Record ID: HAMP-9B6151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, gilded cast copper-alloy imitation of a Kentish 'keystone garnet' disc brooch of c. 6th-century date. The brooch has lost its pin and has suffered some removals from its edge. It is the size of an Avent (1975) Class 2 brooch, while bearing the more simple ornament of the smaller Class 1. The central raised setting is a simple circle (Dia.: 8.1mm) (Avent (1975, 81; Fig. 8) Type 1.1), now empty. At the cardinal points are four triangular keystone settings with their points inwards (Avent (1975, 80; Fig. 5, Type 5.1). All four contain fragments of what is probably red g…
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-D7E2E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent and slightly corroded incomplete cast copper-alloy artefact: probably a brooch of medieval date, perhaps earlier. The original artefact is assumed to have been annular; around two-thirds now survives. One end appears complete and terminates in a lozenge with a sub-square outward protrusion just before. It is plausible that there would have been a similar opposing arrangement, but the artefact has now broken. The object widens from c. 5.1mm at the break to a maximum width of c. 7.5mm. It the tapers to a width of c. 4.2mm before the terminal (max. W.: 9.8mm). There is a perforati…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-3808E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group). of CD PH 5.b4. At the head are the characteristic wing tip plate extensions, pierced to take the extant, square-section axis bar. The rearward facing lug which protrudes from the centre of the head holds the chord of the spring mechanism. The spring survives with minor losses, four coils either side. On one side the coil turns into the central pin, which may have suffered some losses at its tip. The semi-cylindrical wings that cover the spring and have tips that rise sl…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wonston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-A08330
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A head fragment of a Roman cast copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group). The brooch has broken off at the top of the bow, showing its angular shape. The head still has the two wings with tips and a recess on the lower surface for the spring mechanism, but the spring and pin are missing. The head is decorated with an integral loop, stretching vertically across the head; by two raised sub-rectangular borders separating the head and wings; and by a recess (shaped as a trapezoid with a flipped trapezoid on top) for enamel (also missing…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: HAMP-A1E871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early-medieval (5th-century) brooch, best classified as a radiate-headed brooch. This incomplete brooch is cast in copper alloy, with traces of an iron pin. The brooch has a semi-circular head-plate with three flat semi-circular knobs. The head is decorated with ring-and-dot motifs: three on the semi-circular headplate, with a further ring-and-dot in each knob. The reverse of the head-plate has the corroded remains of an iron pin across much of its width, either side of an incomplete integrally cast lug. The bow is short, wide, thick and sub-oval, with a low arch whic…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-A3AB06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. This is a one-piece example with rearward facing hook at the top of the head (L.: 6.3mm). This hook retains the external chord of the spring; at one end the spring beyond is lost, along with the pin. On the other side the spring coil is complete and curves through three loops from the point at which it emerges from the head. These coils are covered in orange corrosion product perhaps suggesting that the axis bar was made of iron. Above the spring are two flat w…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steventon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B606D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman enamelled disc brooch of c. 2nd-century AD date. The brooch is circular and flat with enamel decoration in recessed cells. There is a discoidal border within which is retained dark blue enamel. Inside this is a circular cell with four semicircles on the circumference creating a cruciform motif. There is a central circle in the middle of the cross. Within the recessed cross is similar dark blue enamel, while in the semicircular cells the enamel is white. Although decaying to an extent, all of the enamel survives very well. On the lower surface of t…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thruxton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9DFB81
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). At the head are the characteristic wing tip plate extensions, pierced to take the missing axis bar. The forward facing lug which protrudes from the centre of the head would have held the chord of the spring mechanism; this latter is also missing, along with the pin. The semi-cylindrical wings that cover the spring and have tips that rise slightly to form a ridge. There is a large circular recess central on the lower surface of the wings extending up into the head. Th…
Created on: Saturday 18th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meon Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2BABC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (5th/6th century AD), incomplete only in that it is missing its pin. The flat arms are both triangular with rounded knops at each corner. One, at 18.55mm, is slightly longer than the other, at 16.05mm. The faceted bow that joins the arms curves in a shallowly raised arc. The diagonal sides of the arms are decorated on their upper surface with punched annulets. The lower surface is plain, and features a sub-trapezoidal catch-plate on one arm adjacent to the bow, and a broken D-shaped pin lug on the other, again…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-2CB955
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper-alloy enamelled zoomorphic plate brooch. The brooch is in the form of a hare, with breaks at its ears and feet. The body and eye of the hare are enamelled; the body in two lozenge-shaped and one upside down comma-shaped recesses, and the eye is a recessed ring. The enamel is green apart from the middle recess on the body, which is orange. On the reverse, the catch-plate is on the back of the head, and the remains of the pin and pin spring lugs are on the back of the tail end. The pin has broken off immediately after it separates from the spring. The metal of the br…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-A0AFA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged 2nd-century cast copper-alloy enamelled Roman plate brooch. The brooch is a crescent shape with one extant knopped terminal. The upper surface features two fields of enamel, one blue and the other in red, divided by a curved partition. The smaller, internal field runs along around three quarters of the internal curve. The flat reverse features a catch-plate and perforated pin lug at opposite points; the pin has been lost. The outer edge of the brooch has been struck, resulting in abrasions and a piercing. The terminals have been bent, respectively upwards and downwards; enam…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-251EC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is made of an Anglo-Saxon silver penny of the Sovereign type of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), issued in the late 1050s by the moneyer Ægelwerd of London. Although it is difficult to be certain given the secondary treatment, it appears to be struck from the same reverse dies (and possibly the same obverse dies) as an example in the British Museum collection, BMC ii, p. 412, no. 998. The coin has been gilded on the reverse and has been pierced three times so that brooch fittings could be secured to the obverse with rivets. This is part of a growing body of similar fin…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockbridge Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-441E21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly damaged cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (flat wing ends type, Western Group) of the later 1st to mid-2nd century AD. The brooch survives well, only having suffered some post-depositional damage and the loss of its pin. The head has curved wings with oval perforated end plates; the axis bar is missing. There is a double transverse ridge at each terminal, with a further double ridge either side of the wide head. These ridges are decorated with fine incisions across their widths. The pin is missing. The upper bow emerges from the wings …
Created on: Monday 19th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-253442
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very corroded, incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy brooch, probably best described as strip bow type (1st century AD). The brooch has a hinged head, 14.7mm wide, with the pin still in place. The head is curled round, from the upper surface to the lower, and retains an axis bar. The pin has a rounded head and has been broken and bent to one side (L.: 14.4mm). The bow is decorated with longitudinal ridges in low relief. The fragment terminates in an old, ragged break part way down the bow; the bow has also been bent downwards. The brooch has a dark-grey patina where it survives over a …
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0B0F63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
The head and upper bow from a broken cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double pierced lug spring attachment, dating to the 1st century AD. The double pierced lug is situated behind the head as is characteristic of this type. The axis bar, chord and sprung pin are all missing. The wings are curved, up to 6.2mm wide and extend for c. 6.6mm on each side of the head, with abrasions at the tips. The broken bow has a flat semicircular cross-section, with a flat lower surface. At its end is a central ridge that extends into the lug after a step down. The bow is 10.4…
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-9BFC11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval (1200-1400) possible brooch formed of a silver ring and separate sheet pin with ridges at the loop. Measures 19.2 mm in length, 11.5 mm in diameter and max.4.3mm in thickness. Weighs 0.78 g.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chawton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DC0248
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy fragment of a Roman knee brooch dating to the 2nd century or 3rd century AD. This brooch has broken at a mid point on the bow; the upper bow, head, spring mechanism and pin were all lost as a result. In profile the bow was S shaped; the lower 'C' survives. As the upper bow would have been, the leg is a thick strip, rectangular in cross-section. As implied, the leg is concave, curling round on itself at the foot. Around the point of break there is a transverse moulded ridge on both faces. The lowermost is on the rear and marks the start of the moulded upper bow. The…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4207E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of Late Iron Age or early Roman date (1st century AD). At the head, the wings are plain flat rectangular pieces with rounded outer ends (18.0mm in total width). From the centre of the underside of the head projects an upper bar which is bent round on itself to meet the front of the bow creating a loop to hold the external chord; this is flat to the bow beyond the chord. Below the bar starts the integral spring. The spring has four coils on the left side (head uppermost), the end one of which continues into the ext…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-29A5F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of an eagle (c. 2nd century AD). The losses are confined to the lower surface on which the pin lug is abraded and the pin lost. The plate is flat by nature, but slightly curved in profile as a result of old damage, with the tail bent downwards somewhat in particular. The bird faces to the right with a pointed beak and a possible shallow indentation for the eye, filled with what appears to be niello. The neck of the bird curves and expands to form a wider body in which six cells are present (these lead down to the b…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-07F3F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
The head from a broken cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double pierced lug spring attachment, dating to the 1st century AD. The double pierced lug is situated behind the head as is characteristic of this type. The axis bar, rectangular in cross-section, survives in situ within the lower perforation. The chord is retained within the upper perforation, seemingly slightly twisted. On both sides it continues into the spring mechanism, the latter consisting of three loops to both sides of the head. The third, innermost loop on one side has been before it would ha…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amport CP', grid reference and parish protected.