Record ID: LVPL-B3ADF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dolphin/ Polden Hill type bow brooch dating to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It was a hinged mechanism with the axis inside the cross bar. The cross bar is enclosed at both ends. The pin is missing and the brooch is broken before it reached the foot. The brooch is quite corroded and has an uneven surface.
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: DUR-185805
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy and enamelled Wirral type bow brooch dating from the 2nd century AD. It is mostly complete with just the headloop, foot, pin and catchplate missing. Below the broken headloop the head has three steps, each of which is decorated with knurling. The upper bow has three vertical panels which are filled with squares of alternating coloured enamel to give a chequerboard effect. The outer two panels have red and blue, the centre has red and yellow. At the waist of the bow is a worn circular knop. The lower bow narrows towards the (now missing) foot. It has a light green…
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Record ID: LVPL1633
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, head missing but traces indicate that it was probably a flat plate which extended downward below the top of the bow. Traces of corroded iron suggest iron spring mechanism (missing). The curving bow is ridged on the front and decorated with a pair of median parallel grooves along its length, the back is convex. The junction between the bow and the leg is stepped and had a small boss. The leg is inward curving and ridged at the front; it is also incomplete. A fragment of the catchplate remains which reached almost the length of the leg.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tranmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1760
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Wirral bow brooch, dating to the 2nd century AD. it is mosty complete although the headloop is missing as is the pin and the catchplate. The head is stepped up to where the loop would have been. These steps are decorated with knurling. The upper bow is decorated with panel of three long strips infilled with enamel which would have formed a chequerboard pattern. Traces of orange enamel remain in one of the outer panels and traces of blue in the central panel. Below the panels is the remains of a smal circular boss. The bow then tapers towards the foot which i…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MERSEYSIDE HESWALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1761
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Very degraded brooch fragment. Curving bow with two remaining decorative strips visible, one of the outer strips is missing. The stepped head is clearly visible although most of the head plate is missing. The boss at the waist is just visible, leg missing.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thingwall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1762
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of the plate-headed T-shaped variety (Hattat 1989). The bow is plano-convex in section, is slightly inward curving for most of its length but curves sharply backwards at the top to join a stepped plate. Most of the plate appears to be missing. Lugs projects back from each side of the plate that would have supported the spring (missing). The bow slightly tapers to a rounded foot knob. The catchplate is mostly lost to corrosion as is most of the original surface of the brooch. The whole is covered with moulded decoration. Down each side of the bow …
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MERSEYSIDE HESWALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1770
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman bow brooch of the Wirral type. Incomplete, surface corroded and pitted, no enamel survives on bow, typical stepped head with milled decoration, head-loop missing, axis bar in-situ, fragment of possibly iron hinge pin remains. Leg and foot missing.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thingwall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL809
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Humped tapering bow with vertical panel of blue and orange enamel set in cells in a lozenge pattern. Bow is broken below enamel decoration. Moulded appendages on either side of the centre of the bow. Hollow wings with lugs contain axis bar with fragment of hinge. Slight milled decoration on either side of the head where the wings join the bow. Worn moulding on top of head. Catchplate and pin missing.
Created on: Friday 10th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MERSEYSIDE BEBINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-466F56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polden Hill type Roman bow brooch. In corroded condition. Part of bow and pin missing. Humped over head, tapering bow, plano-convex in section. Vestiges of decoration remaining on the top of the head suggest the bow was decorated with a moulded median midrib. Incipient oval mouldings to either side of the head that continue underneath to form a bulge. Tubular wings with pierced lugs support an iron axis bar. Round ended slot in the centre of the wings contains the remains of the hinged pin. catchplate and foot missing.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-E999D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Polden Hill (Dolphin sprung) type, of Roman dating (AD 75 to AD 175). In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The wings are tubular and semi-circular in cross-section. Each wing terminates with a break. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. There is no visible decoration on the bow which has been damaged in both ancient and recent times. The foot of the brooch is rounded and incomplete. At the rear of the brooch the catchplate, spring and pin are missing. The obj…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurstaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-64EDF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman Wirral Type bow brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. It is not complete, the head and the foot being worn away and the catchplate and pin being lost. Wirral brooches are cast integrally with a loop on the head and steps up to the loop. The head loop has worn away but the steps remain on this example. There is some orange enamel left on these steps. The upper half of the bow is decorated with a rectangular panel containing 3 long strips infilled with enamel usualy in alternating contrasting colours. On this example there is some orange enamel remaining in altern…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-650A75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Polden Hill type bow brooch dating to the second half of the 1st century AD. The pin and most of the catchplate are missing. It is very worn and has some corrosion. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical and the backwards facing hook is still visible. The rest of the spring mechanism has been lost to corrosion. The bow rises high from the wings with a humped appearance similar to the Dolphin type. The bow tapers to a point at the foot.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-D40CB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Wirral type bow brooch, dating from the late 1st- 2nd century AD. Mostly complete hinged bow brooch. It has some corrosion on it's surface but is in mainly good condition. The pin is missing as is the foot and the lower part of the catchplate. The axis bar is still present, in enclosed wings. The headloop has broken at the base of the loop. The head is stepped with 2 steps. They are beaded. The upper half of the bow has a rectangular panel which is split into 3 longitiudinal strips which are filled with alternating squares of coloured enamel. This example has red …
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-477ACD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type dating to the Roman period (100-200AD).  The object It is a hinged example. The head is stepped as is typical of this type. The headloop is missing. The stepped head is decorated with a series of vertical grooves on two of the steps with one cell of dull orange enamel remaining.  The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels. The two outer panels contain a number of cells  of dull orange enamel. The inner cells  consist of a white enamel. The bow tapers to a point. The pin and catchplate are mi…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-9C298F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Hinged brooch dating to c.AD 50-120. See Mackreth (2011) CD H 1.i Plate 55 The brooch is almost complete with just the pin and catchplate missing. The wings are wide and tubular with a circular cross section; a slot in the centre of the reverse is where the pin was formerly attached. Each wing has a pair of transverse grooves. To the front, at the centre of the wings, is a curved sub-triangular head which continues to the form the bow. The bow in complete undecorated and gradually narrows to terminat…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D43D3D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1450). The brooch is annular with a circular frame that is D-shaped in section and is undecorated. A small portion of the frame narrows to form the constriction for the pin which is missing.  Dimensions: Diameter 28.35m; thickness 2.22mm; weight 2.41g Similar annular brooches are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 248-9), see especially no.1307 which is dated to AD 1350-1400.
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-07C154
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2022 T262 Description: An incomplete medieval silver annular brooch dating to c.AD 1200-1400. The brooch has a circular fame with a D-shaped section. A small portion narrows to form the pin constriction. The face of the frame is decorated with two designs. One half presents a twisted / roped design with pellets in alternating strips. The other half presents triangles / chevrons with small horizontal lines in between. The reverse is undecorated. The pin is detached from the frame with an incomplete loop. At the base of the loop is a decorative floral knop that is contin…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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