Record ID: BERK-517A11
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An opaque green glass short barrel bead. There is a similar bead described as Post-Roman illustrated in Crummy (1988 no.628 fig. 34 pg. 32-33), however it is 'black' glass rather than green. The bead may be Early Medieval. MacGregor illustrates a silver wire ring threaded with a green glass bead (1993 no.55.4 pg.262). The bead is unclear in the image but it is of a similar size to this bead. Dimensions: Diameter: 5.45mm; diameter of perforation: 1.49mm; weight: 0.18g.
Created on: Monday 24th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Berkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-616AB5
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper half of a stone rotary quern. Sally Worrell has discounted it being either Iron Age or Roman. Ottaway & Rogers (2002:2799) state that rotary querns were used widely during the middle and later Saxon periods but that prohibition during the 12th century resulted in the decline of their use. No exact parallel was found for this quernstone to assist with dating it further. It is circular with angular/squared off edges; in the centre is an elongated circular perforation(the perforation has been worn at opposite points creating two worn semi-circular projections from the main c…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thatcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-23A863
Object type: AXE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval iron axe head (10th - 13th century). The width of the axe head expands from the butt (width: 50.19mm) to the curved cutting edge (width: 88.57mm). The upper edge is straight but the lower edge curves downwards. In the centre on one side a makers mark has been stamped. The mark is a cross where the length is twice the width of the arms. It is arranged so that the long arm of the cross is aligned along the length of the axe head. The axe head is broken across the vertical perforation for attachment on the butt, ?broken in antiquity. It is similar to woodworking axes (10t…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farthinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-359737
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hammered penny of Edward the Confessor, minted in Southwark between 1042 and 1044. Moneyer: Wulfwine. EMC 2006.0012
Created on: Friday 4th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-3630E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy openwork strap-end (Early Medieval 9th - 10th century). According to Gabor Thomas' typology it is Class E tongue-shaped Type 2 anthropomorphic. The openwork decoration forms a central figure with outstretched arms with ribbed lateral lobes or stylised beasts. The strap-end has a solid rather than a split end for attachment. There are two perforations; there is a break across the left perforation. The end of the strap-end is slightly distorted and is bent upwards; this probably occured whilst in the ground. Patchy dark green patina with red/brown metal visible through. I…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A34A56
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo Saxon copper-alloy strap-end dating to the 9th century. The strap-end has curving long edges shaped into scallops, and a stylised zoomorphic terminal (in this case quite stylised). An incised, curvilinear, 'S'-shaped scroll-like pattern is repeated three times along each side down the length of the strap-end, one S shape per scallop. A central pattern of a triangle, two affronted L shapes and two addorsed C shapes provides a mirror symmetry along its length. This curvilinear pattern conforms to Thomas (2003)'s Class A Type 2, 'Patterned' type. There are two rivet holes in the…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F67591
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 10th-11th Century cloisonné enamel copper-alloy disc brooch. The brooch has six equidistant rounded projections (lobes). On each of these lobes a collar of copper-alloy strip has been soldered. Inset into these collars is a sphere of translucent glass; 5 are white, 1 is green (possibly affected by copper corrosion). On the main body of the brooch a collar (again copper-alloy strip) has been soldered and inset into this is the cloisonné enamel disc. The pattern consists of 4 rectangular cells (expanding slightly towards the outside edge) arranged in the shape of an equal-armed cros…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F6E976
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy stirrup strap mount (1000-1050). According to Williams typology this stirrup strap mount is Class A (sub-triangular) and Type 1 where the decoration consists of a pair of addorsed (back to back) beasts. The decoration is raised as opposed to engraved or punched. Williams notes only one example within Type 1 where the decoration is raised (1997:27 no.1); now defined as Type 1A (Webley 2014). The decoration consists of a pair of addorsed beasts and the outline of the two heads creates the distinctive knobbed profile. The beasts bodies are presented by an interlocking…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-F72627
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy mount (6th century). The mount is a flat disc; the front surface is decorated with an engraved interlocking zoomorphic design - Style I. The reverse surface has five small rounded projections, probably rivets, all are broken across the shank. The pattern on the front comprises two snakes hooked around each other with the tail from each tail curved around on itself. The heads have open mouths and a ring represents the eye. There are traces of gilding present within the depressions of the engravings. Leslie Webster and Sonja Marzinzik, Bri…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-07A2A4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Saxon zoomorphic terminal made of silver and partly gilded The terminal is hollow-cast, with a pyramidal socket of rectangular section which would perhaps originally have held a wooden rod. On the narrower sides are two 4mm-long tapering extensions, which could have accommodated ridges on the rod. These are also zoomorphic, and although worn, the shape of the muzzles, the eyes and upright ears can still be made out. A single large silver rivet with a rounded head is still in situ across the socket, running between the wider sides of the rectangle. The tapering end is in th…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Ilsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-F0E3B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) foot from a copper alloy cruciform brooch. It is broken just above the bow. The bow is hollow and decorated with a raised central ridge. The foot is in the shape of a horse head, with raised pellet eyes and slightly expanded nostrils. The catchplate is broken and missing. Pale green patina Dimensions: length 49.22mm; weight 7.85mm; thickness 11.29mm; weight 6.37g
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cliddesden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A9B066
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Count Herbert I (1015-1036) from the County of Maine, France. Minted in Le Mans. Diameter: 20.32mm; weight: 1.09g. F, Poey d'Avant 1858. Monnais feodales de France, Vol 1. Paris, p. 212 and pls XXIX-XXX
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BERK-278584
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval - Medieval harness fitting (11th century). It is a link or strap-adjuster from a horse harness, probably the bridle. The link has a D-shaped section (the reverse is flat, the front domed). The end of the link expands to form a large loop with circular perforation. The loop has three rounded lugs equally spaced around the external edge. It is broken 9.84mm along the length of the bar. The break has the same rough dark brown surface as the link, suggesting that it was broken in antiquity. The object has a rough dark brown surface. Dimensions: length: 24.29m…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-279484
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy horse harness fitting (1066 - 1500). It is a link or strap-adjuster from a horse harness, probably a bridle. At one end is a circular loop (diameter: 17.28mm) attached to a bar with a D-shaped section, the bar then expands (from 7.55 to 12.69mm) to form a rounded collar before it expands again (to 15.77mm) to form another loop. The object is broken across this loop. It is probable that after this second loop the other half of the object would mirror the first half so that it forms a double-looped link with a large central circular perforation. The reverse of th…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-4EC516
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval object of unidentified form (probably 6th century AD). It is rectangular in plan with a further rectangular element set at right angles to one of the short sides of the rectangle. It is likely that this object was originally symmetrical with a similar element on the opposite side, but nothing now remains of this and the breaks that occurred in antiquity are now rounded and worn. Within the large rectangular area there are a series of decorative features; a rectangular panel is surrounded by a gilded recess and then by a moulded border. The …
Created on: Monday 25th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-2126B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval (Saxon) silver coin (sceat) Series E. Variety D (AD695-710). Kloster Barthe varieties "porcupine variety". EMC 2006.0011 Dimensions: Diameter 11.93mm; Weight 1.20g Reference: Metcalf, D. M. Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (Volumes 1-3). Ashmolean Museum and Royal Numismatic Society. pp196-221 pl. 12.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shipton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-018A38
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval (middle Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy disc dating to the 8th or 9th century. The object is incomplete, with approximately 40 percent of the disc broken and missing. The front surface is decorated with an engraved design around the central rounded knop, all of which is contained within a raised border running around the outer edge. Large amounts of gilding remain on the front surface. The design comprises an equal armed cross with rounded terminals and a groove running just inside the edge of the cross. The cross is centred on the knop and the arms extend to the outer…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewelme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-01B6D7
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy arm from a pair of tweezers (5th-6th century). The arm has been made from copper alloy sheet that flares to a width of 13.67mm, before the end curves in at approximately 90 degrees. It has broken across the loop and the shape has been distorted through damage. The front surface is decorated with two incised lines, one running down each side forming a border. There are six punched ring and dot motifs running vertical down the centre. The last ring and dot also forms the central one in a line of three running horizontal along the end. Mi…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewelme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-01C044
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap-end (9th century). This is a Class A strap-end, with an open end, convex sides and a zoomorphic terminal, Type 2 where the pattern is curvilinear and geometric. The sides and the open end are chipped and damaged, with the edges of the open-end missing. There is a semi-circular engraved line with radiating lines inside placed at the open end. The main body of the strap-end is decorated with an engraved pattern, inlaid with niello, contained within a rectangular field. The curvilinear geometric pattern comprises sets of diagonal lines a…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewelme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-01CBC7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap-end (9th century). This is a Class A strap-end, with an open end, convex or tapering sides, and zoomorphic terminal, Type 1, with Trewhiddle style decoration. The strap end is bent through damage and broken across the decoration; where it splits for form an open end. The front surface is decorated with a carved beast intertwined around itself. Small areas of inlaid niello remain around the decoration. The sides of the strap-end are decorated with horizontal lines forming a beaded appearance. The zoomorphic terminal has a double c…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewelme', grid reference and parish protected.