Record ID: NMGW-22A933
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing only the pin and peripheral lugs. The brooch is flat and had eight peripheral lugs, with a surviving maximum width of 22.50mm and weighs 3.4g. The brooch would have employed an open spring mechanism, secured by pierced lugs on the reverse. The eroded catch plate gives the brooch a surviving depth of 4.96mm. All peripheral lugs are damaged, but are likely to have been dished near the ends. The circular disc has a diameter of 18.5mm and is decorated with circular and concentric enamelled cel…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5D9085
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy gilt plate brooch of glass centre-boss type and dating to the 2nd or 3rd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and central setting. The circular brooch has a diameter of 33.7mm and weighs 17.3g. The pin and spring were likely to have been iron and were secured around a singly pierced lug on the rear of the brooch. There is a weak rib between the lug and the narrow catch (8.1mm wide). The front of the brooch is decorated with concentric circles defined by moulded ribs. The outer ring is decorated with a repeating punched S-shaped motif. The inner ri…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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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-7EE142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weak…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2ADCB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped or Headstud type and 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 17.1mm and a weight of 10.7g). The hinge of the pin survives and is secured within tubular wings (with an eroded width of 26.4mm). The wings are of D-shaped section with the flat front carrying cast ribbed decoration. The remnants of a chain-loop are present on the head. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (12.3mm x 3.5mm) with a central vertical rib (7.2mm long, 4.1mm wide 1.7mm high). The sides…
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D8FB76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and settings. The frame is circular with an external diameter of 47.3mm (30.3mm internal). The brooch frame comprises a plain outer bevelled edge, leading to the central ring with eight raised collets. The collets are irregular and oval (up to 8.7mm by 6.2mm) and give the brooch a maximum thickness of 7.34mm. All but one of the collets contains a white calcium deposit. Between each collet, the frame is decorated with five rows of punched ring-and-dot decoration. There is some…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D8B956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg and has a surviving length of 24.82mm and weighs 5.3g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, secured around a copper alloy axis bar set within tubular wings. The wings have a width of 27.77mm and are decorated with a pair of vertical grooves near the terminals. The bow has a width of 14.84mm at the head and is convex across its width and is hollow on the rear. The sides are straight and converge towards the leg. The edges of the bow have a raised border or flange. The bo…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-B7CE52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch frame, probably of 13th or 14th century date The frame is complete although the surface has been lost. The frame is circular with a diameter of 16.6mm (internal diameter of 11.6mm), a thickness of 1.5mm and weighs 0.7g. The rear of the frame is bevelled and plain. The pin restriction has a width of 2.1mm and the bar has a diameter of 1.7mm. The opposite side of the frame has no notch for the pin. The front of the brooch was decorated with raised delicate ribbing, possibly forming letters to define a legend but now difficult to discern. The brooch frame has poor…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E96D53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type: Wroxeter Type, dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the spring, pin, catch and chain loop, with a surviving length of 66.9mm and a weight of 15.4g. The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs, only one of which survives but would have had a width of 11.3mm. The surviving lug is encrusted on the exterior with iron corrosion, suggesting the spring employed an iron axis bar. The delicate chain loop sat upon a rectangular panel containing a rectangular recessed panel, enhanced with oblique i…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F598A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD The brooch is near complete missing the spring and has a length of 44.7mm and has a weight of 6.9g. The spring mechanism was secured around a singly-pierced lug. The trumpet-head is sub-triangular with a width of 9.0mm and a width of 8.9mm. The head was decorated with converging ribs, positioned either side of the bow. The upper bow is of triangular section with concave sides and has a central decorative rib. There appears to have been diagonal leaf mouldings above the button. The button is eroded, but ap…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4FED00
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of 1st century BC date to 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by approximately half of the ring. The ring has a diameter of 32.6mm and now weighs 1.3g. The ring is of flat section with a thickness of 1.53mm and a width of 3.05mm. The front of the ring is decorated with central and edge ribs, formed by faceting either side of the centre. The terminal is coiled (with a depth of 3.94mm), defining the brooch as a Fowler Type C (1960, p 152) . The brooch has a dark green patina with moderate surface preservati…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-674C73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed, Wroxeter variant Type dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, foot and chain-loop, and has a surviving length of 34.6mm and has a weight of 6.8g. At the rear of the trumpet head has a semi-tubular hinge mechanism and the remnants of an iron axis bar. The trumpet-head is oval (14.1mm x 8.6mm) and has an integral chain loop above the head. The loop is damaged but was on a decorative rectangular panel (8.8mm wide) with horizontal ribbing. The upper bow has straight, near-parallel sides (7.9mm wide) and is of …
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8F6AC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter sub-type, of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.1mm and a weight of 3.2g). The head is D-shaped (with a width of 13.7mm and a height of 16.5mm) at its base, with a thinner sub-triangular head-plate above. The head-plate is not perforated and has no surviving evidence of a chain loop. A knurled rib separates the head from the head-plate. The missing spring was secured at the rear of the head between lateral lugs, probably with the chord beneath. The upper bow …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8E76D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and Wroxeter sub-type, of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, chain-loop and foot (with a surviving length of 40.7mm and a weight of 8.2g). The head is D-shaped (with a width of 11.4mm and a height of 10.2mm) with the stubs of the broken chain loop above a knurled rib. The spring is secured at the rear of the head between lateral lugs, with the chord beneath. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section with straight parallel sides (with a width of 6.1mm and a thickness of 3.9mm). The front of the upper bow was dec…
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-FB9C35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment, of Wroxeter variant type dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is represented by the upper bow and the head only and has a surviving length of 21.70mm. The spring is present and is secured around a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The wings have a width of 21.20mm, with expanded double-ribbed terminals, which are angled to the rear. The chord is secured at the head with a prominent lug. The bow has straight sides, parallel at the head (7.93mm wide) and converging slightly in the upper bow. The front of the bow is decorated with two vertical re…
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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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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Record ID: NMGW-528B93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of Headstud type and probably of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and one of the wings (with a length of 39.8mm and a weight of 5.4g). The missing spring was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement. The wings have a surviving width of 14.9mm, and would originally have had a width of c. 21mm. Little detail survives on the brooch, a stub on the head may be a remnant from a hook or lug to tension the chord. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section (with a width of 7.5mm and a thickness of 3.7mm) and has straight si…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3D0C52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Early Roman period copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester one-piece type and dating to the 1st century AD The brooch is near-complete, missing only the pin and is comparatively small with a length of 36.88mm and has a weight of 3.2g. The spring mechanism (1.5mm diameter) coiled for three turns either side of the centre with a width of 14.60mm and the chord was anchored by the forward facing and tapering hook at the head. The spring has broken after the first coil on the return. The wings have a width of 13.17mm and are decorated on the fronts with vertical incised line…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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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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