Record ID: HAMP-873BC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The slightly corroded head from a cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double pierced lug spring attachment. The bow curves through over ninety degrees and expands into the head which has the pair of perforations uppermost. The lower hole appears to retain the remnant of the iron axis bar, judging by the trace of orange corrosion product. The upper hole is now blocked with corrosion, but would have held the chord of the spring, both of which are now missing. The wings are situated internally above the lug. They are both small and stubby and triangular in shape, …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amport CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-593CF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy, enamel and tinned Roman plate brooch of the umbonate type with a hinged mechanism, missing axis bar, pin and with damaged decorative lugs. Some of the enamel is also missing. The brooch measures 25.8x30.3mm (it would have originally measured c.28x32.5mm) and weighs 8.52g. The brooch is rounded and convex to the rear. Decoration is in the form of a 6-pointed star around a central ring-and-dot motif. Enamel survives in five of these points and is alternately blue and yellow. The points of the star touch a 19.3mm diameter band which defines the extent of the roun…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 21st February 2015
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Record ID: WILT-5A62C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy and enamel Roman plate brooch of the equal-ended type with a hinged mechanism, missing its pin shank and most of the enamel. It measures 34mm in length and is max.11.2mm wide. It weighs 2.15g. Both hinge mechanism and catchplate are slightly bent to one side, possibly as a result of being trodden on in ancient times. At the centre of the bow is a 11.2x12.6mm square, a double rib around a central sunken area 7.6x7.6mm. This has a small amount of white enamel remaining. Above, the bow extends dropping in a slight curve, behind which is the hinge mechanism, a…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-5A8307
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy and enamel Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a duck. It is 31.7mm in length (from beak to tail) and max.12.3mm wide (at its breast). It weighs 4.21g. The body itself is rather flat and does not stand very high, max.2.6mm. It is occupied by four fields of enamel, representing the wings and back (to the tail). The outer two fields (wings) are filled with a blue enamel, the inner two (back/ tail) a white enamel. These fields are an elongated tear-drop shape, one pair being inverted compared to the other. The body itself is tear-drop shaped, with a small D-…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-6A2114
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. A one-piece example with an intact rearward facing hook at the top of the head (L.: 13.1mm). This hook would have held the external chord of the spring; this latter, along with the pin, broken just below the head such that a curved vestige remains, is now missing. Below the hook there are two flat wings of which only vestiges now remain. The bow is oval in cross-section. It tapers from a maximum diameter of c. 5.4mm to less than 1.5mm at the catchplate end. The…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-6B35E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, possibly a 1st-century Hod Hill type. The fragment consists of the leg and lower part of the bow. The surviving bow fragment is flat and rectangular (L.: 8.6mm, W.: 5.37mm, Th.: 2.4mm). It is decorated on its upper surface by three longitudinal grooves creating two internal ridges with a ridge bordering on either side. The leg slopes down to a small terminal knob. The leg itself is very slender and tapers from the bow to a width of only 1.7mm before the terminal. It is bevelled on both sides so that it is triangular in cross-…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-6BB170
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy fragment from a Roman Disc-and-Trumpet brooch. The flared trumpet head survives, as does the upper section of the bow. The head is sub-circular with a protrusion at the terminal, probably a broken loop. The edge is flattened. The semi-circular perforated lugs on the lower surface are very abraded; the axis bar and pin are missing. Below the head the bow constricts to a width of 4.75mm. It then expands into a central discoidal element with the remnants of four side protrusions arranged in saltire. This element too has a flattened border, within which is a rais…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-6FCFE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman copper alloy bow brooch, consisting of the lower bow and incomplete catchplate only. The brooch is very worn and most of the original patina is missing. The fragment measures 44.9mm in length and is very straight in profile. It is 5.4mm wide at the break and 5.4mm wide at the foot. The breaks are old. The bow is roughly triangular in section, being flat to the reverse. To the front is a mid-rib, from which either side falls away. There appears to be rocker-arm decoration on either side although the surface is very worn. At either long edge is another rib. To …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-D61672
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy annular brooch. On the frame are four integrally mounted diamond-shaped expansions. Two of these have raised pyramids and the other two have cast fleur-de-lys. Between these are raised pellets.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-22C4F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete copper-alloy La Tène I Iron Age brooch (3rd-4th century BC). The brooch is sub-oval in plan and semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse surface. At the head one spring coil remains, to the left when viewing the brooch with head uppermost. The bow arcs round to a leg in the same plane as the head; the foot and catchplate have been lost along with the rest of the pin mechanism. The brooch is a mid-green colour with variable survival of surface patina. A comparable example can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2001, 288; ref. 725).
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-233715
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. A one-piece example with a broken and now vestigial rearward facing hook at the top of the head (L.: 2.9mm). This hook would have held the external chord of the spring; this latter, along with the pin, broken just below the head, is now missing. Below the hook there are two flat wings which survive bent and abraded (W. across wings: 17.2mm). The bow is sub-oval in cross-section. It tapers from a maximum width of c. 6.5mm to less than 1.4mm at the catchplate end,…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-27F571
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. An one-piece example, the head has suffered considerable damage with the wings, rearward hook and spring surviving only in very small parts. The brooch decreases from a thickness of 11.45mm at the head to 4mm at the bow. At the catchplate end the brooch tapers to a sharp point. The catchplate itself is highly abraded. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-3929B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot from an early-medieval small-long brooch (5th/6th century AD). The foot is expanded, with five sides. It is asymmetrical, with the left side when the foot is lowermost longer and wider. Above the foot the leg is as narrow as 6mm before flaring to 24.25mm at the foot. At the other end the bow curves upwards before a break. On the lower side of the leg is a slightly abraded, perpendicular catchplate (14.9 x 5.25 x 2mm). Viewing the brooch in profile one can see that the foot is bent upwards compared to the leg, most so on its left side. The upper surface of the brooch is d…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-39A5D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman crossbow brooch of c. 4th-century date. The brooch is missing its pin and catchplate element; the foremost, central knob was missing when found only to be discovered at a later date and affixed to the brooch by the finder. This central knob is spherical, but worn and corroded, as are the others. The side knobs are globular, and wider than they are long (c. 11.85 x 10.7 x 10.5mm). They both seem to have abraded central points suggesting that they would have tended towards being onion shaped. On all three knobs there is a constriction and collar…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-70BD13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy bow brooch of Langton Down Type and dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only with a surviving length of 23.4mm and a weight of 8.3g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured within an open cylinder. The spring appears to be made of iron. The brooch has a width at the head of 19.8mm. The head is decorated with a rectangular panel defined by triple grooved lines at the top and on each side of the head. Inside the panel are fine incised lines radiating from an arc formed by the …
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-87F4C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman T-shape brooch dating to around the second half of the 1st century AD. The brooch survives in very good condition with all of its components present. The head has tubular wings, undecorated but for a transverse incision towards the end of each wing on the upper surface. The axis bar is obscured by the wings, but there is no evidence that it is made of anything other than copper alloy. The pin is retained, complete, around the axis bar. It has a pointed oval head and has corroded to a greener colour than the main brooch; the main brooch was of a m…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8B88C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large and elaborate cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Hod Hill type, Hattatt's Class B (with side knobs/lugs). The brooch is incomplete, missing its pin, but apart from some slight damage survives well. The sub-triangular head terminates in a cylinder formed by rolling the terminal back round on itself (W.: 17.4mm). This is slightly abraded uppermost but retains the remnant of the iron axis bar in both halves either side of the central pin slot; the composition is suggested by traces of iron staining. Below the cylinder the head, incurving, tapers to a width of 5.95mm. It is …
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9B6151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, gilded cast copper-alloy imitation of a Kentish 'keystone garnet' disc brooch of c. 6th-century date. The brooch has lost its pin and has suffered some removals from its edge. It is the size of an Avent (1975) Class 2 brooch, while bearing the more simple ornament of the smaller Class 1. The central raised setting is a simple circle (Dia.: 8.1mm) (Avent (1975, 81; Fig. 8) Type 1.1), now empty. At the cardinal points are four triangular keystone settings with their points inwards (Avent (1975, 80; Fig. 5, Type 5.1). All four contain fragments of what is probably red g…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-F21EC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper-alloy Roman T-shape brooch dating to around the second half of the 1st century AD, into the 2nd century. The brooch survives in good condition, and has corroded to a dark green colour with some minor losses and abrasions. The head has tubular wings, undecorated but for a pair of transverse incisions towards the end of each wing on the upper surface. The copper-alloy axis bar is obscured by the wings other than at a loss to one of the wing tips on the lower surface. The upper third of the pin is retained around the axis bar. It has a pointed oval head a…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-F38377
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman crossbow brooch of c. early 4th-century date. The fragment consists of the narrow bow and foremost, central knob; the crossarm has become detached. This central knob is globular, but pointed, and gently faceted (L.: 10.85mm, max. W.: 9.35mm). There is a constriction at its base. It is worn and corroded, as is the bow, and has turned a mid-green colour. This wear obscures any possible decoration. The bow is recessed to take the crossarm. It is very narrow (at 3.8mm) and only slightly faceted (th.: 7.05mm). The artefact can be tentatively …
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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