Record ID: WILT-15A28C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type brooch of The Eastern Group, PH 6.a7. Plate 52, dating to c AD75 - 175. What remains is the head and part of a bow above an early break. The pin and spring are missing but part of the chord remains, held in the upper piercing of a double lug. There are end caps at each end of the semi circular wings, one slightly damaged. The interior of the wings show iron corrosion although the chord appears to be copper alloy. The end caps are accentuated in diameter and a wide ridge of similar dimension l…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C084C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken cast copper alloy Iron Age La Tène IBa brooch, dating from the 4th to the 3rd century BC. The brooch is cast as one piece, with an integrallycast spring and pin at the head. The spring has a separate copper alloy spindle within the coils to strengthen it. The pin is bent outwards, perpendicular to the rest of the brooch. The bow is strongly arched with flattened sub rounded to plano convex cross section and decorated with a pair of incised parallel lines along the spine terminating at transverse collars of paired incised lines at either end. The foot has …
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-830FD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged of Mackreth 2011, type 3.a2 dating to the later 1st  first to early 2nd century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with ridged ends and enclose a copper alloy spring and pin, the elements of which are retained by the double lugs at the centre of the head. The bow is undecorated with a rounded cross section and tapers to the foot. On the underside of the foot is a deep triangular catchplate.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-439AC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy brooch, of Adams class 2LD dating from the Middle Iron Age 350-150 BC.  The pin is missing.  The top of the brooch comprises a central rounded knop (6.38mm diameter) from which the two wings extend on either side. The wings of the brooch are rectangular in plan and near circular in cross section and each terminates in a circular knop (5.9mm diameter).   The main body of the brooch emerges from the base of the central knop and is comprised of a thick humped bow which is oval in plan and crescent sh…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: GLO-2E4EE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group B. Oval head plate, on the reverse is a single loop that would have held the missing spring. The undecorated bow emanates from the front of the head plate curving down to a moulded knee at the apex of the bow; below the lower leg is truncated . Date AD 80-200.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th September 2023
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Record ID: WAW-9D96BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating c. AD 100-200.  See Mackreth (2011) TR1.2c2 - a potentially similar example can be seen in Mackreth (2011) Vol.2 Pl.81 No.4984. The spring, pin, part of the lug, some of the decoration, and most of the catch plate are missing. The head is 15.48mm wide and flared, with a concave reverse. Part of the lug on the reverse is missing, with the perforation being located near a sub-triangular point on the head. The exterior surface of the head is decorated with ornate, seemingly scrollwork moulded in relief, with raised p…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-9D7A86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy, Initial T-shaped hinged brooch, dating to c. AD 50-150. It is D-shaped  in section and has a tapered, broken bow.  The bow is comma-shaped in profile and has a single tapered groove running down the length, teminating just before the break. The wings are cylindrical and short, and located on either side of a central rectangular pin slot (pin missing). On the edge of the left wing is a vertical groove on the upper side only. The right wing is slightly broken at the end, and probably as a result, no similar vertical groove is ob…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-9B65B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a duck, dating to c. AD 100-200. The body is sub-oval with a fairly flat plate for the duck's back, rising towards the head and neck, and slightly to the rear. The body is decorated with four fanned cells, representing the duck's back and possibly folded wings. The cells show evidence of red enamel, although much is eroded. The neck and head are slender, curved and bent towards the right, possibly contorted due to the brooch's location. The bill is curved, flattened and sweeping. On the …
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-8A9D59
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late La Tene Sedgford type brooch of Mackreth type 6.c, dating to the Late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. AD 25-60) Description: The brooch is comprised of part of the head, the bow and part of the foot.  The bow forms a tapering rectangle in plan and is plano convex in cross-section.  The bow is pitted and appears to be undecorated. Remains of wings project either side of the head, between which is a stamped multi-ring motif.  The head is abraided but the motif appears to have extended across the wi…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: BH-890B80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth 2011, CD Ha type, probably CD HA 1.c, dating to the Early Roman period (c. AD 50-80) Description: The brooch is comprised of the head and part of the bow.  The head is formed of incomplete semi-cylindrical wings that are open at the reverse and an incomplete central double-pierced pierced lug.  The wings are abraded but remains of a moulded transverse ribbed decoration can be seen on the face of both.  Housed within the wings is an …
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-888FC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth CD Ha 1.c type, dating to the Roman period (c. AD 50-80) Description: The brooch is comprised of the head and part of the bow.  The head is formed of semi-cylindrical wings that are open at the reverse and an incomplete lug with one perforation; the second perforation is missing. The faces of the wings are decorated with vertical mouldings and/or grooves. A spring with an external chord and then coils is housed within the wings around a central axis bar; the axi…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-091969
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy Hod Hill brooch dating c. AD 43-70. The brooch comprises the upper bow, lower bow and foot, and is bent so that the broken upper edge of the upper bow meets the base of the foot. The upper bow is rectangular with decoration of four vertical ridges. The upper edge is unevenly broken. The lower edge tapers into the plain lower bow. This is broadly triangular and D-sectioned, with tapering sides that terminate at a flared rounded foot. The base of the foot is flat and D-shaped. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The patina acr…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-EFF51E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large cast copper alloy Roman  brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type (Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1,  Plate 32) dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical with moulded ridges and shoulders, and the catchplate is openwork and largely incomplete. The bow, which is slightly bent, has a triangular cross section with a moulded spine which joins the double-lugged projection for the hinge. The spring and pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E04E32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one piece brooch dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period (c. AD 25-60). The brooch survives as the entire bow, left of the spring, and foot, while the catchplate, right of the spring, and pin are missing. The head of the brooch possesses two short wings which have a total width of 13.3mm although the the tip of the right wing has been bent to form a right angle towards the bow. They are thin and rectangular when viewed from the front of the brooch, or triangular when viewed from the top. Both narrow slight…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-DF7307
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman cast copper-alloy 2 piece Aesica type brooch dating to the 2nd century AD.   The brooch is made of 2 pieces, the first being a bow that is riveted onto a flat plate. The wings at the head of the brooch are x mm wide and made of a cylindrical tube with an open reverse and oval endcaps. The endcaps are pierced bya circular hole through which a copper alloy axis bar is threaded.  The pin mechanism is made of 8 coils, four to the right and three to the left of the pin. The right-most outer coil curves over the wings before re-joini…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-C8D544
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Proto Headstud brooch 1.d, dating to c AD 160-200. All that remains is the head and a short section of bow, The wings are cylindrical and narrow, one apparently manufactured a little shorter than the other. Each is decorated with a fine groove, ridge and further ridge at the outer end. The stub of an integral loop remains at the apex, a now sub rectangular pedestal with three transverse dots above a fine groove. The top of the flattish D shape section bow juts out and drops away below a moulded triangular feature. Below this is part of a mo…
Created on: Monday 28th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-C83F87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Initial T-shaped hinged brooch, dating to c AD 50 - 150. The hinge of the pin is also extant but the whole pin is lost to an early break. A crusty accumulation under the pin slot suggests an iron pin. The bow is a shallow D- shape in section, tapering to an early break a short way along its length where it is very narrow and suggests a short bow overall. An oblique ridge run from the junction of lower wings and bow to either side of the pin slot. A small sub rectangular projection lies by one wing, apparently a fault in manufa…
Created on: Monday 28th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-4A9401
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (4.h type) of Roman date, circa (AD 240-300). The brooch is missing its wings, foot, catchplate, spring and pin. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D-shaped in cross section. The bow tapers and extends to a worn break.The head has semi circular mouldings at the shoulders where the head meets the wings. The wings are now missing. At the rear of the head is a concave slot where the spring would have once been held. …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-332EBC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Polden Hill brooch of Mackreth  (2011) CD PH type 5.b4, dating to AD 75-200. Part of the wings, bow and pin are missing. The wings survive to a width of 16.6mm and are semi-cylindrical with an open back. The right wing (seen from the front) is truncated by a break but the left retains parts of an oval perforated wing cap. . The front faces of the wings are each decorated with four slightly raised vertical lines formed as pairs with a slightly concave section between.  A small D-shaped lug projects from th…
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-DE8E41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy skeumorphic plate brooch with enamel decoration dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is missing its pin and a small part of its plate. The plate is rectangular in cross section and mostly crescent in plan, like a crescent moon, being made of two differently curving long edges which meet to form points. At one of these points is a projecting circular knop, while the second point is lost to an old transverse break. At the apex of the plate on its convex edge is a larger protecting circular knop (5.8mm diameter) that is pierced by a circular…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanford in the Vale CP', grid reference and parish protected.