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-637A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) radiate-head brooch dating to AD 500-570. The base of the foot and pin are missing; but is otherwise complete. The head is broadly cruciform in plan, with a semi-circular head plate and three semi-cylindrical projections. A slightly curved bow projects from the flat edge of the headplate before tapering outwards to terminate in an old break. Two lugs are on the back of the head plate where the pin would have attached, though the pin is no longer present. There are the remains of the catchplate, broadly rectangular…
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.

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Record ID: SF-63108C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy small-long brooch. Only the foot of the brooch and a part of the bow survives. The bow fragment is D-shaped in cross-section with a steeply D shaped curve and a raised rectangular panel decorated with transverse grooves across its lower end. The foot has flattened rectangular cross-section and a straight upper section, flaring into a spatulate terminal at its lower end. The outer face of the straight section has, from top to bottom, a plain section with bevelled sides, followed by two fine, transverse grooves, then a …
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hethersett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-6306A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy, Headstud brooch of Roman dating, circa (AD 75 - 200). The pin, spring and lower half of the bow and catch plate are missing. In plan the brooch is T-shaped. The wings are rectangular in cross section and the bow is 'D' shaped in section with a flat rear face and rounded upper surface. At the reverse is a rectangular slot that would have held the axis bar and spring. Either end of the wings at the reverse is a circular protruding knop.  The bow tapers to a broken terminal, therefore the catchplate and foot are missing. The bow is decora…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-62E973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) ansate brooch dating to 800-1000AD.  The bow is rectangular in section with a central arch. At the highest point of the bow is a raised rectangular panel. The front face of the panel is decorated with two transverse grooves. At both ends of the bow are tri-lobed terminals. The front faces are decorated with one central longitudinal groove with a diagonal groove to either side. To the reverse is the catchplate which is a simple strip that projects rearward from one side of the brooch, tapers in width almos…
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.

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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: GLO-132237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver annular brooch that has a semicircular cross-section frame with a constriction to one side to mount the pin. The frame is decorated with four animal heads that are arranged into two set. The first group is bordering the constriction bar with the two heads facing each other and the bar in between. Each head has a raised, square cranium with pellet eyes in the two froward faceted corners and upwardly projecting knop ears above the rear two corners. The narrowed snout is bevelled on either side and grips the constriction between the two heads. This is mirrored on the opposite sid…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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