Record ID: LIN-23ED35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch. The brooch has short wings that are semi-cylindrical in cross-section and terminate with pierced end-plates. There is a copper alloy spring held in place via the two pierced plates and also a rearward hook in the centre coming off the top of the bow. The pin is missing. The bow is incomplete, D-shaped in cross-section and decorated with three ribs. The surface of the brooch has been silvered.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-257C64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Severn Valley, northern Midlands and Marches), cf.Mackreth 2011, 4.l.c. pg. 75, Plate 49. It is 51mm long, 21mm wide and 13mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 13.39 grams. The brooch is missing its spring, pin and catchplate but is otherwise complete. Its bow is decorated with vertical incised lines which join to form a V near its base.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-64FBF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Romano British Polden Hill brooch of folded wing ends type, pin and most of foot missing. Flute and groove on both wings. D-sectioned bow decorated with a grooved triangle above a transverse moulded flute, which is underlined by a transverse groove. Below this the bow narrows sharply towards the foot. Wingspan 23mm. Length >29mm. Mid to late 1st - early 2nd century.
Created on: Monday 15th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wortwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7D9B22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Romano British hinge-headed enamelled brooch, iron axis bar, most of pin and all of foot missing. The bow is flat and lozengiform with a central circular setting. No enamel is extant. The outer frame of the lozenge is mostly missing, but fine transverse grooves are visible on the extant part. Cf. Hattatt no. 1553. Length 25.5mm. Width >16.5mm. 2nd century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8B8B04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Dolphin type bow brooch 46mm long, 31mm wide and 16mm thick. The brooch is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 16.78grams. The brooch has circular sectioned, solid wings which are decorated with two vertical raised bands, one at the edge and one in the centre. The wings contain a central recess for a small spring of two coils. The bow is circular in section and tapers to a point. It is decorated with a central ridge, containing horizontal incisions, running its length. The catchplate is intact and emerges from the bow at a gradual angle. The brooch term…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-B56CD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down Type dating to the mid 1st century AD (25-60 AD). The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only with a surviving length of 19.5mm and a weight of 3.11 grams. The foot, catchplate, spring and pin are missing from old breaks. Of the head only part of the cylindrical cover which held the spring survives. This cover is open ended and formed of a flat sheet which would have been pinched closed. The brooch has a remaining width at the head of 17.5mm. The bow rises perpendicular from the head and then bends immediate…
Created on: Wednesday 31st December 2008
Last updated: Sunday 12th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C940A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Colchester-derivative bow brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43 –c. AD 100). Length: 12.0mm; width: 20.1mm and 9.3mm thick. Weight: 2.93g. The fragment consists of the upper part of the bow, wings and a double-perforated lug. The break on the bow is old. The semi-cylindrical wings appear to be complete. However, the right hand side (as viewed from the front) is wider than the left hand part. At the centre of the rear part of the wings the double-perforated lug is intact. The lower perforation contains a small fragment of a copper alloy axis bar whilst the upper perfora…
Created on: Thursday 1st January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-1FB2E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the spring support bar. The ends of the wings are expanded and have decorative moulding on the forward edge. Remains of a rearward facing hook on the top of the head which would have held the external cord. A long thin triangular cell runs down half of the length of the bow, this would have originally held enamel. Catch plate on the reverse. Date AD 80-120. Length 51mm, width 30mm, thickness 17mm, weight 17.12g.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-20E0B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy cast Roman Wirral brooch. The bow is curved and decorated with small rectangular pannels of orange enamel with the lowest rectangle of enamel tapering into a point. The wings are small and the tip of the foot broken. The catchplate and pin are both missing.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-23A982
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Romano British Polden Hill brooch of folded wing ends type. Corroded with broken lug for chord, one surviving wing with ribs flanking spool and closed end, spring missing, twin knurled ribs on broken D-sectioned bow with rib on both angles with reverse, foot missing, c.53 (reconstructed) x >42mm. c. AD 50-70.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3808E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group). of CD PH 5.b4. At the head are the characteristic wing tip plate extensions, pierced to take the extant, square-section axis bar. The rearward facing lug which protrudes from the centre of the head holds the chord of the spring mechanism. The spring survives with minor losses, four coils either side. On one side the coil turns into the central pin, which may have suffered some losses at its tip. The semi-cylindrical wings that cover the spring and have tips that rise sl…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-49A5A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch fragment, 24mm long, 20mm wide and 4mm thick. The brooch is in poor condition with a brown patina and weighs 6.91grams. The object consists of the upper part of the bow. It begins with a circular sectioned shaft which sits above a sub rectangular plate. This has a narrower lower section which is set back slightly giving the fragment an S shaped section. There are traces of a possible raised band running down the centre of the upper half, but otherwsie the object appears plain.
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-5F5DA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 38mm long, 27mm wide and 16mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.27 grams. The brooch has circular sectioned wings with a spring of 12 coils. The wings are decorated with a centrally placed band consisiting of an incised border containing a herringbone like pattern. The bow is sub circular in secion and has a ridge on its upper portion. It is decorated with several incised lines running its length and has a rounded terminal. It has a sub triangaluar catchplate and a pin, both of which are intact.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-5FCF24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
NGR An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46. Length: 44.9mm, width: 17.0mm; measurement from front to reverse: 15.3mm; mass: 8.4g. The brooch consists of the head, bow, one semi-cylindrical horizontal wing with an incomplete end-cap (the other wing is missing), and a slight projection on the back of the head, probably the remains of a hook. The wings would have held the axis bar, spring and pin, all of which are missing, and the external chord would ha…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenstone CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-609A56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.k. Plate 48, dating from the Roman period. Length: 49.1mm; width: 21.2mm; depth: 14.8mm; mass: 11.4g. The brooch is T-shaped in plan with two semi-cylindrical wings attached to the head and transverse bow. The head has a sub-square cross section. The bow has an arched profile. There are plate-like mouldings on either side of the head, a feature seen on many Polden Hill brooches (see Worrell, 2008, "Late Iron Age and Roman brooches" (unpublished). The …
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-60C564
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Aucissa derivative brooch (AD 25 – AD 75). Length: 62.8mm; width: 15.7mm. Weight: 3.79g. The pin and probably most of the axis bar are missing. The bow is flattish in profile and at the top the expanded head curls rearwards for the accommodation of the axis bar for the hinged pin. Below the head, which has a maximum width of 15.7mm, the bow has a width of 8.5mm. It tapers towards the slightly forwards projecting foot where the width is 4.3mm. The foot has parallel sides for a distance of 3.9mm but then expands in width to form a small flat sub-circ…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
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-61D242
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Foot from a copper alloy brooch probably of Hod Hill type. The fragment retains the catch plate, its edge curved to retain the pin. There is a transverse moulding on the top of the bow either side of which are two narrower mouldings. On the end of the foot is a small, disc-like,terminal. Traces of silvering survive on the upper surface.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleeve Prior', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-750451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf.Mackreth 2011, 5.b4. Plate 50. Complete but for the pin and the end of the foot. Bow decorated with a single longitudinal moulding which expands to form a perforated plate through which is threaded the coiled spring. Both arms of the brooch are decorated with two circumferencial mouldings. The undersides of the arms are hollow to accomodate the coiled spring. The broken foot plate was originally openwork. At the ends of each arm is a perforated, circular plate through which passes t…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Temple Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-758272
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.b.1. Plate 50, dating from c. AD 80-120. The brooch is complete except for the missing pin and it is in good condition despite the bent spring. It is composed of a strong head and bow which ends in an openwork foot with a triangular perforation. The bow is decorated with moulded design which looks like a triangular crest starting at the back of the bow. The sides of the bow bear a shaped moulded decoration and the rims of both the crest…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-75A4F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy disc brooch of wheel type dating from the early Roman period, i.e. the 2nd century AD. The brooch has lost half its pin and the body is slightly bent, but it is in good condition otherwise. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The outside rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring, or felloe, is wide with a central ridge, and is slightly concave on either side of the ridge. The inner edge of the felloe also has a raised rim, but is smaller than the outer rim. The brooch has four arms…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.