Record ID: BH-59ECD3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo-Scandinavian gold finger ring dating to the ninth or tenth century AD. The ring possesses a gold sheet bezel which is lozengiform in plan, which narrows to form a rectangular-section wire at each end. The ends of the wires are hooked, showing that they would originally have been twisted together. The bezel is punch-decorated with a lozengiform pattern of six triangles with central dots, surrounded by a circumferential band of punched rectangles with two dots. The underside is plain. The finger ring measures 43mm in length, a maximum of 10mm in width at the bezel and a maximum …
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horsington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-C85065
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold bracteate of C type dating to the fifth or sixth centuries AD. It consists of a flat circular disc of gold sheet, 36mm in diameter, which has been folded almost in half, then one half's edge has been folded back on itself twice (forming a zig-zag in cross-section). The suspension loop has been torn off, taking a small part of the edge with it. The main decoration is in repoussé, showing a man's head facing right above a stylised horse, all surrounded by a ring of low flat-topped circular pellets and beyond this a double (or in places triple) groove. A bird's head projects at t…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-841CF1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small strip of gold, measuring 20mm in length and 2mm in width. The strip is slightly curved and is hemispherical in section. The strip has three, circular perforations at regular intervals along its length, presumably to attach it to another object. The function of the object is uncertain although it is likely to have been decorative.
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bamburgh', grid reference and parish protected.