Record ID: YORYM-8AED47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman Colchester one piece brooch, dating to the 1st century AD. The object consists of the bow of the brooch, and the remains of the head. The spring, pin and catchplate are missing; the breaks are well worn. The wings remain as two worn stubs either side of the bow. The head loop and part of the external chord survive. The bow has a flattened oval section and tapers to the foot. It is undecorated. The object is extremely worn and has a mid reddish-brown patina. Parallel for this brooch can be found in Hattatt 2000, page 296, Figure 155.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-8B1157
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bow-and-Fantail, bow brooch from the 1st - 2nd century. The head consists of a small tubular crossbar in which the pin is hinged, the pin is missing. The head is undecorated, but the stumps of the head loop survive. The head then tapers inwards to form a thin and circular sectioned bow. Below this the brooch flares to a flat traingular foot. This bears a motif of a raised double trumpet or bud shape, which has been infilled with red and blue enamel. The catchplate lies behind the centre of the flared foot, it is badly damaged. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colo…
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-043FD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Skeuomorphic plate brooch, in the form of a sandal. The brooch has enamelled decoration, but much of the surface has been lost. There is a raised rim around the edge of the brooch. This has then been infilled with a light blue enamel which has been further decorated with white spots. The reverse is undecorated. The catchplate survives but it has been broken. There are also the remains of the twin lug. The twin lug and the catchplate have been aligned longitudinally across the reverse of the brooch, along the longest axis. The pin is missing. The metal is…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-044C64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch; possibly Zoomorphic in the form of possibly a fish. The brooch has traces of enamelled decoration, but much of the surface has been lost. The brooch has a lozenge shaped main plate, with a tail extension. All of the features are badly damaged. The reverse is decorated with incised lines and two blobs of red enamel. The catchplate has been broken. There are also the remains of the twin lug. The twin lug and the catchplate have been aligned longitudinally across the reverse of the brooch, along the longest axis. The pin is missing. The metal is qui…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doncaster area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-181E97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete and very elaborate cast copper-alloy Roman Headstud brooch, dating from the 2nd century AD. At the apex of the head is a complete head lug. The wings are solid and triangular in section. The hinge mechanism is therefore a tubular type, with an iron axis bar. The pin is attached via the axis bar. It is slightly off-set. The axis bar and pin are missing, but vast amounts of iron corrosion survives on the surface. Either side of the head, decorating the wings is a strand of silver ropework wire. The wings proper are decorated with a row of three ovals, infilled with blu…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-195481
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch, dating from between 75-175 AD. The head and bow remain intact, but the pin, most of the pin fitting and foot are missing. Behind the head is an integral loop in to which the spring pin fitting would have been attached via a chord. Above the loop is a protrusion extending upwards slightly above the head. The head itself is trumpet shaped. It has a raised spine down the centre of the front. The head is decorated with three petals of a flower, each infilled with blue enamel, the field around this is infilled red. The head narrows sharply to form …
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1DF9C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bow-and-Fantail, bow brooches date from the 1st - 2nd century. The head and upper bow are missing, due to a break. All that survives is the fantail. The fantail is made from a flared, flat traingular plate. This bears a motif of a three depressed triangles, which were once infilled with enamel. The catchplate lies behind the centre of the flared foot. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour. Similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt, p315, fig: 174.
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2CCC61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy dragonesque plate Brooch, dating to the 1st - 2nd century AD. All that survives is the zoomorphic terminal. It has moulded detail on its face in the form of an animals head, with an enamelled eye.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stonegrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-44B794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy circular plate brooch. The surface is undecorated but much of the surface has also been lost. So no real details survives. The reverse is undecorated. The catchplate survives but it has been broken. There are also the remains of the twin lug. The twin lug and the catchplate have been aligned longitudinally across the reverse of the brooch, along the longest axis. The remains of a pin can be seen still in situ with an axis bar through the lugs. The metal is quite worn and the surfaces are quite corroded. The metal has a light greyish-green colour. This ty…
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-56D7D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. The head, bow and foot remain intact. Behind the head is part of the original pin fitting - a loop with a small protrusion extending from its top. This would have originally held a spring from which a pin extended, but the mechanism no longer survives. The head itself is wide and trumpet shaped, with a central ridge. There are two raised collar encircling the front of the brooch at the base of the head followed straight away by the acanthus decoration. The acanthus decoration is elaborat…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-56F3E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. The head, bow and foot remain intact. Behind the head is a loop which would have originally held a spring from which a pin extended. All that survives is the axis bar and the turns of the spring, the pin is missing. The head itself is wide and trumpet shaped, with a central ridge. There are two raised collar encircling the front of the brooch at the base of the head followed straight away by the acanthus decoration. Below this are two further collars. This is followed by a straight lowe…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5733B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. The head and bow remain intact. The spring mechanism is a tubular form, the pin is missing. The head itself is wide and trumpet shaped, with a double collar around the upper edge. There is an acanthus decoration in the centre. Below this are two collars. This is followed by a straight lower bow which has a raised central spine, with incised lines on either side. The foot knob and the catchplate have broken off. The metal is light greyish-green in colour and the brooch survives in a fi…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-575567
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Headstud brooch dating from the 2nd Century AD. Behind the head the tubular spring / pin mechanism survives in situ, complete with an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The head is angular and the wings have been decorated with two vertical incised lines, projecting out of the top of the head is a broken loop. The upper bow is sub-rectangular in section. There is a raised rounded stud on the arch of the bow. The lower bow tapers to the foot, which has a rounded foot knop. The catchplate is broken. Similar to Hattatt, p332-3. Fig: 191-2.
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BC1683
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch dating from the 1st - 2nd Century AD. Behind the head the tubular spring / pin mechanism survives in place, complete with an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The head is angular and the wings are wide, with two parallel raised line above it. The upper bow has an oval section. The lower bow tapers to the foot and foot proper and catchplate have broken off.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sheriff Hutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E9CAF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. The head and upper bow remain intact. The spring mechanism is broken, but is still evident, the pin is missing. The head itself is wide and trumpet shaped. There is a crude acanthus decoration in the centre. Below this the bow is broken off. The foot knob and the catchplate have broken off. The metal is mid brownish-green in colour and the brooch survives in a fine condition. Similar to examples in Hattatt p.327, fig.186, no.432.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allerthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7DA418
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Dragonesque plate brooch. Only the s-shaped plate of the brooch survives, both of the terminals are missing. The plate is raised in the centre with a rim around the edge and concave on the reverse. The front is decorated with an intricate curved design, in which are four circular hollows with central pellets inside. There are two hollows at each end of the brooch. The metal is a light reddish-brown colour. The surviving length is 42.1mm, the width is 18.9mm, the thickness is 5.8mm and the weight is 21.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Saturday 26th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A8CF43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy circular plate brooch. The surface is undecorated but much of the surface has also been lost. So no real details survives. The reverse is undecorated. The catchplate survives but it has been broken. There are also the remains of the twin lug. The twin lug and the catchplate have been aligned longitudinally across the reverse of the brooch, along the longest axis. The remains of a pin can be seen still in situ with an axis bar through the lugs. The metal is quite worn and the surfaces are quite corroded. The metal has a light brownish-green colour. This t…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allerthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-12C723
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch. Brooches of this type date from between 75-175 AD. Only the head remains. Behind the head is a loop which holds the spring. All that survives is the axis bar and the turns of the spring, the pin is missing. The head itself is wide and trumpet shaped, with a ridge around the top. The metal is light reddish-brown in colour and the brooch survives in a poor condition. Similar to examples in Hattatt p.327, fig.186, no.432.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allerthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-263416
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch dating from 75-175 AD. The brooch has short wings with three incised, vertical grooves on their front surface. The pin mechanism is tubular, but it is incomplete. The front face of the bow, beneath the headstud has a central panel of lozenge shaped moulded decoration with single grooves to either side - this area would once have held enamel. The reverse of the bow is flat and undecorated, but is concave at the head behind the headstud. The lower half of the bow, pin and catchplate are all missing.
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilberfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-37ECD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Headstud brooch with attached chain made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from 75 - 175 AD. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. The head of the brooch features the ringed headstud. It contains a vertical/horizontal cross decoration. The ring appears to be plain with no decoration. The wings are short and decorated with two incised vertical grooves. The wings are tubular, and the hinge mechanism has been built into it. The head loop also survives intact and it is through this that the chain has been atta…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2009
Last updated: Saturday 21st March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westow', grid reference and parish protected.