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Record ID: KENT3302
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver cross bow brooch. Cylindrical lugs with two incised grooves at both ends. High bow with a central ridge and ridges on either side. Angular pointed terminal, which seems crudely made.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-4786D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible copper alloy plate from a brooch of uncertain type, possibly Roman The object comprises a fragmentary and distorted circular disc of sheet metal (with a maximum distorted diameter of 34.2mm, a thickness of 0.1mm and a weight of 2.4g). The rear has what appears to be an integral catch-plate adjacent to the edge (with a depth of 7.8mm and a length of 6.2mm). There is the possible suggestion that the plate has broken across a central hole. There is no decoration evident on the surface but there appears to be remnants of tinned or silvered surface on the front of plate. Else…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4A9E1A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch of unusual form and possibly of Roman date, c. 1st or 2nd century AD date but also possibly a modern pastiche The brooch is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 55.5mm, a depth of 20.7mm and a weight of 6.5g) and has been forged from a copper alloy strip rather than cast. The missing pin was hinged within a rolled head, comprising the bow simply turned internally with a slot to accommodate the pin. The bow is a simple rectangular sectioned strip (8.7mm wide at the head and 1.0mm thick). The sides are straight and gradually convergent to the poi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: WILT-6B5EAE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy openwork brooch of uncertain date. The brooch is broadly hexagonal in shape and is rectangular in cross section. In the centre of the plate is an openwork design of a circular perforation. The reverse is flat and the remnants of both the single lug and catchplate survive. The pin is missing. Overall, the plate is 26.30mm in length, the width is 17.96mm and the thickness is 9.31mm. the brooch weighs 9.31g.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-9C9096
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete Roman cast disc brooch of 2nd-century date. This flat brooch has an annular body with circular open centre (Dia.: 6.2mm). At the compass points are four protrusions which have suffered differing levels of abrasion. On the lower surface on the two opposing and more complete protrusions are, respectively, the remnant of the catchplate and the perforated, semi-circular pin lug. Within the latter are the corroded remains of the axis bar and possibly the beginnings of an iron pin, the rest of which is now missing. The more complete protrusions are divided from the m…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-311757
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 2nd century cast copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch is flat and circular. The surface has largely been lost due to wear and corrosion. The front of the brooch has been decorated with a ring and dot in the centre with lines radiating out from the centre. These fields then appear to have been inlaid with enamel, must of the enamel has now been lost. On the reverse of the brooch are the remains of two widely spaced lugs, they survive as stumps of corroded metal on either edge of the disc. The brooch is a dark brownish-green colour. It is pitted and corroded. This type of brooch dat…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manningford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-163D71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dragonesque plate brooch, measuring 42.4x22.6x1.9mm and weighing 7.18g. It is of the unenamelled type. The brooch is apparantly complete though a little worn on its terminals (head and foot). It is in the form of an S-shaped plate with the head and foot forming the top and bottom of the S. The decoration is at the cente of the body and comprises a grooved-ring-and-pierced-dot. The brooch is slightly rounded on both sides except for the reverse of the central part of the body, which is hollowed. This also has a little iron staining. The head comprises a brow …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-742C35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shape brooch of the enamelled type, missing loop, lower bow and catchplate, the stem of the pin and the enamel decoration. It weighs 5.29g and is 28.9mm in incomplete length. The wings are tubular with a hinged pin and span 26.2mm. Only the head of the pin survives in situ. A double groove flanks each open end of the wings, to the front only. The bow is flat and 11mm wide where it extends from the wings. Slightly off-centre at the top of the bow is a broken projection from which the loop would have extended. The upper bow has a groove flanking b…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-748CF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester one-piece type brooch, missing its pin and most of the catchplate. The brooch measures 70mm in length and weighs 15.12g. The wingspan is 14.5mm although the span of the spring is 22.7mm. The spring consists of 7 coils, the eight presumably being the pin (and now missing). The wings are flat in section and c.1.5mm thick. The chord is held in place above the spring with a forward facing hook. The bow extends from the top of the wings and is oval in section, measuring 6.8x4.5mm. It curves outwards before dropping, tapering all the while to a …
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-74C8E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch of the bridge type, missing its spring, pin, lower projection and catchplate and some enamel decoration. It measures an incomplete 26mm in length and weighs 4.29g. It would have originally measured c.33mm in length. The surviving upper projection has a single pierced lug to the reverse for a spring attachment. Hattatt comments that this particular type of brooch is particular to Britain, and that the only six known examples are all from the south (Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, 1989, p.148). One other has been recorded from Wiltshire…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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