Record ID: WMID-65A7BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval gilded, copper alloy saucer brooch dating to the 4th or 5th centuries AD.  Part of the brooch is missing. There are three grooves running around the edge of the display face, before the brooch turns upward to form a lip.  The face has a zoomorphic design around the edge, possibly of two beasts or more chasing each other. Each appears to have 3-4 legs. The central design is of a reverse reuleaux triangle surrounded by three pointed oval shapes. The object has a dark green and brown patina, but sections of the gilding are visib…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: BH-87D02F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver strap end, of Thomas' Class A, Type 1, dating c.AD 800 – 900, with Trewhiddle style decoration. The surviving portion of plate is sub-oval in shape and rectangular in cross-section, perforated with two attachment rivets. The sides of the plate bow gently before tapering to an uneven transverse break. Between the two attachment holes is decoration in the form of two parallel horizontal grooves. Below this, across the surface of the plate, are multiple decorative panels, amongst which are the flattened circula…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: IOW-385D59
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, complete Early Medieval silver hooked tag, c.AD 600-1000. It has a circular plate, two flat lugs near the top pierced for sewing, and a complete sharp hook at the bottom. The plate has an outer border, decorated to look like twisted rope, and an inner, undecorated border. Within these borders is a sunken panel containing an incised animal in profile left, possibly a lion. The decoration is at an unusual angle; the animal is the right way up when the object is held with the hook to the upper left and the sewing lugs to the lower right. This artefact is very similar to hooked …
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-7D4B37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy ansate brooch of Early Medieval date (c. AD 600-800) of the Weetch's type X.B, also known as a 'caterpillar' brooch. The brooch is symmetrical and is arched in profile with zoomorphic terminals. The bow is rounded with a raised transverse beaded ridge. There are additional raised ridges at the end of the terminals with incised ring-dot decoration between.  The terminals taper to animal head decoration that are very worn and consist of two incised crescents representing eyes or snout. The reverse is plain with one endplate housing a pair of pie…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: BH-E01537
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal of unknown, probably Post Medieval, date. The terminal has an openly hollow (4mm diameter) cylindrical body with two circumferential grooves before a waisted section. This is followed by a double-collared expansion and another waisted section. The cylinder is attached to the reverse of a stylised rams head. The head features two out-turned horns, one of which is broken with an old worn break, and a rounded snout. Across the rounded lower edge of the snout is a shallow groove forming a mouth. The surface patina across the entire …
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-1DE101
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper alloy, long cased padlock dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1100-1300. The object comprises the case and hasp of a barrel padlock with the keyhole in one end which partly extends to the underside of the case. The rectangular case is sub-oval in cross section with a bolt hole at one end formed of four square apertures; two adjacent and another top and bottom forming a lozenge shaped arrangement. This would accommodate a bolt with four spines. The opposing end is open and damaged with a slot underneath to accomodate the slide key. Above the keyh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: BH-0FB821
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon, cast copper-alloy strapend, Thomas' Class A, Type 2, dating to the period c. AD 750-950. The strap end is tongue shaped with a possible zoomorphic terminal. At the other end are the remains of two circular attachment holes along the double-lobed edge. The upper portion of the plate closest to the attachment holes has delaminated. After an uneven transverse break, the lower portion of the plate has incised decoration of several motifs. From the break, this includes part of a squared panel defined by a double border, inside which is a…
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Record ID: BH-E59E9A
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy end looped cosmetic mortar of Late Iron Age to the Early Roman date (1st to 2nd Centuries AD). The mortar has a plain relatively shallowed bowed profile and is u-shape in cross-section, with a suspension loop at one end. The loop is complete except for damage to the lower edge on one side and there is an unevenly broken projection extending from the lower edge that is possibly zoomorphic in the form of a stylized aquatic bird. The opposing end of the mortar is incomplete with an old transverse break. The hollowed interior is smoothed and the edges eithe…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
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Record ID: HESH-06696B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy porcine (boar/pig's head) vessel / bucket mount dating to the Late Iron Age 100 BC – AD 50. The mount is irregular in plan being broadly sub-rectangular in form and is sub-oval shaped in cross section; it has a relatively flat bottom which expands and then tapers in a broad curved upper surface. The mount varies in width and thickness along the length. It is both widest and thickest at the "back" of the head / across the ears. From this point its width and thickness narrows drastically, creating a rounded forehead from which the snout extends. This snout wid…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fyfield and Tubney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-B9537F
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy clasp frame, dating to the Medieval period (c. AD.1300-1400). The clasp is rectangular in plan and cross-section and is formed of two, possibly three plates secured by a rivet. Approximately two thirds of the front of the object is comprised of a recessed rectangular section, which contains the remains of a corroded iron rivet. The remaining third is decorated with moulded zoomorphic comprised of short, vertical rectangular indentations above a linear monobrow that expands into a triangular nose. Either side of the nose are indented circular ey…
Created on: Friday 11th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: OXON-A8BE38
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy object, possibly something like a fragment of a child's toy fish or a petronal, or possibly a later pencil sharpener. The surface is decorated on both sides with fish scales and still has the 'dorsal fin'. It appears to be squashed flat, with an oval opening at one end. Dating to the period 17th to 18th Century AD.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Sunday 3rd May 2020
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Record ID: WILT-B58852
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Probable Roman copper alloy zoomorphic mount, probably dating to AD 100-450. The mount is incomplete, and now consists of one curve of what was probably originally a symmetrical S-shaped plate. The mount is openwork, with a long curving neck or body arching round and temrinating in a moulded animal head, viewed in profile. The eye is indicated by a ring-and-dot punch, and a sub oval ear projects from the back of the head; the muzzle bifurcates into two lips, the lower abuting one curve on an incised inverted S-shaped scroll. An integral rivet projects from the reverse, reatining a s…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-294063
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy zoomorphic Anglo Saxon buckle probably dating to c. AD 850-1000. The buckle was probably D-shaped in plan and single looped. The frame is 4.9mm thick, 5.9mm wide and is trapezoidal in cross section, with the front face having two facets and probably represents that of a serpent. The bar is sub circular in cross section with a thickness of 4.3mm x 3.9mm Similar examples can be seen in records WMID1681 and SOM-F293A6 Length: 26.5mm Height: 19.8mm Weight: 5.08gms
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
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Record ID: BERK-204B1F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early-medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic mount c. 1000 - 1100 AD. The terminal is in the form of a three-dimensional dog like mask when viewed from the front. There is a small knop for the nose, pierced holes for the eyes and mouth and chin form in the casting. There is then a knop to each lower corner and the top terminal is broken with a step like section beneath the break and above the head. The rear is deeply convex, giving form to the head. The surface has a mid-green/brown patina. Height = 29.12mm, width = 14.55mm, depth = 9.07mm, weight = 9.5g
Created on: Friday 6th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: BERK-203013
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy early Post Medieval zoomorphic knife handle end cap or terminal c. 1500 - 1600 AD. The terminal joint is oval with an iron insert. The head in the form of an animal head, possibly a dog but with a 'duck' beak like form. It has a collar at its base, just above the broken section and a further angled 'Strap' showing on one side, extending from the front of the lower collar, to the back of the head. There are ill defined eye indentations and what may be a modest 'ear' on one side. The surface has a mottled mid-green patina with a brown/black ferrous section at its bas…
Created on: Friday 6th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-BD3051
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap end dating from the medieval period, AD 1300 - 1400. It is of a composite design, with a cast front plate and a separate sheet alloy back plate. The front plate and the back plate are held together by two circular, copper alloy rivets, one at each end of the back plate: both rivets remain in place. The shaft of the strap end is narrow and tapers towards the outer end where there is a zoomorphic terminal.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-AA519A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy incomplete mount or brroch fragment of Late Iron Age or early Roman date, c. 100 BC - AD 150. The mount has two eye holes and a "V" on the back near the 'trumpet' area.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th October 2020
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Record ID: OXON-0238F3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end from the Early Medieval period, dating to c. AD 750-1100. The object is wedge shaped, tapering from its broad attachment end to a slender point. It is D-shaped in cross section, although at the attachment end the upper surface is missing, resulting in a flat appearance. A series of 8 grooves run across the object horizontally, before a possibly zoomorphic design involving two circles before the tapering snout. The reverse is undecorated. It is 36.4mm long, 6.7mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 5g. A number of examples have been recorded…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-00F1A5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy openwork and zoomorphic fragment of a handle from a Roman folding knife. The fragment comprises a dog with two legs depicted and head pointing forward in line with the body. There are incised lines suggestive of eyes and ears on the head. The feet of the hound attach to an integral bar suggestive of a ground surface, which has a slot in the underside. The edge of the missing knife blade would have rested in this when the knife was folded. The fragment is 29.2mm long, 15.7mm wide and weighs 6.0 grams. This is an incomplete Roman folding knife o…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: BERK-EFBEA3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy, Early Medieval strap end dating to c. 750 - 950 AD. The strap end is a Thomas Class A, Type 2. The object sub-oval in form with two rivet holes at the attachment end. The strap end is decorated with an incised line running down the centre of the plate which is flanked by seven incised crescent-shaped grooves on either edge of the plate. This motif is outlined by a further single lined border which separates the crescent grooves from the outside edge of the strap-end. The tip of the plate takes the form of three linear groves followed by an animal-head.…
Created on: Friday 5th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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