Record ID: NMGW-F0132C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and much of the catch-plate and is heavily-corroded (with a length of 43.8mm, a surviving depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 7.7g). The pin was hinged within oval-sectioned, tubular wings, now damaged, particularly on one side (with a surviving width of 17.9mm and a diameter of 5.4mm x 3.7mm). The loop from the copper alloy pin is present but iron corrosion staining suggests a ferrous axis bar was used. No decoration is discernible on the truncated wings. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F037E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of17.4mm, a surviving depth of 5.8mm and a weight of 2.2g). The missing spring was secured behind the semi-cylindrical wings (with a length of 9.0mm and a diameter of 4.5mm), with the axis bar secured by perforated end lugs and the chord probably tensioned by a lug at the head but is now lost. No decoration survives on the wings. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (6.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick at the head), w…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F09247
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably T-shaped or allied and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the top of the bow (with a surviving length of 23.0mm, a surviving depth of 7.1mm and a weight of 2.6g). The head is fragmentary (with a surviving width of 11.8mm and a thickness of 5.4mm) but the remnants of the axis bar and pin loop indicate that the brooch was hinged. The head narrows to the bow, suggesting a T-shaped or allied brooch. At the head is a rectangular stub from an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is of oval sect…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BAB849
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type (1st century AD). The brooch is fragmentary missing the leg and pin and spring (with a surviving length of 29mm). The spring would have fit inside the wings (which measure 29.3mm wide) and secured between perforated lateral lugs on each end. A hook at the top of the head, now damaged, would have secured the chord. The wings are expanded and angled to the rear. The sides of the head are decorated with a curved moulding (with a head width of 10.4mm) and continues down the bow before terminating in the break. The bow is D-shaped in sec…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0AAE2C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late La Tène brooch of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date (c. 1st century AD). The brooch is missing half of the spring as well as the pin, the catchplate and the foot. The surviving brooch is made in one piece, with a mid-arched bow with a sub-circular cross section that tapers towards the foot. The bow is a maximum of 4mm wide and 2.7mm thick. No surface decoration is visible. The head of the brooch curves strongly, entering the mechanism at over 90° from the line of the bow. The mechanism is an integral bilateral spring with internal chord and would…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-AE7B6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy and iron Colchester Derivative Hinged (CD H) brooch, dating to the early roman period (c. AD 43-120). The brooch is missing much of its pin, part of the bow and the whole foot and catchplate. The wings of the bow consist of the robust cylinders 30mm in total width and a maximum of 6.4mm thick. The wigs are completely hollow, containing the corroded iron axis bar visible at the ends of the wings and in the slot for the pin cut into the centre of the reverse of the head. The wigs are decorated by at least one transverse groove each, although the po…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0B7D06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type (c.AD 75-175). The brooch belongs to Mackreth’s (2011) CD PH 4.f subtype. The brooch consists of the head, bow, foot and catchplate with an overall length of 42.7mm. The spring and pin are missing in old damage. The short, sub-cylindrical wings (c.4.9mm diameter) are slightly angled with a width of 14.8mm between them. The ends of the wings have been lost to old damage. On the reverse, the head and wings are concave to accommodate the spring mechanism and the ends of the wings (now missing) …
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0C8EC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged Pin (CD H) brooch, dating to the early Roman period (c. AD 43-120). The brooch is missing the pin, part of the bow and the whole foot and catchplate, as well as the end of the left wing. The wings of the bow consist of the robust cylinders 31.5mm in incomplete width and a maximum of 7.7mm thick. The wings are hollow, containing the corroded iron axis bar visible at the ends of the wings and in the slot for the pin cut into the centre of the reverse of the head. The wings are decorated by three transverse grooves each,…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-55E631
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged (CD H) brooch of Roman Date (c. 43-120 AD). The brooch is missing the foot, catchplate, most of the pin, and possibly some of the wings. The perforated wings of the brooch are robust and fairly large, measuring 35.6mm from end to end, and roughly cylindrical in section, with a flattened reverse. The slot for the pin is equidistant to the wing tips, and still contains the loop for the pin and the axis bar that runs the full length of the wings. One wing is significantly thicker than the other- 6.7mm to 5.9mm. The he…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E96D53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type: Wroxeter Type, dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the spring, pin, catch and chain loop, with a surviving length of 66.9mm and a weight of 15.4g. The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, only one of which survives but would have had a width of 11.3mm. The surviving lug is encrusted on the exterior with iron corrosion, suggesting the spring employed an iron axis bar. The delicate chain loop sat upon a rectangular panel containing a rectangular recessed panel, enhanced with oblique i…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E67295
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of Trumpet derivative, Wroxeter Type, dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the chain loop and end of the pin only, and has a surviving length of 58.68mm. The open spring is secured by lateral lugs with an iron axis bar and the chord positioned beneath. The head is semicircular with a width of 14.26mm and a height of 12.52mm (excluding the head-plate). The top of the semicircular head is decorated with oblique incised lines. The head-plate is rectangular (12.71mm wide x 7.9mm high) and is set back from the head with possible traces …
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FABB6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Birdlip type, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman Period (c. 30BC-AD60). The brooch is largely complete, with at least remnants of every main part: the only missing parts are the majority of the hinged pin and the openwork catchplate, as well as several parts of the original surface, much of which is in the process of delaminating as a result of corrosion. This degradation in condition will continue without conservation. The head of the brooch has a convex outer surface and a flat reverse (interrupted by the hinge slot) with a width o…
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-B1B007
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the spring and leg (with a surviving length of 29.6mm, a surviving depth of 17.6mm and a weight of 7.5g). The missing spring was secured within a perforated single lug at the rear of the head. The trumpet head is D-shaped to sub-triangular (10.3mm wide and 10.7mm high) with no evidence for a chain-loop or plate on the head. There is a flat border around the sub-triangular bow at the head. The upper bow narrows towards the button on the mid-bow. The button is corroded bu…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-43FF21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud Variant type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete, missing the chain-loop but distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 53.4mm, a distorted depth of 14.1mm and a weight of 7.0g). The pin is hinged within a semi-tubular arrangement behind the wings (with a width of 18.1mm and a surviving length of 7.2mm). There is a stub at the apex, possibly remnants of an integral chain-loop. There is no surviving decoration on the fronts of the wings. The bow is of flat-section, with straight sides, gradually converging…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-442461
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud variant type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, much of the catch-plate and the chain-loop (with a surviving length of 38.5mm, a depth of 16.2mm and a weight of 6.5g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings (of 5mm diameter and 13.1mm wide) The fronts of the wings are angled towards the bow and has vertical ribs, as is sometimes seen on Headstud and allied types. Above the head is a damaged, integral chain-loop. The bow projects forward from the head, before a near-perpendicular bend. The top …
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-7D1AC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Alcester type, subclass Mackreth 2011 Almgren 101 dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is comprised of the head, spring with a fragment of the pin, bow, foot and catch plate (overall length 49.7mm) with much of the pin missing in old damage. The brooch likely had plates on either side of the spring to secure the axis bar as all examples of the type include them (Mackreth 2011: 192), but these have been lost to old damage and iron corrosion. The head is trumpet-like in form with a D-shaped section (width 17.6mm x 10.9mm thick). …
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 30th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-12DD54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of 7th or 8th century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by one terminal and part of the hoop (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving width of 18.5mm and a weight of 2.5g). The surviving terminal (14.6mm wide, 14.4mm long and 2.0mm – 2.4mm thick) is rounded with a straight inner edge and is flat. It is possible that the inner edge was connected to the missing terminal as seen on pseudo-penannular brooches. The decoration on the terminal is corroded but is of geometric form and has a raised border defining an inn…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F598A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is near complete missing the spring and has a length of 44.7mm and has a weight of 6.9g. The spring mechanism was secured around a singly-pierced lug. The trumpet-head is sub-triangular with a width of 9.0mm and a width of 8.9mm. The head was decorated with converging ribs, positioned either side of the bow. The upper bow is of triangular section with concave sides and has a central decorative rib. There appears to have been diagonal leaf mouldings above the button. The button is eroded, but ap…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1FD4A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy brooch, of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type, dating from c. AD 120-240. The object consists of the head and the bow of the brooch. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is irregular in plan, broadly comma shaped in profile, and irregular in cross section. The bow of the brooch is 10.96mm wide and 11.74mm deep at the head, narrowing to 4.06mm wide and 4.03mm deep at the foot . To either side of the bow’s head, semi-tubular wings extend 5.36mm on the left side and 4.15mm on the right. A central rib 2.24mm wide, protrudes from the…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-879E3C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester Derivative Hinged (CD H)/T-shaped type, with elements of Trumpet and Polden Hill types (c.1st-2nd century AD). The brooch is comprised of the head, wings, half of the hinged pin, bow, foot and catch plate with a total length of 47.6mm. The semi-tubular wings (spanning 21.9mm wide) are decorated with end knops expanding upwards (c.4.6mm diameter) with transverse moulded collars decorations. The wings are perforated with an iron axis bar (evidenced by iron corrosion on one wing and at the slot) around which the copper alloy pi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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