Record ID: LEIC-454737
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy continental plate brooch, dating to c.AD 80 BC - 250. The brooch appears to have originally been trefoil shaped in plan, one of the lobes is missing. Each lobe is decorated with a convex circular boss. At the top of the brooch is a drop shaped protrusion which to the rear houses the lug to support the now missing pin. Part of the catchplate remains and sits in the centre of the lower lobe.  Length: 31.1 mm Width: 17.7 mm Thickness: 7.1 mm Weight: 5.22 g A similar brooch is illustrated in Mackreth, plate 118 no 1473 An identical…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: LIN-3A88F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy and enamel bow brooch of the hinged Trumpet derivative type dating to the Roman period, c. AD 75-175. The winged head and pin are missing. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and broadly lozenge in form with a central circular rosette with very worn side knops, its upper surface inlaid with four recessed sub-triangular motifs with light blue enamelling surviving in two and traces of which survive in the other recesses. Below this, the brooch foot flares outwards, forming the sub-triangular 'fantail' foot decorated with a central…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby in Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0EFE4F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy umbonate disc brooch of Roman date, AD 75 - 200. It is of Mackreth (2011) British Plate Type 6.a. The brooch is circular with broken and worn edges from which two projections extend at opposite points. One projection houses a hinge in the form of a double lug for the pin; the other houses the incomplete catch plate. The pin no longer remains. The main body of the brooch is distinctly domed and is decorated with two concentric rings of triangular cells pointing towards a central annulet. Blue and light red enamel …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WREX-7E7908
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative T-shaped brooch dating c75-150AD. The wings are cylindrical in shape and are decorated with a series of simple vertical groove at their terminals. The pin and axis bar, which would have been set within the hollow wings, are missing. The bow is plano-convex in section and comma shaped in profile but is broken at the mid-point. The catchplate and foot are also missing. The brooch has a slightly pitted surface and a pale brown/green patina. Measurements: length: 27.0mm; width: 48.6mm; thickness: 10.6mm; weight: 22.99g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0490BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The head is decorated in relief with a scroll on each side. There is a worn collar, possibly double, above and below the acanthus moulding which is also worn, covering the front of the bow only. There are three petals above and three below a central disc. The lower bow is broken off and the foot and catch plate are both missing. There is a tubular fitting behind the head for the iron axis bar supporting the hinged pin. Only the end of the copper alloy pin survivves. The brooch has a mid gree…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-84AC2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Head and part of the bow of a heavily moulded Dolphin brooch. Hinged, traces of silvering/tinning; possibly a rearhook fastening Colchester derivative though the transverse moulding of the bow is not presented by Mackreth (2011) for rearhook brooches, but it does appear for his CD H 8.a. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-150  Length: 26.9mm, Width (?): 5.4mm, Weight: 22.32gms
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-847856
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Roman Headstud brooch, hinged, Mackreth type Headstud 6. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125 Length: 45.3mm, Width: 15.2mm, Weight: 7.22gms
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-841C8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Small long brooch [source record suggests cruciform as follows]; head and part of bow of a cruciform brooch, traces of Fe corrosion on back. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600 Length: 33.8mm, Width: 34.3mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 14.36gms
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B52749
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman bow and fantail brooch, date ing from about AD 75 - 175. It fits into Mackreth (2011) Trumpet derivative, Hinged Type 4.1bx (page 127, plate 86). The brooch is now folded over so that the foot touches the head.  It has a large triangular fantail foot mostly filled with opaque brick red enamel.  In the centre of the panel is a central circular design in white enamel with two smaller circles spaced horizontally within each side of the circle.  These have the remains of white enamel within them. On the back of the fo…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-CC6B11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy ansate brooch of early medieval date, c. AD 600-700, corresponding to Weetch type VI. The brooch is symmetrical and arched in profile, with a flat, lozengiform terminal at either end. These terminals flare from the bow to wide and rounded mid-sections, before narrowing to rounded narrow points. These are decorated with linear and curvilinear grooves which are now somewhat obscured by a layer of surface corrosion. On the reverse, one projection retains two lugs for a hinged pin, and the other ter…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-A3EF54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy small-long brooch of early medieval date (Anglo-Saxon), c. AD 410-600. The object comprises the broken head plate and part of the upper bow. The head plate is rectangular in plan and in section. Its left arm terminates in an irregular break immediately beyond the head plate. Its right arm is almost complete but has irregular, worn outer edges. The upper terminal is worn so that it appears as a half-circle above the rectangular plate. The head plate may have been decorated with stamped or incised decoration, but this is&…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-3E438D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy penannular brooch of Roman date, c. AD 50 - 200. Booth Type A7 (Fowler Type A1) with a plain, circular sectioned frame which expands towards the terminals. Both terminals are rounded knops. The metal has a shiny brassy yellow patina and is in worn condition. The brooch is 20.2mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 1g. Dr Anna Booth (2014, p.129) discusses the distribution of Type A brooches as focusing on Roman military sites followed by towns. Fewer than 50 have also been found at hillforts and Roman villas. Of those from hillforts the major…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-3E1AF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable Headstud brooch of Roman date, c.AD 75 - 200. Mackreth 2011, Hinged Headstud Type, plates 69 - 72.  The head of the brooch comprises rectangular wings the reverse of which act as a double lug hinge mechanism. An axis bar remains fitted through the lug though is broken and worn to either end. The pin no longer remains. The front of the wings are decorated with verticle linear grooves. An integral D-sectioned bow extends centrally from the front of the wings, terminating in a worn break. A worn raised crest is present at the apex of th…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Sunday 22nd October 2023
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Record ID: DENO-D95278
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester brooch of late Iron Age to Roman date, c. AD 25-60. The short, half-round wings are stepped and broken in worn, ancient breaks. behind the head of the brook extends an incomplete integrally-cast chord hook which is broken at the point at which it begins to curve back on itself. from the head, the bow of the brooch tapers gently to a narrow point at the foot. The bow is D-shape in profile and arched in profile. The spring, pin, and much of the catchplate are missing, although a short, worn ridge remains on the inner surface …
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-D8A275
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch with Harlow spring attachment, dating to c. AD 50-80. The brooch has short, semi-cylindrical wings which are each decorated at the outer ends with a series of three simple vertical linear mouldings. Behind the wings, the axis bar retains four turns of the spring. The chord, which is now broken, is held in the upper aperture of the central double pierced lug which supports the spring fixing, and which extends from the head of the brooch into a short crest. The brooch's pin, foot and catch pla…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-C42C3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped brooch, dating to c. AD 43 - 200. The remains of the brooch consist of most of the tubular wings which measure 25.6 mm in width. There is a rectangular notch in the middle of the wings where the pin would have sat. The upper part of the remaining bow is triangular, with a triangular cast design.  Length 16.2 mm, width 25.6 mm, thickness 3.6 mm and weight 2.36 g.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-0A478A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy umbonate disc brooch of Roman date (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is circular in plan with short globular knobs projecting from the sides and bottom of the circle's edge. At the top projects the narrow hinged pin fixture. From the reverse, the remaining catchplate extends from the back of the lower projection. The turn of the catchplate and the brooch's pin no longer remain, and the lugs which suported the now missing axis bar are also broken. The circular plate of the brooch is domed and surrounded by a narrow, fla…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-516FF9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch; a headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. It has tubular wings, with a slot for the hinged pin; a small part of this is in situ. The wings are broken but appear to be undecorated apart form stepped fronts. The bow is corroded, but has the remains of a ring and pellet integrally cast head stud. The lower part of the bow, foot and catchplate are missing. The brooch has a dark green patina and is 19.9mm long, 12.8mm wide, 8.9mm thick and weighs 2.65g. 
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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Record ID: LIN-1B999B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman Trumpet brooch c.AD 75 - 175. Only the central portion of the bow remains with both ends broken in antiquity either side of the central knops. The waisted central moulding is flanked double circumferential collars. The topmost end is circular in section with the lower end moulding into a foot section. Measurements -. Weight: 3.07g. Length: 20.35mm. The surface is black.
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rolleston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-70737B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch, probably hinged, a bow and fantail type dating from the Roman period, about AD 50 - 150. It fits into Mackreth's Colchester derivative brooches. The remaining portion consists of part of the bow of the brooch and the catch plate. The edges of the fragment are abraded but the foot still retains some of its original fantail shape. The fantail is decorated with a pelta-shaped swirl with a lozenge above it in relief. There are traces of enamel which is now white or turquoise within the pelta. Most of th…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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