recorded in the County Sites and Monuments Record as lying c. 350 m east of the present site, while c. 750 m south a Dolphin brooch was found by metal detecting. The original group of finds consisted of a two-piece metal mould with a complete brooch casting in situ, another complete brooch of the same type and probably from the same mould, and the lower parts of three brooches of the same type, as cast and unfinished, all with sprues attached. The recovery of the metal mould is unparalleled in this country and in other parts of the Western Roman Empire and its association with part-finished artefacts enhances its importance still further. The few other certain mould fragments recorded nationally are all made of clay. Unfinished brooches are more common, but still fairly rare. Other finds made at the same time included a dispersed Republican hoard consisting of seven coins found c. 50 m west of the brooch finds-spot.