Record ID: CAM-182E95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch dating to the first century AD. The fragment comprises the head and a small portion of the bow. The head possesses two flat semi-circular wings behind which the spring mechanism is concealed. Only a small portion of the spring coils remains; a corroded overhead chord is secured with an overhead hook. The head extends to a hemispherical section bow which is broken. The fragment measures 26mm in length and 23mm in width.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-18D3D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Colchester type two piece brooch dating to the first century AD. The head of the brooch comprises two wings which are rectangular in plan and hemispherical in section. There is an overhead chord held in place by a perforated lug on the head. The spring mechanism and pin are intact. The head extends to a D section bow with a prominent central rib running its length. The rib is decorated with two rows of rocker work. The bow tapers towards a squared off foot. The catchplate is triangular. The brooch measures 43mm in length and 21mm in width. It is very similar to an exampl…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1A4C20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch has a head which comprises of two cylindrical wings and a recess to accomodate the hinged pin. Both the axis bar and pin are missing. The head extends to an extremely humped D section bow. The bow tapers to a point. The catchplate is triangular and possesses a circular perforation. The brooch measures 45mm in length and 36mm in width.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1A7E48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object, possibly a crude brooch dating to the first or second centuries AD. The object possesses a flat rectangular plate, perhaps intended to represent wings, from which a crude, D section tapering bow extends. There is no spring mechanism, pin or catchplate and no obvious means by which these could have been attached. The object measures 35mm in length and 21mm in width.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-1AF215
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy lozenge-shaped plate brooch with central panel inlaid with red enamel.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ospringe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-1BCA86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch, in the form of a horse and rider. Inlaid with enamel.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ospringe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-1BD661
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece Derivative brooch, with partial remains of copper alloy spring and pin (four turns of spring are extant behind one wing).
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ospringe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1CC245
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and enamelled Dragonesque brooch dating from the Early Roman period. The brooch is 33.2mm long, 18.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. The foot is missing but the rest of the brooch is in very good condition. There is red enamel on the “ears”, blue enamel in the centre of the “eye” with a ring of damaged, possibly originally red enamel round it. The “chin” is joined to the body on the reverse, and the neck is particularly narrow. The surviving loop of the pin is still in situ round the neck of the brooch, but the pin itself is missing. The body is also decorated with e…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D7978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Headstud brooch from the early Roman period. The brooch is almost complete with just part of the pin, the headloop and the turnover of the catchplate missing. The brooch is 58.2mm long, 23.1mm wide and 13.9mm thick. It has a sprung pin with five coils of the spring on each side of the central spring loop. The loop continues on to the head of the brooch where it forms a narrow crest which stands proud of the head, leaving an arch underneath. Only about quarter of the length of the pin survives. The ends of the pin axel are damaged and it is presumed that originally they …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1EA381
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch which probably dates from the first century AD. The brooch is 38.2mm long, 19.5mm wide and 6.9mm thick. It may be a Dolphin or Hod Hill type. The brooch has a gently curving bow which is decorated with two vertical grooves which are filled with a reddish material likely to be a form of corroded metal. It has short tapering wings which are also striped, but considerably worn. The head of the brooch projects back beyond the wings. The projecting area is thin and rectangular, and is moulded into two horizontal bands. There is a notch in the end which is pr…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-2A9F34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy bow and fantail brooch, complete but for the pin and possibly a loop springing from the wings. The arched bow splays out into a sub-triangular foot on which there is a raised pattern This consists of a diamond above an arc which curls in towards the centre at each end. The remains of the catch plate are on the reverse of this. Similar 1st-2nd century examples can be seen in Hattatt (2000 p 315)
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-2B2E02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy bow brooch, probably a Colchester two piece dating to the first century AD. The fragment comprises the head of the brooch. The head possesses two rectangular wings which are convex in section. They conceal the spring mechanism and an overhead chord is held in place by a perforated head lug. The fragment measures 9mm in length and 18mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2CAC85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete but the pin is missing. The brooch is lozenge shaped with a lug at each corner. The front face has a hollow central lozenge shaped boss which would have been filled with enamel as decoration. The boss is surrounded by a raised edge. The lugs have been cast integrally with the brooch and are pointed and collared. Two have the remains of the pin mechanism and the catchplate on the back. The back of the brooch is plain. This type of brooch dates from the end of the first century throug…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-2CD8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast reversed fantail type of Roman bow brooch. The bow of the brooch is complete and the catchplate is still present. The pin was on a spring mechanism held by a rearward hook over the chord. The hook is still present but the pin and the spring are missing. The back of the bow is flat and the front decoration is moulded. The top half of the bow is made up of two domes. The bow then widens to the lower bow which is almost lozenge shaped. The lower bow has an X on the top part. The foot knob is semi-spherical. Hatatt dated this type of brooch to the mid first century AD. A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-2D1AF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast trumpet brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete with some of the catchplate remaining. The pin was sprung and attahced to the head by an axial bar to a single lug. The lug is present but has broken and the pin and its spring are missing. The head of the brooch is a circular shape. The brooch has a mid-bow double flange. The bow narrows to a small rounded foot which is separated from the bow by 2 lines around its circumference.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2D7056
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of tinned Romano-British Polden Hill brooch, folded wing ends type, worn and corroded, rearward hook, broken remains of wings, one with vertical grooves flanking spool moulding and fragment of broken axis bar in folded end, spring missing, D-sectioned bow with median rib defined by two narrow grooves between two broad grooves, foot and catch-plate missing, >24 x >18mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buxton with Lammas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2EF838
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy and tinned Hod Hill type brooch of Roman, first century date (AD 43 - AD 100). Length 27.0mm, width 9.2mm and 1.0mm thick. Weight 1.82g. The fragment comprises the lower part of the bow and the foot in the form of a knop. At the top, where there is an old transverse break, the width of the bow is 9.2 mm. It then tapers evenly towards the bottom which has a rounded profile in plan. Beneath the bow there is a small knop which is separated from the bow by a slight recess. The front of the bow has three vertical flutes, one at the centre and one at eit…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', 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.

Record ID: WAW-3F0491
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (c. AD 60 to 80) Aesica type brooch: The wings of the cast copper alloy brooch are almost semi-cylindrical. Within the wings there is a copper alloy axis bar with a spring coiled around it. The spring has 14 coils and a fragment of the pin. The external coils join forming a horizontal bar which loops under the upper portion of the bow. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is an integral hook. The bow head/upper portion of the bow is an elongated trapezoidal shape in plan with concave sides and the lower corners terminating with a bulbous knop. In the centre of the …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-3FA4E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy disc brooch with six lobes and enamelled decoration. The brooch appears to have been cast in one piece. The six lobes are solid and do not appear to have originally held inlaid enamel or glass. There is a central raised section that is recessed to contain the enamel decoration (diameter: 14.77 mm). Most of the enamel is missing, but the decoration appears to comprise a pale blue background with inlaid yellow dots around the edge. The edge of the raised section is also decorated with regularly spaced notches. At the junction between the central boss and the b…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxley', grid reference and parish protected.