Record ID: WAW-789745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete brooch of Roman date of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 2, Transitiional 2/3, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 3.Manufacture had moved north to the middle Severn Valley. 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 cylindral wings projecting from either side at the top. The bow is decorated by a central vertical rib, and a small rib at the junction between the bow and the wing caps. Each of the wings has a sub circular wing cap, with a perforation f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B39897
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch. Pin missing. Behind the head is a large thin loop which projects longitudinally to house the missing coiled pin . The back of the head is oval and hollowed. The head tapers sharply to the knop at the middle of the bow. The head is decorated with enamelling in a symmetrical design around the longitudinal axis. At the top are two triangles (containing yellow enamel) surrounded by two v-shapes which are open towards the centre of the bow, possibly containing blue enamel. Next down the bow are two half circles containing red enamel, curved towards t…
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BF0A91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy Initial T-shaped brooch dating to AD 70 to 100. It is missing one wing, the pin and the lower part of the bow, including the catchplate. The head has a hollow cylindrical wing on one side, undecorated, 15.8mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin, the other wing is missing. The head of the pin would have hinged on the axis bar in the slot, the end of the wing adjacent to the slot is filled with iron corrosion which may be the remains of the bar. The bow has a C-shaped cross section with a concave back and convex curved front. It projects a…
Created on: Wednesday 1st April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9E9023
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy double dolphin brooch (c. AD 150-c. 250). The pin is largely missing. These stylised dolphins are parallel and are joined together at the tails and about mid-way along the bodies. The dolphin's heads abut a horizontal bar which has a pair of pin lugs at the rear. The lugs contain a copper-alloy axis bar and the loop of an iron pin. Behind the tails an elongated stub is the remains of a catch-plate. In side profile the brooch is 'S'-shaped. This brooch has a green patina. Height: 29.8mm; width: 17.4mm; thickness: 7.3mm. Weight: 10.15g. Co…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-13FBB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Brooch. Knee Brooch, as kindly suggested by Laura Burnett with reference to IOW-C9CD63and SOM-3B6BAF. The fastening may derive from the Polden Hill series (cf. Mackreth's CD PH 6, the 'Eastern' type).The plate at one end of the wings may have served as a hook, and there is the stub of a rearward pointing hook at the top of the wings. A small integrally cast top loop is of triangular form. A broad sub-rectangular section bow meets the head, and has two or more pairs of side knobs. There is a suspicion of further decorative detail, though worn. The bow tapers towards a simp…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: SOM-E58984
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
The head and upper bow from a copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The lower part of the bow and foot is missing to an old break. The head is formed of two cylindrical wings flanking a central slot. One wing is shorter than the other but still has a neat, worn, end suggesting it was mis-cast or broken in antiquity. The head is 17.4mm wide. The wings hold the axis bar for the hinged pin, one end of the copper alloy bar is visible embeded in white material, probably solder in the end of the shorter wing. The pin once hinged in the central slot but is now missing.…
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E8BEB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic Roman plate brooch in the form of a fish. The losses are confined to the back on which the catchplate is abraded and the pin mostly lost. The plate was originally flat but is slightly curved in profile at the tail as a result of old damage, with the tail bent slightly backwards. The body is of pointed oval shape with a triangular tail with a recessed curved end and worn projecting fins top and bottom just before the tail (a dorsal fin and a pectoral fin). The front is decorated with a number of recessed cells to accommodate enamel and rais…
Created on: Thursday 9th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merriott CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-740103
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-150. The lower half of the bow has been lost, along with the catch-plate, and a portion of the pin. At the head of the brooch the wings survive largely complete to a width of 26.7mm. The wings are cylindrical, c. 3.5mm in diameter and taper very slightly towards the ends. Both have a shallow incised line on their front faces c. 1mm from the ends while the left wing appears to have incised cross hatching between this line and the end of the wing. Both are open ended with the left wing cont…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A2D378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch (AD 25-60). The pin, spring mechanism and the lower part of the bow, including the catch-plate, are missing. The brooch is generally T-shaped in plan and has wings which are semi-cylindrical and open at the rear. In plan, the bow narrows from the wings towards the break at the bottom. Adjacent to the wings, the bow has a width of c. 15.0mm and the width at the break is 6.2mm. The front of the bow is stepped horizontally and the rear face is flat and plain. This brooch is green and corroded overal…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-192423
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch consists of the head, the right wing and a portion of the bow. The head has a semi-circular sectioned wing, slightly concave at the back to accommodate the spring (not found with the artefact). The front of the wing is rounded, plain and has a chipped end which has become flattened through abrasion. The other wing is lost to an abraded break. Between the wings on the back of the bow and projecting c.3mm away from the bow of the brooch is a rounded lug that woul…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heanton Punchardon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D07759
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment of a Roman Aesica brooch, dating to c. AD. 60-90. This fragment consists of the upper section of the high arched bow, wings and part of the crest. At the head of the bow are the wings that are semi-circular in cross-section and have a diameter of 3.9mm and a width of 21.1mm. The circular end caps are broken and the spring and the central bar it was wound around are missing as is the pin. Iron corrosion in the concave back of the head may suggest an iron spring or cross bar .A raised crest extends c.2mm from the head of the brooch at the centre of the bow and…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Cantelo CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D1FB03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy developed T-shaped hinged brooch probably dating to AD75 - 150. Only the wings and upper part of the bow remain. The wings are chipped at each end but nearly complete and have a pattern across the front of a single incised diagonal line about halfway along and a pair of incised lines at the end. The broken ends are filled with white cement to hold the hinge bar. There is a slot through the centre of the back of the head in which the pin would have hinged. This is filled with iron corrosion, probably the remains of an iron pin. The upper part of the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-92FF34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely small Roman copper alloy sprung knee brooch, probably dating to c. AD 150-250 with possible silver or niello inlay. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular in plan and longitudinally convex, the line of the head in profile following the curve of two integral sub-circular pierced lugs on the reverse of the head, these positioned in line with the edges of the head. On the right, where the lug survives to its original edge, it expands back 5.6mm. Between the head and lugs is a cylindral recess open to the reverse and bottom. Within this recess is an in situ copper alloy ax…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A6D394
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Upper part of a Roman cast copper alloy openwork plate brooch of composite geometric shape. The brooch is flat and has a semi-circular upper part with a raised horizontal strip across the middle and two stubs of a further shape below the strip. There is an incomplete circular head loop at the top of the semi-circular section. The loop has worn thorugh at the top with an old break. The front of the semi-circular part is recessed for enamel, although no enamel now survives. The horizontal strip has raised upper and lower edges and a raised zig-zag line running along the middle, in the …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4B09B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Lion bow derivative brooch of early Late Iron Age or early Roman date, AD 1-100 . The coiled wire spring and chord is contained within a horizontally aligned, open-ended cylinder, the wire pin projecting from a central slit. The lower half of the pin is missing and it is bent to one side. The cylinder is decorated with pairs of line, one pair running parallel and adjacent to each open end and one horizontal pair across the centre of the front. The top of the bow steps out from the cylindrical head and comprises a narrow D-cross sectioned bar thinning slightly to a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Badgworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-284F61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch probably dating to cAD 50-150. Only the lower part of the bow and catchplate remain. The top section of the remaining bow has a pattern of four evenly spaced converging incised lines which run down the bow to the start of the foot where there end in a double transverse incised line. The bow tapers further to four incised transverse lines just above the raised knop at the foot. The foot is circular in profile (seen from the base) and the upper edge is decorated with regularly spaced transverse notches. The solid catchplate is tr…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Box', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-28C2D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy brooch. Only the foot and catchplate remain. The bow thins and narrows evenly to the pointed foot. Close to the break in the bow is a small circular indentation and the foot is slightly thickened although vary narrow, with two transverse notches. The catchplate is complete with a circular hole drilled through the centre. The piece measures 29.0mm, 5.75mm in width, 3.95mm in thickness and weighs 3.63g. Without the head of the bow, the piece is difficult to assign to any one style. However the plain foot suggests it is probably from a T-shaped br…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Box', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-02A795
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy initial T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-100. Only the head and upper part of the bow of the brooch survive. The wings are broken at the end and measure 23.59mm in width and are cylindrical with a sub-rectangular slot cut into the reverse to accommodate a hinged pin, now lost. White cement can be seen in the ends of the broken wings, to hold the cross bar. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. The front of the bow is cast into a series of converging ribs, forming one V-shape and probably a second nest V surrounding a cen…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-03E71A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete large Roman copper alloy hinged developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. 75 - 150. The brooch comprises of the upper bow, the majority of the wing casing and a broken head loop, the lower bow, catchplate and pin are all missing. At the head of the brooch the cylindrical wings survive almost intact except for the tip of the left wing where white cement is visible. There is a centrally positioned slot in the casing to hold a separate copper alloy hinged pin but only a small bit of this survives, mainly the triangular head. Expanding from the head of the brooch…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4207E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of Late Iron Age or early Roman date (1st century AD). At the head, the wings are plain flat rectangular pieces with rounded outer ends (18.0mm in total width). From the centre of the underside of the head projects an upper bar which is bent round on itself to meet the front of the bow creating a loop to hold the external chord; this is flat to the bow beyond the chord. Below the bar starts the integral spring. The spring has four coils on the left side (head uppermost), the end one of which continues into the ext…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bighton CP', grid reference and parish protected.