Record ID: OXON-127B51
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Roman hair pin. The shaft is truncated by a transverse break. This is circular in cross section and then at its top has moulded decoraton. This begins with four transverse raised collars each sepereated by a gouge, above this is then a pear shaper knop at thet of which is a smaller collar and projecting D-shaped knop. The pin is an orange brown colour. The pin is 27.3mm long, 6.4mm wide, and weighs 3.20 grams. There are several similar pins illustrated by Cool (1990: figs 2.13, 3.9, and 4.5). 
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Haseley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-0C784C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A veyr worn fragment from a cast copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical or pear shaped having a point of maximum width that is offset closer to the the head than the shaft. It narrows from this point in a crinoline shape to become a circular cross section shaft. This is truncated by a transverse worn break. The pin has a medium green patina that is very worn creating a divoted surface. The pin is 16.1mm long, 8.8mm in diameter at the head, and weighs 2.62 grams. The pin is of the bi-conical median band type which dates to t…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-7E3299
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a hair or hat pin of post-medieval date (c.AD 1500-1800). The object is made up of a globular head leading to a narrow neck with a single cordon below. Below this the object tapers and is broken, which is where the shaft would have been. The object has a largely brown patina and has developed a green patina on the top of the upper hemisphere. Similar examples can be found in Margeson (1993, fig. 5), dating to c.16th century. Dimensions: Length 8.1mm, Diameter 6.1mm, Weight 1.19g.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B5156E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Iii) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the entire pin mechanism are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan, its circumference missing many chips, with the beginnings of an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of nine vertical ridges that represent hair with a horizontal fring…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: BH-587A7D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy pin, probably dating to the Roman period. The head of the pin comprises a loop (7.4mm diameter; 1.3mm thick) with a circular-sectioned frame and a notch on the inner edge at the base that extends into a short rectangular plate. The base of the plate abuts a single transverse collar, below which is a barrel-shaped element and, below this, three further transverse collars. The pin extends from here, tapering as it does so, to a rounded point. The shaft of the pin is bent at approximately 90 degrees outwards roughly halfway along. The pin measures 88.5mm…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A687B9
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and slightly bent cast copper-alloy Roman pin of Cool group 2 dating to the period AD 43-410. Only the point of the pin is missing to a transverse break. The head of the pin is a flattened sphere that is 4.0mm thick with a maximum diameter of 8.1mm. Below this is a  single slightly widened collar  (4.4mm diameter) emphasised by being flanked above and below by an incised line. below this is a circular-sectioned shaft that tapers to an old worn break (c.2.6mm diameter) that is bent slightly to the side. The surface patina is mid-brown in colour b…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-8F5389
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent cast copper-alloy Roman hair pin of Cool group 13 ‘multiple grooved heads with concave bases’ type dating to the period c. AD 100-200. The head of the pin is oval in plan and sub-oval to D-shaped in profile and is 5.4mm thick with a maximum diameter of 6.2mm. The head is decorated with a series of closely spaced striations running vertically formed by incised lines.  Below this is a moulded double stranded collar (3.4mm diameter), the lower slightly smaller in diameter and emphasised by being flanked above and below by an inc…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-5F5C86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Iii) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the entire pin mechanism are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan, its circumference missing many chips, with the beginnings of an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of nine vertical ridges that represent hair with a horizontal fring…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: OXON-8D0F8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Eighty percent of the outer rim is missing due to old breaks. The pin lug and the pin missing. This central part of the remaining brooch is enclosed by a circular rim beyond which are the partial remains of an upwards flaring rim saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of sixteen vertical ridges that represent hair above a fringe which curve…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-BA9A27
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possibly Early Medieval hair pin. The pin is made of a clyndirical shaft (c.3mm diameter) which is terminated by a transverse break at one end and has an expanded terminal at the other. It does expanded slightly from the break to the terminal. This shaft is bent into a soft 90 degree bend. This terminal is made up of two expanded circular collars each being c. 6.5mm in diameter sepereatedf from one another by a concave groove. The pin head is flat and oval shaped. The pin is furthe decorated by incised transverse lines covering the length of the pin acros …
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-A01A4D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment from a silver bodkin dating from AD 1600 - 1700. Only the terminal survives. The bodkin has an oval terminal which is dished, being convex on one surface and concave on the other= to create a scoop that is c.5mm wide. Its apex, representing the terminal of the bodkin is slightly squashed inwards. Below this the bodkin has a rectangular cross section. It also widens in a a carinated arc to 5.2mm wide before narrowing slightly to create a tear drop shape. This has a tear drop shape open work hole inside of it as well. Below this design is a transverse colla…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddesdon and Denton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-A4B1B1
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and slightly bent cast copper-alloy Roman pin of Cool group 2 dating to the period AD 43-410. Only the point of the pin is missing to a transverse break. The head of the pin is a flattened sphere that is 3.7mm thick with a maximum diameter of 7.7mm. Below this is a single slightly widened collar (3.2mm diameter) emphasised by being flanked above and below by an incised line. below this is a circular-sectioned shaft that tapers to an old worn break (c.2.4mm diameter) that is bent slightly to the side. The surface patina is mid-green in colour. The pin is …
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2022
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Record ID: OXON-025398
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval purse bar fragment dating to the 16th century The bar has an irregularly shaped globular knob head incised with a single groove running across the top of the head. This is terminated by a roughly incised circumferential groove, below which there is an additional circumferential groove. The head measures 10.8mm in length and 11.82mm in width. The cylindrical shank extends from the bottom of the head and terminates in an old break. The length of the shank is 20.3mm and the diameter is 10.7mm. The length of the pin is 32.2mm(Head plus shank) and it weigh…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-B662EA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin with a wire shank of diameter 1.5mm, which is missing its point. The shank is fixed into a two-part hollow sub-oval head, 11.6mm in diameter which is composed of two semi-hemispherical halves brazed or soldered together.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: OXON-115795
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon, c. 450-550)  copper-alloy button brooch. The brooch is missing part of its upturned rim, its pin and part of the lugs for the pin to hinge around and sit within. The brooch comprises a circular base with angled walls (turning outwards) surrounding it creating a 'saucer' shape. On the back of the brooch are two, slightly raised, rectangular raised stubs which are all that remains of the pin mechanism. The face of the brooch is decorated in relief on an abstract forward facing face, possibly a mask or helmet,&…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: OXON-898707
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman (1st to 4th centuries) copper-alloy pin: The head of the pin head has a variety of moulded sections. The terminal has a undecorated domed head on a narrowed section. The pin head has a block with is slightly wider in diameter than the pin head and is decorated with crude cross-hatching bordered by a arrow groove. Beneath this section are three transverse ridges which sit above a swollen, undecorated portion of the pin. Beaneth the swelling are two transverse ridges before the pin shaft extended. The shaft is undecorated and tapers to a broken tip. The pin has a well-developed …
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: BH-0EF5C0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date (c. AD 700-900). The head is bi-conical with a domed top and conical lower half. Underneath the head is a single circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends. The shaft tapers gradually along its length and has a rounded terminal. This may be broken slightly and is very worn. The surfaces of the metal has mottled mid green and brown patination. The pin is 49mm long. The head is 6.5mm in diameter and the shaft is a maximum of 4mm diameter. The pin weighs 2.80 grams.
Created on: Thursday 4th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Record ID: SUR-AE456A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman hair pin head, of Crummy's Type 3 / Cool's Group 1D with a bi-conical decorated head 7.1mm in diameter. The top of the head has three sets of parallel incised groves in a triangular arrangement. The lower surface has a circumferential incised ring forming a collar leading to the circular form shaft, which is of 2.7mm diameter and of which 33mm remains before a bend and break.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D41AF1
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete but misshapen Roman cast copper-alloy hair pin (AD 100 - 200). The head discoidal and decorated with a series of closely spaced striations running from top to bottom formed by incised lines. Below is a pair of collars with a narrowed waist between which separate the head from the shaft. The shaft has a circular to sub-rectangular cross-section and narrows to a point, The pin has been bent in two places to form an oval, probably through contact with agricultural machinery. It has a dark green patina An alternative identification as being part of a penanular Roman brooch …
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: BUC-239598
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Roman hair pin, dating to AD c. 43-410. The pin head is flat and discoidal in shape, on the reverse the pin shank projects down. This has a ninety degree bend almost half way down the shank, with a slight curve at the end. The terminal end is rounded. The pin has a mid green patina, and measures 44.3mm in length, 13.2mm in diameter across the head, 2.9mm in thickness across the shank and 4.30g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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