Record ID: WILT-F72071
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman copper alloy headstud brooch dating to AD 75-200 (Mackreth type Headstud 5.).  The brooch is missing the foot of the bow, most of the catchplate and the top of the bow (it appears that the bow has broken across the centre line of the headstud).  The bow is decorated with the semi-circular curve of the remaining headstud.  Below this the centre of the front of the bow is decorated with cross-mouldings creating a lattice of cells down the centre with with half cells along either side and an incised line along the outer edge.  The central cells…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-656ED2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch dating to c AD 335-400.  Mackreth CD H 12.c. The brooch is incomplete and is mssing the tip of the pin, the catchplate and the foot of the bow.  The brooch comprises short wings with a single incised line around the front of the ends of the wings.  In the centre of the wings the top of the bow rises in a peak to a raised headloop with a central piercing which may have been filled with enamel or glass.  At the back of the wings, there is a hinged pin.  The bow has a central ridge running from the headloop an…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-64CE0D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy headstud brooch dating to c AD 75-200. cf. Mackreth Headstud Type 1.gb. The brooch is  missing the lower part of the bow, the hinged pin (apart from the part attached to the retaining bar) and part of one wing.  The fragment has a headloop in the centre of wings which are formed as cylindrical tubes into which the pin retaining bar was inserted.  Along the front face of the wings there are 7 vertical incisions on each side of the bow.  The bow is not heavily decorated and has a smooth top section, a raised annulet forming the headstu…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-643DE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy circular plate brooch (possibly repurposed or intended as a decorative mount) dating to c AD 80-250. cf Mackreth's PL CONT 9.a. The brooch is circular with champlevee decoration.  The outer rim of the brooch is raised and there is a second raised field inside this with a central raised knop.  There is field of grey enamel surrounding the central knop and the remnants suggest that the gray enamel formed a star shape with fields interspersed (although there is no longer any evidence of these).  The outer ring has alternating blue and red secti…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-3A1937
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy plate brooch dating to c AD 43-200.  Mackreth PL CONT no. 25. The brooch is incomplete with only two-thirds of the bow remaining and part of the catch plate.  In its complete form, this would have been an elongated brooch comprising two half cones joined at their bases in the middle of brooch with a pair of transverse mouldings with diagonal slashes.  At top and bottom are single forward-facing studs.  Only the lower half of the bow is complete and there is evidence in the stud of possible enamelling (although the remains are scant).&n…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-37746C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch dating to AD 75-175.  Mackreth's CD PH 5.b.1. The brooch is incomplete and is missing the lower part of the bow, the pin and one end of the wings.  The wings encase the spring mechanism and have capped ends with two mouldings at each end (one wing missing).  There is then a short undecorated section before vertical ribs from the top of the wings to part way down the bow which rises up between the ribs and has a central raised rib down the bow with horizontal slashes across it.  See Mackreth …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-EBCF89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative Roman brooch dating to c AD 43-100.  The brooch comprises curved wings which would have curled around the spring.  The centre of the top of the bow has a forward hook that would have captured the spring and the bow then continues in a horn shape. The lower section of the bow is missing as is the spring, pin and catchplate.  The brooch is undecorated. Dimensions: 21.8mm length; 23.8mm width; 4.78g weight.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-99B201
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative type brooch dating to c AD 100-180.  The brooch is missing its pin and lower half of the bow.  The fragment comprises wings with two incised lines around the ends with a space in the centre for the hinged pin.  The bow has a rectangular section at the centre of the top with a row of pellets on each wide and an incised line below.  There is a small area extending each side and framing the rectangle.  Below the rectangle, this is an section with three incised lozenges, the central lozenge is filled wit…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-994A3C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Middle to Late Early Medieval copper alloy 'ansate' or 'equal arm' type brooch dating to c AD 700-1000.  Weetch (2014) type XIII 'Other or unknown type'. The pin of the brooch is missing and the catchpate loop is damaged, otherwise the brooch is in remarkable condition.  The brooch comprises trefoil terminals at each end which are attached to a wider heart shaped lobe.  The brooch then rises up into a semi-circulare section which has parallel sides and is decorated with two raised horizontal ribs and in the centre a rectangular section whi…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B47FAE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman incomplete copper alloy Hod Hill brooch dating to AD 43-75.  The brooch is incomplete and it is missing its pin and the lower section of the bow.  At the head of the brooch, there is a cylinder which is rolled forward to hold the pin retaining axis bar and in the centre a split where the pin would have fitted.  Below the head, there is a narrow neck with a raised transverse rib and beneath this, the upper bow gradually flares out before expanding more sharply.  The expanded section appears to be damaged and although there is no evidence remaining, may origin…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D69224
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy enamelled "fly" brooch dating to c AD 160-230.  The brooch is incomplete and is missing its pin, catchplate and headloop.  The front of the brooch comprises an oval trumpet shaped section where the pin would have been affixed.  The trumpet narrows to a slender neck which then widens into the shoulders of a flat plate.  The points of the shoulders curve downwards to the sides of the brooch which narrow down to the foot which has a raised lateral band and a knop with raised decoration.   The b…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
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Record ID: WILT-FB9588
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tene type I, dating to c. 400-200 BC. At the head of the brooch the bow narrows into a cord which is wrapped around a hollow tube of rolled copper alloy sheet, two coils survive on the left, with none on the right and with the pin lost to an old break. The bow is sub-oval in plan, and is is arced in profile, although its line is relatively flat; it is sub-rectangular in cross section. The front of the bow is decorated with a central longitudinal reserved curvilinear zig-zag or wavy band, send within a V-shaped groove. The bow tapers into the foot,…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
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Record ID: WILT-FCF6C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy applied hook brooch of Mackreth's (2011) type 1.a, dating to AD 25-100. The remnants of the brooch comprise the head, incomplete wings; bow which is missing part of the catchplate and; a small fragment of the decorative front plate. The srung pin is missing as is most of the front plate. The wings are heavily abraded and are now flat in cross section, with rounded ends. The bow is sub-rectangular in cross section, with a slight central longitudinal ridge and distinctly a hollow reverse, tapering from the head to the foot, which is unelaborated. From…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-66B995
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tene type I, dating to c. 400-200 BC. The brooch is missing its pin, catch plate and the terminal of the foot; it is also bent and misshapen. The head of the brooch comprises of a spring of four coils, with one half being bent apart from the main group. Below the head the below the head the wire of the coils thickens into the bow of the brooch, which is sub-circular in section. In profile the bow probably orignally had a high U-shaped arc, but has now been bent out of shape, at subsequently tapers into the foot which is truncated by an old break. …
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: WILT-7E24E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy saucer brooch dating to c AD 450-550. The brooch is incomplete, with damage to the catchplate and the pin lost. The brooch is discoidal, with a concave front and convex reverse. The curving walls are undecorated, with raised rib defining a central circular field, which contains a central ring and dot from which radiates four running spirals; these being slightly angular. A raised triangle fills the space between the spiral and outer border. An incomplete catchplate and perforated lug project from the reverse of the brooch, both on the logitudinal median …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-437686
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative brooch dating to AD 43-175. The brooch is incomplete, although the pin is bent and the top of the bow has been flattened slightly. The wings extend to the sides and at the ends have double vertical lines around the front of the wing. There is a slot at the centre for the hinged pin and the ends of the wings are closed with a small hole for the pin retaining bar. The bow lifts sharply from the centre of the wings and curves down to a small foot. The catchplate extends back from the lower part of the bow. The top half of the bow has two raised …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-431FA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch dating to c AD 25-60. All that remains of the brooch is the top of the bow, the wings and the top of the hinge. The brooch is likely to be a Rosette brooch as there appears to be evidence of a spring wrapped round a retaining bar. The fragment comprises wings which are split along the top. Rosette brooches typically have a spring mechanism to fasten them and it may be that the back of the wings have been pressed together to form a cylinder, or possibly the spring was damaged and the wings squeezed round so that the brooch could still be used. …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F5200A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman plate brooch in the shape of a crescent dating to c AD 120-220. The brooch is almost complete and is only missing its pin and the boss from one tip of the crescent. The brooch is flat and in the shape of a crescent with a boss on the one remaining point. The outer edge of the crescent has a sawtooth design with the centre two teeth forming a different motif. The decoration is a mixture of triangles and circular motifs with evidence of enamel in the fields. The brooch weighs 5.5g and measures 31.06mm in length, 21.63mm in width, 8.05mm in height and 1.87mm in thick…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F4CDF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age/Roman Nauheim derivative brooch dating to c AD 25-100. The brooch is incomlet and all that remains is the bow and a small part of the catchplate. At the top of the bow is small and circular in cross section and is the part that would have been between the coils of the springs. This broadens into the main part of the bow and curves over and down towards the foot which is missing its tip and has a small part of the catchplate extending out to the back. The bow is decorated with an incised line down the centre and on either side ridges of small diagonal incisi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F46977
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman Aesica brooch dating to c AD 25-60. The brooch is missing part of the fantail and its pin. The brooch is complex. The wings are short and are semi-circular to cover the spring. Two parts extend down from the wings. First is a flat plate which is lozengiform, narrow at the top and then extending diagonal to terminate with a knop at each point and then narrowing again before finally broadening to create a triangular fantail, which is missing both its final points. The fantal curves forward at the bottom and the catchplate extends back from this lower section. …
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.