Find Spot record 1080/0/53 - Roman Brooch from Middlewich

<1> Penny S, Various, Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form, 1998 (Paper Archive). SCH4332.

Bronze 'head stud' brooch. The incomplete bow carries circular head-stud and forms cast rectangular recesses. One is filled with yellow enamel. The others have lost the original enamelling. Lug to secure spring located behind head. AD 2nd century. 30mm long x 14mm wide. Found April 1998 with a metal detector.

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL160 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Incomplete bow carries circular headstud and four cast rectangular recesses; one is filled with yellow enamel, the others have lost original enamelling. Lug to secure spring located behind head.
Headstud type
Date: from Circa 100 AD (Certain) to Circa 200 AD
Period: ROMAN
Broad Period:
Surface treatment: Enamel
Length: 30 mm
Width: 14 mm
Preservation: fair
Completeness: Incomplete

Date found: 01 April 1998
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Circumstances of Discovery: This site is immediately to the south of the site of a Roman fort in Harbutt's Field. Now built over by housing development
Recorded by: Nick Herepath
Primary Identifier: Stephen Penney
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Built over
PAS notes: Recorded by Stephen Penney