Record ID: NMGW-561E14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), dating AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 29.3mm and a weight of 8.4g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.6mm and have expanded oval terminals (9.1mm x 7.2mm), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have curved mouldings at the h…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-C6DE36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.b.1. Dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head and spring only, and has a surviving height of 23.0mm. The spring mechanism is broken but remains in place. The spring was secured by a Polden Hill type lug arrangement. The wings are 31.7mm wide and are decorated with vertical incised lines. The bow has a D-shaped section with converging sides. There is no decoration now evident on the surface. The brooch fragment …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-C71790
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.d.1. Plate 50. The brooch is represented by the head only, and has a surviving height of 21.9mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The wings are 25.9mm wide and are decorated with vertical bands containing a knurled column. The bow has a D-shaped section with converging sides. There is no decoration now evident on the surface. The brooch fragment weighs 7.3g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-C7A5E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head only, and has a surviving height of 22.1mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill type claw arrangement. The wings are 21.3mm wide and are not decorated. The bow is of oval section with a rib at the rear. The sides are slightly converging. There is moulded decoration at the head defining a 'V'. The brooch fragment has traces of silvering or tinning and weighs 8.3g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-C7BA97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.b-4c, Plate 46 and dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head only, and has a surviving height of 24.8mm and weighs 6.7g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings are 23.2mm wide and are undecorated. The bow has a D-shaped section with converging sides. There is the suggestion of a V shaped moulding at the head. The brooch fragment is eroded and has lost a nick out of the surface.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DC6745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment from a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 3. Plate 46, pg. 71, no. 1854. Manufactured middle Severn Valley. Likely to date to the 1st century AD. The brooch is represented by the head only and has a surviving height of 7.8mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, probably secured with a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have a surviving width of 21.7mm and were decorated with vertical grooves. Further vertical, converging grooves are evident on the head. The bow was likely to have had a …
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5C508C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends, West Midlands) type and of late 1st to late 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head, spring and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 30.0mm, a surviving depth of 15.7mm and a weight of 8.9g). The spring remains in place and is of iron, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The squat wings are likely to be a little truncated (with a surviving width of 19.1mm and a maximum diameter of 17mm). No decor…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-70BD15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
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 34.9mm, a depth of 20.3mm and a weight of 4.2g). The missing spring was secured around a pierced lug at the centre of the head. The Trumpet head is sub-triangular (8.7mm wide and 6.3mm high), with a flat border at the sides of the triangular bow. The sides of the upper bow are concave, expanding to the button. The button is worn but appears to be of simple, globular form. The mouldings flanking the button are also worn but appear to …
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-C7BB5B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate (with a length of 58.0mm, a surviving depth of 23.5mm and a weight of 17.2g). The missing spring was secured around a central, pierced lug with the chord beneath and the rear of the head is concave. The trumpet-head is oval (15.2mm high and 16.5mm wide) and there is some damage to its apex, which is undecorated and possibly originally incorporated an integral chain-loop. The upper-bow is of D-shaped section and has cast decoration comprising a trumpet-scroll on each side. At the centre is a double rib, flanked by ribs emanat…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 12th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-378AFD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and catch (with a surviving length of 40.1mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 6.5g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 21.3mm) with a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are of D-shaped section (4.7mm x 4.2mm) and were decorated on the fronts but now largely lost through corrosion but with a vertical rib near the terminal. At the head is the stub of an integral chain-loop. The upper …
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-5F27FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch fragmentary, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 41.1mm, a surviving depth of 15.8mm and a weight of 16.8g). The missing spring was secured around a single, perforated lug on the rear of the head. Iron corrosion around the lug suggests that an iron spring was used. The trumpet head is sub-oval (20.0mm long and 16.7mm wide), probably with the remains of a truncated and rounded plate at the head, which was possibly surmounted with an integral chain-loop. The head-plate was decorat…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-5F4F95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped 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 17.9mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 10.0mm). The missing pin was hinged within oval-sectioned tubular wings, now truncated on one side (with a surviving width of 37.9mm and a diameter of 6.1mm x 7.2mm). The fronts of the wings were decorated with vertical ribs and grooves, now largely lost through corrosion. Iron corrosion at the terminal of the intact wing suggest an iron axis bar was u…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8A6463
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Chester variant dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The head is oval in plan and measures 13.1mm high and 14.2mm wide. The head is flat, slightly cupped from corrosion on the reverse with a single sub-rectangular lug containing the remains of the spring or pin. The bow protrudes outwards from the head in a sub-oval flange and is flat on the reverse. Traces of moulded linework possibly in a fountain design on the bowhead but corrosion has destroyed most of the surface. A sub-oval button is moulded between two transverse ribs …
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8A8BC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Hattatt 1987: 96; Mackreth 2011, CD PH, 4. b, Pl 46) dating from late 1st to late 2nd century AD. Semi-cylindrical wings each with traces of corroded iron axis bar in the centre. At the top between wings is a central lug which may have been a hook. The bowhead is slightly humped in profile with traces of possible moulding on either side but is otherwise undecorated. The bow tapers to a broken, blunted tip. The surface is abraded with diagonal scratches on the obverse and reverse. The ax…
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B1AB60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch-plate and foot (with a surviving length of 58.2mm, a depth of 15.5mm and a weight of 13.9g). The missing spring was housed within semi-cylindrical wings (27.3mm wide and 7.6mm diameter) with the axis bar secured with perforated end lugs and the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The lug at the head forms a crest with a hooked terminal. The wings have circular perforations (of 3.4mm diameter) on both sides, which may have held decorative s…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-2B8511
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type brooch dating to the early Roman period (c. 75-175 AD). The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catchplate, and most of the pin. The bowhead is slightly humped in profile with flat sides and a smooth, convex top that tapers into the bow. The front surface of the bow and bowhead has lipped sides along both edges that run from the base of the rear facing hook to the broken end of the bow. The bow has a D-shaped cross section that becomes more rounded as it tapers towards the foot. The wings of the brooch are sem…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-2BDF57
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type brooch dating to the early Roman period (c. 75-175 AD). The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot, catchplate, pin, axis bar and most of the wing caps and spring. The bowhead is slightly humped in profile with sloping sides and a central ridge flanked by moulded channels running down from a perforated lug at the very head of the brooch. The bow has a flattened D-shape cross section and tapers towards the foot. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, with largely missing perforated circular end caps that wou…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-BBE7AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type brooch dating to the early Roman period (c. 75-175 AD). The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, pin, axis bar and parts of the foot, catchplate, wing caps and bowhead. The robust bowhead is slightly humped in profile with a flat base and rounded sides. The bowhead is decorated with a central ridge moulding that runs the length of the bow from the foot to the bowhead, where it becomes raised and ends in a break, presumably where the rear-facing hook used to secure the chord was once attached. There is also an…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EFBE71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type and 75-200 AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate (with a length of 59.4mm, a surviving depth of 19.2mm and a weight of 14.8g). Two coils of the spring survive abutting one of the side terminals behind the semi-tubular wings (with a width of 23.4mm). The terminals are expanded (with a diameter of 7.9mm). At the head is a lug, probably from a hook to tension the chord. The top of the head has a flat square panel, decorated with an incised diagonal cross. The sides of the bow were expanded with a curving side…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC03DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hil Grp 4.f of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and with a damaged catch-plate (with a 56.5mm, a depth of 17mm and a weight of 17.3g). The spring remains in place, secured around an iron axis bar between lateral perforated lugs. The missing chord appears to have been tensioned by a claw at the head, now damaged. The ends of semi-tubular wings (with a width of 25.0mm) are expanded and angled inwards (with a diameter of 7.3mm). No other decoration is evident on the wings. The head has curved mou…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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