Record ID: PUBLIC-08FF72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 21.9mm and a weight of 7.8g). The hinged-pin is secured within tubular wings (with a width of 24.8mm). The wing diameters narrow towards their terminals (where they have a diameter of 5.3mm). Iron corrosion adhering to the head suggests that an iron axis bar was employed. There is no decoration surviving on the wings. The bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 10.1mm and a thickness of 7.7mm). The s…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-444ED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of Alesia variant or Aucissa variant type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and foot and is distorted (with a distorted length of 41.5mm, a distorted depth of 22.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The missing pin was hinged within the rolled-head (with a width of 9.5mm and a diameter of 6.5mm). The bow is of rectangular section (1.8mm thick at the head), with straight sides converging towards the leg. The surface of the bow is worn and it is now difficult to discern any decoration. There is the suggestion of incised …
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-446903
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of uncertain type, probably a plate brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing one of the terminals (with a surviving length of 29.6mm, a surviving depth of 6.3mm and a weight of 2.4g). The brooch has broken at the end of the hinged terminal (with a maximum surviving width of 7.3mm). The mid-section is of rectangular section (with a thickness of 3.6-4.4mm) with concave sides. The front of the bow is decorated with three square recessed cells for enamel. The lower two cells retain the enamel, which is now brown. The brooch thins and na…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4E9DC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is of oval form with six equidistant peripheral lugs, one now lost and is near-complete, missing the pin but is slightly distorted (with a distorted length of 35.9mm, a maximum width of 20.7mm, a distorted depth of 8.0mm, a thickness of 2.1mm and a weight of 5.0g). The missing pin was hinged between two perforated lugs, positioned behind the apex of the brooch, rather than the peripheral lug. The catch-plate is eroded and extends onto the rear of the peripheral lug. The six peripheral lugs are circular (4.6-…
Created on: Friday 12th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2AB0D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch of 1st-century post-Conquest date, missing its head and foot. The central part of the bow survives, decorated with four longitudinal ridges with grooves between. The grooves flanking that in the centre appear to feature incised wrigglework in the usual zig-zag form. The artefact has broken at one end of the bow, presumably as it transitioned into the head. The sides are also abraded and their nature unclear. At the other short end of the bow the junction with the catch-plate is marked by two transverse grooves between transverse rid…
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2AD257
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch (AD 50-150), consisting of the lower bow and catchplate only. The fragment is 33 mm long and 10 mm wide, weighs 3.7 g., and is in poor condition.
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2BEF72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch (AD 50-150), consisting of the tubular wings and top of the bow, which is finished in a linear design. The remains of the pin, and the spindle, are of a different alloy which has resisted corrosion. The pin still moves freely around the spindle. The fragment is 20 mm long and 21 mm wide, weighs 3.7 g., and is in poor condition.
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-675A22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring and the chain-loop (with a length of 45.1mm, a depth of 18.9mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing spring would have coiled around a single pierced lug on the rear of the head. Remnants of iron corrosion indicate that the axis bar was iron and suggest the spring may also have been iron. The head is near-circular (9.1mm wide) with the remnants of a broken chain-loop at the apex. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (6.6mm wide and 4.6mm thick at the head) …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CEA956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of Trumpet or Trumpet-headed type and of 1st or 2md century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 15.5mm, a surviving depth of 7.9mm and a weight of 2.3g). The spring remains in place and appears to be made of iron, secured around a single central lug. The chord is missing but seems to have been positioned beneath the spring. The head is oval and is comparatively small (10.4mm wide and 7.2mm high). The bow appears to have been of sub-triangular section, with straight sides, narrowing t…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9C6205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy headstud brooch of Roman date. The wings are rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. They have transverse grooves on their upper surfaces. The bow projects outwards at a ninety degree angle and widens slightly before curving and narrowing towards the foot; at the foot is a prominent knobbed terminal. The bow has a circular projection, the headstud. Two longitudinal grooves are visible along the remaining length of the bow. The inside of the brooch is flat and undecorated. The long catch-plate is almost complete, and the pin is missing although …
Created on: Saturday 1st June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-801056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy enamelled headstud brooch of Roman date. The wings are rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. The bow projects outwards as a ninety degree angle and widens slightly before curving and narrowing towards the foot. The bow has a circular projection which is decorated with a central raised circular section surrounded by a circumferential groove which contains traces of enamel. A raised longitudinal ridge is visible along the remaining length of the bow which contains two lines of triangular recesses which point inwards and a line of central…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-92C7A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. Only the lower section of the bow, the foot and the catchplate survive. Two horizontal ribs are visible below the break. The remainder of the surviving bow is undecorated. The foot is D shaped in cross section and is decorated with two horizontal grooves. The catchplate is triangular in plan, the curl of the catchplate survives. The brooch fragment is in very good condition. It weighs 5.3 grams, has a length of 35.2 mm, and a knop width of 7.1 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-455E91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy T-shaped Roman brooch. The wings are circular in cross-section. The pin is missing, except for the hinge. The bow is oval in cross-section, narrowing towards the foot. On the outside there is an empty triangular cell. There does not appear to be any other decoration, but this may be due to the brooch's condition which is worn and pitted. There is a central 'loop' at the top of the wings, but it has not been drilled out, or cast correctly originally.
Created on: Sunday 8th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A192C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A c.1st century Roman cast copper-alloy early plate brooch with pelta ending in adorsed duck heads of Mackreth Type 24. Each body has multiple transverse engraved or moulded linear and curvilinear grooves, the tails curl upwards and merge into a point, with a basal tear-drop-shaped knop between; vestiges of overall white-metal coating on the front; one bird has a small section of its body below the head broken . The reverse shows multiple transverse striations and retains a broken catch-plate stub and one lug for a hinge-pin, which is lost; absence of iron staining on the remaining lu…
Created on: Monday 6th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D764B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman copper alloy Dolphin type sprung brooch. In plan, the brooch is T-shaped and the bow is circular in cross section. The t-shaped wings are D-shaped in cross- section without a hollowed area for the spring. The wings are decorated with incised lines on the rounded sides. There is a single pierced lug projecting from the centre of the top of the wings which retains the spring. The bow is undecorated. The catchplate is complete but the rolled edge pin retainer has mostly gone. The spring has five coils on one wing and six on the other. The connected pin is bent out …
Created on: Saturday 21st September 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D870D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman Trumpet derivative brooch (c. 2nd century AD), consisting of head and beginnings of the bow. The head features a large headplate which expands from the top of the wings and terminates in a broken integrally cast central loop. The wings are faceted and decorated on their upper surface at each end by a double transverse ridge/groove. The axis bar is absent and therefore the hinged pin is also missing. The bow emerges from the centre of the head, surviving for c. 10mm, curving back gradually before an old break. The headplate is flat and rectangular with rounde…
Created on: Saturday 21st September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3F11B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Dorset type T-shaped brooch of early-/mid-Roman date. The head and upper part of the bow survive, the rest is lost to old breaks. The wings are circular in cross-section, and abraded at their tips. There may be a transversely incised line towards the tip of one. The central pin slot still contains the upper half of the (now bent) copper-alloy pin (c. 14mm) with a spur at the head, although the rest is lost to an old break. At the centre of the top of the head is a projecting tab, trapezoidal in shape, with the stubs of an integral projecting headloop on the …
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-457894
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman crossbow (light) copper-alloy bow brooch. The fragment consists of the lower part of the bow, which then develops into the leg. The leg forms an oblique angle with the bow. A protruding plate ridge/flange is located towards the base of the bow on its upper surface. On the underside of the solid foot the catch-plate has been considerably abraded. Patches of whitemetal coating remain, on the leg especially. The brooch measures 29.6 mm in length, 6 mm wide, and weighs 2.2 grams. For early crossbow brooches with similar protruding plates see Hattatt (2000, 368; fig. 227).
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6A4B24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy hinged T shaped brooch dating to c.AD 50-150. The wings each have two deeply incised transverse grooves and are circular in cross-section. There is a slot in the centre to hold the pin, which does not survive. The bow starts from the top rather than the front of the head, arching above it in the distinctive 'dolphin' form. It then curves through 180 degrees in a shallow but continuous curve to the foot. It tapers in width evenly from the top to the pointed foot. The bow is oval in section at the top, becoming circular in section about half of the way down. The up…
Created on: Saturday 28th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5F23C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy flat, enammelled disc brooch (c. 2nd century AD). The front consists of a flat plate with two concentric annular cells around a central cell. The central and outer cell are empty, but the inner cell contains considerable quantities of glossy red enamel. The back is flat and plain, except for the remains of two lugs; both the pin lug and the catch-plate have abraded through. The side of this brooch has been bent downwards as a result of old damage. For similar disc brooches see illustrations in Hattatt (2000, 344; refs. 1027, 1028).
Created on: Friday 15th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Hill', grid reference and parish protected.