Record ID: OXON-8FE5AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Headstud brooch dating from c.AD 75-200. The brooch is missing its pin, one wing, most of the bow, its foot and catch plate. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 16.2mm. The surviving wings are oval and pierced by a cylindrical hole down their width. A further lateral slot has been cut into the back of the wings to allow a pin to articulate around a copper alloy axis bar running through the cylindrical hole. The pin survives only as the attachment loop which is made of a plate that narrows to form a pin which is truncated by an old b…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7FFF06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch probably a Colchester one-piece  type, c. AD 20-70. The brooch is heavily worn, consisting of the bow and partial head, as well as the remnants of the catchplate. The bow is flat at the head where it is slightly waisted before expanding slightly to worn breaks. At the back of the head is a small cusp ending in worn breaks, probably the base of the missing forward facing hook and lower loop. The body of the bow is flatter near the nead and thickens to a broadly D-shaped cross section as it narrows t…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-6BB731
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy annular brooch, dating to the late fifth or sixth century.  The frame is flat, circular, and un-decorated. It terminates in a restriction for the pin (which is missing).  Length: 24.25mm Thickness: 3.77mm Weight: 4.76g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6B9CC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy disc of Medieval date 8th-9th century. All that remains is a quarter of the disc, which has cruciform arms and a chip-carved counter-relief interlace is net-like and occasionally expands to form small triangles. The interlace is abstract, with no animal elements identifiable, but there is evidence of gilding. The reverse is undecorated and has corrosion. The catchplate and pin are missing. Similar examples can be seen in PAS see NARC-E11208.  Length: 20.58mm Width: 16.85mm Weight: 0.91g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-6A3931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy brooch of headstud type. The bow has a moulded stud on the curve at the top. The short wings extend either side of the head, and above these the plate on which the missing spring and pin would have mounted is present, decorated with three horizontal lines. The bow ends with a circular foot. The catch plate is present but incomplete. The cylindrical mount for the spring is still on the reverse but is incomplete. It has an even bronze coloured patina with no corrosion, which is attributable to it having been found in sand. Parallels for…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heysham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-68B2E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Hod Hill type brooch dating to AD 80 -120. The head is hinged with traces of a rusted iron spindle and a copper alloy pin. The head tapers back to a flaring collar on the bow, behind which are a series of transverse ridges as the bow narrows to an old break. The foot and catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6709AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, probably Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and enclose an iron spring held on an iron spindle with a chord held in a lug projecting from the centre. The mounting arrangment of the spring axis spindle is now concealed by rusted concretion. The bow is narrow and strongly arched, triangular in cross section and decorated with a ridge along the spine. The rest of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-587FBA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy headstud brooch dating to c.AD 75-200. The wings are semi-circular in cross-section and rectilinear in form. The wing cap on one side is decorated with incised linear lines, the parallel decoration on the other end is worn and not visible. The reverse of the wings has a central notch for the missing pin. The bow springs out the wings; it is D-shaped in cross-section and has an accentuated curved bow that is flat on the side, narrowing to a flattened foot. At the uppermost part of the bow is a globular waisted 'stud'. The catchpla…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: GLO-5617E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small gold annular brooch dating to the 13th-14th century. Circular frame that has a constriction bar on one side for the pin, which is now missing. The frame has a semicircular cross-section, with the flat surface forming the face of the brooch; this surface has been engraved with the inscription + A + G + L+ A. The underside of the fame is undecorated. The engraved letters ‘AGLA’ was a popular amuletic charm in the medieval period with the letters standing for "Ata gibor le'olam Adonai" (You are mighty forever, O Lord) and considered to be a powerful cha…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ham and Stone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-55BC1B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The catchplate pin and part of the spring are missing. The head of the brooch possesses two short wings which have a total width of 10.5mm. They are thin and rectangular in when viewed from the front of the brooch. Both narrow from the centre of the brooch to their tip on both sides, such that they are each a very thin triangle shape in plan. Behind the wings is a centrally placed projecting bar which splits into two, one part at the top, one at t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.