Record ID: SWYOR-BFE1C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a seated greyhound. The overall form of the brooch is reminiscent of a Romano-British Dragonesque booch. The brooch is in good condition and remains intact apart from the pin on the reverse. The brooch is finely cast and the surface has been tinned to give a silver finish. The tinning covers the whole front surface and extends onto the rim of the hollow cast back. The form of the dog is well-observed and slightly stylised with an enlarged single eye on the head and a curved body resting on muscular haunches. The legs are long and sle…
Created on: Friday 23rd December 2005
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-AAA903
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy hinged enameled brooch of Victorian era dated to the Post-Medieval period. It is sub-rectangular (diamond shape) in plan and slightly domed (D shape) in cross section. The lower part of the brooch does not survive. The front face is highly decorated with an enameled design. The reverse of the lid is undecorated, on the top corner is a small integrally cast hinge. The hinge is formed from two rounded cast projections which have been pierced. Through the pierced holes is a short copper alloy axis bar. The hinge is slightly bent but there is no evidence of the pin It me…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-6D5093
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete annular brooch of Medieval date (AD 1200 – AD 1400). Maximum diameter 37mm, maximum thickness 4.8mm. Weight 15.09g. The brooch has a sexfoil frame. It is roughly triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. Each foil is of equal size. Within one of the foils is a pin bar which is circular in cross-section and has a diameter of 2mm. The opposite foil has a worn area where the tip of the missing pin has been in contact. The frame is corroded and has a patchy dark green patina. The piece is in poor condition.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6AB025
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, two vertical ribs, sub-group, flat wing ends type). and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete, with only one of the wings and upper bow surviving, and has a surviving length of 26.3mm and weighs 5.3g. The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill arrangement. The surviving wing has a length of 7mm, suggesting the original width of the wings was approximately 24mm. The top of the head is flat and square (8.5mm) and exhibits the remnants of a lug or claw to secure the ch…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: WMID-19F0D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (The Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. It dates to the 1st/ 2nd century AD (length: 51mm; width at wings: 22mm; thickness at head: 16mm; weight: 15.10g). The brooch has a highly arched head with oval/ crescent-shaped appendages to either side (a characteristic feature of the Polden Hill brooches). The short wings are semi-cylindrical with the remains of caps at either end holding the copper alloy axis bar in place. There is only a slight arch to the bow of the brooch and there is no deco…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-19D154
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Roman, second century date (AD 100 – AD 200). Diameter 22mm, thickness of plate 1.8mm. Weight 4.31g. The brooch is flat and disc-shaped. Part of the edge and also part of the catch-plate are missing and the breaks are old. The front has a raised peripheral rim, although only about half has survived due to the break. At the centre is a circular divider to form a cell for enamel. This divider has an inner diameter of 6.2mm and an outer diameter of 10.2mm. The cell formed by this central divider and the outer raised rim has six equal…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-1882A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy disc brooch, length 41mm, width 39mm, thickness 11mm, weight 13.32g. The brooch is a slightly uneven oval, made from sheet copper alloy only 1mm thick. Running around the circumference of the face is an incised line 3mm from the edge; there is also a ring and dot in the centre. All have been cut or carved into the surface. On the reverse is the catch plate and pin support. The pin support is a single tab 11mm tall, 9mm long and 5mm wide, this narrows towards the top where it is partially truncated. At the top is a circular hole, which has iron corrosion in the cent…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-1734C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 56mm long and 54mm wide. The brooch is in a fair condition with a light brown patina and weighs 21.35 grams. The brooch consists of semi-circular sectioned wings which contain a spring of 12 coils, the pin is missing. The wings are decorated with two vertical bands of incised lines and raised dots at each side. The bow is also decorated with at least 4 vertical incised lines and has an intact catchplate which is also decorated with two horizontal incised lines, one along its upper edge and one near its centre.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-020091
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Dolphin brooch of Roman date (AD 43 – AD 100). Length 22.2mm, width 20.5mm, maximum thickness, of bow 8.6mm. Weight 6.78g. The fully enclosing cylindrical wings, 20.5mm in width, are damaged with old breaks at each end. An iron axis bar, within the wings, protrudes at each end. The head of the bow is flat and has a groove to accommodate the hinged pin. This groove is filled with corrosion and extends to the bottom of the wings on the rear face. The bow is incomplete and has an old large oblique break at the lower part. Consequently, the catch-plate i…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-01DE95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Nearly complete gilded copper alloy disc brooch of Weetch type 16 (also known as Elmsett type). The brooch is openwork and in the form of an equal-armed cross with splayed arms and smaller, similar arms set diagonally. In the centre there is an empty rivet hole that would have contained a small boss. The larger arms are each decorated with interlace, appearing to have some animal element to them. The smaller arms are undecorated apart from the gilding. In the centre of the larger arms just before they splay there is a rivet hole. A similar example was discovered at Elmsett, Suffolk…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-00F650
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (West Midlands). It is 26mm long, 19mm wide and weighs 7.3g. The brooch is missing its pin, spring and most of its bow, including the catchplate. It consists of two short wings which flank a wide rounded protrusion at the head. The semi-circular sectioned bow emerges from the front of this and tapers gently. There are no visible signs of decoration. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-EFF3A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch pin, 43mm long, 5mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in a good condition with a green patina and weighs 4.75 grams. The object consists of a square sectioned shaft which has a hook shaped into its end, which would have held it onto the brooch. Under the hook the object has a collar of three small rectangular protrusions. The shaft tapers gently and appears to have snapped at an extreme angle, leaving a sharp point.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
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Record ID: IOW-ED64D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled umbonate brooch of Roman date (AD 100 – AD 200). Length 31.3mm, width 21.4mm and thickness of plate, 4.2mm. Diameter of umbo, if complete, 21mm. Weight 4.17g. A plate brooch of umbonate type, circular and domed at the front and hollow at the reverse. It has a deep groove running all around, close to the perimeter. Originally, the brooch had four knobs protruding from the umbo; one at each side, one at the top which is perforated as a chain loop and one at the bottom which hides the catch-plate. However, the right hand knob and a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9C0972
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a medieval silver-gilt circular brooch. The D-shaped frame consists of four conical collets, now lacking their stones, alternating with three smaller bosses, each with punched decoration. The brooch probably dates to the 13th or 14th century. The maximum is length 35mm and the width of the frame is 2.7mm. It weighs 2.42g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 19th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-95A9C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy incomplete Thealby Mine brooch. The suspension loop and pin are missing. The catchplate is badly damaged only 25% remains. Otherwise it is in good condition, with no active corrosion.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-861E47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a circular lead brooch, very worn. triangular geometic pattern around the outer edge with a circular wave pattern inside the inner circle of the brooch. dimensions: 29.1mm, width 17.2mm thickness 2mm, weight 4.17g. This brooch was allocated by Rosie Weetch to Type 32, unknown/other plate brooch, but from the drawing it seems as if it must be a Type 13, the stepped type. These date to the 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: DENO-84D5F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy knob from a 'Florid' cruciform brooch with, a stylised human face at centre, and eagles' heads on either side and plain rectangular strip above. There is a projecting pierced flange (width 5,2mm, length c.4.5mm) towards top of the reverse of the knob, then some iron corrosion below , including what appears to be iron pin going through the hole above, then copper alloy rivet to either side (visible on the obverse, just below each eye) securing the remains of a rectangular iron(?) sheet strip which would have covered and held the iron pin. Early Medieval. Length 14.70mm…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-81C956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch of Leeds' (1945) trefoil-headed type, footplate missing. The centre of the headplate is decorated with two vertical rows of C-shaped stamps set 4mm apart. D-section bow with rectangular panel at top and base. Single pin lug and traces of iron spring on reverse. Ancient break. In rather abraded condition. Width of headplate 38mm, surviving length 43mm. 6th century.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMAS-5CBA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type) of Mackreth 2011, 4.d, pg.73, Plate 47. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan the brooch has short semi-cylindrical undecorated wings with caps on each end. The caps are slightly damaged around their perimeter but otherwise are complete. The sub-circular wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar and a copper alloy spring with an external chord. The pin however is missing. The bow is flanked on either side by large sub-oval appendages. On the top of the brooch, at the junction of …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-56C384
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 27mm long and 32mm wide. The brooch is in a fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 7.72grams. The brooch is complete, except for a missing pin. The wings, which were hinged, are circular in section and narrow towards their outer edge. The front of the left bow seems to have an incised vertical line as decoration. The bow which has a rectangular section is decorated with a raised inverted triangle surronded by a border of raised squares. At the point of this triangle the bow becomes semi-circular in section and has snapped off a few millimetres furt…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.