Record ID: DUR-628A1C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy harness pendant dating to the period c.AD 1300 - 1400. The harness pendant is in the shape of a 'heater shield' with a flat top and sides tapering to a point. The top edge has a centrally positioned suspension loop positioned at a ninety degree angle to the body of the pendant on a short rectangular neck. The loop retains traces of oxidised iron relating to the attachment to the horse breast-band. The front of the shield is decorated with a design comprising a lion rampant (or other beast?), head dexter (right) and possibly wearing a crown. The lion des…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: DUR-D756BC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval lead alloy 'vesica' type seal matrix, dating from c.AD 1200 - c.AD 1400. The seal has been cast in one piece, and is an uneven pointed oval, or vesica, shape in plan with a flat rectangular cross section. There is a what appears to be a foliate design in the centre of the matrix; the legend is largely illegible but appears to read in part S(?) HUT(?)[...]. On the reverse the traces of a central rib are visible, along with the broken projecting attachment loop at one end. Only the lower half of the matrix is present and the matrix is in a largely poor …
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Record ID: DUR-8EEC64
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Number: 2017-T283 Description: The hoard comprises 45 silver pennies dating of the type introduced by Edward I (r. 1272-1307) in 1279 and continued through the reigns of Edward II (1307-27) into the 1330s, in the early years of Edward III (1327-1377). There are two Scottish coins of Alexander III's Second Coinage (c.1280-86) and a single continental sterling imitation. The majority of the coins date from between 1280 and 1310; the Edward III coin dates from 1327 to 1335. The silver coinage of England was struck to what would become known as the sterling standard, over 90% …
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lanchester Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-374901
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl has a central perforation running through it, surrounded by a slight groove. The metal is a brown colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 25.83mm in diameter, 8.00mm thick, and weighs 23.8g. The perforation is 9.35mm in diameter. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely date…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-746231
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post medieval date. The spindle whorl is bi - conical with a central perforation running through it. Both surfaces are decorated with raised lines radiating from the central perforation resulting in irregularly shaped trapezoidal cells with between two and three pellets within each. The metal is a mid whitish - brown colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 28.35mm in diameter, 14.23mm thick and weighs 46.4g. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post medieval period and are difficult to date with any…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-75B6D5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The spindle whorl is semi-conical with a central perforation running through it. The reverse has a groove that runs around the circumference. There is no decoration. The metal is a whitish-brown colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 31.6mm in diameter,13.12mm thick and weighs 42.8g.The diameter of the perforation on the reverse is 16.81mm decreasing to 12.78 mm on the obverse. Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post - medieval period and are difficult to date with any c…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Record ID: DUR-095A13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver farthing of Edward III dating to the medieval period AD 1344-51. North Number: Third (Florin) Coinage, Type G 1135/1. Obv: Crowned bust facing, probably bifolate crown - [ED]WARDVS REX AN Rev: Long cross, three pellets in angles - CIVI TAS LON DON NB: Somewhat tentative identification due to the addition of the 'AN' to the end of the obverse legend. Spink (p174) notes the 'An' for 1562B, but with the reverse featuring an escallop in one quarter (which this does not). The halfpenny of North 1134 also features the 'AN', but this coin appears to small for a hal…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-4543AF
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An acorn finial from an incomplete silver spoon, dating from the medieval period (AD1300-1450). The lower part of the spoon and much of the handle (or stem) is missing. The remaining portion of stem (7mm in length) is hexagonal in section, whilst the finial or knop is in the form of an acorn. The shell of the acorn is decorated with linear cross-hatching. Dimensions: Length: 16.19mm Diameter (stem): 3.44mm Diameter (finial): 6.71mm Weight: 2.4g Discussion: Acorn knop spoons have been recorded in medieval contexts; Egan (1998:252) illustrates a number…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2018
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Record ID: DUR-45A231
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gold finger ring with a small sub-oval bezel, dating to the medieval period (c.AD1150-1400). Whilst the ring and bezel are complete, the stone is missing. The plain, tapering hoop is sub-circular and round in section but flattened slightly on the inside. The thicker shoulders of the hoop are soldered to the bezel. The latter is cup-shaped, with a flat base and sides that flare gently to a slightly unturned rim that would have held the stone setting in place. The ring is slightly misshapen, with some pitting and a hairline crack running along one side of the hoop f…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: DUR-4BF5EB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete cast gold Reson or Posie finger ring, with a floriate and foliate pattern and interior 'Black Letter' inscription, dating to the late medieval period (AD1350-1500). The outer surface of the gold ring has thin parallel bands running around the upper and lower edges of the band, enclosing an engraved design featuring saltire crosses and diamonds. Each of the five diamonds contains flowers (2) or what appears to be a fruit (3), most likely strawberry. Traces of niello can be seen surrounding the flowers and fruit, and traces of white enamel remain within one of…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2019
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Record ID: DUR-4CC859
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete sheet spherical silver bell, probably dating to the later medieval or early post-medieval period (AD 1450-1600) The bell is sub-oval, or globular, in shape, and appears to be manufactured from two silver sheets hammered into a hemispherical shapes, and joined at the waist. The join is undecorated, and shows signs of having been polished or ground to remove any seam marks. Two small 'sound holes', appear to have been bored, are present on the upper hemisphere on opposing sides of the bell. There is a notable lack of any slot on the base of the bell. A thin ba…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: DUR-886F99
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring with a small sub-circular setting holding a green emerald cabochon, dating to the medieval period (c.AD1150-1400). The plain, tapering hoop is sub-oval in plan with a D-shaped section. The thicker shoulders of the hoop are soldered to the two-piece cup-shaped bezel, which in turn comprises a separate flat base with sides that flare gently outwards, and a collet that turns inward to hold the stone in place. The irregular sub-circular cabochon, mostly likely an emerald, is deep green in colour with a concave face that projects slightly from th…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: DUR-2D03C7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver pendant in the form of a crucifix, dating from the medieval period (c.AD1400-1500). The horizontal arms of the crucifix appear to terminate in crudely cast trefoils, whilst the lower terminal is completely obscured by the feet of the figure of Christ. The upper terminal is formed by an integral loop, with attached silver link. The figure of Christ, also integral to the crucifix, is again somewhat crude, with extended arms and over large hands. Incised grooves, marking the fingers of the left hand, are clearly visible; not so with the right hand, whi…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: DUR-04365D
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver box pendant, in the form of a locket or reliquary, dating from the medieval period (c.AD1300-1400) The sub-rectangular front panel of the box pendant features an incised quasi-heraldic design: a snail with a human head, wearing a hood or 'chaperon', on a 'lozengy' field, wherein each lozenge features a small stamped cross (possibly a cross Fitchée, though the very small size of the implement used to stamp the cross may have given the impression of the cross being Fitchée). The face of the chaperoned or 'hooded' human head has heavy features: a …
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tilney area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-058648
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver-gilt bar mount dating to the medieval period (c.AD1300-1400) The mount comprises a convex bar with perforated lobed terminals (one of which still has the rivet in place), and with a larger central oval boss or lobe. The boss is decorated with punched pellets in a cross-hatch arrangement. Only traces of the gilding survives. Discussion: Bar mounts, sometimes called girdle mounts, of this type were designed to be attached transversely in a row on leather straps and belts, and occasionally on horse-harness straps (Egan and Pritchard 2010, 209)…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: DUR-06DFCA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold 'stirrup' finger ring with a blue gem stone setting (detached; probably a corundum or sapphire), dating to the medieval period (c.AD1150-1400). The band of the ring is plain and flat, rising and thickening at the shoulders to a large bezel, the underside of which is bevelled inwards. The integral bezel is unusually large and high for a stirrup ring, and is sub-oval in shape (with a flat lower edge) and deep interior. The finder reports that the stone was not at first visible, but upon cleaning was found to be recessed within the bezel, and later becam…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: DUR-602602
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring with a blue gem stone setting (probably a corundum or sapphire), dating to the medieval period (c.AD1300-1400). The plain hoop is round in plan, tapers from the shoulders toward the base, and is sub-rounded in section. The thicker shoulders of the hoop are soldered to the bezel, the lower portion is triangular in shape, inverted, with the point resting on the hoop; the sub-rectangular upper collet is bevelled inward to hold the gem in place. The high-sided collet holds an irregular sub-oval pale blue corundum, commonly called a 'sapphire'…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yafforth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F4919D
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The hoard comprises 20 silver pennies of the Long Cross type introduced by Edward I in 1279 (c.1282-1310). There are two Scottish coins: one of Alexander III's Second Coinage (c.1280-92), and one of John Baliol (c.1292-96). The coins date from between 1280 and 1310. The coins were recovered from an arable field, spread over an area of approximately 20 metres. It is likely that the hoard was deposited during a single episode in an organic container that has since decomposed. No pottery sherds or other related finds were identified. Summary: 18 coins from the …
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skeeby Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-85A633
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete, but broken, silver finger ring, dating to the medieval period (c.AD1100-1200). The ring is circular in plan, and comprises a thin, flat band, which widens at the mid-section and shoulders. This wider flat bezel is decorated with a central saltire cross crosslet, with further smaller saltire to each side separated by a series of vertical grooves. Through the latter a thinner horizontal band is etched, upon which is a series of three very small diagonal grooves. The ring is broken below one of the smaller saltires on the shoulder of the band. Dimensions: e…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langthorne Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-9A9065
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a medieval silver 'fede' finger-ring (c.AD 1100-1400). The fragment comprises the bezel and approximately half of the hoop. The bezel is moulded in the form of two clasping hands; some definition of the hands is lost due to wear. The bezel has transverse lines to either side probably indicating cuffs; there is an old break along this line to the left. The portion of the hoop remaining to the right is in the form of a sleeve, narrowing towards the back of the hoop, and bears the inscription []MIAES. The band is plano-convex in cross section, with the i…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potto area', grid reference and parish protected.