Record ID: HESH-E3AF5F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 100-200. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to an abraded point, the foot knop is lost. The head of the brooch is complete, oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head is concave and has a cast projecting bar which divides the head into two parts. The bar is broken and abraded and the spring and pin are lost. There is no evidence of a head loop, plate or spike. The head of the brooch is not decorated. The bow of…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pembridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-DDA2DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the lower bow and foot of a cast copper alloy brooch most probably of Roman date (AD50-350). The alloy of the metal is relatively unusual seeming to be heavily leaded creating a very grey coloured alloy. The form of the brooch comprises an angular bow which has transverse ribs terminating in a large moulded D shaped bead from which an oval shaped foot descends. The reverse of the foot is flat and abraded but seems originally to have a small vertical rib that formed a slight catch plate. The upper bow and head of the brooch is lost. There is no evidence of an inlaid or …
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leominster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7B3668
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 100-200. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a pointed ut abraded foot that has lost its bulbous knop. The head of the brooch is complete but heavily eroded, it is oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head has the remains of a projecting bar that divides the head vertically - the spring and pin are lost however a small section of the axis bar and one turn of a spring is present fused by corrosion to the bar . At …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-762104
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a break below the moulded mid-point; the lower bow and foot is lost. The head of the brooch is complete but heavily eroded, it is oval in plan, and tapers into the bow. The reverse of the head has the remains of a projecting bar that divides the head vertically - this has also been heavily eroded - the spring and pin are lost . At the mid-point of the bow is a large moulded band which is h…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-967897
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill style brooch of Roman dating AD 90 - 130. The bow is angular and hump back, resembling a comma, with a moulded plate rising from the wings on each side, to mark the sides of the head and bow. The wings are complete with pierced endcaps that hold an extant axis bar. The spring and pin are lost; however they would also have been held by an external chord which fits through a pierced longitudunal ridge that extends along the head. The lower bow / foot are distorted and the catchplate is b…
Created on: Monday 10th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-283146
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of Roman date (AD 80-120). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are all lost. The external chord of the spring would have been held by the abraded rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The head of the brooch bow is hump like and robust - being comma shaped in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a broken edge above the foot. The catch-plate is formed from a rib on the rear of the bow which desce…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mordiford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B0E584
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy headstud brooch of Roman date (75-200AD). The head of the brooch is incomplete as the sides are lost through erosion; this has resulted in the loss of the spring fixing mechanism. An integrally cast head plate extends from the upper edge of the head - the upper edge is rolled back to form an eroded hook and a circular hole pierces it at the centre. The reverse face of the head is flat and the two D shaped lugs which would have held the sprung pin are lost. The bow is comma shaped extending at an angle of 90 degrees from the head of the brooch. It tapers in …
Created on: Monday 5th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-486B46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy two-piece bow brooch of Roman date (AD 60-200). This find has been recorded from images supplied by the finder - it seems as if this brooch is a hybrid between a Polden Hill and a Wirral style brooch. The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar and part of the spring are present; the axis bar is formed from a length of copper alloy wire and holds the spring and pin in place. The fragment of spring has been turned four times and would have been fixed to the head by an external cord fixed to a rearward facing hook positioned at the mi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-6CCF56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early Roman sprung Colchester derivative brooch, of Harlow type dated to the period AD 43 - 150. The brooch is complete and well preserved. The spring is held within by D sectioned short wings with transverse ribs at their apexes. It is attached to the brooch through two pierced holes through a central projecting rib - in the Harlow variant. The spring is formed of 12 turns with an external chord. the axis bar that passes through the brooch is also copper alloy. The bow is comma shaped and sweeps to a pointed foot. There is no decoration or applied surface present. The catc…
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-6C9597
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch; a hinged headstud type dating to the period AD 43 - 200. The brooch has an integrally cast but broken head loop which joins the head of the brooch at the mid-point. The wings are undecorated and the lower edge has been rolled to form a tubular cast through which a copper alloy axis bar extends. The hinged pin pass through a central split in the spring case. The upper bow flares to join the wings and taper along its length to an out-turned foot knop. The upper bow is decorated with a pair of opposing C shaped ribs formed from lentoid shaped…
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-5E2F22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two part cast Aesica type brooch dating to the early Roman period (c. AD 60 to 80) : The undecorated wings are semi-cylindrical in plan with no evidence of wing caps, the spring and pin are lost. A large spinal ridge descend the bow dividing the brooch into two parts. The upper part is pierced in two places (in the harlow method of pin attachment).One of these holes would have held the axis bar whilst the other the upper chord of the spring. The external edge of this spinal ridge is notched, apart from that it is plain and undecorated. The bow head is an elongated trape…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-57C77E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of lower bow and foot most probably from a cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of early Roman date (80-120 AD). An old, worn and corroded break is present across the lower bow above the catchplate.The head and uppart part of the brooch is lost. The lower bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to an extpanded external edge which is decorated with tranverse bars and rounded foot. The catch-plate is formed from a rib on the rear of the bow; it is crescent shaped and the external edge is rolled to form the pin rest. The brooch is a mid - light …
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rodington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-E12178
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and very well preserved cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill type brooch of early Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar and spring are present; the axis bar is formed from a length of copper alloy wire and holds the spring and pin in place. The spring and pin are also formed from copper alloy wire turned nine times and held in place by an external cord which is fixed to a rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The pin is near complete being slightly distorted and …
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-79C19D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type of Roman date (AD 80-120). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are all lost but would have been held by both an axis bar and an external cord which is fixed to a rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The reverse of the head of the brooch has a circular depression at the mid-point. The head of the brooch bow is hump like and robust - being comma shaped in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to blunted poin…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-116E64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well preserved but incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type of Roman date (AD 80-120). The wings are complete with flat and pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are all present but incomplete. They are held by both an axis bar and an external cord which is fixed to a rearward facing hook positioned at the midpoint on the upper edge of the reverse. The incomplete spring consists of more than five turns. The head of the brooch bow is hump like and robust - being comma shaped in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to …
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-95E123
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron pin from a Roman brooch. The pin is cylindrical in shape tapering from a wide pierced head too a tapering point. The head of the pin seems to have been deliberately flattened and pierced. It has broken across the pierced hole. The artefact is a mid grey brown colour with a corroded mid brown colour. A direct parallel has not been found and the pin was recovered from an area which has exclusively been of Roman date. The pin measures 53.6mm length, 2.7mm width and is 2.5mm thick; it weighs 1.43 grams.
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-95CF4F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small and heavily eroded copper alloy artefact which was probably once a polden hill type brooch of Roman date (AD 75 -120). The fragment is broadly triangular in plan and consists of a heavily abraded part of the head which includes one wing and the upper bow. On the reverse face a distinct U shaped depression can be seen which is very similar to the spring casing seen on polden hill brooches. All other surfaces have been eroded too far for meaningful description or interpretation. The fragment is a mid grey green colour with a heavily abraded surface patina similar to that se…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-959539
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot and lower bow from a cast copper alloy two-piece Wirral type bow brooch of Roman date (43-200AD). The head and upper bow of the brooch are lost due to an old patinated break. The bow of the brooch tapers slightly from the break being relatively long and angular. The foot is out-turned and projects from teh face of teh lower bow, it is separated by a transverse double bar. The catch plate extends from a rib on the reverse which begins below the mid-point of the bow; it is triangular in shape and teh external edge which would have been rolled to form the pin rest is lost due to…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-9560E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The brooch has been broken into two conjoing parts which have been recovered by repeated visits to the findspot. The break is unpatinated and crisp suggesting it is as a result of damage within the ploughsoil. The break is across the lower bow and the brooch is described from here-on as if complete. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a flared bulbous foot knop. The head of the brooch is complete, it is oval in plan, an…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-DCC06D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy two piece Colchester brooch of very late Iron Age to Early Roman date (1-75 AD). The brooch has been deliberately folded in half and is now much shorter than originally designed. The head of the brooch is relatively small and two small stumpy wings extend from either edge. The wings are short and solid with a semi-cylindrical cross section. The spring is formed from a coiled length of copper alloy wire which has been coiled to form the spring of five turns and secured by an integral external chord to a rearward facing hook. The spring is incomplete. The …
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.