Record ID: BUC-CCEBA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy annular brooch with four turret shaped settings empty for probably glass 'gems'. On opposing sides of the frame are two small rectangular plates riveted on with pronounced, central knops. These are decorated with two rows of a punched design. The pin is missing but there is a hole through the frame where it was looped. Margeson [Norwich Households, p16] dates broches of this type to around 1275 to 1400.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackthorn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-679DF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of a medieval silver-gilt annular brooch. The frame is formed from square wire, partly twisted into a cable pattern, and partly flattened. Two surviving gilded octofoils are soldered to the frame. The pin does not survive. 13th-14th century
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-101A56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An annular 'ring' brooch with punched circle decoration around the circumference of the obverse. There is a small narrowed recess which would have been used for the swivel pin, although the pin is missing. This ring brooch is 19.58mm diameter, 1.94mm thick and weighs 1.94gms. It dates from the 13th to 15th centuries - for parallels see Bailey 1999:51/51
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
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Record ID: BERK-FF4F48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver gilt medieval ring brooch. The brooch has a rectangular profile either end of the twisted segment. Silver gilt flowers are attached at each juncture of the twisted and rectangular segments. The brooch is in two pieces but still is not complete - some gilding survives on the flower heads.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Sunday 8th November 2020
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Record ID: BERK-1B8814
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular copper alloy object, possibly part of a medieval ring brooch. The object is made of a thin sheet of metal with a rectangular cross-section; a small metal knop is folded over the main bar. The possible brooch is 24.77mm diameter, 0.84mm thick and weighs 0.5 gms. It probably dates from the medieval to post-medieval period.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-1E71E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment comprising approximately half of a medieval silver annular brooch, now distorted. The frame of the brooch is a flat strip which narrows to a point where the missing pin was fitted. Around the frame was once a series of probably four separately-applied rounded knops; only two now survive. The knops are each decorated with punched circles, now very worn. Dimensions: Weight: 2.39g Date: Medieval, 13th or 14th century Discussion: This item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal. It therefore should be considered Treasure under the terms of…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ambrosden area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5046E0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch with recess for the pin bar. The brooch has six collets, three of which contain a white paste. Thje brooch is worn and the pin is missing. The brooch is plain on the reverse. This style of brooch dates from the 13th to 14th century. A simialr example, although with 8 collets, can be seen in Read (2001) p103 no. 805.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
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Record ID: BERK-432F92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy annular brooch circa AD 14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2010
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Record ID: BERK-5D6BF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron Medieval or Post-medieval annular brooch or buckle with the pin corroded in place.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2010
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Record ID: DUR-875911
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval brooch consisting of a square frame with four lobes, one at the centre of each side. The internal edge of the frame is chamfered and on one side has an aperture into which is inserted the pin. The pin is bent and has a collar of punched decoration. The pin appears at some point to have been separated from the frame of the brooch and has been reattached the wrong way round. The frame too is badly distorted and broken along one edge. The brooch is silver-gilt, and dates from the fourteenth century. Dimensions: height 31 mm, width 30 mm. Consequently, in terms of age …
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-769341
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century The brooch is fragmentary, represented by approximately half of the original (with a surviving width of 23.1mm and a weight of 8.2g). The frame was open and of annular type (with a diameter of 44mm). The outside edge of the frame was octagonal with gently concave sides. The interior of the frame was circular (24mm diameter). The frame comprises a plate (1.5m thick) surmounted with sub-rectangular collets (6mm long, 5mm wide and giving the brooch an overall depth of 5.9mm), originally eight with four surviving, positioned a…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: BERK-77DA35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval Annular Brooch, pin missing. Four collets, 2 with pink stones.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
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Record ID: BERK-B31D63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch dating from the 13th or 14th century. The brooch has a lozenge-shaped cross-section with a constriction for the pin. The buckle frame is of twisted cable pattern (four twists), and within each twist is a line of granules. The pin is cone shaped and is long and thin with a sharp point. The pin is looped around the buckle frame and beneath the loop on the pin is a small rectangular panel that probably hides the join of the loop to the main body of the pin. This small panel is decorated with annulets. The brooch has been silvered or tinned; the gold of …
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6992F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy brooch of 13th to 15th century date. The frame of the brooch is heart-shaped and has a black-letter inscription extending around the upper face. It has been read (with the help of Malcolm Jones) as ihe[su]s * na / zarenus (Jesus of Nazareth) with a space-filling branch with leaves in the left-hand upper curve of the heart. The pin constriction is located centrally, in the depression between the two curves at the top of the frame. The pin, which is complete, has been looped around this constriction. It is made from a length of copper-alloy wire of D-shaped section and is…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-69D745
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy ring brooch of 13th to 15th century date. The circular frame is decorated with six collets and also has punched marks on the upper surface. The complete wire pin is looped through a hole at the top of the frame. At this point the edge of the brooch bulges outwards to accommodate the hole. The pin rest is opposite and consists of a flat area with a pointed protrusion at the bottom. Flanking both the pin hole and the pin rest is a pair of small collets. These collets extend upwards from the frame's surface, tapering slightly towards the top, and are filled with a corrod…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D638D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A twisted copper alloy annular brooch. The brooch is formed of a continuous ring of twisted copper, with a faint recess or wear-mark on one side, suggesting a possible pin attachment (pin is missing). This example measures 19.10mm diameter and is 2.06mm thick. It weighs 1.3gms.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-741603
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch or buckle dating to c.1350-1500 AD. The brooch has an oval cross-section, the pin measures 38.33mm long and the frame of the brooch is 2.23mm wide.
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013
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Record ID: BERK-D83563
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval ring brooch, complete with copper alloy pin. The brooch has four raised oval settings that contained paste - one of the settings retains yellow paste. Between the settings the face of the brooch is decorated with thick incised vertical lines following the curviture of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The pin is intact and is simply looped around a recess in the brooch. This is a very nice example of a 13th - 14th century brooch in undamaged condition. The brooch measures 18.30mm diameter and is 3.18mm maximum thickness. It weighs 2.5gms.
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
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Record ID: BERK-45C2C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval iron annular brooch with recess for the pin. The brooch is quite simple in design and is decorated with cross-hatching around the circumference. This brooch dates from the 13th to 15th centuries and measures 26.76mm diameter, 1.64mm thick and weighs 2.6gms.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-EB4205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy object fragment, possibly part of the terminal of a pin from a large buckle or more likely a brooch (circa 1066 - 1400 AD). The pin is plano-convex in section, broken at one end and tapers and curves to form a lipped terminal at the other. The lower surface is slightly undulating. The copper alloy has a dark green smooth patina that is black in places. Dimensions: length: 20.65mm; width: 7.29mm; thickness: 5.61mm; weight: 3.90g
Created on: Saturday 30th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Letcombe Regis', grid reference and parish protected.