Record ID: LEIC-328722
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch, 13.25mm long, 8.81mm wide, 2.65 mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and weighs 0.5 grms.This is a fragment of a plate brooch representing the back-end of an animal. The brooch shows a hare facing right, it has a triangular protrusion portraying the tail and is missing its leg. The fragment is filled by an incomplete empty oval shaped enamel cell representing the animals back leg. The reverse is flat with a rectangular casting scar suggesting the presence of a semi-circular lug.
Created on: Friday 16th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3608B1
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch, 15.55 mm long, 11.17 mm wide, 6.15 mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and it weighs 1.04 grms. It is a fragment of a plate brooch representing the back-end of a hare/rabbit. The animal points right, retains part of its tail, formed by a partially eroded triangular protrusion and is missing the lower part of its leg. Two enamel cells are visible, the larger is comma shaped and forms the back end. The other is incomplete and trapezoidal in form . On the reverse side, which is flat, the semi-circular lug is present.
Created on: Friday 16th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B3B8A0
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch fragment, 14.53 mm long, 8.04 mm wide, and 5.33 mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and weighs 0.67 grms. The object represents the back-end of a dog. It consists of a back leg extended as though running to the right and above this a curved, upwards pointing, short tail. part of the body is present and it is filled with one large enamel cell with a rounded comma like terminal to fill he dogs thicgh. On the flat reverse side, the semi circular lug is present behind the thigh and retains part of a coiled iron pin. The fragment is very s…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4F2046
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman period copper alloy 'zoomorphic (raptor)' plate brooch, 10.32mm long, 26.02mm wide, and 5.15mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.80g and is decorated with 6 cells all of which contain enamel. The brooch is similar to that of no.1155 in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue figure 220. The brooch is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section; with a single sub rectangular protrusion to the bottom right which represents the partial head of the raptor. The raptor is decorated with 6 cells which are paired in nature. The first pair of cells are of blue enamel and sub rectangular in na…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.