All the artefacts that were uncovered during the excavations at Watchfield were deposited with the Oxfordshire Museum Services. They have a Museum Resource Centre at Standlake and it was here that I was kindly shown various objects by David Moon, the Curator of Archaeology at the unit. The following photos are courtesy of Oxfordshire Museum Services.
Above and below. Various buckles and brooches, some beautifully enamelled and gold-plated.
Above and below. In one of the Watchfield graves was found this high quality sword which had been made by the Saxon method of pattern-welding. Above is the original and below is a reconstrucion of the same sword. As well as being much stronger, pattern-welding also produces the extraordinary decoration seen below.
