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: OXON-7FDFB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Roman copper alloy hinged Hod Hill type E brooch dating to the period c. AD 40 - 60. Only the pin is missing. The head of the brooch projects backwards in a sub-rectangular plate which has been rolled forwards around a (possibly copper alloy) axis bar. The head survives to a width of 16.6mm and is 3.1mm thick where it contains the axis bar. A slot has subsequently been cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate the pin which is missing. The bow is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat back and curved in profile. It first …
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: WMID-551B32
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short section of a Roman copper alloy bracelet that has been cut and bent into a finger ring dating to c. AD 250-450. The object is formed of a strip of copper alloy. The strip is sub-rectangular in cross section with slightly rounded edges. This strip has been bent into a now mostly circular hoop that overlaps slightly. Both ends appear to be old breaks which suggests the object to be reused, most likely from a bracelet. Decoration on the exterior is hard to determine. It has an external diameter of 18.6 mm, an internal diameter of 14.7 mm. The finger ring is 4…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-070267
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Iron Age to Roman toggle with enamel decoration dating to c. 100 BC - AD 100. The toggle is broadly cylindrical being oval in cross section (9.1mm to 7.9 mm diameter). It has a 6.3mm deep rectangular cut into it that is placed in the middle of the length of the obejct but close to its edge. This edge protrudes out slightly possibly from the cutting and use of the slot. The opposite half of the toggle has six sub-square cells cut into its surface in two lines of three which take up almost the entire length of the toggle and half its circumference. Two cells retain …
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2022
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Record ID: WILT-038191
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
In 2012 a Middle Bronze Age hoard was discovered while metal detecting on cultivated land. The find consists of 41 copper alloy objects split across two deposits or concentrations of finds, with a small number of finds found a short distance away. All the objects are of a similar typo-chronology and are likely to represent a single hoard comprised of 31 'ornaments', 8 'tools' and 4 'other' or unidentified objects. The artefacts were recovered by the finders from two deposits in close proximity (c.2-3m apart), with two pits subsequently identified by a local amateur archaeology grou…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codford', grid reference and parish protected.