Record ID: WAW-817661
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a cast copper Colchester brooch. The wings are formed by a horizontal rectangular band which is abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings , integral to the upper edge is a oval sectioned protrusion which tapers to a blunt point and curves upwards and forwards, forming, in profile, a ‘c’ shape. The lower edge of the wings has the integral spring protruding, which has two coils remaining before it is broken. The break is not too recent. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section. The reverse of the low…
Created on: Sunday 1st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9B2FF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch of ‘Colchester’ type. Much of the mechanism that retained the spring is missing although stumps can be seen, little also survives of the catch plate although, again, its stump survives,
Created on: Monday 18th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID3883
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The wings are sub-rectangular in plan. Protruding from the central edge of the wings and bow head is an integral fragment of wire which is folded back over the bow head forming a small hook. Protruding from the reverse of the wings, in the centre below the hook there is a second more narrow short length of wire which is curved forming a 'C' shape. This second protrusion is a fragment of the spring. The bow head is slightly hump-like leading to a curved and incomplete bow. The bow is broken above the catchplate. The bow is narrow and sub-oval in cross-section. The brooch has lost its or…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE BIDFORD ON AVON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID4067
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is cast of one piece of metal. The spring has two complete coils remaining, before it loops under the 'bow head' and protrudes at the other side, where it is broken, not a recent break. Thereby the pin is also missing. The bow is sub-oval shaped in cross section and tapers to wards a point. There is no sign of a catchplate on the reverse of the bow. The item has a dark green/brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to early Roman Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The one-piece copper-alloy brooch has a sub-rectangular bow which tapers at each end. The bow is decorated with a series of punch marks in two lines close to the edges. The integral wire which formed the spring extends from the tapered edge and is now opened out and slightly flattened. The wire is coiled and then forms the pin, which is bent. The catchplate is formed from the end of the tapered point at the foot and becomes wider and is twisted to secure the pin.
Created on: Monday 27th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE BURMINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-D5EE43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester brooch, dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (15-60 AD). In length, from the upper edge of the bow head to the foot of the bow it is 50.1mm, and the width across the wings is 11.3mm. It weighs 6.91g. The wings are rectangular in plan. Protruding from the centre of the upper edge there is a forward hook which secures the external chord of the spring. Only three coils of the spring now survives. The spring is coiled around an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The bow is sub-oval in section and is undecorated. It tapers t…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID6078
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch has cast tublar wings with a vertical slot in the centre revealing the axis bar. A pin is hinged around the axis bar in the centre. The pin has a lug at the upper terminal which has a hole through which the axis bar is situated. The pin is slightly bent and terminates to a shape point. The patina of the pin is a green/blue colour compared to the green/grey colour of the brooch. The bow head, when viewed from the top edge is an elongated trapezoidal shape with three moulded triangular shapes forming a sub 'W' shape in profile. The bow contintues vertically and is a sub-rectan…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID4344
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bow head has is a sub-circular shape in plan. However the bow head has been folded slightly, and therefore is distorted in shape. The bow head is slightly hollow at the reverse. Protruding from the upper edge of the bow head is a circular cross-sectioned wire which is coiled twice before being broken. The break appears to be recent. The bow is flat and undecorated. It is rectangular in cross-section, and gradually tapers towards the foot. The catchplate is solid, and the vertical edge is curled to secure the pin, which is now missing. The metal of the brooch has a green/gold colou…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Record ID: WMID-8528FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester brooch, of Late Iron Age to early Roman date (AD 25 to AD 60). Approximately 75% of the brooch is present, consisting of the bow, wings, head, part of the spring, and an incomplete catch plate. The pin, and the rest of the spring are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with small flat rectangular wings projecting from either side at the top. An incomplete triangular catch plate extends from the reverse of …
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 7th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-37FB87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a cast copper Colchester One-Piece brooch. The wings are formed by a horizontal rectangular bar which is abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which is upturned towards the front face of the brooch. This originally would have formed a hook. The lower edge of the wings, on the reverse, has the integral spring protruding, which is now a fragment of a coil. The break is not too recent. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section. The reverse of the …
Created on: Friday 1st November 2013
Last updated: Sunday 9th February 2014
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Record ID: WMID-29CB0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Aesica or Rosette brooch dating to the period c. 20 BC - AD 60. The pin mechanism and part of the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits C-shaped wings which would have housed the sprung pin mechanism, now missing. The bow arches back from the head, arching downwards to a base in the centre of the rosette-shaped back plate. It exhibits a central longitudinal ridge. The oval central disc is cast in one piece with the bow, the foot and the case housing the spring. The oval disc has five concentric circles as decoration. The fo…
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: WAW-4658F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy late Iron Age to Roman Birdlip type brooch dating AD c. 25 to 55. The brooch head, in plan, is a wide drop shape which is decorated with radiating grooves from the tip. The tip of the brooch head is abraded and may not be the original edge. The reverse of the head has a circular sectioned broken area, therefore the spring, pin and any axis bar are missing. The bow is integral to the lower edge of the bow head and the first portion of the bow is semi-circular in section and is decorated with varying horizontal ribbing with a moulded 'C' shape below, k…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2013
Spatial data recorded.