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Late Roman penannular brooch from Hen Gastell, Briton Ferry
  • Castor ware cups made from hard white clay, with slate to copper-black surface wash. Seven of these cups were found in the north-west wing of the Commandant's House, Castell Collen Roman fort. The bronze pennanular brooch was found amongst broken pottery at the Commandant's House. It is of very shiny dark green patina. The hoop is ornamented with groups of fine incised rings and by a central circumferential groove.
Castor ware cups and bronze pennanular brooch from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre
  • This bronze pennanular brooch was found amongst broken pottery at the Commandant's House, Castell Collen Roman fort. It is of very shiny dark green patina. The hoop is ornamented with groups of fine incised rings and by a central circumferential groove.
Bronze pennanular brooch from Castell Collen Roman fort, Llanyre
8th century silver brooch from Penllyn Moor, Glamorgan
  • The original was found near the Roman fort of Segontium (Caernarfon) in about 1820. It dates to the second half of the fourth century AD and is an object of high status. Late Roman works of art show that the mode of wearing these heavy brooches was on the right shoulder, with the arm downwards, they gathered together the two edges of a heavy cloak draped over the shoulders. The original brooch is in the possession of Gwynedd County Council.
Gold crossbow brooch (replica) from the Roman fort of Segontium
  • Brooches of bronze and iron were commonly used by men and women during the Iron Age, to secure items of clothing, such as cloaks. This decorated example, with large spring, arched bow and reversed head was found during archaeological excavations of the hillfort at Moel Hiraddug, near Dyserth, in the early 1960s.
The Moel Hiraddug Brooch