Record ID: SUR-E4ADE6
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent fragment of a Roman copper alloy bracelet or armlet, 4mm wide with a flat cross section. The exterior is divided into panels by deeply incised transverse lines, each panel with an oblique line running across it diagonally with a pair of offset notches, one to each side. The angle of the diagonals alternates creating a zig-zag effect. The bracelet appears to have been intentionally cut to respect the edges of the panels at either end and has been bent around, possibly for re-use as a finger ring. There are traces of a white metal coating.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C247E7
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy early post medieval blunt-hooked clasp of Read's (2008) Class A, Type 10. The clasp has a sub-lozenge shaped plate decorated in moulded relief with a four petalled flower with sepals bordered by two addorsed spirals. There are three small attachment loops, one at the rear end and two flanking the base of the blunt hook at the front end, which has broken. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-052843
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast composite copper alloy convex button with a domed front, 12.3mm in diameter, which has a small central pellet. The alloy has a high tin content and appears silvery with black oxidised areas. The reverse is flat with a wire loop shank. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EDC54C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Initial T-shaped brooch, of Colchester derivative hinged pin type (Hull T125; Mackreth (2011) CD H) dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The wings are cylindrical with incised lines around the tips and contain an axis spindle retaining the pin (27mm in length). The bow is convex, with a moulded spine decorated with incised oblique lines, and has ridged margins. It tapers back to a bend and break. The foot and catchplate are missing. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-656ED2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch dating to c AD 335-400.  Mackreth CD H 12.c. The brooch is incomplete and is mssing the tip of the pin, the catchplate and the foot of the bow.  The brooch comprises short wings with a single incised line around the front of the ends of the wings.  In the centre of the wings the top of the bow rises in a peak to a raised headloop with a central piercing which may have been filled with enamel or glass.  At the back of the wings, there is a hinged pin.  The bow has a central ridge running from the headloop an…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-4BE40A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The foot and catchplate of a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch. The bow, pin and head are missing with an old break at the top. The bow is a shallow D-shap in cross section with a flat front and convex back. In profile it appears to have been quite highly arched. From this break it tapers in width from 3.3mm to 2.5mm at the rounded plain foot. The front of the bow is decorated by a thick incised line running down its centre. On the back of the bow is a triangualr catchplate with a curved upper edge, and a lower edge which is at a tangent to the foot. The catchplate's ou…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-38186B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Harlow double-lugged type dating to the first century AD. The arms are hemi-cylindrical and decorated with fine ridges. Under them is a flange pierced with two holes at the centre of the head; one wing, the spring and the pin are all missing. The bow is circular in cross section and undecorated and tapers to a narrow foot with a catchplate which is triangular and partially missing.
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-37F961
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tinned copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type (Cf. Mackreth (2011), Chapter 6, Part 2 Hod Hill 4, Plate 93-94), missing the pin. The brooch has an incomplete head made from rolled cylindrical wings which once held a spindle for a hinged pin; one wing of the head and the pin are missing. The bow is triangular with a ridged collar to the head and a double ridged collar to the foot. It is decorated with three moulded ridges and moulded margins and there are ridged flanking knops at the shoulder, one of which is lost. The foot is narrow, terminates in a small ridg…
Created on: Friday 26th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: LON-024F7D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch dating to AD 100-200. The brooch is in the form of a bird probably a dove with a fan tail. This is a Mackreth Type 4.a.2 (The Animal Kingdom). The brooch has a white metal coating. The pin is brocken and missing. Hattat (2000: 360-361) Illustrates several bird brooches which he dates to the AD 2nd century.  Mackreth who depicts several forms of birds and comments the birds with a fantail are likely to be doves, a similar example is illustrated in Mackreth (2011), Plate 126, No.…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-167558
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type (Cf. Mackreth 2011, Chapter 6, Part 2 Hod Hill 4.b.2, Plate 93), missing the head, pin and the front portion of the bow. The brooch has a subrectangular plate on the bow with four(?) moulded parallel ridges with a pair of transverse ridged collars at the junction to the foot, which is undecorated and tapers to a point with a small knop with a triangular catchplate on the underside. The surface has traces of a white metal coating. Circa mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-6F5339
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy probable hooked tag, dating to c AD 1500 - 1600.  It is made up of two globular features, each hollow but soldered to a flat circular base. These are joined by a rectangular section link soldered to the bases. Intricately decorative pairs of rings of twisted wire cover the domed surface, with pellets and smaller circles of twisted wire in the centre and at the junction of the larger rings. The globules are now very degraded, with some loss of surface on one side. There is evidence …
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-E21072
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman Hod Hill copper alloy brooch with side lugs, dating from AD 43-70. Only the upper bow and a fragment of the head and lower bow survives. The bow is of trapezeoid shape which broadens towards the base and has four decorative vertical ribs. Two lower side lugs are intact. The head is broken with a small piece of the left side surviving. The fraction of the lower bow consists of two horizontal deep grooves. Remains of a white metal coating are in evidence. The patina is mostly gunmetal black, as well as evidence of red, possibly from corrosion, in the incised…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7B6F89
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type, panel without side lugs, dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is missing the pin and portion of the catch plate (total length 33.7g). The wings are sub-oval in plan, perforated by a copper alloy axis bar, spanning a width of 13.0mm. A rectangular pin slot in the back accommodated a hinged pin, now missing. The bow is D-shaped in section and decorated with moulded transverse ribs of alternating size: going down the bow, the first is small and decorated with small notches; followed by a more prominent rib (4.1mm thick x 6…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: WREX-7B1CC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Roman copper alloy possibly Hod Hill Aucissa derivative brooch. 43-70 AD. The bow is intact but the catchplate and hinge pin are missing. The hinge for the pin was formed by the rolling of the head back onto itself with a vertical slot for the pin. The bow has a central ridge decorated with 2 bands down its length. The bow curves out in a similar manner to an Aucissa brooch. The bow shows signs of tinning or silvering. The bow tapers to a waist and there is a cut foot at the bottom. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt (2000) e.g. p.320, fig. 179 no 313…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tidcombe and Fosbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5425AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman silvered copper alloy possible strip bow brooch, dating to c AD 25 - 75. It is a strip with, on the outer surface, a heavy white metal coating which, if a brooch, is missing most of the head, the pin and the foot with catchplate. It has a slightly flared top where there is a central slot, with a slight curve back as in a strip bow brooch, but ends in an early break before further evidence of any tubular wings. The strip tapers a little before ending in another early break. The strip is decorated with an incised longitudinal li…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-25CE5A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork and hooked strap fitting with an openwork trefoil-shaped plate with two circular apertures at rear edge, a central lozenge-shaped aperture and rivet holes at the rear terminal and at the hook collar. The surface has traces of tinning.
Created on: Friday 21st April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7FDFB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Roman copper alloy hinged Hod Hill type E brooch dating to the period c. AD 40 - 60. Only the pin is missing. The head of the brooch projects backwards in a sub-rectangular plate which has been rolled forwards around a (possibly copper alloy) axis bar. The head survives to a width of 16.6mm and is 3.1mm thick where it contains the axis bar. A slot has subsequently been cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate the pin which is missing. The bow is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat back and curved in profile. It first …
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: WILT-411898
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy spoon, being the mandolin shape bowl, dating to c AD 50 - 400. The bowl has a small collar at the top front from behind which the stub of a slim rectangular section handle emanates, the rest lost to an early break. It has a white metal finish. Dimensions: 42.4mm in length/height; 26.8mm in width; 2.7mm depth to bowl; 4.49g in weight See similar in Crummy (1983:70) fig 73 no 2019. Crummy, N. 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd.
Created on: Monday 10th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-EEA47A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman silver radiate of Gallienus dating to AD 260-268 (Reece period 13).  DIANAE CONS AVG reverse type depicting a doe standing right, head turning left.  There is evidence of silvering.  Unclear mint.
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E84719
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval cast copper alloy decorative leather strap mount in the shape of an arrow, 27.8mm in length with a tinned surface. The design appears to be composite with several elements, including a triangular leaf or flame shaped pointed terminal on one end of a lozenge shaped plate moulded with foliate designs. The broad end has transverse bands of mouldings reminiscent of a acorn cupule with a small projection on the end which could suggest a stalk or perhaps a fixture for something like a torch or lantern. The reverse is flat with a pair stumps of integrally cast h…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 2023
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