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-A48043
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete, distorted copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill (CD PH) type brooch of Roman date (c. 75-175AD). The brooch belongs to Mackreth’s CD PH Type 5.b3. The brooch is intact except for the pin and parts of the catchplate. The wings are rectangular in plan with plain concave front faces, with a hollow reverse and perforated sub-rectangular to sub-triangular wing caps. The copper alloy bilateral spring is fixed in place by the copper alloy axis bar held at either end by the lugs. The external chord of the spring is fixed through an integral perforated lug proje…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-411161
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date, Hull and Hawkes Group K (c.100 BC-AD 50). The brooch is comprised of the wings, bow, foot and catch plate, missing the pin (total length 48.0mm). The ‘wings’ are cylindrical with transverse mouldings imitating a spring mechanism and terminate in flat circular moulded end caps (wing span 30.3mm, diameter of end caps 6.6mm. There is a 2.1mm wide gap in the moulded decoration next to the head to accommodate a hinged pin, now missing (the diameter of the wings is 4.0mm at the gap). The head is plain,…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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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-20F6F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The brooch is missing the lower portion of the bow, catch plate and pin with a surviving length 20.9mm. A fragment of the pin is hinged within  tubular wings (width 23.9mm, 3.1mm diameter) decorated with a transverse incised groove at the wing terminals. Iron corrosion suggests the axis bar is likely made of iron. The bow is shallow D-shaped in section with a raised central midrib formed of three moulded ribs forming a running down the bow and converging to a blunt point at the mid-bow. The bow…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-0F2FDC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Trumpet variant brooch likely of Early Roman date (c.1st-2nd century AD). The brooch is missing the spring and pin and the leg has been lost to old damage in a transverse break (surviving length 30.1mm). The head is rectangular in plan (13.3mm wide x 10.5mm long) with sub-lenticular lip mouldings on the short sides (a lip on each corner). A single line of tiny punched dots decorate the head running along the edge of the lip mouldings. A single incised line runs along both sides of the head along the back edge. The reverse of the head is f…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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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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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-C4510D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch Polden Hill type of Roman date (c.1st-2nd century AD). The brooch is comprised of the spring, head, bow and catch plate (maximum object length 50.8mm). The pin is missing in old damage. The wings are decorated on the front with a series of unevenly spaced transverse moulded ridges: A double transverse ridge at each terminal and another pair of transverse ridges nearer the head (symmetrical on both wings). The sub-oval wing caps (c.6mm diameter) are perforated by an axis bar in the typical Polden Hill style (max object width 2…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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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-AB65D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, similar to Mackreth (2011) Plate 82 illustration no.5171.  Dating from c. AD 75 to 175. The object comprises of the lower part of the bow of the brooch, the foot, and the catch plate. The brooch is broken off just above the knop. The upper bow, head, and pin are missing. The 'knee' of the brooch has a knop, decorated with diagonal incised lines across its central section, above and below the central section are transverse moulded grooves and wider concave fluted mouldings. The lower leg of the brooch, is decorate…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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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-74DF86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of the Headstud type, c. AD 70-200. Brooch belongs to Mackreth’s subtype Headstud 2.d., while Hattatt would classify it as a T-shape brooch, specifically a sawfish type. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, the pin is missing, but the axis bar is still enclosed in the wings. The head of the brooch has two short wings (22.3mm wide and 4.3mm high), with three vertical grooves on each side for decoration; the middle grooves are concave in profile, while the other ones are triangular. The wings are rectangular when viewed from the front, with a …
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 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-7BACC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy La Tène brooch of Early to Middle Iron Age date (c. 450-200 BC).  The brooch is incomplete, missing the majority of the spring and all of the foot and pin, making it difficult to place in a precise type. The bow is not strongly arched, and ends in a break just as the brooch turns downwards to form the foot. The form of the bow is segmented on the front and sides, each of the 11 segments being slightly bulbous, with broad V sectioned grooves between. The reverse of the bow is undecorated and highly polished even in comparison to the smooth sur…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-A57A38
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 of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 24mm) and one of the wing terminals (with a surviving width of 15mm). The spring would have fit inside the wings 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 surviving wing is expanded and angled to the rear. The sides of the head are decorated with a curved moulding (with a head width of 10.25mm) and continues down the bow before terminating i…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-356042
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 variant and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete missing the spring and catch-plate and with a heavily-distorted leg (with a distorted length of 53.1mm, a straightened length of approximately 83mm, a distorted depth of 24.4mm and a weight of 18.5g). The missing spring was secured behind the D-shaped head (18.1mm long, 16.4mm wide and) 8.4mm surviving depth), with the axis bar fixed within side perforations and the chord tensioned beneath. The top of the head is damaged but it is possible tha…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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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-51DC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch pin, possibly from a Late Roman or Early Medieval penannular brooch, perhaps of 4th to 6th century date The brooch frame is missing, with only the cast pin present (with an overall length of 48.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The loop (with a width of 9.2mm, an external diameter of 11.2mm and internal diameter of 7.6mm) is open at the rear (with a gap of 6.2mm). The loop is corrugated, with raised edges and a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.8mm). The pin (with a length of 38mm) is circular sectioned (2.2mm diameter) and narrows to the tip over the lower-third.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3C068B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strip, possibly a fragment of a bow brooch of Langton Down, Hod Hill or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The possible brooch is fragmentary, represented by the bow only and is distorted (with a surviving length of 40.0mm and a weight of 2.2g). The strip was widest at one end and is torn (10mm wide) and with the suggestion of a rolled head or possibly even forming an integral spring on a one-piece brooch. A central strip (1.9mm wide, 0.6mm thick) of the apex is upturned and may have formed a spring coil. The sides are straight and gradually converge…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd 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-689F2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably of Trumpet or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg and foot only (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a surviving depth of 20.7mm and a weight of 6.3g). At the break, the leg is of fluted-rectangular section (3.0mm wide and 4.5mm thick) with straight sides converging towards the foot. Prominent grooves are evident running along both sides and a weaker groove along the front. The frontal groove is enhanced with punched marks, forming chevrons. The foot is of grooved…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th 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-3DBB91
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 30.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.3mm and a weight of 12.6g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 45.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm – 6.0mm). Corrosion around the slot for the pin suggests that the pin was made of iron and iron is also evident at the ends of the wings, suggesting an iron axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves and ribbing, now worn. The bow is of shallo…
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-AEA43C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down type and 1st century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete (with a length of 40.8mm, a depth of 13.4mm and a weight of 8.0g) and has been repaired in antiquity, replacing the sprung pin with hinged pin. The brooch originally employed a spring mechanism behind semi-cylindrical wings, open at the ends and on the rear (with a diameter of 6.8mm and a width of 17.9mm). The spring is wound around a copper alloy axis bar with three to four coils each side of the centre and the pin has broken where it emerges from the spring. A secondary p…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AE42C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 16.0mm, a surviving depth of 8.0mm and a weight of 2.7g). The missing spring was secured around a pierced lug (5.5mm long, 6.2mm wide and 3.1mm thick with a diameter of 1.2mm) on the rear of the head. The trumpet-head is oval (7.9mm wide and 9.7mm long) and has a flat border before the bow of sub-triangular section. The bow has broken just beneath the head. The surface is corroded with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADEC61
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head only (with a surviving length of 14.3mm, a surviving depth of 6.2mm and a weight of 2.9g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 17.7mm, an original approximate width of 26mm and a diameter of 3.7mm – 4.5mm). There is no surviving decoration evident on the wing. The bow (8.7mm wide, 2.9mm deep and 1.1mm – 1.8mm thick) is gently convex across its width and hollowe…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADDDE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled bow brooch, probably of Trumpet-derivative; disc-and-trumpet type and of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, missing both the head and leg (with a surviving length of 23.2mm, a surviving depth of 6.0mm). The top of the bow is expanding at the break, where it is oval-sectioned (5.6mm x 3.9mm) and angled to the rear. The mid-bow has a the characteristic enamelled circular disc (of 16.4mm diameter and 3.1mm thick) that would have had four peripheral lugs, now mostly lost. The disc was decorated with two concentric recessed discs that woul…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd 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-1C9A14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud type and of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, catch-plate and chain-loop (with a surviving length of 45.3mm, a surviving depth of 13.5mm and a weight of 5.4g). The pin was hinged within sub-tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 14.5m and a diameter of 5mm). The fronts of the wings are bevelled towards the rear and decorated with vertical ribbing. At the head is the basal remnants of an integral chain-loop (with a surviving width of 7.9mm, a thickness of 2.6mm and an internal diameter of …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-18C4AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably Polden Hill and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg, spring and wings (with a surviving length of 25.5mm, a surviving depth of 11.0mm and a weight of 5.8g). The missing spring was secured behind the concave head and remnant stubs on the sides suggest missing wings. The sides of the head are enhanced with curved mouldings (giving a width of 12.6mm). The bow is decorated with a midrib, probably extending from a lug or hook to tension the chord. The rib continues along the bow to the break…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-15D427
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete and the bow is heavily-distorted (with a distorted surviving length of 29.7mm, a distorted surviving depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged on one side (with a surviving width of 29.0mm and a diameter of 4.4mm). The surviving wing was decorated with three diagonal incised grooves. The bow is flat-sectioned, with straight sides converging to an eroded point on the leg (with a width at the head of 14.5mm and a th…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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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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Record ID: NMGW-EF5F9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal probably of Roman date The cast terminal is of flattened, sub-spherical form (with a length of 13.8mm, a diameter of 5.2mm – 5.8mm and a weight of 14.4g). There is a collar moulding at the base and the underside is flat. The terminal was secured by a square-sectioned iron fitting (3.7mm square), placed off-centre and the perforation for the attachment penetrates the top surface as a circular perforation (3.7mm diameter). There is no applied decoration on the terminal. The surface is corroded and pitted with a pale to mid-green patina.  The missing co…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EF5105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow of Developed T-shaped type of T108 and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 45.5mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The copper alloy pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm) probably around an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings have a decorative vertical rib. At the head is a un perforated ‘chain-loop’ (5.6mm high, 6.8mm wide), with a circular cell infilled with a grainy red-brown deposit. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section and…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EE9617
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Initial T-shaped type, of Hull T104 and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg, one side of the head and the pin (with a surviving length of 31.0mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 9.1g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 32.8mm and a diameter of 4.6mm – 6.0mm). Interestingly, the rear of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing, seemingly intended to imitate a spring mechanism, bounded at the top with a horizontal groove to imitat…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9AB261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by upper bow and partial head (with a surviving length of 26.6mm and a weight of 3.6g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings, one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 24.5mm and a diameter of 4.0mm). There is no evidence for a chain-loop at the head. The bow has damaged sides hut had a raised rim border (with a surviving width at the head of 14.4mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the bow are straight and convergent to the break on the mid-bow …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-70537B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed type and of late 1st to  2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 28.7mm, a surviving depth of 20.4mm and a weight of 6.2g). The missing spring was open and secured between perforated lateral lugs, now damaged (with a width of 14.5mm). The trumpet head is D-shaped with an integral chain loop, now damaged (giving the head a surviving height of 17.4mm). The bow has a central ridge, giving it a convex-sided triangular section, with straight sides converging to the…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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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-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-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-C77300
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 early 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is heavily-corroded and incomplete missing the leg and pin and is a comparatively small example (with a surviving length of 26.0mm. a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). The copper alloy spring is secured between lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. There is the suggestion of vertical grooves on the short wings (with a width of 14.2mm and a diameter of 5.5mm). The square-sectioned head (4.7mm x 6.2mm) project…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C6CCEA
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 and heavily-corroded, represented by the head and top of the bow (with a surviving length of 19.6mm, a surviving depth of 10.1mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing spring was within semi-tubular wings, with the axis bar secured by perforated terminal lugs, now lost (with a surviving width of 20.8mm and a diameter of 6.5mm). The chord may have been tensioned by a hook, although little evidence for a lug or hook now survives. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (10.0mm wid…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C36E51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled Plate brooch of Umbonate Type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary represented by the lower third approximately (with a surviving length of 26.0mm, a surviving depth of 7.5mm and a weight of 3.50g). The brooch was of circular form with peripheral lugs, comprising a larger circular enamelled lug at the foot and probably a chain-loop at the apex (with an original length of approximately 44mm) and with six smaller knops around the edge. The flange (with an external diameter of c. 30mm) before the umbo is decorated with elongated D-shaped …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C36036
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 40.5mm, a surviving depth of 11.7mm and a weight of 5.4g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged and truncated (With a surviving width of 21.3mm and a diameter of 4.3mm). No decoration is evident on the wings. At the head is the damaged remains of an integral chain-loop, thickened at the base but now missing the loop. The chain-loop has adhering ferrous corrosion, possibly from the pin or possibly …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C8AA36
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg, one side of the head and the pin (with a surviving length of 35.0mm, a surviving depth of 14.1mm and a weight of 5.0g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a surviving width of 20.0mm and a diameter of 3.7mm – 4.6mm). No decoration survives on the wings. The bow had straight sides converging to the break across the leg (with a surviving width at the head of 10.7mm) and has a grooved border. The bow is convex across its width and hollowed …
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E57C4C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch likely of trumpet derivative dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The object consists of the headplate, hinge and a portion of the bow. The headplate is triangular plan (17.5mm wide, 14.4mm high from bottom of hinge to top of lug) with a central sub-rectangular lug (3mm high, 6.6mm wide and 2.5 deep) decorated with a transverse incised line at the top. The lug likely represents a collared suspension loop (e.g. WILT-001911), but this has been lost in an old break. The surviving bow is triangular in shape with a central ridge runnin…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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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-584299
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled Trumpet-derivative, Wroxeter type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and top of the bow (with a surviving length of 28.3mm, a surviving depth of 17.1mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing spring was secured within a D-shaped recess at the rear of the head (13.8mm wide and 10.2mm long) with the axis bar secured within the sides, now damaged. Above the D-shaped head is an integral head plate (with a surviving height of 8.4mm and a thickness of 2.0mm) which has broken at the…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-582765
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete and distorted, broken at the top of leg (with a surviving length of 34.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged (with a surviving width of 27.9mm and a diameter of 4mm). The copper alloy axis bar is evident within the wings. At the head is the damaged stub of an integral chain loop. The head projects forward creating a flat rectangular platform (10.6mm wide, 6mm long and 1.8mm thick…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-57BB32
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 AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate and pin and has a distorted bow (with a length of 46.4mm, a surviving depth of 17.8mm and a weight of 11.7g). The copper alloy spring remains in place, secured within semi-tubular wings (with a width of 24.1mm and a diameter of 6mm – 7mm). The spring coils four times each side of the pin and the chord is tensioned by an open lug at the head. The wing terminals are angled inwards slightly and the fronts are decorated with two vertical incise…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3C5825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch of the Wroxeter type (c. 75-200 AD). The brooch is near-complete, missing appx. 1/3 of the pin. The brooch weighs 24.21g and measures 17.2mm wide across the bow head and 52.9mm long. The head-plate is D-shaped trumpet derivative with incised linework decoration on the sides. The head-plate is 17.2mm wide, 19mm long and 8.9mm thick. The back of the head-plate curves upwards and comes to a point suggesting that a chain loop may have been originally cast with the head-plate but is now missing. On the reverse the spring is he…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded. The original h…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-938D1F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type, cf Mackreth 2011, CD PH 4.i1. Plate 47, and of 120-240 AD. The cast brooch is heavily-corroded and incomplete missing the leg and pin and is a comparatively small example (with a surviving length of 26.0mm. a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). The copper alloy spring is secured between lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord is tensioned by a hook at the head. There is the suggestion of vertical grooves on the short wings (with a width of 14.2mm and a diameter of 5.5mm). The square-sectioned head (4.7m…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 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-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-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-4BC96E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small annular decorative silver brooch. The frame is decorated with beading in the form of enlarged filigree. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a flat plain shaft and wrap around head. External diameter 215.4 x 15mm; inner diameter 13 x 12.4mm; maximum frame thickness 1.4mm; weight 0.96g. Surviving pin length 11mm; thickness 1.4mm (some of shaft and head missing). The surviving pin is in three fragments (recent breaks, associated with discovery). In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-ECF9A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and lower part of the leg (with a surviving length of 35.5mm, a surviving depth of 17.0mm and a weight of 9.1g). The missing pin appears to have been hinged, rather than sprung, as is more usual on Trumpet brooches. At the rear of the head is a groove to accommodate the axis bar and at the centre a square recess to allow the pin to hinge. The hinge was likely to have been enclosed but is now truncated. The trumpet head is oval (16.8mm wide and 11.4mm long) and no…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D8445B
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 34.7mm, a surviving depth of 15.3mm and a weight of 14.2g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 24.2mm and a diameter of 9mm). The axis bar remains within the wings and is made of iron and iron corrosion staining at the rear of the head suggests that the pin was also iron. There is the suggestion of vertical ribbing on the front of the wings but corr…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-440559
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled Trumpet-derivative bow brooch, probably of type Wroxter type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg, pin and head-plate (with a surviving length of 35.7mm, a surviving depth of 14.5mm and a weight of 13.3g). The spring is secured around a copper alloy axis bar and attached through perforations each side of the head. The trumpet-derivative head is of D-shaped form (16.5mm wide and with a surviving length of 19.5mm). The sides of the head have two grooves, defining ribs and with the rounded underside, echoes the internal …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5D8633
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of Chester sub-type (Hull's Type 154) and Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C of 2nd century AD dated The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catch-plate and spring and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 39.7mm, a surviving depth of 20.0mm and a weight of 6.1g). The missing spring was secured around a perforated lug, at the rear of the head. Iron corrosion around the lug suggests that an iron axis bar and possibly also an iron spring was employed. The trumpet-head is oval (10.2mm long and 9.5mm wide) with no surviving …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3DF7B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a small silver annular brooch. The frame is decorated for half of its circumference with a four-faced cable twist, each facet bearing two rows of small punched dots. The opposite half of the frame is plain, with a circular cross-section. The pin shaft is missing, and the narrowing of the frame shows where the head of the pin was once secured. Internal diameter 12.5mm; external diameter 14mm; frame thickness 1.2mm; thickness of restriction for pin 0.75mm; width of pin head (suggested by restriction of frame) 2mm; weight 06g. A number of annular brooches with …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-736ED0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. Late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, represented by the head and incomplete bow only (with a surviving length of 43.6mm, a surviving depth of 19.5mm and a weight of 20.8g). The spring is iron and remains in place, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The iron corrosion has masked any details on the fronts of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-73614B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.a4. Plate 50, no. 1585, Lower Severn Valley, and of 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.8mm, a surviving depth of 9.7mm and a weight of 4.5g). The missing pin, spring and axis bar were secured between lateral lugs, with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head, now broken robably from the loss of the spring. The wings (with a width of …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7352C1
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 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 28.6mm, a surviving depth of 11.7mm and a weight of 6.7g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings with a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are now truncated (with a surviving width of 25.6mm and a diameter of 5mm). There was no chain-loop on the head. The bow has side mouldings at head and is of U-shaped section with a hollowed rear (with a width at the head of 12.2mm and a depth of 4.6mm). Below the stepped side mo…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-06EC71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.i2. Plate 48. Of late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving depth 14.4mm and a weight of 7.6g). The brooch has a spring which remains in place, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the missing chord probably tensioned by a hook. The wings (with a width of 20.7mm) are semi-cylindrical, slightly angled to the rear and expanded t…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F44676
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-derivative type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower part of the leg, the chain-loop and pin (with a surviving length of 41.3mm, a surviving depth of 21.0mm and a weight of 8.0g). The pin is missing but the iron spring remains in place, secured between lateral lugs (with a width of 12.7mm) around an iron axis bar. The trumpet-derivative head is D-shaped, surmounted with an integral chain-loop, now with only the platform surviving (giving the head a surviving height of 15.4mm). The head has a stepped…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-75C4D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the distorted leg only (with a surviving length of 37.3mm a surviving depth of 22mm and a weight of 3.4g). The leg is of T-shaped section, with a prominent midrib (3.5mm thick, 1.7mm high and 3.4mm wide at the break). There is no discernible applied decoration on the leg. There a rib and groove before the rounded foot disc. The catch-plate is positioned at the centre of the rear of the leg and begins as a rib beneath the break before it arcs to the catch. Th…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-744721
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 2.b2, Lower Severn Valley, flat wing ends type). The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper-bow only (with a surviving length of 25.9mm, a surviving depth of 9.7mm and a weight of 7.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now lost secured within semi-tubular wings between lateral lugs (with a width of 27.5mm and a diameter of 6.7mm) with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The front of the wings are decorated with prominent ribs and grooves. The bow has …
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8C930E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and pin (with a length of 52.5mm, a depth of 26.8mm and a weight of 13.4g). The missing spring was secured around a single perforated lug at the rear of the head. The trumpet head is oval (14.3mm long and 10.8mm high) with a flat and undecorated border around the upper bow. The upper bow is of triangular section with gently concave sides. The top of the bow appears to have a subtle rib in sunken relief, now worn. The base of the upper bow and top of the leg…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-21A789
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch of Langton Down Type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and part of the spring only (with a surviving length of 21.4mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 4.9g). Much of the spring remains in place, enclosed within an open cylindrical head of curved sheet, now truncated (with a surviving width of 20.2mm). The terminals were enhanced with vertical grooves and there is a double horizontal groove at the top of the head. The upper bow has a curved grooved border at the head and pro…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0C1EB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly T-shaped or Polden Hill and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and heavily corroded with the bow surviving (with a surviving length of 31.8mm, a surviving depth of 9.2mm and a weight of 4.3g). The head is incomplete and missing the wings (with a surviving width of 15.5mm) and no means of securing the missing spring is evident, although it is likely that end lugs secured the spring in a 'Polden Hill type' arrangement. The chord would have been tensioned by a hook or lug at the head but bow lost. The bow…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-FA9708
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, catch-plate, chain-loop and foot (with a surviving length of 45.3mm, a surviving depth of 15.1mm and a weight of 7.92g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 17.2mm) and with a ferrous axis bar, which is still present. No decoration survives on the wings. The stub from an integral chain-loop is present at the head. The upper bow is of rectangular section (10.8mm wide and 3.0mm thick), with straight …
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Saturday 12th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FA2A9E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.b1, enamelled panel on upper bow, lenticular elements cast below,flat wing ends type and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, foot and part of the catch-plate (with a length of 50.6mm, a depth of 18.6mm and a weight of 17.8g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The wings are semi-cylindrical (with a width of 23.4mm) and the terminals are expanded (with a diameter of 8.6mm). The sides …
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F8102C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, 8. Serrated bow, enamelled decoration. Flat wing ends type, Plate 53. This type appears over muich of southern England. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and is comparatively small with a length of 39.8mm, a depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 9.9g). The copper alloy spring is secured between lateral lugs (with a width of around a copper alloy axis bar and the chord is tensioned by a lug at the head, in a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The fronts of the wings are decorated wit…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E7F851
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type with flat wing ends, c. f. Mackreth 2011, 5.b.4. Plate 50, and of late 1st - early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.5mm, a surviving depth of 12.6mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs and the chord tensioned by a lug at the head, in a Polden Hill type lug arrangement. The wings (with a width of 25.4mm) are angled slightly to the rear and the fronts of the wings are decorated with prominent vertical grooves a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E7E5DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet Type and of 1st - 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and has a slightly distorted bow (with a length of 49.2mm, a distorted depth of 23.1mm and a weight of 9.4g). The brooch had a spring mechanism secured around a single, pierced lug on the rear of the head. A single coil of the spring survives around an iron axis bar. The trumpet head is of sub-triangular section (9.9mm wide and 9.7mm long), with no surviving evidence for an integral chain-loop. The head is corroded but appears to have had side flanges, defin…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Saturday 12th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-65EEBF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of Headstud type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 22.7mm, a surviving depth of 9.7mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing pin is hinged within damaged semi-tubular wings behind the head (with a surviving width of 23.1mm). Above the head is the remnant of an integral plate, which would have been surmounted with a chain-loop. The wings are slightly angled to the bow and are decorated with vertical ribs, with the wider, end rib being knurled. The bow proje…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Saturday 12th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-705B58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, The Wroxeter, Polden Hill / T-shaped type and of later 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and bow setting (with a surviving length of 58.7mm, a depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 18.2g). The spring is secured between perforated lateral lugs and the missing chord was tensioned by a lug at the head, in a 'Polden Hill, lug type' arrangement. The wings are semi-cylindrical (with a width of 22.3mm) and the oval terminals are expanded and ribbed (8.6mm x 7.0mm); there is the suggestion that the termi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C9FACB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type with flat wing ends, of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary represented by the head and the top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 20.5mm, a surviving depth of 11.7mm and a weight of 10.9g). The spring remains in place, secured between lateral lugs, which are angled inwards (with a width of 29.2mm). The chord is broken but is present, dislodged from its damaged lug on the head. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves and ribs, now corroded and worn. The top of the bow is of D-shaped sec…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8E1549
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, flat wing cap type), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 4.l, Plate 48. and of 1st to 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary missing the leg and wings (with a surviving length of 29.0mm, a surviving depth of 10.9mm and a weight of 3.8g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing, probably behind wings with perforated terminals, now lost (with a surviving width of 11.9mm). Above the head is the remnant of a hook to tension the chord. The head has curved mouldings on the sides (givi…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8D945B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-b., flat wing ends type), and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary and represented by the head and upper bow only and would have been comparatively substantial (with a surviving length of 37.8mm, a surviving depth of 17.5mm and a weight of 14.0g). The missing spring was likely to have been secured between lateral lugs now lost. There is the stub of a corroded lug on the head, suggesting that the brooch employed a Polden Hill, lug Type arrangement. The wings are heavily tru…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-38FF3A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is circular (with a diameter of 21.3mm and a weight of 4.4g) and is near-complete, missing the central boss. The wire pin survives on the rear, with a slight distortion (with a length of 7mm and a diameter of 0.6mm). The pin is sprung around a single, pierced lug (giving the brooch an overall depth of 6.9mm) with the chord beneath. The catch-plate remains in place at the base of the rear (with a height of 3.5mm and a length of 4.3mm). The circular brooch face has a raised rim border (1.5mm thick) with no evidence for …
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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