Record ID: PUBLIC-FB8223
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, 2-piece Colchester derivative, Harlow  brooch. The semi-cylindrical side wings and upper bow end of a 2-piece copper alloy Colchester B brooch. These brooches have their springs secured by passing the external chord and the axial bar through a lug with 2 perforations behind the head. The spring, pin and much of the bow and catchplate are missing. A raised ridge runs from the crest vertically down the bow and is a derivative of the original front hook feature. The thick, 3mm circular section bow has probably been deliberately broken. Late 1st century. Similar t…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CB7F02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, upper half of a copper alloy Colchester derivative, Harlow brooch of CD Ha 3.b. The wings, spring and upper bow survive. The spring housing consists of a hollow cylinder with two perforated ends, through which the copper alloy axis bar is located. The bi-lateral spring has 2 coils on one side and 4 on the other, the pin having snapped off as it leaves the spring. The chord passes in front of and quite low down beneath the spring and is held in place by a perforated lug. This allows a clear view of the spring. A raised vertical rib running down from the lug is a design r…
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DEDAF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly an iron pin from an Iron Age or Roman Nauheim Derivative bow brooch. It has a circular section and is bent round in a smooth arc.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C75E01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Uninscribed silver unit of possibly Atrebates/Southern: possibly Allen EX, Horse right; above rosette above unclear object. Possibly Danebury type, c.f. BMC Hobbs 613
Created on: Saturday 30th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C8C9E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Probus 276 - 282, Reece 14. FELICIT TEMP. Felicitas standing left. Mint of Lyon. RIC V, pt 2, no.26
Created on: Sunday 23rd January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D25862
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II as Caesar, (317 - 337), dating to AD 321 (Reece Period 16), CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, Wreath enclosing VOT/X. Mint of Rome. RIC VII, p.321, no.241 var. Obverse type of laureate head right is not recorded in RIC
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-358896
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Constantine I, (306 - 337), dating to c. 321-3 (Reece Period 16), BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Globe on altar, inscribed VOT/IS/XX, with three stars above. Prototype Mint of London. RIC VII, p.114, cf. no.263; Cloke and Toone, The London Mint, p. 266, cf. no. 9.05.010.
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C4A7B0
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy book clasp anchor-plate of flat, rectangular form with triangular terminal and bevelled edges. The eye consists of two arms rolled over around an iron spindle. No decoration is discernible. There are two empty rivet holes, one almost central and one near the point. Similar to PAS ref. SF-B765A1. Book clasps such as this are noted from excavated contexts in medieval London, with good parallels to this example still in situ on the original book apparent in Egan (2005; nos 592-593) and dated to the 15th-16th centuries AD.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DD9565
Object type: BROOCH PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent (at 90 degrees), copper alloy pin, possibly from a Roman brooch or hairpin. It has a square section which becomes twisted and distorted closer to the pointed end. There is evidence of silvering or tinning on the last 10mm up to the point. The top, squared end appears to have been cut.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DFFD52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, iron strip brooch of Late Iron Age - Early Roman date. The top of the brooch rolls back to form a cylinder which appears to have a slot in the centre at the rear for the pin, most of which remains. The whole of the artefact is heavily encrusted with corrosion obscuring any detail. The bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catchplate. Suggested date 25 - 60AD. Similar to PAS record GLO-205D77.
Created on: Sunday 16th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F27FE5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly the end of a bone awl or weaving tool (such as a pin beater) with a perforation. Made from the distal end and shaft of a juvenile sheep or deer metapodial (epiphyses not fused). A circular 5mm hole has been drilled all the way through the bone, probably for suspension. The sharpened end of a bone gouge of similar proportions has been found on this site (PUBLIC-F251F1).
Created on: Saturday 29th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F3DBA4
Object type: POINT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a worked bone implement. Possibly the end of a needle or perhaps a hairpin. The item is very worn and shaped to a point being quite polished in parts. Possibly dating Iron Age - Roman.
Created on: Saturday 29th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-15D983
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin, copper alloy wire pin or needle. It has been snapped at the blunt end which shows a circular section and has more adhering corrosion than the pointed end which is still sharp. Found in an Iron Age/Roman pit.
Created on: Monday 31st December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-59C3B7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly an incomplete Roman, copper alloy hairpin or possibly a cosmetics applicator. The end of this artefact represents a duck, looking over its back with its beak slightly raised. The body is on a horizontal plane as if swimming on water. An indentation for the eye may suggest it was decorated possibly with enamel or a stone but there is no evidence for this. Beneath the duck is a damaged square fronted cell containing some turqoiuse enamel, the back of this is rounded and it is not possible to see whether the continuing part was solid or hollow. According to Cool (1991 168) anima…
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6D1297
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Post Medieval/Modern copper alloy ramrod bracket, c. 1700 -1850 AD. The object is made from a piece of copper alloy sheet which has been rolled into a tube shape ,the edges crimped together outwardly, and a single perforation 2.2mm in diameter made to a permit attachment to a muzzle-loading firearm. The bracket is decorated with a series of ridges interspersed with convex and concave bands around its circumference. It measures 32.1mm in length, has a diameter of 8.6mm, and weighs 5.2g. It is in good condition and has an even brown patina.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AD2372
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment which has been deliberately cut and now forms a rectangular piece with one short end retaining an original edge, which may have curved outwards slightly with a 2.3mm border, the other three edges cut. The original item was decorated with ring and dot patterns and has been cut in such a way as to preserve two of these circular features, truncating them by about one third, with a diagonal scrolling sweep in between them. Each circular design has one central deep cell which may have held enamel, surrounded by a groove then a broad flattened circle containing …
Created on: Saturday 19th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6F8AF3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments and one almost complete double spiked loops. The more complete example is made from a single length of iron rod folded over to form a broad loop 32.3mm diameter with a gap of 9.9mm separating the two spikes, one of 26.7mm and the other 18.5mm forming a keyhole shape. The spikes are narrower than the loop. The other items include two loop fragments and half a loop with one spike remaining. These objects would be hammered into wood or masonry and provide a ring to attach another item to. Smaller examples are often described as components of drawer handles. If hammered in…
Created on: Saturday 30th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C57901
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, iron, double looped buckle with just the very end of its pin attached to the pin bar. The buckle frame measures 28.2mm long and is 23mm wide, weighing 5.3g and has a bevelled inside edge but otherwise is undecorated. Similar to PAS reference WILT-E719F3 and is probably Post Medieval, dated to c.1500 - 1650.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F38007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman finger ring. The ring has a wide ovoid bezel which tapers at both ends into a narrow hoop of flat section, now mostly missing, and contains two circular cells that once probably contained enamel or glass insets. The bezel has been decorated with a roughly engraved oval created by scoring two semi-circles, that do not quite line up, and six vertical and near vertical lines between the two circular cells. This ring was classed as a trinket ring by Martin Henig. Similar to PAS record SUR-AA2E20 which has a date range between 2nd - 3rd century and HAMP-F1…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F43084
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman finger ring. The ring has a high collared, oval bezel set in from the edges of the hoop which has been broken on both ends just after the slightly flattened, angled shoulders. Daubney Daubney 2008) notes that angular shoulders are typcal of the 3rd century 'keeled' type. The stone or paste insert is now missing but traces of possibly adhesive residue remain within the bezel. Henig type Xb dating from 2nd-3rd century AD. Similar to PAS record KENT-93BE71 and BH-7C6BF0. Roman enamelled finger rings have been studied by Adam Daubney with this design bein…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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