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-805865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily moulded early Roman bow brooch. The arms have transverse ribs and the bow has
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narrow Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-80D515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very long 2nd century Roman enamelled plate Brooch. The head is triangular and has a broken, broad protrusion fromthe top - probably a suspension loop. The head is decorated with a blue enamel triangle above two raised circles all set into a once enamelled waisted rectangle. Below this is a large transverse enamelled crescent (with points downwards). Two red bordered blue circles with central red dots, divided by a bronze frame, once set into a blue field, are set above a red bordered blue triangle. The foot is a tapering D-sectioned rod culminateing in a (now broken) ring.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narrow Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-830376
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Roman trumpet derivative brooch. It has a broken suspension loop issuing from the splayed head. Running along the curve of the bow and sticking out at a right angle from the upper surface is a pair of small loops (now broken)divided by a triangular flange. On the left side of the bow is an oval protrusion which is not present on the other side. The foot tapers and is of a plain D-section terminating in a rounded knop. On the reverse is a solid catchplate and a boxed double pin lug behind the head. The pin bar has left some iron residue.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wysall Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FF9847
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 27mm in length and 32mm in width, with a weight of 7.02 grams. The catchplate is missing, as is the pin which was hinged. The brooch is plain in decoration except for a incised triangle at the top of the bow, 14mm in length.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.