Record ID: SUR-85A2A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The central decorative element from a circular enamelled brooch of late 10th to 11th century date (Saunderton type). The circular component is divided into a scrolling cruciform pattern with separate cells of red, blue and white glass made using a cloisonne technique set into a backing plate with integral raised sides. The rest of the brooch, catchplate and pin are missing. The brooch may have been gilded but there is no trace of gilding on this fragment.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-140244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A penny of Edward the Confessor, now in two fragments. Expanding Cross type, 1050-3. Mint of Wallingford. Moneyer: Brunwine (BRVNPINE). North 820.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-B1B226
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating from the late early-medieval period (11th century). The mount can be described as Williams (1997) Class A, no Type. Sub-pentagonal in form, the mount has an engraved surface, mostly confined to the upper half of the mount and consisting of swirls and diagonal and horizontal lines. The identification of the design is uncertain although it bears similarities to Williams (1997) Figs 20 and 28, and also Type 15. The apex of the mount is finished with a pendant lobe while the flange is set at a right angle on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5B0275
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy early-medieval cloisonné brooch dating to the late 10th or 11th century. The brooch has seven peripheral lugs of which five survive, one of which retains a domed blue glass insert. The front of the brooch has a raised circular insert that fits into the hollow rimed section of the lugged disc. The central insert is ornately enamelled with a design of a six-spoked wheel or star. Six C-shaped strips of copper alloy form semi-circular fields around the edge of the brooch. Each semi-circular field is filled with dark blue glass. In the centre is light blue enamel, surroundi…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chinnor', grid reference and parish protected.