Record ID: OXON-86B02B
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 26.6mm in length, with a diameter of 7.7mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.7mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 1.98 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-86AA63
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 43.7mm in length, with a diameter of 8.5mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.7mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 3.38 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-86760D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an abraded Roman oxidised vessel with lead vessel mend. The fragment is from probably a large bowl with very thick rim. Its posssible to estimate that the diameter of the vessel would have been above 300mm although less that 10% of the circumference now survives. The rim is everted and has a slight ledge before forming the body. The vessel has been repaired with an in situ lead vessel mend which is circular in cross section on the interior of the vessel and broadly rectangular on the exterior of the vessel. The fabric is made from a pinkish orange clay with no clear…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-5A84E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded body sherd of a vessel of a coarse shell tempered ware, potentially of Roman to medieval date. The fabric is reduced light grey to reddish grey with abundant poorly sorted white shell fragments. There is no decoration.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 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-C65DD1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wall sherd from the body of a late Iron Age to early Roman ceramic earthenware vessel. Thick irregularly shaped fragment of hard coarse fabric tempered with spare poorly white quartz (mainly <2mm, occasionally up to 3.5mm). Black core and light grey internal and external surfaces with smooth faces. The external surface is covered with parallel grooves. The fragment measures 60.3mm long, 53.5mm wide, 10.2mm thick and weighs 34.36 grams.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-C62EC2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shell-tempered rim fragment from a vessel of probably Roman date. The fragment is part of the flat base and angled vessel wall. The in tact edge of the base is slightly rounded. Irregular breaks of dark reddish-brown sandy fabric with sparse inclusions of c. 1mm brown sand and abundant <0.5mm white sand and <0.5mm black sand. The fabric is darkened on the external surface, likely sooting.  The fragment measures 39.9mm in height, mm long, 34.3mm wide, 7.2mm maximum thickness and weighs 15.05 grams.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: BH-C5C42A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A wall sherd fragment from a Roman samian ware bowl, probably a Dragendorf 45 type, dating c. AD 170-260. The sherd is irregular in shape and comprises part of the wall and rib. The fabric is fine and orange in colour at the breaks, with a glossy orange-red slip on both the inside and patches on the outer surface. The lower portion of the interior surface is covered by widespread angular sand, which is very worn. The fragment measures 69.4mm long, 33.9mm maximum width, 14.8mm maximum thickness and weighs 42 grams.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0B1333
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd of Post Medieval Frechen stoneware "Bartmann" or "Bellarmine" bottle, probably for wine and dating to the later 16th - 17th century. The fabric is hard fired and reduced grey with a brown salt glaze on the external surface. The original diameter of the base was around 75mm.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-C50DA0
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 47.63mm in length, with a diameter of 9.11mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.8mm (between 4/64" and 5/64"). This narrow bore suggests a late 18th to 19th century date. The bore sits centrally at one broken edge, but at the point of the other broken end it sits significantly off centre. It weighs 4.69 grams. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-6E158E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a Medieval to Post Medieval vessel. The sherd is broken on all sides but includes a raised rib on its outer surface. The fabric has an off white core core and almost peachey outer surface and is covered externally by a green glaze that is chipped in places. The interior is plain barring its wheel marks. The fragment is 23.8mm long, 17.8mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs  2.31 grams. Sherds with similar fabrics on the database include BERK-638505 and BERK-63CBFD
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6E0139
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the body of a 16th-17th century wheel made 'Bartmann' or 'Bellarmine' German stoneware jug, probably from Frechen dating to AD 1600-1700.  The outer surface has an iron-rich brown surface which has been salt-glazed; this produces the mottled brown effect. The fabric of the vessel is hard fired and light grey in colour. It has a raised design depicting at least three oval petals of a flower wach with central stalk. There is a triad of three pellets between two leaves, one pellets between the next two and a double concentric raised border partially aroun…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6DC85E
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 24.8mm in length, with a diameter of 5.4mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.6mm (40/64). It weighs 0.97 grams. This narrow bore suggests a late late eighteenth to 19th century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6DC3EB
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 28.8mm in length, with a diameter of 5.8mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 1.6mm (40/64). It weighs 1.40 grams. This narrowbore suggests a late late eighteenth to 19th century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-6D2EF6
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay pipe stem, 49.7mm in length, with a diameter of 10.3mm and a wire drawn bore of diameter 2.6mm (65/64). It weighs 6.57 grams. This wide bore suggests a late seventeenth to late eighteenth century date. http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/howto/date.html#:~:text=Stem%20bores%20are%20sometimes%20as,rarely%20used%20after%20about%201710.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F38A48
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman grey ware rim sherd. The sherd is carinated with a projecting thickened rim. It has a light  grey colour. The sherd is 38.2mm long, 24.6mm wide, 15.6mm thick and weighs 13.42 grams. The piece is too fragmentary and irregular in its curve to estimate a diameter.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8E0B9A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd of a Roman greyware jar. The fabric is hard fired and sand tempered with well sorted fine inclusions. The rim is everted and beaded with an original diameter around 200mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-442000
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Post Medieval (16th century to 19th century) Earthen Ware rim sherd: The sherd is a rim sherd which has a rounded D-shaped section and slightly flattened upper edge. The wall of the sherd , of which there is a trace is 15.99mm thick. The sherd weighs 113.55g. Sherd specific details: Fabric type: Earthen Ware Sherd type: rim sherd Inclusions: quartz - rounded and occassional, white inclusions which are frequent, angular and ill sorted. Firing condition: slightly oxidised exterior and interior, oxidised core. Hardness: hard Surface texture: slightly smooth Sur…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-3692D9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a possible Roman grey ware bowl in a fine hard very fine grey fabric with frequent small grit inclusions, (<0.1 to 0.2mm). There is a rib running aross what would have been the vessel's circumference c.7mm below the rimg which is 4.1mm wide and 2.6mm tall. The rim is flat with traces of horizontal wheel marks suggesting it was thrown on a wheel. The fragment is too small to determine its original diameter. The sherd is 31.2mm long, 23.2mm wide,10.4mm thick at the ribn and 7.5mm thick at the break. It weighs 6.01 grams. 
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Islip CP', grid reference and parish protected.