This brooch is of a type which would have been worn in the 1st century AD and has a strong association with the Roman army. Some traces of a white metal coating survive and the brooch is made up of a ...

We are excited to announce the launch of the new Oxford Cotswold Archaeology website – bringing together the expertise and ...

This unusual medieval buckle plate is decorated with an elaborate repoussé motif depicting a king enthroned. The plate is made from a folded sheet with recesses at one end to accommodate the frame.

Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) archaeologists working on the A417 archaeology of the Missing Link improvement scheme in Gloucestershire have uncovered a Roman mutatio (literally ‘change’; the Latin ...

Archaeologists Jo Barker, Grace Griffith and Alex Bliss will present a talk on the archaeological discoveries made between 2022 and 2023 during a large excavation to the west of Northampton, on either ...

This handle and upper blade may represent a potential example of a cultellus tonsorius, or toiletry knife. These objects, of Roman date, are rarely encountered. They vary considerably; some are plain, ...

This spindle whorl is of plano-convex form, typical of the Roman period. It is lathe-made, probably from the femur head of a large mammal. There is a decorative double groove above the lower edge and ...