Record ID: SWYOR-831F8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the middle of the bow survives. It has a very worn acanthus moulding, of three petals above and three below a central disc. The moulding continues round the back of the bow. There is a worn collar above and below. The lower bow is flat in cross-section and has a central ridge on the reverse whhich is the top of the catchplate. The breaks are worn and patinated. The fragment has a green and brown patina. It is 29.56mm long, 10.26mm wide and 7.88mm thick. It weighs 5.05g. 
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-EEB2DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy headstud brooch, dating from about AD 75 - 250. The pin and axis bar are missing, and the bow is distorted, bent at approximately a 45-degree angle to the side. The tubular hinge housing on the back of the head has a slot where the hinged pin would have been attached to the axis bar. There is a crest on the head of the bow. Immediately adjacent on the bow lies a circular recess where it is likely a separate headstud was attached. Interrupted by the headstud recess, the crest continues along the bow, forming a ridge which contin…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-CA1FE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch; a Dragonesque brooch dating from AD 50 - AD 150. It is of Hunter (2011) type A2 with enamelled decoration. In plan, the brooch is S-shaped. It is missing a pin as well as both terminal ends, with old breaks on both necks and a third old break slightly protruding from the chest/body which would have been connected to the chin/head. The body has a central rectangular panel decorated with a transverse row of three lozenge shaped cells filled with remnants of yellow enamel. the triangles between them are red enamel. The ends of the …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-CA137E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy probable headstud brooch, probably dating from about AD 150 - 250. In plan, the brooch is sub T-shaped. The pin is hinged, and only the top survives. It is held on a copper alloy axis bar in a tubular housing on the back of the head. The wings are decorated with enamelled recesses. Two red enamel triangles point towards each other, with two blue enamel crescents placed between them, also with the points of the crescents angled towards each other.  There is a crest or pseudo forward hook on the head of the bow. Immediately adja…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C8BF99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, a hinged heastud type, dating from around AD 100 - 225. It is of Mackreth Headstud group 8b.  The brooch consists of a small tubular case on the back of the wings for a copper alloy axis bar and hinged copper alloy pin which is missing apart from the top. The mechanism is masked by short wings with enamelled lattice in red and white on their front. There is a crest or pseudo forward hook on the top of the bow.  There is a circular recess that would have housed the missing headstud at the top …
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C68C69
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, a type of hinged Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The integrally cast headloop is missing. The wings are worn but rectangular and hide an incomplete tubular housing for the missing axis bar. The hinged pin does not survive but there is a slot for its head to fit into. The upper bow is plain and D shaped in cross-section. The central knop is replaced by a flat lozenge shaped plate, with a recessed ring containing traces of enamel. The lower bow is missing. It could be a fantail type. The brooch is very worn. Compar…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-C66974
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper Roman fantail brooch, a type of hinged Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. It fits into Mackreth Trumpet 4.1bx group. The integrally cast headloop is incomplete. The wings are rectangular and hide a tubular housing for the copper alloy axis bar. Only the top of he hinged pin survives. The upper bow is plain and D shaped in cross-section. There is no central moulding or plate of any kind. The lower bow flares into a fantail foot. It is decorated with three triangular cells filled withtraces of blue enamel. The catchplate is incomplete, but cu…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-3568F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, of headstud type, dating from around AD 75 - 200. The brooch is incomplete, with the lower bow and foot missing. The spring and pin is missing, as is the axis bar and the sleeve, leaving only a double pierced lug behind the head (in contrast to the normal single loop). There is also the remains of a forward hook. The wings are incomplete. The bow has an integral oval headstud at the top, and four surviving rectangular cells for enamel on the bow. Traces of red enamel can be seen. The breaks are worn and patinat…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-34C6C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the middle of the bow survives. It has a worn acanthus moulding of three petal above and three below a central disc. There is a double collar above and below. The lower bow is D shaped in cross-section. The breaks are worn and patinated. It is 26.6mm long, 5.7mm wide and 7.2mm thick. It weighs 3.2g. 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33C60C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc brooch, probably Roman and a British plate brooch dating from AD 150- 250. It is also possibly an Early Medieval applied saucer brooch, but it is smaller than most examples, and from an area of mainly Roman finds. Assuming it to be Roman, it would have had an applied repousse disc on the front, but this is missing. The upper surface of the circular brooch has traces of white metal, perhaps solder. The reverse is flat and undecorated and has the remains of a catchplate projecting. There is double lug for the hinged pin on the opposite ed…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-337DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy disc brooch, probably Roman and a British plate brooch dating from AD 150- 250. It is also possibly an Early Medieval applied saucer brooch, but it is smaller than most examples. Assuming it to be Roman, it would have had an applied repousse disc on the front, but this is missing. The upper surface of the circular brooch is uneven. Less than half of the disc survives. The reverse is flat and undecorated and has the remains of a catchplate projecting. The reverse has a glossy brown patina. It is 21.3mm long, 13.2mm wide and 7.2mm …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-947707
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy incomplete Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the lower bow survives. There is a double collar above and below the acanthus moulding of three petals above and three below the central disc. The moulding does not continue on ot the back of the bow. The lower bow is triangular in cross-section and the catchplate curls to the left when viewed head uppermost from the reverse. The foot is discoidal with a triple moulding. The brooch is 41.1mm long, 9.1mm wide and 12.4mm thick. 4.9g.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-101A17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bow and fantail brooch; a variety of Trumpet brooch despite not having a trumpet head, of Roman date,  about AD 50 - 125. It can be classified as Mackreth TR 4.1b1 or 4.1bx depending on the style of the missing lower bow. Only the head aand upper bow survive. The wings are complete with a tubular casing behind holding the copper alloy axis bar for the copper alloy hinged pin. The pin is incomplete and housed within a cut notch. From the top / head a small integral head loop extends. The wings are not decorated except for a ridge at each end. The upper bow is…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0EFE4F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy umbonate disc brooch of Roman date, AD 75 - 200. It is of Mackreth (2011) British Plate Type 6.a. The brooch is circular with broken and worn edges from which two projections extend at opposite points. One projection houses a hinge in the form of a double lug for the pin; the other houses the incomplete catch plate. The pin no longer remains. The main body of the brooch is distinctly domed and is decorated with two concentric rings of triangular cells pointing towards a central annulet. Blue and light red enamel …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0E661D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Early Medieval brooch; a cruciform brooch of Martin group 1, dating from AD 420 - 475. It has a full-round waisted top knob, a narrow head-plate with chamfered sides and behind it, a single loop to support the spring mechanism. The spring was made of iron and only corrosion survives. The bow has a trapezoid cross-section and a transverse double groove at each end. Most of the lower bow is missing. A short length of semicircular cross-section survives, with the catchplate behind. The catch curls to the left as viewed from behind, head uppermost. Th…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0DFE3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper alloy Roman brooch; a headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. It fits into Mackreth's (2011) headstud group 3c. The brooch had a sprung pin which is missing. This was supported in an integral loop on the back of the wings, and the brooch has an incomplete forward hook to hold down the missing external chord. The wings are rectangular and the front face is decorated with vertical grooves and ridges decorated with oblique incised lines giving a rope effect. The upper bow is rectangular in cross-section, thicker than it is wide. There is a…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0DA898
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, a Colchester derivative hinged type dating from AD 43 - 120. The hinged pin is missing, and the tubular housing is incomplete. The surface is worn and corroded obscuring any decoration on the wings. The bow has a central ridge and tapers to a point but the foot is missing. It is 36.5mm long, 24.5mm wide and 12.9mm thick. It weighs 8.6g.  It is probably Mackreth (2011) CD H 4.c group, page 86.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0D10FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1400. It has a hexagonal frame, of D shaped cross section, with a recess for the copper alloy pin which is rectangular in cross-section. The brooch is decorated with four blue enamel or glass settings at four of the corners. There is a plain metal swelling at the remaining two corners, and a transverse ridge in the centre of each side. One ridge is replaced by the pin constriction, and one is missing where the pin tip rests. The metal is a dark green in colour with file marks visible on the reverse.&nbs…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C5981
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, a headstud type dating from AD 75 - 200. Only the head of the brooch survives and it is very corroded. It has plain wings with a tubular housing behind for the axis bar. The hinged pin is missing. There is a very worn integral headstud on the top of the bow. The lower bow is broken, so only two recessed cells for enamel survive. They appear to contain red and blue enamel.  It is 16.6mm long, 11.9mm wide and 6.6mm thick. It weighs 3g. This brooch appears to fit into Mackreth's (2011) headstud group 4.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7AFB3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating from AD 150- 250. It would have had an applied repousse disc on the front, but this is missing. The upper surface of the circular brooch is uneven. There is a crescent shaped protrusion on the outer edge of the brooch next to the hinge housing on the rear. This was probably a headloop. The reverse is flat and undecorated with the hinge for the pin in situ. The pin is missing along with the majority of the catch plate. The hinge for the pin is of unusual construction. A single rectangular tab projects from the b…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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