Record ID: SOM-EE00E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and bow of a devolved trumpet or T-shaped brooch of local type with a expanded fan shaped head plate. The head is a fan (D shaped) plate with a concave back and convex front. Along the straight lower edge is a cylinder with a central slot, this cylinder holds the bar on which the pin hinged, pivoting in the slot. There is damage to one end of the cylinder but it is otherwise complete and the bar is in place although the pin is missing. Around the upper edge the plate is stepped in slightly on the front. This thinned border is decorated with multiple incised diagonal lines and is …
Created on: Monday 2nd May 2011
Last updated: Friday 30th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilmark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-16EA88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Developed T-Shaped brooch likely dating from 50-150 AD. The brooch is missing its foot, leg, catchplate, a portion of the pin, much of one wing, and most of the probable chain loop. The brooch has two tubular wings with a central slot containing the hinged pin. The base of what was likely a chain loop is retained adjacent to the wings. The bow is angled sharply downwards from the head to form an almost straight section of bow bearing a 13.7mm long panel of triangle and lozenge cells missing their enamel. Below this is an angled junction between the bow …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalke Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-156B76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged Durotrigan Type 5C-D (strip bow) brooch dating to the period c. AD 43 - 70. The majority of the brooch's bow survives although its head is very fragmentary, and it is missing its foot, catchplate, and pin. The head of the brooch projects backwards from the bow in a sub-rectangular plate. A slot which was cut into the reverse of the head after folding can also be seen although the area to the left of this slot is completely lost while only a small fragment of plate to the right of this slot survives.The slot would have held the hinged pin. …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-163FA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a hinged roman brooch possibly a Colchester Derivative T-shaped brooch, possibly dating to c. AD 75-150. Only the right wing and a small portion of the bow survives. The right wing is 20.3mm wide and rounded but irregular in cross section with a maximum diameter of 6.0mm and a minimum diameter of 5.0mm. The front of this wing is decorated by three, possibly four, evenly spaced raised rectangular ridges one of which marks the far right edge of the wing. The end of the wing is flat and has an open end for a circular hole that runs through the length of the object. …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DF1845
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy hinged initial T shaped brooch dated to AD 60-90, comprising the head, part of the bow and a fragment of the pin. The head is formed of two wide close-ended cylindrical wings, oval in section and tapering towards the ends. Both ends have shallow incised circular bands around them c. 1mm from the ends although this may have been across the front only. The right wing is more fragmented than the left and contains pale-coloured material that may be remains of solder. There is a central slot on the underside of the head that contains a fragment o…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chitterne CP', grid reference and parish protected.