Record ID: LIN-3E2D04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and catchplate from an early Roman brooch, probably a Dolphin brooch. The bow is triangular in cross-section and the catchplate is rolled over at the tip.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-420BE1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative (Dolphin) bow brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar and spring are lost. The spring would have been formed from a length of copper alloy wire which would have attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook. This hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It tapers to pointed foot. On the reverse face …
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-425202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one piece Colchester brooch of late Iron Age to Early Roman date (1-75 AD). The head of the brooch is relatively small and two small stumpy wings extend from either edge. The wings are short and solid with a semi-cylindrical cross section. The spring is formed from a coiled length of copper alloy wire which has been integrally cast with the body of the brooch. This wire extends from the reverse head of the brooch and has been coiled to form the spring which is formed from seven turns and secured by an integral external chord to a rearward facing hook. The …
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Record ID: NLM-FB2777
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy medieval brooch. The annular frame has a pointed extension at one end to create a teardrop shape. The extension is decorated with a four-petal flower. The frame is divided into bands decorated with a fine net-like design alternating with plain. Looped around a constriction in the frame is a cast copper alloy pin, which has a transverse moulding. Traces of gilding survive on the front surface and the back is plain. The length is 32.8mm, the width is 25.1mm, the thickness is 2.7mm and the weight is 5.69g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-FC3FE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy object, probably the catchplate from an early Roman brooch. The catchplate is flat, approximately triangular in plan and has a broken tapering end. The tip of the triangle is also incomplete and slightly rolled over. The surface has a dark brown patination.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-011325
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Enamelled copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch is circular and has a single pin lug and catchplate on the reverse. The face is decorated with a six pointed star; each point of the star terminates with a pellet, and each joining arm is curved. There is a pellet in the centre. The fields inside and outside the star contain red enamel. The copper alloy surface has been tinned or silvered.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-11F457
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman cast copper alloy brooch. The brooch is 'T-shaped', and has cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The wing terminals are decorated each with a single deep channel. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and tapers to the break half way down its length. The face of the bow is decorated with a moulded rib down the centre, and a sub-rectangular inset panel to either side. The foot is missing.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-1D2E96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy T-shape brooch, incomplete. The hinged pin is missing; it would have been held on a probable copper alloy axis bar, held within the cylindrical wings. One of the wings is broken off; the other has a narrow transverse groove running around its outer side at 1.8mm from its terminal. The arched bow has a narrow (c.0.5mm) flange running down either side of the upper half; the lower half is decorated with alternating transverse wide shallow grooves and ridges with narrow ridges between; the bow tapers to a plain foot. The triangular catchplate is complete. Dark brown…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Barkwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1D32F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy fantail brooch, incomplete. The hinged pin is broken off; it would have been held on the (extant) copper alloy axis bar, held within the cylindrical wings. The wings are undecorated. The upper half of the arched bow is undecorated; at the middle of the bow is a single plain transverse collar, and then the lower part of the bow is flattened abruptly from the obverse and forms an undecorated flared sub-triangular foot with rounded lower corners. On the reverse of the foot, extending up the top of the flattened area, is a triangular catchplate with the returning ho…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Barkwith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F07E02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silvered copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The brooch is missing its headplate, pin and side-knops. The incomplete main body of the brooch is rectangular, slightly concave and decorated with vertical ribbing. There is a small fluted collar beneath from which extends a triangular flat foot. The foot is instepped from the collar and main body. There is a catchplate on the reverse of the foot.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F0C794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Hod Hill or Thistle brooch. Only a small portion of the lower bow and foot remain. The bow is slightly arched and decorated with vertical ribbing. There is a flat semi-circular panel below that is instepped from the bow. The foot is missing though on the reverse of the semi-circular panel there is a flaring raised panel containing the top of the catchplate. This panel is likely to have formed a flat triangular foot.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F0DC26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy one-piece Colchester brooch. The brooch has a spring of eight turns with an external chord secured at the top of the bow by a rearward hook. At the front of the spring are two narrow flat wings. The bow is comma shaped in profile and undecorated. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and tapers to a pointed foot. The catchplate is damaged.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F11647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of an iron Hod Hill brooch. The fragment is very corroded and so a certain identification is not possible, however the object is in the shape of an early Roman Hod Hill brooch, having a flat rectangular body with the remains of what appear to be circular side-knops. The 'foot' is triangular in plan, flat and has a ?circular terminal.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F198C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy two-piece Colchester brooch. Tne brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section. The bow has a moulded crest at the top which forms a circular plate on the reverse dividing the wings. The plate is pierced to secure the spring. The bow is comma shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section, tapering to a pointed foot. The catchplate is intact.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-021528
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform or small long brooch. Only the lower part of the bow and the upper part of the foot remains. The bow is arched and faceted. The panel below is rectangular and decorated with three moulded pairs of transverse collars. There is part of the catchplate remaining on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Threekingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-034FF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch. The frame is circular in cross-section and has a copper alloy pin.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-036975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, incomplete copper alloy Trumpet brooch. The brooch has a convex oval head with a lug in the centre of the reverse that would have secured the spring. The spring and pin are missing. The bow is comma shaped in profile, S-shaped in cross-section and decorated with a fully rounded acanthus reel. The foot terminates with a reel. The catch-plate is intact.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-1C6A25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy and enamel decorated umbonate brooch, dating from the Roman period (100-250 AD). The brooch is hexagonal in plan with a large raised centrally positioned circular boss. In profile the brooch is D shaped. At each corner of the brooch is a small oval shaped knop. On the reverse face there is a large centrally positioned concave hole, which tapers to a narrow opening at the centre of the boss. On the upper edge is the remains of the pin, a circular projecting knop, whilst on the lower edge is a smaller and much abraded catchplate. The brooch measures 20m…
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-42CD03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch; incomplete cast copper alloy dolphin brooch of 1st century date. The brooch has long, narrow wings and a gap in the centre at the back for the pin hinge. The bow is also narrow and has a deep curve at the head, then tapers to a point at the foot. Much of the catchplate is still present behind the foot. The pin is missing. The brooch has become rather twisted out of shape Length 42.6mm, width 17.2mm, thickness 11.2mm, weight 5.24g Hattatt ‘A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt’s Ancient Brooches’ (pp. 299, fig. 158)
Created on: Friday 7th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-81EF15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch, or 'two-piece Colchester brooch'. The wings are cylindrical in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The face of the wings are decorated with a vertical groove at either terminal, and a diagonal groove along the centre. The bow is comma shaped in profile, D-shaped in cross-section and decorated with a moulded rope-design down the centre. The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-AA11A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast disc brooch of the late Roman or Early Medieval periods. The brooch is incomplete, with about 25% of the plate missing from one side. It has been cast solid, with an integrally cast lug and catchplate. No pin remains. The plate is circular in plan, and has a raised inner circle. In the centre is a conical stud, which probably had a flattened disc at the tip but which has now broken off. There are traces of gilding on the face and tinning or silvering on the reverse. In overall shape and appearance the object matches Roman examples, but the solid casting of the disc a…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-AAAB44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated cast, copper-alloy plate brooch of the early Roman period. The brooch is pelta-shaped, with a broad body in which the central upright and the tipped wings of the pelta all face upward (the brooch is almost a complete circular disc, with small sub-circular cutouts that make the pelta shape). The central upright has a flattened circular terminal with a small circular cavity in the centre. The wing-tips also have circular terminals (half as large as that of the upright) with central cavities. Around the edge of the body, there is a small circular lug every 45 degrees. T…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-ACA2A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloya late Iron Age to early Roman Colchester brooch. The brooch is incomplete, lacking a catchplate and spring-pin. The bow is circular in section and tapers as it approaches the foot. The even arc of the bow in profile has also been lost due to bends just above the break of the catchplate and just below the head. The head has two very short arms to either side as well as the base of the spring pin where it emerges from the head.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: NCL-ACADB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy (probably brass) birdlip-type brooch of the early Roman period, dating to the 1st century. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring-pin and most of the catchplate and foot. The solid head is slightly trumpet-shaped with a medial ridge and raised semi-circular panels along the sides. The base of the head has a transverse disc with a moulded collar above and below it, and the hooked 'beak' typical of the type below the disc. The bow is X-shaped in section, with an openwork catchplate emerging at the bottom of the bow.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-ACB742
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy trumpet-related brooch with a projecting disc on the bow from the early Roman period, probably dating to the 2nd century. The head is a compressed trumpet type with lugs on the reverse and the remains of a spring coil. The upper part of the bow has a spade-shaped ornament with a central band running from the head to a downward projecting disc that emerges from the bow at its midpoint. The projecting disc is worn, but it was originally tiered, with a slightly raised in disc, leaving an unraised outer crescent. The bow continues below the disc and is T-shaped in…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-ACC028
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Hod Hill type brooch of the early Roman period, dating to the mid 1st century. The brooch is incomplete, missing the head as well as the pin, with only the bow remaining. The bow has a square upper panel ribbed, but with no evidence of lugs. Below are three, perhaps four cross mouldings, with the bow tapering toward the footknob. There is a raised band of cross moulding just above the footknob. Most of the catchplate remains, except for the hook. There is no evidence for tinning.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-AD89A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete medieval copper alloy annular brooch. The brooch frame is circular in cross-section and has a restriction for the pin. The pin is collared and intact. Parts of the frame and pin surface still retain evidence of silvering or tinning
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-AE4E27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy headstud brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is intact. The wing faces are flat, rectangular and decorated with vertical grooves. There is a small suspension loop at the top. The bow is comma shaped in profile and rectangular in cross-section. The front of the bow is decorated with a row of ten lozenges set within a rectangular field. The lozenges are filled with turquoise/blue enamel whereas the fields surrounding it contain red. The bow terminates with a half-rounded reeled foot. The catchplat…
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-D6A9C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sexfoil brooch dating the medieval period. The frame has six concave sides each with three notches creating four 'turrets'. The pin is secured either side of a notch on one side of the frame.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aunsby and Dembleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DA08E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval or early Medieval pewter disc brooch. The brooch is circular and is decorated similar to the reverses of the coins of William II, specifically the 'cross-voided' type (circa 1092-1095). The decoration comprises a voided cross pattee with annulet in centre over a cross annulettee. Instead of a legend there is a perimeter of hatches. The reverse of the brooch has two crescent-shaped lugs each with a hole through the centre aligned with a slightly concave channel. The pin mechanism is missing. The surface of the lugs are decorated with grooves whereas the reverse of t…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aunsby and Dembleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-15B660
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch dating from AD 55 - 100. The brooch has no foot and a small catch plate. The design on the bow is very simple with three grooves and a long plain cylinder for the wings. It has a hinge mechanism and the pin is absent. It has a deep brown, black hue. It measures 50.7mm x 33.9mm x 15mm, weighing 12.33g. For similar example see 'A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's ancient brooches' p.299, no.889.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-570008Z
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch dating to the early Roman period. The wings are cylindrical in cross-section and contain an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The wings are undecorated. The bow is rectangular in cross-section with a triangular ridge running down the centre. In profile the bow is comma shaped. The catchplate is intact. The surface has been silvered or tinned.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 19th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-572323
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy enamelled plate brooch. The brooch is flat, circular and has ten peripheral lugs. The face is decorated with two concentric circles and pellets formed out of reserve metal. The recessed fields between contain enamal. The outer band contains green enamel; the inner contains brown and the dot within the inner circle also contains brown. Between the two fields are six pellets of reserved metal set in a circle. The reverse contains a lug with a broken spring, and a catchplate. The spring is missing. This type of brooch is distinctively Romano-British.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-574291
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Roman brooch. The brooch is probably a Hod Hill or Langton Down brooch. All that survives is the flat foot, which is rectangular in plan and has an abraded perimeter. The reverse contains the remains of a catchplate. The surface is very worn and patinated brown.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E44AE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, 24mm in length. The fragment consists of the catchplate and a portion of the bow, which is narrow, with an eliptical cross section 1.8mm thick. The bow is undecorated aside from a transverse ridge and knop at the foot. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: WMID-42F3B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch dating from the Roman period. Length: 50.2mm; width (diameter): 39.7mm; depth: 10.2mm; mass: 16.9g. The brooch is sub-circular in plan, with an incomplete lug at the top and a moulded foot at the base. The front on the circular plate is flat with no decoration visible. On the reverse of the brooch, there is a double lug at the top with a copper alloy axial rod holding an incomplete copper alloy pin, and a complete catchplate with pin rest at the bottom. There has been some loss of material from the edge of the disc. The brooch has a gr…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Rauceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-696107
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy brooch. It appears to be plain, with no visible design. It measures 18.5 x 7.9 x 7.3mm and weighs 1.86gm. Most likely to be Roman in date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Last updated: Sunday 20th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-7AA1C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch. This brooch has a hinge mechanism. Its wings (left one damaged) are decorated with transverse grooves at the ends. The head also has grooves on it, which run over the head and all the way down the bow to the grooves of the foot. There are three pairs of grooves (sides and middle) with transverse lines running the length between each pair. The brooch has a green patina and measures 59.1mm x 35.1mm x 18.6mm, weighing 29.81g. A similar example can be found in 'A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches', p.299, no.360. This type dates to…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Sunday 20th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-2415E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Dolphin brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in cross-section containing an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The bow is triangular in cross-section and comma shaped in profile. There is iron corrosion around the wings and upper bow. The lower bow is missing.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-262931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, circa 6th century AD. Only the upper half of the brooch remains. The headplate is rectangular and divided into three smaller rectangular panels. The central one is proud of the ones either side. The perimeter of each panel is decorated with a row of punched ring and dot motifs. There are three collared side knops located one on each side. These knops are half-rounded and have been cast integrally with the brooch. The bow is arched and faceted, and broken at the base. The reverse of the headplate contains two int…
Created on: Friday 12th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spilsby', grid reference and parish protected.