Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A2CAD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the finds Silver crossbow brooch, complete and well preserved with little sign of corrosion, apart from the pin, which is of copper alloy and only survives as badly corroded fragments. The knob at the head is quasi-onion shape rising from a double ridged collar. The arms are a hexagonal tube that houses a copper alloy axial bar for the pin, which was hinged. At each end there is a knob, the same as that at the head of the brooch. The bow is narrow and undecorated apart from at the junction of the bow with the foot, where a length of silver wire is coiled round the bow f…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Five Mile Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-379142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The plain pin has a broad wrap around head and transverse raised ridge at the junction with the shaft. Length 28mm; head width 5mm (incomplete); weight 0.99g. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. To judge from its colour and weight and visual comparison with brooches and other silver dress accessories in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the alloy is well in excess of 10% silver. Conclusions The pin form and width indicate that it is from a medieval annular brooch of thirteenth or early fourteenth…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llantwit Major Community', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-EB8564
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch of La Tène type 1/Hull and Hawkes Type 1b (3rd-4th century BC). The brooch is comprised of the bow, foot, catch plate and toe with the head, spring and pin missing in old damage (existing total length of 41.6mm). The arched bow is crescentic in profile, sub-triangular/D-shaped in section and lenticular in plan reaching the maximum width at the mid-bow where it is decorated with two moulded pointed knops, one on each side (where the bow is 13.5mm wide x 7.9mm thick). A shallow central ridge runs the length of the bow to the narrow f…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-74E7B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman initial T-shaped brooch, c. AD 50-150. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, and is missing the pin, much of the bow and the catchplate. The axis bar is still enclosed in the wings. The head of the brooch has two tubular wings (33.5mm wide and 5.4mm high), with three vertical grooves on each side for decoration, all closer to the edge than the head of the brooch. The wings are split at the middle of their total length, this fissure still holds what would have been the head of the pin; the very top of this is visible from the front, giving the impres…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7499B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, c. AD 43-240. Brooch probably belongs to Mackreth’s subtype CD PH 5.b4. The pin was replaced at some point: the spring is broken, the right side has all the original coils, but about half of the coils on the left side are missing, being replaced by the thicker chord which coils around the axis bar on the left side two times then unfolds into the pin. The other end of this thicker chord protrudes from the bottom of the head of the brooch, slightly curving around the edge of it, and this area h…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-748855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, CD PH  5.a2. 1586, Plate 49 , c. AD 43-240. It is missing the pin and a small section on the edge of the catchplate, and the spring and axis have been severed in the middle. The head of the brooch has two short wings (24mm wide and 6.8mm high), with vertical ridges at their ends for decoration: one line on the right wing, and two parallel lines on the left. The wings have perforated caps that hold the axis bar, and a hollow back that still contains the spring mechanism, whose chord go…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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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-0C49D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill (CD PH) brooch of Roman date (c. 240-300 AD). The brooch is of Mackreth's (2011) Type CD PH 4.h. The brooch is incomplete, missing one wing, the spring, pin, and most of the catchplate. The brooch has a bulbous, humped “dolphin” style head 15.2mm wide excluding the wings, 18.5mm high and 23.5mm deep. The surviving right wing has a hollow C shaped section and perforated end cap- the perforation blocked with iron corrosion from the now missing axis bar. The brooch has a simple central moulded bar runn…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0B8AC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester Derivative Hinged (CD H) type (c.AD 43-120). The brooch is missing the pin, catchplate and foot. The tubular wings (c.2mm diameter) span a width of 27.0mm. Much of the original surface has been lost, but a single raised transverse moulding survives on one wing. Any decoration at the wing terminals has been lost. On the reverse, the rectangular pin slot is filled with iron corrosion and iron corrosion is seen at the ends of each wing, indicating the axis bar and probably the pin were made of iron. The bow is plain (or else any d…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AE0ED6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type, dating to the Roman period (c. 75-175 AD). The brooch is missing part of its bow and spring as well as the whole catchplate and foot. The head of the brooch is formed by an 8.5mm wide flat-topped plate, joined at a right angle to the top of the bow. This plate projects backwards, thickening on the underside but with near-parallel sides until it joins the wings 6mm from the top of the bow. The top of the bow has an integral 7.6mm long perforated lug. The 3.9mm thick, 2.6mm high wings are angled back sligh…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-525A7A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin with a slightly distorted bow (with a length of 58.3mm, a depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 12.5g). The spring is secured between perforated lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The wings (with a width of 19.5mm and a diameter of 7mm – 8mm) are semi-cylindrical with expanded terminals. There is no applied decoration on the wings. The sides of the head (with a width of 9.2mm) are enhanced with curv…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A9AF49
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy enamelled brooch of Trumpet type and of 100-175 AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 51.4mm, a surviving depth of 18.8mm and a weight of 11.0g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, one of which has been lost. Below the damaged lug is a perforation through the head, presumably to repair the brooch. The interior of the head has significant deposits of iron corrosion, suggesting an iron spring and / or axis bar. Above the head is a complete solid and integral chain-loop (8.6mm external diameter, 5.7mm intern…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A7A33B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Initial T-shaped type and dated 50-150 AD. The brooch is fragmentary represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.6mm, a surviving depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 3.1g). The pin loop survives within the tubular wings, of sub-circular section (4.4mm diameter and 19.4mm wide) with a faceted front face. The fronts of the wings are decorated with grooves near the terminals. Above the head is an incomplete integral chain-loop (5.1mm wide and with a surviving height of 6.2mm). The very top of the bow is present and is of triangular section (4…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E344C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill, of Transitional Type, Grp 2.a and of 1st or 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 31.2mm, a surviving depth of 11.3mm and a weight of 9.5g). The long copper alloy spring is secured behind convex wings (36.0mm wide and 8.5mm diameter) by a ferrous axis and held between end lugs. The chord is tensioned by a wide hook above the head (4.5mm wide). The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves, enhanced with diagonal punched marks. One side has a circular perforation con…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D67F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy rear-hook brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg (with a surviving length of 31.1mm, a surviving depth of 10.0mm and a weight of 3.2g). The missing spring was secured behind convex wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 19.0mm and a height of 5.3mm). The chord was tensioned by a hook at the head but it is unclear whether an axis bar was secured by perforated terminal lugs, now lost. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical ribbing, defined by grooves and enhanced with incised marks on the sides of…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADC3C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Wroxeter type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and spring (with a surviving length of 28.6mm, a surviving depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 7.6g). The missing spring was housed with the D-shaped rear of the head (13mm both wide and long), with the axis bar secured within side perforations, now damaged. Ferrous corrosion on the rear of the head may suggest an iron spring. The front of the head has a transverse incised border before a step to the integral chain-loop, now damaged, missing the loop (with a surviving length of…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0557A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type CD PH 5.a4 and dated 50-100 AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 21.0mm, a surviving depth of 9.0mm and a weight of 4.7g). The missing spring was positioned within semi-tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 5.9mm) and the axis bar secured through the perforations in the end lugs. The chord was tensioned by a missing lug at the head. The fronts of the wings had mouldings or expanded terminals, now corroded and worn. The bow is of rectangular section (8.7mm wide and 3.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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