Record ID: OXON-8AD8A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon quoit brooch dating from the 5th or 6th centuries AD. Only the pin is missing. The frame is flat in cross section being made of metal plate. It is circular in plan with a wide (10.6mm) frame surrounding a large central oval hole (c.15mm by 14mm wide) which has a projecting triangular cut out extending into the frame. This would have formed a V-shaped notch for the pin to pass throuh. On the opposite side of the frame to this notch is a smaller circular hole (2mm diameter) which would have held the pin.  B…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirtlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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: OXON-42A105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, slightly bent and corroded cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c.AD 430-550). The edge is chipped and the pin is missing. The brooch is circular in plan with a wide (6.2mm) diagonally raised lip. Within the lip on the upper surface is a faint chip-carved geometric basketwork design. This divides the brooch into a central circular region with a large circular pellet at the centre.   There may have been further decoration but this is now obscured by corrosion patina.  On the reverse are the stubs of the hinge and catchpl…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-078DCD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged but near complete Early-Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy saucer brooch dating to c.AD 430-550. The edge is chipped and the pin is missing. The brooch is circular, with a wide (6.2mm) diagonally raised lip. Within the lip on the the upper surface is a a chip-carved geometric basketwork design. This divides the brooch into a central circular region forming a cross design surrounded selections of three vertical and transverse lines. There are also three raised circular borders. The reverse is flat and plain barring the remains of two D-shaped proje…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-E5764B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged but near complete Early Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy cast saucer brooch dating to c.AD 430-550. The edge is chipped and the pin is missing. The brooch is circular with a wide (6.3mm) diagonally raised lip. Within the lip on the he upper surface there is a chipped grooved decoration consisting of four 'running spirals' around a central lozenge shaped pellet. A plain line border (raised) extends around this design, separating it from the rim. The reverse is flat and plain barring the remains of two D-shaped projecting lugs with a fused iron sprin…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-0E55AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a chip carved Early Medieval probably disc brooch. Only a small part of the plate and hinge survive. The plate fragment has part of the curved edge suggesting a disc shape for the brooch. The fragment is subrectangular with ragged remaining edges from breaks on all other sides. it is quite thick and coarse (c.4.5mm thick). The reverse of the brooch has two projecting D-shaped lugs each pierced by a hole to allow a pin to be threaded through them to form a hinge. These latter components are missing. While the reverse is flat and plain the front has chipped carved d…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-78110A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch, 23.7mm in diameter. The face is heavily corroded with a drilled blind hole at the centre. No other decoration is now discernable; any incised or applied decoration originally present has likely been lost to corrosion. The reverse is undecorated and has an in-line catchplate and single hinge lug mounted on a flat ridge across the middle. Circa 5th-6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-AB5937
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo Saxon) gilded button brooch dating to c. AD 450-550. Only around 25% of the brooch remains, with the original diameter being around 20mm. The rim is everted and around 3mm high. The front of the brooch has traces of gilding and indistinct chip carved detailing, largely obliterated by corrosion and wear. The reverse has a hooked catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F1A214
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy disc brooch (c. AD 400-600). The brooch is flat and circular in plan with a plain front face. The rear face has a catch-plate that is rectangular in shape and an outer edge which folds over 180 degrees to form a rest for the now missing pin. The pin and spring mechanism are missing. There is one hole in the plate which may suggest the brooch originally had some applied decoration. The brooch is dark grey in colour with mottled green patches. The brooch is 32.5mm in diameter, the disc is 1.6mm thick …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-34F61C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy, Early Medieval, small-long brooch dating to c.AD 450-550. Only the pin is missing. The brooch can be divided into three zones, a head plate, an arched bow and foot with trapezoidal terminal. The head plate is subrectangular in plan narrowing only at the interface to the bow. It has clean incised decoration consisting of two pairs of deeply incised transverse lines, two just before the upper edge and two more just before the lower edge. Between these there are small rectangular cells on both the side edges. On the reverse of the plate is a r…
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-34BB3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch, dating to AD 450-550. The object is only missing its pin and the lower portion of the bow and foot. The brooch fragment includes a rectangular head plate (19.6mm long, 21.5mm wide) that has incised decoration comprising three ring and dot motifs arranged in rough triad two being just inside the lower corners and one placed off centre along the upper edge. There is then a border made of short transverse lines placed from the outside edge c2.5mm inside the plate. The to…
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-E8DDFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon, c. 450-550)  incomplete, copper-alloy button brooch. The brooch is missing its pin and spring. The brooch comprises a circular base with angled walls (flared outwards) surrounding it creating a 'saucer' shape. On the reverse of the brooch there are two lugs on opposite edges. The larger lug is folded at the tip and is the catchplate. The other lug is incomplete and was originally the lug that held the spring. The outer face of the brooch is decorated in relief with an abstract forward facing face, possibly a mask or hel…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: OXON-56EDA0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of early Medieval date. Part of one terminal end and the bow survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The terminal is flat in cross section and would have been triangular in plan but is missing its right most point to an old break. The plate is decorated on its front surface by numerous parallels incised lines running perpendicularly to the bow. The bow projects from one point of the plate with a width of 6.2mm. It is rectangular in cross section and arches in profile. Just before the end of the arch there …
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: OXON-56A3F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch, dating to AD 450-550. The object is only missing its pin and the lower portion of the bow and foot. The brooch fragment includes a rectangular head plate (18mm long, 14.4mm wide) that has incised decoration compirsing a central ring and dot motif. There is then an incised border placed just inside the outside edge with transverse liens between this and the edge of the plate. The beginings of a bow project from the lower egde but are truncated almost immediately by a transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B53213
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (mid 5th to mid 6th centuries) small-long brooch which has been re-used: The headplate and a portion of the bow remains. The headplate is rectangular with a circular perforation in each upper corner. The edges of the plate on the outer face are decorated with stamped crescents. The reverse of the plate has traces of a vertical lug which has been smoothed but is not flush with the plate. Protruding from the lower edge of the headplate, which isn't decorated, the integral bow protrudes. The bow has been re-shaped and is an inverted triangle with oblquely…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B534F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Bi) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the pin are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan and has a prominent raised lip which extends upwards diagonally from the plate. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask has two large promiment eyebrows seperated by a central incised groove below this is a T-shaped feature made of i…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B5156E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Iii) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the entire pin mechanism are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan, its circumference missing many chips, with the beginnings of an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of nine vertical ridges that represent hair with a horizontal fring…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B50069
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy, Early Medieval, small-long brooch dating to c.AD 450-550. Only the pin is missing. The brooch can be divided into three zones, a head plate, an arched bow and foot with roundedterminal. The head plate is sub-square with rounded pointed knops projecting from the middle of the upper and side edges. including these knops the head is 19.3mm wide, 17.2mm high. The front surface is covered in iron corrosion product obscuring any decoration that may be present. On the reverse of the plate is a projecting long D-shaped lug (extedning 8.2mm) which i…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B4DE0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy brooch of supporting-arm type, dating c.AD 400-450. The brooch is missing part of its wings, the pin mechanism, its foot and catchplate. The brooch has a rectangular head that is 21.4mm wide and 7.9mm long. The ends of the head project rearwards to form a pair of D-shaped pierced lugs which would have housed a spring. These are chipped and abraded. The plate is decorated by two incised transverse lines. The bow projects from the lower edge of the plate narrowing from 11.1mm wide to 5.3mm wide before ending in a transverse break. T…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7E1744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (6th century) unidentified decorative object, possibly a brooch or mount: The object is flat and sub-trapezoidal in plan. The lower edge is convex and the sides straight but slightly tapering. These are all the originall edges as there is traces of gilding on the edge. At the lower edge of the sides there is a small spur or knop projecting. The upper edge is unevent and is a broken edge, but the break is not recent. The outer face is decorated with Style I motifs, with a border of vertical chevrons wither wide of a low-relief pellets. The body of the object has triple-st…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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