Record ID: BH-331E85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative, Harlow brooch of 1st century AD date. The head has two decorative vertical grooves at each end and a flat underside. At the centre of the underside is a perforated lug into which the now missing axis bar would have fitted. The remaining three coils of the spring are held in place by an external chord which passes through a rearward lug on top of the head. The rearward lug extends downwards into a tapering ridge. The bow is of semi-circular section and tapers towards the foot, where there is a central ridge. The bottom of the foot is sq…
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-215E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century date. The wings have a recessed underside containing four or five coils of the spring. The pin and axis bar are absent and there is a damaged rearward lug. The humped bow is of circular section and tapers to a point at the foot. Extending the length of the bow is a central ridge. Only a remnant of the catchplate survives. The brooch is bent and corroded. The artefact measures 36.6mm long, 24.4mm wide (wings) and 16.9mm deep. The weight is 7.48g.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-52B764
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy Headstud brooch dating to the late first to late second century AD. The fragment comprises the head and a portion of the bow. The head of the brooch comprises two wings which are rectangular in plan. These wings are decorated with vertical ribbed and grooved decoration and conceal a cylindrical spring cover. The axial bar and a small portion of the pin are still in situ. The remains of a circular headloop extend from the head. The bow is D sectioned in shape and slightly arched. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with a circular cell, within w…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Souldrop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-636956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, a Colchester derivative, Harlow brooch dating to the first century. The body of the brooch is circular in section, there is a ridge over the head, two flat wings and the remains of a large catchplate. There is a single loop at the back of the head which would have received the hinge, and simple linear decoration on the foot. The hinge and part of the catchplate are missing. The object is in fair condition with a dark green patina. It is 44mm long, 11mm wide at the wings and 19mm thick and weighs 7.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-63C201
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch, Colchester derivative dating to the 1st century. The body of the brooch is sub-circular in section. The head is narrower and slightly flattened, with two flat wings and two loops, one of which is incomplete. The catchplate is incomplete and the hinge is missing. The object is in fair condition with a dark brown patina, and is 37mm long, 7m wide, 13mm thick and weighs 3.91g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6D9AB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, 28mm long, 12mm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.22grams. The object is the foot of a bow brooch which has a solid catchplate attached. The front of the bow contains a vertical rdige, running its length.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-DE2DC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy lugged disc brooch of 2nd century date. The plate is circular in plan and there are eight equally-spaced peripheral lugs. At the centre of the plate is a raised circular boss with a flat surface. The centre of this boss has a lozenge-shaped cell filled with dark blue enamel and the four surrounding pointed-oval cells contain traces of a different colour enamel. A recessed ring surrounds the central boss and separates it from a concentric band of decoration comprising closely-spaced pellets surrounded by red enamel. Several of the peripheral lugs are damaged; those which …
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knotting and Souldrop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E77AB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative double lug type brooch. The object consists of semi-circular sectioned plain wings which are missing the spring. The bow is rectangular in section ans quite flat, with a wide central ridge running its length. Near the top emerges a further rounded ridge which forms a spring loop at its terminal. The catchplate is triangular in form, has ridged edges and a central circular hole. It is 39mm long, 19mm wide and 12mm thick and weighs 6.23g. The brooch is similar to Hattatt 1458, Pl.156.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-A64B35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Dolphin brooch with a missing spring of Roman 1st century (43-65 AD) date. The wings are short and have convex upper surfaces. At the centre of the flat underside is a damaged pierced lug. The spring and pin are missing, apart from a short length of the external chord, which sits within a rearward lug. The humped bow is of oval section and tapers to a point at the foot. The unperforated catchplate is damaged. The brooch measures 30.6mm long, 13mm wide and 13.6mm deep. The weight is 2.43g.
Created on: Saturday 5th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC653
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch has very short wings which are formed as part of the tubular rolled open ended head that contains the iron pin axis bar, there is a slot mid way along around which the cast copper-alloy hinged pin is fastened. The pin tip is missing. The curved bow tapers slightly from the head down, and both edges of the bow are badly corroded, and there is a possibility that the ragged edges represent the remains of cast-in side lugs, there is a median ridge running down the centre of the bow with raised zigzag rib decoration with cavetto moulding on either side, the bow terminates with a…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BEDFORDSHIRE BLETSOE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-EEC4D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 45mm long, 37mm wide and 16mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brownish patina and weighs 14.10grams. The brooch appears to be a Colchester type which has been modified as the bottom half of the bow tapers sharply inwards as though it has been shortened. The brooch consists of wide solid wings which have a semi-circular section and are decorated with Vertical incised lines at their edges. When viewed from teh side the brooch has a circular 'head' which has two circular holes in it just above where the wings protrude. The bow is sub rectangula…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC2579
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A flat enamelled hinged disc brooch with a damaged continuous single field of multiple dark coloured irregularly shaped millefiori type units set in a field of red enamel (possibly frit) which has broken down and is in very fragile condition. The reverse has a double pin bar lug and sub-rectangular catchplate, the pin is missing.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2001
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BEDFORDSHIRE MELCHBOURNE AND YIELDEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-85CAB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy Dolphin type brooch of mid 1st C. Ad date. Very ornate brooch with moulded decoration. In reasonably good condition, with a dark green patina. Consists of a deep bow with moulded rib and groove decoration running down the back of it. The wings have moulded decoration consisting of a pair of vertical ribs on either side of the bow, each with a rope pattern. The spring is still intact, with six coils on the left hand side (as you look at it) and four on the right. The pin is missing but a silver pellet remains within the attachment hole above the spring, suggesting that the …
Created on: Friday 5th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colesden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-86AC02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Approximately two thirds of a gilded copper-alloy plate brooch of 2nd-3rd C. AD date. Piece is in poor conditon, probably as a result of post-depositional damage. It is oval in shape, the remaining portion measuring 29.1mm long by 25.5mm wide. The border around the inset is divided into two by means of a low rib. Either side of this rib the surface is decorated by a simple criss-cross moulded line pattern. This was originally gilded, but now only traces remain. The central depression (which presumably contained an insert) measures 16.9mm long, by 15.5mm high and 3mm deep and is separat…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colesden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F435F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch Trumpet brooch of the late 1st-late 2nd century. The head of the brooch is oval in plan and has a groove around the outer edge. There is the remnant of a projection on top of the head. The axis bar is housed within a cylindrical casing on the back of the head. There is a slot for the hinged copper alloy pin, only a trace of which survives. At the centre of the bow there are two sets of three mouldings with a devolved petal moulding between. The lower bow and foot are missing. The foot of the brooch has a pair of vertical ribs. The underside of th…
Created on: Saturday 22nd May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cople', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2DB525
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy lugged disc brooch, probably dating from the 2nd century AD. The upper surface of the disc is decorated with a circular central cell, surrounding which are two concentric cells. Around the perimeter are ten equally-spaced lugs. All of the cells would once have contained enamel; however, the only trace of these insets is an area of dark blue enamel within the innermost ring. A further decorative detail is a beaded silver foil border, traces of which survive on the surface of the raised division between the inner and outer rings. Traces of silvering are also visi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Podington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-447AA8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch dating to the Roman period, circa AD50-200. The pin and some of the catchplate are missing. There is a stump at the top of the brooch which is the remains of a head loop. The exterior of the wings have a grooved curving decoration. On the underside of the wings, the hinge is present but is fixed by iron corrosion. The bow has a grooved ridge which runs from the top to the bottom. The remains of a catchplate survive on the reverse of the bow. The bow has a mid green / brown colour with an even patina. Length: 68.77mm. Width: 32.12…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E37CF4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a Roman copper-alloy Colchester-derivative with double-pierced lug brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD. The wings of the brooch are straight-sided and of flat section, narrowing towards their respective distal ends. Most of the spring mechanism is absent, but a length of the external chord survives, located within the uppermost of two perforated central lugs. These lugs extend into a ridge that peters out at the top of the bow. Only the upper portion of the oval-sectioned bow survives, the remainder having been lost in antiquity. Length: 18.5mm; width: 16.…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stagsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E38337
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy umbonate variant plate brooch. The domed central area of the sub-circular brooch is decorated by a relief-moulded wheel, the spokes of which border five triangular cells. Traces of a whitish enamel inset can be seen in two adjacent cells, but the rest are completely empty. A circumferential groove and outer rim surround this design, and a side lug projects from the centre points of both the left-hand and damaged right-hand sides of the plate. A miscast, unperforated chain loop is located at the apex of the brooch, with the remains of the hinge behind. The catch…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stagsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E38C09
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy knee type brooch, dating from the mid 2nd to mid 3rd century AD. The head comprises a cylinder with open underside and a longitudinal groove on its upper surface. The spring is missing, but corroded remnants of the iron axis bar survive within the two perforations at the right- and left-hand ends of the casing. The bow is of rectangular section, undecorated and tapers towards its bottom end. A transverse ridge separates the bow from the foot, the latter of which is of trapezoidal section, flaring towards an out-turned base. The catchplate consists of a hook whi…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stagsden', grid reference and parish protected.