Record ID: OXON-01D647
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is circular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 25.2mm, is 3.7mm wide, and 2.0 thick. It weighs 1.85 grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-AF72D9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Middle to Late Bronze Age spearhead. Only part of the blade and midrib survive. The fragment is broadly rectangular in plan having three regular linear breaks running at right angles to the surviving blade edge. This edge is rounded and shows no signs of damage. After c.11.3mm the plate splits to from what would have been a hollow probably circular/oval midrib. One of these plates has been slightly squashed against the other. There is possibly a small incised channel running along the edge of the midrib seen on both surfaces. The fragment is a medium green colour. …
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-0A906E
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single piece of copper alloy casting waste of uncertain period. The object is irregular in shape being broadly rectangular in plan and domed in cross section but with one flatter region and one more bulbous area. The surface are smooth suggesting an as cast state. The irregularity of the form of this object would suggest this is not an intentional shape such that it is more likely to be the remains of the casting process. The fragment is a brown green colour It is 369.2mm long, 32mm wide, 9.1mm thick and weighs 23.51 grams.
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-C6EBAE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Late Bronze Age to Iron Age ceramic vessel dating to circa 1000 BC-AD 43. The fragment is irregularly shaped, relatively flat and thick. The breaks are uneven. The fabric is hard, coarse and black across the faces and breaks. Dense hard white calcareous and flint tempered annular inclusions <3mm but mainly <0.2mm.  The fragment measures 39.2mm long, 37.1mm wide, 12.3mm thick and weighs 17.68 grams.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-C681E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An everted rim sherd fragment of a Late Bronze Age to Iron Age ceramic vessel dating to circa 1000 BC-AD 43. The fragment is broadly rectangular in shape and tear-drop-shape in cross-section and profile. The breaks are uneven, revealing light grey fabric. The external face is light orange. The fabric is hard and coarse with moderate sub-angular white sand <2.5mm and widespread <0.5mm black sand. The fragment measures 38.4mm long, 22.4mm wide, 12.6mm thick and weighs 10.25 grams.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-8B4BED
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy penannular ring of uncertain date, probably of the Bronze Age (c. 1300-800 BC). The hoop is sub-pentagonal in cross-section with a flat inner surface and bevelled outer panels that meet at a circumferential ridge on the outer surface. The two terminals meet with little space between them. There is no trace of the gold coating that is usually found on Middle to Late Bronze Age penannular rings that are similar in style. Instead, the metal has a pale green-grey patina and is generally worn. The penannular ring measures 15mm in external width and 4.2mm in thickne…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-8A5040
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy flat tanged chisel, or possibly a miniature flat axe most likely dating to the Bronze Age. In plan the chisel is narrowest at its butt end. From this point it is initially straight sided for just over half of its length before widening in a mostly linear line a presumbaly crescent blade edge which flares outwards from the side of the chisel slightly. Most of the blade of this edge is lost to an old diagonal break. The chisel is rectangular in cross section and a pointed oval in cross section. it is 2.3mm thick at its butt…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirtlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-8EE4F6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy knife blade or spear head fragment of unknown date, possibly the Bronze Age, c.BC 1600-1100 through to the Medieval period (c. AD 1600). This metal fragment would have been part of a leaf shaped blade, however it has been broken off on three sides. It is sub-rectangular in body while having a rhomboidal cross-section mid-ridge. The only surviving original edge is of the bladed edge. The object measures 15.99mm in width and 13.33mm in length and is 5.72mm wide. It weighs 2.56 grams. It is dark green in colour and pitted.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-E8FEEB
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single piece of irregular shaped copper-alloy casting waste of unknown date. The object is approximately sub rectangular in shape and slightly curved in profile with a very mottled surface on all sides. It has a dark green patina with iron staining on one surface. It measures 45.01mm long, 43.33mm wide, is 10.54mm thick and weighs 51.68 grams. The pieces are not distinctive and could be of any date from the Bronze Age onwards although they are evidence for specialist in high temperature metal working.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-D589E7
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of a dark brown colour. The darker colouring may be due to waterlogged condition of the soil, and there are areas of wear and chipping where the green colouring of copper alloy are visible. The object is annular with a D-shaped cross section; it has a flat interior and a convex exterior. The centre has two groove. There is one groove at the top and bottom of the ring. The dating of this object is diffuclt to specify, ranging from Bronze Age to Post-Medieval. It is possibly a harness ring, but could have had a number of uses.  Measureme…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-D41C0A
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small fragment from the blade tip of a Middle Bronze Age Rapier fragment probably a Group IV Type dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The fragment begins at a transverse break where it is 8.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick. From this point it narrows in slightly convex curve, almost straight line, to a dull point which is also slightly truncated by a small break. The blade has a sub-oval cross section created by a slightly raised oval midridge from which cironline sides extend. The fragment is a light to medium green colour, The fragment is 26.2mm long, 8.5m…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D40785
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axe of Later Bronze Age date (c.1600-800 cal BC).  The fragment is the blade end of the axehead that is truncated by a ragged transverse break cutting across its body and part of the blade edge.  There is no trace of a socket at this broken end. The blade edge is convex while the the cross section of the axe at the break is a pointed oval. The fragment has a medium green patina that is pitted in places. The axe is 44.5mm, long (representing just below the blade's width), 13.1mm wide and c.7.1mm thick and weighs 11.0 …
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-BD21BF
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily abraded cast copper fragment, possibly from the socket of a late Bronze Age to early Iron Age (c. 800-600 BC) socketed axehead. The fragment in 30.2mm in length and possibly comprises a corner of one lateral side of an object with a hollow interior and a sub rectangular cross section.
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-845F3F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. Only the tip of the spear remains the rest being lost to a transverse break The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering from a break to the spear's point. It has a circular shaped midrib that is hollow and runs to the point of the spear from which the flat blade edges of the spear extend these narrow in width to meeting the point. The fragment has a dark reddish green patina that is chipped away in places.  The fragment is 35mm long, 17…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E692FC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast and hammered copper alloy ingot of unknown date. This consists of a small, smooth piece of copper alloy, which is an elongated oval in plan, and slightly wedge-shaped in profile. It was probably hammered on a flat surface to achieve this form, and bears possible hammer-marks on its flat sides. The piece is 22.86mm long, 10.82mm wide and has a thickness of 3.98mm. It weighs 5.17 grams. The lack of diagnostic features makes this type of object difficult to date, beyond saying it must belong somewhere between the Bronze Age to Early Medieval periods. There are a number …
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E4E275
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl probably of Later Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The awl is divided into two regions separated from a point at its middle where it is c. 4.05mm wide and 3.85mm thick. One half is circular in cross section narrowing from the object's mid point to a rounded point. The other half is rectangular in cross section narrowing and thinning to a dull rounded chisel edge that is 3.09mm wide and 0.79mm thick. This is rounded but may have originally have have a squared off terminal. The awl has a thick dark brown patina with paler patches - the…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton Waldrist CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E3E687
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring. The finger ring is made of a copper alloy strip that is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. This strip has been folded into a sub-circular hoop with its two squared off terminals crossing over one another only slightly (c.7.1mm). The hoop has an even width and thickness across its length (3.9mm wide 2.3mm wide) and has a dark brown orange glossy patina. The finger ring is 20.2mm in diameter, 7.2mm wide and weighs 3.12 grams. Finger rings made of copper alloy wire twisted into wire may date to many periods. There are f…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A24576
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy awl probably of Later Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The awl is divided into two regions separated from a point at its middle where it is c.5.2mm wide and 4.3mm thick. The awl is slightly thickened here giving it a slight collar. On both side of this collar the awl is rectangular in cross section but narrowing to flattened points so that each half is rectangular in plan and triangular in profile. One side is longer (30.1mm vs 18.8mm) and so appears thinner. this likely represents the tang. The awl has a thick dark green patina. The awl is …
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-A0E639
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
One half from a complete pegged spearhead broken into two pieces dating to the Late Bronze Age c. 1150-800 cal BC. This fragment includes the entire socket and a small portion of the blade. The socket is broadly circular in cross section with a maximum diameter of 26mm at its base which is slightly expanded with a slightly thickened collar. It is also notable that the socket while being broadly circular has eight faceted edges such that it is actually octagonal in cross section only appearing circular due to the smooth interfaces between each facet. From the base the socket&…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-A0B4AB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half from a complete pegged spearhead broken into two pieces dating to the Late Bronze Age c. 1150-800 cal BC. This records the tip of the spear. This fragment includes the majority of the length of the blade which is now sub-triangular in plan (having convex edges) with a diagonal ragged break separating it from the hafting socket. It is bent slightly downwards in profile possibly deliberately or through plough damage. At the break the spearhead is c.34.9mm wide between the blade edges and c.11.6mm thick at the midrib. It expands in wdith from the break slightly be…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-0C56EF
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a possible Bronze Age cast copper alloy bun ingot. The fragment is only a small portion of the object with one surviving edge which is curved suggesting this was originally circular in plan. It has a flat reverse and convex upper surface creating a sub-triangular cross section. This indicates the ingot would have been domed originally. The reverse is mostly flat and plain whilst the upper surface has more uneven smooth depression. the cross section reveals several hollows created from air pockets in the casting. The object is a dark brown sometimes green colour. The i…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-3A7AE2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the butt of a Bronze Age (c. -1500 to c. -950) axehead possibly a palstave of flanged axeead. The copper alloy fragment is a sub rectangle with one terminal being broken, but not recently. The opposite edge tapers slightly in width and also tapers to a blunt point in thickness. The long edges on both faces have a slight lip on both faces representing the beginings of flanges. The upper and lower surface of the fragment has an incomplete matte mid green patina. The fragment measures 23.62mm in length, 24.94mm in width and 7.88mm thickness and weighs 18.94g. …
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-69940B
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade from a middle to later Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is triangular, 22mm long and has a curved cutting edge with a triangular side profile and a lenticular cross section.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-C24656
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A small gold ingot/hack gold ingot, of possible Bronze Age to Early-medieval date. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in section and in plan with no clear original edges each being irregular and slightly ragged. One long edge is slightyl bevelled indicating where the item might have been clipped. Dimensions: The ingot is 12.2mm long, 9.9mm wide, 0.8mm thick and weighs 0.93 grams. Discussion:  There are few diagnostic features on this fragment. However, similar examples on the database include IOW-07210E, HAMP-8B1C5E and CORN-ECECE2 suggested to date to the B…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F1BD44
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spearhead with basal loops in two pieces dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1500-1250 cal BC. This records the tip of the spear. This fragment includes the majority of the length of the blade which is now sub-triangular in plan with a transverse ragged break separating it from the hafting socket and basal loops. From this break the spearhead is c25.7mm wide to the ragged blade edges and c16.3mm thick at the midrib. It narrows from this to a rounded point. Its blade edges are very ragged and broken. The fragment has a tall lozenge shaped midrib which is hollow for at le…
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-F16CE3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a Middle Bronze Age Rapier or Dirk fragment possibly a Group IV Type dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. Only part of the point survives. The fragment begins at a worn transverse break where it is 12mm wide and 3.8mm thick. From this point it narrows in smooth convex curves to a dull rounded point. The blade edge is chipped frequently along its length. The blade has a sub-oval cross section with slightly crinoline surfaces. The fragment is a medium green colour, The fragment is 44.4mm long, 13.4mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.34 grams. The fragment …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampton Gay and Poyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F166E7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Bronze Age socketed axe of the Wilburton type c. 1140-800 cal BC. The axe-head has an overall length of 105.9mm. It comprises a collared socket below which the body widens gradually from 28.8mm to c.30.3mm down most of its length before flaring more in sharp concave curves to form a winged crescent blade that has a maximum width of 49.2mm. It has one integral attachment loop.  The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular, with internal dimensions of 25.9mm (depth) by 25.4mm (width). No casting stubs are evident on the mouth but there are broken areas above each face, …
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-F15D3C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spearhead with basal loops in two pieces dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1500-1250 cal BC. This records the butt of the spear This fragment includes the oval socket of the spearhead, the basal loops and a small length of the blade area of the item. The socket is cylindrical being 24mm wide and 22.3mm thick at its base. It then narrows up its length evenly. After c.68mm two basal loops project from opposite sides of the socket. These are made of oval projecting rods which have been hammered into a flat lozenge leaving oval holes(8.7mm long and 2.9mm wide) between. Th…
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-F156F3
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
 A rapier broken into four parts with two surviving rivets dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The object is damaged around the outside edge of its rivet holes but is otherwise intact. The hilt of the blade is trapezoidal in plan, its short side edges widening in  diagonal lines from its butt which is narrower than the interface to the blade. It is almost flat in cross section becoming thicker and a pointed oval closer to the blade. The hilt is pierced by two circular holes for rivets placed near its obtuse corners. Each is missing about one quarter of i…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-AF6A8C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age to Early Medieval copper alloy bead. The bead is a torus shape being circular in plan with a central perforation. In cross section the bead is oval with very worn sides both on its exterior and in the central hole. It has a medium brown patina. There appears to be a dotted pattern around the central whole on both sides.   The bead is 22.4mm in diameter, the central hole is 7.6mm in diameter and the bead is 8.2mm thick. It weighs 16.10 grams.  Without doing a comparative analysis of the alloy used in their manufacture, dating …
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-7A8CCD
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age - Roman period (c. 1500 BC - 450 AD) casting waste: An incomplete piece of copper alloy (bronze) casting waste which is a fragment from the neck (funnel / well) of a composite probably two-part mould. The casting waste is broadly conical in shape although the wide edges are more heavily tapered than the sides. In profile the two halves of the casting waste are uneven with one side being much thicker and more wedge shaped than the other. This is presumably due to the mould being cut deeper one half than the other. The base of the casting waste is cut or br…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-E863CC
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, probably dating to c. 1300-800 BC. The chisel is fragmentary as the tang and upper portion of the blade is missing. The blade is a elongated sub-trapezoid with a broken upper edge. The break is not recent. The sides of the blade are slightly concave which flare outwards at the blade tips and the blade edge is convex. The blade is a slender rectangle at the break, but it gradually tapers towards the blade edge. The surface of the chisel has an under developed mid green-brown patina. It measures 24.61mm long, 24.06mm wide, 3.7…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: OXON-8165A8
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl probably of Later Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The awl is divided into two regions separated from a point at its middle where it is c.5.5mm wide and 5.5mm thick. One half is circular in cross section narrowing from the object's mid point to a rounded point. The other half is rectangular in cross section narrowing and thinning to a dull rounded chisel edge that is 3.6mm wide and 0.9mm thick. This is rounded but may have originally have have a squared off terminal.The awl has a thick dark green patina that is chipped in places revea…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-05C16B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a hollow bladed possible spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The fragment comes from the body of a bladed implement which has been truncated by two transverse breaks. it narrows from one break (c22.0mm wide, 6.9mm thick) to 16.4mm wide and 5.9mm thick. The fragment is hollow bodied and would have been a lozenge shape in cross section but has been slightly flattened on one wide surface. The blade edges extend slightly beyond the hollow body and are ragged and worn. The blade has a subtle midrib on each wide face below which are steps marked by grooves whose lines conve…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-07B8ED
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete gold penannular ring dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1300 -800 cal BC). The ring is made of gold bar that has a sub-oval cross-section with slightly flattened inner and outer faces. This bar has been bent into an approximately circular loop with a small gap (2.3mm) between two terminals. The ring is a gold colour with scratches of variable length width and depth across its outer surface. Dimensions: The ring has a maximum diameter of 17.1mm, is 5.6mm wide, 5.8mm thick and weighs 7.49 grams. Discussion:  Similarly proportioned, evenly …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix and Assendon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-EBC388
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axe of Later Bronze Age date (c.1600-800 cal BC) most likely a palstave fragment.  The fragment is the blade end of the axehead with a worn and patinated transverse break cutting across its body.  There is no trace of a socket at this broken end. Beyond the break the axe widens in smooth concave curves to the blade edge which is a deep crescent shape. The blade is slightly more worn and bevelled on one surface than the other suggesting it may have been sharpened at one point. The cross section of the axe at the break is rectan…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: WAW-6D9FD9
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy object, probably part of an axehead of Bronze Age date (c. 2500-800 BC). The fragment is likely of the blade end of the axehead with a transverse break across the body. The surviving section of the blade is crescent shaped and the object is triangular in profile, narrowing evenly from 4.89mm thick at the break to 0.96mm thick just before the edge of the blade. The cross section is more akin to a pointed oval. The object has a light green patina. Due to very little of the axe surviving, it is difficult to accurately identify the type of Bronz…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-9829FB
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is circular in plan and in cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina with several lighter flecks. The ring has a maximum diameter of 18.16mm and is 2.20mm in width and weighs 1.40grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-98158A
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is circular in plan and in cross section. It is plain and has a medium green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 29.46mm and is 3.64mm in width and weighs 6.34grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components, the size suggests it would not be worn as a finger ring. 
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-452316
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete, looped, Middle to Late Bronze Age transitional palstave axe with medium/high flanges, and a stop ridge, dating to c.1250 to 950 cal BC. A section of the butt is missing. The butt of the axe is flat, c.23mm wide and 3.3mm thick.  The septum measures 52.7mm in length and it thickens and then narrows again towards the stop ridge from 5mm at the break across the septum.The flanges of the axe expand from the butt of the axe twoards the stop in a broadly straight line. This gives the upper and lower surfaces of the axe a sub-triangular form before the bl…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-761C25
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slender blade fragment, probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1550-750 cal BC. Only a portion of the blade remains. The fragment is from the body of the blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan, and has a lenticular or hexagonal shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped. The fragment narrows slightly from one transverse break (c.19.30mm wide), to the other (c.20.15mm wide). Both breaks are worn preventing a judgment on whether the breaks …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D4655A
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments of bronze casting waste of uncertain date. The largest fragment is subtriangular in shape and appears to be made up of three distinct layers or folds. It has a reddish brown patina beneath a powdery green interrupted layer. The next largest fragment is irregular in shape and of mostly dark green colour. Finally, there are two smaller rounded nodules of pale to darker green colour. The dimensions are as follows: Largest fragment: length 56.94mm, width 32.07mm, weight 132.46g. Second largest fragment: length 32.82mm, width 15.31mm, weight 14.82g Second smallest fragmen…
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-3EB6EE
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, dating to c 1150 - 850 BC. The handle is missing. The chisel was cast in one piece but can be described in two sections. It has a rectangular tang in subsection which abuts the ovoid-sectioned, collared handle stop of the chisel blade. At the other end is the chisel blade beyond the tang.  At the point of the chisel extends beneath the handle stop, the blade narrows in thickness to the blade's outer edge. The sides of the blade where it extends from the handle stop are more or less par…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: CAM-290F81
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy from an unidentified artefact of uncertain date, probably Bronze Age. This fragment weighs 11.87g. It survives to an incomplete length of 28.3mm with a break at both ends. It has a maximum width of 16.6mm and incomplete thickness of 10.9mm. One surface of this artefact is completely missing. The surviving fragment has an irregular sub-rectangular to 'C' shaped cross-section. The walls of the copper-alloy have a thickness of between c.0.1mm to c.2.6mm. The central cavity is filled with a firm and solid off-white substance, possibly a paste.&n…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7E0164
Object type: AWL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age to Medieval period (c. 1250 BC - AD 1500) cast copper alloy awl or other leather working tool. The awl is oval in section and tapers quickly at one end to a semi-sharp point, the other end it gradually tapers to a blunt point. The awl has a dark green patina which has slight striations along the length of it.  The awl measures 33.26mm long, 3mm wide, 2.96mm thick and weighs 1.28g. This artefact type is well represented on the PAS database: c.f. BH-95619C, BERK-A89238, NMGW-1F0897, OXON-60701B, SUR-74CDD0, and CORN-FE4339 but is perhaps mo…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7B30B7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy flat tanged chisel, or possibly a miniature flat axe most likely dating to the Bronze Age. In plan the chisel is narrowest at its butt end. From this point  it widens in plan in a mostly linear line to its crescent blade edge which flares outwards from the side of the chisel slightly. The chisel is rectangular in cross section and is 2.8mm thick at its butt. It slowly thickens reaching 4.1mm thick at its mid-point before narrowing to c.1.4mm at its blade edge. The butt and blade edge are both slightly chipped. The chisel has a medi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: BH-69078A
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy rivet tanged dagger or knife blade dating c. 1150-800 BC. The elongated triangular blade is double edged and tapers to a rounded point. It is bent at approximately the half-way point. A ridge extends along the centre forming a lozengiform profile. A long, narrowed tang projects from the base of the blade. The tang widens gradually from the base of the blade to rounded corners and a broken squared edge, through which is a single incomplete circular attachment hole (3.6mm diameter). The surfaces have an orangey-brown patina and ar…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: BH-59C55E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle to Late Bronze Age narrow-tanged chisel dating c. 1500-1150 BC. The head comprises a flat flared crescentic blade that is triangular in cross-section. The blade edges are very worn but are otherwise undamaged. Projecting from the head is a complete gently tapering tang that terminates at a point. Behind the head the tang is lentoid in cross-section for a short portion before it transitions to sub-rectangular for most of the shaft and circular-sectioned towards and at the point. All the surfaces of the blade and tang are relatively flat and smooth with no discernible d…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-774622
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy awl probably of Later Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The awl is divided into two regions separated from a point at its middle where it is c.5.0mm wide and 4.1mm thick. One half is hexagonal in cross section, with rounded faces so that it is almost circular, narrowing from the object's mid point to a rounded point. The other half is rectangular in cross section narrowing and thinning to a dull rounded chisel edge that is 3.2mm wide and 1.4mm thick. This is rounded but may have originally have have a squared off terminal.The awl has a thi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-774526
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy awl probably of Later Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The awl is divided into two regions separated from a point at its middle where it is c.5.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick. One half is circular in cross section narrowing from the object's mid point to a rounded point. The other half is rectangular in cross section narrowing and thinning to a dull rounded chisel edge that is 3.2mm wide and 0.8mm thick. This is rounded but may have originally have have a squared off terminal. It has also been bent slightly upwards. The awl has a thick dark green patina.…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-773ADD
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age to Medieval bead. The bead is a torus shape being circular in plan with a central perforation. In cross section the bead is a sub-lozenge shape with the the inner edges being concave and shorter than the outside edges which are convex.  It has a medium green patina.  The bead is 15.6mm in diameter, the central hole is 5.1mm in diameter and the bead is 7.7mm thick. It weighs 6.57 grams. Without doing a comparative analysis of the alloy used in their manufacture, dating of this sort of bead is problematic as they a…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B6BCF8
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and broken cast copper alloy tanged dagger or knife dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1150-800 cal BC). The obejct consists predominantly of the blade having suffered a break near its hilt and been broken into two pieces to a irregular break along its blade. The blade is double edged, being a pointed oval in cross section and widens from its rounded and chipped point (6.3mm wide, 2.7mm thick) down its length to c.15.1mm wide and 3.8mm thick. From this point it widens slightly further in a ricasso to 20mm, wide , before narrowing down the length of the tang …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B65BCE
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age to Medieval bead. The bead is a torus shape being circular in plan with a central perforation. In cross section the bead is pointed oval, the inner edges being shorter than the outside edges whic hare almost concave very smooth sides both  It has a medium green patina. It has a small chip and appears to be worn more thing at one point along its circumference.  The bead is 19.7mm in diameter, the central hole is 6.9mm in diameter and the bead is 6.7mm thick. It weighs 7.52 grams. Without doing a comparative analysis of the …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-5192B6
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is circular in plan and cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a diameter of 22.3mm, is 2.6mm thick and it weighs 2.4 grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components
Created on: Friday 4th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7C88B5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy casting jet or "gate" with one stump of a sprue, possibly Late Bronze Age in date. The jet is made of a domed body that is D-shaped in cross section with an oval base. The single sprue is oval in cross section extending 7.5 mm before ending in a rounded break. The jet is a dark, sometimes medium, green colour. The jet is 24.8mm in diameter on its body and 18.8mm thick.The fragment weighs 24.88 grams. Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below. As …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: OXON-9ED81E
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy possible awl  which is square in section, elongated triangle in plan as it tapers to a sharp point. The opposite terminal is a flat unbroken surface, with rounded edges. The surface has a mid green green. It measures 4.97mm wide, 4.62mm thick, 59.56mm long and weighs 5.08g.  The artefact is probably an awl, possibly a leather working awl, but this is not certain. Due to the condition of the surface it probably dates from the Bronze Age through to the Medieval period.   From the PAS website and record KENT-A762D7: (http:…
Created on: Sunday 2nd October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B310BE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, heavily worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating to c.1300-700cal BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded break that reveals a shallow portion of the socket. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being slightly concave, particularly on one side as the tip of the blade is not abraded like the other. The blade is an asymmetrical crescent which is possibly due to wear rather than abrasion. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving a flat edge…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-60701B
Object type: AWL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age to Medieval (-1250 to AD 1500) awl: The awl is rectangular in section and tapers slightly to a blunt point at either end. In profile the awl is slightly more narrow than the other. The surface has a dark green shiny patina. In length the awl is 49.23mm, 6.1mm wide and 4.57mm thick. It weighs 7.88g. From the PAS website:http://finds.org.uk/bronzeage/objects/awl Awls are difficult to date but most are probably from the Late Bronze Age. They can have circular or square cross sections and are generally undecorated. They would have been used to make hole…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F98009
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from the tip probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1550-1150 cal BC.  The fragment is from the tip of the blade. It has a pointed oval shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped to become rounded. It widens slightly from its bluntly rounded point to  a diagonal break.the fragment has a dark brown sometimes green patina. The fragment is 36mm long, 18.6mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 6.20 grams. While a more recent Roman or …
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F96CDB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring. The finger ring is made of a copper alloy strip that is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. This strip has been folded into a sub-circular hoop with its two rounded terminals crossing over one another only slightly (c.5.5mm). The hoop is thickest and widest at its midpoint (4.4mm wide 2.2mm wide) and then narrows and thins evenly down its length to the two terminals which are each c.2.0mm wide and 1.2mm thick. The finger ring has a semi glossy dark green patina. The finger ring is 22.3mm in diameter, 4.4mm wide, 2…
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: BERK-E1A7CB
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, with a rectangular cross section One end tapers gently to a point, the other abruptly to a flat, flared chisel-like terminal. The surface has a dark-green patina. There is no evident decoration.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: BERK-9295B3
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age arrowhead or spearhead dated to c.1400-800BC, possibly narrowed to c.AD1400-1150 The blade is leaf shaped with a gently curving blade edge, tapering towards shallow shoulders. The tip of the blade is broken. Down both sides there is a prominent midrib running the length of the blade creating a lozenged shaped section. The socket is circular and broken. The spear might have had side loops but are missing
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-84347A
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of 'Meldreth' type. dating to the Late Bronze Age c.1150-800 cal BC. The socket of the axehead is sub-hexagonal in section with rounded edges. It has a projecting collar that is 5.6mm thick that flares outwards slightly. Below this the main body of the axe is broadly hexagonal in cross section due to diagonal facets on its front and rear faces. Below the collar the axehead is 28.3mm wide and it then expands over its length in a smooth shallow crescentic curve to 49.0mm wide at the blade wing tips.…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-843111
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy developed flat axehead of Needham’s Class 3A (Type Lansdown), dating to the early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000BC. The haft has a transverse terminal which is is sub-rectangular in cross section. From this point it widens in a smooth concave curve to its point of maximum width at its blade tips (c.46.1mm).  The blade has a crescent edge. In profile the axehead is oval shaped. widening to its middle and narrowing to its blade edge. The axehead has a proto-stop approximately half way down its length which is is straight and subtle.&…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-55D456
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle Bronze Age 1550 – 1150 cal BC suggested by the high midrib. Only the tip of the spear remains. The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point. It has a lozenge shaped midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear from which the flat blade edges of the spear extend these narrow in width to meeting the point. Not enough of the spearhead has remained to be able to date this fragment to a more precise range.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: BERK-6052F2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy penannular bracelet of probable Bronze Age date. The bracelet is ovate in cross section. In plan it is curved and tapers gradually. Both ends are heavily patinated suggesting ancient breaks.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
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Record ID: SUR-CD1211
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded cast copper alloy casting jet or "gate" with a flattened skewed conical shape with a single sprue projection at the off-centre tip. The surfaces are textured with distinctive ripple marks and striations from cooling melt. This type of object is the result of casting into a mould and represents waste where molten bronze solidifies at the entrance of the mould around the gate and the casting channel(s). Casting waste is difficult to date, and can potentially be prehistoric to post medieval.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
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Record ID: OXON-51F3A7
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  An intentionally broken near complete Middle Bronze Age dirk dating from c.1600-1200 cal BC. The dirk has a small break around one rivet hole in its hilt, is missing one rivet (which would have been placed in this hole) and has been intentionally broken before its burials. The hilt of the blade is trapezoidal in plan and mostly flat in cross section. It has a slightly convex butt that would have been c.55mm wide. From this point it widens to 66.7mm wide before narrowing quickly in smooth concave arcs to the blade. It then narrows more gradually down its remaining le…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brize Norton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4DDC19
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but worn, decorated Early Bronze Age developed flat axehead dating to c.2000-1900 cal BC. The axehead has a narrow butt (c.27mm wide) which has a rounded terminal. From this point is widens in a smooth concave curve to its point of maximum width and its blade tips (c.83mm). The blade is a shallow crescent shape and appears to have been bevelled on one side from sharpening. The opposite surface’s patina is too chipped to determine whether it too was sharpened or whether the blade has marks from use. The axehead is lozenge shaped in profile thickening from its butt and…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: WMID-5EA8F2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy socketed axe head of the south-eastern type (plain A1) of Late Bronze Age date (1000-800 BC). The socketed axe is sub rectangular in shape, with a curved cutting edge. A slight horizontal collar is present on a couple of faces. There is a single loop on one side of the axehead. The loop measures 18.1 mm in length, and 6.6 mm thick. The blade is wide and crescentic with some damage to the cutting edge. The casting seam is visible down both sides externally but is not visible within. Three domed protrusions are visible inside the socket. The mouth of th…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: BERK-394E39
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A broken blade fragment probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1600-800 cal BC. Only a portion of the blade remains. The large fragment is from the body of the blade. It has a hexagonal shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped. A thick dark green patina covers the majority of the fragment although it is chipped away in places revealing a green patina below. The small fragment is the tip of the blade. It is also abraded, chipped and rounded at the end. While a…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
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Record ID: OXON-25D260
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A scatter of 2 pieces of copper alloy casting waste and the remains of a copper alloy casting jet spread in area of c.2-3 feet. The casting jet is incomplete and slightly irregular in shape. The surviving portion has an oval base with a mottled concave surface. This would have represented the top of the reservoir used for casting the object this attached to. From this base jet narrows in an irregular dome. This has two projections, sprues, extending from close to its ape which bot h end in transverse breaks. Each sprue is a pointed oval in cross section. There are t…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-941E5D
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section with a flat inner surface and convex outer surface. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 28.1mm a minimum diameter of of 27.4mm and is 3.2mm thick. It weighs 5.19 grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: OXON-D6BA74
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age spearhead: The spearhead is fragmentary with the tip remaining and probably dates from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point which remains sharp. It has an oval midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear as it tapers in width and depth. From the midrib the blade extends, with each side forming an elongated triangle. The fragment has a shiny dark brown patina. The break at the lower edge is not too recent. The fragment measures 59mm long, 20.06mm wide, 9.89mm thick and wei…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
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Record ID: OXON-042599
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze unlooped palstave axehead dating to c. 1500-1150 cal BC. It is missing the majority of its blade to an abraded transverse break placed 14mm below the stopridge. The butt of the axe is c.20.2mm wide, c.3.9mm thick and has a diagonal edge that is straight but worn. The septum measures c.66.9mm in length and is mostly consistent in thickness along its length narrowing very slightly at the stop ridge due to two small casting flaws on each side. The flanges of this axe begin 11mm after the butt and widen in a slightly convex curve reaching their tallest po…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
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Record ID: BERK-35E144
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age penannular ring
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-7DE9EB
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blade fragment probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1550-1150 cal BC. Only a portion of the blade remains. The fragment is from the body of the blade. It has a hexagonal shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped to become rounded. It narrows slightly from one transverse break (c.16.7mm wide, to the other (c.15.2mm wide). Both breaks are worn preventing identification wether the breaks are deliberate or not. A thick dark green patina covers the majority of the f…
Created on: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-F05906
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but bent cast copper alloy penannular bar bracelet, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (950 BC-600 cal BC). The bracelet is composed of a cylindrical bar (c.5.2mm diameter) that has been curved to become a sub-oval shape in plan. It may have originally been more circular in plan. The terminals of the bar are slightly expanded (c.8.1mm diameter) and are sub-circular in section.  The bracelet is mostly a light green patina although has darker green patches near its terminal. The bracelet is 68.1mm long, 38.5mm wide, and 8.1mm thick at the terminals. …
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-AC2BA9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy spiral finger ring of Bronze Age to middle Iron Age date with internal diameter of around 21mm. The hoop has a slightly lenticular cross section, 4.2mm thick, with a smoothly rounded interior and a corroded exterior surface. There is no apparent decoration.
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
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Record ID: SUR-DBFD61
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age (c 1400-1100 BC) dirk, 180mm in length. The edges of the blade taper from the butt end, are parallel along most of the blade length and then taper to a leaf-shaped point. The butt is trapezoidal with rivet holes to either side, both of which are broken, which would have secured the hilt. Both rivets are missing. The blade is lozengiform in cross section with a broad and very low central spine. The blade appears to have been intentionally bent at the mid point.
Created on: Sunday 12th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: OXON-5E9DA2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axe of Later Bronze Age date (c.1600-800 cal BC). The fragment is the blade end of the axehead with a ragged transverse break cutting across its body.  There is no trace of a socket at this broken end. Beyond the break the axe widens in smooth concave curves to the blade edge which is crescent shaped. The blade is slightly more worn and bevelled on one surface than the other suggesting it may have been sharpened at one point. The cross section of the axe at the break is rectangular, bulging slightly at the waist, while in profi…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-9E0BD6
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is oval in plan and circular in cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 21.2mm a minimum diameter of of 19.2mm and is 2.9mm thick. it weighs 1.6 grams. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: OXON-1F3F76
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy probable chisel proably dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c.1600-800 cal BC. The object is made of one piece that can be described into two sections, a cylinfircal shaft and an angled chisel blade. The shaft is c.c24.4mm long, c.7mm wide and circular in cross section. The blade section is c.37mm long, c.9.8mm wide and 9.2mm thick at the interface beteween the blade. It is rectangular in cross section at the interface. From this point it narrows in thickness evenly in a straight line to the blade edge. The sides of the blade are slighly concave first nar…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berrick Salome CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E2AA5E
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Middle Bronze Age narrow bladed palstave axe dating to c. 1275 – 1140 cal BC. The butt of the axe is c.26mm wide, c.3mm thick and is slightly worn having lost one small sub-chip close to its centre. It would have originally been flat. The septum measures c72mm in length. The flanges of this axe begin just after the butt and widen in a straight line up the length of the septum. After this point the blade narrows in a straight line towards the cutting edge. A clear casting seam can be seen running along the middle of the axe down its length. The blade is mostly fl…
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wardington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-0D82E1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Addendum to previous cases to BERK-C8CB8E (2017 T635) and BERK-456EE1 (2015 T900). The rod like object is probably either an awl or possibly the shank of a pin as there are others within the largest / original finding. Likewise the small hoop is probably similar ring - as described - is the rectangular fragment blade or flat copper alloy. The other four objects are formless and could be casting waste.Objects from a BA hoard linked to BERK-C8CB8E (2017 T635) and BERK-456EE1 (2015 T900) Measurements (lef to right, top to bottom) 1. L. 16.6mm…
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0CF71B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy leaf shaped spearhead, probably of Davis (2017) Group 7, dating from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (1150 BC-600 BC). The surviving portion is a length of the hollow leaf-shaped blade with tapering edges and a rounded tip. At the opposite end there is one surviving shoulder, which terminates in an uneven worn break, revealing the hollowed interior, which extends right through to the tip. The external edges of the blade are uneven in form and are all worn and rounded, as is the tip. On one side the body is significantly damaged with a l…
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2E8EC1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 15.6mm and a weight of 8.4g). The butt end is comparatively straight with some damage and thins to a blunt edge (with a width of 19.0mm and a thickness of 1.5mm). The sides are straight and slightly divergent for their short lengths to the break (with a maximum width of 24.4mm and a thickness of 4.7mm). The sides are rounded and convex across their thicknesses with the suggestion of a fin…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: OXON-D77AEC
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper alloy awl of probable Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-800 cal BC). The object is slightly bent and flat in sub-section at one end and sub-rectangular in cross section at the point. The blunt end gradually thickens along the tang to a wider mid-section 3.4mm in diameter before tapering to a point. Found with a second, slightly larger complete copper alloy awl (OXON-D74956). The awl is 42.5mm in length, 3.4mm at the widest section and 2.0mm in diameter at the blunt end. It weighs: 1.7g. Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round secti…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: OXON-D74956
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper alloy awl of probable Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-800 cal BC). The object is slightly bent and sub-rectangular in cross section. The blunt end gradually thickens along the tang to a wider mid-section 4.3mm in diameter before tapering to a point. Found with a second, smaller complete copper alloy awl (OXON-D77AEC). The awl is 58.2mm in length, 4.3mm at the widest section and 1.5mm in diameter at the blunt end. It weighs: 3.9 grams. Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SUR-6DA507
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tool, possibly an awl, scriber or a stylus. The tool is 52.9mm in length, with a flat wedge-shaped terminal and square to sub rounded cross section with lenticular side profile. The body tapers along its length into a pointed terminal with circular cross section, which has been bent.
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
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Record ID: BERK-8D73C4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a middle BA palstave with traces of a primary / early group palstave group III Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC) - most probably associated with the Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - both assemblages fit within Burgess Metal Working Stage VIII and IX. Light green patina all over Length: 38mm, Width: 45.5mm, Thickness: 14.5mm, Weight: 80.8g
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: SUR-73B16A
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of copper alloy casting waste of irregular form with projecting lobes which may be from a casting gate or mould channel.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: NARC-0969D3
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Dagger or Dirk of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC) Group II dirk. The object is composed of a triangular blade which tapers to a point and is lenticular in cross sections due to a broad mid-rib. The butt end is flat D-shaped butt-end with a crescentic notch to either side - the result of worn-through rivet holes. The butt-end also has a crescentic notch which appears intentional, also to accommodate a rivet Length: 66.77mm, Width: 20.76mm, Thickness: 3.34mm, Weight: 12.8g This example falls into Burgess and Gerloff's group II, 'dirks with dama…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
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Record ID: BUC-B9DB38
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy axe blade fragment of unknown type, dating to the Bronze Age (2350-800BC). The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and cross-section. There is a faint casting line on the side of the fragment and the remains of the cutting edge is gently curved with a slightly splayed outer edge. Overall, the fragment is dark green with patches of lighter green patina and surface pitting. Broadly comparable to GLO-822C7A. Dimensions: length: 17.52mm, width: 28.11mm, maximum thickness: 7.01mm, thickness at blade: 1.77mm, weight: 10.14g.
Created on: Friday 11th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: OXON-37B2F3
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a matte white colour. Almost the entire arrowhead survives barring the tip of one barb, which is chipped off half way along its length, and the tang which is also slightly truncated. Both breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrow indicating this occurred a long time ago, possibly before its deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. The arrowhead is …
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: OXON-02FD97
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An small fragment from the socket of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating c. 1150 to 750 cal BC. Less than 25% of the socketed axehead is present, and consists of part of the mouth. The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity, The mouth has a rolled rim followed by a transverse collar made of two concave depressed region divided by a slightly expanded collar. The fragment is very work on all ages suggesting it was broken in antiquity. The inside of the socket has several linear scratches and the entire object has a light green patina. The fragment is 30mm long, 2…
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
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Record ID: OXON-9D6AC3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead dating to c.1300-700 cal BC.C. The fragment is the blade end of a socketed axehead. In plan the fragment is almost D-shaped with a curved blade edge and sides which narrow slightly from this before ending at a very worn transverse break. The cross section at this  break is rectangular, bulging slightly at the waist. while in profile the axehead is more triangular, it narrowing evenly from the break to the blade edge. There is no trace of the socket at the broken end. The metal has a pale gr…
Created on: Monday 29th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-0B30C0
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of unknown date. The ring is circular in plan and in cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 33.5mm. Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: BH-4CDE5E
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age late looped palstave axehead dating to the Wilburton Industry (Needham Period 6, 1150-950 BC). The body of the axhead is roughly sub-rectangular in shape before flattening and flaring outwards to form a wide rounded blade edge and blade tips with slight cutting bevel along the blade edge. A pronounced stop ridge divides the haft from the blade end. Below this the edges narrow slightly and both faces are decorated with three raised longitudinal ribs that extend approximately a third of the way along each of the blade faces. The haft compr…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Record ID: SUR-F56178
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade from a late middle to late Bronze Age socketed spear, 36mm in length. The blade was originally probably leaf shaped and has a pronounced rib with lozengiform cross sectioned profile 9mm thick. Possibly of pegged or looped type. Circa 1400 BC - 800 BC.
Created on: Saturday 28th March 2020
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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