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Record ID: BERK-121F35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman dolphin style brooch, dating to the first century AD. The brooch is almost complete, missing only its pin. The bow is decorated with raised vertical ribs that run down the centre of the spine; the wings enclose the spring and are decorated with a single incised line at either end. The bow is slightly twisted towards the foot where the catch plate is retained intact. This brooch is similar to those illustrated in Hattatt (2000) nos 882 and 817.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2012
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Record ID: WILT-7E8DE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A foot, the catchplate and part of the bow of a Roman copper alloy bow brooch. The bow is sub oval in cross section, is undecorated and tapers towards the foot. The catchplate survives on the reverse of the foot, the catchplate is broadly triangular in plan with a central perforation.
The artefact is 27.55mm long, 10.95mm wide, 2.75mm thick and weighs 1.88 grams.
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th May 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-7E3B21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman (AD 70-110) Polden Hill type brooch of the Western Group. The wingspan is 30.95mm with two decorative grooves at either end. The side lugs are circular and pierced to hold an intact copper alloy axis bar, about which are eleven spring coils. The chord passes through a forward-facing lug at the top of the bow which has three grooves for decoration, the loop tapers to a point. Adjacent to the loop is a raised V.
The bow is 9.95mm wide where it extends from the wings and tapers slightly towards the old break. The surviving section of the bow is decorate…
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-7E0D17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) tinned copper-alloy Initial T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin, the lower bow and catchplate. The brooch measures 23.25mm in incomplete length and weighs 9.79g.
The tubular wings span 30.35mm. They are decorated to the front only with a double groove flanking each open end. To the reverse is a slot for the pin with the iron corrosion product in the slot.
The bow projects in a shallow curve from the top of the wing. A flange with a single groove triple-rib flanks the bow on either side from the top. Below the bow measures 1…
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 18th June 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Calne Without', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-11A266
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flat and plain-edged enamelled disc brooch with peripheral lugs of Roman date (AD 80 - 250), missing the curl of the catchplate and much of the enamel. The edge is slightly damaged. It measures 21.87mm in diameter, is 6.34mm thick and weighs 3.4g.
The brooch is flat at the front and circular in shape. At the centre is a copper alloy ring 8.7mm in diameter, missing its setting (it is 0.99mm deep). Around this is a thirteen-pointed star with copper alloy walls and dot (pellet) inside each triangular point. The star shape retains much of its red enamel. The area around th…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-FC20F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flat and enamelled disc brooch with peripheral lugs of Roman date (AD 80 - 250), missing its pin, some peripheral lugs and some enamel. It measures 21.02mm in diameter, is 4.88mm thick and weighs 2.90g.
The brooch is flat at the front and circular in shape with eight small peripheral lugs (out of an original twelve) set equidistant around the edge. At the centre is a six-pointed star with copper alloy walls and centre dot (pellet). The star shape is almost entirely still filled with enamel, now brown in colour and possibly originally red. The six resulting triangles aro…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-A81892
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative, Harow brooch of West of England Group with spring mechanism, missing almost all the spring mechanism and pin (only the chord remains) and with much surface corrosion. The curl of the catchplate is also missing. The brooch measures 47.94mm in length and weighs 11.58g.
The wings are C-shaped in cross-section and span 31.17mm. interestingly the decoration to the front of the wings is uneven - to one side it is plain with a trasverse groove flanking the (possibly broken and incomplete) end, to the other side the end …
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-565C14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of the bow and foot of a Roman bow brooch, possibly a Trumpet type of Group C or a local T-shaped derivative dating to the second century AD. The head, upper part of the bow and pin are missing to patinated, old, breaks. The bow appears highly arched with a straight lower part and very curved centre, the upper end is distorted before the break. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back. At the centre are transverse raised plain bands which run across the front. There is a central widened section divided into three bands by incised lines, this is flanked by constrictio…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-014D55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy plate brooch of probable 2nd-century AD date. The incomplete brooch has a central lozenge shaped plate with rounded corners. One circular knop, with blue enamel survives and projects from one of the side apexes. Parallels suggest there were originally knops on the other three corners, now lost to worn old breaks. In the centre of the plate is a projecting oval moulded into a face with transverse incised mouth, projecting nose, two worn raised eyes in recessed eye sockets and prominent brows/hairline. The upper part of the head or hair …
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: WILT-8361C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probably Roman copper alloy object, comprising an ovoid loop max.2.16mm thick and 8.59x6.45mm (internal 4.58x4.02mm) projecting from the centre of the long edge of a horizontal band 11.09x2.70x1.63mm. The opposite edge is a worn break. The band is decorated to one side only with at least one groove along its length (it is possibly broken along the line of another groove), and on the resulting ridge between groove and break, which is triangular in section, are two lines of tiny punches (perhaps circles or triangles, it is unclear). The object appears to narrow when viewed…
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Cherhill', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-5659F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) tinned copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, consisting of the lower bow (now bent to one side) and catchplate, the central moulding and a small part of the upper bow. It measures 39.65mm in length and 8.45mm in max.width, and weighs 2.9g.
The surviving upper bow is decorated with four longitudinal ribs, the two central ones of which are slightly more prominent. It measures 7.84mm wide. Below the central area is waisted (c.6mm) either side of a curving rib, semi-circular in shape.
The lower bow measures 8.06mm wide below the central area and is triangular i…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Charlton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-D916C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of trumpet form. The brooch is plain, narrow and small and 31.51mm long, and has a projecting loop to retain the spring. The spine has a pair of projecting rounded expansions. The spring and pin are both missing.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
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Record ID: SOM-995D71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman incomplete copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch dating to c. AD 60-100. The brooch consists of cylindrical wings, one of which is broken and missing, the bow and part of the foot with catchplate at the back. The end of the foot, catchplate and pin are all missing. The remaining wing is oval in section with an open end filled with white material (solder or cement). It is decorated with a pair of incised transverse lines near the end, a further incised line near the bow and a slight indent between them. The second wing is missing and the break occurs at the slot between the two wi…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-5D5B17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An apparently complete (although possibly missing a tail) Roman copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a boar, of continental form and dating from the 2nd century AD. It measures 33.37x26.25x10.26mm and weighs 7.45g.
The body is rectangular in section (3.51mm thick) and filled with three enamel-filled dots (the outer two blue, the central one red). The underneath of the belly is at an angle, while the top of the back has a slight curve which extends into the rump, D-shaped in cross-section and 4.45mm thick. This is decorated with five enamel-filled dots, four…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-5CE834
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 75-175) copper alloy Trumpet brooch, consisting of the central button, lower bow and catchplate only. It measures 36.85x11.12x12.59mm and weighs 4.84g.
The central button, 11.12mm wide, is in the form of an acanthus to the front only. Below, is a waist and transverse rib across the top of the lower bow, which is a wide triangle in cross-section (6.55x2.01mm, narrowing to 5.10mm wide at the foot). The catchplate extends t o the rear for much of the length of the lower bow extending into a curl behind the foot which is formed of a double semi-circular moulded pr…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-863091
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin and the curl of the catchplate. The lower bow is bent slightly to one side. The brooch measures 38.29mm in bent length and weighs 5.5g.
The tubular wing span is 28.57mm and c.4mm in diameter. They are apparently plain, although worn. The axis bar is not apparent in the slot, so presumably has not survived.
The bow extends at an angle from the top of the wings and is rectangular in cross-section, 8.39x2.77mm. It drops in a curve to a vertical bow which narrows to…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Idmiston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-763D25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 150-250) copper alloy knee brooch of the tubular headed type, with spring mechanism and missing its lower bow and horizontal catchplate. It measures 26.55mm in length and weighs 6.44g.
The wings are tubular and C-shaped in profile, with a circular lug at either end, measuring 18.10mm. The chord passes under the spring, within the tubular housing. The pin, and possibly one coil, is missing. A concretion of some kind (presumably metal) covers much of the spring.
The bow extends in an accentuated curve. It is rectangular in section and measures 10.64x2.29mm in …
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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This findspot is known as 'Idmiston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-2AC292
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and lower part of the bow of a Roman bow brooch, probably a Hod Hill type dating to 43-65 AD. The remaining section is part of the bow and the foot, the remainder is missing to an old break. The piece curves very slightly in profile. It has a flat back and moulded front. The upper bow is decorated with three deep grooves running down the length divided by two ridges. This narrows towards the end then widens at a transverse ridge. Below this it narrows in a short constriction then widens again to a second ridge. There is then a longer narrow section and a third slightly narrower r…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-962853
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-200) copper alloy plate brooch, lozenge shape with lugs, missing the hinge mechanism and pin, the lugs and just less than half of the brooch and catchplate. It measures 20.23x16.10x9.30mm and weighs 2.40g. Its original length would have been c.30mm.
The brooch was originally lozenge-shaped, and raised in three steps. The topmost step is filled with the remains of a white enamel. The steps below are worn and any decoration is lost. To the reverse is a circular pit 12.57mm in diameter below two pierced D-shaped lugs (for the axis bar). To the front of the br…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-959FD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch with hinge mechanism, with damaged wings and missing its pin and curl of the catchplate. It measures 41.59mm in length and weighs 4.66g.
The wings are tubular and span 15.55mm (originally c.18mm). They are apparently plain to the front. To the reverse is a rectangular aperture which is now filled with iron corrosion, presumably from the pin or axis bar.
The bow extends flat from the front of the wings at 90 degrees with a bulbous hump (7.79x4.65mm) as it drops downwards, again at 90 degrees. The bow is D-shap…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.
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