Record ID: ESS-14DDD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman ‘T’ shaped brooch of ‘sawfish’ type, now in two parts. This brooch has complete side wings that are cylindrical in shape, with a slot to accommodate the pin shaft. They are now slightly flattened. The wings would have held a hinged pin. The pin is missing, though the wings may hold the remains of the axis bar, which might be evidenced, by a small spot of brown corrosion at one end of the wings. The wings are decorated with two raised vertical lines to either end, these lines being further decorated along their length with a row of incised V shapes.…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EBBAC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy ‘Aucissa’ Roman brooch. The head of the brooch is flat and wide. It is formed from the end of the brooch being curled up and over to create a tube of curled metal, which held the axis bar of the hinged pin, and is set with a slot to accommodate the pin shaft. The pin is entirely missing. To the back of the tube portion of the head is an integral flat, rectangular section of head. This is decorated with two transverse grooved lines, between which are two raised dots or ‘eyes’. The bow arches from the head with a distinctive, highly arched bow, C sha…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-853EC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy one piece Roman Colchester brooch. The wings of the brooch are short, flat and complete. At the head of the brooch is a scar, which is where a forward facing hook would have been positioned to hold the chord of the spring. The spring head and pin shaft are entirely missing. The bow of the brooch is sub-circular in section, with a slight flattening to the back, which is more obvious towards the head. It tapers to a pointed foot. The very tip of the foot is now bent backwards. The catchplate is entirely missing. The brooch has a dark brown patina. Worn break edges…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbess Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8512D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy ‘Wessex type La Tène I’, one piece Iron Age brooch. The head of the brooch is now missing, but would once have comprised of an integral four-coil springhead that would have then extended into the pin shaft. All that remains is the bow of the brooch, which is distinctively arched with a squared C shape profile. It is domed in section, having a slightly flatter reverse, and tapers to either end. A downward turned knop at one end is all that remains of the foot, now heavily worn, but with a tiny fragment of the upper catchplate attached. Hattatt, 1985, Iron Ag…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abbess Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-849592
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy brooch 13th century brooch. The brooch is sub-shield shaped in plan and domed in section, in that it is a moulded design with a slightly flatter reverse. The frame is formed from two opposing figures each with both arms upraised, joined together by a trapezoidal section to complete the frame at the upper edge. The lower portion of frame is formed from the lower bodies of the figures curving down and inwards into a single leg, which are similarly joined as the hands, with a rectangular portion of frame. Beneath this rectangular portion, at the lower centre of …
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-427452
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual example of an incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British brooch, possibly a Nauheim derivative. The brooch does not have any wings, as one would expect from a one piece Nauheim derivative. The head of the brooch would normally be the coiled wire forming the spring coils, spring chord and pin, however nothing of these elements remains. Instead the head of the brooch is simply the narrowed top of the bow. Unusually this top portion of the bow is flattened to either side, forming a single lug, with a circular piercing. This implies that the pin chord passed through the piercin…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-DBC1A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. This brooch was previously recorded on this database as an "unknown type" late Roman bow brooch. The original discription of the object has been kept below: The head of the brooch is formed from a semicylindrical spring case, that is essentially a flat, rectangular panel capped at either end with circular plates with a circular perforation to both. The rectangular panel is decorated to the front with two horizontal incised lines. Nothing of the spring or pin survives. The bow of the brooch humps from the spring case with a subci…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-B22852
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British Aesica brooch. The wings of the brooch are partially obscured by corrosion product, but appear to be tubular. The pin appears to be hinged, and the pin bar and a tiny fragment of pin shaft survive. The head of the brooch is subtriangular in plan and flat in section. It is bent at 90 degrees to the bow of the brooch, but this bend may have occurred after loss, rather than being deliberate, as the pin shaft would not comfortably connect with the hinge in its current position. The bow of the brooch is formed from an integral circular disc, also …
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-317F35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Aesica Romano-British brooch. The wings of the brooch are semicylindrical and both sides are now truncated. To the rear of the brooch head is the remains of a rear facing hook that would have held the spring mechanism, as seen in the more common Colchester type brooch. The spring and pin are entirely missing. There is a slight crest running from the head of the brooch onto the bow. To either side of the crest, and along its length, is a short vertical incised line. The bow of the brooch is rectangular in slightly humped, before expanding down into a flatter…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1C4F30
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman, 3rd century, copper alloy spoked disc plate brooch, c. f. Mackreth 2011, Chapter 7, Part 1, Type 3.b5. Plate 107. The brooch is circular in plan, and is made from three separate, cast, components; A back plate, collar and boss. The back plate is decorated around its damaged outside edge with a border of impressed semicircles with a raised central point, much like a petal. The pattern would have run around the entire edge of the brooch when pristine. To the inner edge of this decorative border is a small, plain, raised rib. Within the centre of the plate is a central boss, conic…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-A18FE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. This brooch is circular in plan and flat in section. The face of the brooch is heavily worn and abraded. What survives of the original surface has a dark green patina, but exposed surfaces are lighter green. There are significant patches of orangey brown corrosion product. The front is decorated with a central dot, with four other dots spaced around the periphery. It is likely these dots were enclosed within incised rings, but traces of these have been worn away. There are no traces of tinning to the front, which might be expected with …
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-60BD12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch of Hines group XI. This fragment represents part of the headplate inner panel and the bow of the brooch. The bow is rectangular in plan and flat in section. It has been squashed flat and no longer has its C shaped curved profile. A raised moulded border surrounds the bow. The central panel is decorated with a central moulded rib, with a raised, hollow and circular boss at the central point (not domed). It is decorated to either side of the mid rib with a design in the four quarters of the bow. Each upper angle appears to h…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-412806
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual find of a complete cast copper alloy 'Kraftig Profilierte' or 'strongly profiled' Roman brooch. The head of the brooch is formed from a single rear-facing lug, which holds the spring coil, which has eight coils and an external chord. The pin is intact. The bow of the brooch is trumpet shaped in that it has a broad flared terminal at the top of a curved circular sectioned shaft. The bow is plain. The bottom of the trumpet meets the top of the leg with a circular collar or bow button,that is bevelled to top and bottom. The moulding is decorated to both its upper and lower faces w…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-2AC870
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British ‘Colchester’ two piece type brooch. Both wings are complete, flat (rather than semicylindrical) and plain. Behind the head is a lug pierced with two circular perforations. The upper perforation holds the remains of the spring coil, which has only two twists surviving. The lower hole is blocked with corrosion product. The remains of the spring coil, the chord and pin shaft is missing. Running from the head of the brooch onto the bow is a moulded crest. The bow is triangular in section. It is bevelled with a groove to each outside edge. The…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Benfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-140685
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch of rosette type. This brooch is a very well preserved and almost complete example of its type. The wings of the brooch are formed from thin sheet metal rolled around the spring and with a central transverse slot for the protruding pin. A small disk of metal, an end cap, remains in situ in the right wing. The short high arched bow and the foot are decorated with moulded reeding. Two circular sheet metal disks are applied one on top of the other; they both locate in a notch around a circular 'step' in the middle of the brooch body. The first disk is flat and is …
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-8512B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy Romano-British ‘Colchester’ two piece type brooch. Both wings are complete, semicylindrical and plain. Behind the head is a lug pierced with two circular perforations which holds the surviving eight coiled spring head with external chord. The chord becomes a central rib on the upper bow, which divides into two at the head and terminates at the mid bow point. The pin shaft is intact. The bow is D shaped in section. It is decorated with narrow longitudinal grooves on either outer edge and with two transverse grooves at the foot. The curled catchplate is complete…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Canvey Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-71E921
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Roman ‘Colchester’ type two piece brooch. This fragment consists of the lower bow, foot and catchplate of the brooch. The bow has a central ridge with groove on either side and is D shaped in section. The catchplate is solid with the curl intact. The object has a mid green patina. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. It has a surviving length of 20.5mm, is 2.5-3.9mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 1.55g. It dates from 50-70AD. Complete examples can be seen in Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from excavation sin Colchester 1971…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-71C512
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age to early Roman Colchester brooch dating to 25-60AD. The wings of the brooch are incomplete, but would have been short and flat. The forward facing hook is incomplete and there is a small stub of the integral pin at the bottom of the rear of the head. The integral spring coil and pin are missing. The rectangular sectioned bow extends from the wings almost at a right angle and then bends inwards quite strongly. As the bow tapers it becomes more circular in section. It is truncated and the lower leg, foot and catchplate of the brooch are entirely…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7138A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete copper alloy Romano-British ‘Colchester’ two piece type brooch. Both wings are complete and semicylindrical. They are decorated with a groove at either end and at the junction with the bow. Behind the head is a lug pierced with two circular perforations which holds the surviving ten coiled spring head with external chord. The pin shaft is intact but truncated just before the tip. Running from the head of the brooch onto the bow is a moulded crest with a notch at its very top. The bow is D shaped in section. The bow has side flutes to either side of two central groov…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6DDAA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age-early Roman Colchester brooch. The flat side wings of this brooch are worn but complete. On the head, the truncated and worn remains of the forward facing hook that would have held the integral spring chord can be seen. The spring and pin are entirely missing. The bow is sub-circular in section, flattened to the back, and tapers to a pointed foot without a footknob. The brooch is bent backwards at an angle of approximately 20 degrees, at a point two-thirds along its length. Presumably this occurred in antiquity, as the patina is not disturbed. The …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.