Record ID: BH-53C2F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy La Tène III type brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date (see R. Hattatt; 1987; pp. 21). The brooch has been made in one piece. The head consists of four coils of spring and an internal chord. One of these coils would have extended into the now-missing pin. The central spring coil extends downwards into the bow, which has flat surfaces, increases to a maximum width of 8.2mm, before tapering towards the foot. The upper surface is decorated with two incised vertical lines, which divide the surface of the bow into three roughly equal strips. The brooch appears to be…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-21A2F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent copper-alloy La Tène III type brooch of suggested mid 1st century BC to late 1st century AD date (see Hattatt, 1982, p. 57). The brooch has been made from a single piece of metal. The head comprises a spring of three coils and an external chord. The pin is missing. The bow is narrow and of flattened-oval section. It tapers in width towards the bottom, terminating in a point. The foot has a closed catchplate with a rolled outer edge. The brooch measures 38mm long, 11.2mm wide at the head and 13.4mm deep. The weight is 2.61g.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D15814
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age date. This brooch type is classified by Hattatt as a ‘Glastonbury’ type (1987, p. 18-19). The spring and pin are entirely missing. The head comprises a vertically aligned ring through which the axis bar would have passed. This ring extends into the bow, which is of roughly circular section and tapers towards the foot, where it loops upwards into the openwork catchplate. The bow is separated from the foot by a moulded ring comprising a central band flanked above and below by a lower band. The catchplate has an angled upper side,…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Furneux Pelham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8C6A35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy La Tène III type brooch of Late Iron Age date. The brooch has been made from one piece, the largely missing spring extending from the top of the bow. The bow is roughly 'D-shaped' in plan and of thin section. At the base it has been flattened to form a solid catchplate with a rolled outer side. The object measures 20.4mm long, 4.4mm wide (head) and weighs 0.51g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F2D7C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tene I brooch of Iron Age date (cf Hattatt 2000: fig. 147). The brooch has been cast in one-piece. The widest part of the arched bow is at the centre, from where it gradually tapers in both directions. At the centre of the convex upper surface is a vertical ridge. The spring and pin are missing, the patination of the break suggesting that this damage occurred in antiquity. The foot extends vertically downwards from the base of the bow. It has a rolled outer edge and is also missing its lower portion, which would probably have curved back towards th…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Saturday 23rd August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-5AD075
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age date. This brooch type is classified by Hattatt as a 'Glastonbury' type (Brooches of Antiquity, p. 18-19, number 733). The head comprises a vertically aligned ring which extends to the bow. Through this ring is a seperate axis bar, 19mm long and 2mm in diameter. The axis bar is held in place by the spring, one side (the left side) of which is integral to the head of the bow, with the ring bifurcating and coiling around the axis bar. The spring on the right side of the axis bar is loose and held in place by the axis bar widening slightly. The…
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-AC6238
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy brooch of Iron Age date. The head is incomplete, the one remaining spring coil on top of the head containing iron corrosion from the otherwise missing axis bar. The base of the spring coil extends into the humped bow, which is of flattened-oval section, has a longitudinal central groove on its outer surface and tapers towards the foot. This foot takes the form of an upward-curving loop, its top edge resting against the bow's outer surface. At the foot's inside edge the side curves around a vertical groove, forming a secure pin slot. The terminal is zoomorphic…
Created on: Saturday 24th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EC4792
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch. The bow and spring have been cast in a single piece. Only a small part of the bow survives and it is sub oval in section and undecorated. At the surviving end the bow expands very slightly before contracting in width to form the flattened sub circular sectioned wire of the spring which is of the four coil type. It has been bent out of shape and the pin is missing. Most of the brooches surface is covered in patches of green and pale green-grey corrosion but in some places traces of an even dark green-brown patina is visible It is d…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-03B0C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Nauheim-derivative brooch, probably dating from the 1st century AD. The widest point of the bow is approximately one third of the way down; from here it tapers in both directions. At the top it extends into an upward curve, representing part of the spring mechanism. The upper surface bears three cast ridges, one being at the centre, the other two at the edges. These ridges are interspersed with lightly incised vertical ropework incisions. At the base the pattern changes to an an area of cross-hatched grooves, with a transverse groove at the top. The remain…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Anstey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-FFF403
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete one-piece Colchester brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to early Roman period (25-60 AD). It has 6-coil integral springs issuing from the back of the head with the external chord held under the forward-facing hook.The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 16th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-FB1238
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date. The original form of this piece is uncertain and although it bears some similarities to the La Tène III type brooches of the 1st century BC, a later, Roman date cannot be ruled out. The head and upper part of the bow are missing. The bow is thin in section and tapers to a point at the foot. At the centre of the bow's upper surface is a vertical ridge with a central groove. The foot is damaged and incomplete. The brooch measures 33.71mm long, 6.98mm wide and 1.41mm thick. The weight is 1.56g.
Created on: Sunday 1st April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8AFE32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of late Iron Age date. This would appear to be an example of a La Tène II or III type brooch, dating from the 2nd century BC to early 1st century AD. The brooch has been made from a strip of copper-alloy which has been bent into an elongated bow. The widest point is at the top of the bow. From here, it tapers upwards into the remaining portion of the spring, and downwards into the (albeit thicker) bow. There is no trace of a catchplate. The artefact measures 57.8mm long, 5.9mm wide and weighs 3.2g.
Created on: Friday 16th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Widford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D131B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy La Tène I or II type brooch of Iron Age (4th to 1st century BC) date (R. Hattatt; 2000; pp. 288-9). The brooch is made from a single piece of copper-alloy wire and has been bent into shape. The head extends into two remaining coils of the spring, situated on the left hand side (as you look at it). The bow is circular in section and tapers towards the bottom, where there is a split of uncertain function. The brooch is deep, with a high-arched back creating a deep void into which the folds of material would have fitted. The object measures 32.8mm high, 6…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clothall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-921557
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Hod Hill variant type brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch possesses a flat triangular head. The hinge type head is damaged in the area where it is rolled over to secure the axis bar and pin. There is triangular cut out at the head to accommodate the pin and iron corrosion on the reverse. The head tapers to the bow which is decorated with marginal grooves and two diagonal and one horizontal row of notches. The bow is separated from the leg by four ribbed mouldings. The leg is circular in section and finishes in a triangular catchplate. it measures 61mm in le…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-EE4B95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman Langton Down brooch. The wings are cylindrical and wrap around the spring. This is not completely enclosed, however, as there is a gap approximately 4mm wide. The spring comprises approximately eight coils of copper-alloy wire. There is no pin surviving but a rectangular hole at the mid point of the wings highlights its original position. The head is undecorated. The bow extends downwards at a steep angle. It is 10.9mm wide at the top and tapers sharply along its 20.4mm length, to 2.6mm wide at the point where it is broken off. It i…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EF5898
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy late Iron Age-early Roman Langton Down brooch. It consists of the damaged wings and upper part of the bow. The wings measure 18.1mm wide and are incomplete. They extend little wider than the upper part of the bow and are recessed on the back, in order to take a spring. There is no discernable head. The bow measures 12.8mm wide at the top. This tapers to 4.5mm wide at the point where it is broken off. It is decorated on its display side by three vertical ribs, which show possible traces of silvering. The back of the bow is flat and plain. Overall, the object m…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EF8544
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy bow brooch dating from the late Iron Age to Roman period. It consists of the lower bow, the foot, and the catchplate. The foot is squared off. the catchplate is 14.4mm high and has a large triangular perforation. The brooch is 23.7mm high by 9.9mm wide. The narrow bow is 2.3mm wide by 1.6mm thick and has a rounded upper surface and flat underside. The weight is 1.31g
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F0E818
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. The fragment consists of the wings, head, and upper part of the bow. The wings are cylindrical and measure 19.1mm wide by 7.4mm diameter. They are damaged at the front and so it is uncertain whether the spring was completely enclosed. Four coils of the copper alloy spring (approximately half) remain intact. The pin is missing. The head is flat and plain. the bow extends downwards from the head at ninety degrees. The bow measures 13.2mm wide at the top, tapering along its 20.1mm …
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F17461
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy Langton Down brooch of late Iron Age to Roman date (15BC - 60AD). The fragment consists of the wings, head, and upper bow. The wings are cylindrical and measure 19.1mm long by 7mm in diameter. This cylinder is badly damaged, but it does not appear that the spring was completely enclosed. On the underside of the cylinder is a remnant of the rectangular pin hole. The spring is made of copper-alloy. It is damaged and incomplete and no part of the pin survives. The head slopes downwards slightly and is plain. The bow extends downwards from the head at an angle of…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F1AA58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Langton Down brooch dating from the late Iron Age to Roman period (15BC - 60AD). It consists of the wings, head, bow, and part of the catchplate, all of which are cast as one piece. The pin is missing. The wings are 13.4mm wide by 5.4mm high and are recessed on the back, in order to take the sprung pin (now missing). The head is narrow and plain and is squared. The bow is decorated with six closely-spaced vertical ribs. The reverse is flat and plain. The bow has become severely bent by post-depositional processes. It originally measured 34mm long by 8.5mm wid…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.