Record ID: PUBLIC-855A96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy T-shaped Roman brooch, Large south-western type of AD 2nd century date. The foot and base of the pin are missing.  The wings are cylindrical and house an iron axis bar for the pin. At the head is the stub of a pierced headplate. The head is flat and angled downwards from the wings. Below this, the bow is angled further and tapers to the break. The front of the bow is decorated with two moulded longitudinal ridges.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A427B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch dating from 50 to 200 AD. The brooch is incomplete with only the left wing and part of the right wing remaining. A small portion of the bow remains, and terminates in a worn break. The remaining wing has incised grooved decoration, c. 2mm from the end, and in the center of the crossbar a slot exists where the pin would have sat. The bow extends down from the crossbar, with decoration consisting of two incised lines c. 1mm apart running down the center of the bow and terminating at the worn break. Measurements Length…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A41FCE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy equal ended plate brooch, Bridge type, dating to c AD 100 - 200. It is missing its pin, foot, and the head terminates in a worn break. The main plate is a pointed oval but with a high arch. It has a central panel with cable pattern double raised border around six incuse circular shapes. Above and below this are three strongly moulded transverse ridges which step down towards the pointed finials which surmount where the spring of the pin would have been at one end and the catchplate at the other. The edges of the plate are crenel…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4155E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch dating from 50 to 200 AD. The brooch is  incomplete with only the left wing and part of the bow remaining. The head has two cylindrical wings (one missing), to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. The remaining left wing appears to have had an incised line decoration running the circumference c. 2mm from the edge. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. Decoration on the bow consists of two incised lines running along the …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A40D05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of Hull T139 type dating from 50 to 150 AD. The brooch is fragmented so only the lower half of the bow remains, the foot and catchplate are missing. The remainder of the bow is d-shaped in profile, with decoration consisting of two parrallel ridges running down the bow, below which sits two central mouldings. The bow below this is undecorated and narrows to the foot, which is missing, and ends in a worn break. Similar types are seen in Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167, fig 140; Hattatt 2000, fig 163. Measurements Length: 36.05m…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A402E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and fragmented Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of ull T109; Wilsford type dating from 43 to 200 AD. The headloop, pin, one wing, and the catchplate are missing. The brooch has been broken into two pieces halfway down the bow, the wear on the breaks appears modern. The head has one short cylindrical wings, 19.41mm wide, and the headloop which would have extended from the top of the crossbar has been broken off. The remaining wing is decorated with two grooved lines towards its outer edge. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a f…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3F019
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch dating to 50 to 150 AD.  The bow has been bent inward. The pin missing. The head has two cylindrical wings, 40.86mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Both ends of the wings are abraded. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins gradually but consistently towards the foot. The decoration on the bow is of a lozenge and triangular shaped cell, between which sits a raised circular motif, followed below by another triangular then circular shaped cell. The …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3E6DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T131 dating to 50 to 150 AD. The pin, part of one wing, and the catchplate are missing. There is a worn break about halfway down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 18.92mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Both ends of the wings are abraded, the left more than the right. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins gradually but consistently towards the break. It is characterised on its upper surface by two lozenge shaped incised shape…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A39113
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy florid cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date, c. AD 510-580. The brooch consists of an incomplete knop, probably from the top of the head. All the edges of the fragment are worn breaks, so an original shape cannot be determined.  The decorational style is of incised anthropomorphic decoration with curled scrolls, probably stylised beaks from downturned beaked heads, with projecting triangular finial below the ‘nose’. The reverse is undecorated. Similar objects on the PAS database include LIN-022E26, YORYM-…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-36E167
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The pin, foot, catchplate and most of the bow are missing.  Dimensions: Width 21 mm, Length 19.5 mm, Thickness 3.5 mm, Weight 2.26 g. The brooch has cylindrical wings, both of which are incomplete due to old breaks. The wings house the corroded remains of the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. The wings are divided by a central pin slot which houses the corroded remains of the iron pin. The pin terminates in an old break. The bow arches back from the head and terminates…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SOM-BBBD99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete as the pin is missing and there is a worn break about two thirds of the way down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 13.96mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. Both ends of the wings are slightly abraded. Emerging from the centre of the head is a large fixed headloop. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BBB1F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch dating to c AD 50 -150 AD. Polden Hill/Hinged Pin type, group 5 (seen in Mackreth 2011, pg 71, plate 68, fig 2143). The brooch is incomplete and missing the foot, pin and headloop. The wings are partially broken. Half of the bow remains.  The wings have undetermined decoration and end in worn breaks.The bow is D-shape in profile. Decoration on the bow consists of lozenges running down the middle of the upper bow, a beaded central element in the knop and a marked two part foot knop with ridge design between th…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BBA3AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch dating to c AD 100-180. Lozenge type 12.a (seen in Mackreth 2011, pg 66, plate 63, fig 2773). The brooch is incomplete below the middle of the bow. The wings, pin and top half of the bow remain. The wings have bead and reel terminal decoration. The pin is bent but still attached. The bow is a shallow D-shape. Decoration on the bow consists of three lozenges in relief, with grooves around the cell and enamel ornamentation in two of the visible lozeneges on the bow. The bow has an oter border running down each side.…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9888D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy  'La Tene I' style brooch. A sprung bow brooch with four coils and a chord running underneath. The bow and pin were made in one piece. The pin is missing. The bow is arched forward and downwards from the coils. The upper part of the bow has a D-shaped cross section. It tapers to a pointed break. The foot and catchplate are missing. It is decorated on the front with two incised transverse straight grooves across it, with a v-shaped groove below. Reference: a similar 'La Tene I' style  can b…
Created on: Saturday 6th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30DE50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete continental 'Augenfibel' or Eye brooch of Iron Age to Roman date (AD 25-75). At the head of the bow is an integrally cast spring of which three coils survive to the left hand side of the head, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. Above the spring coil is an integrally cast forwards facing hook that extends onto the head of the brooch and terminates with a triangular point. The head itself has small projecting flattened rectangular wings and slight incised groove with notches to either side where the wings and bow meet. The bow is flat, rectangular i…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-30B3E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete with only the wings and part of the bow remaining. The head has two short cylindrical wings, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin (missing). Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat, there remains a portion of the pin hinge which has become stuck in position. The wings have an incised line decoration running the circumfrance of the wing, c. 1mm from the terminal.  The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section w…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-3026CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of decorated trumpet variant dating to the 1st - 2nd century, 75 - 150 AD.  Only the head remains, with iron corosion existing on the reverse. There is a small proturion from the head of the bow which may have been a head loop but has since broken away. Decoration on the front of the bow consists of a two parallel oval shapes, one of which still contains enamel decoration. The ovals are divided by a central ridge running the length of the bow till the worn break. Running around the edges of the brooch is a raised border, which contains some…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-301F12
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch dating to c AD 100-180. The brooch is fragmented with part of the wings surviving, half of the bow and the head loop has broken away. The wings that remain visible are undecorated. From the center of the crossbar extends a headloop which has partially broken, but appears to have had two ridges of decoration presumable forming a border to the loop. The bow extends out from the crossbar at a D-Shape in profile. with indented border decoration running down the edges of the bow. Where the bow curves at an angle, there is a…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-301781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete with only the left wing and part of the bow remaining. The head has two short cylindrical wings (one missing), to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. The remaining left wing appears to have had an incised line decoration running the circumference c. 2mm from the edge, although the wear to the wing distorts the decoration.  The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a fl…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-17F9F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete with only the wings and part of the bow remaining. The head has two short cylindrical wings, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. Both wings are undecorated, and the ends of the wings are slightly abraded.  The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. There is a curved horizontal incised line running across the bow below the crossbar, after which there is a…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.