Record ID: SWYOR-A38648
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint backed blade of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date, 9000 BC - 2200 BC. It is a patinated secondary D shaped flake which is triangular in cross-section. The curved edge is thick and has some cortex surviving. The straight egde has invasive low angle  scaled retouch from both faces to form a cutting edge. The flint is mottled yellow grey and is patinated. The knife is 70.2mm long, 36.5mm wide and 14.2mm thick. 36g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A31F97
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint retouched blade of uncertain date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a patinated tertiary blade with large cream inclusions. It is sub-rectangular with convex side and a pointed distal end. There are parallel removals along the dorsal face. The right edge is damaged, but may have been retouched. A small area of undamaged retouch survives on the left side near the distal end. It is short, abrupt sub-parallel retuch. The flint is patinated to white and is 52.2mm long, 21.7mm wide and 6.4mm thick. 8.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A30054
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of uncertain date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is the distal end a large secondary flake of mottled light grey flint. The proximal end does not survive.  The surviving flake is roughly rectangular, with a rounded distal end. There are invasive removals from the dorsal face, leaving cortex only in the centre. Both sides and the distal end have short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch forming a scraping edge. The flint is 41.9mm long, 33.5mm wide and 7mm thick. 11.5g
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2E1C1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint probable knife of uncertain date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is a large tertiary flake of mottled light grey flint which is roughly rectangular, with the right distal corner curved and the left distal corner extending into a slight point. The curved right edge is retouched from the dorsal face with short, low-angle sub-parallel removals. The distal end has similar retouch, and the left side is retouched in the same way but from the ventral face. There are scars of glue on the reverse where the flint has previously been mounted on cardboard.…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2AB89
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A waterworn and polished stone that may have been used as whetstone or hone stone, at an unknown date. The stone is broadly rectangular in pln and cross-section, though it is taller at one end, and that thcker end then tapers to a rounded point. The top and one side are flattened and there are faint striations, suggesting the stone may have been used. The other side is rougher and is probably natural. The base is smooth but undulating with some visible striations. The stone is fine textured and homogenous apart from the rougher face which has apparent inclusions of harder material that…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A20213
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain date, Roman to Modern, AD 43 - 1900. It is a disc which is flat on one face. It has rounded edges and the other face is shallowly conical. A slight scar at the apex could suggest that a shaft or attachment loop once extended here. There is no decoration. The patina is dark grey, chipped in places revealing a green core. It is 16.1mm diameter, 7.9mm thick and 7.5g. It has been suggested that this object is a Roman gaming piece, but it would not be an easy shape to pick up to move. It could also be a pin head, a button, a stud or the …
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-EC4BC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of a ceramic vessel of uncertain date, Roman to Medieval, AD 43 - 1500. It is a everted and clubbed rim sherd. The fabric is soft, irregular and is dark grey in the core and light brown on the surfaces. Grey patches on the outer face may be the remains of slip (suggesting a Medieval date), or could be mud. The inclsuiions are sparse and poorly sorted, and include possible sand and larger pink crystals (pink quartz?). 
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-478E38
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint retouched blade of uncertain date, Mesolithic to Bronze Age, 9000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a thick blade of opaque dark grey cherty flint. The left edge has short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch. The left side of the dorsal face has several removal scars at right angles to the blade, suggesting it is debitage that has been utilised. This is more typical of flints from the later Neolithic onwards. Though the blade is the right size for a Mesolithic group A microlith, the shape and working do not match. The object is 38.8mm long, 13mm wide and 6.4mm thick. 3.2g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-750713
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy die of uncertain date, Roman to Post medieval, AD 43 - 1900. It is cuboid and the faces are marked with circular pits. The arrangement of the numbers is irregular, meaning the opposite faces do not add up to 7. Corrosion makes it difficult to accurately define the number of pits on each face. 1 is opposite a face which could be 4, 5 or 6. 2 is opposite a face which is 2-6. The remaining faces both appear to be 3, though one could be 5. The cube is 11.2mm by 10.6mm by 10.1mm. 8.4g. Geoff Egan (1997) notes that the "regular" layout (opposing sides totallin…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB85EE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy solid domed boss, perhaps part of a larger object, of unknown date, AD 43 - 1800. The wear to the broken edges and the patina suggest a date in the earlier end of this range, perhaps Roman. The object is a hemispherical dome which is solid. At the apex is a projecting bump of a different coloured and different alloy of copper alloy. It is dark red, rather than patinated to green. It may be an insert into the dome. On one edge, where more of the area surrounding the dome survives, there is a deep groove before a raised rim. the other edges are all broken nearer to th…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB56FD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead vessel repair or pot mend of Roman to Medieval date (about AD 43-1500).  The object is a plug to mend a hole in a vessel wall. The object is composed of an outer sub-circular, concave plate, which tapers inwards to a smaller circular plate that would have attached the plate to the body of the vessel. It is H shaped in cross-section. A small amount of orange ceramic vessel fabric survives in the groove. It is 18.6mm long, 11.5mm wide, 9.4mm thick and 9.1g. The vessel wall would have been about 1.7mm thick. Due to the small amount of surviving potte…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-002007
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy mount, of probable Medieval to Post medieval date, AD 1200 - 1700. It is one end of what was probably a long bar type mount or fitting. The surviving end has a copper alloy rivet in situ, and terminates in an oval loop in the same plane as the bar.It looks just like the frame of a spur buckle except there is no bar or hole for a pin. The upper face is gilded. the reverse is slightly hollow. It is 16.2mm long, 11.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick (rivet) and 1mm thick (plate). 0.7g. The fitting is thin and delicate and could not be used as a functional har…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-C4EAC0
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver polyhedral pinhead of uncertain date, Early Medieval to Medieval, AD 750 - 1300. The pin head is a cube with the corners cut off and each of the four main faces is decorated with an incised border containing an incised cross saltire leaving a quatrefoil design in relief. This design also appears on the top face of the cube, but is untidy, with the lines of the cross extending beyond the border. One one face, there are traces of a silvery material filling the incised lines, probably niello. The shank is circular in section, solid and broken after just 3mm. There is a sligh…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-87EF29
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead object of uncertain date, Roman to Post Medieval, about AD 43 - 1900, but perhaps more likely to be Post Medieval. The incomplete object is a pointed oval in plan. The front is convex and is moulded with a V shaped groove defining a triangular area at one end with concave sides creating a visual effect similar to a beetle opening its wings, like a depiction of a fly or like the bud of a flower. The "wings" of the fly are slightly proud. At what would be the stem end of a flower bud is a short, wide projection, moulded with two small domes next to each other. The o…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-8653E6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of probable Medieval to Post medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1800. The object is broadly cylindrical with rough edges and surfaces. One end is slightly domed. Off-centre is a sub-circular perforation that cuts through the length of the object. It has a cream patina. Measurements; length 18.1mm, diameter 25.4mm, diameter of perforation 13.6mm, weight 52.84g. This object could possibly have been used as a net weight or it could have been intended to be a 1/8th of a pound, or two ounce (2oz) weight.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F457F8
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy ring, with a flattened rounded sub-hexagonal cross section. The inner and outer edges are filed smooth. The ring would have originally been around 27mm in diameter when complete and was possibly part of a harness or strap fitting or part of a suspension chain. Measurements are; length 26.4mm, width 13.3mm, thickness 3.1mm and weight 3.06g. These are common detector finds, but their function and dating are not well understood (Geake, Finds Recording Guide, p. 54). See also https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/r…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F3F3DD
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead probable suspended weight of unknown age, Roman to Post Medieval, about AD 43-1800. In plan the item is circular and rectangular in cross section with slightly concave faces. The appear to have a central iron rod passing through the weight, that may once have been a suspension loop, but the brown corrosion does not give a magnetic response, so is probably a brown patinated copper alloy. The body has a light grey patina. The mass of the piece does not comfortably correspond with known weight measurement systems, but if it also had a loop, it would have been heavier. It w…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F3D8FB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight, probably a net sinker or fishing line weight of unknown date, 400 BC-AD 1800. In shape, it resembles a small tube with a hole passing through the middle. Each end is narrower than the middle. The weight is unmarked but there are two scratches or small dents, and an irregular seam wherethe lead was rolled around a string or former is visible. It has a creamy white patina. The weight is 26.8mm long; 9.2mm in diameter at the centre and 6.5mm in diameter at each end. It weighs 11.48g. The weight has a dark brown material at each end, perhaps filling a central hole, bu…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-E01FA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Modern, AD 1200 - 2020. It is pointed oval in cross-section, convex on both faces of the hoop, and it is entirely plain.  It has a deep yellow gold colour, with some damage in the form of superficial nicks and scratches, and appears to be considerably worn. It has a diameter of 18.8mm, is 1.3mm wide from one side of the band to the other, and is 0.6mm thick from the outer face to the inner face of the hoop. 0.48g. Similar rings that have been reported previously include SWYOR-3E0E8C (2020 T20…
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton-le-Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-541FCD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of uncertain date, Mesolithic to Neolithic, 9000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of speckled light grey and yellow flint and is sub-rectangular. The dorsal face has a double arris, and the distal end is retouched. It is short, semi-abrupt, scaled retouch. It is 28mm long, 21.4mm wide and 6.2mm thick. 4.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th September 2021
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