Record ID: DENO-9A1264
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch fragment, lower part of bow & foot only. The upper part of the bow is broken off just above a transverse groove. The remainder of the bow is straight and parallel sided, and decorated with a raised longitudinal ridge with a row of nine pellets to either side, all in high relief. Triple collared moulding at the base of the bow, then conical foot, bevelled at the top and with groove around the base. Large (length 3mm, diameter 4.0mm) rounded knop (with slight point at tip) projecting from the base of the foot. The trapezoidal catchplate is complete and …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-9DA4A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy disc of a later Early Medieval ansate brooch. The object is a disc from one end of an ansate brooch with one decorated face. The decoration consists of cells which would originally have been infilled with enamel/glass/coloured paste. Corrosion within the cells suggests some colour differentiation. There is no obvious organisation of the cells other than that they follow a circular pattern with a cross in the centre. The underside is undecorated and has a corroded lug. One edge of the disc has a break where the bow connected to the disc. Weetch allocated this brooch t…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-9FB168
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy trumpet brooch, comprising the incomplete head and part of the bow, of early Roman date (c. AD 75-175). The lower bow, spring and pin are missing. The brooch's head is sub-circular in plan. The bow is curving with a debased acanthus moulding at the mid-point. The rest of the bow has broken off beside the acanthus moulding. Dimensions: length 30.37mm, width of head 8.7mm, width of acanthus moulding 9.08mm, thickness 11.91mm. Weight 7.63g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Normanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A07D08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Trumpet brooch, dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 – 200 (length: 41.5mm; width at head: 15mm; thickness/ depth: 21mm; weight: 16.5g). At the top of the D-sectioned brooch, the sub oval head is mostly complete with Celtic-style motif moulded decoration visible, comprising of worn curved ridges either side of a slightly raised central ridge down the length of the head. This decoration is only visible until immediately above the central button. At 25mm from the top of the brooch’s head, there is a worn and corroded central button (…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B27405
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 40.7mm in length, 22mm in width and weighs 9.6g. The cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the (missing) hinged pin. Both ends of the wings are damaged. On the crest of the bow is the stub of a loop. The bow projects forwards for c. 15mm, then the angle changes and becomes more vertical. From this point the bow curves backwards gently, towards the foot, which is missing, as is the catchplate. The front of the curving section has a central facet marked with a longitudial incised line. Just above the break i…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B3EBC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Dolphin brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 - 200 (length: 38.5mm; width at wings: 21.5mm; thickness/ depth: 15mm; weight: 8.9g). The brooch is T-shaped in plan and most D-shaped in section. The semi-cylindrical wings (length of wing at either side of head: 5.5mm) are undecorated with the iron axis bar visible at either side. The length of the bow (from the head and continuing down by 32mm towards the incomplete opposing terminal) is centrally decorated with a recessed area that gradually tapers inwards to form a point. At t…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-DBF003
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy and enamelled zoomorphic Roman plate brooch in the form of a horse and rider. (c. AD 100 – c. AD 410). Length 26.0mm, width 23.0mm and 1.9mm thick. Weight 4.08g. The horse, which is galloping to the right, is well defined and has a small head with pronounced ears projecting slightly forwards. The eye is in the form of a small annulet. However, due to corrosion, the eye is barely visible. The mouth is not portrayed. The disproportionately large arching mane is represented by parallel vertical ridges/grooves. The tail and the hind leg below the knee a…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DD3763
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy La Tene III ‘Nauheim’ derivative brooch of 'Winchester' style (Hattatt 1985, 23). Overall length 43.2mm, maximum width of bow 9.8mm and thickness of bow 1.2mm. Weight 4.55g. The brooch was cast in one piece and then wrought. The pin, part of the spring and part of the catch-plate are missing due to old breaks. The spring, when complete, would have had four coils. Two of the coils are missing but the internal chord has survived. The bow has a length of 37.0mm and both the front and rear faces are flat. It is angled at the head and the foot, so when…
Created on: Sunday 6th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-044CB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.l. pg. 74, Plate 48. It is 51mm long, 18mm wide and 11mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.83grams. The brooch has short hollow wings with a semi-circular hole to hold a spring bar. Part of the spring mechanism sits above the centre of the wings. It has a long sub-rectangular sectioned bow. Half of its surface is taken up with a raised line which terminates in a raised chevron so it resembles an arrow. Where the decoration on the front ends, t…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-046093
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy plain hinged bow brooch, 26mm long, 22mm wide and 7mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.98grams. The brooch has circular sectioned solid wings which sit above the bow at an angle and form a central rectangualr void, presumambly where the hinge fitted. The bow is triangular in section and is slightly curved. There is no sign of decoration on the brooch and no catchplate or pin present.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-048467
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy disc brooch, 22mm in diameter and 2mm thick (6mm at catchplate). The object is in fair condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 3.64grams. The brooch is decorated with an outer raised border with a further inner border, 2mm in from the edge. This is filled with what is now red enamel. Inside this are four raised semi-circles which are arranged so they form a cross motif, two are filled with red enamel and one with blue, the last is empty but presumably was originally blue as well. There is a raised circle inside the 'cross' 2mm in diameter. Its reverse has tra…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-059BC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow brooch with some blue and orange enamel remaining. A derivative of a Wirral/ trumpet type bow brooch. This is an unusual variation and has some nice detail remaining. The bow is very pronounced and the body of the brooch is quite short. The main body of the brooch is complete although it has broken before the foot. The pin was on a spring of 4 turns and this still reamins although the pin is now missing. Some of the catchplate is present. The head plate takes the form of 3 steps which are enamelled with orange. There could have been a loop at the top as there is a broken edg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-05C462
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch; cast copper alloy bow brooch of the ‘double dolphin’ or ‘wishbone’ type. Pin, which would have been hinged, missing. Simple, small, cylindrical wings with two bows tapering and coming together towards the foot. No extant decoration on wings or bows. Foot is simple, undecorated, small knob. Base of catchplate present but rest missing. Surface pitted and with blackish patina over all. Dated to the 1st century. Cf Benet, R07-0101, pg 110; R07-0111, pg 112 Also Mills, RB99, pg 47 (This is a triple bow brooch. The explanation indicates that similar double bow brooc…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-05E441
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch fragment; foot of cast copper alloy (probable) fantail brooch with relief moulding and indication of a loop at the bow. Probably 2nd century, due to its size and elaborate decoration. Plate is triangular in shape with relief moulded foliate (or possibly serpent?) design, although this is unclear due to corrosion and wear on the metal. The fragment is broken off at the point of the bow of the brooch but, unusually, there is the indication of the beginnings of a small loop at that point. A squared section of the bottom of the catchplate is present on the back of the fragment…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-0604D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval mount; Anglo-Saxon, cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a bird, possibly a cockerel. Flat mount with incised decoration on one face showing a bird, facing left, with hooked beak, small crest on the head, pointed wing extending up and backwards and thick curved tail. The feet are openwork but the area inside the beak has not been pierced. There is an incised oval for the eye and an indication of some patterning on the wing, although this is indistinct. This object can be compared with a series of bird brooches of late Anglo-Saxon date, which have feet standing on a '…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 14th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-079CD2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill booch fragment. The crest of the head is quite rounded and the bow tapers to a point at the end, although no foot remains. The hinged pin, catchplate and pin mechanism are all missing. The brooch is quite corroded all over but it is quite likely that this brooch would have been plain anyway.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-09B143
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy plate brooch of 2nd century AD date. Oval plate brooches of this period are relatively common finds in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. A similar brooch was found within the same Parish - see BH-86AC02. The brooch is oval in plan and has a raised central cell (also oval) with a double rim around its perimeter. The cell contains remnants of a green and red glass or enamel inset. Surrounding the cell is a shallow groove, whilst the outer edge of the brooch is marked by a low rim. Both of the aforementioned elements retain traces of gilding. The pin attachment…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0A0432
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Dolphin type brooch of mid 1st century AD date (R. Hattatt; 1982; pp. 65). The wings measure 33.6mm wide and have four of decorative vertical grooves each side of the bow. The underside of the head is recessed. The remaining part of the axis bar is situated within a perforated central lug and retains six coils of the copper-alloy spring. A short length of the external chord (which would have secured the spring to the rest of the brooch) is located within a rearward lug on top of the head. The pin is missing. The high-arched bow extends above the height of …
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-19FF21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a very worn plate brooch of unbomate type and 2nd century in date. A fragment of the outer edge survives and the rest is missing deut to old breaks, now worn. The fragment measures 19.48mm by 11.39mm in size. Around the edge of the front face there are triangular cells filled with decayed enamel. On the back face a double pin lug survives. Both faces have active powdery green corrosive products visible.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1D0BE0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (the Dolphin, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46.It is of Roman date (80-120 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is likely that the pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a (now broken) rearward facing hook. The remnant of this hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The reverse of the head of the brooch (between the two wings) has an unusua…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bayston Hill', grid reference and parish protected.