Record ID: SWYOR-E37B83
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold terminal, possibly from a composite pin, dating to the early medieval period, AD 800 - 1000. The terminal comprises a hollow, spherical feature attached to a hollow tube, both made from thin gold sheet. The sphere is decorated with curvilinear filigree designs made from gold beaded wire. The ornament comprises a strand forming a median band around the sphere, dividing it into upper and lower hemispheres. The upper hemisphere has a small gold granule at the apex, from which spring four scrolls of beaded wire arranged in opposed pairs, each scroll terminating in its centre with a…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-7D3B1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold mid 7th century Early Medieval coin; a shilling of the York Group (dating from c. AD 625-50), of Naylor and Allen variety D. North Vol 1, p.55, no.27. EMC number 2015.0127. The coin is 12.8mm diameter, 0.7mm thick and 0.73g. The obverse is worn, and there is a slight crack in the flan. Discussion: The coin is the same type as SWYOR-62B752 (EMC 2012.0025), and struck from the same pair of dies. The two coins were found around 400 metres apart in the same field, and are currently the only recorded examples of this variety within the York series, which is itself …
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-70F9A6
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An oval gold pendant set with a cabochon-cut red stone, presumably a garnet. The pendant is formed from a gold back-plate, frame and a suspension loop. The red stone setting is oval in plan, evenly-shaped and with a domed front. It is held within the collar made from an upright strip of gold, fixed to the back-plate (no seam can be seen). Below this, the setting is encircled by a strand of gold beaded wire with plain wire above it. The overlapping ends of these wires can be seen inside the suspension loop. The suspension loop is ribbed or corrugated and is 2.7mm wide. It is made…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DCD80F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A rectanglular fragment of possible hack gold, probably of Early Medieval date, AD 450 - 1066. The fragment is broken at both ends and perhaps along one long edge. The remaining side is complete and is slightly wavy but essentially has square corners. The piece is slightly curved in cross-section. The convex face is marked with deep longitudinal scratches. The concave reverse is smooth except for some scratches and cracks near the broken long edge. It is a deep golden colour and is 11.8mm long, 7.1mm wide and 1.4mm thick. 0.74g. Normally a fragment of this nature would be considere…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-C74077
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A bent strip of gold wire. The wire ranges from 1.2mm to 1.7mm in diameter and is sub-circular in cross-section with many flat facets, suggesting that the wire was hand-made by hammering. The ends are both half cut on an angle, and half broken. The wire is wider at one end and gradually tapers along the whole length. Dimensions: The wire is currently bent and twisted, now being 30.9mm long, but if straight would be about 45mm long. It weighs 1.13g. Discussion: The treatment of the ends (chisel-cut and then broken) is characteristic of Viking-age cutting of metal to …
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-293CB4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete openwork gold pendant, circular with a cross in the centre, with probable ancient repair. The border of the pendant is formed of three concentric rings of beaded wire a maximum of 0.9mm in diameter; these rings of beaded wire have been slightly over-heated, probably during soldering to each other, and they appear a little blurred with some running of gold between the beads. The cross is formed from three or four lengths of slightly thicker beaded wire (maximum diameter 1.1mm) with a single similarly sized gold granule at all four ends and a distinctly larg…
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8A8324
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a gold ingot of probable Early Medieval date. The fragment is sub rectangular and appears to have been part of a larger ingot, seeming to be half of a slice from an ingot of rounded rectangular section. There are facets on three edges, and the corners are rounded. The two main faces appear to be oblique cuts, but half of the face has a spongy texture and appears to have been broken rather than cut. The remaining small face is also a partial cut and partial break across rough textured metal. The fragment can be compared to 2012 T108 and 2013T276.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-73AF38
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon thick silver object set with a panel of cloisonné garnets with gold cell walls. Description: Sub-triangular three-dimensional object made from cast silver, with all edges curved (two concave and one convex). When held with the convex edge downwards, the object is curved in cross-section from side to side; the reverse is flatter, but has a C-shaped raised area following the convex edge with a sunken C-shaped centre which is part of the original casting. The effect is that of a horse's hoof. There is no obvious break, but there is an oval scar on top of the apex…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Heslerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-56EA98
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An Early Medieval (Viking) gold finger ring dating from the late 9th-10th century. It is made from a strip of gold which tapers to wire terminals which are wound around each other at the back of the hoop. The bezel of the ring is the widest part of the strip, and is an elongated lozenge. The outer surface of the strip is decorated with four punched triple-pelleted triangles (or shield shapes) in the centre, and a row of three similar punches along each shoulder. The sides and back of the ring have been bent and distorted. The terminals are about 2mm in diameter. In its cu…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whorlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-62B752
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 7th-century Early Medieval gold coin; a thrymsa of the York Group (dating from 640 - 660 AD), of a new type classified as type D. The obverse resembles a standing figure facing forward holding a cross in each hand. The reverse has a central cross with flaring limbs and a lozenge in the centre. The cross is within a circle. Instead of a legend, the coin has four cross pommees arranged alternately with pairs of open triangles facing each other (runic 'd') to form an hourglass of figure or eight on its side.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-69C958
Object type: AESTEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Object made from gold and decorated with filigree. It appears to have originally been globular, or perhaps hemispherical with one face rounded and the rear face flat, but it has now been squashed so that the undecorated rear half has been pushed up into the hollow of the decorated face. One side of the object has been extended to form a long narrow point, probably originally a socket. The filigree decoration consists of both beaded and plain wires. A beaded wire 0.75mm in diameter has been soldered along the join between the top and bottom halves. A plain unbeaded wire…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'York', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3B5652
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2009 T221 (addenda to 2008 T553, SWYOR-F86A02) Finger ring: Large gold finger ring with round bezel and filigree and granulated decoration. Spindle whorl:A flat lead object with a central perforation and a small dent on one side, most probably a spindle whorl, was found about 4-5 inches away from the ring. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the finger ring indicated a gold content of 89-91%, a silver content of 5-7%, the rest being copper. The same type of analyses for the spindle whorl indicated that it is made from lead with a trace…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2B14B6
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold 'bulla' pendant of early Anglo-Saxon date. The pendant is circular with a domed centre. The reverse was also domed, but both faces are now dented. A suspension loop is wide and flat and is decorated with two longitudinal grooves, leaving the edges and the centre of the strip raised. The pendant was made from a single piece of sheet metal which was cut into the shape of two circular discs joined by the band now forming the suspension loop. It is likely the grooves on the loop were added next, along with the domes being formed, and then the loop was bent round a form, bringing th…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langton by Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-236F00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Early Medieval coin; probably a Merovingian tremissis dating from the 6th or 7th century, 500-700 AD. It has a diameter of 10.92mm, thickness 1.40mm, weight 1.11g. The design seems too large for the flan, so possibly it was copied from a larger coin of c.20mm diameter. There is a border defined by solid lines on one face, containing curved line, straight lines and pellets. The central motif is an unintelligible group of curved lines and pellets. The other face is weakly struck and possibly bears a crude bust and blundered legend.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2010
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F86A02
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
Summary: Five gold objects dating to the 7th to 11th centuries were found in three batches over two days. No. 4 was found first, no. 5 the following day, and nos. 1-3 the same evening as no. 5 and in close association. Subsequently a further gold finger-ring and a lead spindle-whorl were found; these are recorded at SWYOR-3B5652 (2009T221). 1. Finger-ring set with a garnet (c. 900-c. 1000 AD). Dimensions: 42mm (length of bezel), 32mm (width of bezel), c. 11mm (height of bezel), 33.5mm (total height of ring), 3mm (thickness of hoop). Weight: 30.17g. 2. Finger-ring with enlarged b…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5528F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"Report on a case of possible Treasure from Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire (2009 T717) This report concerns what appears to be a tremissis or pseudo-tremissis of the 7th century. The tremissis is a coin type widely issued by the Merovingian Franks in this period, but also produced by the Anglo-Saxons and Frisians. Such coins were produced in fairly good gold at the beginning of the century, but with the gold contained declining as the century progressed, with the gold increasingly replaced by silver. From its appearance, this one probably dates from somewhere fairly early in the ce…
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ainderby Steeple', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2DD795
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2009 T647: British Museum Report: Object Date: 7th century Description: Cloisonné mount Rectangular cloisonné mount consisting of a warped, box-shaped, sturdy frame into which geometric cells, now mostly damaged, are set. Most of the garnets have fallen out, but there are two left. One is broken and barely wedged into its cell, the other one has sunk in its cell, but its backing foil is in place and clearly visible. The back is plain but bears the impression of the cell walls on the front. There are four rivet holes in the corners of the mount. Discussion: The…
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Losh Pot Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2D4FA7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2009 T646 "Description: Pendant Openwork, gold pendant dating from the late 6th - 7th century, in form of a triple-stranded frame into which a set of seven radial spokes (with another one missing) holding another triple-stranded frame around a central gold globule ,has been inserted. Discussion: Pendants related to this were found at Harford Farm, Norfolk, gr. 28 (Penn 2000, fig. 93, pl. XVIII) and at Gilton gr. 27 (Geake 1997, Fig. 4.4), Chartham Downs, Faversham, and Ramsgate (TAR 2007, no. 172) all Kent. Cross-in-circle pendants are also known from Scandinavi…
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Easingwold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-202584
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the ring of 85-88%, a silver content of 6-8%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 14.64 grams. The hoop of the ring consists of five or six plaited rods tapering to the back where they are hammered into a plain, solid section; diameter, 29 mm. This form of Viking-period ring is comparable with a four-strand version in the British Museum found at Soberton, Hampshire, in a pot containing coins of Edward the Confessor, Harold and William I that was deposited c. 1068 and a further exam…
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'towton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C75C64
Object type: AESTEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
The find is a gold hollow-cast zoomorphic finial, most probably to be fixed as a terminal to a æstel, or pointer. The head tapers to become a neck, which would have acted as a rimmed socket for a slender rod, secured to the terminal with a rivet through the two holes provided on the neck. The base of the object is flat. The dimensions are: length: 31mm; width: 13mm; thickness: 7mm; weight: 4.12g. The object has been squashed, and there is some damage visible below the left nostril and on the neck. The terminal is in the shape of the head of an animal, with applied ccomma-shaped ea…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aughton', grid reference and parish protected.