Record ID: ESS-0E34C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete medieval copper alloy buckle with plate. This buckle has an oval frame with a D shaped section. i.e it has a flat inner face and domed outer face. It has a narrowed and offset pin bar. The pin is missing. The front of the frame is also narrowed and offset to hold a sheet roller, now missing. At either end of this offset the frame protrudes at the sides. The plate for the buckle is formed from a sheet of copper alloy that is folded around the off set pin bar. It is recessed to fit the frame with a slot for the pin. A dark brown copper alloy fragment in the slot may be t…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0C72B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn copper alloy Roman coin of Constantine II.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8DD333
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper alloy mount. The mount is square in plan with rounded corners and is slightly domed in section. The face of the mount is decorated with a grooved cross, with a small, raised square tight in each angle, and a central raised dot. the reverse of the mount is concave. Only a tiny fraction of the integral shaft (about 1mm) remains. The surface of the mount is heavily corroded with orange coloured corrosion product, but some original surface survives with a dark brown patina. The shaft break edge is worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. An integral sh…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.