Record ID: SWYOR-95DF86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman disc brooch dating from the 2nd century AD. The circular brooch is decorated with a raised circle round the centre surrounded by a sunburst design of a circular zigzag line with a pellet in each triangle between the zigzag line and the inner circle. There are very slight traces of enamel which appear dark blue and bright red in colour. The edge of the brooch is slightly damaged giving a diameter of 22.1mm. On the reverse, the spring of the pin and the two lugs flanking it survive as does some of the catchplate. The spring mechanism is the thickest part of the broo…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-966246
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A poorly preserved copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. It is damaged and has recently broken into two pieces with the foot and the lower part of the bow separated from the rest of the brooch. There is a vertical loop behind the head of the brooch. No more of the pin mechanism survives. The head of the trumpet is oval. The button is now worn smooth and is ellipsoid in section. It continues round onto the back of the bow. Above and below the button the bow is swollen. The bow then tapers to the break which is at the narrowest part of the bow. It then widens again towards the foot which i…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-975873
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a poorly preserved Roman headstud brooch. Only the head and part of the bow survive and the surfaces have been worn almost totally smooth. There is a notch for the pin mechanism between the wings and the remains of what was probably a tube to hold the pin bar behind the head. The wings are 17.9mm wide. At the top of the bow are the remains of the headstud, now just a slightly thickened oval area on the bow. Between the stud and the notch in the wings runs a thin vertical projection or ridge. Beneath the stud the bow tapers until the break which is also very worn. The surviving…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Saturday 27th April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-98FC11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head fragment of a copper alloy trumpet brooch with part of the pin still attached. The brooch fragment is 21.3mm long and the head is 12.9mm wide. There is a slight ridge down the centre of the front of the bow and a broken circular suspension loop at the top. The tapering and broken pin is formed from a flat piece of copper alloy with a hole through the wider hinged end. A bar runs through the hole to form the hinge. The bar is held by two arched lugs behind the head of the brooch. From the pin mechanism to the front of the bow measures 18.4mm. The bow is broken and the majority of …
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-167647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy Roman headstud brooch. It is in excellent condition with almost all the enamel surviving. The pin is sprung with 5 coils on each side of the pin. The wire head loop is the only element that is missing. The ends of the copper alloy wire which formed the loop can be seen at each side of the spring but the loop is missing. The wings which hide the pin mechanism are 27.5mm wide, rectangular and are decorated with a band of short indented lines round the bow and a similar line across each wing halfway along. On the outer edge of each wing is a band of enamel…
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D01706
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy Roman brooch. Only the head and the top part of the bow survive. This is probably part of a Fantailed brooch. A stub of the hinged pin is present in the notch in the cylindrical hinge cover behind the head. The head is sub-rectangular in section and plan and is 23.2mm wide and 10.3mm thick. It has a raised band around the face nearest the pin which is less pronounced on the back of the head. There are also raised bands running along the bow side of the head and down the sides of the bow. These curl round under the wings to form an oval border on each wing, and t…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-1D1961
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment of an early medieval object which is 29.8mm long and 11.5mm wide. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with damaged edges and one end is curved and thickened. The thickened end bends backwards slightly. The other end is an old break. On the reverse is a central projecting lug. This lug makes the object difficult to identify since without it the object could easily be a strap end, but with the lug the object is different to most known brooches or mounts. The lug makes the object 5.8mm thick and it projects by 3.7mm. The object is decorated on the front face wit…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-D7E3C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy brooch, late Anglo-Saxon in date. It measures 33.6mm long, 23mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The brooch is a vertical rectangle with a relief border of radial lines over the top and possibly at the bottom, and beading or crosses along the sides. The central motif is in relief and appears to be a quadruped with its head at the left, facing the front. The animal's face is triangular and has projecting rounded ears in the two top corners. There may be an upright tail at the right. The reverse of the brooch is not decorated, but there is a faint vertical rib on the left side which m…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-EFA835
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fantail bow brooch which is Roman, probably from the second century. The brooch has short wings (16.1mm wide) which have a tube behind through which runs the pin bar. The wings are not decorated and there is an almost complete headloop above. The bow is rectangular in section and is quite corroded, but may have originally been fluted. At the bottom is flattens out and flares into a sub-triangular tail plate. The plate is decorated with an enamel pelta flowing from a line across the bottom which appear to be dark blue. Above this is a lozenge shape in red enamel. Both th…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-939E21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy circular brooch which probably dates from the late Early-Medieval period, 11th century. It has a diameter of 27.1mm and is 6.5mm thick including the dome; the metal is 1.6mm thick. The border consists of a raised line with a band of raised pellets on either side, larger ones on the outside. The centre of the brooch is domed and is decorated with a single ribbon consisting of two parallel raised lines which is twisted to form six loops grouped in pairs. There is a raised pellet in the centre, one between each pair of loops, one in the centre of each loop and a border forme…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8E163
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of the foot of a long brooch. The fragment consists of oval "nostrils" in relief with a spatulate extension below. The fragment is only 17.8mm long, 15.5mm wide and 3mm thick. The break appears to be old and patinated. The reverse of the spatulate extension is smooth and flat, but the area behind the nostrils and between them is slightly concave, more corroded and roughened. The smooth surfaces of the fragment have a deep green patina. Similar examples can be found on many of the brooches in "A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk" by West (1998), and it…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 27th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB8EC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy circular mount from an Early Medieval Great Square Headed brooch. The stud is a circular disc with a raised rim and a zoomorphic design in relief. There is a small circular hole by the rim, and the rim is damaged in two other places. Some gilt survives on the decorated surface. The reverse is undecorated. In the centre is a short circular projecting rivet stud. The mount is in good condition with a dark brown patina but with some powdery green corrosion products in the hollows. In West's "A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk" on page 151 there is an example of …
Created on: Friday 16th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-CD90E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch fragment. It is damaged and both the head and the foot are missing. The acanthus button is now worn smooth and is very clearly formed from a central smooth raised band with two rows of stylised foliage above and below. The button is on the font of the bow only. A little of the catchplate survives on the reverse. The brooch is 29.9mm long, 7.5mm wide and 6.3mm thick. The brooch has an even dark green patina but with powdery green corrosion on the breaks and round the button. It dates from the 2nd century AD and parallels can be found in Hattatt's Vis…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-CE41A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Headstud brooch fragment. The head, part of the pin and part of the bow survive. The bow of the brooch is very corroded and the dark green patina is damaged and much of it is missing revealing light reddish brown metal underneath. The head has short wings which are decorated with ridges on the side nearest the bow. There is a raised ridge down the centre of the bow which divides to for the circular stud which has a solid centre surrounded by a circular cell. There is a flange down the centre of the back of the bow. The pin housing is tubular and the pin is hinged.…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-A1DA71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. It is damaged and the foot is missing. There is a vertical loop behind the head of the brooch. No more of the pin mechanism survives. The head of the trumpet is oval. The acanthus button is now worn smooth and is unusually long extending over a greater length of the bow than is normal. It continues round onto the back of the bow. Above and below the button the bow is slightly swollen. The bow then tapers to the break. A little of the catchplate survives. The brooch is 43.6mm long, 13.8mm wide and 8.9mm thick. It has an uneven dark green patina. It …
Created on: Monday 9th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0E32E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Late Iron Age or Roman brooch. It is 51.2mm long and 17.8mm wide, 13.3 without the one surviving side knop, and 5.7mm thick. It is a Hod Hill type brooch. Only the front plate and catchplate survive. The top is slotted for the hinged pin which is missing. The head is rectangular and has concave sides. The main part of the front plate is below and is decorated with vertical lines, with the outer areas being concave and the middle convex. On one side a projecting rounded knop survives at the lower end of the main plate. A similar one opposite is missing. Beneath the main …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-0EAEC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Iron Age brooch. It is 42.8mm long, 13.5mm wide and 8.4mm thick. The brooch is an example of La Tene type II (Hattatt, 2000). It is made from a single piece of metal forming the pin and plate, which is coiled into a spring at the top. It then runs down the back of the plate, projecting backwards at the bottom with a side tab which bends round to form the catchplate. The piece of metal then loops forwards again and upwards and widens into the plate. This is decorated at the top with a convex circular projection with beaded decoration above and below, and the side…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1CC245
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and enamelled Dragonesque brooch dating from the Early Roman period. The brooch is 33.2mm long, 18.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. The foot is missing but the rest of the brooch is in very good condition. There is red enamel on the “ears”, blue enamel in the centre of the “eye” with a ring of damaged, possibly originally red enamel round it. The “chin” is joined to the body on the reverse, and the neck is particularly narrow. The surviving loop of the pin is still in situ round the neck of the brooch, but the pin itself is missing. The body is also decorated with e…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D7978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Headstud brooch from the early Roman period. The brooch is almost complete with just part of the pin, the headloop and the turnover of the catchplate missing. The brooch is 58.2mm long, 23.1mm wide and 13.9mm thick. It has a sprung pin with five coils of the spring on each side of the central spring loop. The loop continues on to the head of the brooch where it forms a narrow crest which stands proud of the head, leaving an arch underneath. Only about quarter of the length of the pin survives. The ends of the pin axel are damaged and it is presumed that originally they …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1EA381
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch which probably dates from the first century AD. The brooch is 38.2mm long, 19.5mm wide and 6.9mm thick. It may be a Dolphin or Hod Hill type. The brooch has a gently curving bow which is decorated with two vertical grooves which are filled with a reddish material likely to be a form of corroded metal. It has short tapering wings which are also striped, but considerably worn. The head of the brooch projects back beyond the wings. The projecting area is thin and rectangular, and is moulded into two horizontal bands. There is a notch in the end which is pr…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.