Record ID: NMGW-A13DB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch of Roman date (c. AD 43-70). The brooch is complete except for the rolled edge of the catchplate and the missing axis bar and pin the bow is also distorted slightly. The brooch is probably of Mackreth’s (2011) Hod Hill type 1.a1a. The 10.1mm wide head is rolled, bifurcated, and expanded, narrowing to 4.9mm wide before joing with the top of the flat bow, which expands to 7.1mm wide above the wings. The upper bow hasis decorated by three parallel ridges running 13.2mm from the head to a transverse flute and ridge separating th…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-5A6040
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver gilt finger-ring ('posy' ring) of small size, with probable enamel decoration to the outside surface, now missing, and dating to the 16th-17th century. The inside of the hoop bears traces of gilding and is inscribed: I AM YOVRS The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface) and the outer surface is decorated with a raised waffle-pattern of square cells four-wide across the band, stacked on top of each other. Some of these retain traces of a black substance, also apparent on the raised lines between the squares. The ring has a diam…
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: SUR-6DD238
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Anglo-Saxon (11th century AD) gilded and enamelled copper alloy circular brooch, 26mm in diameter and 4.3mm thick, with a central boss 17.4mm in diameter carrying a cruciform design in dark blue, white and light blue-green cloisonné enamelling. This design has alternating colours in each quadrant of green and white chevrons around a central blue cross with the order of colour changing between green-white to white-green from quadrant to quadrant. The cruciform elements have corrugated borders; the outer cells of the design have smooth borders. The brooch originally had seven r…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-F37C06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy gilded and tinned (or silvered) circular plate brooch (AD 200-350) of Hattatt's gilded glass 'centre-boss' type, missing the pin, spring mechanism and glass centre-boss. The pin lug and the central wall surrounding the missing setting have both suffered post-depositional damage. The central wall measures 17.0mm in external diameter, 14.8mm in internal diameter and stands 2.3mm high. The circular area within is almost 50% covered with corrosion and has a raised ring 3.7mm in diameter around a perforation 1mm in diameter, at the centre. The external su…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F312A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch, dating to the period AD 150-250. The brooch is oval in shape, measuring 26.76mm in length and 22.21mm in width. It weighs 6.52g. The flat plate is divided into two zones by a reserved metal ridge concentric with the oval outer rim. The outer rim, outer zone and reserved metal ridge all show the presence of white metal coating (silvering or tinning). The patina of the central zone is darker than that of the outer zone, which retains traces of enamel decoration and has alternating ptches of a now very deep red colour with a very bright, lig…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wylye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CD791D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled and tinned disc brooch of Roman date (AD80 - 250), with much of the enamel decoration missing, as well as the spring mechanism and pin to the reverse. The brooch is flat (1.9mm thick) and circular, decorated with a six equidistant copper alloy ring-and-pellets around a central ring 11.5mm in diameter (internal 6.8mm). Five of the ring-and-pellets are filled with a now black coloured enamel. The sixth only has a small trace of this remaining. Where some of the enamel is damaged, it reveals a rich burgundy red colour beneath, suggesting this may hav…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: WILT-4B5900
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy T-shaped brooch of Enamelled type, consisting of the incomplete bow and catchplate only. It measures 39.68mm in incomplete length and weighs 3.09g. The break on the upper bow is relatively recent and measures 8.47x1.43mm (it is rectangular in cross-section). The break occurs across one of two surviving square cells, which would have originally held enamel decoration. This decoration is bound by a narrow rib on the three surviving sides, and the area between decorated with a white metal coating, probably tinning. Below is a c.2mm wide w…
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-75A2A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 280-410) gilded and tinned/ silvered copper alloy early form of crossbow brooch or Light Crossbow brooch, measuring 41.88mm in length and weighing 3.74g. It is missing most of the pin shaft and most of one wing half. The wingspan is 14.36mm, and would originally have been c.20mm. The surviving wing is triangular in section with a rounded knob (flat to the reverse) at the end. The wing is largely obscured by corrosion. The remaining stump of the other wing shows an iron axis bar within it. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular moulding from which rises a…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3DB803
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilt horse harness pendant, missing its enamel decoration. It measures 31.94x26.18x7.06mm and weighs 4.46g. The pendant itself is c.1mm thick and sub triangular in shape, the bottom edge being concave while the other two edges are convex. It depicts a dragon walking right within a 1.5mm wide rim, along the edges of the pendant. The dragon's head is turned left and upwards, into the apex of the pendant, just below the loop (which is turned through 90 degrees). Running parallel to the chin is the wing. The tail bends upwards behind the haunches and r…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AC0CC6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount, complete with harness pendant corroded in place (at an angle). The harness pendant retains much of its enamel decoration but has lost all traces of gilding. The object measures 38.80mm in length, and if the pendant were to hang straight would be c.43mm long. The object weighs 9.45g. The suspension mount (14.40mm in depth) consists of a squarish globular stud 6.27mm wide with an integral square-sectioned projection behind (3.62x4.85mm, narrowing to 2.87x3.13mm and expending again at the end to 3.19x4.49mm). Below are two D-…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D656F5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilded and enamelled shield-shaped heraldic horse harness pendant, blazoned: gules a fess between six cross crosslets or. The pendant has a red enamel background divided in two with a horizontal band. Above are three cross crosslets horizontally arranged, below are a further three arranged two over one. Gilding is missing on the cross crosslets but a small speck survives on the band. The red enamel background is almost intact above the band, but is mostly missing below. It measures 40.20x25.55x6.50mm and weighs 10.10g. Excluding the loop it meas…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7520D2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Early-Medieval (900-1050) Hooked tag with silvering and niello decoration, belonging to Read's Early-Medieval Class C, single sharp-hooked clasps, and missing the tip of the hook. It measures 35.31x15.29x4.83mm and weighs 2.78g. The fastener is triangular in shape with two attachment holes at the wider end, c.2mm in diameter. At the opposite end, at the juncture between plate and hook, is a ridged zoomorphic collar with raised nose and brow line, incised pointed-oval eyes and ears curving upwards and outwards. Incised lines detail two pointed oval eyes…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Idmiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-046EC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 150-300) copper-alloy gilt and white-metal-coated composite spoked disc plate brooch, with a damaged catchplate and missing its (iron) pin. It measures 27.76mm in diameter, stands 18.19mm tall (11.44mm tall without pin lug) and weighs 12.2g. The plate is circular in form with a slightly thickened rim and a central circular recess separated from the remainder of the plate by a moulded raised band. Between the band and the rim the plate is decorated with a border of punched crosses. From the recessed centre of the plate extends a composite boss. This is formed …
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-76A495
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast, enamelled and silvered (or tinned) disc brooch of Roman date (AD 80 - 250), missing some of the enamel decoration and most of the silvering, part of the D-shape lug and the spring and pin. The curl of the catchplate is damaged but still in place, as is part of the edge. The brooch measures 21.12mm in diameter, is 5.41mm in max. depth and weighs 4.2g. The brooch is flat (2.26mm thick) and circular and decorated with a six-pointed star around a single copper alloy pellet. At each star point is a copper alloy pellet. The area between the star and the outside edge (f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitton and Farley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FBCD96
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1260-1500) copper alloy heraldic shield shaped Harness Mount 'Chequy', missing one corner, all of its enamel and gilded or silvering decoration, and most of the integral attachment spike. It measures 37.50x28.71x3.85mm and weighs 11.02g. The mount is 2.13mm thick and decorated with 6 rows of alternating squares in a checkerboard patter. The raised squares would have been gilded or silvered (Or or Argent) and the slightly recessed areas would have been filled with a coloured enamel. To the reverse only a worn stump of the original projection survives, …
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BC5C12
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle/ Late Early-Medieval (800-900) copper alloy, enamelled and silvered strap-end of Thomas type B2 (2003, p. 4,5) 'Trewhiddle style', measuring 46.96x9.07x(max)5.50mm. It weighs 3.7g. The expanded attachment end is wedge-shaped (max.thickness). It has two c.1.5mm diameter rivet holes at the open-end, which is cut in two curves around them. To the front is a panel depicting a raised stylised beast within a beaded border (on the long edges only). It has two legs with three toes, either side of a V below the rivet holes. Below is probably the body and extending away and intertwin…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-2A3342
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy sword-belt hanger complete with one of its two hooked suspension mounts. The incomplete set measures 64.71x69.73mm and weighs 33.27g. The asymmetrical plate measures 64.71x30.62mm. It has foliate decoration and three rivet holes (one at the centre and one at either end), all of which contain traces of iron corrosion. From one long side extend two circular suspension-eyes. Both short ends are crenellated and the mount swells at the centre with a V-shaped cut above and below the central rivet hole. From one suspension eye is a complete…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2011
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Record ID: WILT-CF1245
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy gilt shield-shaped horse harness pendant, depicting an enamelled pelican walking left. It measures 54.77x32.81x7.74mm and weighs 20.96g. The bird has a long beak and raised copper alloy eye, with three short feathers extending from the head. Longer feathers extend beneath the body and around the tail area. It has long legs, trifurcating into the feet at the end. The head and projecting feathers of the bird are filled with white enamel, although there are traces of white enamel in the body, beak and legs too. Almost all the original patina is mis…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-CE9068
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1250-1500) shield-shaped copper alloy gilt horse harness pendant depicting a unicorn rampant and missing its enamel decoration. It measures 46.61x26.96x8.31mm and weighs 13.73g. The unicorn has a raised tail, trifurcated at the end, and cloven hooves. The eye is slightly raised within the hollowed area and the horn has traces of at least on diagonal ridge. The loop is turned through 90 degrees. Gilding survives patchily, to the front only and traces of white enamel are visible around the eye area. Others examples of horse harness pendants depicting u…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7338B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-200) copper alloy and tinned brooch of trumpet-headed form, missing most of the pin, most of the catchplate and almost all of the head-loop. It measures 36.64mm in length and weighs 4.96g. The trumpet-head measures 10.85mm in width and is decorated with an incised groove around the sides and top. To the reverse it houses the spring mechanism, which consists of two perforated tabs securing the axis bar around which the spring articulates. The spring has an internal chord with four turns and the pin broken off on a fifth. Below the head the bow extends …
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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