Record ID: HAMP-EC3E13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman (AD 43-100) copper alloy early Continental cruciform plate brooch with tinned (or silvered) surface to the front and a hinge mechanism, missing its pin and the curl of the catchplate. All damage is old. The plate is flat in cross-section (c. 1.3mm thick) with incurved edges, which terminate in two lobes divided by a central groove at the top and bottom of the brooch (these are now missing at the top), with the two sides terminating in single knops (only one survives). There is a sunken circular area at the centre of the plate (10.2mm diameter), decorated with a rope-effect rin…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tytherley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6B4AFB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-100) copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, double-lugged, Harlow type. It is missing most of its spring mechanism, the lower bow and catchplate. Part of the cord is retained in the upper piercing of the lug. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section (concave to the reverse and convex to the front) and span 25.0mm. At the centre of the reverse and extending above into the top of the bow is the double-pierced lug, which is D-shaped. A length of wire cord 9.8mm long and 1.2mm in diameter is wedged in the upper piercing. To the front of the bow a ridge e…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 14th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tangley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D9F4BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval (c.1200-1400) copper-alloy gilt annular brooch, complete but with much of the original surface worn away. It carries an inscription on both faces. Gilding is retained in the grooved linear border which flanks both outer and inner edge of the frame on both faces, in the lettering and to the external edge of the frame which has a border of punched annulets. The frame is D-shaped in cross section, being flat to the underside and with a slight curve to the upper face.The inscription is mostly worn away on the upper face. It reads I [...] M // I + A + G + L + A The frame has a …
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buriton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-ACA4F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval (probably 1200-1300) silver annular brooch of zoomorphic form, complete with its sheet silver pin. The brooch frame has an internal diameter of 10.7mm, an external diameter of 15.7mm, and weighs 1.73g. The frame is trapezoidal in cross-section, being flat on the underside, with a line of single punched annulets along the flat top. The sides of the trapezoid are decorated with a line of squares in relief. Animal heads moulded in the round occur to either end of this decoration, flanking the pin rest and axis bar with apparently open jaws. The heads have a squared-off snou…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Somborne', grid reference and parish protected.