Record ID: ESS-C4B808
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing. The wings are worn. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this and and two more travel down the edges of the bow, starting on the head. The bow narrows along its length, ending in a worn, rounded break.…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-510ECD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Hod Hill. The brooch has a decorated upper bow with two vertically cast lines. The middle bow is a raised horizontal line. The lower bow narrows toward the foot and is undecorated. Part of the catchplate remains. The head and pin are missing.
Created on: Sunday 21st April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: GLO-132237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver annular brooch that has a semicircular cross-section frame with a constriction to one side to mount the pin. The frame is decorated with four animal heads that are arranged into two set. The first group is bordering the constriction bar with the two heads facing each other and the bar in between. Each head has a raised, square cranium with pellet eyes in the two froward faceted corners and upwardly projecting knop ears above the rear two corners. The narrowed snout is bevelled on either side and grips the constriction between the two heads. This is mirrored on the opposite sid…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-159368
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a form of Aucissa brooch dating from AD 43 - 75. It bow is cast in one and is mainly a flat sheet. The head rolls forward to hold a copper alloy axis bar with a slot for the missing pin. The upper bow tapers slightly away from the head, and has faint vertical lines in the centre, but is basically a flat sheet. The lower bow is defined by five faint transverse grooves. Below that it tapers sharply to a narrow foot knob which appears to be cast in one. The catchplate survives and unusually, it curls to the right when viewing the reverse, head up…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-ACCE62
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch Harlow CD Ha 1.b of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held. The axis bar has broken in half and has come out of the lug, although it is still intact inside the spring. The spring is complete coiling around the axis bar four times on the right before passing over the head, through the lug, coiling around the left hand side of the axis bar three times and extending into the now missing pin.&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-AD1A5A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (Harlow) of Roman date (AD 50-80). Description: The brooch has a half-cylindrical head with double-pierced lug in which the external cord of the spring and axis bar are held, now missing.  The wings are decorated with grooved ridges at the ends and beside the bow. The top lug is rounded and the crest emerges at a low angle from this, flattening  as it travels down the length of the bow. Two further crests flank this, merging with the central one, and two further ridges travel down the edges of the bow. The …
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-F32BA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy small-long brooch in two sections. One section comprises the head of the brooch and the other the central part of the brooch, while the foot is missing. The head consists of a flat, undecorated, trefoil-shaped plate with semi-circular mouldings projecting from the outer end and from each side. To its reverse single pin lug projects from the centre, covered with iron corrosion. The central section consists of a humped bow at its upper end and a slightly tapering, straight section at its lower end. The bow is D-shape…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F22E11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch. The object is a pointed sub-oval shape. The outer face has a recessed circle in the centre with a small circular boss projecting from its centre. To one end of the reverse there is the remains of a single lug pin fitting and to the other end a catch-plate. The surface of the metal is very heavily corroded with a reddish patina in places and the breaks are well worn.  This example probably belong to Mackreth's (2011) British, plate Type 3, which includes enamelled and gilded variants, although the sub-type is uncertain for this ex…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4F2537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Broken copper-alloy Roman devolved trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C; Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. The spring mechanism, pin, lower bow, foot, and catchplate are all missing. The trumpet-shaped head from which the brooch gets its name is plain; with a projecting nib uppermost. On the reverse of the head is a perpendicular loop that would have retained the spring. There is a three-disc knob on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around the bow. Both reverse petals are less prominent…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C42320
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy fully-round, waisted detachable side knob from a Cruciform brooch, with remains of an iron pin bar in a median hole. Length 9mm. Diameter 7mm. c.450 - c.500. No. 15 on annotated map in file.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D73F63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy fully-round, waisted detachable side knob from a Cruciform brooch, with a D-sectioned tab which would have projected in front of the headplate, and containing the remains of an iron pin bar in a median hole. Beyond the waist decoration consists of an encircling groove and two longitudinal flutes, both flanked by grooves. Two more grooves surround the disc-shaped part before the waist and the tab is adorned with two transverse grooves, then a flute and finally three more grooves. Length 19.5mm (12mm excluding the tab). Diameter 9mm. c.450 - c.500. No. 25 on ann…
Created on: Thursday 3rd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-C0D7CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch, probably a Continental plate brooch, c.AD 100-300. The brooch is a lozenge shaped plate with corroded rounded knops surviving at two of the four corners. One of these knops hides the catchplate, which is incomplete. The knop's obverse face is flat and is decorated with a raised edge, which may have contained enamel. The main plate of the brooch is corroded but has no decoration apart from the stepping. There is a raised, concentric, stepped, two tier, circular boss at the centre of the plate. No further decoration is visible on the obverse fac…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C0DD0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment, Langton Down type, c.AD 40-70. It has a cylindrical spring cover, partly un-curled in the centre and exposing three to four coils of the spring within. Both ends of the spring case are incomplete and end in old breaks. The case is decorated on the front with double incised lines along the top; these are heavily worn. The bow is flat-backed, and the front is decorated with reeding, consisting of several ribs with central grooves, also heavily worn and ending in an old break. The rest of the bow, the catchplate, and the pin are missing. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C79033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, almost all of both wings, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The three beaks are not recent. Two probably beaded ribs run down the centre of the bow and some white-metal coating remains within the space between them. Weight 5.06g. Extant length 24.7mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-55F9B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy probable brooch of uncertain type, both ends broken. Moulded decoration consists of a low median rib with fine pellets flanked by double rows of pellets of two different sizes. A projection from both edges is in the form of a bird' head with a scrolled beak. The breaks are ancient. Extant length 16.5mm. Width 22.8mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Probably 7th century.
Created on: Friday 27th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: CAM-8C6C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval lead nummular disc brooch. The brooch weighs 13.32g, has a roughly circular shape with maximum diameter of 32.5mm. It has a thickness of 2.6mm at the edge of the disc, increasing to 7.1mm over the squashed over catch-pate and has a thickness of 6.3mm over the squashed over pin-lug. The face of the brooch is decorated with low relief moulding of concentric circles. Around the edge of the upper surface is a ring of closely set pellets, each pellet having a diameter of 2.2mm. Within that ring is a continuous circle of 1.9mm width. Inside that is a second…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-654A2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper-alloy brooch of Roman date, dating to c. AD 80-200. The fragment consists of just the bow. It is sub-triangular shape with a slightly concave reverse. No decoration is present on either side.  The object is a green / brown in colour and has a worn and abraded surface patina.  Measurements: 26.4mm length, 7.7mm width, thickness 3.5mm, weight 1.1 grams.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-82876F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1, perhaps 1g. The spring, pin, foot, catchplate and tiny fragments of the tips of the wings are missing. The rest is in a fairly worn and abraded condition, including the breaks. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section, convex on the front and concave on the reverse. They are each decorated with a pair of moulded transverse ridges near the tips. The short distance from these ridges to the head of the bow is longitudinally concave, suggestive of a bead and reel motif. The bow is…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9E4C60
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy Rosette brooch, spring, pin, rear part of spring housing and part of catchplate missing. The front of the spring housing is decorated with two grooves near both ends, the bow and the foot with ribs and grooves, the almost flat rosette with standard pendent triangles. The backplate extends close to, but does not touch, the spring housing. Engraving on the reverse of the comprises a transverse engraved line immediately above the catchplate and a large V-shape with its apex above the top of the backplate. The catchplate is pierced by a single…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0A599F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 4b or 5b. The spring, pin, all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are convex on the front, concave on the reverse (a very shallow C-shape in cross-section). They taper in width from the head of the bow to their rounded tips. One is more heavily abraded on the underside and has lost a greater depth of surface on the front due to corrosion. Neither wing preserves any evidence of decoration. The reverse of the better preserve wing retai…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F1B4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, part of the rearhook, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing (the breaks are not recent). The wings are decorated with bead and reel and the low and wide triangular-sectioned bow with pairs of beaded ribs flanking a wider median rib. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 1.e. The proportion of the bow and wings is close to that of ibid. pl. 39 no. 865. Weight 4.47 g. Extant length 18.8mm. Wingspan 20.5mm (width of bow at top 10mm). AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-55DD68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD Ha 1.a1a and similar to Ibid Pl. 31, No. 1016. It is minimally distorted and complete except for the pin. The wings are concavo-convex in cross-section and broadly rectangular when viewed from the front. The edges at the tips are very slightly curved. One is broadly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges and the other is very slightly oblique. The wings are not decorated.  The spring is in-situ and immobile: its coils and the external chord have corroded and fused to the wings and to each…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-63C406
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman continental plate brooch dating to 25-250AD. It is an elongated lozenge, with a circular recess with a extant stud. To the reverse are the remains of a semi-circular catchplate and pin lug, although the pin is missing.  Length: 31.81mm Width: 18.69mm Weight: 1.72g
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dullingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-063ABA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1b or 1c and similar to ibid Pl. 38, Nos. 795 and 812. The spring, pin and all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section: convex on the front and concave on the reverse. Viewed from the front, they are slightly narrowed or waisted as they emerge from the head of the bow. They then expand into a now almost circular terminal, probably rounded by wear and abrasion at the tips. They are fully decorated on the front…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-637A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) radiate-head brooch dating to AD 500-570. The base of the foot and pin are missing; but is otherwise complete. The head is broadly cruciform in plan, with a semi-circular head plate and three semi-cylindrical projections. A slightly curved bow projects from the flat edge of the headplate before tapering outwards to terminate in an old break. Two lugs are on the back of the head plate where the pin would have attached, though the pin is no longer present. There are the remains of the catchplate, broadly rectangular…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-1054EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman sprung brooch, with a dark green-grey patina. Similar examples found in Cornwall can be found at: Record ID: CORN-6048B0 - ROMAN brooch (finds.org.uk), Record ID: CORN-11178A - ROMAN brooch (finds.org.uk), and Record ID: CORN-E69D3E - ROMAN brooch (finds.org.uk). Dimensions: Length of brooch (remaining), 18mm. Width of spring (remaining), 17mm.  Weight: 2.93g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SF-63108C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy small-long brooch. Only the foot of the brooch and a part of the bow survives. The bow fragment is D-shaped in cross-section with a steeply D shaped curve and a raised rectangular panel decorated with transverse grooves across its lower end. The foot has flattened rectangular cross-section and a straight upper section, flaring into a spatulate terminal at its lower end. The outer face of the straight section has, from top to bottom, a plain section with bevelled sides, followed by two fine, transverse grooves, then a …
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hethersett', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-62E973
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) ansate brooch dating to 800-1000AD.  The bow is rectangular in section with a central arch. At the highest point of the bow is a raised rectangular panel. The front face of the panel is decorated with two transverse grooves. At both ends of the bow are tri-lobed terminals. The front faces are decorated with one central longitudinal groove with a diagonal groove to either side. To the reverse is the catchplate which is a simple strip that projects rearward from one side of the brooch, tapers in width almos…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6293C0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman enamelled plate brooch. It is disc-shaped and its outer face is decorated with a raised ring around the outer edge and two smaller concentric raised rings in the centre. The three fields between these rings contain a white paste, with the middle ring retaining red enamel. To one side of the reverse there is a single-lug pin fitting covered with corroded iron and to the other side the remains of a small catch-plate, its hooked outer edge missing. It survives in fairly good condition. It has a white metal coating, and a light green patina. …
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D3955D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch. All that remains is the head, with two remaining waisted half-round knobs, one at the top and one to the left of the centralplate. The headplate is broadly rectangular in shape. To the reverse are the remains of an iron pin. It is difficult to give a Martin type as there is no foot.  Weight: 7.85g Width:25.91mm Length: 25.88mm
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-56E10E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age/early Roman Langton Down brooch of Mackreth type LD 3.a. The bow and part of the wings remain. The bow is parallel-sided with a squared top and bottom, transverse moulding on the step between the bow and spring-case. The bow has longnitudinal incised parallel grooves. Similar examples can be found in Mackreth, 2011, pg 23, plate 20 6496-6453. Length: 41.95mm Width:14.00mm Weight: 4.91g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-B741A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy brooch of Roman date. The brooch is a Colchester Derivative .... of Mackreth Type...
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-AA3242
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Nauheim Derivative brooch of Iron Age - Roman date. The brooch is one piece with a coiled head. Two coils on one side remain and the coil is wrapped under the bow. The pin is missing. The bow has two faint lines of dotted decoration down the edges. The catchplate is mostly missing but was likley solid.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-AAA584
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Continental Plate 6.a. The plate is lozenge shaped with a single cross cut stepped edge. In the centre there is a raised circular field with stamped decoration with a projecting dished stud in the centre. On the back is the housing for a hinged pin (missing) and a broken catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-C24D1B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy and white metal coated Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Hod Hill 3f. The bow tapers toward the hinged pin. The head for the pin is rolled over. The upper and lower bows are set apart by cross fluting, at which point the brooch is broken. On the bow is punched dot decoration and the remains of a white metal coating.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-C3EEDD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Colchester Derivative Polden Hill 5.a2 (probably).There is mouding on the upper part of the bow. The wings have no moulding and are pierced at the end to hold the axis bar.There is a pseudo rearhook and part of the spring. The catchplate is missing.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-0286A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type Hod Hill 3f. The bow tapers toward the hinged pin. The head for the pin is rolled over. The upper and lower bows are set apart by cross fluting, at which point the brooch is broken. On the bow is punched dot decoration in a curvilinear pattern.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-949058
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Vale brooch of Iron Age date. The brooch an example of the regional 'Vale brooch' type from the Oxfordshire / Berkshire area. This example is lozenge-shaped in plan with an openwork centre and four large bulbous hollow domes on each corner, each separated by a plain elongated shank or neck. The domes are rounded on the front and flat on the reverse. The reverse retains the double-lug housing for the pin, a C-shaped catch plate and the pin itself.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: BERK-950343
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth Type British Plate 3.b.1. The brooch is oval in plan and has a central zone with a raised edge. The zone is now empty and would have contained enamel or a glass inset. The outer zone has a worn, stamped design and shows signs of gilding. The edge of the brooch is slightly raised. The back is plain and retains the housing for a pin and a C-shaped catch plate. The pin is a single strand of wire, looped through the housing, coiled and wrapped underneath, much like one piece brooches of the 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E2A7DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, Colchester Derivative Harlow type with double pierced lug dating between 50-80 AD The brooch is cast in two pieces, consisting of the head, bow and catchplate as well as a partially intact in situ copper alloy spring. The head consists of two uncapped, undecorated semi cylindrical wings with a centrally placed vertical double perforated lug on the interior side. The upper perforation contains the bent external chord which terminates in the incomplete coiled spring, with three loops surviving on one side and one and a half at the …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 21st April 2024
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