Record ID: FAJN-5D37ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Hod Hill style brooch, dating to the period AD 43-70. The remaining brooch consists of the rolled back wings / pin bar axis, and part of the upper bow. It is undecorated.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAJN-1C4F54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (c. 450-c. 550) of Suzuki Class K (c. 450-c. 500). Ref: Suzuki 2008: 68, plate 197-9. The surviving fragment of the brooch consists of the central decorated section (diameter 17mm) consisting of two plain circles enclosing an anthropomorphic face composed of two eyes with thick circles enclosing a large pellet and a triangular nose. A lentoid shape above may represent a helmet or hair, and two wedges form the cheeks. There is no mouth. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated, with the incomplete rem…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAJN-03B792
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon annular brooch of quoit form, 39mm in diameter and with a band 11-12mm wide. The inner hole is c. 16mm in diameter. It has a circular pin hole c. 2.5-3mm in diameter, seet closer to the inner edge than the outer. Opposite the pin hole is a V-shaped notch for the pin to pass through; the edges of the V each have a raised border or flange to stop the pin slipping back through the notch. This flange or 'stop' is the characteristic which defines this as a quoit form (Ager 1985, 1). It is decorated with stamped punchmarks, a ring of widely spaced small annulets around the ou…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAJN-038883
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) saucer brooch dating to the second half of the 6th century, c.AD550-600. Approximately one-third of the brooch remains. The surviving brooch consists of a flat central panel with a plain outer edge of c. 5mm width angled to produce a 'saucer' shape. The reverse is encrusted but appears to be plain and includes one of the attachment lugs for the pin which no longer survives. The front consists of three sections: the plain, angled outer edge within which is a raised plain circle, and inside this a decorated central field. This c…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAJN-037572
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman bow (fibula) brooch
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Faringdon', grid reference and parish protected.