Record ID: OXON-E48DC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T139, dating to c.AD 50-150. The brooch is missing its foot and pin. The wings of the brooch are 25.73mm wide and are cylindrical with a maximum diameter of 4.89mm at the bow and narrowing slightly towards their tips. Their front faces are decorated by a double incised line placed close to their outside edges. Both outside edges are open-ended, revealing a hollow core containing a dark brown coloured material that may be remains of solder. The right hand terminal …
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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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: 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: 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: PUBLIC-4F2537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Broken copper-alloy Roman devolved trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C; Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. The spring mechanism, pin, lower bow, foot, and catchplate are all missing. The trumpet-shaped head from which the brooch gets its name is plain; with a projecting nib uppermost. On the reverse of the head is a perpendicular loop that would have retained the spring. There is a three-disc knob on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around the bow. Both reverse petals are less prominent…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd 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: SUSS-E8A3A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged double lugged trumpet brooch, dating between AD 80-200. The head of the brooch is ovate, with two integral pierced semi circular lugs on the reverse to accommodate an axis bar. Between both pierced lugs sits an intact copper alloy spring of four coils with a semi-circular loop set behind the spring, hanging toward the foot. The coils are covered in iron corrosion suggesting the axis bar may be iron. One coil extends into an incomplete circular-sectioned pin which tapers towards a worn break near the catchp…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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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: 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: 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: ESS-C4B808
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing. The wings are worn. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this and and two more travel down the edges of the bow, starting on the head. The bow narrows along its length, ending in a worn, rounded break.…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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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: ESS-AD1A5A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing.  The wings are decorated with grooved ridges at the ends and beside the bow. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this, merging with the central one, and two further ridges travel down the edges of the bow. The …
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-ACCE62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch Harlow CD Ha 1.b of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held. The axis bar has broken in half and has come out of the lug, although it is still intact inside the spring. The spring is complete coiling around the axis bar four times on the right before passing over the head, through the lug, coiling around the left hand side of the axis bar three times and extending into the now missing pin.&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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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: NARC-05D008
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy T-shaped (initial) T137 hinged brooch of Roman date (AD 55-100). The head of the brooch is comprised of wide tubular wings with a central rectangular groove, and axis bar around which the loop of the hinged pin is retained. The lower portion of the pin is missing due to an old, abraded break. The wings have bulbous terminals and are decorated with semi-circular collars. The top of the bow is decorated with a triangular projecting boss with an incised zig zag outer boarder. The bow itself is rectangular in section and tapers in towards a worn transverse b…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EDC54C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Hull T125; Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with incised lines around the tips and contain an axis spindle retaining the pin (27mm in length). The bow is convex, with a moulded spine decorated with incised oblique lines, and has ridged margins. It tapers back to a bend and break. The foot and catchplate are missing. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-ADC656
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn but mostly complete cast copper alloy Roman Rosette Brooch dating to c.AD 25-60.  The brooch is made of a large flat plate with projecting pin and catchplate. The plate has two zones. The first is a circular (29.7mm diameter) main body that has a circular (3.3mm diameter) hole at its centre. The second is a fantail lower zone that is trapezoidal in shape widening from the interface with the circular zone from 12mm wide to c.16.6mm wide at its terminal over its 21.1mm length. On the reverse of the circular zone at its apex is the pin mechanism, made of two pr…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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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: 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: PUBLIC-7143CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Aucissa brooch dated to the Roman period, c. AD 43-80. Mackreth 2011, Aucissa Type 2.b, Plate 90, no.8687. The head of the brooch is formed from a flat, rectangular panel which splits into two at the back and rolls up and round to form the integral hinge which would have held the pin mechanism. The axis bar, pin and pin mechanism are all lost. From the front of the head plate an integral D-sectioned bow extends with a steeply curved profile which tapers in width to a bulbous rounded foot knop.The bow is decorated with a raised centra…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-700794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, dating from AD 60 - 120.  The object consists of the majority of the bow, head and wings. The catchplate, the pin and the spring are missing. The wings are circular in cross-section and are undecorated. The slot on the head of the brooch which would have housed the spring is rectilinear in shape. There is a single raised ridge which runs along the centre of the upper portion of the bow and onto the head of the brooch, terminating below the slot. The rest of the brooch is undecorated and tapers…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-1EC5C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and very worn and corroded copper-alloy Roman Colchester bow brooch. It is missing most of the spring, pin and catchplate due to old breaks, and has suffered from extensive post-depositional wear and corrosion. The brooch has flat rectangular wings, separated at the centre of the head by an integral spring and hook, both of which are incomplete due to old breaks. The bow is oval in section and rectangular in form, tapering to a pointed foot. The entire brooch measures 47.1mm in length, 11.5mm in width at wings, 5.5mm in width at bow, 3 and 5.61g in weight. This is a…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CA137E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy probable headstud brooch, probably dating from about AD 150 - 250. In plan, the brooch is sub T-shaped. The pin is hinged, and only the top survives. It is held on a copper alloy axis bar in a tubular housing on the back of the head. The wings are decorated with enamelled recesses. Two red enamel triangles point towards each other, with two blue enamel crescents placed between them, also with the points of the crescents angled towards each other.  There is a crest or pseudo forward hook on the head of the bow. Immediately adja…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-755841
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD 90 to AD 130). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the pin and catch-plate. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. Each wing has a semi circular pierced wing cap. Ridges are present at the shoulders of the brooch. The back of the brooch is undeco…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-75315C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD 80 to AD 120). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the spring, pin, catch-plate and foot missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. Each wing has a semi circular pierced wing cap. Ridges are present at the shoulders of the brooch. A cen…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4B07BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age copper alloy brooch of the La Tene I type dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. ' Wessex' Type, Hull's Type 1A. The brooch has a strongly arched faceted bow with a diamond-shaped cross section.. The top of the arch extends to form the tightly coiled spring with an axis bar and arched mock-spring. A tapering pin with a sub-circular section remains, and tapers down to a pointed terminal that is situated near the catch plate.  The opposite end of the arch extends to form the foot and catchplate of the brooch which consists of a bar that is ben…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-49EA86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Brooch of Roman date (AD 50-80). The object is a Colchester derivative  brooch with a hinge mechanism. The object is composed of tubular wings with perforations at each end to accommodate the axis bar. At the centre of the back of the wings is a rectangular notch through which the now missing pin would have projected. The head is hump-like in profile. The object is decorated with three incised bands between which are repeating transverse grooves. The head of the bow is decorated with a raised longitudinal ridge down the centre of the bow. …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E2A7DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, Colchester Derivative Harlow type with double pierced lug dating between 50-80 AD The brooch is cast in two pieces, consisting of the head, bow and catchplate as well as a partially intact in situ copper alloy spring. The head consists of two uncapped, undecorated semi cylindrical wings with a centrally placed vertical double perforated lug on the interior side. The upper perforation contains the bent external chord which terminates in the incomplete coiled spring, with three loops surviving on one side and one and a half at the …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 21st April 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A51459
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of the Langton Down Type, dating to AD 25-60 and is missing its pin. It consists of a cylindrical spring case, which still houses part of the spring coils and the upper part of the pin. The back face of the case has a central slot from which a fragment of the pin protrutes.The bow is flat and sub rectangular in shape with three prominent ridges and there are two curved grooves either side of the spring cover. The bow is set almost at right angle to the head and tapers towards the terminal. The catchplate…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SOM-A402E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and fragmented Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of ull T109; Wilsford type dating from 43 to 200 AD. The headloop, pin, one wing, and the catchplate are missing. The brooch has been broken into two pieces halfway down the bow, the wear on the breaks appears modern. The head has one short cylindrical wings, 19.41mm wide, and the headloop which would have extended from the top of the crossbar has been broken off. The remaining wing is decorated with two grooved lines towards its outer edge. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a f…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3E6DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T131 dating to 50 to 150 AD. The pin, part of one wing, and the catchplate are missing. There is a worn break about halfway down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 18.92mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Both ends of the wings are abraded, the left more than the right. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins gradually but consistently towards the break. It is characterised on its upper surface by two lozenge shaped incised shape…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-A1F43B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of Roman date (AD 75 - 175). The object is a Trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group B, and is composed of an oval head plate. On the reverse of which is a single pierced lug through which is a wire axis bar which forms a coiled wire spring and partially retained pin. The bow extends from the front of the head plate and a D shaped in section. at the centre of the bow is a acanthus moulding which is flanked by raised circular collars. The moulding continues round the back of the bow. The lower bow is faceted with a flat back from whic…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-7EA2A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, heavily abraded Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type dating from AD 90-130. The brooch has been heavily abraded during its time in the soil. It is undecorated. The bow is hump-shaped, and less than half of it remains. The foot and catch plate have been lost. One of the two wings has been broken off, the other remains which is semi-cylindrical in shape. The wing caps are no longer present. The recess for the spring and pin is shallow, and rectangular in shape. A remnant of a loop which would have housed the spring is visible on the top o…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-396651
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Harlow double lug brooch dating to AD 43-100. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 32.0mm and are each made of crescent plates, being convex on the front and concave on the back. The wings are decorated with four deeply incised lines giving the impression of four collars. A large figure of eight shaped attachment lug projects from the centre of the wings and the back of the head this is pierced by a hole through which the axis bar is threaded which has a a spring wrapping around …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0F2787
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 3.b. Cylindrical wings with a horizontal step or groove behind retain an axis bar which itself retains a cast pin with expanded proximal end. The front of the wings bears three bands of vertically billeted ornament with a single diagonal incision passing across them on either side. They are clasped by a D-section bow with a moulded groove down either side and a central narrow ridge which is cross-cut like the patterns on the wings. Most of the bow is lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125 Len…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroot', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CD9A1A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and slightly unusual copper alloy Roman Colchester Polden Hill brooch of Mackreth 2011, CD PH 9.d. Plate 54 no. 1649, dating to AD 50-70. Most of the bow is missing. The head of the brooch survives. The wings are oval, with an open reverse and each wing terminating in a perforated oval wing cap.  The spring mechanism survives intact and has three loops either side of the pin wrapped around a copper alloy axis bar that pierces the two ends caps. On the right side (when seen from the reverse) the spring turns up over itself and goes through a…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'To be known as Euridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BBBD99
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy Large south-western T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete as the pin is missing and there is a worn break about two thirds of the way down the bow. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 13.96mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the pin would have sat. Both ends of the wings are slightly abraded. Emerging from the centre of the head is a large fixed headloop. The bow generally has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat back. The bow narrows and thins …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-A54095
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Nauheim Derivative, La Tène III brooch of late Iron Age to Roman (c. AD 25-100) date. The brooch is cast as one piece. The spring is coiled with three (originally four) loops made of a copper alloy strip (2.5mm wide and 1mm thick). One of these coils is broken as it emerges from the reverse, and before it curves upwards and then back towards the reverse of the brooch, where it would have developed into the pin (which is therefore entirely missing). The opposite end of the coiled wire develops into the bow which first widens from 4.5…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-A26E2B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tène I and of Hull & Hawkes (1987: 95-106) type 1Ba, dating to the 4th or 3rd century BC. The one-piece brooch is missing both its spring and its pin. The arched bow is D-shaped in section, being flat on the back and convex on the front. It has a maximum width of 5.87mm and thickness of 4.26mm. It is decorated down its length with a column of punched dots framed by a vertical line on either side. Just below where the spring would have been attached at the top is a sub-rectangular plate attached…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-96F23B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman brooch, possibly T-shaped type: The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary, it has the remains of a plain bow which is a slender rectangle in section and tapers slightly in width to a broken edge. In profile the bow is a C-shape probably due to damage rather than intention. The upper edge of the bow has an expanded area which is either incomplete wings or an integral plate. The plate is horizontal in its present position and the upper face is decorated with two parallel grooves running the length of the plate and the upper plate is broken, but not recent. On the reverse this pla…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-7789F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Headstud brooch dating from AD 75-200. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 18.59mm. The wings have a stepped front surface and D-shaped rear surface creating a irregular cylinder pierced by a cylindrical hole down their width. A further lateral slot has been cut into the back of the wings to allow a pin to articulate around a copper alloy axis bar running through the cylindrical hole. None of the pin has survived. Each wing has three parallel incised lines creating a stepped appearance to each wing. Projecting from above, …
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-FAE4C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Nauheim Derivative, La Tène III brooch of late Iron Age to Roman (c. AD 25-100) date. The brooch is cast as one piece. The spring is coiled with four loops made of a thick copper alloy wire (2-3mm thickness). One of these coils is broken as it emerges from the reverse, and before it curves upwards and then back towards the reverse of the brooch, where it would have developed into the pin (which is therefore entirely missing). The opposite end of the coiled wire develops into the bow which is a slender elongated rectangle. Between th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-6FA77E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (mid 1st to 2nd century) brooch Colchester derivative, Rear Hook Spring of Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 40. The wings are semi-cylindrical, although one is incomplete. The complete wing does not terminate with a perforated wing cap. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The wings are decorated with a obliquely angled groove and the terminal has a vertical beaded groove. Along the upper edge there is an incomplete integral lug or hook. The bow head is decorated with a platform on each side. The outer face of the bow head and bow is decorated with a linear ridge …
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-6A5406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy and white metal coated hinged and enamelled bow brooch (Mackreth 2011: HOD HILL type 9) dating c. AD 43-85. The head of the brooch is hinged and appears to have been formed from an integral rectangular flat sheet extending from the bow which has been curved over towards the front to form a cylinder. It has a central vertical slot from which the flattened attachment loop of the now missing pin projects terminating in a worn stub. The tubular head also contains the axis bar which projects slightly from each en…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E9A935
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 4.a.  A plate 56, no. 2467. Almost plain tubular wings - there is a thin wavy oblique moulding on the front of the wings on either side – clenched behind retain an axis bar and the stub of a pin. The bow, of indented rectangular section, clasps the wings and bears three pronounced longitudinal ridges separated by deep gutters; the bow tapers towards the foot [lost]. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-150 Length: 23.5mm, Width: 20.7mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 4.8mm, Weight: 4.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-BD826E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman 2-piece Aesica type brooch dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (c. 43-200 AD).  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch is made of two parts, the upper part with the wings being riveted onto a lower flat plate. The short wings at the head of the brooch are 22.11mm wide and made of a cylindrical tube with an open reverse and oval endcaps. The endcaps are pierced by a circular hole through which a copper alloy or iron axis bar and spring would have been threaded. Iron staining on the inside of the tube is vis…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: WREX-7FC9D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (Mackreth 2011, 4l, Oddments No. 2059, Plate 48) dating c120-240AD. In plan the brooch is almost T shape.  The wings are circular in section with a slight raised stop-ridge at either end.  The upper part of the bow is decorated with a two semi-circles cells (to create a circular motif) filled with white enamel.  The rest of the bow is pitted but appears to have traces of moulded decoration.  The pin is incomplete and the catchplate and foot are missing. There is a lot of iron corrosion ad…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-55DD68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD Ha 1.a1a and similar to Ibid Pl. 31, No. 1016. It is minimally distorted and complete except for the pin. The wings are concavo-convex in cross-section and broadly rectangular when viewed from the front. The edges at the tips are very slightly curved. One is broadly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges and the other is very slightly oblique. The wings are not decorated.  The spring is in-situ and immobile: its coils and the external chord have corroded and fused to the wings and to each…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BE2952
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy penannular brooch of late Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 350 - 600 and of Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F). The frame is bent open and has a sub rounded cross section, with thin incised decorative transverse banding running around it. The zoomorphic terminals are integrally cast and aligned with their upper surfaces facing outwards from the body of the wearer; each is sub-rectangular with moulded details (second image) including a snout facing forwards with recessed circular eyes and a brow behind. The pin is 67.5mm in length and slight…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F1B4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, part of the rearhook, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing (the breaks are not recent). The wings are decorated with bead and reel and the low and wide triangular-sectioned bow with pairs of beaded ribs flanking a wider median rib. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 1.e. The proportion of the bow and wings is close to that of ibid. pl. 39 no. 865. Weight 4.47 g. Extant length 18.8mm. Wingspan 20.5mm (width of bow at top 10mm). AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C79033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, almost all of both wings, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The three beaks are not recent. Two probably beaded ribs run down the centre of the bow and some white-metal coating remains within the space between them. Weight 5.06g. Extant length 24.7mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-99877A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch, complete with silver pin. The frame of the brooch is circular, thick and flat to make a rectangular cross-section. The pin is held in a constriction, and has an open loop. There is a transverse double moulding at the junction of loop and shaft, below which the cross-section of the shaft is D-shaped or trapezoidal.  The frame is engraved on both faces with letters which read clockwise from the pin constriction. Because the pin has a clear front and reverse, it is possible to identify the front and reverse of the frame too; the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-320CD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester One-Piece brooch of Late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. AD 25 to c. 60). See Mackreth (2011) Plate 22.  The brooch has small flat wings with rounded ends.  On the reverse of the wings,integral to the upper edge, is rectangular protrusion which curls backwards over the bowhead, tapering to a blunt broken end.  Below this protrusion is a another, that curls upwards into a sharp point.The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow to a sharp pointed terminal. …
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-311ECB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy enamelled Trumpet broch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group D and of Mackreth's (2011) Type TR 1.2b1, dating to the period c. AD 75-175. Most of the lower bow,the attachment plate and the pin mechanism is missing. The fragment consists of the trumpet head only, the front of which survives intact but the top and the back are obscured by corrosion. At the centre of the top of the head is a small projection which is probably the remains of an attachment loop which would have projected from the head of the brooch. The front of th…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-063ABA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1b or 1c and similar to ibid Pl. 38, Nos. 795 and 812. The spring, pin and all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section: convex on the front and concave on the reverse. Viewed from the front, they are slightly narrowed or waisted as they emerge from the head of the bow. They then expand into a now almost circular terminal, probably rounded by wear and abrasion at the tips. They are fully decorated on the front…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-F190B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy with brown patina, brooch fragment. Bow of a La Tene III brooch, vertical grooves; Mackreth 2011, type ND 1.c. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 25-70. Length: 43.3mm, Width: 7.2mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 1.82gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-F025DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch (Group A: Bayley and Butcher 2004, 160 ,fig.130) of Roman date, c.AD 75-150. Only the bow re mains. The bow has a sub-circular cross section and both terminals end at a worn rounded break. The top of the bow is triangular in shape and opens out to two decorative central disks, which wraps round the back of the brooch. The lower bow is also sub triangular in shape, ending at a pointed broken terminal.  The metal has a dark green patina and is very worn. Abrasion caused in the plough soil has resulted in a loss of surface de…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-9E1877
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Bow of a Colchester One Piece brooch, very corroded. Mackreth 2011, type C 2. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 25-75 Length: 40.7mm, Width: 9.5mm, Weight: 3.60gms
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: LIN-5C462C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy umbonate brooch. The brooch has a slightly domed body with a small sub-triangular tab extending at the base. A catchplate is locate behind this tab. The domed body is decorated with a central recessed circle surrounded by a band of inward pointing triangular recessed cells. A similar outer band encloses this inner band. The cells would once have contained enamel; traces of blue survive in some cells. The upper part of the brooch is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4D65CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet Group B Brooch dating to AD 80-200 of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group B type. The brooch is D-shaped. The brooch has an oval shaped head (14.09mm in width). The hoop from the top of the head is missing and only the top section of the hinged pin survives looped around the copper alloy axis bar. The top section of the brooch above the waist moulding is perpendicular to the section of brooch below the waist moulding. A thin section of catch-plate remains along with a small round footknob which is 5.26mm in diameter. At t…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GHF001', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0A599F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 4b or 5b. The spring, pin, all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are convex on the front, concave on the reverse (a very shallow C-shape in cross-section). They taper in width from the head of the bow to their rounded tips. One is more heavily abraded on the underside and has lost a greater depth of surface on the front due to corrosion. Neither wing preserves any evidence of decoration. The reverse of the better preserve wing retai…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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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: NMS-B86FFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin and the curled over part of the solid catchplate missing.On both wings there are two vertical engraved grooves and one diagonal. On the D-sectioned bow a median groove and a row of closely spaced transverse engraved lines run the full length between grooves or offsets along both sides. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 4.f. Weight 9.83g. Wingspan 27.3mm. Length 39.2mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B80AE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, abraded and distorted Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch in two pieces, with an old break across the bow. Most of the pin, almost all of the catchplateand the foot are missing. Iron axis bar. Mackreth HOD HILL 1.a. Weight 2.72g. Width of head 13.5mm. c.43 - c.75
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-B6EED9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch, probably a headstud type c.AD 70-125.  Only the lower part of the bow has survived. The rectangular bow is oval in cross-section and gently tapers towards a collared foot. The bow is decorated with a panel of square slots, now filled with dirt. The reverse has the D-shaped remains of the catchplate. Length: 34.68 mm; Width: 6.16 mm; Thickness (foot): 6.72 mm; Weight: 5.05g 
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellingore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B6D799
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman hinged headstud brooch c.AD 70-125. Mackreth Headstud 7 The brooch has sub-rectangular wings with a transverse cylindrical casement along the reverse. At the top of the wings, centrally positioned, is the remains of an oval suspension loop. The front of the wings is stepped. The bow is curved, D-shaped in cross-section. At the top of the bow is a protruding circular stud; the stud has an annular recess with a raised cross; no traces of enamel have survived. Below the stud the bow is decorated …
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellingore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-7402FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Lion bow (léontomorphe) derivative brooch of continental (Gallic) type and later Iron Age or early Roman date (c. AD 25-60). The head is cylindrical, enclosing a copper alloy spring mounted on an iron spindle. The pin is missing. The bow has a decorative zoomorphic moulding in the form of a highly stylised lion, shown crouched and facing towards the foot. This moulding terminates in a flat circular area, which is drilled with a single copper alloy rivet to hold a separate foot plate, probably originally lozenge s…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-73CDBA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends), Mackreth 2011, 4.a. Plate 46, of Roman date (AD 80 to AD 120). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the pin, catch-plate and foot missing. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindrical wings projecting from either side at the top. Each wing has a semi circular pierced wing cap. Ridges are present at the shoulders of the brooch. The back of t…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-34B1C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy proto Headstud (south western) type brooch dating to c. AD 90 to 200 (Mackreth (2011), Chapter 4, Part 1, Plate 71, Proto HDST 1.gb). The brooch has narrow cylindrical wings enclosing a spindle for a (now missing) hinged pin. From the front of the head projects a flat, sub rounded lobe which is perpendicular to the line of the bow. The bow is strongly arched and curved in cross section, with a concave reverse and a convex upper surface. The front of the bow has a faint transverse ridged collar to the head, behind which is a…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-CF837E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A mostly complete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type dating to c.AD 100-200. The brooch is almost complete, missing just the headloop and pin and foot. It presents a stepped head the top of which would have connected to the now missing headloop. On the reverse of the head is the hinge mechanism which still retains the upper portion of the pin. From the base of the head stretches the bow which begins in a slightly rounded arch that then curves inwards and tapers towards a narrowed foot. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with three vertical panels which …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-CF4403
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Two halves of a decorated silver annular brooch frame. It is misshapen, with each part forming an elongated ‘U’ shape, which was once likely circular. The level of distortion obscures the form of the decoration on each ‘face’. There are regular, equally spaced notches infilled with niello across one ‘face’, with intermittent groups of four or five incised or stamped dots.  The other ‘face’ is largely plain with occasional groups of notches visible in one area. The two halves join at one break but do n…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-BA24AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged Hod Hill category Mackreth 2011, a/type 4d brooch dating to the period c. AD 43 - 75. The brooch is missing most of the pin and the lower half of the bow. The head of the brooch projects backwards from the bow in a trapezoidal plate, it being 10.1mm wide at the bow and widening to 18.1mm at its far end. The plate is rolled over 270 degrees to foorm a cylinder, within this is a copper alloy axis bar. The cylinder has a rectangular slot within which are the remains of a pin. The bow is a shallow D-shape in cross…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B98852
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Harlow double-lug brooch dating to AD 43-100. The lower part of the bow, and thepin are missing. The wings survive to a width of 27.2mm and they are each made of crescent plates, being convex on the front and concave on the back. Both wings are undecorated. A D-shaped attachment lug projects from the centre of the wings and the back of the head. This has two perforations, one close to the centre and one close to the tips of the wings. The lower hole is filled with copper alloy corrosion product probably …
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B47531
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Very nice Langton Down brooch, stamped decoration, perforated catch plate, Mackreth type LD 2.a. Suggested date: Late Iron Age 15BC-AD43 Length: 42.3mm, Width: 19.9mm, Thickness(?): 13.2mm, Weight: 8.44gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-A2CAD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the finds Silver crossbow brooch, complete and well preserved with little sign of corrosion, apart from the pin, which is of copper alloy and only survives as badly corroded fragments. The knob at the head is quasi-onion shape rising from a double ridged collar. The arms are a hexagonal tube that houses a copper alloy axial bar for the pin, which was hinged. At each end there is a knob, the same as that at the head of the brooch. The bow is narrow and undecorated apart from at the junction of the bow with the foot, where a length of silver wire is coiled round the bow f…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Five Mile Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A16115
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Iron Age copper alloy La Tene I brooch, dating to c. 450 - 300 BC. Adams' (2013) Type 1Bb. The brooch would originally have had a four coiled spring but only one half of the coil survives. It is also missing the chord and its pin due to old breaks. The bow is rounded and arched, with a band made of two incised horizontal parallel lines below the spring mechanism, for decoration. The arch of the bow has incised and punched decoration, consisting of two vertical parallel lines (approximately 1.5mm apart) with small circles p…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-8CA93F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Lower half of a Trumpet brooch, possibly [in absence of head and pin gear] Mackreth TR 1.b2. Suggested date: Early Roman, AD 80-200. Length: 44.4mm, Width: 7.7mm, Weight: 4.61gms
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-38B5B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative (Polden Hill) brooch (type 4.a-b) dating to circa AD 75-160.  The brooch is missing its lower bow, foot, catchplate, spring and pin. The brooch is T-shape in plan and the bow head is hump-like and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow itself is D-shaped in cross section but it does have a moulded rib running along the centre of the reverse, which would have expanded into the missing catchplate. The sides of the head are decorated with curved mouldings, characteristic of Polden…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-379142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The plain pin has a broad wrap around head and transverse raised ridge at the junction with the shaft. Length 28mm; head width 5mm (incomplete); weight 0.99g. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with brooches and other silver dress accessories in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is well in excess of 10% silver. Conclusions The pin form and width indicate that it is from a medieval annular brooch of thirteenth or early fourteenth…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llantwit Major Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-268DB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet-headed brooch of Roman date (AD 80-150).  Mackreth 2011, Trumpet Type 3. The head is ovate with a hollow reverse with two slightly projecting, perforated lugs, which would have housed the now missing pin mechanism. The head of the brooch is decorated with a single incised line around the upper edge. From the upper end of the head an integrally cast loop projects, which has a transverse break, giving it the form of two spurs. An oval sectioned bow projects centrally from the front of the head and expands to form an integral disc. T…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A48208
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman enamelled Trumpet brooch (c. AD 100-250.  cf. Mackreth (2011), TR 1.2b4, p. 83, pl. 80. The head is oval with a pointed stump of a now lost attachment loop and enamel inlay decoration in the form of a circular motif comprised  two opposing C-shaped forms in blue enamel with triangular recesses around the sides which may also have once held enamel. There is a single round loop at the centre of the underside of the head to hold the spring and pin, now lost. The bow is narrow with a sub rounded cross section and curves sh…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-7D7EBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman hinged headstud brooch dating to c.AD 75-200. Probably Mackreth 2011 Headstud 5.a. The wings are semi-circular and undecorated, with some damage to the casement, explosing the central copper-alloy  axis pin. At the top of the wings, centrally positioned, is the remains of a circular loop. The pin is wrapped around the axis bar and terminates with a truncated point. The bow springs out of the wings; it is D-shaped and terminates with a tapered broken foot. The bow is decorated with a circular raised 'stud' at the top of the b…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7D6986
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman hinged headstud brooch dating to c.AD 75-200. The wings are cylindrical and undecorated, with some damage to the ends which has exposed the central axis pin. At the top of the wings, centrally positioned, is a circular hole for the now missing hinged pin. The bow springs out of the wings; it is D-shaped and terminates with a tapered broken foot. The bow has been bent backwards, with the broken foot near the wings. The bow is decorated with a median ridge at the top and below is an oval indentation. The reverse has lost its catchplate and the …
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-782E75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative, double pierced lug, Harlow type brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 50-80). The brooch comprises the wings, broken spring, central lug and upper bow. The lower bow, catch plate and pin are missing. The wings are semi-cylindrical, open-ended and are angled forwards. At the centre is a central lug with an upper and lower circular perforation. The faces of each are decorated with two vertical grooves. The rest of the face is plain. The interior is occupied by an eleven-coil spring made of circular-section copper-a…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: BH-685A51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative, double pierced lug, Harlow type brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 50-80). The brooch comprises the wings, spring, pin, central lug, bow (upper and lower), foot and catch plate. Only part of the pin is missing. The wings are semi-cylindrical, open-ended and divided by a central lug with an upper and lower circular perforation. The front surfaces are plainly finished, as is the lug. The interior is occupied by a nine-coil spring made of circular-section copper-alloy wire, with five coil on the pin side. …
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: BH-676A2A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Romano-British hinged Headstud brooch dating AD 75-200. The head, wings and upper bow survive. The lower bow, foot, catch plate, spring and pin are missing. The wings are rectangular in shape and cross-section, with rounded corners. The face of each is decorated with mouldings comprising two pellets within two sets of vertical double-ridges. Projecting from the centre of the upper edge is an oval-sectioned and shaped loop. On the wing reverse is a narrow hollow cylinder with a central pin recess. Within the casing is a circular-sectioned iron…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-1333D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch of the Polden Hill type dating AD 90-130. Possibly Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4a. The spring, pin, foot, most of the catch plate, part of the wings, and part of the wing caps are missing. The head is 19.15mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate in sub-oval wing caps, though a greater percentage of the right wing cap survives compared to the left wing cap. There is no extant decoration on the wings. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched moulding present at the junction betwee…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E4BBB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age bow brooch of La Tene I type, 39.5mm in length and dating to the 4th - 3rd century B.C. The integrally cast spring and pin is missing, as is the projecting terminal at the foot. The bow is flat, lenticular in shape with a slightly plano convex cross section 1.8mm thick and decorated with a pair of grooves along the spine. These grooves taper to each end of the bow where there are sharply angled junctions with the head and foot; the latter has a stump of a catchplate running along the underside.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-910F70
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of the standard British type of Colchester one-piece type. The head has a pair of small, flat wings and a projecting hook for the spring chord. The spring and pin would have been integrally cast, and only a stump of the spring remains. The bow is narrow with an oval cross-section around 2.8mm thick and appears undecorated. 48.8mm in length. The foot tapers to a point; most of , the catchplate is lost. Circa 1st century AD.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: WAW-810A3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivate brooch of the Polden Hill type dating AD 90-130. Possibly Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.a-b. The pin, spring, axis bar, foot, most of the catch plate, and most of the rearward facing hook are missing. The head is 27.48mm wide including the semi-cylindrical wings. The wings terminate with sub-oval wing caps with perforations to hold the axis bar. The wings have been heavily abraded, and so there is no remains of decoration. The head is hump-like and on both sides there is arched moulding present at the junction between…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-562F44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Very corroded Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth 2011, CD H, The Nene Group, Type 6, 88-89, no. 14846, Plate 58. Suggested date: late 1st-early 2nd (AD 50-150). Length: 25.6mm, Width: 22.1mm, Thickness (?): 11.9mm, Weight: 5.89gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-3E438D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy penannular brooch of Roman date, c. AD 50 - 200. Booth Type A7 (Fowler Type A1) with a plain, circular sectioned frame which expands towards the terminals. Both terminals are rounded knops. The metal has a shiny brassy yellow patina and is in worn condition. The brooch is 20.2mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 1g. Dr Anna Booth (2014, p.129) discusses the distribution of Type A brooches as focusing on Roman military sites followed by towns. Fewer than 50 have also been found at hillforts and Roman villas. Of those from hillforts the major…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D747F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and badly damaged Roman copper-alloy, oval plate brooch with oval central flange, which would have contained a glass or intaglio setting, now missing (c. AD 200 - 350). The plate has three concentric raised edges between the setting and the brooch edge, leaving two flat concentric rings between them, both of which show signs of gilding. On the back, small parts of the perforated lug and catch plate remain, but the pin is missing. Class: Gilded disc Sub Class: Mackreth PL3b2. 
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D695D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
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 spring, bow and pin are missing. A small D-shaped lug projects from the top of the head of the brooch above the wings which is pierced by a circular hole. A section of the spring mechanism survives intact by being looped through this lug and extending down into a single remaining coil set within the open-backed, semi-cylindrical wings. Both wing caps are extant with the perforation for the end of the spring clearl…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D5B76E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, dating to c.AD 50-150. It has a complete cylindrical  cover with a central slot for the missing hinged pin. Both ends of the case are also complete. The top of the bow protrudes slightly above the front of the wings. The bow is flat-backed, and the top 8mm of the front is plain, whilst below that it is decorated with reeding consisting of several ribs with central grooves. There is a break, 17mm from the top of the bow, so that the lower section and the catchplate are missing. Mackreth (20…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-BF64EB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Wirral type dating to c.AD 100-200. The brooch is mostly complete just the headloop, wings and pin and lower bow missing. The brooch presents a stepped head with three horizontal lines, the upper and lower of these lines retain bright orange enamel. On the reverse of the head is the hinge mechanism for the pin. From the base of the front of the head stretches the bow which begins in a slightly rounded arch that then curves inwards and tapers to an incomplete narrowed end. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-ACC24C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch, dating to c AD 40 - 120. All that remains is the head and a very short stretch of D section bow. The head is made up of semi cylindrical wings which cradle the spring and a pierced lug on a crest at the apex which holds the chord of the spring. The axis bar, which passes through the centre of the coils of the spring, is held in the two end caps. It is not clear how many coils remain. Very fine pairs of incised lines decorate the ends of the wings. The pin is entirely missing. Dim…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-AC7E43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy  T-shaped brooch, dating to c AD 50 - 150. All that remains is part of the head and the upper part of the bow. The head has narrow cylindrical wings, one of which is nearly completely missing, the other damaged at one end. The remains of the iron axis bar may still be in place. The bow is C shaped in section, tapering in width and to a flatter cross section before an early break. The brooch is very worn, but there appear to be two raised longitudinal bands at each edge from the top of the head which fade a short way along the lengt…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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