Record ID: SF-D69269
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman brooch, possibly a headstud type. All that remains is part of the wings and bow. The brooch is T shaped, the wings are short, semi-circular in cross section. At the top of the bow is a raised moulding of an oval shape, beneath which are recessed rectangles before terminating in an old break. On the top of the wings is a stump, possibly for a chain loop.  Length: 20.42mm Width: 13.05mm Weight: 3.36g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D66834
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman brooch, possibly Hod Hill in type. All that remains is the foot of the bow. It is circular in cross section, with no catchplate evident, the foot is flat, globular and has moudling around the base. Length: 30.32mm Diameter: 5.44mm Weight: 4.11g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D64463
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn enamelled copper-alloy flat disc brooch dating to 80-250AD. A small disc, with the (now missing) pin mounted between two worn lugs. On the centre of the disc is a centrla reserved spot surrounded by a concave sided hexagon on whose cusps are small circles, and in the recesses are remains of blue enamel. A similar example can be seen in Mackreth, 2011, pg 108, plate 105, 11599 and 10656. Diameter: 17.03mm Weight: 1.47g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D5EF12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy possible trumpet brooch dating to circa AD 75-175. All that remains is part of the bow, foot and catchplate. The foot is triangular in form, with a flat base, and a recessed triangle, which may have been enamelled. To the reverse are the remains of a catchplate. The central disc is knobbed, and has concentric circles design. Similar examples can be found in Mackreth, 2011, pg89, plate 86, 5587-5625. Length: 31.04mm Width: 14.51mm Weight: 3.68g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D5B218
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy possible Headstud brooch dating to circa AD 75-200.  Only the wings and an upper fragment of the bow survives. The wings are short and rectangular in shape and sub-circular in cross section.  The bow is circular in cross-section. There is no visible decoration. It is possibly phallic in deisgn, of which paralells can be found in Mackreth, 2011, pg 127, plate 124, 7942.  Length: 30.70mm Width: 17.81mm Thickness: 13.36mm Weight: 18.30g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7AE44E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age La Tène III type brooch or Nauheim derivative type, dating to the period c. AD 25 - 100. One half of the spring is missing, with only two coils remaining, originally the coil would tapered into the pin but this has broken off with the spring. It has an internal chord. The bow is flat and broad at the uppermost, with a maximum width of 4.71 mm and tapers gently to 1.33 mm thick. The catchplate projects from the reverse, from the foot to a third of the length of the bow; it is worn and triangular in shape and apparently not perforat…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-451BF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman enamelled plate brooch. It is disc-shaped and its outer face is decorated with a raised ring around the outer edge and two smaller concentric raised rings in the centre. The three fields between these rings are decorated - from outside inwards - with a ring of red enamel, a ring of pale green enamel and missing enamel or uncertain colour in the centre. To one side of the reverse there is a single-lug pin fitting covered with corroded iron and to the other side the remains of a small catch-plate, its hooked outer edge missing. It survives in fa…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-A1F478
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Great Square Headed brooch of Early Medieval date (c. AD 500-570). The brooch starts with a rounded point at the top, after which it forms a section roughly irregularly shaped pentagon remnant of the headplate. Towards the bottom of the head plate, the bow bends upwards at roughly a 45 degree angle. The front of the brooch is decorated in a manner which resembles a face of some kind, potentially similar to those of Salin Style I. Near what would have been the centre of the head plate in its original state are two raised arches …
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
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Record ID: DENO-269415
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type (c. AD 75 - 175). Almost complete, pin missing and slight damage to pierced catchplate. Rear hook spring system intact. Eight coils on spring. Short plain wings with simple moulded lines next head of brooch. Two raised lines of decoration running from over the top of the head to converge part way down the bow, which is otherwise undecorated. Bow of brooch is very straight. Length 57.6 mm, width 19.5 mm, thickness 14.6 mm and weight 11.51 g. 
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Saturday 19th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-60CB12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible brooch fragment. Narrow cast foot of a small bow brooch, with a rounded end to a narrow plate with central aris and with a long hollow behind perhaps arising from mis-casting or from attachment of a separately made catch plate. A V-shaped stop in bold relief marks the lower part of a convex mid bow. Possibly from a crossbow brooch of Mackreth type CR 2.d [cf. pl. 136 no. 10341]. This type of brooch is linked to the later Roman Army or officialdom. Suggested date: Late Roman, 250-350 Length: 29.1mm, Width: 6.6mm, Thickness [at stop]: 4.5mm, Weight: 2.89gms
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B82952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small and incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch, perhaps of Mackreth's (2011) type 1.h. The spring, pin, foot and catchplate are missing. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section and taper marginally in width from the bow to the tips, perhaps due to wear. On the front they are each decorated with two transverse grooves located between the mid-point and the bow. The wing on the viewer’s left also has a third, narrower, transverse groove at its very tip. The space between the second and third groove is longitudinally concave, so perhaps it constitute…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4F4095
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 6.a.d or 6.c.d, and similar to ibid, No. 7480. The bow, wings and most of the catchplate are extant. The sprung pin and forward facing hook are missing, leaving only short stubs projecting from the rear of the head, curving up slightly and terminating in worn breaks. These are both rectangular in cross-section to begin with, although the lower one (the stub of the spring) becomes oval before the break. The wings are short, narrow, rectangular and undecorated. They taper in thickness from the t…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4D1707
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Headstud brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type R1, and similar to ibid No. 7283. Only the wings and the top of the bow are extant. The pin, axis bar, foot and the remainder of the bow are missing. The wings are straight with parallel sides and rounded ends (perhaps rounded by wear). They are marginally C-shaped in cross-section, with a shallow longitudinal concave recess running along the reverse. In the centre of the wings, directly behind the head there is a deeper oval concavity. The front of the wings bear elaborate moulded decoration. There is…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-400359
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman brooch, a Hod Hill type dating to AD 43-70. The pin is missing and the catchplate is incomplete. The incomplete upper bow has two cross mouldings on it. The upper bow is broadly square, with four vertical ribs leaving a wide concave column in the centre, where traces of the white metal coating survive. The outer of the vertical ribs are on the side knobs, one on each side. The lower bow has four cross moulded ridges, and tapers to a globular foot. . The brooch has a weight of 3.04g, a length of 33.1mm, a width of 16.6mm and a thickness of 4.0mm. Similar exampl…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C3C8F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A headstud type. At the top is the stub of a chain loop. The wings are short and the right is incomplete. They are D-shaped in cross section, flat at the front and convex at the rear. The wings house the iron axis bar for the missing hinged pin which was attached in a notch between the wings. The head of the bow curves down from the wings and is decorated with a large moulded headstud. The headstud comprises a domed projection with a central circular stud surrounded by four small triangular recesses. The areas inside these may have contained en…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C26A4B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A developed T-shaped brooch (Colchester derivative). The lower bow and part of the pin are missing. The wings are short and cylindrical. They house the axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. At the head in an incomplete chain loop. The bow projects downwards from the wings and is D-shaped in cross section. It tapers slightly before expanding into a flatter section which is decorated with a triangular incised frame and recess, pointing upwards. Below this is the break, but there are traces of a second frame and recess. This was probably a second, …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-0FA576
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cinomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Mackreths Nene Valley group, dating to c.AD 60 - 150. Mackreth 2011, pl. 58, no. 2397, a CD H 6. The wings and upper bow remain, the lower bow, catchplate and pin are missing. The enclosed tubular wings appear to have iron corrosion from the pin. Below sits the triangular upper bow, the front is decorated with a boarder of dots. The bow terminates in an old worn break. Length: 26.07 mm Width: 26.77 mm Weight: 4.66 g A more complete parallel for this brooch is recorded under NMS-0761F5
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2022
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Record ID: WAW-199FB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The sub oval head has a loop to hold the spring (now missing). Much of the decoration on the head has disappeared, whilst the knop has a central raised band projecting forth. The bow has three knops, consisting of a large central knop with raised band and two smaller knops on either side. The largest of the knops is 8mm thick. The catch plate is incomplete and the spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2022
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Record ID: WAW-FEA707
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Item is an incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The head has a diameter of around 12.5mm. On either side of the head there are circular sockets (diameter: 4mm), with the right hand one being empty and the left hand one containing an object that is dark blue, either being a stone or enamel. The upper bow is semi-oval in cross-section and emerges from the front of the head, curving to a raised knee knop (width: 7.5mm). There are raised ridges on either side of the knop. After these, the bow continues on to its rounded foot (diameter: 5mm). The catch plate is still atta…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ECC274
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of late Roman or Early Medieval date. The brooch consists of the plate, knops, catchplate and hinge missing the pin. The plate is sub-quatrefoil in plan with four integrally cast knops. The knops are slightly raised from the plate and are sub-oval in plan (4.8mm long and 2.5mm wide) with thick collars across the width forming a globular head at the top of each knop (c.2mm thick). There is no visible evidence of surface decoration on the plate, so was likely plain and undecorated apart from the knops. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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