Record ID: LVPL-6EAD38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman umbonate brooch. A circular brooch with circular knops on the outer edge. There would have been 8, now only 3 are left. The 6 smaller knops are decorated with an inner circle. At the top and bottom were two larger knops, only one of which remains. This has a central circular perforation. The pin is on a hinge and remains but the catchplate is missing. The brooch is a hollow dome shape with a central peak. The front face is decorated. It is split into 16 segments each of which would have held enamel. Some still retain the yellow and blue enamel. This type of brooch m…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: SUR-6EBC73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower part of an early Roman brooch, probably of Colchester type. The brooch has a slender D-section bow and a triangular aperture in its catchplate.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-6F0F71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with Polden Hill variant spring attachment. Missing foot with catchplate, spring, pin. The spring was held by a rear hook and by enclosed wing ends, 6mm wide - these contain an iron-like corrosion, but it does not react to a magnet. The wings have a single angled groove and five grooves at the terminals, with slight notching of some of the intervening narrow ribs. The bow tapers slightly and is oval in section, with slight angles at the sides. A central band of three grooves define two reserved notched narrow ribs. Width 31mm, surviving …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F53E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative type with a rear hook. Missing both wings, spring, pin; damaged catchplate; corroded/abraded surfaces, especially the bow front. The bow has a slightly convex back and rounded front, and a stront crest at the top in profile. It tapers to a smal;l foot knob. Two centre grooves define a centre rib which may have had horizontal hatching and there are traces of possible concave mouldings each side. The footknob is marked by a slight transverse groove. Length 41mm, surviving width 6.5mm. Although this could be a standard rear hook type it has many…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6FCFE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman copper alloy bow brooch, consisting of the lower bow and incomplete catchplate only. The brooch is very worn and most of the original patina is missing. The fragment measures 44.9mm in length and is very straight in profile. It is 5.4mm wide at the break and 5.4mm wide at the foot. The breaks are old. The bow is roughly triangular in section, being flat to the reverse. To the front is a mid-rib, from which either side falls away. There appears to be rocker-arm decoration on either side although the surface is very worn. At either long edge is another rib. To …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-C230C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, depicting a sitting chicken. Missing most of pin; damaged catchplate and damaged and bent tail; hole in one enamel cell.The pin is hinged between two close set lugs below the tail. The underside of the body and neck is hollow. The head has small punched circles for eyes and triangles with a trace of blue enamel in the comb and the wattle. The enamelled cells on each side of the body consist of two crescents at the top, with traces of blue in some, and a row of triangualr shapes at the bottom, again with some blue enamel, and a larger curvilinear shape between the …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C87333
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch which is probably Dolphin type. The bow survives, but the pin, mechanism, and most of the catchplate are missing. The bow has a humped head and tapers to a point at the foot. It is decorated with two narrow grooves that run the length of the bow and flare at the head. There is also a narrow groove on each edge of the humped part of the bow. The wings are short and are semi-tubular. They do not appear to be decorated. The brooch is 47.9mm long, 20.2mm wide and 10.4mm thick. On the reverse of the wings, the semi-circular spring case has ends that are pier…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-C887A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.c. pg. 72 Plate 46. Only the head of the brooch survives and the spring and pin are missing. There appears to be a central zig-zag line of decoration down the centre of the bow, but much of the patina is chipped and corroded, hiding most of the details. The brooch has short wings which appear not to be decorated. It is 20.6mm long, 20.2mm wide and 10.4mm thick. The wings are semi-cylindrical with closed ends which are pierced to take the axis bar of …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
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Record ID: SUR-D8D625
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of a Roman brooch of Colchester type. The brooch has a pair of grooves on the outer part of each side wing and a roll moulding either side of the spine. The spring is of iron.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-D8E7B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of a plain Roman brooch of Colchester type. The spring is of iron.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-EE4911
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman Colchester two-piece brooch. The object consists of the head of the brooch and most of the bow. The spring mechanism, the pin and the lower part of the bow are all missing. The double head loop remains in situ, with one loop intact and one broken. The wings are decorated with incised vertical lines. The object is slightly worn, with a mid greyish-green patina. Brooches of this type date to the 1st century AD. Parallels for this brooch can be found in Hattat 2000, fig.156.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-FFC1A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Trumpet type brooch of 1st to 2nd century AD. The head consists of a semi-circular plate with a rounded lobe at the top. On the underside of the head the iron axis bar passes through a perforated central lug. The copper-alloy pin has been wound around the axis bar, the end having been looped underneath the head and secured on the opposite side of the lug. The point of the pin is located just above the level of the foot of the brooch. The deeply curved bow is of semi-circular section and tapers gradually towards the foot. The upper surface of the bow has mould…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thundridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-00B164
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The surviving portion measures 17.3mm by 15.6mm by 5.9mm and weighs 2.7g. The incomplete cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the missing hinged pin. The bow is initially straight, then curves downwards. On the front at the point of this change in angle there is a circular boss with a faint stamped cross-shape. The bow has broken about 5mm below this. There are two recessed vertical linears on this section. The back is slightly hollowed.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-010377
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester brooch of early Roman date. The surviving portion measures 61.2mm by 26.5mm by 3.4mm and weighs 7.3g. One side of the wings survives, but the spring mechanism and pin are missing. The bow narrows towards the pointed foot, which has a flat semi-circular catchplate on the reverse. There are two pairs of recessed vertical linears on the front of the brooch. Between these, at the top of the bow, there is a small slightly domed circular boss. The back is hollowed.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-0217B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester probable Dolphin brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 - 200 (length: 57.5mm; width at wings: 19.5mm; thickness/ depth: 14.5mm; weight: 9.7g). Bayley and Butcher (see bibliography below) have classified this type of brooch has having a hinged pin ‘in a long crossbar, the bow arched in a single curve’ [page 89]. The brooch is T-shaped in plan and most D-shaped in section. At the top of the brooch, the semi-cylindrical wings (length of wing at either side of head: 5mm), although corroded, appear to be undecorated. The bow …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blore with Swinscoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-025FB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Trumpet brooch, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 – 200 (length: 32.5mm; width at head: 9.5mm; thickness/ depth: 14.5mm; weight: 5.4g). At the top of the D-sectioned brooch, the sub oval head is slightly incomplete. At 23mm from the top of the brooch’s head down the tapering bow, there is a worn and corroded central button (approx. length: 6.5mm; approx. width: 6.5mm; thickness: 5.5mm), which protrudes outwards from the front of the bow. As a result of the worn and corroded condition of this incomplete brooch, it is impossible to…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-3EB716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small T-shape roman brooch. Cast copper alloy. The pin is missing. At the top are the two cylindrical wings to house the axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. Between them is a large notch which extends into the head of the bow. The left witng is split open at the top revealing traces of iron corrosion, probably from an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings are ecorated with two ransverse grooves on each. At the head of the bow is a transverse incised line which does not quite extend all the way across.to the right side. The bow is D-sectioned and tapers as it extends downwards. The fo…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-3F0A25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch. The bow is similar in design to strip-bow brooches and native copies af Aucissa brooches (see R Hattatt,2000, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Brooches, pages 318-319) . At the top are the two wings which are curled over a short copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. There is a large notch between the wings. The pin is attached and is as large as the bow. It has a flared head to act as a tensioning stop. The shaft of the pin is circular sectioned. The pin appears to be of a slightly different alloy and seems to be too large for the bow, su…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: WAW-DC37BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch: The lower portion of the bow remains. The bow is broken at the upper edge which is at the approximate midpoint of the bow. The break is not a recent. The bow tapers to a slightly expanded foot. On the reverse of this portion of the bow there is a complete catchplate. The surface of the brooch has an abraded patina. The brooch measures 21.13mm in length, 3.79mm in width across the upper edge and weighs 1.35g. The brooch is a Colchester derivative. It probably dates to the mid-1st to second centuries.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: SF-DC3B48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bow brooch of Colchester Derivative rearhook type dating to the Roman period, c. 43-100 AD. It survives virtually complete, with the exception of the spring/pin mechanism and the rear portion of the catchplate. The brooch demonstrates a hemi-spherically sectioned winged head with a rearward facing hook projecting from its midpoint on the reverse face of the object. Each wing is decorated with three separate sets of collars, consisting three parallel transverse ridges and concurrent grooves - which are sited at the terminal, midpoint and inner edge of ea…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.