Record ID: PAS-C14237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A possible mis-cast Roman brooch; 'D' shaped section with a mangled head.
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-C6AD90
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 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.e. Plate 47. The wings are semi-cylindrical and hold the corroded remains of the spring and the iron axis bar. The iron axis bar would have been set within perforated end caps, but these terminals are largely missing (for a description of the Polden Hill type, see Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection, p.33-34 and p.159). The wire of the spring would have also forme…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leigh CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-420DC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet (variant) Roman brooch of late first or early second century.(c. AD 43 – c. AD 150). Length: 32.2mm; width: 23.0mm and 5.4mm thick. Weight: 5.86g. The head of the brooch is semi-circular and has an integral chain loop situated at the top. The curving part of the flat ‘trumpet’ head itself is stepped rearwards to form a flat border. Along the curving step there are continuous punch-marks, sub-triangular in shape. The chain loop, circular in plan, is worn and has an external diameter of 9.1mm and an internal diameter of 7.9mm. The bow has …
Created on: Sunday 9th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6BE350
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.c. Plate 50. It is missing the shank of the pin only. It measures 42.4mm in length and weighs 12.96g. The wingspan is 25.7mm. To the front the wings are decorated with two vertical mouldings with tiny horizontal incised lines either side of the bow, the outer moulding of which extends backwards to become the lug holding the axis bar. To the reverse is a 13-coil spring. Some coils are much thinner than others. The pin is broken c.9mm a…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-7AF834
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43 - c. AD 150). Length: 40.1mm; width: 22.0mm. Weight: 4.39mm. The hinged pin is largely missing. However, a small fragment has survived around the axis bar. The catch-plate is incomplete. The brooch has a large sub-circular chain loop at the head and this has an outer diameter of 7.7mm and an inner diameter of 5.1mm. The tubular wings taper slightly towards their outer ends and accommodate a copper alloy axis bar. At each end of the wings there is a pair of grooves. The grooves are at the front only and do not ex…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Saturday 27th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-88F2B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy brooch, of 'disc-and-trumpet' type, with tinning front and back on the lugged disc, lower bow and moulded foot. Date: 2nd century AD. Height: 39.4 mm. Weight: 3.9 g.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Osyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8A1557
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower bow and foot of silver bow brooch, either a P-shaped or a Crossbow. The undecorated foot tapers gently to the terminal, and the catchplate extends the full length of its rear. There is a slight concavity at the junction with the bow. This is of trapezoidal section with the narrowest face forwards, and tapers very gently towards the break. Again no decoration is present. Date: 3rd century AD. Dimensions: Surviving length 26mm. Max. width 4mm. Weighing 2.11g.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-9C1A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch fragment: the bow from a crude, cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type. The spring, which consists of 7 turns and an external chord secured by a backwards facing hook), is enclosed within a protective half-cylinder, complete with the endstops characteristic of the Polden Hill technology. The bow is undecorated, and narrows sharply from a broad upper end. The brooch has a patchy green surface, and the pin and catchplate are now lost. Polden Hill brooches date between the late 1st and late 2nd century AD, and are most common in the West Midlands. This e…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Sunday 17th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-A59107
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch; fragment of cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). Remains of a sprung pin and a decorative longitudinal ridge running down the bow. The fragment consists of the wings, with the spring of the pin in situ, and the head of the bow. The bow is broad and thick with a very deep curve. It tapers away from the head. The wings are short and broad. Length (incomplete) 24.25mm, width across wings 22.32mm, width across top of bow 12.0mm, thickness 14.38mm, weight 9.84g. Ref: Hattatt, page 300 (fig. 159)
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cromwell area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A641C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled and tinned cast copper alloy plate brooch. The brooch is in the form of a horse and rider galloping right. Both the horse and rider are shown semi-naturalistically and out of proportion to each other. The horse is notably smaller than the rider. The rider is male and is shown from the waist upwards. The body of the male us decorated with a hook-shaped cell and a semi-circular shaped cell, each of which are filled with a turquoise coloured enamel. The head is shown in profile facing forward. The hair is short and shown by a series of grooves. The eyes are deep-set ov…
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2008
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B80772
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy umbonate brooch. The brooch is circular, domed and has four semi-circular perimeter lugs spaced evenly around the brooch. The top lug is pierced and was used as a suspension loop. The face of the brooch has a deep perimeter channel enclosing a four-pelled copper alloy flower motif. This motif is set on a circular background of blue enamel. There is a pellet in the centre of the motif with a red enamelled band surrounding. The are two pin lugs on the reverse in the area of the pierced lug. The pin lugs contain a bent copper alloy hinged pin. The catchplate …
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C18243
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled zoomorphic (fish) brooch of Roman date (c. AD 100 - c. AD 200). Length: 31.1mm; width: 9.8mm and 5.3mm thick. Weight: 2.26g. The tail and most of the catch-plate is missing due to old breaks. The pin is also missing. The edges of the plate are incomplete, possibly due to corrosion. The plate (1.2mm thick) is flat and not undulating like some other fish brooches. Along the upper edge are the stubs of a first dorsal fin and a second dorsal fin. On the lower edge are stubs of a pectoral fin and an anal fin. At the front, decoration is fo…
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6291A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman booch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), Mackreth 2011, 5.b1. Plate 50. Late 1st century-early 2nd century AD. The surviving part measures 37.3mm by 31.3mm by 12mm and weighs 15.3g. One side of the hollow semi-cylindrical crossbar survives. It is worn and slightly distorted but appears to be decorated with three parallel circumferential ridges half way between the bow and its closed end. At the crest of the bow is the hole which would have carried the chord of the missing spr…
Created on: Friday 4th April 2008
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A0DDC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete white-metal coated copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative, rearhook sprung brooch. The brooch has semi-cylindrical side-wings attached to the head of a transverse bow. The bow has a humped, comma shaped profile, and is sub-circular in section. A catchplate projects from the lower portion of the reverse of the bow, with a curved edge to hold the pin. The pin is missing, which would have been held within the crossbar by the hook which projects from the back of the head. The brooch has a rounded foot. Each wing is decorated with two transverse ribs on which there are a se…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-CB6954
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch, with traces of gilding on the reverse. The brooch is circular with six knops extending out from the edge of the brooch, three on each side. In between the sets of knops are two breaks, which could represent the lug and catchplate, as neither of these survives. The brooch has a raised rim on the front, but no other details can be seen. The reverse is flat and undecorated but traces of gilding are evident. Brooches of this basic form are known from the Roman period and from the late 10th or 11th century and it is difficult to know which period t…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CDD1E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.i1. Plate 47 (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete and the axis bar, spring are present but detached. The pin is missing. The pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook which is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. All that remains of the spring and axis bar is a small length of copper alloy wire wound five times around the ba…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CE1826
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
Very small incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-c., flat wing ends type), of Roman date (AD 80-120). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, spring and pin are lost. The pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook the remnants of which are located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. …
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CE6F61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46. Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete and the axis bar and spring are present. The pin is missing. The pin / spring is attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook, the remnants of which are located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The spring is formed from copper alloy wire turned eight times and attached with an external chord. The axis bar is iron…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F46F60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester dervative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, 4. a.-b.) of Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, spring are lost. The pin is missing. The pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook which is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. There is a large sub-circular concave hollow positioned between the wings on the reverse of the head, this hollow is slightly conical in shape and…
Created on: Friday 11th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Telford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-489627
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 49mm long, 37mm wide and 17mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.64grams. The brooch consists of semi-circular open wings, which are missing their spring. These are decorated with a raised vertical band half way along their length. The bow is sub-circular in section and tapers to a point. It is decorated on its upper surface with two lines of raised decoration, which appear to merge to form a chevron. The rest of the brooch appears plain.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-5DC9A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch head, 20mm long, 18mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 4.17grams. The object consists of an oval shaped head which has a rectangular shaped protrusion emerging from the upper edge. A sub-circular sectioned bow emerges from the centre. The reverse contains two semi-circular lugs.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: WMID-92F1B2
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. Plate 50. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated sub-circular caps at the terminals holding the copper alloy 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 also forms the pin (at the centre of the spring) which is complete. The wings are decorated with pairs of transverse linear groves towards the t…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-92FD48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). The brooch consists of the head, bow, two semi-cylindrical horizontal wings, and an incomplete hook or lug on the top of the head. The wings would have held the axis bar, spring and pin, all of which are missing, although there is the remains of end caps on the wings, in one of which a central perforation remains (for a description of the Polden Hill type, See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Rich…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9310B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and heavily corroded cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). The brooch consists of the head, bow, a portion of the catchplate and a semi-cylindrical horizontal wing. There is also a hook on the top of the head. The wings would have held the bar, spring and pin, which are missing, although there is the remains of a perforated end cap on the extant wing (for a description of the Polden Hill type, see Bayley and Butcher, 2004, Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Rich…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'tHORPE cp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9FEC01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy undecorated T-shaped brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43 – c. AD 150). Length: 33.0mm; width; 18.2mm. Weight: 4.56g. Parts of the wings and catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The wings are tubular and contain a corroded iron axis bar. At the centre of the rear face of the wings there is a rectangular slot for the hinged pin (now missing). One side of the wings, at the front, has a lateral fracture. The bow is slender and oval in cross-section, being slightly flatter at the rear. It is strongly arched as viewed from the side. The bow has a lip …
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A18261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Aucissa brooch of Roman date (AD 1 – AD 70). Length: 37.0mm; width: 10.7mm and 2.0mm thick. Weight: 3.31g. Parts of the head and the catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The pin and axis bar are also missing. The head of the bow expands to a flat sub-rectangular plate, notched at each side and recessed at the centre for the pin. There appears to have been a narrow decorated horizontal panel across the head at its junction with the bow. However, the design has been largely obliterated due to corrosion. The curled-over part of the head which …
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-CBE500
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch Mackreth 2011, C 1 of 1st century date. The brooch is incomplete, bent and heavily corroded. The head has flat wings and a spring of nine coils which emanates from the underside of the head. There is an axis bar and an external chord which passes through a rearward lug on top of the head. The upper part of the bow is roughly horizontal, while the much longer lower part is sub-vertical. It is of oval section and tapers gradually towards the pointed foot. The catchplate and pin are missing. The brooch measures 67.8mm high, 22.3mm wide and 18.3m…
Created on: Monday 21st April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DE71B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date (AD 43 - AD 200). Length: 42.1mm; width: 15.9mm. Weight: 7.66g. The sub-tubular wings are fractured at the rear and slightly damaged at each end. However, their original width can be ascertained as being about 15.9mm. A slot, mid-way along the rear face of the wings would have accommodated the hinged pin. The pin and its associated axis bar are missing. At the top of the wings are two stubs, the vestigial remains of a chain-loop. The fronts of the wings are vertically fluted. The head, 6.3mm in width, projects forwards fr…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-040825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet derivitive brooch fragment, 23mm long, 11mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.40grams. The object is sub-rectangular in form and triangular in section. It forms the foot of a brooch with much of its reverse taken up with a worn catchplate. The object is decorated in a 'british' style with three 'leaf' like raised areas joined by a curving raised line. Each 'leaf' has a circular depression which may have held enamel. One of the circles has actually formed a hole in the object, due to its condition its hard to…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-101E94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and corroded cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, 4. a.b, flat wing ends) The brooch is broadly T shaped in profile, and consists of a head and bow, attached to a transverse crossbar. The cross bar has incomplete wings, which are curved in profile, with the front concave and the reverse convex. The pin mechanism would have been secured within the wings (e.g. see "Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection", Bayley and Butcher, 2004, figure 20). The…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
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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
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Record ID: LEIC-6EA0E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Hodhill brooch, 32mm long, 21mmm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 4.76grams. The brooch consists of a sub rectangular plate which has three raised vertical lines running down its centre. The two lower corners of this flare out and terminate in a spherical knop. Below the central plate is a rectangular area with two horizontal raised lines. This lower section holds the catchplate, which remains as a protrusion on the reverse. The upper part of the brooch consists of a sub triangular protrusion which has a notch in its…
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6EB127
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 33mm long, 26mmm wide and 16mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 12.04 grams. The brooch has semi-circular wings containing a spring of 12 coils and most of the pin. The wings are decorated with a vertical incised line near each end. The bow sits on top of a large circular protrusion and is circular in section. The brooch has snapped just below the start of the catchplate which tapers gently from the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6EC122
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Langton down brooch, 36mm long, 17mmm wide and 11mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.59grams. The brooch consists of narrow, hollow, circular sectioned wings which would have held a hinged pin. Below this is a slightly curved rectangular plate which has slightly stepped vertical bands which are decorated with incised zig zags and wavy lines. The reverse contains the base of an openwork catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6F25D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 58mm long, 50mm wide and 27mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 29.6grams. The wings are circular and solid on the edges with a central recess for a spring. The wings are decorated with an incised diagonal stripe. The bow is circular in section and tapers gently to a point. The catchplate takes up half the length of the bow and is intact with a turned edge.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6F79F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch, 31mm long, 22mm wide and 13mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 7.72grams. The brooch has semi-circular wings which are damaged and no spring is present. The bow is wide and decorated with a central vertical ridge which is flanked by a series of vertical narrow ridges. The bow tapers in width steeply from the wings but has snapped off about 10mmm down. The brooch is probably a T shaped type.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-70BF61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy head stud brooch, 26mm long, 15mm wide. The object is in poor condition being bent back on itself, has a green patina and weighs 7.51grams. The brooch has short stepped wings which contain a hinged pin. The bow has a raised circular protrusion with a central raised dot. The rest of the bow has a series of triangular and rectangular depressions running down its length, but there are no signs of enamel. The base of the brooch has a semi-circluar foot and an intact sub triangular catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-860517
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Aesica brooch of Roman date, (AD 50 – AD 75). Length: 39.2mm; width: 19.9mm and 15.0mm thick. Weight: 16.47g. The brooch consists of partial wings, a bow and a leg and has an incomplete catch-plate. The surfaces are corroded and pitted overall. The head and the wings are incomplete due to old breaks and corrosion. The spring would have been protected at the front by the semi-circular wings and a rearward projecting hook behind the head would have held the chord. The closed bow is strongly arched in side profile (as viewed from the side). In plan, th…
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9B3CD7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver onion-shaped finial from the end of one arm of a Roman crossbow type brooch. There is a double disc moulding at the proximal end and a central perforation for assembly. late 3rd or 4th century AD. In age and precious metal content the object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act. Ralph Jackson Dept. of Prehistory & Europe British Museum 11th August 2009
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D8D6D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) brooch cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j. Plate 48 dating to AD 80-120. Sprung type with a rearward facing hook. The pin is missing although the spring remains in the springcase due to corrosion. The springcase has capped ends. The ends of the wings have disc-shaped mouldings. The bow is decorated with horizontal grooves in the middle part. The foot consists of 2 circular mouldings.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-D8FB04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sprung Polden Hill bow brooch with folded wing ends of the Eastern Group, dating from 1st century. The pin has broken off just after the spring. The short catchplate is complete. The 10 coil spring is held in place by a rearward facing hook. A pair of flanges is cast at the ends of the wings and closed round the axis bar. The wings are decorated at the ends with grooves which go all around them. The bow is decorated with a central raised line running the whole length. On either side is a groove. The bow narrows towards the foot which is plain.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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Record ID: WAW-F5FF15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.c. Plate 50. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal. Through the perforations there is a copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar, the spring is coiled 9 times with the horizontal chord across the top of the wings being incomplete. The pin has broken off from the brooch. The wings are undecorated. In the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is an up turned hook which originally would hav…
Created on: Monday 5th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-05BAA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), Mackreth 2011, 5.b4.Plate 50, dating to c.75-175AD. It is complete except for the pin. The spring is attached by a pierced crest on the head and is wrapped around an axis bar which is enclosed in a springcase with capped ends. The bow is decorated with a raised central ridge at the top and raised edges. The catchplate has a triangular peforation.
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2017
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Record ID: WILT-062523
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete (although bent across the upper bow) copper alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch with side lugs (lower) and tinning, missing part of its axis bar, pin and the curl of the catchplate. One side of the tubular wings is missing the part that curves forwards and the axis bar. The other side however apparantly retains an iron axis bar. The width of the wings is 14mm though would have originally been c.16-17mm. Below the wings the head has two incurved C-shaped cuts above the upper bow, which is 9.2mm wide. This widens to 12.7mm over 16.2mm (now bent, and originally c.17mm). The side …
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Record ID: IOW-6CD101
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Aesica (Crescent type) brooch of Roman date, (AD 50 – AD 75). Length: 20.2mm; width: 13.2mm and 9.0mm thick. Weight: 2.74g. Much of the semi-cylindrical wings are lost as well as the chord-hook that would have retained an external chord. The bow is strongly arched and has a length of 12.5mm and a maximum width of 6.3mm. Traces of vertical ribbing are barely visible on the front face of the bow. The crescent type plate is incomplete and just a small portion of the fan-tail foot has survived. This brooch is severely corroded and has old abraded b…
Created on: Sunday 11th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-99A8D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, lanceolate motif, flat wing ends type, West Midlands) and 2nd-mid-3rd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a distorted length of 63.3mm and a weight of 17.8g). The spring mechanism is secured within a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have expanded terminals (with a width of 22.1mm) and are otherwise plain. The sides of the head have a low curved moulding (giving the head a width of 11.9mm). The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-99F5F0
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.f, pg. 73. It is 34mm long, 19mm wide and 14mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.37 grams. The brooch has plain sub circular wings which contain a spring of 8 coils. The bow is oval in form and is decorated with a raised vertical line which terminates in a chevron. The line is decorated with a row of incised horizontal lines. opposite the chevron is the start of the catchplate, though only a small portion of it is visible as th…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-9A1658
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, 35mm long, 15mm wide and 18mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.85 grams. The brooch consists of a circular head which has a rectangular plate and loop above it. The reverse has two semi-circular lugs at each side and the head has a circular hole in it just off centre. The bow is sub-triangular in section and emerges from the centre of the head, widening slightly. It then forms a shoulder with a raised collar, under which the brooch turns in. It then becomes semi-circular in section and starts with a raised colla…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: HESH-E83F76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.f. Plate 47. Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete and the axis bar and spring are present. The pin is missing. The pin / spring is attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook, the remnants of which are located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The spring is formed from copper alloy wire turned ten times and attached with an external chord. The axis bar is iron and has co…
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-3B9956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Birdlip brooch fragment, 20mm long, 8mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a greenish patina and weighs 3grams. The object consists of the upper part of a brooch, it is missing most of its head and some surface. The brooch has been identified by the distinct protruding lip in the front of the rectangular sectioned bow, which curves outwards and turns upwards.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-3BBAA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Birdlip brooch fragment, 21mm long, 8mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a greenish patina and weighs 5 grams. The object consists of the upper part of a brooch, it has a small circular head below which are two small sub triangular protrusions, rather like wings. These sit above the base of a protrusion which would form the distinctive lip of the brooch. The object has broken at this point.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: CPAT-7802C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
This Roman bow brooch in copper alloy, is circa the second half of the 1st century AD. It is in the form of the 'Polden Hill' type brooch. It has the characteristic semi cylindrical wings in which the spring sits on the axis bar, which in turn is held by the pierced plate at the wing tips. A simple backward lug holds the chord in place. The head of the bow has a central knurled rib running down the spine and there are pronounced shoulders where the bow meets the wing. The lower half of the brooch and the pin are missing.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-785D03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A small copper alloy fragment of a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i., flat wing ends) There is some evidence of a decorated spine to the bow and possible end plates to the wings, thus leading to the possibility of a 'Polden Hill' style. The bow is broken and the spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: WILT-103226
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b1d, flat wing ends type, Western Group), late 1st -ealy 2nd century AD, missing most of the pin. The brooch measures 53mm in length and is 20mm in width across the wingspan. It weighs 9.37g. The brooch has a spring and pin mechanism behind the wings which is attached through a pierced lug which runs vertically down the head of the brooch. At either end of the front of the wingspan is a singular vertical incised line. In the centre of the head is a rectangular section which lead …
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
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Record ID: SOM-2434B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.a3, The Eastern Group, flat wing ends), of early Roman date. The brooch measures 70mm by 41.3mm by 5.3mm and weighs 22.5g. The semi-cylindrical wings would have concealed the spring and axis bar for the pin, all of which are missing. In the centre of the wings is the curving crest which would have secured the spring's chord. The wings are decorated with a circumferential grooved line close to each end. The bow projects forwards and slightly upwards from the wings. It is …
Created on: Friday 13th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Curry Rivel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2841A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Roman trumpet brooch fragment Date: 1st - 2nd Century A fragment of a silver trumpet brooch, dating from 75-175 AD. All that survives is the central section of the bow which features the acanthus moulding. The head and upper bow have broken off, therefore exposing the hollow section of the upper bow. Around this area is a wide collar that goes right the way around the brooch. It also has a thinner collar above and below it. The acanthus moulding then begins; it is formed from a lozenge shaped section, with three 'leaves' flaring outward and down at the top and upward from…
Created on: Friday 13th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton cum Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3CC791
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamelled Disc brooch of Roman date, mid 1st to late 2nd century (AD 43 – AD 200). Hattatt 1982, ‘Ancient and Romano-British Brooches’ 137-139, fig. 58, ref. 118. Maxinum diameter: 19.7mm and 7.2mm thick. Weight: 5.09g. The pin is missing. And the edges of the brooch are ragged and abraded in places. The plate is circular and has a raised border and a hexactinal pattern (a star shape with circular lobes at each point. At the centre there is raised copper alloy pellet. The field surrounding the central pellet and the outer field formed by …
Created on: Saturday 14th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-22AF75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy brooch in two pieces found separately. The break is at the centre of the bow and the lower part is also bent in the middle part at this point. Both parts are corroded and damaged in places but retain traces of gilding on the front. The pin was held on a single pierced lug, now obscured by concretion which perhaps suggests an iron spring and pin. The top is a small flat-backed knob with basal rib. Below this the bow broadens with a flat centre and an openwork hole on each side in front of the spring lug. The main bow is strongly arched. A thickened central band consists o…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrandeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-2327D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlowe type, complete with spring and pin (the latter still in position on the catchplate). The brooch is undecorated and there is a triangular hole in the catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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Record ID: DENO-391518
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch; incomplete cast copper alloy of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.l., flat wing ends type) of late 1st-early 2nd century date. This fragment consists of the foot and bow of the brooch with the front segment of one of the wings. The other wing, the back of the head, the pin and much of the catchplate are missing. The brooch had short, narrow wings with closed ends. The head is broad and quite squared, leading to a simple, tapering bow which is almost straight. It has a shallow, raised ridge running down the bow all the way to the foot. The foot …
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3A2761
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf.Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. The brooch has short, narrow wings with closed ends. The spring for the pin, together with the spring wire, are still present, as are the remains of the hook to catch the spring wire. The pin itself is missing. The brooch has a large, block head which tapers sharply to a fairly delicate bow. The bow is decorated in two remaining places with bands of transverse lines. Length 27.8mm, width 20.3mm, thickness 16.1mm, weight 7.27g Ref: Hattatt, page 300 (figure 1…
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spondon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3A3062
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) style, dating to the late1st to early 2nd century AD. The fragment consists of the head of the brooch with a small amount of the bow and the front of the wings. The wings are very short and small, which the head is large, rounded and deeply curved. The bow is quite narrow and tapering. Length 21.3mm, width 17.5mm, thickness 9.6mm, weight 5.57g Ref: Hattatt, page 300 (figure 159)
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spondon area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5165A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy 1st century AD Colchester-derivative (double-pierced lug) brooch. The catchplate and bow are undecorated. The perforated lug through which the spring chord passes has one turn of spring on one side and three on the other. The size of the wings suggests that three turns of spring were the maximum. The pin is missing.
Created on: Friday 27th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-9FEE61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman or Medieval annular brooch pin, 50mm long, and 4 mm in diameter. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 4.22grams. It has a circular section with a triangular shaped protrusion near its loop. The loop consists of a circular flat head, 8mm wide, with a circular hole.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A07CC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy and enamal dragonesque brooch, 23mm in lengh, 16mm in width, has a thickness of 3mm and weighs 1.19 grams. The object consists of a sub-rectangular body, and an ajoining backwards pointing head which has rather large ears. Very unusually the head is also connected to the body by its snout, forming a loop. the body has a line of yellow lozenge shapes forming a central divider and the remaining visible area has a swirl of blue enamal. The neck has the coiled pin terminal attached to it. The object is of an East Brigantian type and is similar to the one example in Butc…
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-A39742
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy disc brooch. The object measures 24mm in length, 17mm in width, 2mm in thickness and has a weight of 2.76 grams. The object is circular in shape and has a raised border on which a circuit of sub rectangular knops would be attached, here only four remain. The centre of the brooch has a raised circle that is surrounded by nine smaller ones. The reverse has the remains of the catchplate but the pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-A3DC45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The object measures 20mm in length, 16mm in width, 3mm in thickness and weighs 0.82 grams. The object represents the upper part of the brooch and is sub- rectangular in form. The surface is decorated with raised vertical lines and it has sub circular knops protruding from each side near the upper edge. Above this is a sub rectangular area which has one side of the pin bar protruding from its upper left, but the pin is not present.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-A46B53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch. Object measures 22mm in length, 15mm in width, 10mm thick and has a weight of 3.55 grams. Brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and is complete apart from the pin. Object has a design of vertical incised lines running fron the bow to the tail, which are crossed with short diagonal incisions. The short wings are decorated with two diagonal incised lines, and has a spring of eight coils. Object has a small protruding foot and an intact catchplate.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B5FA72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch. Measures 38mm long, 20mm wide and 13mm thick. Object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 7.37 grams. Object has a straight rectangular sectioned bow which is decorated with a raised ridge running its length. The ridge is decorated with diagonal incised lines. The object has small semi-circular wings, behind this ia a replacement spring of seven coils complete with intact pin. Object has a large catchplate which is also intact. The replacement spring and pin have a bluish colour and a rectangular section.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B62E64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin type brooch. Measures 40mm long, 40mm wide, and 8mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with green patina and weighs 9.40 grams. The bow has a design of two incised triangles either side of a central line that runs down the length of the tail. The wings are broad and are decorated with vertical incised lines. Object is incomplete as the bottom tip, pin and most of the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B69042
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch measuring 47mm in length, 20mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in poor condition and weighs 3.58 grams. The bow is straight due to recent damage which has also removed the patina and left a brassy finish, although traces of a small dot pattern can be partly seen down the length of the tail. The wings are short and plain, and the object has one remaining coil and part of the catchplate but no pin.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B6F370
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hinged dolphin type brooch measures 37mm long, 26mm wide and 6mm thick. Object is in fair condition with green patina and weighs 4.05 grams. Bow is pronounced and may be bent. Brooch is plain showing no decoration on either bow or wings and is complete apart from the missing pin.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B78B56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy enamalled headstud brooch measuring 17mm long, 14mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 4.48 grams. Object is a fragment of the upper part of a headstud brooch and is in poor condition. The top of the bow is decorated with a round stud followed underneath by a cris-cross design and a pale enamal is visible in one of these cells. Catchplate is missing along with pin.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B7E933
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, measuring 23mm long, 10mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 1.87 grams. The object is consists of a catchplate and rounded foot and is in fair condition with a brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B82A17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet headed brooch, measuring 22mm long, 16mm wide, 7mm thick and weighing 3.50 grams. The object consists of the upper part of the brooch which is in fair condition with a brown patina. The brooch is sub rectangular in form with the bow emerging from the lower centre of the headplate. It shows no decoration but has two semi-circular lugs containing a spring on the back side, only one coil remains.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B86354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin type brooch, measuring 30mm long, 24mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 7.52 grams. Object is in poor condition, is badly corroded and the bow is bent to the right. There is some decoration still visable on the upper part of the bow where a raised ridge runs down the length and is intercepted by incised lines forming rectangular shapes. The brooch has no decoration on wings, and is incomplete as catchplate and pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B8A816
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hinged bow brooch measuring 45mm long, 30mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 7.51 grams. Object is in fair condition and has a green patina. The bow has two incised triangles that connect to a rope like line design which runs the length of the bow. The wings are broad but show no decoration. Object has catchplate and foot intact but pin is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-B986B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.a2. vertical strips of enamel, lenticular elements below). Lower Severn Valley. The side lugs show an iron axis bar held in situ. To the front three vertical grooves and corresponding ribs are the decoration. The reverse is completely obstructed by iron corrosion, although the shord is visible running ffrom the spring area and through the forward-facing hook. The bow extends forwards, flat, horizontally, before dropping at 90° into the bow. The bow is very similar in for…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-CBC397
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy umbonate disc brooch, 29mm long, 25mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.01grams. The brooch is circular in form and domed. It is decorated with two circles of small triangles filled with enamel surrounding a central circular depression. This is encircled by a thin recess with a raised border outside it. The brooch has a circular loop emergeing from one end, with the catchplate just visible opposite this. Each side has a small decorative triangular protrusion and the hinged pin is intact.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CC01B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy colchester derivitive brooch, 32mm long, 16 mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.73grams. The brooch is plain/worn and consists of semi circular wings, missing their spring. The brooch has a double pierced lug at the head of the bow, which merges into a raised ridge which runs halfway down the bow. The bow is triangular in section and tapers gently. It has a large intact catchplate on its reverse which has been twisted.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CC46D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy rosette variant brooch, 42mm long, 24mm wide and 8mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 9.82grams. The brooch consists of short semi-circular wings with no spring present. They sit above an oval shaped plate and there is a rectangular depression running from the top of the wings which gradually disappears as it proceeds onto the plate. emerging from the base of the oval plate is a triangular one, both are plain. The reverse contains an intact catchplate.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CC7821
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch, 40mm long, 8mm wide and 9mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 6.57grams. The brooch consists of a bow which has an inverted triangular section, forming a flat outer surface which is decorated with three raised lines, the central one is slightly wider and has horizontal incised lines forming a pattern down its length. There are no wings or spring present and the reverse has part of a catchplate present.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CCAF92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy T shaped brooch, 35mm long, 26mm wide and 13mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 8.06grams. The brooch has circular solid wings, which are decorated with a rope like diagonal stripe, and hold the remains of a hinged pin. The bow is triangular in section and has a rope like border running down its edge with a row of small rectangular shaped protrusions emerging from each side. The top of the bow has a rectangular shaped depression which may have held a bird like attachment? the base of the bow has a forward facing sub circular foot…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CCF728
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, 32mm long, 19mm wide and 8mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.50grams. The object consists of the upper part of a brooch and has solid circular wings but no pin. The top of the bow has a patch of brown corrosion which appears to sit on an area of silvering? The bow is sub triangular in form and is decorated with a series of ridges, the central one splays out to form a triangular platform. Below this is a small semi-circular knop in the centre and the brooch has snapped at this point. To the left, at the corner …
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CD3863
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy alcester type trumpet derivitive brooch, 32mm long, 13mm wide and 18mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 5.56grams. The brooch consists of a semi circular plate with a row of small rectangular protrusions on its curved edge. There is a bow emerging from the centre of its base and the rest of the plate is decorated with a crescent shaped enamel cell (the enamel present may have been red originally but is now a brownish colour). The bow turns at a right angle and is short with a sub-circular protrusion just below its bend. Below the…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CDB5D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch, 29mm long, 12mm wide and 14mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.78grams. The brooch consists of very small rectangular wings, from the reverse two loops emerge one folds over onto the front of the bow, which is sub rectangular in section and plain. The base of the brooch is missing as is the pin.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-CDFDF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch, 55mm long, 15mm wide and 15mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 19.20grams. The brooch had semi-circular wings which have broken off. The bow is rectangular in section and is decorated on three faces with two incised lines forming an outer border which contain a shallow depression running the length of the brooch. The bow tapers to a point and the reverse contains the remains of a long catchplate, which was 30mm long.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-DD4801
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends, Lower Severn Valley and Avon), cf. Mackreth 2011, 2.b2. It is 40mm long, 23mm wide and 11mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a dark green patina and weighs 6.61grams. The brooch has semi circular wings, which are decorated with several incised vertical lines, but there is no spring or pin. The bow is semi-circular in section and has traces of a ridge running its length. It tapers gently and has the remains of a catchplate with a triangular hole.
Created on: Friday 4th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-2172A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Copper alloy trumpet brooch fragment, measuring 25mm long, 15mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.64 grams. The object consists of a semi circular plate which has a raised border containing three raised circles arranged in a line. A seli-circular shaft emerges from the straight edge of the plate and its reverse contains the remnants of a catchplate. The shaft teminates in a circular sectioned oval loop and a bottom section which forms a loop. The object is incomplete as its trumpet head and pin is missing.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-34C8B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Headstud brooch, measuring 24mm long, 12mm wide, 4mm thick, and weighs 1.62grams. The Object is in poor condition and is very badly corroded, there is no visible design or patterning. Pin and foot are missing, and only little of the catchplate remains.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: WILT-E0EE96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.d1. Plate 50. It has a spring mechanism, missing the lower bow and catchplate and the spring mechanism, pin and part of one wing. It measures 31.2mm in incomplete length and weighs 10.3g. The wings measure an incomplete 31.9mm and would have originally spanned c.39mm. The complete wing is decorated to the front with three pairs of equidistant vertical grooves. The broken wing has only one and half pairs surviving. To the reverse on the…
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-F1A605
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden hill brooch, 45mm long, 23mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 11.52grams. The brooch has very short curved wings with no pin present. The bow is sub circular in section and is plain, tapering to a point. Its reverse has the traces of a catchplate running its length.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: WAW-F5F4D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Romano-British bow brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.f Plate 75. The fitting is of the form that typifies this type: a semi-cylindrical tube with perforated plates at each end to accommodate the pin that held the coiled spring. The return of the spring was secured by a backward curving hook at the end of the brooch. The bow is decorated with elegant mouldings which emerge as ribs either side of the hook and then along a third of the brooches length, terminating in neat, comma like mouldings.…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2017
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Record ID: HESH-F6CE91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
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. Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, pin and spring are both lost. The pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook, the remnants of which are located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It ex…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-5F24C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative, double lug brooch (AD 43-80). The brooch has a plate at the back of the head which is pierced twice; the axis bar for the spring would pass through the lower hole and the chord through the upper; nothing of the spring of pin remains. The plate with the two holes extends over the head looking like a hook and continues as a short decorative ridge. The catchplate has is solid and incomplete. The bow has a D-shaped cross-section. Dimensions: length: 45.31mm; width: 6.83mm; thickness: 4.02mm; weight: 5.59g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Last updated: Sunday 23rd June 2019
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Record ID: GLO-73E733
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group . Transitional Type 2/3, flat wing ends), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.d. Page 46, dating to 75-200 AD. . Bayley and Butcher describe as this type has a 'long tapering bow, decoration usually confined to a crest and flanges on the upper part; the crossbar often rubbed and beaded; sometimes a triangular opening in the catchplate; occasionally a footknob' [page 89]. At the top of the T-shaped brooch, there is a protruding pierced lug, which would have originally held the overhead chord (now miss…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Highnam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-04D080
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Hod Hill, Brooch (c. AD 43 – c. AD 75). Overall length: 25.1mm; maximum width across the bow: 16.3mm and maximum thickness: 3.3mm. Weight: 2.25g. The lower half of the bow, the axis bar and the pin are missing. The top of the head is curled over in a forwards direction to form a tube (the wings) that held the axis bar. However, half of this curled over element is missing due to an old break. There is no iron staining on the upper part of the brooch to suggest that the axis bar or the pin was made of iron. Mid-way along the tube is a rect…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-05BEB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy, Romano-British brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Transitional Type 3). Semi-cylindrical tube with a perforated disc at each end to accommodate the central chord of the coiled spring. Traces survive of the hook at the end of the brooch that secured the return of the spring. The wings are decorated with double incised lines across which is a pattern of short, incised lines. This pattern consists of double lines on each side of the tube and again at each end of tube. Between these, a double line scrolls around the tube on e…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-07CA47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (The Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete and the axis bar and spring are present, the pin is lost. The axis bar is iron, and has corroded to encase the spring. The spring is formed from a single length of copper alloy wire and consists of eight turns and an external chord. The spring is held by the axis bar and is also secured by the external chord to a rearward facing hook, the remnants of whic…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.