Record ID: LEIC-C74962
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy Colchester type bow brooch, 65mm long, 21mm wide and weighing 12.20 grams. The brooch is plain with short open wings containing a spring of seven coils. The curved bow is sub circular in section and tapers to a point and has a raised tapering area protruding from the spring and down the centre of the upper part of the bow. Traces of a catchplate 16mm long are just visible and the upper part of the pin survives.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5E26B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age/early Roman copper alloy le Tene III brooch, 51mm long, 26mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 7.82grams. The object is missing its spring and pin. It has a sub circular section and is curved. Its lower edge flattens out into an incomplete catchplate, which has a triangular form and part of a circular hole visible near its broken edge. The upper part of the brooch narrows and it has snapped just where it begins to curl back on itself to form the spring. The brooch matches example 12 in Fig.149 in Hattatt's ancient brooches.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-1AE832
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age/early Roman copper alloy Le Tene III brooch, 40mm long, 12mm wide and 3mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.58grams. The brooch has a distinct one piece spring and upper pin which has a circular section. Its bow is slightly curved and near its base the brooch becomes sub-rectangular in section. It has snapped off at the begining of the catchplate and there is no trace of the pin.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-D17B30
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Early Iron Age copper alloy brooch, 59mm long. The brooch is a Hallstatt type B and dates to the 8th BC. It is probably from Italy.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-B5C961
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age le tene II type brooch? measures 46mm long, 6mm wide, 2mm thick . The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 1.3 grams. The object consists of a wire which is folded over its self to form a circular loop, this is then attached to itself half way down its length just above a small bulge. The object is very similar to a Le tene type II, except that all publsihed examples have a catchplate where this example has a sub circular loop?
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-CBAF87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age/early Roman copper alloy Le Tene III bow brooch. The object is 39mm long, 13mm wide, 16mm thick and weighs 3.94grms. The brooch has a spring mechanism with no pin surviving, and no catchplate. The object is made from one piece of copper alloy, twisted on itself to form the spring, pin and bow. The bow is curved and flattens at the foot. The brooch is in fair/poor condition and has a green patina.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scalford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-BE6D20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age or Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, 35mm long, 8mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.56grams. The object represents the sub triangular catchplate and part of the bow of a brooch, It has a rectangular section which may suggest a Le Tene style example?
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-EA4085
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age or Roman brooch fragment, 31mm long, 24mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 9.63grams. The object is sub-triangular in form and may be the footplate of an Aesica style brooch. Its surface is decorated with a central semi-spherical knop from which emerges four raised tendrils. Two run to the bottom corners before turning back on themselves and winding around a raised semi-sphere which is flanked by two raised triangular 'petals'. The two other tendrils run in parallel a short way upwards, before merging with two outward facing raised semi-circular …
Created on: Friday 19th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-AD84F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age copper alloy Le Tene III brooch, 18mm long, 7mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in very good condition and weighs 4.49grams. The brooch consists of a sub rectangular bow with chamferred corners, which has a small spring (two coils present) at its head. The bow curves sharply and tapers down to a triangular catchplate. This has a very small circular foot set in the centre of the base. Its body is decorated with a snake-like pattern formed of punched dots contained in an incised border, this in turn is comntained within an incised border running around the edge of the cat…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-6A57B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy Le Tene brooch, 49mm long, 10mm wide and 18mm thick. The brooch is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 4.06 grams. The bow is 3mm in diameter and begins with a circular form, flattening out to form a flat catchplate with semi-circular ridge running down its outer edge, which is 36mm long and 8mm wide, this has a circular recess which was probably part of a circular hole. The spring is made up of 3 circular sectioned coils but appears to be missing at least half.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-EBB702
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman (25-60 AD) copper alloy Colchester type brooch. It is 45mm long and 6mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and consists of very narrow rectangular sectioned wings. From these protrudes the forward hook which is folded over the top of the brooch and down the top of the bow and also a small section of the spring. The bow is circular in section and bulges slightly near its middle before tapering to a point. There are traces of a large catchplate with possible cut outs.
Created on: Monday 19th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-038D43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment, 15mm long, 26 mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 5.94 grams. The object represents the upper part of the brooch which has tapering wings and a wide upper bow. There is no sign of decoration.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'west Leics', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-338552
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age/early Roman copper alloy Langton Down type brooch, 24mm long, 21mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 5.87grams. The brooch consists of a hollow circular wing, 7mm in diameter, with a small recess in its reverse which holds the remains of a circular sectioned pin. The bow is wide and flat and tapers inwards. It is decorated with five vertical incised lines. It has snapped off cleanly about halfway down its length.
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-8422F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch. The object is in two pieces the largest, making up most of the brooch, measures 55mm long, 43mm wide and 7mm thick. the smaller piece which represents the foot measures 46mm long, 18mm wide and 8mm thick. The form is similar to a bow brooch with wide arms to hold a spring and a curved, bow shaped body. The arms on this brooch curve inwards instead of being flat and the foot is a splayed leaf shape. The brooch has a pronounced 'fin' on its upper surface which stands 8mm proud of its surface. The brooch is quite worn with a pocked surface and a green patina. …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-E903E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron age copper alloy brooch, 40mm long, 12mm wide and 2mm thick, weighing 4.27grams. The brooch consists of one piece of copper alloy wire which is square in section. This forms the pin which is twisted twice at teh head of the brooch to form the spring. The wire then roundens to form the main body of the brooch and then flattens towards the end to form the catchplate. The brooch fits the Le Tene III style of late iron age brooches, similar to 9 or 12, fig.149 in Hattatt. It has a dark brown/black patina and is an a fair condition as its is missing the edge of its catchplate and …
Created on: Friday 9th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-EE5243
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy brooch, 59mm long, 13mm wide, with a weight of 5.4 grams. The object is one piece La Tene III brooch with rectangular sectioned spring coil. The brooch is in very good condition with a pale green patina but is missing the last coil in the spring and the pin. The lower half of the brooch has been flattened to form an elongated catchplate, 20mm long and 10mm wide, which has a slightly turned edge to hold the pin. From here the brooch becomes gradually rounded in section, 4mm diameter, and bulges slightly close to the top. From here the spring emerges from the …
Created on: Monday 20th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-4A4682
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy Le Tene brooch, 48mm long and 5mm wide. The brooch is in good condition with a brown patina and patches of original? bronze surface. The brooch is missing its pin and the lower part of the catchplate and weighs 2.45 grams. It consists of a coil of one and a half turns, 2mm thick and 7mm in diameter, which has snapped off. The shaft emerges from this and bulges slightly to 3mm in diameter. Here it turns 90o and after 8mm it is decorated with two horizontal incised lines 3mm apart. At this point the brooch flattens out to form a rectangular section and widens to 5mm…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-D4FC52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler type A2, 24mm in diameter with a thickness of 2mm. The brooch has an opening of 5mm, on either side are sub-circular terminals, 4.5mm wide and 3mm deep. These are decorated with incised diagonal lines. These are seperated from the main body by an transverse incised line, below this the brooch is 3.5mm thick but quickly tapers to its overall 2mm thickness. The pin has a leaf shaped flattened end which is 6mm long and 3mm wide, from here it becomes circular and is 1.5mm in diameter. It has a distinct upward curve in its middle section and is attac…
Created on: Friday 2nd April 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-724975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age - early Roman copper alloy Langton Down bow brooch, 19mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 1.48grams. It consists of part of a circular sectioned wing with the upper part of a rectangular shaped and curved bow. The bow is decorated with a series of vertical depressions running its length. The brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, R. A visual catalogue of ancient brooches, page 306, fig 165 and is dated to the first century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-564681
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron age copper alloy brooch in good condition and is complete apart from its pin. It consists of a large hollow dome which is sub triangular in section and sub-oval in form. It has tapering edges which merge into two semi circular, rectangular sectioned plates. Each plate is decorated on its upper surface with a dot and ring incision. One plate holds a 'C' shaped catchplate whilst the other has a large patch of iron corrosion, presumably from the pin. The central domed area is decorated with an eleborate design filled in with many incised dots. It begins in the centre with an incised…
Created on: Monday 24th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 27th August 2013
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