Record ID: NMS-85D343
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miscast and unfinished Dolphin brooch with undecorated shallow 'C' sectioned wings which are partially filled with miscast metal, with the stub of a possible hook at the top where there is a further miscast protrusion. The D-sectioned bow is decorated with a median longitudinal groove with raised sides, the lower half of the bow has an irregular surface, again due to miscasting. There is a complete trapezoidal catchplate on the reverse which has not been hammered out and bent over. The pin was never attached. Width 27mm. Length 51mm.
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-83AFC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman Trumpet brooch. The pin and lower part of the foot are missing. Plain head, the spring has five coils with the axis bar intact. There is no chain-loop. The full acanthus moulding at the middle of the bow is lacking some detail on the reverse. Head width 12mm.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Saturday 26th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carleton Rode', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B44FA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc brooch, of Mackreth's British Plate type, about two-thirds of the outside edge missing. Raised edge, raised inner circle around central cone with collared terminal and central blind hole. Ring of slightly overlapping stamped annulets between inner and outer circles. On reverse double pin lug and remains of copper-alloy pin almost obscured by iron corrosion, incomplete catch-plate. Diameter 25mm. Very similar to Hattatt (2000), fig.206 no. 1069 and 1070. 2nd century
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-25F843
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy one-piece sprung bow brooch. Two coils of the spring survive, pin missing, flat-sectioned bow tapering to foot with solid triangular catch-plate broken at the fold on reverse. Bow decorated with a pair of longitudinal grooves each with mutiple transverse angled lines accross them, and two pairs of transverse grooves accross the foot. Length 27mm. Maximum width of bow 7mm.See a similar brooch from Richborough in Bayley and Butcher (2004, fig.37, no.1). 1st century AD.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3E9666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy Roman developed crossbow brooch. One arm of crossbar only with large, integral onion-shaped terminal knop, collared before oval-sectioned stepped bar with two blind holes on upper face. A fragment of the broken copper alloy axis bar protrudes from the break. Surviving dimensions. Length 27mm. Depth 12mm. Diameter of knop 11mm. See a similar example from Richborough (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, fig.91, no.323). 340 - 460 AD ( Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 185).
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-539DE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy 'Knickfibel' one-piece brooch. Spring with four coils, pin missing, no wings and no trace of hook. D-sectioned bow with triple moulding in centre, foot and catch-plate missing. Surviving length 33mm.Width (at spring) 10mm.1st century AD. See Bayley and Butcher (2004, 58, fig.41, no.36 - 380.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3DD6E4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman two-piece sprung Colchester brooch. Short, C-sectioned wings, D-sectioned bow, solid triangular catch-plate broken at fold. Pierced lug, spring and pin missing. Moulded curved groove on either side of uppermost part of bow. Length 38mm. Width 16mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-30DCC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sprung copper alloy Dolphin brooch. Hexagonal sectioned bow with a pair of median grooves along its back from the head to foot, tapering slightly towards foot which has a flat, blunt terminal, most of catch-plate survives. 'C' sectioned wings with one transverse and one diagonal line on each, hook and part of wings filled with iron corrosion from (missing) pin. Length 35mm, width 16mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0665E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. C-sectioned wings decorated with a pair of transverse lines with a zig-zag line between at each end. Three rearward facing hooks, with a hollow on the inside of the wings below the central hook and corrosion or possibly the remains of solder under the left hand hook. Trapezoidal-sectioned bow with a crest with six transverse grooves at the upper end, becoming a rib with a median groove which terminates at the foot in two transverse grooves. Complete or near complete solid triangular catch-plate on the reverse. The bow a…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rocklands', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2771C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman hinged bow brooch. Broken, corroded and worn, with trumpet-like head and oval-sectioned bow. Catch-plate, pin, axis bar and part of head missing. The surface is powdery and cracked and may be burnt. Surviving length 47mm. Surviving width 15mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-28E99A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged brooch (Mackreth, 2011, Type CD H 5.k.). Circular-sectioned wings with seam or groove along upper and lower face, upper part of hinged pin held by axis bar, upper part of plain oval-sectioned bow. Lower part of bow, catch-plate and most of pin missing. Traces of white metal coating. Width 47mm. Surviving length 24mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4180D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch, Mackreth 2011 Knee Br 2.b2. D-shaped head with two pierced lugs on the reverse holding the spring and remains of pin, flattened D-sectioned bow tapering before a slightly expanded foot. Small catchplate broken at the fold. Completely plain. Length 29mm. Width 10.5. Mid 2nd - mid 3rd century.
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-F12483
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman brooch, C-sectioned wings. Broken rear-facing hook, D-sectioned bow which continues as a tapering median rib on the flat, triangular foot-plate. Incomplete catch-plate on the reverse broken at the fold. Spring and pin missing. Wingspan 15mm. Length 35mm. Similar to an example in Hattatt (2002), 312, fig.171, no.1482. c.40- 55 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E362FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver developed crossbow brooch of Bayley and Butcher (2004) type T192. The crossbar, axis bar and pin are missing, broken at the end of the highly arched pentagonal-sectioned bow. The bow becomes abruptly circular-sectioned with a collar before the foot-plate, which is straight sided, bevelled on either edge with a single transverse rib and a pair of ribs at the upper end and two pairs of transverse ribs at the lower end. The sides of the sheath catch-plate have broken flush with the reverse of foot, with only the blunt terminal of the catch-plate surviving. The upper …
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-DC4BF9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman brooch, Mackreth (2011) Type CD PH (Colchester Derivative Polden Hill). Flat wings, the end-plates missing except for one disconnected fragment attached to the spring, copper alloy axis bar held by central pierced lug, chord held by pierced crest on the head. D-sectioned bow tapering to a worn broken point shortly after the head. Spring with four coils, pin missing. Surviving length 19.5mm. Surviving width 16mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-828DC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British incomplete copper alloy T-shaped brooch, broken, worn and corroded, remains of vertical grooves on enclosed wings which contain iron pin bar, slot for missing pin, with transverse rib and groove at top of damaged bow, foot missing, 35 x (at least) 23mm. 1st-2nd century AD.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stradsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-81FB67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British copper alloy Dolphin brooch, rearward hook, semi-circular wings with broad groove and knurled rib, spring missing, bow of trapezoidal section with incised herringbone decoration, broken catch-plate, 24 x 39mm. 1st century, before AD 60/65.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-805D46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British lozengiform plate brooch. Pin, part of terminal near hinge missing and part of one side knop. The enamel in the central lozenge is missing / decayed so the original colour can not be identified. The two surrounding lozengiform ribs are decorated with fine transversely slashed grooves. >36mm x c.27mm. Similar to Hattatt no.1090. 2nd century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carleton Rode', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7096F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British foot of brooch, triangular and pointed with incomplete catchplate. At the top a transverse rib below vertical mouldings. Probably a Hod Hill, cf. Hattatt no.861. Maximum width 7mm. c.43 – 70 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carleton Rode', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6F0F37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Sprung copper alloy Dolphin brooch, spring, pin, part of rear hook, catchplate and tip of foot missing, end of one wing missing. On both wings a pair of baluster mouldings with a very thin wavy-line rib between them. The bow has a median arris on the reverse and on the convex front a median groove down the centre of which another thin wavy-line rib. Both groove and rib descend to the foot. Despite some recent damage the moulded details are very fresh. For this type of decoration see Hattatt no.887. Wingspan c.22mm, length >39mm. c.40-65 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broome', grid reference and parish protected.