Record ID: WMID-654A2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper-alloy brooch of Roman date, dating to c. AD 80-200. The fragment consists of just the bow. It is sub-triangular shape with a slightly concave reverse. No decoration is present on either side.  The object is a green / brown in colour and has a worn and abraded surface patina.  Measurements: 26.4mm length, 7.7mm width, thickness 3.5mm, weight 1.1 grams.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-63C406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman continental plate brooch dating to 25-250AD. It is an elongated lozenge, with a circular recess with a extant stud. To the reverse are the remains of a semi-circular catchplate and pin lug, although the pin is missing.  Length: 31.81mm Width: 18.69mm Weight: 1.72g
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dullingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6293C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman enamelled plate brooch. It is disc-shaped and its outer face is decorated with a raised ring around the outer edge and two smaller concentric raised rings in the centre. The three fields between these rings contain a white paste, with the middle ring retaining red enamel. To one side of the reverse there is a single-lug pin fitting covered with corroded iron and to the other side the remains of a small catch-plate, its hooked outer edge missing. It survives in fairly good condition. It has a white metal coating, and a light green patina. …
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-510ECD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Hod Hill. The brooch has a decorated upper bow with two vertically cast lines. The middle bow is a raised horizontal line. The lower bow narrows toward the foot and is undecorated. Part of the catchplate remains. The head and pin are missing.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: WMID-241D78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (possibly CD PH 4.k type) of Roman date, circa AD 75-160. The brooch is missing its, foot, catchplate, spring and pin. The brooch is T-shaped in plan and the bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is oval in cross section and tapers to a worn transverse break. The sides of the head are decorated with curved mouldings, characteristic of Polden Hill brooches. At the top of the head is a broken rearward facing hook.&…
Created on: Friday 19th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-122286
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot and catchplate of a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch. The pin, head and upper portion of the bow, are missing to an old transverse break in the bow. The bow is thick but rectagnular in cross section. It initially widens from 6.5mm wide at its transverse to 10.9mm wide and then narrows down its remaining length to a squared off foot that is 3.2mm wide.  The front of the bow is decorated by three prominent raised ribs at the initial widened section of the bow.  On the back of the bow is a triangular catchplate whose upper edge curves slightly to meet …
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Haseley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-03B37E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a probable copper alloy Roman plate brooch, inlaid with enamel, dating to the 2nd century AD (100-200AD). The object is oval in plan and slightly convex on the outer face. There is a break at the top and bottom of the object.  This suggests that the object could be a large roundel from the centre of a brooch bow.  It is decorated on the outer face with a series of concentric circular cells, the largest of which contains blue enamel or glass. The inner circles appear to contain degraded enamel or glass, which is a rusty brown colour. The reverse is plain.  …
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruthin', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE5E67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman brooch Colchester derivative. Only the catchplate and part of the lower bow remains, the catchplate is pierced, broadly triangular in plan, with a circular shaped pierced hole. The foot is flat. Length: 27.96mm, Width: 12.35mm, Weight: 2.50g
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE4CCF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. It is missing the spring, pin, catchplate and part of the foot due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form decorated on their front faces with transverse moulded grooves. At the centre of the head is an integrally cast rear facing hook that would have originally held in place the now missing spring. The bow is triangular in form and section, with flanged sides, tapering to an old break. It is decorated with three central longnitudinal grooves that runs the length of the bow.  It me…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-FB49D9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch that is a hybrid between a Polden Hill and a Wirral style. The pin mounting is in the polden Hill style, consisting of rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that would have held the pin axis bar which is now missing. The bow of the brooch is in the Wirral style and consists of a double rectangular cell covering the top quarter, which contains traces of a red or orange enamel. Two angled low protrusions flank the apex of the bow and a shallow double grove running down the centre of the lower half completes the decoration. Date 75-175AD
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-FA8ECF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast umbonate plate brooch, as kindly identified by the finder who cites SWYOR-530E36 as a parallel; Mackreth type British Plate 7.a. A central projecting boss is surrounded by four symmetrically disposed oval cells which may retain enamel – if so of a probably blue tint - and are confined by a border. The boss is surrounded by a deep gutter. Outside this, a further border confines a series of eleven semi-circular cells, each apparently retaining a triangular plate of dull possibly blue enamel – it does not ‘flow’ to fill the available cells…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-F9329A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy enamelled disc brooch of moulded type, dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch has three concentric ridges of retained metal, with the spaces between possibly once infilled with enamel, although no trace now remains. The circular recessed boss is now empty but may once have held either enamel or a glass setting. The reverse has a hinge lug holding a copper alloy hinge on an iron spindle and catchplate. The brooch has been bent across the mid line and the pin is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E8F72E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. A small cast Hod Hill brooch, possibly Mackreth type HOD HILL 1.b1. The stubs of a rolled-over wing remains on one side and is met by a broad flat upper bow with a single central longitudinal ridge. The lower bow is constricted with an oval expansion at its end. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-70 Length: 25.6mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 3.2mm, Weight: 2.48gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E53D48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, bent and extremely corroded cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative two piece front-hooked type, dating to the first century AD. The arms are semi-cylindrical and there is a stump for a spring hook at the front of the head. The bow tapers and curves back from the head, with a sub rounded cross section and a ridged spine. The bow tapers to a triangular foot with a stump of a catchplate beneath.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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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: SUR-E41FBE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, dating to c. 75-175 AD. The wings are cylindrical, open on the underside and have angled end-caps which are drilled to take the spindle on which the spring and pin is mounted. The front of the brooch has a small projecting lug for the spring chord. The bow has a flat cross section and is angled at 90° to the head. The apex of the bow has three square recessed cells retaining traces of red enamel, set within a moulded rectangular panel. Behind this is a small ridged collar to the lower part of…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CCC745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Langton Down type dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 25-60 AD. Missing most of the arms and spring, pin, much of the bow, the foot and catchplate. The bow has a lenticular cross section and meets the hinge in a semi-circular sectioned head. The arms are cylindrical but incomplete and retain a fragment of a copper alloy spring. No decoration is evident.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-929761
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative Roman brooch dating 25-120AD. All that remains is the wings, which are incomplete, and part of the bow. It has moulded transverse raised ribs on the wings, with the remains of a potential rear-hook at the top of the bow. The bow has a central moulded raised rib, but is corroded towards an old break. Length: 24.54mm Width: 20.30mm Weight: 4.20g
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-905F6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type dating to the period AD 75-175. The brooch is missing the lower part of its bow and catchplate, its left wing cap, and the spring and pin mechanism. This copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with one remaining perforated wing cap containing a small circular knop from the spring. The wings are both plain and undecorated and have a concave reverse which would have held the spring. The spring, and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a stub f…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-8FE5AF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Headstud brooch dating from c.AD 75-200. The brooch is missing its pin, one wing, most of the bow, its foot and catch plate. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 16.2mm. The surviving wings are oval and 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. The pin survives only as the attachment loop which is made of a plate that narrows to form a pin which is truncated by an old b…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St. John', grid reference and parish protected.