Record ID: SF-1B20D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type. It is missing part of the rear hook, the end of one wing, the spring and axis bar, as well as most of the catchplate due to old breaks. The brooch has undecorated semi-cylindrical wings with flat circular ends. The ends are pierced with circular perforations to hold in place the now missing axis bar. The bow is oval shaped in section and swollen at the head where the bow and wings meet. At either side of the head the bow has semi-circular mouldings that extend forwards from the wings. The…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C1E07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (The Dolphin, flat wing ends, type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. Mass: 8.0g; length: 30.3mm; width: 18.1mm; depth: 14.1mm. The brooch is T-shaped in plan, with a humped, comma shaped profile. There is a moulded "plate" on each side of the head, adjoining the semi-cylindrical wings. There is also a hook on the head securing the external chord (see below). The wings have incomplete end-caps which are pierced to hold the copper alloy axis bar, which remains in situ. The spring and external chord are lar…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-860A06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.Manufacture had moved north to the middle Severn Valley. It is 30mm long, 29mm wide and 14mm thick. The brooch is in fair/poor condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 7.77grams. The brooch is missing its spring, pin and most of its catchplate. It has no sign of decoration, although it is missing its surface in places.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-861916
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 44mm long, 18mm wide and 10mm thick. The brooch is in fair/poor condition with a green/black patina and weighs 8grams. The brooch is missing its spring, pin and most of its catchplate. It has no sign of decoration, other than a possible vertical ridge on one wing.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-AC1BE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.l.b. Plate 49. The wings are semi-cylindrical and the end caps are pierced. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. A small hollow is present on the reverse of the head of the brooch. The pin / spring would have been secured by an external chord which fitted to a rearward facing hook located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. This hook has a distinct hollow behind it, presumably to help secure the end of the chord. The bow head is hump-like, and…
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-C14931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman gilded copper alloy disc brooch with central multi-coloured glass setting, 3rd or 4th century. Roughly 1/6th of the disc is broken off. The disc is divided into three zones by concentric ribs. The inner collar secures a blue, red and yellow glass setting which is in the form of an outer ring with a central recessed rounded nipple; the colours in the glass are randomly mixed. The middle zone is decorated with fine punched half-circles alternating with punched annulets at their open ends, creating a wave pattern. The outer ring has fine punched decoration of short, slig…
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clipstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2C82F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman hinged T-shaped brooch that is missing the lower half of the bow, catchplate and most of the pin due to old breaks. The brooch has cylindrical/tubular wings that encase the axis bar and have double parallel incised grooves on the upper surfaces at both ends. At the rear of the wings is a central rectangular slot through which extends the remains of the hinged pin. At the head of the brooch where the bow joins the wings is a small projecting longitudinal crest or moulding that appears to be complete. The bow itself is flat, triangular in plan and tapers towards the n…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waldringfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3F24F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy 'lion' bow brooch, 24mm long, 22mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.31grams. The brooch consists of circular sectioned wings which contained a hinged pin. From this emerges a flat curved bow which has an incised border. In the centre is a sphinx like reclining lion with its rear at the top of the brooch and its head pointing down the bow. The lion is very simply carved with no obvious features. Just below the figure the brooch has broken.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-967A44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper-alloy wheel type disc plate brooch dating from the 2nd century AD. The brooch has lost its pin and about one quarter of the outer ring including the hinge. The outside rim, or felloe, of the brooch is a circular flat strip, 5.1mm wide, with 6 (originally 8) very small lobed knops projecting from the outer edge. The front is decorated with a slightly recessed area containing two concentric circles made of short diagonal raised lines. There are 3 (originally 4) rectangular sectioned spokes connecting the 'rim' to the 'hub', the spokes are 1.5mm thick and two are snappe…
Created on: Monday 16th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BE1A24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends, middle Severn Valley), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3. pg. 71, Plate 46. It is 27mm long, 21mm wide and 17mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 12.75grams. The brooch has circular sectioned wings which contain a spring of 12 coils. These are decorated with two vertical incisions which form a border between the main body and the flared terminals. The bow is plain and is missing its lower half.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-93FEC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 6, Eastern Group, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 6.a7. Plate 52. The brooch is copper alloy and is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a pair of transverse grooves at the terminal and a pair of obliquely angled grooves across the wing forming a chevron with the bow head in between. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is traces of a hook which would have held the chord. The axis bar, spring and pin missing. The bowhead is…
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-E7D6B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold crossbow brooch with a sheath foot, crossbar and pin missing. The top of the trapezoidal-sectioned, highly arched bow broadens to a bifurcation, beyond which both arms are distorted and broken; they appear originally to have curved around the missing crossbar. On both sides of the split there is chip-carved decoration, with three V-sectioned notches on both edges, and between them an engraved saltire and single horizontal line. The base of the bow is decorated with several transverse engraved lines on the front face. There are three faintly engraved longit…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-505DA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
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. A circular headloop extends 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, now empty, which would…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip', 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-7BD205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 41mm long, 38mm wide and 12mm thick. The brooch is in poor condition with a green patina and weighs 14.85grams. The brooch has worn semi-circular sectioned wings which are missing the spring. It has a circular sectioned bow which tapers in width towards its base. It is missing a catchplate and has no obvious signs of decoration.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-EAAEC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (The Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.g. Plate 47. Roman date (80-120AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical and the end caps are pierced and broken. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. A sub-rectangular hollow is present on the reverse of the head of the brooch and does not extend into the wings; this is filled with a black coloured substance, possibly an adhesive paste to hold the pin / spring. The pin / spring would have been secured by an external chord which fitted to a rearward facing …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-30DD07
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Group 3.d.d, flat wing ends), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.d.d. Plate 46, pg. 71, no. 1854. Manufactured middle Severn Valley). Incomplete. Mass: 10.3g; length: 27.4mm; width: 23.4mm; depth: 11.8mm. The brooch is T-shaped in plan, with a humped, comma shaped profile. There is a moulded "plate" on each side of the head, adjoining the semi-cylindrical wings. There is the stub of a hook on the top of the head. The wings have incomplete end-caps. There are the remains of a pierced central cavity in one end cap (to hold…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-393E47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
This is a nice example of a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 3. flat wing ends type, middle Severn Valley)t Midlands). The large wings are hollow at the rear with the remains of the spring cord, still in position. The ends of the wings are pierced for a transverse spring axis bar, now missing. The wings are decorated at each end with an indented zigzag within moulded transverse lines. The upper section of the bow has a moulded central pattern of four longitudinal groves, cut across to form small blocks. That design tapers out below t…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-64ACD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch, incomplete, late 1st to late 2nd century AD. The pin is missing as is the catchplate. It was probably sprung. The wings are short and rounded. It is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-698385
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) brooch cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j Pl. 48 of Roman date (80-120AD). The wings are incomplete but originally were semi-cylindrical with pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. A sub-rectangular hollow is present on the reverse of the head of the brooch and does not extend into the wings; this is filled with a grey brown coloured substance, possibly an adhesive paste to hold the pin / spring. The pin / spring would have been secured by an external chord which fitted to a re…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludlow', grid reference and parish protected.