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-FA7F3F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy and iron sprung Birdlip type brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 30-60 AD). The brooch is undoubtedly of Birdlip Type but is not well paralleled in Mackreth (2011) and appears to lack the typical upturned “beak/tongue”. The brooch is in good condition and nearly intact- the only missing element is the iron pin and spring mechanism, attested solely by iron corrosion product left on the lug. The now absent spring was secured by a single sturdy (3.3mm wide by 8.2mm long) perforated lug, now both partially covered and filled by iro…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 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-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-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-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-A948C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Langton down brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 25-60 AD). The brooch is likely of Mackreth Type LD 3a (2011, Pg.34, plate 20, No 6484). The brooch consists of the intact bow with rounded foot, wings and spring. The pin has broken off just as it leaves the spring mechanism, and the openwork catchplate is evident only as two broken sheet stubs projecting from the back of the bow. The wings are nearly cylindrical and uneven, having been hammered thin and worked almost all the way around the top and bottom of the spring, which is still held…
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4DB531
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy brooch dating to the Late Iron Age or Early Roman period (c. 50 BC to 70 AD). The brooch is a single fragment of the original object- the foot and pin are entirely absent, with only an incomplete section of bow and spring surviving. The bow is in the form of a strip ending in a transverse break, with parallel sides and small shoulders at the start of the spring. The outer surface of the bow has linear decoration. The remnant of the circular sectioned spring has a left handed twist, ending in a break at roughly 1 and 3/4 twist. While some diagnostic features …
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-672EFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III bow brooch of Nauheim-derivative type and of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The one-piece brooch is incomplete, missing half of the spring and foot and is distorted (with a surviving, distorted length of 47.7mm, a distorted depth of 17.3mm and a weight of 2.9g). ). The spring is of circular-sectioned wire (of 2mm diameter) and coils twice, one side of the head, before the break on the internal chord (with a surviving width of 7.9mm). There is a fragmentary ferrous rod or axis bar surviving within the spring (of 3 – 4mm diameter), indica…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-66D68D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Iron Age copper alloy brooch of La Tène I and of Hull & Hawkes (1987, p 95 - 106)[1] type 1Ba and of 4th or 3rd century BC date The one-piece brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 52.2mm, a depth of 15.8mm and a weight of 13.8g). The spring is of circular-sectioned wire (of 2.1mm – 2.5mm diameter) and coils twice each side of the bow (with a width of 16.1mm and a diameter of 8.1mm) and has an external chord, above the spring. There is a ferrous rod or axis bar surviving within the spring (of 3 – 4mm diameter), indicating a ‘mock…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-401C13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate and spring and has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 49.6mm, a distorted depth of 16.5mm, and a weight of 2.5g). The integral spring is represented by a fragment at the base of the head only (4.0mm long and 0.5mm diameter) below the integral rearward facing hook to tension the missing chord. The spring was positioned behind short sub-rectangular wings (with a width of 9.1mm). The upper bow is of rounded, sub-rectangular section with …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-03D082
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III Type and probably of 1st century AD date The brooch is of one-piece construction and is fragmentary, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving depth of 16.6mm and a weight of 1.79g). The circular-sectioned pin (with a diameter of 1.0mm) has broken just before the spring and is distorted. The spring coils twice either side of the bow (with a width of 10.8mm and a diameter of 5.7mm) in a bilateral small spring arrangement and has an internal chord. There appears to be solid corrosion within the spri…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5D4788
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly La Tène I, dated to c. 400 – 300BC The cast bow is incomplete, missing both the spring and foot (with a surviving length of 28.7mm a depth of 13.8mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring is represented by one incomplete coil and narrowed at the break (with a diameter of 1.4mm and suggesting a spring diameter of 8.0mm). The bow is of sub-circular section and is arched, gradually widening and thickening to the top of the arch (with a width and thickness of 4.8mm and 4.2mm respectively). The bow is worn, corroded an…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-D1A5FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete or near complete copper alloy Late La Tène (Type III) brooch of Iron Age date (c.50 BC to 50 AD). Probably Nauheim derivative type. The spring consists of four coils, two either side of the top of the bow and joined by an internal chord. The two pin side coils are slightly larger and project higher than the other half of the spring. The pin is bent and missing the majority of its length. The very head of bow has shoulders, where the metal constricts to form the spring. The bow is sharply curved, and a flattened plano-convex in cross section, having a slightly convex o…
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-582584
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Middle Iron Age brooch dating to c.400-275 BC. The brooch is a La Tène type 1 brooch and is cast as one piece consisting of a bow, catchplate, head with spring and pin. The head is a unilateral four coiled spring around a separate central axis bar and functions as a hinge mechanism. The pin is integrated with the pin projecting downwards from the inner right-hand side coil, with a length of 34.5mm. The other terminal of the spring develops into the bow. The undecorated bow measures 27.5mm in length and is D-shaped in profile, bevelled on either side…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
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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-510202
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler's (1960)[1] Type D1, of 1st century BC to 4th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin shaft but with the loop (with a weight of 2.9g). The ring oval (26.5mm wide and 23.8mm long) and is of near-circular section (1.9mm - 2.2mm diameter). The ring is not decorated. The terminals are folded (with a return length of 4.3mm and a depth of 4.6mm) and each terminal is decorated with two vertical grooves. The pin loop (4.7mm wide and 3.7mm deep) is of flat section and the loop is closed, overlapping at its t…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-FC5697
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III type and probably of mid-1st century BC to mid-1st century AD date The brooch is near complete with peripheral damage (with a length of 51.2mm, a depth of 15mm and a weight of 4.1g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with an internal chord and four spring coils (with a width of 10.8mm and diameter of 1.8mm - 2.3mm). The bow is sheet metal (with a thickness of 0.5mm) and comprises two oval lobes, separated by a narrowing in the bow. The upper lobe is damaged (with a surviving width of 15.6mm and a length of 11m…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8809A8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch of unusual form, probably of Late Hallstatt or early La Téne; Early Iron Age date (c. 700 - 400BC) The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and has a length of 52.2mm and weighs 14.2g. At the rear of the head is a perforation of 2.4mm diameter; the perforation is aligned with the catch-plate and it is possible that the brooch was secured with a separate pin which travelled through the head and was lodged in the catch plate. Each side of the head there are two integral spherical knobs (6.5mm diameter), giving the head a width of 18.1mm. The bow is arch…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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