Record ID: WILT-BE5A42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch (probably a T-shaped type), missing the head, wings and pin. The brooch measures 71.1mm in length and weighs 19.13g. The wings and head are missing due to an old break. At the break the brooch is triangular in cross section and 6mm wide, it expands slightly to a ribbed collar before expanding to 14.05mm at the top of the bow. the bow is broadly rectangular in plan and tapers towards the foot. The top of the bow has a raised rectangular section which is decorated with two parallel vertical grooves which run in …
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E37762
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman (150-300 AD) enamelled oval plate brooch, missing its pin. It measures 27.10x22.08 and weighs 5.38 grams. The central setting is missing. Around this central area is a copper alloy band. A similar band flanks the outside edge, though is worn and broken away in places. The area between the two bands is a single cell filled with blue. The reverse of the brooch has a single pierced lug for the axis bar and a catchplate. Bayley and Butcher comment of this brooch type that most examples occur in central and southern Britain and very few from abroad. T…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-8CAC0C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A silvered copper alloy Roman light crossbow brooch dating to the period c. AD 320 - 410. The brooch is missing the tip of one wing and the pin. It measures 40.15mm in length, 21.5mm maximum width, 12.5mm thick and weighs 3.29 grams. The head features a projecting rounded knop with a convex top and a short collared neck. The wings are circular in cross-section with a flattened reverse. One wing terminates in a circular knop, the other is slightly damaged to the reverse. The wings house the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. Traces of iron corrosion are visible around the o…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Liddington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-063F35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman strip bow brooch dating to the period c. AD 25-75. The brooch is missing the pin and the curl of the catch plate. It measures 54.45mm in length, 21.05mm at its widest point (across the wings), 2.75mm at its narrowest point (tip of the foot) and weighs 6.79 grams. The tubular wing span is 21.05mm and c. 4.6mm in diameter. The pin slot contains the remains of the corroded iron pin, whcih are also visible inside the tubular wings. The bow extends back from the head and is 10.35mm wide, tapering to a width of 2.55mm at the foot. The bow is d…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F15251
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, missing a fragment of the bow, the wings and pin. It measures 41.95mm in length and weighs 3.31grams. The wings are missing. The upper bow is incomplete, the surviving section is broadly rectangular in plan before tapering to the foot. The bow is decorated with a horizontal groove just below the break, before is a central vertical rib flanked by two vertical grooves. Below is a further horizontal groove and a horizontal rib. The remainder of the bow which is triangular in plan tapering towards the foot is undecorated. The foot ha…
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-739BC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 75-175) copper alloy Trumpet brooch, consisting of the central button, lower bow and catchplate only. It measures 61.05mm in length, 11.7mm wide, 15.95mm thick and weighs 16.14 grams. The central button, 11.7mm wide, is in the form of an acanthus on both faces. Below, is a waist and three transverse ribs, the remainder of the bow tapers towards the foot and is undecorated. The foot expands, has a circumferential raised band before narrowing and expanding to a further acanthus button. The catchplate extends along the majority of the bow to the three transver…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-8A2C63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 50 - 150) copper alloy Colchester derivative type brooch, missing its spring mechanism, pin, and lower bow and catchplate. It measures 21.2mm in incomplete length and weighs 5.19 grams. The wingspan is 23.60mm and the wings are C-shaped in section and hollow for the spring. A broken projection is all that remains of the forward-facing hook at the top of the bow. The upper bow has a pronounced hump. The bow is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hurstborune Tarrant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-308B55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flat disc brooch of Roman date (AD 80 -150), missing the catchplate and pin. The brooch is circular in plan and decorated with a raised circumferential band. The remainder of the front face is undecorated, a white substance is visible, possibly solder or a fixing agent. The lugs and a fragment of a pin are visible on the reverse, iron corrosion is visible within both perforations. The catchplate is missing, only a fragment survives. The brooch measures 33.45mm in diameter, 11.15mm thick (maximum), 2.05mm thick (minimum) and weighs 9.09 grams.
Created on: Thursday 20th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Easton Grey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D66125
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Iron Age/ early Roman (AD 20-80) copper- alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing the pin. The wings are complete but bent backwards slightly. The hook and the spring are complete, the spring is slightly bent. The pin is missing. The catchplate is incomplete. The bow is curved and sub-circular in cross section, but becomes flattened where it joins the catchplate. The bow is bent inwards. No decoration is visible on the bow which tapers towards the tip. The brooch is 43.25mm in length, 12.75mm wide and weighs 5.29 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-CAF931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative probable T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism. The brooch measures 53.4mm in length and weighs 11.55 grams. The tubular wingspan is 23.25mm, the wings are decorated with two sets of two vertical grooves. To the reverse is a slot which holds the pin, the pin has been bent. A white substance and iron corrosion is visible at the end of the wings. The bow (8.55mm wide) extends from the top of the wings with moulded flanges. It is flat to the reverse. Between the flanges is triangular mid-rib with a furrow to either side, …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-CB7D17
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy Colchester Derivative T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism. The brooch measures 37.3mm in length and weighs 5.91 grams. The tubular wingspan is 29.85mm, the right wing is incomplete at the tip and the wings are decorated with two sets of two vertical grooves. To the reverse is a slot which would have held the pin, now missing. The bow (7.5mm wide) extends from the top of the wings with two incisions forming a V visible at the top of the bow. The remainder of the bow is undecorated and tapers towards the foot. The bow is slightly damaged an…
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-CC8BC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 75-175) copper alloy Trumpet derivative brooch, with a damaged head-loop, catchplate and missing its pin. It measures 47.9mm in length and weighs 7.09g. The wings are D shaped in cross section and are located on the reverse of the D shaped head loop, the head loop is 14.8mm wide. A central recess is visible on the revere of the head liip to hold the pin which is now missing. The bow is 5.95mm wide where it extends from the base of the head, widening at the central button (8.75mm wide) which is an acanthus moulding between two pairs of transverse ribs, …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-CE93D8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch. It measures 34.25mm in length and weighs 4.71grams. The wings are 12.6mm in width with a central slot for the pin. They curl forwards to hold the axis bar, which is missing, the right wing is slightly damaged. The head is triangular in shape, narrowing to the 6.6mm wide collar at the top of the upper bow. The upper bow expands and thickens at the point the bow bents downwards towards the foot. It is decorated with three raised transverse ridges. The bow tapers towards the foot. A further three transverse ridges are located halfway …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-60A7E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) tinned copper alloy Hod Hill brooch with bottom side lugs, consisting of the head, bow, catchplate and an incomplete pin, the lower section of the bow and foot have been bent upwards. It measures 61.55mm in length and 30.8mm in max.width and weighs 11.71grams. The head measures 18.95mm wide and the remains of the pin slot and pin is apparent in the outside edge, iron corrosion is visible along the wings. The pin is incomplete. Below the head are three transverse ridges separated by three concave transverse grooves which have been tinned. The main e…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6113E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and rather chunky copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch, cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.b.4. Plate 50 (AD 75-175). It is missing its pin, spring and the lower part of the openwork catchplate. The brooch measures 35.45mm in incomplete length, 27.45mm wide and weighs 12.17grams. The wingspan is 27.45mm and the wings are semi-circular in section, with a circular lug at either end, pierced at the centre to hold the intact axis bar. The spring is missing spring survives intact and consists To the front, the wings are decorated with a moulding at either end flanked by a concave g…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monkton Farleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-61E093
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy T-shaped brooch of large, south-western ttype, with hinge mechanism. It is missing the lower bow and catchplate and the pin. It measures 44.65mm in incomplete length and weighs 14.48grams. The 30.95mm wide wings are tubular (c.5.7mm diameter) with a large recessed pin slot on the reverse. To the front the bow extends from the top of the wings (13.6mm wide), and above projects the 9.3mm wide plate head, which is in the form of a moulded step. Extending above this is a bent chain loop, 9.35mm in diameter. The bow is decorated with a vertica…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton St Philip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-620A13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy gilded and tinned (or silvered) oval plate brooch (AD 200-350) of Hattatt's 'Centre-boss' type, missing the glass setting from the centre and the pin. The central oval cell for the missing setting has walls c.1.75mm high and rather damaged and squashed in places. The brooch is 21.4mm in length, 16.80mm wide, 8.55mm thick and weighs 3.44 grams. The plate surrounding the centre is gilded, the decoration is abraded and worn. A circumferential band is visible along the edge of the brooch. To the reverse are traces of silvering or tinning. At one end…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F0A3A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A Medieval silver annular brooch. The brooch is circular in plan and rectangular in cross section, both the front face and reverse face are flat. The frame has a constriction for the pin, which is 22.15mm long. The pin has been folded over the frame and tapers towards the tip. The brooch is inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA on one face, X IESVS RASARER (?) is inscribed on the other, in between each letter are four transverse incisions, it is possible the word after Jesus is meant to be Nazaren. The brooch is 22.15mm in diameter, 2.65mm thick (the pin), 0.95mm thick (the brooc…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-986101
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Roman (AD 43-70) copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch, consisting of damaged wings and an incomplete bow. The brooch is 26.95mm in length, 15.35mm wide, 6.75mm thick and weighs 2.78 grams. The bow is 15.35mm wide and tapers slightly below the curled-forward wing, iron corrosion is visible in the slot on the reverse of the wings and from within the wings where they have been curled forwards. The bow is decorated with three vertical ribs, one at either side and one at the centre. The jagged break is old. The bow tapers towards the old break. Hod Hill type brooches were ve…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hullavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-021BF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy possible brooch of probable Roman date. The artefact is triangular in plan, the surviving tip is bent backwards at a ninety degree angle. The main body of the artefact would probably have been lozengeform in plan, the majority of one half of the object is lost. Running along the longest length of the object is punched decoration consisting of fifteen punches all of which are broadly sub rectangular/oval in plan with convex edges. The tip bent at a ninety degree angle appears to be undecorated. The reverse is mostly flat and undecorated, a ridge is visible …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.