Record ID: BERK-B2092D
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy toggle or strape slide, dating from the Late Iron Age to Roman period. The toggle is broadly cylindrical in shape with swollen centre and with with discoidal terminals, one either side. The terminals are broadly flat and extend over the main body of the cylinder with a lip. In the middle of the swollen centre is a rectangular aperture, which measures 6.35mm long by 3mm wide. A large number of similar objects have already been recorded onto the PAS database, including SOM-484F4F, GLO-E0E5F3, HESH-EDB833 and NMS-213C35. HESH-EDB833 references examples…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
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Record ID: BERK-1D5AC2
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy toggle dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period (c. 100 BC-AD 100). The main body is dumbbell-shaped and broadly circular in cross-section. There is a moulded groove beneath the loop, while scored grooves around the ends of the dumbbell are the only other decoration. The sub-triangular attachment loop extends from the centre of the dumbbell and curves up and backwards. Two similar toggles with dome-headed terminals have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database; See finds: IOW-D9EA47 and BH-CC04C0. A similar toggle can be seen in …
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: BERK-76F4E3
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy toggle dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 300 BC - c. AD 100). The toggle is symmetrical in form and shaped broadly like a dumb-bell, having a central rounded body that expands slightly from an incised girth-line outwards towards a circular terminal at each end, which again has a circumferential groove before it. The toggle has an over-arching loop on a longitudinal alignment, for attachment and securing the toggle. This toggle is in very good condition and has a deep green patina. It is quite heavy for its size suggesting a lead component t…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wallingford area', grid reference and parish protected.