Record ID: WILT-E5F64F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver annular brooch with decorative twisted (cable pattern) frame, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is slightly bent. There is a small constriction to hold the pin, which has broken with the result that the pin has been lost. The decoration comprises a cable-style twisted pattern all around the frame with four facets, each containing a line of stamped, raised pellets. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.6mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 1.58g. Discussion: A parallel example is published by Egan & Pritchard (1991: 253) no. 1334, dating to c. AD 1200-1…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Central Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AD13C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy strip brooch, dating to c. AD 40-50. Mackreth DURO type 5b. The brooch comprises the head, bow, and most of the catchplate. The pin is missing. The remainder of the brooch is formed of a single flat strip which splays out towards the rounded bottom. The strip was originally curved around at the top to form the head and hold the pin, but the head has straightened out slightly now, due to old damage. The bow is narrow and flat, and straight, only curving up slightly towards the head. The brooch is decorated with transverse lines on the wings. There i…
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: WILT-1AA7FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy British plate brooch dating to c. AD 100-200. Mackreth (2011) type 3.a4. The main body of the brooch was originally circular in plan, but it has lost a portion due to an old break between 5 and 7 o'clock. The surviving portion of the brooch has five rounded, projecting lugs placed evenly around the its circumference, although the sixth is now missing due to damage. The front of the brooch has a notched decoration around the frame. This decoration is quite worn in places. Inside the frame is a recessed circular border with traces…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-47EA19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1200-1400, with constriction for the pin. The band is wedge-shaped in section with a ring of small conjoined pellets on the upper surface and a legend on the outer face which reads, ‘IE SVI FLVR D[E] BO[N]’, meaning “I am a flower of good”. This is possibly a message from the giver of the brooch to its wearer. The find is in fine condition and the pin still moves freely within the constriction. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.1mm; width of band 1.2mm; thickness 1.3mm; weight: 1g. Discussion: There are a nu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-08A4FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval brooch or badge made from a gilded silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), dating to Early 1050s AD. The coin has been modified by the application of a hinged pin and catch plate arrangement on the reverse. The catch plate has broken off, but the two rivets intended to hold it in place is still there, along with a gap in the gilding where the catch plate was previously located. Unusually for this type of coin-brooch, the item has been gilded on both faces, although the reverse with the cross design would be visible when worn. The coin is a variant o…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Box CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-FA8967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch with Polden Hill spring mechanism, dating to c. AD 80 - 120. Mackreth CD H/PH 2.a.1. Only the head of the brooch and a small portion of the upper bow survives, together with some coils of the sprung pin. The head of the brooch expands transversely into the wings. Each of the wings terminate in perforated wing caps, of which one still retains the end of the axis bar. Both wings are decorated by a series of longitudinal ridges, with three at either terminal divided from a fourth and the mid point by a recessed channel. The he…
Created on: Thursday 27th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
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Record ID: WILT-328649
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold inscribed annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1150-1350. The brooch has a slightly sub-circular frame, with a lozengiform cross-section. The frame is bevelled on either side, giving four surfaces, each inscribed with part of a Christian devotional prayer. The letters are inscribed in Lombardic text, with the use of cross potent to divide some of the text. Each part of the inscription reads clockwise from the pin constriction. The front outer angle of the brooch inscription reads: + AVE. MARIA. GRACIA. PLENA: DOMINVS: + The front inner angle reads: T: ECV…
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Manningford CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E829FA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy hinged zoomorphic plate brooch. The brooch consists of a plate in the form of an inverted S, decorated with enamel and possibly coral inlays. Probably dating to c. AD 1-200. The brooch is zoomorphic with symmetrical, opposed, curvilinear horse heads forming either arm of the plate. Both heads have an identical curving neck, ears and partially opened mouth. The eye of each horse is a circular, recessed cell, now missing its inlay. The ear of each horse is an oval recessed cell, also missing its inlay.   At the centre …
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 25th May 2021
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Record ID: WILT-27613F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch dating to AD 75-175. Mackreth's Type 6a. The brooch has a sub-rectangular head, with an incomplete integral head loop projecting from the top. Cylindrical wings are positioned behind the head, with a rectangualr slot to accomodate a hinged pin (now lost) and a copper alloy axis bar surviviing in situ. The bow falls out of the head with a plano-convex cross section and taspering in width into a a central cross moulding, this is flanged and consists of three transverse bars, in an 'acanthus' moulding, flanked by collars. The low…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 15th August 2019
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Record ID: WILT-EC6E79
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy jetton dating to c. AD 1280-1343, repurposed into a brooch. The worn obverse of the jetton shows a triple stranded cross patty, with three pellets and three crescents in each quarter. The worn reverse depicts a shield, possibly with three lions passant in an 8/10 lobed tressor, with a pellet and strokes border. Soldered to the reverse is a strip of copper alloy sheet to form an attachment hook. Diameter: 27.0mm; thickness: 3.80mm; weight: 1.86g. Cf. Mitchiner (1988: 107) 170. A similar example of repurposing a jetton into a brooch is DOR-2DA80C. …
Created on: Friday 17th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
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Record ID: WILT-DF9615
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, with surviving inlaid enamel decoration, dating to c. AD 100-200. The plate of the brooch is in the form of an openwork annulet, with 14 narrow knops projecting equidistantly from around the outer edge. The plate is decorated with a recessed circumferential band which is inlaid with enamel alternating between red and a second colour, which has degraded. Two perforated lugs project from the reverse of the brooch at one end, with a vestigial catchplate from the other. The pin is missing. Diameter: 29.30mm; diameter of inner circle: 11.70…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
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Record ID: WILT-8F5E38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy trumpet- derivative brooch, of Hull's type 162, dating to AD 100-175. The head of the brooch is oval in cross section and it has a concave reverse, a perforated lug projects from either side of the reverse, reatinign a separate copper alloy axis bar and sprung pin, with internal cord in situ. The tip of the pin has been lost. A transverse band defined by incised lines decorates the top of the head, with a longitudinal band running below this, with surviving white metal coating. A D-shaped plate projects out from the mid-point of the bow, on a perpendic…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-7DFF1E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch, probably dating from AD 25-75. A hinged strip bow brooch, with only its head and upper bow remaining. The head of the brooch is damaged, but originally consisted of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy rolled under itself to form the wings for a lost axis bar; the right wing has been lost whilst the left is now broken at the fold. A rectangular slot was cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate a hinged pin, which is lost. From the head the bow tapers into an old break. The upper bow is decorated with a recessed chan…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-567CDE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-150. The fragment consists of the lower bow and foot only. The bow tapers into a point, although with a slight projecting foot when viewed in profile. An unperforated catchplate projects from the reverse. Length: 33.2mm; width: 14.5mm; thickness: 1.3mm; weight 1.55g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rockbourne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AA4457
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy fragment, possibly a fragment of a Roman crossbow brooch, probably dating to AD 320-410. The object consists of a rectangular plate of copper alloy, truncated by an old break at one end and expanding into a projecting sub-rectangular foot at the other. An integral strip of copper alloy expands from the reverse of the plate, being just short of its full length, with this curving round back towards the plate. Length: 41.40mm; width, including projection: 14.40mm; thickness of plate: 2.90mm; weight: 15.03g. Although unusually plain and large, the objec…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: WILT-A83719
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch, probably dating to AD 75-150. Only the foot and part of the footplate remains. The bow is plano-convex in cross section, tapering into the foot which has a large foot knop, circular in cross section, and with an unperforated catchplate, with right curling pin rest, projecting from the reverse. Length: 34.40mm; width: 5.60mm; thickness: 1.49mm; weight: 5.68g.
Created on: Monday 18th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Record ID: WILT-A77C33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch, dating to AD 75-150. This fragment consists of the head of the brooch only, with the cylindrical wings retaining a separate copper alloy axis bar and fragment of a hinged pin in situ. An incomplete, integral headloop projects from the top of the head. The bow expands from the head with a flat cross section, truncated almost immediately by an old break. An incised line delineates either wing tip, whilst the bow is decorated with a recessed rectangular field containing a reserved, incomplete lozengiform border defining a cell o…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-166EAB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy early bow brooch foot, dating to AD 43-75. Only the lower bow and foot remain, this is rectangular in plan and flat, with an incomplete catchplate projecting from the reverse. The front of the bow is moulded into three longitudinal ridges. Length: 24.10mm; width: 6.7mm; thickness: 0.90mm; weight: 1.57g. Similar examples of early bow brooches include Mackreth (2011: 105), no. 14004; Bayley and Butcher (2004; 150) T21.
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
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Record ID: WILT-050F4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age/ early Roman copper alloy brooch, probably dating from AD 25-75. A hinged strip bow brooch, almost complete, with some damage to its head and missing its axis bar and pin. The head of the brooch consists of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy rolled under itself to form the wings for a lost axis bar. A rectangular slot has been cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate a hinged pin, also lost, and with the left wing damaged. The bow tapers into a pointed foot with a sub-rectangular, un-perforated catchplate projecting from the reverse. The upper bow i…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-EED11A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy fragment of a trumpet brooch, of Mackreth's type TR 1.2b2, dating from AD 75-200. The head of the brooch is oval in cross section, with a concave reverse and small knop projecting from the apex. A relatively large wire loop projects from the reverse of the head, aligned longitudinally. The front of the bow features elaborate enamel inlaid decoration, with two symmetrical panels divided along the longitudinal median line by a central ridge. Traces of blue enamel survive in some of the recessed cells. At the centre of the bow is an 'acanthus'-style moulding flanked …
Created on: Monday 28th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
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