Record ID: WMID-D589E7
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of a dark brown colour. The darker colouring may be due to waterlogged condition of the soil, and there are areas of wear and chipping where the green colouring of copper alloy are visible. The object is annular with a D-shaped cross section; it has a flat interior and a convex exterior. The centre has two groove. There is one groove at the top and bottom of the ring. The dating of this object is diffuclt to specify, ranging from Bronze Age to Post-Medieval. It is possibly a harness ring, but could have had a number of uses.  Measureme…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-64A3D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Polden hill brooch, probably dating to c. AD 75-125. The brooch is only missing its pin. The head of the brooch survives to a width of 25.1mm. The wings are oval, with an open reverse and each wing terminating in a perforated oval wing cap. The wing caps expand outwards slightly towards the reverse. The wings are decorated with two incised lines the first placed c.1.2mm from the outside edge, and the second a further 1.2mm in from the first. The bow projects from the head with a width of 7.0mm and has a D-shaped cross section with…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crawley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-026738
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the lower part of a Roman zoomorphic brooch probably dating to the 2nd century AD. Only the zoomorphic foot of the brooch and its catchplate survives. The foot of the brooch is in the moulded design of an indeterminate species of bird. It is sub-triangular in cross section with a concave reverse. Looking at the front of the brooch its upper sides are slightly convex (11.7mm wide). They then narrow, at the neck of the animal to 7.1mm wide and become straight sided. In profile it is initially straight sided then bows out, at the same point it thins to a neck, slightly…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
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Record ID: OXON-4391B5
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy steelyard weight with a lead core in the form of a bust probably of the god Jupiter. The lower portion of the weight is lost to old damage such that only a fragment of the bust’s shoulders remain. The surviving copper-alloy shell consists of an entire human head that is very well moulded providing a naturalistic representation of a male head. The head has oval depressions for eyes which appear to have slightly domed eyeballs within, suggesting no enamel was intended to fill these. Between these is a projecting triangular nose. Below this i…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvescot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-6E7853
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy zoomorphic figurine, likely of a dog and possibly of Roman date (c. AD 43-400). The surviving section of the body includes most of the hindquarters. The surviving section of body is slender and straight. The legs are facing backwards at an angle and there is a wide slot underneath the animal running from the middle of its hind legs forward, potentially so as to mount or fit the figurine onto something or to save resources. The right leg stretches backwards and ends in a sub-triangular, forward facing foot. The left leg is similar, except that most of the foo…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: OXON-DF7307
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman cast copper-alloy 2 piece Aesica type brooch dating to the 2nd century AD.   The brooch is made of 2 pieces, the first being a bow that is riveted onto a flat plate. The wings at the head of the brooch are x mm wide and made of a cylindrical tube with an open reverse and oval endcaps. The endcaps are pierced bya circular hole through which a copper alloy axis bar is threaded.  The pin mechanism is made of 8 coils, four to the right and three to the left of the pin. The right-most outer coil curves over the wings before re-joini…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F00E06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn roman vessel mount, statue fragment or steel yard weight. The fragment consists of a head and shoulders below which the objects is truncated by a break. Similarly the face and helmet plume are damaged.  Above the head is a projecting spike that could be a helmet plume but is possibly more likely to be an attachment loop. The face has moulded and incised features detailing a prominent nose and brow ridge, a beard and potentially curly hair. The spike is plain but its front face is damaged. While the front face is moulded into a naturalistic form the reverse is f…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-746A39
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, (Mackreth 2011, Chap 3 Part 1, Group 3a-b Plate 34, AD c. 60-late 4th century). The copper alloy brooch has undecorated wings which do not have a cap. The bow head is slightly hump-like and has a perforated lug which is visible on the tope of the wings and a secend perforated lug in the centre of the wings. The first perforation has the chord travelling through it. The second perforation has a copper alloy axis bar around which the spring is coiled eight times. The pin is complete and leads from the spring. The upper ridge with the …
Created on: Saturday 24th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7DD6A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman ( c. AD 50 to 100) zoomorphic (bird) brooch of Mackreth Type 4.a.2 (The Animal Kingdom), dating to AD 100-200. The brooch is in the form of a bird, with a slender neck and head facing forwards. The head tapers to a blunt point which is the beak. There is no definition or decoration on the head. The body is sub-oval with slightly concave sides, and is truncated at the tail. In section the body is triangular and is decorated with two linear grooves forming a chevron across the body. The tail is slightly off-set from the truncated body and is flat and forms …
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-1309DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete Roman, copper alloy rear hook Aesica brooch dating to the middle of the 1st century AD 50-75. The brooch is only missing its sprung pin mechanism. This brooch appears to have been cast from a single flat plate and is relatively complex. At the top of the flat plate are the wings. They are 30.69mm wide and each made of crescent plates, being convex on the front and concave on the back. There is a prominent central ridge which extends down the centre of the bow which is decorated with three lines of chevrons or beading. On each wing, there is an incised l…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ramsden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-510BB9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy vessel lid of Roman date (c.AD 200-400). The object has two regions a mostly flat flat of copper alloy sheet and a raised mount. The sheet is in its current state D-shaped with the straight edge being bent inwards and possibly having  an originally curved surface. All the egdes are ragged and may not represent the original surface. At the apex of the D-shape sheet the sheet has an oval concave depression on the opposite surface to the moulded work. This is in the form of a duck having a  wide triangular rounded body, narrow neck and round…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D11896
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval (1600-1800) lead alloy domed bridle boss. Only the outer border and part of the attachment rivet are missing. The boss is hollow to the reverse and domed to the front. Its outside border (approximately three quarters of which is missing) is made of a series of repeating sub-oval projections with sub oval cells in their centre, looking much like smaller petals of a flower. These surround a raised line border with incised diagonal lines running across which surround the main dome of the object. At the top of the dome are further decorative features. Thes…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-9D2026
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast spherical iron canon ball with a diameter of 78 mm  weighing 1758 grams dating to c. AD 1550 – 1750. It is spehrical and a dark orange brown colour. It likely relates to the civil war. The size of the ball suggest that it is from a Falcon, Minion, or possible it might have been used in a larger calibre field piece, firing canister shot. The Minionis referenced at P 55 - Principal English guns of the sixteenth century - Artillery Through the Ages https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20483
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: WMID-D52291
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy strap mount. The object has a pointed trefoil teminal, with an undecorated triangular plate that has two curvilinear shapes flaring from th main body (lys or lis). The bottom of plate is rectangular in shape, emerging from the centre. The reverse is flat with two integrally cast fixing rivets. The object has an uneven dark grey surface patina.  Measurements: Length: 29mm Width: 15.4mm Thickness: 5.5mm Weight: 3.8g
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-9D1AF2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, dating from Early to Middle Neolithic - c. 4000 BC to 2700 cal BC The arrowhead is made of a tertiary flake of medium to light grey semi-glossy flint. It has been knapped into a pointed oval shape with one point being more rectangular to form a tang. Both surfaces have been worked bifacially with invasive, low angled parallel retouch on all margins and beyond towards the medial area of the arrowhead. It is a pointed oval in cross section. This form fits Butler's (2005: 123) type 1C which suggests and E…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: BERK-2A91CA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold medieval seal matrix of 13th century date and in exceptional condition. The seal matrix is oval in plan with an applied gold spine and suspension loop on the reverse. In the centre of the front of the matrix is an oval dark green jasper intaglio, intricately engraved to depict a female in profile. The female wears a long veil about her head with either hair, or possibly pearls, visible above the forehead. The matrix has a personal legend in Latin around the outer edge beginning with a six-pointed star and reads '*SIGILVM : SECRETI : hEN :', translated as the …
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-DDF899
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and well preserved cast copper alloy Medieval annular brooch dating to c.AD 1250-1400. The brooch is circular in plan with a frame that is, barring decorative feature, D-shaped in cross section with a flat reverse and convex upper surface. The outer face is also decorated with six raised broadly hexagonal collets that are taller and wider than the frame of the brooch. Each of these have circular cells within then all of which contains traces of  white cement material within them, probably the remains of a fixative for holding jewels in place. The frame is constric…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-4CCCF9
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge of the Head Reliquary of Thomas Becket dating to the 14th century.  This fragment only depicts the head of the saint wearing his bishop's mitre. The mitre appears to have a textured design made of cross hatched lines with less dense cross hatching in the head band. The eyes are made of raised sub-oval borders and flank a prominent protruding triangular nose. Below this is a moulded downward pointing mouth. The reverse of the object is plain barring a prominent raised mould line running the length of it from top to bottom T…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: BERK-7C317B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn cast copper alloy annular brooch of Adams Type 2Bb2 dating from the Middle to Late Iron Age, constructed in the La Tene III style (c. 300 BC - AD 100). On the front face the circular frame is made of six moulded decorative hemispherical lobes or domes cojoined to form the annular frame. Each lobe has a hollow reverse. except for the two that carry the remains of a perforated double lug for the pin and, diametrically opposite, the remains of the catchplate. The pin is now missing and the brooch is quite worn. This is an unusual and rare style of brooch, however a…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B7A88D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy brooch of Middle Iron Age date, c. 300-150 BC. The brooch is another example of the regional 'Vale brooch' type from the Oxfordshire / Berkshire area.  This example is made of two bulbous domes, forming a figure of eight shape. Each dome has a convex front and then a potentially concave hollow reverse, however these are now full of concreted corrosion product such that it is difficult to be certain of this. The join between the two domes is marked by an uneven horizontal line slightly narrower than the domes that may have been a collar no…
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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