Record ID: PUBLIC-4E9DC0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is of oval form with six equidistant peripheral lugs, one now lost and is near-complete, missing the pin but is slightly distorted (with a distorted length of 35.9mm, a maximum width of 20.7mm, a distorted depth of 8.0mm, a thickness of 2.1mm and a weight of 5.0g). The missing pin was hinged between two perforated lugs, positioned behind the apex of the brooch, rather than the peripheral lug. The catch-plate is eroded and extends onto the rear of the peripheral lug. The six peripheral lugs are circular (4.6-…
Created on: Friday 12th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-446903
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of uncertain type, probably a plate brooch of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing one of the terminals (with a surviving length of 29.6mm, a surviving depth of 6.3mm and a weight of 2.4g). The brooch has broken at the end of the hinged terminal (with a maximum surviving width of 7.3mm). The mid-section is of rectangular section (with a thickness of 3.6-4.4mm) with concave sides. The front of the bow is decorated with three square recessed cells for enamel. The lower two cells retain the enamel, which is now brown. The brooch thins and na…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-444ED7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of Alesia variant or Aucissa variant type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and foot and is distorted (with a distorted length of 41.5mm, a distorted depth of 22.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The missing pin was hinged within the rolled-head (with a width of 9.5mm and a diameter of 6.5mm). The bow is of rectangular section (1.8mm thick at the head), with straight sides converging towards the leg. The surface of the bow is worn and it is now difficult to discern any decoration. There is the suggestion of incised …
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B3A686
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tenè I type and of 4th to 3rd century BC date. The brooch is near-complete although the spring is distorted (with a length of 33.5mm and a weight of 3.2g). The bilateral spring has a comparatively small diameter (6mm external diameter) and coils twice either side of the bow (with a distorted width of 9.0mm) and has an external chord. The spring widens and thickens to the arched bow (with a distorted depth of 21.5mm and an original depth of 11mm), where it is of D-shaped section (maximum width 4.6mm and a maximum thickness of 2.5mm). Th…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-08FF72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 21.9mm and a weight of 7.8g). The hinged-pin is secured within tubular wings (with a width of 24.8mm). The wing diameters narrow towards their terminals (where they have a diameter of 5.3mm). Iron corrosion adhering to the head suggests that an iron axis bar was employed. There is no decoration surviving on the wings. The bow is of oval section (with a width at the head of 10.1mm and a thickness of 7.7mm). The s…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.