Record ID: YORYM-F99608
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of medieval date. The strap end is composite with a forked spacer, though the fork no longer remains. The main plate of the strap end is circular with a central circular perforation through which the remains of the back plate can be seen. The resulting frame is decorated with a double circumferential border around both the inner and outer edges and short curved double incised lines, similar to quotation marks, projecting from the two medial lines. An elaborate acorn knop with cross hatched decoration projects from the outer edge of the strap e…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
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Record ID: YORYM-F9D8C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sovereign penny of Henry VII, shield with keys below reverse, minted in York under Archbishop Thomas Rotherham, 1485 - 1509. North Vol 2, p.103, no.1729.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
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Record ID: YORYM-FA2EE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish penny probably of Robert II, long cross reverse, uncertain mint, AD 1371 - 1390.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
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Record ID: WILT-FA9074
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of two silver pennies of Stephen, 'Watford' type, found 2 metres apart. 1. Diameter c.20mm, weighs 1.31g, die axis 9, worn. Obverse: Crowned bust right, vertical sceptre in right hand +STIEFENE REX: Reverse: Cross moline with fleur in each angle +EREBALD ON CARD Moneyer: Erebald Mint: Carlisle, c.1136-1145 Reference: North 873 2. Diameter c.19mm, weighs 1.22g, die axis 9, worn. Obverse: Crowned bust right, vertical sceptre in right hand, no inner circle +STIEFNE [ Reverse: Cross moline with fleur in each angle +WVLF[ ] ON SVT Moneyer: Wulfwold Mint: Southwark,…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FAC618
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A modern gold finger-ring, squashed and with a breaking bend at the back of the hoop. It is in rather scuffed condition. It measures 28.41mm in diameter (internal 25.16mm) and 9.22mm in max.width, at the bezel. It weighs 8.07g. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section, measuring 3.65x1.11mm at the back of the hoop. It widens a little to c.5x1.5mm just before the shoulders, which are triangular in shape and expand to 9.1mm at the bezel. The bezel is rectangular and c.8x9mm. It is U-shaped in profile, being c.2.5mm thick at the top of the shoulders and c.1.5mm thick at the centre. O…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Somerford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-FA2C56
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy late Medieval thimble. The thimble is made from a single shell which is slightly squashed and the lower portion of the thimble is missing due to damage. The lower broken edge is not recent. The surface of the thimble is covered with columns of conical shaped indentions and covers the apex of the thimble. The surface of the thimble is heavily abraded and has a matte dark grey surface. The thimble is 12.6mm tall and 20.44mm wide at the base. It weighs 2.2g. Holmes (Holmes, E.F. 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9 finds Research Group) illustrates thimbles which he dates …
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
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Record ID: WAW-FA6418
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy thimble. The thimble is squashed, cracked and incomplete. The rim reveals the thimble is made with a single shell. The exterior of the rim is decorated with a single linear groove above which there are rows of conical shaped indentions which also cover the apex of the thimble. The thimble, in profile is quite squat. The surface of the thimble is abraded and has a matte light blue/green patina. It is 22.54mm long and 32.26mm wide at the base. It weighs 4g. Whilst carefully cleaning the thimble the finder found a small quantity of dyed thread within the th…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FADA90
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three crudely cast, conical lead weights, probably of Medieval date. Each weight has a flat base, a rounded apex and a circular perforation running through the body of the weight from top to bottom. Their measurements are respectively: diameter 20.4mm, height 25.8mm and weight 62.79gm; diameter 19.5mm, height 25.6mm and weight 57.96gm; diameter 21.6mm, height 24.8mm and weight 57.28gm. Each weighs about 2oz, but one is 2.2oz. Compare NLM-FFF027.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F85745
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A discoidal flint scraper dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, 3000 BC - 1500 BC. It is made of a dark-coloured flint that is frequently found in North Yorkshire and may have been imported to the find location. The edges have been retouched, but they are also damaged with crushing and chipping. It is 38.2mm long, 34.6mm wide and 12.9mm thick. It weighs19.79gm. Similar scrapers are illustrated in Butler, 2005, Prehistoric Flintwork, page 166, figure 70.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F980C7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of thirty two cylindrical net weights, perhaps from the same net as they were found in an area measuring 10m by 10m. They were made by rolling strips or scraps of sheet lead around a cylindrical former. Most of them are intact but one or two are bent or have begun to unroll. They range in size from 25.9mm long, 10.2mm in diameter and a weight of 12.05gm to 44.9mm long, 14.5mm in diameter and a weight of 39.39gm. Their combined weight is 494.18gm. This type of weight would have been positioned around the rim of a cast net, probably used for fishing or netting birds, to …
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FA1813
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of sheet lead alloy, probably waste from metal working. The dating of this item is uncertain, but it may have been associated with the production of net weights, also found in this area. It is 65.8mm long, 40.1mm wide and 10.3mm thick. It weighs 59.34gm. The metal is patinated to a yellow colour, and one edge is folded inwards. This waste item was stored with an assemblage of thirty two net weights recorded on the database at reference SWYOR-F980C7. Additional items of waste were also reported from the same location and are recorded at reference SWYOR-FA91B1.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FA5045
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy thimble, of medieval date. The rim is unthickened and there is a band at the base of the thimble which is undecorated. There is an incised line above this band and above that, covering the rest of the thimble sides and top, is covered in a series of circular indentations. The indentations run in vertical rows. There is no other decoration. The thimble has short, slightly flared sides and a slightly flattened top to give a 'beehive' shape. The object is in good condition, there is little corrosion on the exterior, with slightly more of the powdery patina on th…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FA91B1
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of twenty seven pieces of lead alloy, probably metal working waste. Some are solid pieces, others are small pieces of sheet lead. The dating of these items is uncertain, but they may have been associated with the production of net weights, a collection of which was found in a nearby location. None of these pieces shows any evidence of having been objects or weights, but the largest piece, which is triangular, measuring 77.5mm long, 58.8mm wide and 17.4mm thick and weighing 321gm, incorporates some ferrous material. It is 65.8mm long, 40.1mm wide and 10.3mm thick. It wei…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB29E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval oval buckle with plate. The frame is oval in shape with an expanded outer edge, which has four knops. The two outside knops are the largest. There is a small transverse ridge between the outer knops and the inner ones. The inner two knops each have a small incised line on them. There is small incised mark just off the centre where the two inner knops meet; this appears to have been where the, now absent, pin would have lain. The rest of the frame is lozenge shaped in section, with two additional knops, one at each end of the narrowed and offset bar. The…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB2B01
Object type: GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A water worn stone pebble which was recovered because it is not the usually occurring geology in this area. It is a light grey-brown in colour with some dark inclusions and a few flecks of quartz. It is probably a type of granite. It is rounded to a triangular shape. It does not appear to be related to any manufacturing process but is recorded in case it is an exotic feature which has been brought to the site by human activity.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB6F34
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six irregular lumps of metal, probably waste from metal working, or the result of metal melted in a fire. The material is a greyish-brown in colour and is suggested by the finder to be copper alloy, but is possibly some type of white metal. Four of the pieces are rounded lumps, but the remaining two have ridges and grooves, indicating that they were once an object, or are remains from some moulding process. The largest is 24.3mm long, 23.5mm wide and 17.5mm thick and weighs 27.29gm; the smallest is 18.92mm long, 11.59mm wide and 5.9mm thick. It weighs 3.15gm. The combined weight is 23…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FC0F82
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, post medieval, cast copper alloy jaws (or jew's) harp, dating from 1500-1800 AD. It consists of a head, circular in plan and two straight, tapering arms, all of which are lozenge-shaped in section. One side of the head has a faceted rabbet for attachment of the ferrous tongue. There are ferrous traces within the rabbet, but the tongue is missing. The harp has a dark green patina. It is 58.6mm long, 25.3mm wide and 7.8mm thick It weighs 16.93gm.. For a discussion of theses simple musical instruments, see Egan, 1998, The Medieval Household: Daily living c. 1150-1450, p…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FC78E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward I (1272-1307), probably class 10cf, Canterbury mint. This coin was folded in half when discovered and has since broken into two pieces. There is also a small piece missing from the flan at four o'clock on the obverse. It is 17.5mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.99gm. Reference: North, Volume 2, numbers 1040-1043.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FCA496
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval buckle with an integral plate. The frame is trapezoidal in shape with a expanded knop on the central portion of the outer edge. There is a incised mark in the middle of the knop, where the, now absent, pin would have lain. The rest of the frame is square in section, with a hole on the hinge side of the plate for the pin. The plate is trapezoidal in shape also, becoming slightly wide at the attachment end. There is a small hole with a broken rivet through it , near the broken end of the plate; the breaks do not appear fresh. There are transverse parallel r…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-FCF714
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast Roman copper alloy dumbell toggle, in the shape. The two small balls on each end of the toggle are separated by two sharp raised collars and a narrow 'waist' in the middle. The object is in good condition, with a solid green patina covering the surface and only very minimal powdery deterioration. It probably dates from the Roman period, based on the period of usage for the dumbell sytle of toggles. It measures 23.65 in length, 10.25 in width and weighs 10.41 grams. Compare to SWYOR-7C6B07. A similar example was found at Dragonby, North Lincs (May 1996, 274 no. 34…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
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