The enamelled bronze brooch, thought to date from the late second century CE, may have been used in a foundation offerings ritual at the Iron Age fort, possibly as a votive sacrifice during the ...

A 1,400-YEAR-OLD brooch dating from the early Christian period has been discovered in the remnants of a turf fire in a range … ...

Researchers believe the brooch came north with Roman soldiers, possibly as a ritual offering or battle trophy. Rare enamelled bronze brooch found in Iron Age settlement at Scottish distillery.

The medieval brooch frame, dating back to the 14th Century, was discovered in Llantrithyd near Cowbridge in April 2009. The silver gilt frame is from a hexagonal openwork brooch. Also declared ...

Archaeologists believe the enamelled bronze brooch may have been placed in the foundations of the fortified roundhouse as a sacrifice during its construction to grant "protection" to the household.

Major Bronze Age haul unearthed More than 140 pieces have been recovered from the garden. ... including a Viking brooch. Mr West said: "It is very unusual to find items from two completely different ...