Record ID: NLM-D0F708
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy roman bow brooch. The bow and foot fragment is all that survives of the brooch. The incomplete bow has a vertical rib running down the centre. At the base of the bow are three transverse grooves. The foot knob has two transverse ribs along it. Some of the catchplate still remains. The surviving length is 23.8mm, the width is 4.7mm and the weight is 2.18g.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BUC-D26665
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled copper alloy brooch with a lozenge shaped central feature in which a circle is filled with pale orange enamel. This was enclosed by another enamelled area but none of the colour survives. Two corners of the lozenge have stylised animal heads extending from them. These have incised feathers or scales and pelleted eyes and a long beak or nose. The reverse has two pierced lugs for the, now missing, pin. The catch plate is complete.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D282C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sexfoil buckle brooch. The brooch is D-shaped in section and is missing a small part of the frame. The pin is missing. The frame is undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swarby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-D2EF20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch. The centre has boss with five spokes, that reach out to a moulded and pelleted circular border. There are traces of gilding on the brooch front. The back has a lug for the now missing pin and part of the catchplate.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-D509B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Romano-British Hod Hill brooch. The whole brooch is fairly flat, and bent double at the bow (the length of 35mm therefore represents the maximum length now, the orignal length is uncertain). The foot is a flattened knob. Above the foot is a straight tapering leg, decorated with moulded cross ribs. The catchplate behind is broken. The bow is narrow and decorated with a raised central rib and a raised border at either edge. At the top of the bow there are 2 side wings/knobs, each with 2 raised ribs, carrying on the decoration of the main part of the bow. The he…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D650E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy disc or nummular brooch. The front of the brooch is rather worn, but a central circular zone of silver plating is visible, with an unsilvered border around the edge. Part of the catchplate is extant on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-D6A002
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Roman composite plate brooch. At the centre is a raised square panel with a knurled outer edge which is c.1.5mm wide, and a central square recess which measures 10.56x10.15mm. There us a trace of turquoise and possibly yellow enamel in one corner, which is most likely to have been millefiori enamel in a chequerboard pattern. This raised panel is set 2.85mm above a square plate with a square cut from each corner and each side has a knurled line with either a narrow groove above or below or both. There is a flat circular disc extending from the centre of each …
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E59C77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy roman dolphin brooch. The cylindrical wings conceal an axis bar with a hinged pin mechanism. The pin is now missing. The wings are decorated with a single rib at each end. The arched bow tapers to a point and has two slots for enamel, though no enamel remains. The surface of the brooch is covered in a bright green patina and there are some traces of tinning along the wings. The short catchplate is incomplete and measures 11.3mm in length and 3.4mm in width. The complete length of the brooch is 26.9mm, the width is 23.7mm and the weight is 5.27g.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-E751E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring brooch. The ring brooch frame is square in cross section and is twisted to give a cable decoration. A single line of close-spaced pellets runs along each face. There is a restriction to hold the pin, which has a wrap around head and a small collar below. There is evidence of silvering on the surface of the brooch.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenton Keisby and Osgodby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E7E577
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy cruciform brooch. Only the headplate survives. The headplate is rectangular and is divided into three smaller rectangles. There are two integrally cast half-rounded collared knops surrounding the headplate. One is missing. The brooch is broken at the very top of the bow. On the reverse is an integral copper alloy lug for the pin. All that remains of the pin is a mass of iron corrosion surrounding the lug. The surface of the brooch is pitted and has many patches of active bronze disease.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenton Keisby and Osgodby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E914B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large copper alloy annular brooch. The brooch frame is circular in cross section and is slightly concave in profile. The pin is intact and has a small raised collar and a slightly upturned terminal. The pin would have rested along the trough that the slightly concave profile creates.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenton Keisby and Osgodby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E948E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot from a copper alloy small long brooch. The foot is triangular and is decorated around the perimeter with a single row of punched chevrons. Above the triangular foot are two raised moulded transverse collars. The brooch is broken at the base of the bow. The reverse of the brooch contains a catchplate.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-E94CA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 3c, flat wing ends, Middle Severn Valley),Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 3c, flat wing ends, Middle Severn Valley). Length: 57.3mm; width at wings: 21.2mm; thickness: 13mm; weight: 8.67g). The slightly crooked short wings have small appendages to either side of the bow with a ridge and small incised decoration at either end near the remains of the caps or backward plate extensions. There is a perforated lug (with a small groove just below) at the top of the bow, which would h…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-EAE9B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete (except for the point of the pin) bow brooch of Colchester type. The brooch is undecorated except for the central short spine which is bordered by indistinct notched decoration. The catchplate has a single triangular aperture and the spring has six coils. The object has been covered in a waxy substance but is otherwise in a good condition.
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-EB5546
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ansate (caterpillar) middle Anglo-Saxon brooch in good condition. It measures 56mm in total length and 15mm in width. The bow is rectangular in shape with a flat top and sloping sides. The flat top is roughly lozenge shaped and decorated with an incised cross with a small circular boss in its centre and one small circular boss in each angle. The sloping sides of the bow are decorated with parallel longitudinal border grooves. The terminals are also roughly lozenge shaped and flat, again with an incised cross with a central boss and a boss in e…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EB8504
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Disc brooch. The brooch is circular, with basic decoration on the obverse, consisting of a double line etched just inside the edge, and a perforation in the centre. On the reverse, the catchplate has broken off at the base, but the pierced lug for the (missing) spring survives. The dark green surface is worn and corroded. This brooch dates to the Early Medieval period (6th century AD).
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-25A465
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch. The brooch is very worn and is shown in profile to the right. The legs are missing, and the tail area and the perimeter of the head are very abraded. The body is decorated with a single curve towards the rear end representing the hip of the animal. The neck of the animal is very short and the head has a snout and worn ears. The animal would appear to be a hare, although the rear end of the animal would seem to be larger than normally portayed on hare brooches. The reverse of the brooch has an area reserved for the pin and catchplate, however …
Created on: Monday 10th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-2692B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf.Mackreth 2011, 4.d Pl. 47. It has been made from cast copper alloy. Polden Hill type brooches date to the first century. Hattatt illustrates a similar brooch in Brooches of Antiquity, No. 900. , cf. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with wing caps. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar, around which the spring is coiled. The spring has 8 coils, and forms a horizontal bar which is held in place by a small hook which is integral to the reverse of the wing. The pin is missing.…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-26C3A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, Western Group, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 5.a4. Plate 50, no. 1585, Lower Severn Valley. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with wing caps. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar, around which the spring is coiled. The spring has 7 coils visible, and forms a horizontal bar which is held in place by a small hook which is integral to the reverse of the wing. The pin is missing. The bow head is hump-like and is decorated with 'Y' shaped groove which taper along the bow. The bow is oval in s…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-26D572
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. It is produced from cast copper alloy. Polden Hill type brooches date to the first century. Hattatt illustrates a similar brooch in Brooches of Antiquity, No. 898. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with wing caps. The wing caps are abraded and incomplete. The axis bar, coil and pin are missing. The bow head is hump-like and on both sides a moulding is present at the junction between the bow and the wings. The bow is oval in secti…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.