Record ID: BERK-5FA774
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval lamp hangar. The hanger has three arms (to suspend chains for the lamp) projecting from a central upright suspension arm with loop at the top. Two of the lower chain arms are incomplete. From beneath the central element is another small loop, the purpose and function of which is uncertain. A similar example from medieval London is recorded in Egan (1998:131) number 357 and is dated to the fourteenth century AD.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5F34B7
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy clasp from an early Post-medieval hook and eye clasp, this being the eye part. The clasp has a trapezoidal openwork hole at one end which would have taken and held the hook from the other clasp; the back terminal of this eye clasp is slightly trifoliate with four circular hole within (for attachment to the garment), separated from the eye by a rectangular collar, again with a circular hole. There is no other decoration. Although no direct comparison could be found either in the standard literature or on this database, similar styles of hook and eye clasps are recor…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-218566
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Aesica brooch dating to the Roman period. The brooch is formed of two separate pieces where the bow is riveted to the back plate. The missing spring was secured at the rear of the bow between lateral lugs on the main brooch plate. The bow has three ribbed moulding running vertically down its length with two outward-pointing lugs at its base and a central lug forming the rivet head. The pin spring box is located at the top of the bow but is now missing the spring arrangement and the pin. Beneath the bow is a fantail-type plate, with lugs projecting from the plate e…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonesfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-213150
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands). The brooch has a sharply curving bow that extends down to the catchplate, which is now incomplete but appears to have been of the openwork variety. There is now decoration or ribbing on the bow or elsewhere. The head of the brooch retains the spring box but the spring and pin is now missing. This brooch is similar to those in Hattatt (2007), for example number 24 (p300). They date AD 80-120.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonesfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-210401
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-medieval figurine of a dancing man, probably representing a harlequin. The figure is three-dimensional but quite flat, with the left arm raised to the head and the right arm angled on the hip; the figure is wearing a round frilled bonnet or headdress, a doublet with cuffs above padded breeches and hose beneath. Both doublet and hose are depicted covered in lozenge-shaped panels, a decoration frequently associated with harlequins. Both legs are broken off above the feet, suggesting that the figurine may have been attached to a base or other object; the right le…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonesfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-20E8A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete but bent and damaged cast copper-alloy Early-medieval small-long brooch. The brooch has a cruciform headplate around a central square with T-shaped arms. The two lateral arms are decorated with three punched ring-and-dot motifs while the upper arm is decorated with stamped V's or X's. Beneath the headplate is an arched bow, carinated in front and slightly hollowed on the reverse, with ribbed mouldings both at the top and bottom, forming faceted corners. The lower bow is flat and is separated from the foot by two raised ribs; the foot expands int a T-shaped terminal…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-203E01
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy casket key, dating to the medieval period. The key has a circular open bow with an oval shank and a simple bit with hollow tip. The bit has a notch to the front and back but otherwise the object is plain and utilitarian. This style of keys dates from c. AD 1250-1500.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-200790
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy lozenge-shape plate brooch, likely to date to the Roman period and more specifically c. 2nd century AD. The brooch is lozenge-shaped in plan with double lobes protruding from each of the four corners; the centre of the brooch has a raised lozenge-shaped boss, the middle of which is decorated with ribbed lines and a secondary, inner boss of the same shape. The reverse of the brooch is plain, but there is a slight recess beneath the boss. The hinge lobe is in place as is the remains of an iron pin or iron rivet to hold a pin in place. The catchplate is incomplete and…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0CDB67
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy post medieval decorative strap mount. The mount is oval and hollow-backed and shows a single central head with a fringe of hair and a pointed chin. On the back are two broken attachment spikes.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Record ID: SUR-0C8A16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy brooch of Middle Iron Age Type 2L c.300-150 BC. The brooch has a fat rounded body, hollowed on the back. At the upper end is an integral transverse circular-section bar (half of which is missing, and originally c20mm in length) which is partly decorated with encircling grooves. The head of the brooch is decorated with similar grooves arranged in a chevron formation. The head also has two rounded pits, one of which still retains a little red material (enamel or perhaps coral). On the back of the head are studs for the missing spring and pin. At the lower end the bod…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0C4377
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double-ended tapering cast copper alloy bar 55.94mm in length. The bar has a circular section. Centrally-positioned and on opposing sides, there is a pair of flattened facets both elongated ovals c18mm in length.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-0B7553
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy late Roman military buckle, dating from the late 4th century. The remains of the buckle consists of approximately half of the buckle frame; this has two zoomorphic heads, from the mouths of which protrude the pin and plate bar (now both missing). The beasts' heads are stylised but an up-turned, open snout and pair of eyes are clearly depicted. There is no other detail. This buckle is of Hawkes & Dunning (1961) Type IIIA.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0B3E85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius or as, dating from the first to mid-third century AD. The coin is almost sub-square in plan rather than circular, and has been pierced. The coin is too worn for further identification.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0B2EA7
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy sword pommel, probably dating to the early-medieval period. The pommel is made from one sheet of copper alloy that has been folded from a flat rectangular base up and over into triangular profiled pommel with a rectangular cross section. The pommel is filled with a lead alloy substance, giving the object quite some weight for its size. The folds of the pommel do not quite touch each other and the lead infill has leached out. Through the centre of the pommel is the remains of an iron rivet or pin; possibly the remains of the tang but with a small diameter. Although…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0ABD05
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian horse harness cheek-piece dating to the 11th century. The cheek-piece is rectangular in plan and has a D-shaped cross section, with a rounded terminal at one end, a rounded central rib in the centre of the length and is broken at the opposing end. This end would have expanded to form openwork links for the bridle strap and would likely have been decorated with scrolled patterns. The reverse of the cheek-piece is flat and plain. Williams (2007) Type 2.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0A9827
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandiniavian horse harness strap fitting dating to the 11th century. The strap fitting has thick lozenge-shaped openwork terminal with a knop at three corners; from the forth corner protrudes a rectangular, D-sectioned shank that would have extended and joined onto another (or more than one other) openwork terminal. These objects are harness junctions or links and a good number have been recorded on this database, including another from the same location (BERK-0A5C35). When in a fragmentary state like this example, it is hard to be certain whethe…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0A5C35
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandiniavian horse harness strap fitting dating to the 11th century. The strap fitting has a lozenge-shaped openwork terminal with a knop at three corners; from the forth corner protrudes a rectangular, D-sectioned shank that would have extended and joined onto another (or more than one other) openwork terminal. These objects are harness junctions or links and a good number have been recorded on this database. When in a fragmentary state like this example, it is hard to be certain whether the original object was a strap junction fitting or a bit …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0A0B34
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian cheekpiece dating to the 11th century. The cheekpiece is shaped like an elongated triangle, with a long, slightly tapered projection that terminates in a rounded knop. The opposite end is triangular but has broken across the hole where the cheekpiece would have attached to the strap and bit. This cheekpiece does not appear to have any decoration on the surviving parts, but other examples are usually decorated in scrolled or floral designs. The reverse of the cheekpiece is flat and plain. Williams (2007) Type 2.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-09DCE5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy belt or strap mount dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1270-1400). The mount is sub-globular with two lobes protruding from either side; the top of the mount is decorated with four lines and columns of crude and uneven incised hatching. The two projections each have a rivet hole drilled through them, and one copper alloy rivet is retained. Similar examples are recorded from London and date from the late 13th to 15th century AD (Egan 1998).
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-074B47
Object type: TENTERHOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Stoke', grid reference and parish protected.