Record ID: BERK-2F00A6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy loop, possibly related to horse harnesses or cart fittings, such as a terret ring or reign guide. The loop is plain and undecorated but taper in thickness slightly from one surviving terminal to the other. This object is unlikely to be a bracelet because it has an oval cross section, differing to those of bracelets. Due to the object's fragmentary nature, assigning a specific date is not possible, although it is unlikely to date to the prehistoric periods.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hook Norton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D0A6B7
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting waste, undiagnostic chronologically so could date anywhere from the Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC) to the Post-medieval period (AD 1850).
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D1B603
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sub-ovoid object of uncertain function or date. The object has file marks all around its exterior edges, while the wider end has an indentation that may indicate it is broken at this point, or that it was the attachment or fitting point for something else. The object tapers from 3.93mm thick at the wider end to 2.92mm at the thinner end.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8E5251
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy vessel rim (possibly) with a line of pellets along the rim as a decoration. No other details available. Date unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th December 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-6DBED6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy brooch spring, possibly post-medieval but date uncertain. It is incomplete but has six turns.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-767F77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double horse-head plate brooch,possibly Roman in date but potentially a modern creation. The brooch has a curved rectangular panel bar that curves downwards and is filled with yellow enamel. The terminals of the bar has three incised grooves within the copper that are reminiscent of an animal's paws. Projecting from the centre of the lower side of the curved bar is a short neck that leads into two opposing horse heads. The horse heads are depicted in profile and face outwards from the centre of the brooch. They are equidistant either side of the neck. The …
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-26E0E5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, roughly rectangular lump of bronze slag, airholes throughout and some elements of the raw copper sulphide are visible (a green-blue colour). The slag has a good deep green patina, similar to that seen on some local Bronze Age metalwork, so it may date from this period. If this lump of slag is indeed Bronze Age, it is interesting that it has survived and was not re-melted, as it is quite an amount of bronze.
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-1E61E6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ingot or piece of waste, the period is uncertain however it could be Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval or Post Medieval in origin.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 6th August 2010
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: BERK-0FDAD3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy diamond shaped mount with rounded knop at each corner. Open decoration within a central circular moulding within a beaded border.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D17333
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead or decorative fitting of uncertain date possibly Late Iron Age or Roman The bead is complete and is of globular form (with an external diameter of 23.1mm -24.4mm and a weight of 27.9g), with gently convex faces producing an oval section (with a thickness of 11.8mm). The sub-circular perforation (4.0mm - 4.9mm) is not central and is cast into the bead, rather than drilled. Both faces are decorated around the perforation; one side has an incised border, in which are incised radiating lines. The other face has an incised border, which is misplaced to produce a cresce…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-09C487
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 3-dimensional bird mount, possibly for furniture or a vessel. The mount is in the form of a stylised bird with a long beak (now bent) and a long tail that widens at the tip into a rounded terminal. The bird's back and tail is decorated with deep hatching probably intended to represent feathers; the decoration on the tail spreads out from the back in cross hatching. There are two short (broken) stubs protruding outwards from the body beneath the bird's neck and these may be the remains of wings; underneath the bird are two legs, again broken. Behind the legs and dir…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-14F235
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy casting waste, probably a spur from a mould of something like an axe. Probably Bronze Age in date.
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-154B10
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. Possibly post-medieval due to the symmetry, but the ribbing along one edge could suggest and earlier (Roman?) date.
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-B0ABB1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of unknown age but dating from the late Iron Age to Roman period. One end of the mount is missing but it appears that it would have mirrored the two openwork circles that are extant; it was initially thought that this was a phallus mount but it does not appear so - it bears some similarities to middle and later Iron Age brooches but otherwise no comparison had been found in the available literature. There are no obvious mounting or attachment points on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: KENT3139
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Asymmetrical one piece buckle with pin and roller - Lightly patterned
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE WOODEATON', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: KENT3148
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Button with dotted pattern.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE GARSINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: KENT3155
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
'T' shaped copper alloy fragment with flared branches.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE WOODEATON', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: KENT3177
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Crude machine manufactured crudely shaped ring.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE CHOLSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

• 

  Image not taken

Record ID: KENT3188
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold plated army button with legend.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE WOODEATON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-9B89B2
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy droplet from the metal working process of uncertain date, possibly Bronze Age (2150-800BC). The droplet is irregular with a pale green patina. Dimensions: weight 6.30g
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Letcombe Regis', grid reference and parish protected.