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Unique ID: YORYM-5A4A44

A cast copper alloy plate probably from a mount or buckle plate. The plate is lozenge shaped, but appears to have broken off of a much larger piece. There are no visible signs of attachment. The front surface is decorated with incised decoration. There is a crude incised line forming a border around the edge of the plate and there are three rows of rocker-arm zig-zags, in paralllel rows along the longest axis of the plate. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. The reverse is coated in some corroded material.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
To be known as: South Holme

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th June 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Friday 1st October 2010
    Updated: Friday 1st October 2010

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