Record ID: SF-4647B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very unusual copper-alloy Roman bow brooch for which no parallel could be found. It appears most likely to be a variation on the hod hill and aucissa types. The brooch is complete apart from missing its pin. It measures 47.59mm in length and 26.54mm at its widest point. The corroded iron remains of the axis bar, on which the pin was hinged, are held in a rolled over bow terminal, 20.25mm in width. Below the rolled bow terminal the brooch slopes down at a circa 45 degree angle and has three evenly spaced circular holes through it. There is then a wider part with triangular side pro…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-46B438
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is 35.3mm long, 11.7mm wide and 20.3mm deep. It was probably a trumpet brooch, but it is damaged, possibly by fire causing melting, and the type of brooch is no longer clear. The pin and mechanism are missing but traces of the catchplate survive. The foot is tilted forwards. There are bumps in the middle of the bow which may be the remains of an acanthus button. The probably mouth of the trumpet is deeply pitted and distorted. Traces of a red material survive, particularly near the foot and on the side of the bow. It is not clear whether thi…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-46E383
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch of Colchester type. The catchplate and pin and half of the spring are missing. The side wings are plain and there is a groove down the spine.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-46F2C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch of Colchester type. The catchplate and half of the spring are missing. There is a groove on the outer part of each side wing and the spine has a prominent ridge with mouldings on each side.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-46FE68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Mackreth 2011, 4.a. type (The West of England Group). The catchplate and the spring are missing. There is a pair of roll mouldings on each side wing. The spine has a groove along its length with notching. There may also be traces of notching along the sides of the bow.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-48E093
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman copper alloy Trumpet Brooch, consisting of the head and part of the upper bow only. The head loop is missing, as is the spring mechanism and pin. The head is oval in shape, measuring 26.5x17mm. To the reverse is a rectangular depression for the spring (behind the bow projection) measuring 8.9x6.2x2mm. It is C-shaped in section. On one side the lug which would have held the axis bar has broken across the piercing. On the other side, the lug is missing altogether and next to it a wire loop has been inserted c.4mm in diameter (internal 2mm). It is visible to the front…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-833062
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.b. Plate 46. It is 56mm long, 19mm wide and 21mm deep. the brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 14.77grams. The brooch consists of short circular sectioned wings with a raised lip at each end, which contains a spring of eight coils. The bow which is circular in section, has a raised 'strip' with a rounded end on its upper section. This appears to be undecorated and directly under this the bow turns sharply inward, at this point the brooch has …
Created on: Monday 12th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-832952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman Colchester type brooch, consisting of the lower bow and catchplate only. The break is ancient. The fragment is 36.8mm in length and weighs 3.63g. The bow is 2.5mm wide and 3.4mm thick at the break, narrowing to 0.8mm wide at the foot (with the base of the catchplate extending behind). The catchplate has an openwork triangle at its centre and a complete curl flanked by a groove where it joins the bow. It extends 16.5mm behind the bow. The surface of the brooch is pitted and a few spots of shiny patina remain. 1st century.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8690E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Romano-British disc brooch, large circular central cell, enamel missing, on a red enamelled field within six alternating semi-circular cells of yellow and blue enamel, broken remains of six radiating peripheral lugs. Sub-rectangular lug for corroded remains of iron pin and catch-plate on reverse. Diameter 29mm (excluding lugs), >37mm (including lugs). 2nd century AD.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9A6B06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper dolphin brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The bow is comma shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section and tapers to a pointed foot. The catchplate is missing on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9C88D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of 2nd century date in the form of a bird (Hattatt 1989, 361, fig 220, no 1150). The wings, body and tail are all missing due to old breask, as is the pin. The bird has a slender worn head, the beak of which is also missing, The wings are flat and held out from the body, which is only slightly convex on its upper face. The underside of the bird is flat and there is the remains of a catch plate beneath the breast. It measures 13.64mm in length and 15.44mm in width.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9CE7F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Roman Aesica type bow brooch similar in form but not decoration to Hattatt no 793 (1989, 310, fig 169). The head is hinged and the wings folded round to form a cylindrical tube within which the corroded iron remains of the axis bar remain, the pin is missing. The bow is D-shaped in section at its top and then flat, with a rectangular section, its sides are very worn and it is likely to have had opposing projections at its base originally, although these no longer survive. The bow is decorated with longitudinal grooves and a receesed triangular …
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9D1933
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Catchplate and foot end of a copper alloy Roman brooch. Possibly Polden Hill type as it appears very similar to Hattatt (1982) p.70, 25. The break is old and the remainder of the bow is oval in cross section, widening very gradually away from the foot with a knob at the foot. The remainding bow is 32mm long including the knob and 4.4 mm wide at the widest point. The knob is divided from the rest of the bow and catchplate by a shallow groove; it is 3.4mm long, 3.4mm wide and 3.4mm thick. The catchplate appears complete; it is solid and 1.5mm thick. The groove to hold the pin is 13.7mm…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-AF9542
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman trumpet brooch, dating to the first century AD up to c.75AD. Only the head remains with a small part of the bow. Some of the pin is left. It is very corroded all over and no detail about the pin mechanism can be seen.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B22FE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch which is about 4cm long. It is an elaborate trumpet brooch with enamel decoration. The head is decorated with a trilobed design executed in three oval cells filled with enamel. There is similar decoration on the bow above and below the acanthus button. The button appears to have a triple collar immediately above and below it. The foot also has a triple collar. The pin is missing, and the pin mechanism is not visible. This find is recorded from photographs kindly supplied by the finder. This style of brooch is believed to date from the second century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-C4DC02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 1st - 2nd century AD, Trumpet brooch, with moulded decoration. The brooch survives largely intact, with only the foot and the catchplate missing. The head of the brooch is rounded, with a central spine, running down the centre. The head has a raised border. Below the head there are two collars, which flank two rows of diagonal dashes. The upper row is angled down to the left, whilst the lower row is angled up to the left (forming a sort of chevron). Below this there is a large acanthus moulding. Then below the moulding the same pattern of collars and diagonal dash…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C57A62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 45mm long, 12mm wide and 21mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 18.38grams. The object consists of semi circular wings which contain a spring of 20 coils. The wings have raised, rounded terminals and a central raised ridge which is flanked by a linear incision. The bow is sub-circular in section and appears to be plain. It has snapped off just after it turns downwards and the brooch is very worn here, there is also an area of 'bubbling' on the underside, caused either by poor casting or corrosion?
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-DB8FE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a horizontal oval. On the reverse there is a rectangular shaped cell bordered on the sides by incomplete integral perforated semi-circular lugs. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The upper edge of the bow head has a trace of an integral sub-rectangular protrusion which is decorated with two transverse horizontal grooves. The bow quickly narrows beneath the bow head and is oval in section. The bow is broken above the mid point, and this break is not recen…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-DC2EA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy heastud brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in cross section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The wing faces are flat and decorated with vertical ribs. There is an incomplete suspension loop at the top. The bow is comma shaped in plan and broken about half way down its length. There is a moulded pellet-in-ring at the top of the bow, in and around which is blue enamel. Below the headstud is a rectangular panel decorated with a serise of lozenge shaped cells. The cells and their surrounding fields are filled with blue enamel.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-DC4578
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wing cap from an early Roman brooch. The cap is circular, slightly convex with a hole through it for the axis bar, and has a portion of ribbed wing face remaining.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-DC5E90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a vertical oval. The bow head is undecorated. On the reverse of the bow head there is an incomplete sub-oval lug with a central perforation. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. Only a fragment of the bow remains, it is oval in section and is narrowed before terminating with a broken surface. The break is not too recent. The brooch has a well developed mid grey coloured patina. It weighs 3.2g, and measures 9.34mm wide and 12.85mm long. The brooch is…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-16A1E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment (head only) of a cast copper alloy brooch of early Roman date. Hollow back to head. Two broken square lugs to house pin mechanism. Stub of plate/chain loop at head. Stub of a thin, narrow and sectioned bow. Tinned surface.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-17C270
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch which is 58.2mm long, 22.2mm wide and 20.3mm thick. It is in very good condition and is almost complete. It has a hinged pin which is complete, on an axis bar which extends from the tubular housing, runs along the top of the wings and is held by a rectangular head plate before forming a circular head loop. The head plate is decorated with two semi-circular cells next two each other, descending from the top of the plate. The enamel in these has not survived. These are surrounded by a cell which fills the areas between the semi-circles. This contains…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-17D776
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman brooch which is 45.5mm long, 20.4mm wide and 21.3mm thick. It is a South-Western T-shaped brooch which is an unusual find in the North. It has short wings which are actually a tubular housing from the hinged pin axis bar. There is a thickened rib at the outer end of each wing. A slightly flattened head loop projects from the top of the centre of the bow. The top third of the bow is rectangular and is decorated with enamel. Three central oval cells, in a line vertically are filled with yellow, semi-circular cells flanking the central oval one are green, and V shape…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-17E2A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch which is 66.6mm long, 16.3mm wide and 21.6mm thick. The brooch is very solid and chunky. It has an oval head loop which is fixed and is just an extension of the headplate. The head plate is rectangular and is decorated with mouldings of three horizontal grooves. There is a tubular housing for the hinged pin which is missing, but the housing does not extend to the side as wings at all. The slot for the pin is not central. The bow tapers to the foot and is decorated with further mouldings; two grooves at the top which follow the edge of the bow and merge into…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-17EEA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch from the Roman period. It is circular and has a diameter of 30.85mm and is 9.5mm thick. There is a circular hole in the centre of the brooch, so it probably had a central decorative stud. The face is divided into two large concentric cells. The outer band contains many traces of blue and white glass in a chequer board pattern. The design is made up from separate tiny rods of glass (millefiori). The inner cell contains a few traces of a red material, probably enamel applied in the normal way. The metal is quite grey, suggesting it may have been tinned or silv…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2A4064
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Romano-British Dolphin brooch, worn and corroded with damaged reverse spring missing, broken tapering D-section bow, lower part missing, >9 x 22mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A4815
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Romano-British Dolphin brooch, broken rearward-hook, remains of semi-circular wings with two spools between knurled ribs originally on both, spring missing, D-sectioned bow with central knurled rib between flanking mouldings on sides, catch-plate missing. >23 x >21mm. c.40-60/5 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A8991
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilt and tinned/silvered Romano-British disc brooch, enamel missing from two concentric cells, concave flange with broken outside edge, perforated lug with fragment of broken pin and broken catch-plate on reverse. Diameter >30mm. 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2AE196
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Romano-British copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, broken and flattened-out head originally rolled to hold missing pin-bar and pin, symmetrical arrangement of prominent transverse ribs and grooves on D-sectioned bow with remains of broken flat-sectioned foot with part of catch-plate on reverse. >14 x >33mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2B3C75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch. The bow, the central part of the wings and a small loop fragment of the hinged pin fitting are all that remain. The foot of the bow is decorated with a small rounded knop. The top of the bow was originally decorated with a probable total of three circular enamel inlays running lengthways down the bow. The colour of these eroded inlays is no longer clear, although the central one was probably red. The brooch is very corroded and therefore further observations are limited. Brooches of this type are typically dated fro…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-2B97B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Roman brooch fragment. The fragment consists of a flat oval disc with the remains of the iron spring pin fitting attached to the reverse along one side. The fragment is very corroded and it is therefore not possible to be certain about the original overall form of this brooch. The most likely suggestion, however, is that it formed part of a knee brooch. A similar parallel can be seen in Hattatt's 'Brooches of Antiquity', No. 1236. Brooches of this type are typically dated from c.100-250 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2BE126
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy strip bow brooch, c.1st century AD, missing the pin and is bent towards the back of the bow above the catchplate. The brooch measures 37mm in length and is 13mm in width. It weighs 2.6g. The bow has one single lateral line running down it which is slightly off centre towards the right when looking at the front. Both the wings of the brooch has been damaged with the left hand side wing twisted towards the centre and broken. The right hand side of the bow has been chipped which look to be recent. The bend in the bow however is an old bend. The bro…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-2C33F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and corroded cast copper-alloy Roman one piece bow brooch dating to the very Late Iron Age or early Roman period. The brooch is a Lowbury type Nauheim Derivative (Mackreth Type 2c, Hull type 10d). The bow and fragmented triangular catchplate remain. The bow is decorated with a double line of punched square dots running along both edges.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 31st January 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2C34E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Roman to Early Early-Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler type D. The pin is missing. The brooch is circular in cross section and the pin is missing. It measures 32mm in diameter, 2mm in thickness and it weighs 2.7g. The terminals of the brooch have been flattened and widened formings a foot with three toes on each. The toes are made by two grooves on each of the terminals. The toes stand at right angles to the frame. cf. Hattatt, 1989, no 1291 and find WILT-C52454 on the database.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2C5D22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy oval plate brooch, c.2nd-3rd century AD. The brooch is missing its central inset and the pin. However there is traces of gilding on the front and tinning ont the back of the brooch. The brooch measures 28mm in length and weighs 4.1g. The centre of the brooch is damaged and therefore missing part of the plate itself in the centre. The brooch has also lost part of its outer rim. The gilding is only present on the outer ring of the brooch however the tinning is present on the majority of the back. The spring mechanism is corroded but would have…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-2CFE82
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings of the brooch are almost semi-cylindrical. Within the wings the axis bar, spring and pin are usually found, however all of these are missing on this brooch. 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 has one lower corner which is missing due to recent damage. The lower edge of this portion of the bow terminates with a point. In the centre of the bow head there is a vertical ridge, bordered by two grooves as decor…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2D7876
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate-headed T-shaped brooch, missing most of its loop, lower bow and catchplate, and pin. The iron axis bar appears to have corroded in situ. The tubular wingspan is 34.5mm and they are a little bent out of shape. Each is decorated circa half way along with a vertical groove. The plate head extends a little way above the wings and at the centre into a rectangular plate projecting upwards (decorated with two horizontal groves), from which the loop would have extended. This has now broken off (ancient break). The bow is flat and 15.4mm wide where i…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2F1CB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch which is 40.3mm long, 14.3mm wide and 17.4mm from front to back. The brooch has a plain and undecorated trumpet mouth and bow and has slight swellings above and below the acanthus button. This is very worn. It has four petals above and below the central collar and the moulding continues right round the back of the bow. There are two slight ridges on the back of the bow above the button. The catchplate partially survives. The bottom of the bow just tapers to a point. There is a loop behind the head of the brooch which holds the spring, of which only …
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2F2501
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman knee brooch which is 41.2mm long, 22.6mm wide and 15.5mm thick. The brooch has a thick and wide bow which is bulbous and undecorated. It tapers to a point at the foot. The reverse is hollow. The headplate consists of short rounded wings with a flat, thick, damaged headloop above. The area at the back of the wings is concave but no trace of the pin mechanism survives. Neither is there any evidence for the catchplate. The brooch can be paralleled by number 54 in Roman Brooches from North England (1993) by Snape. Knee brooches are believed to date from the mid second…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-304001
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy aesica brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 36.7mm by 22.1mm by 8.4mm and weighs 11.5g. The brooch has been cast in two pieces. The upper part consists of hollow cylindrical wings which would have concealed the missing spring and pin, and a flat curving bow which flares and terminates in a trefoil. On the back of the central knop of the trefoil is the integral rivet which joins the upper part to the lower part. The lower part is flat and broadly triangular. On the back is the stub of the catchplate. The brooch is undecorated. A very similar brooch featur…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Mackrell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-30DCC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sprung copper alloy Dolphin brooch. Hexagonal sectioned bow with a pair of median grooves along its back from the head to foot, tapering slightly towards foot which has a flat, blunt terminal, most of catch-plate survives. 'C' sectioned wings with one transverse and one diagonal line on each, hook and part of wings filled with iron corrosion from (missing) pin. Length 35mm, width 16mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-431938
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The brooch has a rolled over headplate but is missing its pin. The headplate is decorated with three vertical ribs; one wing remains which is also ribbed. The bow tapers. The foot is triangular in plan and transversly ribbed. There is a catchplate on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-446B15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large late Roman crossbow brooch in two halves, found separately at different times, and complete save for the pin. The brooch has a complete D-section catchplate which is decorated with a series of notches along both edges. There are three large onion-shaped knobs, one on each end of the sidewings and one above the bow. The slot for the hinged pin survives.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-453C48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled bow brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-455EB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch. The brooch is rectangular.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-5589D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Roman Jewellery set, unique as a metal detected find for the East Ridings of Yorkshire. The set comprises of two 'Headstud' brooches and their corresponding chain, all made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from the early 2nd Century onwards. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. Brooch 1 - A cast copper-alloy brooch with a raised head stud; which has been decorated with a ring and large dot and may have been burnished when in its original condition. At the apex of the head there is a complete chain …
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-587A03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, Western Group, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 5.a1. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated caps at the terminals holding the axis bar. This bar holds the spring and the incomplete pin. The bar is broken, and the spring and pin are disarticulated, but the elements appear to be held together with soil. The copper alloy wire of the spring would also have formed the external chord, running through the pierced lug between the wings (See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Br…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Record ID: WMID-589F92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated caps at the terminals holding the axis bar. This bar holds the spring. The copper alloy wire of the spring also forms the external chord, running through a pierced lug between the wings. The wire of the spring and chord would also have formed the pin (at the centre of the spring) but this is missing (See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 33-34 and p159). …
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-58A231
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Polden Hill type, consisting of two horizontal wings and a transverse bow. The wings are semi-cylindrical. The wings would have held the bar, spring and pin, all of which are missing. (See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 33-34 and p159). Little of the original surface of the wings remain, but a cream coloured substance is visible on one wing that may be the remains of enamelling. There is a collar where …
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-58A592
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, Western Group, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 5.a2. Plate 49, pg. 76. The two horizontal wings are semi-cylindrical with incomplete perforated caps at the terminals holding the axis bar. This bar holds the incomplete spring. The copper alloy wire forming the spring would also have formed the pin and the external chord (See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 33-34 and p1…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Record ID: HESH-59A622
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy hinged bow and fantail brooch (43-200AD). The wings are complete with a rolled complete casing holding the axis bar for the hinged pin. The pin is incomplete and housed within a cut notch between the two rolled cylindrical casings. The axis bar holding the pin is made from iron. The pin itself has a stepped profile; in cross section it is sub-rectangular. From the top / head of the brooch a small head loop extends. This loop is heavily worn (by wear / use abrasion rather than plough damage) on the upper left hand edge. The bow head is narrow with a graceful sl…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: SF-59D686
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bow fragment of a copper-alloy brooch which could be Roman or Anglo-Saxon in date. It is curvilinear and measures 19.71mm in length and 7.90mm in width. It has a brown patina a patches of active powdery green corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A2E01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A foot fragment of a Roman brooch which could either be a hod hill of 1st century date or an equal-ended type of 2nd century date. The foot has a transverse moulding with vertical grooves and there are two short ones lower down, between waisted parts it terminates in a rounded knop. The catchplate has a circular hole through its centre. There are traces of white metal coating on the brooch. It measures 18.87mm in length and 8.33mm in width.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-5BB674
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Dragonesque brooch. The S-shaped body has two terminals which take the form of a head with curved snout, although both heads are incomplete. Bayley and Butcher (2004, p123) identify these as characteristics of the Dragonesque brooch, the heads of which also have large ears and a circular sinking representing the eye. The ears are missing on this example, and the poor surface condition mean that the detail around the area of the eyes is unclear. Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p 123) state that the pin [used to secure the brooch to a garment] is looped arou…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-6A3B08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy strip brooch (1st century AD). It has a moulded decoration of three raised ribs going down the bow. The pin is now missing. Dimensions: Width 8.39mm; thickness 1.99mm; weight 2.60g
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
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Record ID: HAMP-6C4787
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and corroded fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Hod Hill type, Hattatt's Class B (with side knobs/lugs). The fragment consists of part of the head and the bow with its broken side lugs. The cylinder at the head, formed by rolling the terminal back round on itself, has broken. What remains is 7.55mm in width and appears to feature the remnant of the pin slot with orange staining suggestive of an iron element, probably the axis bar. Below the cylinder the head incurves to a minimum width of 6.1mm just above the bow. The main body of the brooch is trapezoid…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wickham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AE72F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4,, flat wing ends type, Western Group)early Roman date. The incomplete brooch measures 40.4mm in length and weighs 6g. One side of the semi-cylindrical wings has broken off. They would have concealed the missing spring for the pin, also missing. The surviving side of the wings is decorated with two vertical ridges, one in the centre and one at the end. The projecting bow is also decorated with a central ridge which would have formed part of the incomplete chord. The bow is very nar…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AFD515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment of a Roman possibly umbonate type plate brooch, a fragment of the circular plate and the double pin lug now survive. This fragment is flat and has triangular recessed cells around its edge one of which has the remains of blue enamel within it, there are also two surviving projecting flat rounded knops projecting from the edge of the fragment. The double pin lug on the back face is incomplete and no trace of the pin survives. The fragment is 21.31mm by 10.61mm in size. As umbonate brooches have flat outer part and conical centres it is impossble to tell if it is of t…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AFEE63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy worn flat enamelled disc brooch, similar to an example from Hacheston (Plouviez et al 2004, 102-3, no 171). Circular in shape measuring 19.12mm in diameter, complete except for the pin. There is a single pin lug and opposing catchplate on the back face. The front face has a six-lobed motif surrounding a central circle of metal, there are traces of a black enamel in the field surrounding the motif and of a decayed, possibly red enamel in the terminals of the motif.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-BF90D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Hod Hill type, Hattatt's Class B (with side knobs/lugs). At the head one half of the cylinder has been lost. The other half, formed by rolling the terminal back round on itself, retains the copper-alloy axis bar (L.: 14.0mm) corroded in place. It is the left hand half, when looking at the brooch in plan, head uppermost, which remains. Below the cylinder the head incurves to a minimum width of 4.9mm just above the bow. The main body of the brooch is like a truncated lozenge in form, and features a pair of decorative …
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wickham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-C9CBD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch head fragment. The initial part of the bow and both wings of the spring cover remain intact. Only one half ( 8 turns) of the bilateral spring survives, together with the remnant of the internal chord which is broken just after it passes through the perforated lug on the head of the brooch. The bow fragment where it rises from the head is decorated with a raised central longitudinal flute which is flanked by two lesser flutes to either side. Circa 43-100 AD. Dimensions: weight 11.73g
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-D32E44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy Colchester-derivative (two-piece) brooch. The intact spring comprises seven coils of copper-alloy wire. Only the bottom of the bow and the foot are missing, the remaining bow having decorative ridges on its upper surface.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 22nd December 2018
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Record ID: BERK-D33A61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch. The brooch is circular in plan with a raised border on the front face. Within the border there is a red enamelled star. At the centre of the star there is a raised concentric circle, on the ouside of which there are ten pellets set concentrically. The reverse of the brooch has a double pin lug with concretion where axis bar should be. Diametrically opposite this there is the remains of the catchplate lug. The brooch is slightly bent. cf Hattatt; A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches (2007) p344 No.1035. He dates these brooches to th…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
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Record ID: BERK-D346A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch. The upper face of the bow is decorated with multiple mouldings and a knop. The spring of the brooch is missing. Hattatt; A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches (2007) dates these trumpet type brooches from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. The brooch is 26.11mm long and weighs 4.31g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
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Record ID: BERK-D35367
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy brooch fragment with a broken head loop (1st-2nd century AD). Part of the bow and head survive There are three ridges running lengthways down the bow with linear ridges running width ways at intervals. The foot and pin are now missing. Dimensions: length 36.1mm; width 11.24mm; weight 4.7g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-D36802
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative two-piece brooch. The wings on either side of the bow are plain with the exception of a single groove on either side. There are notches running down either side of the bow towards the missing catchplate. Colchester brooches and their derivatives date to circa 25-60 AD. The brooch is 39mm long, 26.7mm wide (across the head) and weighs 9.11g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-D40691
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch from the Roman period. The brooch is circular and has a diameter of 20.9mm and is 6.7mm thick. The pin and mechanism are complete, but the catchplate turnover is missing. The pin is sprung and is attached to an axis bar between two pierced lugs. The front of the brooch is decorated with enamel. There is a dark blue background surrounded by a copper alloy border. In the centre is a metal circle, surrounded by red enamel in a six pointed star shape. The enamel is bordered by a metal six pointed star with circles at each point. The enamel is complete and is exc…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-D4D195
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy dolphin type brooch. The object comprises only the head and part of the bow; the break occured in antiquity. The bow is circular in section and tapers from the wings. The object is not decorated. The pin loop is connected to a small knop located between the wings on the head. The reverse of the head is concave, probably to hid the spring of the pin.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LANCUM-D5E738
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2nd to 3rd century copper alloy Roman brooch. Hattatt describes this brooch as an oval brooch with intaglio, though the intaglio is missing from this example. The brooch is oval in plan and has a moulded, raised outer rim, 2mm wide, and a moulded raised inner oval rim, within which the missing intaglio would have been fixed. The surface of the brooch shows traces of silvering or tinning. There are no traces of enamel between the outer and inner, but it is likely that enamel was present originally. More complete examples have had undivided alternating segments of blue and another colour…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D5EB41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch which is a conical disc type. The brooch has a diameter of 24.4mm and is 14mm thick. It is a disc of copper alloy with a conical projecting from the centre of the front. The top of the projection is rounded, and has a small circular depression in the centre. There is a faint and worn incised line round the edge of the front of the disc. On the reverse are the worn remains of a single pin lug and catchplate. The pin does not survive. The brooch has a glossy grey green patina. It probably dates from 100 - 250 AD (Worrall, 2007, North Regional Newsletter). Sim…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: LIN-D711B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy hod hill brooch. The brooch is very small, and only the body and foot remains. The body is rectangular in plan, decorated with four vertical ribs and is missing its headplate. The catchplate is missing. The brooch is bent into an 'S' shape.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D79451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is complete and has a weight of 7.8g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar, evidenced by iron corrosion over the lugs. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.3mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 6.8mm with two concave panels, forming a central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe has a smaller raised rim. The brooch has four arms of sub- rectangular se…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: BERK-DA8131
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy oval plate brooch. The brooch has a central raised oval boss, which has raised sides. This boss would once have held a stone or inlay but this has now been lost and the setting remains empty. Around the boss is a flat rim, which has moulded decoration and, based on similar examples, it is quite likely that the brooch was gilded. Part of the catchplate and lug remain on the reverse but they, along with the brooch overall are worn. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour. This type of brooch dates from the 2nd - 3rd century AD (c.100-300 AD). Similar exa…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DAEDE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch. The brooch is oval in shape with an outer raised rim and a further raised rim in the centre of the brooch. There are traces of white & blue enamel between the outer and inner rims whilst the oval central recess has no traces of enamel and may instead have held a stone. The back is flat and undecorated. At one end is the hinge part of the pin, which contains iron corrosion, being all that survives of the pin, and at the other end is the remnants of the catchplate. Similar brooches can be seen in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue', 2000, …
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DB5994
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch. The brooch is lozenge shaped (lozengiform) with two flat sub-circular lugs protruding from the top and bottom of the central lozenge. It is quite likely that a further two such lugs protruded from the sides of the lozenge but the brooch is too worn for there to be great certainty about this. The lozenge is stepped at the edges and the interior of this is hollowed with a small raised central circular cell which is also hollow. Based on similar examples it is likely that these hollows were filled with enamel inlay. The reverse of…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DC0637
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a horizontal oval. On the reverse there is a rectangular shaped cell bordered on the sides by an integral perforated semi-circular lug which supports a copper alloy axis bar. Around the bar there is the remains of the spring, there are three to four coils to the spring. This pin is missing, and this is not a recent break. The upper edge of the bow head has an integral sub-rectangular protrusion with an integral circular loop at the upper edge. The loop is broken…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-EA4B63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is a Colchester derivative with a double-pierced lug projecting from the centre of the interior of the wings to secure the spring (one lug secures the axis bar, the other holds the spring's chord in position). Such brooches represent a technological development from the one-piece 'true' Colchester design, and date to the second half of the first century. The wings of the brooch are semi-circular in shape with some minor decoration in the form of an incised groove at the ends (only one end being present in this case) and th…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-EABAF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is a Colchester derivative with a double-pierced lug projecting from the centre of the interior of the wings to secure the spring (one lug secures the axis bar, the other holds the spring's chord in position). Such brooches represent a technological development from the one-piece 'true' Colchester design, and date to the second half of the first century. The wings of the brooch are mostly absent but were semi-circular in shape. The bow itself, of which abouthalf is present, carries moulded decoration in the form of a plai…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-EAECB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is a Colchester derivative with a double-pierced lug projecting from the centre of the interior of the wings to secure the spring (one lug secures the axis bar, the other holds the spring's chord in position). Such brooches represent a technological development from the one-piece 'true' Colchester design, and date to the second half of the first century. The wings of the brooch are semi-circular in shape and are carry decoration in the form of one incised groove at either end. The remains of the spring are present but ver…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EB2BB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The brooch is 42.2mm long, 24.3mm wide and 14.5mm thick. The top part of the bow has been bent backwards badly so that the head of the brooch is level with the acanthus button. The pin mechanism and pin are missing. There is a loop to hold the mechanism behind the trumpet head which is oval and undecorated. The acanthus button continues right round the bow and has six petals above and six below the central rib. The lower part of the bow tapers to a point and some of the catchplate survives behind. The brooch has a patchy green patina. Similar brooc…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: BERK-EB4660
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete & very worn cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The brooch is a probable Langton Down variant type with encased spring. The wings of the brooch are tubular in shape. The remains on the spring fitting are encased within the wings and there is a slot for the pin on the reverse. Where the upper part of the bow meets the wings there is a moulded semi-circular ridge and below this are faint traces of blue triangles of enamel inlay flanking either side of the bow. The lower part of the bow and catchplate are missing. This brooch is dated c.40-100 AD.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-EC0195
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch dating to the second century. The object is the foot of the brooch, showing an anchor-shaped terminal which tapers to a narrow waist before broadening into the foot. The reverse of the foot shows the remains of the sturdy catchplate; this is a low, longitudinal ridge in the centre of the reverse (in the picture, the reverse view is on the left). At the broken end are traces of what was possibly a circular setting.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-ECA004
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower part of a bow brooch of Roman date. The catchplate is solid and the bow is decorated with vertical lines, and lines of random notches. Above the rounded terminal is a transverse groove.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-EE1C45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 1st - 2nd Century. Copper alloy, cast, broken section of a probable trumpet fibula. Length 25.6mm, Width 8.4mm, Thickness 7.3mm, Weight 2.6g. Central bow fragment only with partial acanthus consisting of a large transverse rib/groove and two minor transverse ribs and grooves either side. The bow tapers down towards the foot and remnants of the catch plate on the back. Dark black coloured patina but considerable surface corrosion. Ref. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Richard Hattatt, Page 326-330.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-FDA131
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy and glass or enamel plate brooch dating to the 2nd-3rd century. The object comprises an oval-shaped disc with a central cavity, formed by an integral lip of copper alloy. There is a ring of green glass or enamel inlaid into the recessed band running around the central cavity. On the reverse of the disc, there are the remains of the hinge and the catchplate.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-FDC625
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dragonesque brooch made from a piece of thin sheet metal. There are hammer marks on the reverse. The form is a classic dragonesque shape with one terminal broken off at the neck. The necks are very delicate. The only decorations are one ring and dot in the centre of the body and one ring and dot on the head and terminal. There is a possibility that this is not a brooch, based on the delicate nature of the necks and the thinness of the body.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-FE5457
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch. It is 44.59mm long. The bow is relatively flat in profile. There is an incomplete lug on the reverse of the wings. The catchplate is missing, with an extremely worn break. There is possibly moulded decoration along the bow, however this is extremely worn. It is 10.37mm wide across the broken wings, 4.87mm wide across the foot. Weight 8.43 grams. Mid green patina.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FFA7D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lower bow and foot of a copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, probably a straight hod hill type. Measuring 28.76mm in surviving length and 4.51mm. The bow is decorated with longitudinal ridges and there is a transverse ridge before the foot, which flares towards its terminal. The catchplate is complete.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-FFD7E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD date (R. Hattatt; 1982; p. 71). The wings are tubular and would originally have completely encased the now-missing axis bar. A remnant of the copper-alloy pin is fitted within a slot at the centre of the head section's underside. The display side of the remaining wings has vertical moulded band of decoration. The bow tapers from top to bottom; it has a slightly domed upper surface and flat underside. The pin, together with the lower half of the brooch and the entire catchplate are missing, although some of…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Albans', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-011D25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman disc brooch, dating to the mid 1st century to the late 2nd century AD. It is very worn and now appears oval although it would have been round when made. The pin is missing but some of the hinge mechanism and catchplate remains. It is slightly convex on the front and is decorated with a 4 petalled flower. There is still some orangey/brown soil/corrosion particularly on the reverse.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-016BB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Roman dragonesque brooch. It is the central part of the brooch which remains. The decoration is in relief and does not appear to have had any enamel on it. It is probably a derivative of the early West Brigantian types with the central motif being made up of 2 trumpets meeting in a circle. This design is seen in early Celtic art. A similar example (although in an openwork design) can be seen in Hattatt (1982; 154-5).
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-035186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Halton
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT Description of Object Silver Roman hare and hound brooch, 1st to 3rd century AD Roman silver zoomorphic plate-brooch in the form of a hound catching a hare, shown in profile. The stylised hound has distinctive teardrop shaped ears and pellet-in ring eyes, a slender body with prominent shoulder and haunches and a long tail which loops round and joins with its back. The hunting dog's jaws are connected with the hare's back, and also by its right side front and back legs. The long-eared hare is crouched. The back of the brooch has a hinged pin, badly …
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-03B5B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch: A copper alloy plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch comprises a broadly circular plate, the upper surface of which is decorated with a star motif, coloured with red enamel. The star breaks up the outside of the brooch into additional cells; these are coloured alternately blue and green. The reverse is unornamented and incomplete. The brooch measures 20mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-03BAC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman zoomorphic brooch: a copper alloy rooster. The bird is depicted in a seated position (no legs visible), and is rather stylised. It has a broad body, and its wings are decorated with a number of cells filled with red and yellow enamel. The neck is long and slender, the head small with large, round eyes, and a distinctive comb and crest (coloured with red enamel).
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-2C3515
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Roman date (AD 100 – AD 200). Diameter: 32.1mm; maximum thickness: 6.9mm. Weight: 7.22g. Part of the plate is missing due to old and new breaks and the pin lugs and part of the catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The pin is also missing. The front face has two concentric raised rings. The inner ring has a maximum diameter of about 12.0mm and the outer diameter of the larger ring is about 29.0mm. Raised features between the rings may have originally been a form of decoration, for example, dots or pellets. However, due to seve…
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 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: LANCUM-315FF0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot of cast cu-alloy early Roman brooch dating from ca. AD50-100, probably from a Polden Hill type. Only the foot and rest for pin survive. The foot ends in a small moulded head stud and the upper body/bow is much thicker than the foot plate. The pin rest is curved and its underside decorated with three bundles of two grooves each.
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gloucester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D92F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete damaged and worn Roman copper-alloy plate brooch, this brooch has a thin sheet, the edges of which are incomplete which would have had further plate decoration attached to it originally, traces of solder can be seen. On the back face there is an integral single pin loop and catchplate. The plate is roughly oval in shape and measures 32.23mm in length and 19.75mm in width.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3E1551
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch. The brooch has a convex oval head with a spring behind it. The spring has six turns to it and is held in place by a small integral loop in the centre of the reverse. There is an incomplete suspension loop above. The bow is comma shaped in plan and incomplete. The upper bow is triangular in cross-section and below is a moulded acanthus reel. The lower bow is also triangular in cross-section and has a groove along the perimeter. The catchplate on the reverse is incomplete. The pin is missing.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-3E2D04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and catchplate from an early Roman brooch, probably a Dolphin brooch. The bow is triangular in cross-section and the catchplate is rolled over at the tip.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.