Record ID: NMGW-68B9B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman (AD 25-100) copper-alloy Nauheim-derivative brooch. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and has a surviving length of 51.52mm and a weight of 4.7g. The spring has broken before the first coil, but it is likely that the spring would have coiled twice either side of the head and would have had an internal chord. The bow has a maximum width at the head of 4.40mm with straight sides, which converge towards the pointed foot. The bow is of D-shaped section with a maximum thickness of 3.46 near the head. The upper bow is decorated with a series of oblique incis…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0EDE27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4. a-b, flat wing ends type)Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the late 1st - early 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow, with a surviving length of 32.18mm and a weight of 7.4g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing and secured by Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings are damaged and have a surviving width of 22.14mm. Above the head is the remnant of a broken claw to tension the chord. The bow had a curved moulding at the head, now…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D79451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the late 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is complete and has a weight of 7.8g. The brooch has a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar, evidenced by iron corrosion over the lugs. The circular brooch frame has a diameter of 34.3mm. The rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is comparatively wide at 6.8mm with two concave panels, forming a central ridge. The inner edge of the felloe has a smaller raised rim. The brooch has four arms of sub- rectangular se…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F9EF51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the chain-loop, some of the spring and the end of the pin (with a surviving length of 50.8mm, a depth of 20mm and a weight of 16.0g). The spring is secured around a single central lug and the chord appears to have been tensioned above but is now corroded and fragmentary and it is unclear whether the chain loop was integral to the brooch or spring (swivelling chain loop). The wings are angled towards the rear (with a width of 18.0mm). The fronts of the wings are decorated w…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-800F94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
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 -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and pin and is comparatively small (with a length of 43.5mm, a depth of 11.4mm and a weight of 7.4g). The missing spring was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement, with side lugs to secure the axis bar and a hook at the head to tension the chord. Traces of iron corrosion within the perforated lugs suggest an iron axis bar was employed. The wings are decorated w…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Sunday 26th March 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0F18E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester One-Piece type, and dating to the 1st century AD. Although the brooch shares majority of the Colchester One-Piece characteristics, it has a separates axis bar, which was possibly inserted into the spring mechanism later. The brooch has lost the pin and catch-plate but is otherwise complete. The spring emerges from the underside of the rear of the head and coils three times before the chord is secured by a forward pointing loop at the head. The spring is coiled around a separate hollow copper alloy axis bar, const…
Created on: Friday 21st January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F14B75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c variant, flat wing ends type, Western Group)Polden Hill variant form and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is distorted and is incomplete, missing the spring and pin. The brooch has a distorted height of 58.2mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill lug type mechanism. The wings are 19.0mm wide with no decoration. The upper bow is unusual for a brooch of this type. The bow is flat (2.2mm thick) with near parallel (slightly converging) sides. The lug to …
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2EC181
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.a-b, flat wing ends type)Polden Hill Type, dating to the late 1st-mid. 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by one of the wings and the head only and has a surviving height of 24.5mm. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have a surviving width of 20.2mm with an approximate original width of 22mm. The head has a 'dolphin' profile and the bow was of D-shaped section. No decoration is now evident on the bow or wings. The …
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-072E27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III Type and dating to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The brooch is one-piece and is complete, with an additional swivelling chain loop and some of the chain. The brooch has a height of 63.8mm. The pin and spring are of circular section with a maximum diameter of 2.7mm. The spring has four loops (with a width at the head of 12.5mm) and has an internal chord. The upper bow is of rectangular section (7.5 x 2.6mm) and has a near right angled turn. The upper bow is decorated with a central rib which continues into the spring gear…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8CD3A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 3.e, flat wing ends), dating to the late 1st-late 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete missing the spring gear, catches plate and foot and has a surviving height of 29.7mm. The spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement, and the chord was likely to have been held in a now missing claw. The wings are comparatively short with a width of 17.8mm. The bow has a 'dolphin' profile and is of D-shaped section (3.6mm thick). The bow width at the head is 9.7mm and ha…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-B387F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 2. Transtional type 2/3, flat wing ends), late 1st-mid 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring gear and catch plate and has a surviving height of 48.1mm. The brooch is of Polden Hill derivative form. The wings are long, with a surviving width of 38.5mm and a surviving maximum height of 9.5mm. The wings are open at the rear and there is no obvious means of securing the spring, presumably the axis was held by the ends of the wings (Polden Hill arrangement). There is no lu…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-48BB53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Langton Down brooch, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch comprises the head, upper bow, spring and pin and has a surviving height of 18.6mm. The spring was secured by open-ended cylindrical wings, which were wrapped around the spring. The wings have a surviving length of 18.5mm and are decorated with two vertical grooves near the ends. The bow is right-angled to the head and it carries reeded decoration. The sides converge slightly at the head before being parallel sided at 7.5mm wide. The brooch was silvered or tinned and weighs 4.2…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-48DF14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4, flat wing ends type) dating to the late 1st -mid-3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is badly distorted with a damaged height of 42.4mm and depth of 25.2mm. The brooch is missing the one of the wings and the spring gear. The spring was secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings would have been comparatively short at approximately 22mm (surviving width 14.5mm). The wings carried vertical mouldings against the head and at the ends. The bow is of triangular section with …
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-454276
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Foot fragment from a Late Iron Age to Roman brooch, probably of Birdlip type. The fragment represents only the lower bow, foot and catch-plate and is 26.9mm high. The brooch is of an unusual construction, and appears to be made of sheet copper alloy, having a maximum thickness of only 1.4mm. The foot has a small projecting knob and the bow had two projecting rounded knops, the lower of which is larger with a depth of 6.0mm. No other decoration is evident on the fragment. The upper bow is curving before the break and presumably would have been approaching the head. The fragment weighs 1.0g.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5B04F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman Nauheim-derivative brooch dating from the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is missing the spring. The catch-plate is eroded and distorted. The brooch has a current height of 46.4mm. The bow thins at the head and is upturned before the break. The wire would have coiled to form the spring and pin. The bow is of rounded D-shaped section and has a ‘dolphin’ profile. The sides of the bow taper to form a pointed foot. The bow has a maximum width at the head of 4.1mm and a maximum thickness here of 3.1mm. The catch-plate arcs from the leg and has a small…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5B1487
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.a2. vertical strips of enamel, lenticular elements below). Lower Severn Valley. Probably dating to the late 1st or 2nd Century AD. The brooch is missing the pin and a little of the catch-plate. The brooch is 53.0mm high. The spring was secured by means of a Polden Hill claw type mechanism with an iron axis bar. A protruding piece of copper alloy wire indicates that the spring broke and a new pin was inserted to repair the brooch. The wings are short at 15.5mm and are p…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-973022
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 4.b., flat wing ends type)Polden Hill Type, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing only the end of the pin, but is distorted on the bow and has a current height of 53.2mm. The spring is secured in a Polden Hill arrangement, with a claw to anchor the chord. The axis bar is of copper alloy and is visible at both wing terminals. The wing terminals are angled inwards and are decorated with incised marks along the edge and have a diameter of 7 - 8mm. The wings are comparatively …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-975B51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.j, flat wing ends type)uncertain type, possibly a Polden Hill variant, dating to the 2nd-late 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head with spring and upper bow, and has a surviving height of 21.1mm. The spring is secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with the chord held by a rearward claw. The wings are undecorated and are short at 14.8mm and only allowed for five coils in the spring. The wing terminals are oval (6.4 x 5.6mm) and are angled towards the rea…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-977510
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a2, flat wing ends type, Western Group)uncertain type, possibly a Polden Hill variant, probably dating to the 1st-mid 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving height of 21.2mm. The spring was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement. The chord was held in a perforated lug at the head. The wings are angled to the rear and are 20.5mm wide. No decoration is evident on the wings. The perforated lug at the head forms a weak…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1CC925
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of Polden Hill variant type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head only and has a surviving height of 18.80mm. The wings are short with a width of 16.88mm. The missing spring was secured with an open Polden Hill type arrangement and the chord was anchored with a lug on the head. The upper bow is flat with a central fin (7mm long, 1.83mm wide and 1.73mm tall) beneath the head and aligned with the chord lug. The bow's width appeared to have been steeped near the head. The bow was decorated with gro…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Saturday 8th July 2017
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