Record ID: SUR-D24694
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and bent cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded lobes around each end and contain remains of an iron axis spindle which has corroded, expanded and broken the wings in places. The centre of the head has a notch for the pin. The bow is convex, with a moulded spine, ridged margins and a triangular lobe at the apex with a small hole at the centre and a lobed collar behind. The bow then tapers back to a round…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EDC54C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Hull T125; Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with incised lines around the tips and contain an axis spindle retaining the pin (27mm in length). The bow is convex, with a moulded spine decorated with incised oblique lines, and has ridged margins. It tapers back to a bend and break. The foot and catchplate are missing. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BE2952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy penannular brooch of late Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 350 - 600 and of Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F). The frame is bent open and has a sub rounded cross section, with thin incised decorative transverse banding running around it. The zoomorphic terminals are integrally cast and aligned with their upper surfaces facing outwards from the body of the wearer; each is sub-rectangular with moulded details (second image) including a snout facing forwards with recessed circular eyes and a brow behind. The pin is 67.5mm in length and slight…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7402FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Lion bow (léontomorphe) derivative brooch of continental (Gallic) type and later Iron Age or early Roman date (c. AD 25-60). The head is cylindrical, enclosing a copper alloy spring mounted on an iron spindle. The pin is missing. The bow has a decorative zoomorphic moulding in the form of a highly stylised lion, shown crouched and facing towards the foot. This moulding terminates in a flat circular area, which is drilled with a single copper alloy rivet to hold a separate foot plate, probably originally lozenge s…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-34B1C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy proto Headstud (south western) type brooch dating to c. AD 90 to 200 (Mackreth (2011), Chapter 4, Part 1, Plate 71, Proto HDST 1.gb). The brooch has narrow cylindrical wings enclosing a spindle for a (now missing) hinged pin. From the front of the head projects a flat, sub rounded lobe which is perpendicular to the line of the bow. The bow is strongly arched and curved in cross section, with a concave reverse and a convex upper surface. The front of the bow has a faint transverse ridged collar to the head, behind which is a…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A48208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled Trumpet brooch (c. AD 100-250.  cf. Mackreth (2011), TR 1.2b4, p. 83, pl. 80. The head is oval with a pointed stump of a now lost attachment loop and enamel inlay decoration in the form of a circular motif comprised  two opposing C-shaped forms in blue enamel with triangular recesses around the sides which may also have once held enamel. There is a single round loop at the centre of the underside of the head to hold the spring and pin, now lost. The bow is narrow with a sub rounded cross section and curves sh…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E4BBB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene I type, 39.5mm in length and dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. The integrally cast spring and pin is missing, as is the projecting terminal at the foot. The bow is flat, lenticular in shape with a slightly plano convex cross section 1.8mm thick and decorated with a pair of grooves along the spine. These grooves taper to each end of the bow where there are sharply angled junctions with the head and foot; the latter has a stump of a catchplate running along the underside.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-910F70
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of the standard British type of Colchester one-piece type. The head has a pair of small, flat wings and a projecting hook for the spring chord. The spring and pin would have been integrally cast, and only a stump of the spring remains. The bow is narrow with an oval cross-section around 2.8mm thick and appears undecorated. 48.8mm in length. The foot tapers to a point; most of , the catchplate is lost. Circa 1st century AD.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-68EAAE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper alloy and enamel disc brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is 20.4mm in maximum diameter and decorated with a sexfoil design with six pellets conjoined by arcuate lines. The field would likely have been enamelled (e.g. as per SUR-0319A7) but no trace now remains. The reverse is flat with an in-line hinge loop and stump of a catchplate.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C084C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken cast copper alloy Iron Age La Tène IBa brooch, dating from the 4th to the 3rd century BC. The brooch is cast as one piece, with an integrallycast spring and pin at the head. The spring has a separate copper alloy spindle within the coils to strengthen it. The pin is bent outwards, perpendicular to the rest of the brooch. The bow is strongly arched with flattened sub rounded to plano convex cross section and decorated with a pair of incised parallel lines along the spine terminating at transverse collars of paired incised lines at either end. The foot has …
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-830FD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged of Mackreth 2011, type 3.a2 dating to the later 1st  first to early 2nd century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with ridged ends and enclose a copper alloy spring and pin, the elements of which are retained by the double lugs at the centre of the head. The bow is undecorated with a rounded cross section and tapers to the foot. On the underside of the foot is a deep triangular catchplate.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-EFF51E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large cast copper alloy Roman  brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type (Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1,  Plate 32) dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with moulded ridges and shoulders, and the catchplate is openwork and largely incomplete. The bow, which is slightly bent, has a triangular cross section with a moulded spine which joins the double-lugged projection for the hinge. The spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-3921F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A large cast copper alloy Roman  brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type (Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1b,  Plate 32) dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with ridged shoulders, and the catchplate is openwork with four small sub triangular cutaways. The bow has a lenticular cross section with a moulded spine which joins the double-lugged projection for the hinge. The spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flexford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-257AFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with moulded ridges around their tips and contain an axis spindle. The bow is convex , with a raised spine decorated with panels of incised saltire crosses separated by ridges. The bow tapers back and ends in a break and the foot and catchplate are missing. The pin is largely missing aside from the loop at the hinge which remains articulated.
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Basingstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E3578C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman brooch of south-western T- shaped Type, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The arms are tubular and completely enclose the iron axis bar. The front has the stump of a broken projecting loop. The main portion of the bow has a flat cross-section and has four parallel ridges running down the spine. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. 
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7AB674
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged Developed T-shaped brooch of Hull T 105/6, 36.6mm in length, dating to 50-150 AD. The arms are cylindrical and retain part of the copper alloy pin in the hinge slot. The bow is decorated with three diamond shaped cells; that nearest the head contains blue enamel with the central cell retaining red enamel. In front of these cells is a short moulded spinal ridge. The foot has a triangular cross section and tapers to a moulded knop on the end. The underside has a triangular catchplate. 
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2A3C68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman brooch of south-western T- shaped type, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The arms are tubular and completely enclose the axis bar. The front has the stump of a broken projecting loop. The main portion of the bow has a flat cross-section and has four parallel ridges running down the spine. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. 
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B4EFB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy headstud brooch (cf. Mackreth 2011, Headstud 5.a Plate 73) dating to c. AD 70-250. The head has a pair of short flat wings to either side, each decorated with transverse grooves, underneath which are the cylindrical mounts for the iron axis bar and now missing pin.  At the front of the bow is a worn stump of a broken loop. The bow is strongly curved with an integrally cast boss, behind which extends a panel of recessed lozengiform and triangular cells which may have been enamelled . The foot of the bow has broken off. The r…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th May 2023
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Record ID: SUR-0E4733
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hinged Roman brooch, possibly of south-western T- shaped Type, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The arms are tubular and completely enclose the iron axis bar. The front has the stump of a broken projecting loop. The main portion of the bow has a flat cross-section and has three parallel ridges running down the spine, the central of which is cast in a zig-zag pattern. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. Circa 1st to 2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DD66B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy early Iron Age bow brooch dating to 450-300 BC, 27.7mm in length, complete with part of the spring, but missing its pin. The bow has a flat cross section and flares into a lenticular plate which is strongly arched and is decorated with two ridges which form an ellipse along the spine. The catchplate is incomplete. As Adams (2015) type IB-C.
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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