Record ID: NMGW-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A52DB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group), of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is comparatively light and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 63.3mm a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 10.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar and secured at the ends of the wings. The chord was tensioned above the head by a lug. The wing terminals are angled slightly inwards (and the wings have a width of 19.6mm). The fronts o…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-FABA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and some peripheral damage (with a length of 33.7mm, a distorted width of 37.6mm and a weight of 6.9g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs (6.9mm deep), positioned on the rear of one of the peripheral lugs on the side. The catch-plate is positioned on the rear of the opposing lug (9.9mm deep). The rear of the brooch is hollowed (with an overall distorted depth of 11.5mm). The peripheral lugs are sub-circular (7mm wide by 6-7mm long) and remnants of d…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-762DD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and catch-plate and has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 52.1mm, a distorted depth of 24.1mm and a weight of 13.3g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 25.3mm). The wings are decorated with vertical knurled ribs in sunken relief positioned near the terminals and adjacent to the bow. The bow is of D-shaped section with an additional prominent midrib, and has straight sides converging to the foot (with a width at the head of 11.4mm…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0A0494
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type with flat wing ends, c. f. Mackreth 2011, 4.e. Plate 47, dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 67.0mm, a depth of 14.9mm and a weight of 14.9g). The spring mechanism is accommodated between terminal lugs, only one of which is perforated. It is unclear whether the lug without a perforation is worn and damaged and has lost the perforation, or whether it was ever perforated. The spring is wound around a copper alloy axis bar and the cho…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A09FC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 28.3mm and a weight of 7.9g). The missing pin was hinged and secured within tubular wings (with a width of 27.1mm). No decoration is now evident on the wings. The sides of the bow have curved, stepped mouldings at the head (giving the bow a width of 11.2mm). The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides (after the step mouldings), converging to the break (where it has a 3.6mm and a thickness of 2…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1A3908
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Developed T-shaped type and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop, catch-plate and foot (with a surviving length of 39.4mm, a surviving depth of 12.2mm and a weight of 9.8g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 21.7mm). The fronts of the wings have moulded decoration comprising a wider central groove, flanked each side by narrower grooves. The integral chain-loop on the top of the bow is damaged. The upper bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 10.2mm and a thicknes…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AE23D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate, leg and the pin (with a surviving length of 41.0mm, a depth of 12.9mm and a weight of 8.4g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 26.5mm) of sub-oval section (5.0mm x 4.1mm). The copper alloy axis bar remains in place. The fronts of the wings were decorated with pairs of diagonal grooves. The upper bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 9.9mm and a thickness of 3.7mm) and has straight sides converging toward…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DEE31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type (Hull's corpus type 151) and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower part of the leg, the chain-loop and the spring (with a surviving length of42.0mm, a surviving depth of 16.1mm and a weight of 12.1g). The brooch employed an open spring mechanism with the axis bar secured by lateral lugs and probably with the chord tensioned beneath. The head is D-shaped (14.3mm wide) with an elaborate head plate (21.9mm long) and integral chain-loop, now damaged. The head-plate comprised perforations with raised borders f…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E8855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed (Disc and Trumpet) type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, the chain-loop and the foot and the head is slightly distorted (with a surviving and distorted length of 48.0mm, a distorted depth of 17.8mm and a weight of 13.3g). The missing spring was secured behind the head between lateral lugs, now lost. The head is trumpet-shaped and oval (15.4mm wide and 13.9m high) with the remnants of a chain-loop surviving as a stub. The bow narrows and thins (to 4.7mm and 3.0mm respectively), before widening dram…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-926896
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly a Dolphin / Polden Hill variant or knotenfibeln Type and probably of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and possibly any wings that may have been present (with a length of 62.2mm and a weight of 8.3g). At the apex of the bow and immediately before the break, the brooch appears to become oval sectioned, suggesting the start of a reverse hook to secure the missing chord but may also have been the start of an integral spring. Beneath the possible retaining hook, the bow has a groove before a concave …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A53256
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2/3, Group 2.b2, flat wing ends, Plate 45)and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.2mm and a weight of 4.4g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now lost, which was secured between perforated lugs at the ends of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 36.4mm and a thickness of 3.7mm), in a Polden Hill type arrangement. At the top of the head is a stub, possibly from a hook to secure the chord…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3C5965
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Lion bow derivative type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head, part of the spring and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving depth of 7.9mm and a weight of 2.4g). The spring fragment is wound around a copper alloy axis bar and is partially enclosed within the head, with an 'open cylinder' type arrangement (with a diameter of 5.9mm). The axis bar protrudes beyond the current length of the cylinder. The cylinder is of sheet metal (0.7mm thick) and is eroded (with a surviving len…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF85D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.e, flat wing ends type) and dated AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch and foot (with a surviving length of 59.1mm, a depth of 15.3mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs with the chord tensioned by a lug on the head. The semi-cylindrical wings are near-complete (with a width of 18.7mm) and were decorated with a double incised line near the ends. The lug at the head is positioned below the top of the bow. The bow is comp…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CFAE53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type and dated from AD 80-120. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. A broken fragment of the copper alloy chord remains within the lug and has broken comparatively recently. The wings are complete (with a width of 15.0mm), and are without discernible decoration. The bow is circular sectioned (with a diameter o…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D0C056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of 'Eye' type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin and the catch (with a length of 56.3mm and a weight of 13.1g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with the chord tensioned by a broad (5.8mm wide) forward-facing hook above the head and the spring (with a width of 24.3mm) is coiled four times each side of the centre. The spring is of rectangular section as it coils from the bow and only becomes circular-sectioned on the outermost coil. The bow expands at the head, beneath the spring (to 20.0mm) but has n…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D0F141
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spring and pin probably from a Roman period bow brooch of uncertain type of 1st or 2nd century AD date The circular-sectioned pin is incomplete, missing the point (with a surviving length of 24.1mm, a diameter of 1.7mm and a weight of 0.7g). The spring has two complete coils before the break (giving a surviving width of 5.9mm and a diameter of 4.2mm). The damaged remains of a copper alloy axis bar are evident within the spring. The surface has a pale to dark-green patina. It is possible that the spring is from an early, one-piece brooch but more likely that it came fr…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D102C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, but probably allied to Aesica and Langton Down types and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate and is comparatively small (with a length of 24.9mm, a depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 7.3g). The missing spring was secured with an open cylinder, similar to Langton Down type brooches. The open cylinder is of circular section (with a diameter of 5mm, an internal diameter of 2mm and a length of 20.8mm) and has a central slot (1.2mm wide) to accommodate the pin. The bow has a subtle hump at the he…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D118C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring (with a length of 44.8mm, a depth of 16.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The spring mechanism was secured by a rearward claw type arrangement, often seen on Dolphin type brooches, although the eroded wings (with a surviving width of 22.5mm) may have lost the terminals for a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The rearward claw remains in place and the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing. The upper bow curves from the underside of the rear of the head, to become of lo…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D12431
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 16.6mm, a surviving depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 4.1g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, secured within tubular wings (with an eroded width of 19.3mm). Little of the surface detail survives on the wings or the upper bow. The upper bow is of oval section, with straight sides converging towards the break (with a width and thickness at the head of 10.2mm and 4.3mm respectively and 6.6mm and 2.8mm at …
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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