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Record ID: YORYM-5998E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch of the second century. The head hides a tubular crossbar, which incorporates a hinge pin (still intact). Though the tubular crossbar is hidden, it is decorative, having longitudinal ridges along the surface. A wire exits either side of the crossbar tube, to loop into a low lug on the head. The headstud contains a central boss of metal with a band of red enamel on the outside. The face of the crossbar, that which is angled toward the bow, is decorated with a row of three lozenges in the centre with a longitudinal silver gilt, knurled band. Betwee…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'North Cave', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: YORYM-59F446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch. The object is quite corroded, but there are traces of enamel in places. The head hides a tubular crossbar that accommodates a hinge pin (now missing). The headstud shows some traces of heavily damaged enamel in a conical hollow; this is inferred from a hole in the reverse which reflects the form of other headstuds. The bow is rectangular in section, and a trace of blue enamel shows that the decoration probably consisted of rectangular enamel cells that became smaller as they approached the foot. The remains of the foot show a lip at the base wit…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'North Cave', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-5A62C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy and enamel Roman plate brooch of the equal-ended type with a hinged mechanism, missing its pin shank and most of the enamel. It measures 34mm in length and is max.11.2mm wide. It weighs 2.15g. Both hinge mechanism and catchplate are slightly bent to one side, possibly as a result of being trodden on in ancient times.
At the centre of the bow is a 11.2x12.6mm square, a double rib around a central sunken area 7.6x7.6mm. This has a small amount of white enamel remaining.
Above, the bow extends dropping in a slight curve, behind which is the hinge mechanism, a…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-5A2B76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch comprises a flat circular plate which has been divided into three cells, two outer ring shaped cells and an inner circular cell. There are remnants of degraded enamel in the ring shaped cells. It is green in the outer one and red in the inner one. On the underside of the plate are the remains of a catchplate and a semi-circular perforated pin lug with remnants of a corroded pin attached. The brooch has a diameter of 30mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Newmarket', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-5A8307
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy and enamel Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a duck. It is 31.7mm in length (from beak to tail) and max.12.3mm wide (at its breast). It weighs 4.21g.
The body itself is rather flat and does not stand very high, max.2.6mm. It is occupied by four fields of enamel, representing the wings and back (to the tail). The outer two fields (wings) are filled with a blue enamel, the inner two (back/ tail) a white enamel. These fields are an elongated tear-drop shape, one pair being inverted compared to the other.
The body itself is tear-drop shaped, with a small D-…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-5AE732
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy colchester two piece brooch. The brooch has been flattened and twisted. There are rectangular wings with a curved profile, with a double pierced lug on the reverse for the missing pin. The bow has a raised central ridge. The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-5B3A12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy Langton Down brooch. The brooch is incomplete, with damage to the wings. The sprung pin is missing. The bow is decorated with vertical moulded lines. There is a worn break at the base of the bow, the lower half of the bow which would have had the catchplate attached to the reverse is missing. The bow is straight in profile, becoming more pronounced over the wings. The surviving section of the brooch is 29mm long.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-5B6203
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch. The curved wings would have held a sprung pin. The top of the bow is curved, and the sides taper in towards the foot. There is a prominant raised ridge running along the centre of the bow, with a shallower ridge to either side. The bow is slightly curved in profile. The remains of an openwork catchplate survive on the reverse of the bow.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-5B6E54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy brooch. The brooch is incomplete, with only the remains of an openwork catchplate. This would have formed part of a bow brooch dating from the first century AD.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: GLO-5BBB70
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.l. Plate 48. Semicircular, concave cross section wings with a backward facing lug at either end, these lugs have a hole in the centre for the pin support bar which is now missing. On the top of the head would have been a backwards-facing hook this has been truncated from the base. On both sides there is a moulding at the junction between the bow and wings. A recessed line runs from the top of the head down the centre of the brooch to the foot, either side is …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Highnam', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-5BC424
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy disc brooch, 29mm diameter, 13mm high, 2mm thick, weight 6.48g. Central boss with a very pronounced cast ring and dot in the centre. Below this the sides expand down and outwards in a gentle curve creating a low cone with concave walls, there are three lines of engraved concentric rings at the base of the cone. The edge of the brooch is expanded and has a circular cross-section, there are six small knops on the outside of the edge, one of which is missing. The underside is dished, there is a catch plate on one side and pin support on the opposite side, both are co…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Highnam', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-5C8930
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, flat wing ends type, Western Group). Semi-circular, concave cross-section wings that have backward facing lug at either end. Both lugs have a hole in the centre for the spring support bar, this is complete and made of copper alloy, the spring is complete and made of eleven curls, the pin is broken near the spring, this is an old break. On the top of the head of the bow is a loop that secures the external chord of the spring. This loop forms the back of a notched crest that runs down the …
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Westerleigh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-5C9342
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch length 39mm, width 11mm, thickness 14mm, weight 7.1g. That artefact has a hinge mechanism, with hollow wings supporting the pin support bar, there is an off centre slot at the back of the wings where the pin fits, the tip of the pin has been truncated by corrosion. The forward edge of the wings has a squared face. On the front of the head is a stud consisting of a ring with a boss in the centre. Running down the centre of the leg is a undulating line, this is held within a rectangular frame there is evidence of a paste in the recess between the line and the…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Westerleigh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-5C9A07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy trumpet derivative length 36mm, width 17mm, thickness 17mm, weight 6.6g. That artefact has a hinge mechanism, with hollow wings supporting the pin support bar, there is an off centre slot at the back of the wings where the pin would have fitted. The forward edge of the wings has a squared face. On the top of the head is a very short crest, running down the length of the head are a series of diamond-shaped cells, some of which still have the remains of alternating blue and yellow enamel. There face of the wings has triangular cells.
Halfway down that length of the…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Westerleigh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LIN-6B48B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower bow and foot fragment from a cast copper alloy crossbow brooch. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, semi-circular in plan and has a moulded narrow collar before it meets the foot. The foot is a flat rectangular panel decorated with a notched perimeter and two incised lines in the centre forming an upside down 'V' shape. The catchplate wraps around on the reverse to form a near cyldinder.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-6B35E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, possibly a 1st-century Hod Hill type. The fragment consists of the leg and lower part of the bow. The surviving bow fragment is flat and rectangular (L.: 8.6mm, W.: 5.37mm, Th.: 2.4mm). It is decorated on its upper surface by three longitudinal grooves creating two internal ridges with a ridge bordering on either side. The leg slopes down to a small terminal knob. The leg itself is very slender and tapers from the bow to a width of only 1.7mm before the terminal. It is bevelled on both sides so that it is triangular in cross-…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-6BB170
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper-alloy fragment from a Roman Disc-and-Trumpet brooch. The flared trumpet head survives, as does the upper section of the bow. The head is sub-circular with a protrusion at the terminal, probably a broken loop. The edge is flattened. The semi-circular perforated lugs on the lower surface are very abraded; the axis bar and pin are missing. Below the head the bow constricts to a width of 4.75mm. It then expands into a central discoidal element with the remnants of four side protrusions arranged in saltire. This element too has a flattened border, within which is a rais…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-6E3DE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Roman brooch of Colchester type. The brooch has plain side wings, catchplate and spine but there is a rounded knop and a collar on the foot. The corrosion suggest an iron repair to the spring, unless the spring was iron originally.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-6EA266
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman Colchester derivative brooch, from the 1st century AD. The brooch has been cast in copper alloy. Most of the brooch survives, but part of the spring and the the whole of the pin are missing.
The undecorated wings survive intact. Two small rings extend backwards from the reverse of the wings, these would have once held the spring. The upper ring is empty as the external chord is missing. The lower ring still contains the pin from the centre of the spring. This area is also heavily corroded with iron staining. To the right of the ring, three turns of the spring can …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-6EB1A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Roman brooch of Colchester type. The brooch has plain side wings, catchplate and D-section bow. Part of the spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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