Polished flint axes appeared in the New Stone Age.
Archaeology
Roman Shoe Sole, Thatcham Newtown
The excavation of a Roman well produced many notable finds.
Roman Wall Plaster, Kintbury
An important local archaeological society in the mid 20th century.
Photograph of Second World War Defences, Newbury
The Museum’s photography collection includes many images of historic buildings and structures.
Possible Iron Age spearhead, Chaddleworth / Fawley
This artefact was excavated in 1933 from a platform barrow.
Roman Glass Bottle, Newbury
A Roman cemetery of about a hundred burials and several cremations.
Palaeolithic handaxe, Hamstead Marshall
One of the oldest man-made artefacts in the museum’s collection.
Middle Bronze Age Hoard, Lambourn
This spectacular group of gold alloy bracelets and armlets from c 1200 BC
Archaeological Archive, Newbury
This is a valuable archaeological archive for a rare sample of a medieval hospital population.
Medieval Spoon, Winterbourne
This fragment of a spoon was found in Winterbourne.