Record ID: BERK-3B1755
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and broken copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth type Hod Hill, possibly 1.a. The head is rolled to house the axis bar for the hinged pin, which is missing. The head is narrow and the wings taper at an angle toward the bow. The edges of the bow are raised and there is a worn, raised ridge down the centre. The bow tapers shallowly toward the broken foot.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-3AF9C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth type Colchester Derivative Polden Hill. The head has an axis bar enclosed at both ends and a worn crest in the centre holding the spring in place. The whole of the spring is extant but the pin is missing. The wings are decorated with ridges next to the ends and either side of the bow. The bow is undecorated and has a broken foot.
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-3AE29B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Late Iron Age - Roman brooch of Mackreth type Nauheim Derivative 3.a2 (Lowbury). The spring has four coils and is broken at the top of the pin. The chord is internal is The bow is both rectangular in plan and section and is undecorated. The foot is broken. 
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2024
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Record ID: BERK-FF5C4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Early-Medieval small-long brooch dating from the early 5th to 6th century AD. The fragment is the lower part of a small-long brooch. The bow is short, curved and undecorated. Below the bow is a elongated bar, which is rounded at either end. The foot of the brooch is rounded Both elements of the lower section (bar and foot) of the brooch have punched circle and dot decoration. The reverse of the brooch retains part of the corroded catchplate.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: BERK-FF18B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch is an annular ring with a pin restriction and part of the pin remaining. The pin is a single strip of wire looped around the frame. On the front of the frame are cast lines dividing the frame into 12 lobes.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-F2F63A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy possible Colchester derivative brooch (possibly type 1.a1, plate 31) dating to circa AD 50-150.  The brooch is near complete and only missing the pin and attachement mechanism. It has been distorted into a U-shape.  The brooch is rectangular in cross section. The head is wider than the bow and slightly rolls over itself at the apex. A rectangular vertical slot is at the top of the head, most likely for the spring or hinge attachement. The bow is slightly humped at the start and then narrows and flattens tow…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-E5F64F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver annular brooch with decorative twisted (cable pattern) frame, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is slightly bent. There is a small constriction to hold the pin, which has broken with the result that the pin has been lost. The decoration comprises a cable-style twisted pattern all around the frame with four facets, each containing a line of stamped, raised pellets. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.6mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 1.58g. Discussion: A parallel example is published by Egan & Pritchard (1991: 253) no. 1334, dating to c. AD 1200-1…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3F583E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic annular brooch, 20.7mm in diameter. The frame has a plano-convex cross section with a flat reverse and is elaborately decorated with two sets of paired beast heads, one flanking the pin constriction and one flanking an oval lobe which functions as the pin rest. The sides between each set of paired heads have indistinct moulded decoration. An incomplete copper alloy pin remains articulated on the frame.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-C0A4A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy disc brooch dating to the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period (c. AD 900 – AD 1000) with concentric circle decoration, of Weetch's Type 5. or 'nummular brooch' type. The plate and attachment lug survive however the catchplate and pin is now missing and its outer circumference is chipped. The brooch is oval in plan with three concentric raised rings radiating out from a central raised area marked by a raised pellet   The recessed area between the rings is decorated with regularly sized and spaced raised pellets:  fif…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A9458D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete Roman copper-alloy developed T-shaped brooch of Hull T105/6, dating to c. AD 50 to 160 (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167). The brooch is missing its catchplate. At the head of the brooch the wings survive largely complete to a width of 14.4mm The wings are cylindrical, c.3mm in diameter, and each has a shallow incised line on their front face c. 1mm from the ends. The wings are open ended. The right wing is chipped on on the end revealing a hollow core containing an off white coloured material that may be remains of solder. On t…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2022
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Record ID: WILT-B302DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete La Tene III copper alloy Iron Age or Roman era one piece brooch, Nauheim derivative, dating to c AD 10-100. It almost certainly had a bilateral spring of four coils but only two remain on one side of the top of the bow, the stub of the internal cord lying under and a little across the remaining coils. The bow is flat, tapering a little towards the foot where it twists to cut across at a right angle and forms the catchplate to the rear. The pin curl is missing to a rough, early break. The front of the bow is decorated with two marginal longitudinal grooves, the centre pane…
Created on: Sunday 10th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: WILT-759C5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman Colchester derivative two piece (or early T shape) brooch, dating to c AD 50 - 100. All that remains is the head, with spring and a short section of pin, and a short length of the trapezoidal section bow. The wings are no more than slightly cupped horizontal extensions of the bow in which the nine-coil spring is held by a Harlow spring arrangement which is a two hole lug which extends up and to the rear of the top of the bow. The upper hole is to hold the external chord of the spring, the lower to hold the axis bar on which the spring is wound. In this case, …
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-751D8B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Developed T shape brooch, Headstud type, dating to c AD 50 - 150. The brooch is incomplete and all that remains is part of the head and a short section of the circular section bow before a break just below the headstud.  The wings are damaged, one foreshortened and both open across the rear, perhaps having split along a seam. Some corrosion, evidence of an iron axis bar for a hinged pin, is apparent. There are transverse ridges on the outer edge of the wings, although detail is unclear.The bow leaves the head at a quite sharp …
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: SUR-58E696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman crossbow brooch, probably an early type and circa late 3rd to 4th century AD (Cf. Mackreth (2011), Chapter 9, Part 2b, Plate 136 number 10339). The brooch has a square head from which project two opposed and cylindrically sectioned wings containing the axis bar for the hinged pin, which is retained. Each arm has a globular knop at the end, with a moulded collar at its base. A similar knop is present on the head at the mid point between the arms and set at right angles to them. The bow has five facets and a flat underside; it is strongly curved but ha…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: CORN-EF5C79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch of Roman date, c.AD 80 - 250. The brooch is circular in plan with a raised outer border and central ring. The area between the border and the ring is decorated with a ring of twelve, equidistantly spaced pellets set in a field of red enamel. The centre ring of the brooch is decorated with yellow enamel. The brooch is in very good condition with much of the enamel surviving. A worn double lug hinge mechanism and catchplate remain at opposing points of the reverse which is otherwise flat and undecorated. The pin no longer remains Me…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: WILT-2046B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age/Early Roman copper alloy Birdlip brooch, dating to c 50 BC - AD 50. Mackreth Type 4.1.c. The head is damaged with probably a rear-facing lug missing to an early break. The head is now only a bulbous extension with small stubs either side remaining. There is a longitudinal ridge at the junction between the median of the head and each stub. There is no pin. Immediately behind the head, the largely oval-section bow curves sharply downwards to a semi-circumferential collar with central transverse groove. The upper part of the back of the bow appears moulded to …
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
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Record ID: OXON-E3A695
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch Colchester derivative, Polden Hill of Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 45. On both sides of the bow head there is a moulding at the junction of wing and bow. The wings are semi-cylindrical, which terminate with perforated wing caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The wings are decorated with a a pair of obliquely angled grooves which are characterstic of East Anglia. There are transverse grooves near the end of each wing cap. Along the upper edge there is an integral lug or hook. The bow head is decorated with a platform on each side. The outer face of the bow head is…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-7F8BA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman flat, circular, enamelled disc brooch, 26.1mm in diameter and dating to the 2nd century AD. The front is decorated with a triskele pattern in red enamel within a retained metal border on a field of green enamel. At the centre of the triskele there is a circular boss, 4.5 mm in diameter; each arm of the triskele curves anticlockwise out from this to terminate in a similar circular boss. Traces of a (1.1mm wide) border of very fine coiled silver wire remain on one part of the triskele, originally this decoration would have gone around the entire design, however now …
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: OXON-738208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch survives as the wings, bow and foot. The remaining spring, pin and part of the catchplate have been lost. The head of the brooch possesses two short,wings which have both been folded backwards. The right (when looking from the front of the brooch) is totally flat against the back of the bow while the left curves smoothly over 90 degrees. Both have a relativelt even with and thickness ending in rounded edges. Behind the wings is a centrally placed pr…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-32DC4C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-One-Piece Type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and the catch-plate (with a length of 48.4mm, a surviving depth of 11.9mm, and a weight of 3.1g). The integral spring is represented by its protruding stub. The missing chord was tensioned by an integral forward facing hook at the head. The spring was positioned behind short sub-rectangular wings (with a width of 9.8mm and a length of 2.5mm). The bow projects forward at the head before turning (at an approximate perpendicular angle) …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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