Record ID: YORYM-650392
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy circular Disc brooch. The central, circular setting is missing and is surrounded by an intact and raised copper-alloy flange. At the centre of the central recess there is a copper-alloy concentric moulding or dimple and there are traces of enamel of indeterminate colour surviving. There is a raised copper-alloy raised border at the outer edge and in the area between these borders there are curving stamps with traces of gilding surving. The pierced D-shaped lug would have held the missing sprung pin. The short, deep catchplate is bent and has a return.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-652CE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a hare with a naturalistic outline and dating to the 2nd century AD. The head has a centralspot of copper-alloy surrounded by traces of red enamel, representing the eye. The ear has a shallow, oblique groove with an incised line and the tip of the ear is missing. The main field of the body is divided into threerecessed zones which would all have held enamel, although it is only the central recess where the red enamel fully survives. The catchplate is complete and the sprung pin which is mostly missing but with corroded traces surviving, is…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-657954
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 75-175 AD. The circular headloop is broken and there is a flat transverse groove at the junction of the headloop and trumpet head. Behind the head, the hinged copper-alloy pin, which is slightly bent, is held in a cylindrical axis bar. The upper bow is triangular in section and has a central arris. The central moulding, which does not extend to the back of the brooch, consists of three petals either side of a moulded ridge with two parallel moulded ridges either side of the central moulding. There is a circular recess on the rev…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-660BA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman T-shaped brooch. The tubular wings survive intact and has a narrow transverse line at its upper edge. The hinged pin has broken, leaving only the hinge itself in situ. The upper bow is almost straight-sided and has a short spine running down the head. The bow is long and tapering. The brooch is badly corroded and is missing the foot, catchplate and pin. Mid reddish-brown patina.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6665E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman T-shaped brooch. Only one of the tubular wings is intact and has a narrow transverse line at its upper edge. The hinged pin is missing. The upper bow is almost straight-sided and has a deep groove running down either outer edge and three raised lozengic motifs which are defined by an incised line and central recesses which would have held enamel, with only traces of red enamel in the central lozenge. The lower bow is triangular in section and the flat foot knob is oblong. The triangular catchplate is complete and has a circular perforation. Mid-green patina, but n…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-66E4A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 75-175 AD. The circular headloop remains intact and there is a flat transverse groove at the junction of the headloop and trumpet head. Behind the head, the hinged copper-alloy pin, which is slightly bent, is held in a cylindrical axis bar. The upper bow is triangular in section and has a central arris. The central moulding, which does not extend to the back of the brooch, consists of three petals either side of a moulded ridge with three parallel moulded ridges either side of the central moulding. There is a circular recess on t…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-675CD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The intact bow and pin are bent slightly and at the same angle. The flat, straight-sided bow tapers to the very narrow and pointed foot and is decorated with a column of close-set square and rectangular stamps down each outer edge. The incomplete, solid catch-plate is very thin. Plain diminishing bow with no outward curve. The spring has four turms and is has an internal chord. Light green patina.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7B1CC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Roman copper alloy possibly Hod Hill Aucissa derivative brooch. 43-70 AD. The bow is intact but the catchplate and hinge pin are missing. The hinge for the pin was formed by the rolling of the head back onto itself with a vertical slot for the pin. The bow has a central ridge decorated with 2 bands down its length. The bow curves out in a similar manner to an Aucissa brooch. The bow shows signs of tinning or silvering. The bow tapers to a waist and there is a cut foot at the bottom. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt (2000) e.g. p.320, fig. 179 no 313…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tidcombe and Fosbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6A890C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy plate brooch dating to circa AD 80 – 350. The object is rectangular in form with a depiction of a fish on the front face. The reverse has the spring and pin mechanism intact on the reverse. The spring is held within two pierced semi-circular attachment plates with an axis bar between holding the pin. The spring has one turn either side of where the pin then extends. On the opposing side of the plate is the catchplate. This is a rectangular projection that appears to be damaged as there is no fold to catch and hold the pin closed. The fish is in the f…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: WMID-2B6CF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late-Iron Age Roman copper alloy fibula brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The object still has the circular section pin and the catchplate, but does not retain the pin. It is warped, but the bend appears to be deliberate. There is a central pin slot in the head and the wings are not extended. The bow of the fibula tapers to a point and has been decorated with two reeds running the length of the bow and filled with regular transverse grooves. The central space is undecorated and V-shaped. This fibula is similar to type 5b in Mackreth (2011, p. 148), which describ…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-99BE1E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman Headstud bow brooch of 1st to early 3rd century date. The fragment is of the bow and catchplate.  The bow is rectangular in shape and narrows towards the foot, which then widens at the base. There are three transverse lines across the foot of the bow. The front is decorated with central lozenges and triangular shapes on either side, creating an intersecting pattern. There is none of the original enamel remaining; the object is brown in colour and a green patina has developed on the raised decoration. The fragment has been distorted, resulting in a slightly S-s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-163D71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy dragonesque plate brooch, measuring 42.4x22.6x1.9mm and weighing 7.18g. It is of the unenamelled type. The brooch is apparantly complete though a little worn on its terminals (head and foot). It is in the form of an S-shaped plate with the head and foot forming the top and bottom of the S. The decoration is at the cente of the body and comprises a grooved-ring-and-pierced-dot. The brooch is slightly rounded on both sides except for the reverse of the central part of the body, which is hollowed. This also has a little iron staining. The head comprises a brow …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-742C35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shape brooch of the enamelled type, missing loop, lower bow and catchplate, the stem of the pin and the enamel decoration. It weighs 5.29g and is 28.9mm in incomplete length. The wings are tubular with a hinged pin and span 26.2mm. Only the head of the pin survives in situ. A double groove flanks each open end of the wings, to the front only. The bow is flat and 11mm wide where it extends from the wings. Slightly off-centre at the top of the bow is a broken projection from which the loop would have extended. The upper bow has a groove flanking b…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-748CF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester one-piece type brooch, missing its pin and most of the catchplate. The brooch measures 70mm in length and weighs 15.12g. The wingspan is 14.5mm although the span of the spring is 22.7mm. The spring consists of 7 coils, the eight presumably being the pin (and now missing). The wings are flat in section and c.1.5mm thick. The chord is held in place above the spring with a forward facing hook. The bow extends from the top of the wings and is oval in section, measuring 6.8x4.5mm. It curves outwards before dropping, tapering all the while to a …
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-74C8E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch of the bridge type, missing its spring, pin, lower projection and catchplate and some enamel decoration. It measures an incomplete 26mm in length and weighs 4.29g. It would have originally measured c.33mm in length. The surviving upper projection has a single pierced lug to the reverse for a spring attachment. Hattatt comments that this particular type of brooch is particular to Britain, and that the only six known examples are all from the south (Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, 1989, p.148). One other has been recorded from Wiltshire…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-769912
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy gilt disc brooch of the gilded Glass centre-boss type, missing its central setting and with its catchplate and hinge mechanism filed down on the reverse. It has had two perforations made through the centre(rivet holes?), c.2-3mm in diameter. Part of the edge is also missing (old damage) around the filed hinge mechanism, and the metal has split to the front (possibly as a result of filing?). The brooch measures 28.7x30x2mm and weighs 5.31g. The gilding survives in two 1.7mm wide C-shaped grooves either side of the central (missing) setting. The groove…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-CBE3B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Trumpet brooch, c.1st-2nd century AD, of copper alloy with a corroded spring. Broken above the central bow button and missing the pin. The brooch weighs 5.7g and measures 30mmx15mm. The head is oval with a flat plate behind the trumpet head which extends up to form a chain loop directly above a laterally grooved rectangular section. Midway on the upper bow is a pair of chevron lentiod mouldings. This brooch is similar to Hattatt (1989) 954. The upper bow is roughly circular in cross section.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-CCA397
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.b1, enamelled panel on upper bow, lenticular elements cast below,flat wing ends type). The wingspan is 27.2mm and the circular closed ends extend beyond the wings thickness, appearing to the front as raised ribs. Otherwise the wings are plain. Both circular ends have an area of iron corrosion, suggesting the axis bar was iron. To the reverse, an ?eight coiled spring sits in the hollowed wings (c-shaped in section). A forward-facing hook holds the cord in place at the top of t…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: WILT-CD6A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman trumpet brooch of copper alloy with hinge mechanism, missing the pin and most of the catchplate. This is also broken halfway down the lower bow. The brooch weighs 12.4g. The length of the brooch from the top of the loop to the break in the lower bow measures 41mm and the rest of the lower bow measures 25mm. The solid cast loop extends directly above two lateral bands. The wings are tubular and the wingspan measures 21mm although the left hand side has an old break to it. The bow extends from the head and would have been D-shaped in cross section. There is a v…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-0A4277
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Headstud brooch consisting of the wings, upper bow and spring mechanism only. The incomplete brooch is 19.8mm long and weighs 7.80g. The wings, which are rectangular in section and angular, are 23mm wide. Part of the cord and foward facing hook survive on the top of the wings. To the reverse, an eleven-coiled spring survives, the pin is missing. The wings are decorated to the front with two pairs of vertical lines on either side of the bow. The bow extends from the wings to the front, but also from the top of the wings. The bow is rectanglar in secti…
Created on: Friday 20th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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