Record ID: SOM-F7D946
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy devolved Large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete in so far as it is missing the pin and part of the headloop. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 33.9mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. The left wing has one groove running around it where the bow joins the crossbar, while the right wing has no decoration. Both ends of the wings are slightly abraded. Emerging from the centre of the head is a large fixed headloop whi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-749620
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow Spring/double lug brooch dating to circa AD 43-70. It is T-shaped in plan. The extant elements of the brooch consist of the wings and part of the upper bow. The wings are hemispherical and open at the reverse. On the reverse, in the centre, is a double lug with upper and lower circular apertures. The spring mechanism is survived by the chord which runs through the upper aperture of the lug and axis bar the lower. There eight coils arranged in two series of four either side of the lug…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-88499E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy Initial T-shaped brooch of Hull T133, Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 159, fig. 127, no. T133, c.AD 50-150. The wings are cylindrical with an axis spindle retaining the pin. The bow ends in an old break, with three moulded oblique lines running down the bow. Most of the bow, the foot, and catchplate are missing. The surface has green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-855A96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy T-shaped Roman brooch, Large south-western type of AD 2nd century date. The foot and base of the pin are missing.  The wings are cylindrical and house an iron axis bar for the pin. At the head is the stub of a pierced headplate. The head is flat and angled downwards from the wings. Below this, the bow is angled further and tapers to the break. The front of the bow is decorated with two moulded longitudinal ridges.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-3FD31A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy silvered Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch, dating to AD 43-120. The wings and bow remain, but is missing the pin, the ends of the wings, axis bar and catchplate. In plan, the brooch is T-shaped, and the bow is D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with hollow cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top which would have held the missing separately cast copper-alloy axis bar, The wings are decorated with a single diagonal deeply incised line at each end and are hollo…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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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: NLM-54106C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. A small cast Colchester derivative brooch with a sprung rear-hook fastening [spring lost], Mackreth type CD RH 5.k. Semi-circular or concave wings open behind are clasped by a plain bow of rounded section with the broken stub of a rearward-facing hook on the top of the bow. The bow tapers towards a plain foot though only an area of roughened texture may indicate the former position of a catch plate. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-100 Length: 20.5mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.7mm, Weight: 3.18gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', 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.

Record ID: LANCUM-51A180
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Prestatyn type brooch. The bow is wider at the top, narrowing to a rounded tip. It is divided into two vertical cells with a cast in line, these may have been enamelled. Behind the lower half of the bow there are two extentions wider than the brooch but less deep. The bow is slightly hollow. The tip of the bow is has a knop on it which has a horizontal line with two vertical lines crossing it. The arms are circular in section with wider, closed bands at the end. The bands are not flat but have a teardrop shaped mouded section around a dot. At the back the…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-102FA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shaped 'Wroxeter' type brooch, of Roman dating (1st to 2nd Centuries AD). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, consisting of part of the bow, and part of the head plate and spring. The foot and the pin are missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The head plate is incomplete and just consisting of a small vertical plate. The reverse of the head plate is hollow and has an integral vertical lug on each side, each having a central circular perforation. The lugs support an iron axis bar around which a spring is curled, forming two coils. The pin is miss…
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E73D3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Prestatyn type. Due to the rearward facing hook and the circular pierced plates on the wings, with decorated upper bow humped over a broad crossbar,sprung in  the Polden manner. The brooch is missing most of the catch plate, foot, spring and pin. The head and most of the bow have survived. The bow has a sub rectangular cross-section, somewhat akin to the brooch 1649 on plate 54 (Mackreth 2011 pg 57, plate 54). The head is 11.52mm long, 22.55mm wide, and 13.55mm thick. The bow emerges from the back of the head, and curves down…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-40BE0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, rear-hook brooch, probably dating to c. AD 43-100. Only the sprung pin mechanism is missing. The wings survives to a width of 19.1mm and are crescent shaped with a convex front and concave reverse leaving a C-shaped recess for the spring to sit within. Each wing has incised decoration consisting of two parallel incised lines evenly spaced along the length of each wing. A hook projects from the back of midpoint the wings along the top edge. This curves into a crescent shape before ending in a dull rou…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Standlake CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E726A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman Colcheser derivate, Harlow CD Ha brooch. Only part of the bow and wings remain. The wings are broken at both ends, and all that remains are the remains of a pierced lug, suggesting it is a probable Colchester Dertivative double pierced lug.  Length: 12.45mm Width: 8.98/mm Weight: 1.24g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BCDD97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T662 Description:  A fragment of a silver-gilt (silver gilded with gold) Aesica brooch from the early Romano-British period later first to early second century AD c.AD 50–125 . Mackreth 2011, AESICA, not further defined. Only the foot of the brooch survives, which is incomplete and a trapezoidal 'fantail' shape. Its outer face is decorated with a central longitudinal bordered Y-shaped feature flanked by swirling designs of trumpet or tendril scrolls in relief. There is also evidence that, according to the small area of outside edge which remains,…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-725497
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an annular brooch. The brooch is circular in cross-section and has bead-and-reel decoration all the way round. Brooches such as this type have a mainly Anglian distribution and are common in Lincolnshire. This type of brooch belongs to Leeds' Type F, and were in use throughout the early Anglo-Saxon period, surviving the change in dress that occured towards the end of the 6th century, continuing into the 7th century AD. Alternatively, this fragment could be part of a suspension ring from a chatelaine; a similar example from Icklingham in Suffolk is shown in MacGregor and…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AC9F98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch. The brooch comprises the head, partial wings and bow, The head of the brooch retains one cylindrical wing, the right has broken off) decorated at the end with incised vertical lines. The wings housed the missing axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism and are divided by a central pin slot at the back. The head is undecorated with a flanking ridge at each edge.The D-sectioned bow is decorated from below the the head with three incised raised lozenges, the upper and lower of which have a circular recess, probably for enamel. The bow tap…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-081716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, 4.a-4.b, Plate 46. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical undecorated wings with perforated wing caps, one wing is incomplete. The iron axis bar has the spring coiled around it four times on one half of the axis bar. The pin is missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is a trace of an integral hook holding a fragment of the chord. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. There are no mouldings on the side of the bow head. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers to a blun…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Broadheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B13C78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy T.shaped Initial, hinged brooch of Roman date (AD 50-150). Description: The head of the brooch consists of tubular wings, with a slot for a hinged pin, now missing, the axis bar for which is threaded through the wings. The bow narrows slightly from the head and ends in a transverse break. It is decorated with a raised moulded triangle, the sides of which are engraved. The foot of the brooch is missing along with the catchplate. The brooch has a dark brown patina.  Measurements: length: 26mm; width: 26.6mm; thickness: 8.5mm; weight: 4.48g
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-9D7643
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy lugged wheel disc brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is circular in shape, with an openwork 'wheel' design with a ring-shaped central boss held in place by four spokes connected to an outer frame. On the basis of comparisons to other known examples (e.g. YORYM-BF9311) the pierced centre of the boss may have once held a projecting knopped boss, which is now missing. The outer frame of the brooch has raised metal borders and a recessed centre. It originally had ten round lug projections around the exterior, of which five now…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9E392A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval annular brooch dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The frame is circular in plan, with a pin constriction. The frame is flat and rectangular in cross-section, probably cut from thick sheet. The front face is decorated with incised line borders and transverse lines. The pin missing, and the reverse is plain. The brooch is 19.9mm diameter, 1.3mm thick and 0.9g. Other sheet metal annular brooches include SWYOR-CDF0DB (2021 T537), BM-1A2026 (2012 T452) and SWYOR-86F704 (2012 T607). They are all assigned to the 13th and 14th centuries, and annular brooches are …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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