Record ID: IOW-140666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast and wrought copper alloy Colchester brooch of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date (c. AD 20 – c. AD 65). Overall length 58.5mm, maximum width 12.0mm. Weight 5.01g. The coiled spring, the pin and the catch-plate are missing. The wings are also incomplete. The brooch is long and slender but severely corroded. It would have had small diminutive wings. However, one side of the wings is missing and the other side is incomplete due to old breaks. The present width of the wings is 12.0mm. At the head of the brooch there is a stub, representing the remains of a forward pr…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3B15A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Early Medieval domed disc brooch. The brooch has a diameter of 26.1mm and is 8.5mm thick. It has a plain border and a design in relief of a Jellinge-style animal with interlace. On the reverse the double pin lug and catchplate survive, and there is another projecting lug which is too corroded to see if it was pierced. The pin does not survive. The brooch is in very good condition and has a deep green patina with lighter areas of slight corrosion. The brooch probably dates from the later part of the Early Medieval period; 850 - 1066 AD. Jane Kershaw has identified thi…
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-669B25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy polden hill brooch, 50mm long, 18mm wide and 15mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 12.68 grams. The brooch is missing its spring, pin and most of its catchplate, but its base can be seen, 20mm long. Its wings are short but have wornaway edges. One side shows decoration of horizontal recesses flanking a small ridge. The bow is sub rectangular in section and is decorated with two vertical ridges which appear to run its length. It has pitting all over its surface.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-694B58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy and silver bow brooch, 47mm long, 26mm wide and 19mm thick. The brooch is in a fiiar condition with a dark green patina and weighs 14.48 grams. Thebrooch is missing its spring, pin and most of its catchplate, but its base is 23mm long. The brooch has worn short wings but one has three vertical ridges running down it. The bow tapers and is sub-circular in section. It is decorated with a row of beading or circular depressions running the length of each side. This decoration appears to continue across the top of the bow, but this is damaged. The bow has a stepped foot …
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-69A261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman? copper alloy disc brooch fragment?, 27mm in diameter and 2mm thick. The fragment is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.39grams. The fragment has a curved edge and a central raised circle about 10mm in diameter. Its reverse has a circular sectioned shaft attached to it which has been bent to sit flush with the surface and a fragment of another circular sectioned shaft protruding near by, perhaps it originally formed a loop?
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013
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Record ID: NCL-7E9EE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Scandinavian copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch is decorated with an openwork Jellinge-style design of an interlacing animal (see NMS-7446E3 and ESS-4D7A85 for other examples of this style). On the reverse there are the remains of the pin lug and catchplate. The pin is missing. There is also part of the suspension loop which the wearer could have passed a chain through to wear the brooch as a pendant. Jane Kershaw has identified this as Scandinavian - a Jellinge-style disc brooch, Jansson Type I A1 (Jansson in Arwidsson1984; Kershaw 2009). There is a close parallel from Cambridge…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2018
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Record ID: WAW-7F6020
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.k. noo. 2052, Plate 48. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. Each cap has a central perforation which supports a copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled, forming eight or possibly nine incomplete coils, and a fragment of a pin. The horizontal bar of the spring is also missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile and decorated with a moulded 'Y' shaped ridge, with radiating grooves between the two arms. Either s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: IOW-916327
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast and tinned copper alloy Hod Hill brooch of Roman, first century date (c. AD 43 – c. AD 75). Length 55.6mm, maximum width 17.0mm and 4.1mm thick. Weight 4.24g. The pin, part of the bow, part of the catch-plate, one side arm and part of the foot are missing due to old breaks. The upper part of the head of the brooch has been turned forwards and downwards to form a cylinder to accommodate an iron axis bar which is corroded and in poor condition. Mid-way along the width of the cylinder there is a recess which enabled the pin to swivel freely around the axis bar. …
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-58EFB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy flat, enamelled disc brooch. Late 1st to mid 3rd century AD. Diameter 21.20mm, thickness 1.82mm. The plain border is 1.27mm wide. The central field contains six outer pellets joined and a single central pellet of 2.96mm diameter. Traces of a red material (possibly enamel) survive within the central/inner field. On the reverse is a single lug 5.91mm long, 4.43mm high and 1.22mm thick. A circular perforation of c.1.98mm diameter is present on the lug but this perforation is filled with mud and/or corrosion. The pin is missing. The catch-plate survives - dimensions: le…
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whittlesford Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9363B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 80-120 (length: 47.5mm; width at wings: 19.5mm; thickness/ depth: 13.5mm; weight: 8.9g). Bayley and Butcher (see bibliography below) have classified this type of brooch as a type 'b', which they describe as 'heavier brooches, usually large, the upper bow humped forward over the crossbar; the effect often increased by a slight lateral extension showing as disc-shaped flanges beside it. The tapering lowe…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A5C801
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. It has wings that are semi-circular in cross-section with fully-rounded terminals pierced to support the spring mechanism. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and comma-shaped in side view, tapering slightly towards the foot. The top of the bow is decorated with two pairs of transversly incised lines. The lower end of the bow is decorated with an incised transverse collar above and a moulded transverse collar below a small faceted rectangular panel. The foot panel widens slightly towards the terminal, and is decorated with long side face…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hykeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C34DE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval brooch: A Late Anglo-Saxon/Viking Age copper alloy cloisonné disc brooch with six (possibly originally seven) lobes and enamelled decoration. The projecting lobes have sunken terminals, presumably originally inlaid with enamel or glass. This technique is known in several other brooches of this type, and is thought to imitate more costly gold jewllery, which was often inlaid with perals and gemstones. The body of the brooch consists of a flat baseplate and raised central collar, the latter describing the edge of the ornamented central area. Sitting on top of the coll…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Record ID: IOW-E6D723
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast and lathe-turned copper alloy plate brooch of Roman, second century date (AD 100 – AD 200). Length 25mm, width 19.0mm and 10.2mm thick. Weight 1.94g. About half the brooch is missing due to old breaks. The catch-plate and pin are also missing. The plate would have originally been circular in plan and it is estimated that the diameter would have been about 20.0mm. It is convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. At the front it has a raised peripheral rim and a central circular and floorless collet (or cup). The rim has been punched or perhaps knur…
Created on: Sunday 24th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-F98138
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester one-piece type, dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the catch-plate, but has very poor surface preservation. The brooch has a length of 46.44mm and has a weight of 6.1g. The spring survives, but has broken on the outer coil. The spring has a width of 14.66mm and coils three times each side of the centre. The spring diameter is considerably wider on the pin side, than the other (7.6mm diameter compared to 5.1mm diameter). The chord is anchored at the head by a tapering forward-facing hook. …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: GLO-FABCD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group). Semi-circular, concave cross-section wings that have backward facing lug at either end. Both lugs have been truncated down that centre but a hole where the spring support bar would have been mounted is still visible. A serrated crest runs down the head and terminates in a point at the base of the head, at that back of the crest is a loop for external chord of the spring. Stepped shoulders flank either side of the head. The leg is plain and terminates…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tytherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-FBA826
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester one-piece type, dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the catch-plate and the end of the pin. The brooch has a distorted length of 48.00mm and has a weight of 7.9g. The spring survives, but has broken on the outer coil. The spring has a width of 15.38mm and coils three times each side of the centre. The spring diameter is slightly wider on the pin side, than the other (6.7mm diameter compared to 6.2mm diameter). The chord was anchored at the head by a tapering forward-facing hook, which is n…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: GLO-FCAFB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.b1. Plate 50. No. 1735. Semicircular, concave cross-section wings that have backward facing lug at either end. Both lugs have been truncated down that centre, a hole where the spring support bar would have been mounted is still visible. There is a grooved line running down the centre of the forward edge of each wing. On the top of the head is the remains of a backwards facing lug which holds the external chord of the spring, a crest runs down the centre of …
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: GLO-FCBB96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 2. Transitional Type 2/3, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 2.b2. Homeland is Lower Severn Valley and probably the Avon. Semi-circular, concave cross-section wings that have backward facing lug at either end. Both lugs have been truncated down that centre, a hole where the spring support bar would have been mounted is still visible. The end of the wings are expanded, and there is a ridge running down the centre. On the top of the head is the remains of a backwards facing hook that would have held the…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Sunday 23rd April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0EDE27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4. a-b, flat wing ends type)Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the late 1st - early 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow, with a surviving length of 32.18mm and a weight of 7.4g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing and secured by Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings are damaged and have a surviving width of 22.14mm. Above the head is the remnant of a broken claw to tension the chord. The bow had a curved moulding at the head, now…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-136E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy spoked disc brooch dating to c.2nd or 3rd centuries. c.f. Mackreth 2011, Chapter 7, Part 1, Type 3.b5. Plate 107. The brooch is circular and domed and is mostly complete. Part of the catchplate and pin mechanism remain but the pin is missing. The front of the brooch is decorated with a wheel-like design with 5 spokes and a central circular raised boss. Aound the outside is a flat edge which has been gilded.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.