Record ID: BERK-A1E225
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular, or bar-shaped piece of silver casting waste. One end of the bar has been flattened although the purpose for this is unclear. There are markings on one side of the bar that look like a row of zig-zags, but this may just be a result of the casting process. Although made of silver, the artefact is undiagnostic and cannot be securely dated to pre-1712 AD. Therefore it does not fulfill the criteria of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-CFAA71
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy annular beads of unknown date. The beads both have a D-shaped cross section and have a large roughly central perforation. Unfortunately this style of bead was current over many centuries, however given the style of the beads and their findspot a date range of the later Iron Age to Early-medieval period would seem most likely. Several similar beads have been recorded on this database, including SF-B53242 and LIN-E32586. The larger bead measures 14.39mm in diameter and the smaller measures 12.80mm diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-3F75F7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy disc-shaped object, possibly a spindle whorl. The object has a roughly circular hole in its centre while being roughly D-shaped in section. The object's surface is damaged being pitted on both surfaces, which would otherwise have been smooth. Hard to date out of context, the possible spindle whorl may date anywhere from the Iron Age through to the Medieval period; it is suggested that it is Roman or Early-medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardley area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-09C487
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 3-dimensional bird mount, possibly for furniture or a vessel. The mount is in the form of a stylised bird with a long beak (now bent) and a long tail that widens at the tip into a rounded terminal. The bird's back and tail is decorated with deep hatching probably intended to represent feathers; the decoration on the tail spreads out from the back in cross hatching. There are two short (broken) stubs protruding outwards from the body beneath the bird's neck and these may be the remains of wings; underneath the bird are two legs, again broken. Behind the legs and dir…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-3C1392
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fired clay spherical balls, possibly gaming pieces, counters or shots. The fabric is an off-white and has pink to dark red swirls within and few fine iron inclusions. The fabric is reminiscent of some Roman Oxfordshire ceramics, such as Parchment Ware, but there is no evidence to suggest that these objects date to the Roman period and in reality they could date up to the Post-medieval period. One of the objects is complete while about a third of the other survives.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iffley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-767F77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double horse-head plate brooch,possibly Roman in date but potentially a modern creation. The brooch has a curved rectangular panel bar that curves downwards and is filled with yellow enamel. The terminals of the bar has three incised grooves within the copper that are reminiscent of an animal's paws. Projecting from the centre of the lower side of the curved bar is a short neck that leads into two opposing horse heads. The horse heads are depicted in profile and face outwards from the centre of the brooch. They are equidistant either side of the neck. The …
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-956614
Object type: STAFF
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy conical staff base fitting (possibly), of uncertain date. The object has two opposing rivet holes on the open end that may have been used to secure to fitting to the staff. Internally, the fitting has iron corrosion on one side, suggesting either the rivets were iron or that whatever was inserted into the fitting had an iron element. There are numerous scored vertical lines all over the outer body of the object although these are rough and uneven and may not be intentional design elements. One side of the fitting has suffered damage and an area is broken and …
Created on: Monday 14th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-D1B603
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sub-ovoid object of uncertain function or date. The object has file marks all around its exterior edges, while the wider end has an indentation that may indicate it is broken at this point, or that it was the attachment or fitting point for something else. The object tapers from 3.93mm thick at the wider end to 2.92mm at the thinner end.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D0A6B7
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting waste, undiagnostic chronologically so could date anywhere from the Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC) to the Post-medieval period (AD 1850).
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-808FE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of unknown date. The mount is sub-triangular in plan and appears to be made from two sheets of copper alloy. The front of the mount has a raised sexfoil flower design in the centre but is otherwise plain. The reverse of the mount has a raised but hollow central boss, filled with a glassy substance, possibly a type of putty? This reverse projection appears to have snapped onto something, and may have been the primary attachment. There is one rivet or suspension hole drilled through the top point of the triangle, while what appear to be slight indentations (un-…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-183AE6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flattened, sub-rectangular gold ingot with rounded corners; length, 15 mm; weight, 4.1 grams. It is undiagnostic and undatable, so does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act. B.M. Ager
Created on: Friday 22nd October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-26E0E5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, roughly rectangular lump of bronze slag, airholes throughout and some elements of the raw copper sulphide are visible (a green-blue colour). The slag has a good deep green patina, similar to that seen on some local Bronze Age metalwork, so it may date from this period. If this lump of slag is indeed Bronze Age, it is interesting that it has survived and was not re-melted, as it is quite an amount of bronze.
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-B0ABB1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of unknown age but dating from the late Iron Age to Roman period. One end of the mount is missing but it appears that it would have mirrored the two openwork circles that are extant; it was initially thought that this was a phallus mount but it does not appear so - it bears some similarities to middle and later Iron Age brooches but otherwise no comparison had been found in the available literature. There are no obvious mounting or attachment points on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: BERK-8E4A27
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cylindrical stone bead from a limestone derivitive. Undatable without further information or context. Bronze Age to early Modern. 2.4gms in weight.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-FC7453
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small hoard of silver ingots. Three pieces are amorphous in size and shape while the forth is cylindrical and curved, similar to a vessel handle fragment.
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton St Leonard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-4943B1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver circular disc, possibly a reused token, pierced to be hung as a pendant. Obverse decoration: five-pointed star (pentagram) consisting of double lines with each point extending beyond the outer edge of the pendant. The pentagram lines are decorated with short straight lines protruding at right angles, giving a textured or feathered appearance. In the centre of the pentagram is a sub-circular, roughly spiral design, again double lined, with punched-dot decoration within, possibly representing a skull. The reverse of the pendant shows faint circular design - this maybe from an e…
Created on: Monday 19th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whichford', grid reference and parish protected.