Record ID: SF-D34F3A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a corroded copper-alloy Roman brooch dating 43-120AD.Only the wings and springchord remain, it is very corroded, with remain of iron corrosion. The iron corrosion makes distinct typology difficult but appears to be a Colchester derivative with double pierced lug. There is a single stepped shallow moudling on each side of the top of the bow at the wings. Length: 13.15mm Width: 24.22mm Weight:4.97g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6FB145
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete corroded copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, around AD 75 - 175. The head is ovate with the stub of a central loop on the reverse. The spring and pin are missing. The front of the head is undecorated  and a circular sectioned bow extends downwards curving to a acanthus-style moulding. This is a thick disc with petals above and below, which extend round the bow. There is a worn collar moulding above and below. The bow continues down, triangular in cross-section, with the top of the catchplate behind. The lower bow is miss…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-404625
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Encrusted copper alloy brooch. Headstud brooch, very encrusted. Mackreth type Headstud X2. Suggested date: Early Roman, 80-140  Length: 45.0mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness (?): 20.2mm, Weight: 10.83gms
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: DOR-F1A6A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy 'La Tene I' style brooch.  Part of the pin is missing.  The bow and pin are made in one piece. At the head are four coils, two each side, joined at the top by an arched chord. Through the centre of the spring is an iron axis bar. The shaft of the pin tapers to a bent point and it is now too short to reach the catchplate at the foot. The bow of the brooch extends downwards from the coils and is deeply arched into a flat sub-oval shape. It is rectangular in cross section and decorated on the front with a central, longitudinal lo…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B1B51D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate brooch. Cast discoid plate retaining paired lugs for a probably iron spring and an opposed catch plate. Extensive rust on the back may arise from decay of the pin and may incorporate mineral preserved textile traces. The front bears the bordered relict of a curvilinear design in which a reflective spot of enamel appears. This could perhaps suggest a brooch of Weetch type 18, c. AD800-900, though earlier plate brooches include the use of enamel in more symmetrical arrangements. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 100-1000 Diameter: 28.6mm, Thickness (pl…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Marton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-E95720
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast hinged Roman copper alloy brooch, a Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD RH 1.e. The wings appear to be plain and cylindrical, although encrustation may disguise any decoration. The pin is lost. The bow has a single ridge running along its upper length, and tapers to a plain foot. The underside has a similar ridge which widens into an unpierced catch plate behind the foot. Suggested date: Early Roman, AD 50-100. Length: 52.3mm, Width: 37.6mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 18.2mm, Weight: 12.4gms 
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-4E518E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of the Polden  Hill variety, of Mackreth 2011, CD PH, 4. a-b. The brooch is missing the lower portion of the bow including the catch plate and the pin. The wings and axis bar are present but the spring is partially degraded. The head of the brooch survives with a width of 19mm. The crossbar and head are plain with only a raised disk design either side at the base of the wings. The bow survives to a length of 21mm and is broken off at the end. a light green/white patina cover the object. Similar examples are found No 214, No…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-2C7112
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy headstud brooch of Roman date (AD 75 - 200). The object remains as the head, axis bar, incomplete bow, and spring assembly. The head has the remains of a forward-facing hook which would once have held the chord. The wings are very small.  Behind them are the remains of a copper alloy axis bar or sleeve and spring of six turns, of which five survive. These are held in a loop projecting form the back of the head. The pin is missing. The bow extends downwards in a curve, rectangular in section with a raised circular headstud, which …
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-22DB89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 -175. The brooch is mostly complete; the foot, catchplate and most of the pin are missing. It appears to be a hinged type, but the details of the head are obscured with corrosion. The trumpet head has a tubular housing for an axis bar and hinged pin on the reverse. The remains of the pin appears to be corroded in an upward position and is confused with a corroded lump which may be the remains of a head loop. The upper bow is circular in cross-section. There is a double moulding above and below the central button, which …
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-6ADCAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The spring is corroded, but is threaded on a sleeve held by a single hoop behind the head. The pin is missing. The head is undecorated and has a straight top, perhaps the result of damage. There are three mouldings above the knop; two plain collars flanking a beaded one, and the same decoration below the knop. The petalled knop is only moulded on the front of the bow. The upper bow is lozenge shaped to oval in cross-section and the lower bow is faceted, making it triangular in cross section. The discoida…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Record ID: DOR-CB77FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy bow brooch, dating to c. AD 43 - 200. Only the hooked catch plate remains with breaks at the front and ends. It is not possible to determine the brooch type. Reference: Hattatt (2000) p 302 plate 161 Length: 21.72 mm Width: 16.87 mm Thickness: 1.77 mm Weight: 1.27 g
Created on: Friday 20th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-360CCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and mishapen Anglo-Saxon copper alloy applied saucer brooch. The brooch is bent and cracked horizontaly through the centre,Folding it to 90 degrees, this was probably caused by contact with agricultural machinery. It is encusted and there is no decoration visible suggesting this may be the backplate, and would have been circular and possibly concave. The pin is missing, but the hinge and keep are both present and are probably held in place by solder. A similar example is recorded in PUBLIC-2457C1 Weight: 5.66gms Diameter: 33.1mm Thickness 1.1mm Height at hinge plate: 8mm
Created on: Monday 7th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-A33BBF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged Initial T-shaped, South-western derivative brooch. The crossbar is corroded and the ends are incomplete but appear to be bulbous. The brooch is quite heavily made, and the lower part of the brooch and the hinged pin mechanism is missing. The crossbar is 33 mm in length and 6 mm in diameter at its thinnest and 6.5 mm in diameter at the bulbous end. The back of the bow is hollow and encrusted with iron corrosion product which are the remains of the iron pin. The bow curves outwards and protrudes significantly from the line of the crossbar. There…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: CORN-9E6AE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Langton Down strip brooch dating from the early Roman period, made of a strip of thin copper alloy sheet metal, folded into a tube at the top to hold the pin mechanism. Only one of the wings and the bow of the brooch survive with a tapering body with three broad parallel longitudinal grooves down the front face. The foot, catchplate, pin, spring mechanism and one of the wings are all missing. The brooch appears to have been coated in a black substance, perhaps burnt organic material having been part of a cremation burial, which has since rubbed off on the upstanding surface…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-913011
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type two-piece brooch with a spring mechanism. The cross bar of the brooch is composed of hollow, rectangular wings which are semi-circular in profile to accommodate the iron spring, now missing. Between the two wings at the back projects a semi-circular lug pierced with two holes. The upper hole was for the chord of the spring and the lower hole has the corroded remains of the end of the iron axis bar in place. The pin is also missing, which was probably also made of iron. There is a small fragment of copper alloy wire, found with the…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2017
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2017
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Record ID: NLM-800457
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and white metal flat, disc plate brooch, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast disc brooch comprising a circular plate with two concentric bordered zones around a raised central cell retaining a 'gem' of white metal with a leaden tint, Mackreth 2011, type British Plate 3.b4. A pair of U-shaped lugs at the edge of the back retains a hinged pin which remains locked in a folded catch plate at the opposite edge of the brooch. The entire surface is thickly encrusted with copper alloy corrosion products which mask any further surface detail. This obscuration is significant i…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7FF813
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron brooch. Cast copper alloy small long brooch with a wrought iron pin. The brooch has a cruciform head of cross potent form with a curved and keeled projecting mid bow with central longitudinal, and a lightly tapered oval-ended foot with a midpoint cross-ridge, and with a folded catch plate behind it. Iron corrosion suggests the pin was wrapped around paired lugs behind the head; the longer [54.7mm] part of the pin is detached. The entire surface is encrusted with green corrosion products. These mask any fine surface detail. One arm of the head is also lost to a re…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-ED52CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete lead alloy brooch shaped like a lizard, salamander or otter of uncertain date. It is possibly a version of the salamander brooches popular during the 19th century. The lizard has a sinous body and tail; the full length of the tail is uncertain due to damage. All the legs are missing except the rear left which is damaged. The body is flat on the top and bottom with patterning on both sides. The surface of the lizard is highly worn and pitted and dark grey in colour with areas of buff coloured encrustation. There are two small circular pits on the reverse tha…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2018
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Record ID: BERK-D2ADA8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch fragment of the Polden Hill type, dating to the period AD 75 - 175. Spring still in situ.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2017
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Record ID: BERK-023097
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper alloy fragment of a Nauheim-La Tene III style brooch dating to 1st Century BC/AD
Created on: Friday 24th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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