Record ID: SWYOR-46E5A5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint retouched flake of unknown date, mesolithic to Bronze Age, 9000 BC - 1000 BC. It is a triangular tertiary flake of mottled light grey flint, pointed at the proximal end. The left side has abrupt, short, scaled retouch. There is a notch in the right side which is probably later damage. The distal end is also retouched but is more sporadic. The dorsal face is covered with previous removal scars. It is 24.3mm long, 24.7mm wide and 3.1mm thick. 1.5g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-46B3C1
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 28 pieces of flint debitage recovered through unsystematic field walking. many of the pieces are incomplete, broken or very small. The flint is mainly light grey with a white patina. None are visibly retouched. The assemblage is probably multiperiod, Mesolithic to Bronze Age, 9000 BC - 1000 BC.   primary secondary tertiary blades 0 0 4 flakes 1 3 9 chips 1 0 2 chunks 4 1 3 total 6 4 18
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4677FC
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mesolithic flint microlith of Group B, dating from 8000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary blade of speckled medieum grey flint and has abrupt, short, scaled retouch on the left side. It is 15mm long, 5.5mm wide and 1.8mm thick. It weighs less than 0.1g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-466143
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint thumbnail scraper probably dating from the Beaker period (2400 - 2200 BC) but possibly Mesolithic (9000 - 4000 BC). It is formed on a tertiary flake of light grey flint with partial patination on the proximal end. The sides have invasive, scaled, abrupt retouch. It is 16.1mm long, 22mm wide, 7.3mm thick and 3.2g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-461D11
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint probable incomplete scraper of unkinown date, Mesolithic to Bronze Age, 10,000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of light grey mottled flint with large inclusions. The distal end is snapped off and missing. The curved left edge is retouched with abrupt, short, scaled retouch. It is 23.6mm long, 16mm wide and 3.4mm thick. 1.3g. 
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-45ECC2
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 18 pieces of flint debitage recovered through unsystematic field walking. Some of the pieces are broken or very small. 4 are primary chunks and may not be worked at all. The flint is mainly light grey with a white patina. None are visibly retouched. One secondary chunk is heat altered and may be naturally fractured rather than struck. The assemblage is probably multiperiod. There are mesolithic blades, but also material that could be of other dates.   primary secondary tertiary blades 1 1 1 flakes 1 …
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4596A7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of unknown date, Mesolithic to Bronze Age, 10,000 BC - 1000 BC. It is a flint nodule with cortex surviving on one convex face. The other faces are covered with previous removal scars, mostly irregular, but one face has two neat blade removal scars. The core is sub-cuboid. It has one striking platform producing large blades with hinged terminations.  It is patinated to white. It is 44.3mm long, 32.4mm wide and 28.5mm thick. 59.4g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4565A2
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 33 piece of flint debitage recovered through unsystematic field walking. Many of the pieces are broken or very small. The flint is mainly light grey with a white patina. None are visibly retouched.   primary secondary tertiary blades or blade fragments 1 4 4 flakes 0 1 2 chunks 0 3 2 chips 1   15 total 2 8 23
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-750BB4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted but complete cast copper alloy Post Medieval crotal, rumbler or animal spherical bell probably dating from AD 1750 - 1900. The bell originally had four sound holes and two slots joining them. Damage to the bell has obscured one sound hole. There is no visible casting seam and the bell appears to have been cast in one. The iron pea still remains within the bell. The inside and outside of the suspension loop, which appears to have been added after casting, are rectangular, wider than it is lone, perhaps to be slotted onto a strap. The loop is attached to a circular raised are…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-74F49B
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete moulded clay tobacco pipe, of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1670. It is a bowl fragment which has a heel. It has been moulded from a cream clay, probably a local coal measures clay. It has small dark grey inclusions. The small bowl and shape suggest a 17th century date (Oswald, 1975, figure 3). The pipe fragment is a complete heel bowl and the start of the stem. There is probable burnishing, but the details are obscured by sooting. The rim is probably bottered, and is milled, probably round the whole rim. There are no maker's marks present o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-74DB7B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy coin bent in two places to make an S shape, probably to form a love token. The coin is a halfpenny of George III, first issue, dated 177[-]. The obverse is illegible, possibly smoothed off for the new purpose. The reverse shows Britannia with a date in the exergue, but the last digit is unclear. It may be a 5. Spink Standard catalogue number 3774. The database has many examples of love tokens, with more information in record SWYOR-8A8437 for example. The object is 27.2mm long, 23.4mm wide, 4.2mm thick and weighs 5.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-74A575
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy whistle from the Post-Medieval period, dating from around 1700 - 1850. The whistle is cone shaped, flaring outwards from the open mouth piece end. At the other end the whistle is terminated by a stepped domed cap. This has an integral attachment ring through which passes another copper alloy ring.The rim of the cap is slightly raised and decorated with beading. About one third of the way from the mouth piece to the cap are two opposing circular sound holes. An iron plate is visible inside the whistle which separates the sound holes. There is dama…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-74532B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver coin; a sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD1558-1603) Second issue, initial mark coronet, dating from 1567. It is 25.3mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 2.26g. Reference: North, volume 2, page 111, number 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7432FE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age socketed axe probably of Yorkshire type variant dating from the Ewart Park phase, 950 - 800 BC. The body of the axe is generally rectangular in cross-section, with a rectangular socket. The top is missing, so the mouth moulding is unknown. Casting seams are visible along the external sides of the axe. There is also a small hole unde the loop, probably a casting flaw. The sides continue towards the blade before expanding outwards to form a crescentic-shaped blade with a cutting edge of 39.0mm in length and a width of 7mm. One wing tip is mis…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-74106A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern gold finger ring probably dating from AD 1800 - 1950, and thus too young to be declared as treasure under the 1997 Treasure Act. The ring has a flat hoop of rectangular cross-section. It widens and thickens at the bezel area. A separate elliptical decorated panel appears to have been attached to the outer face of the hoop to form the bezel. The panel has a raised rim surrounding a deeply recessed area, which is decorated with flat topped pellets af varying sizes, bordered by spiral filigree wires. The ring is 21.2mm in diameter, 6.6mm wide and weighs 5.48g. There are no …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 16th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC5B2E
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron possible cannon ball, which, judging from the size and weight, was probably for use in a Falconet or similar small artillery weapon, dating from about AD 1500-1900. A Falconet was a small cannon used both on land and in light naval vessels. A number were used during the English Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconet_(cannon). The iron ball is spherical and corroded. It has a 10mm x 8mm hole projecting 33mm into the centre of the ball. Weight: 500g Diameter: 54.6mm Iron balls were also used in various industrial milling operations, such a…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-706FC1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of unknown date, Mesolithic to Iron Age, 10000 BC - 1 BC, perhaps more likely to be Bronze Age to Iron Age (2200 BC - 1 BC). It is formed on a round, natural flake, probably a pot lid fracture, which is fairly rounded. There is cortex on part of the dorsal face, and the other part is a patinated previous removal scar, probably also from a pot lid fracture. The retouch is on the ventral face along about a quarter of the perimeter. It is short, abrupt and sub-parallel. The scraper is 22.2mm long, 18.1mm wide and 7.1mm thick. 3.1g. The use of …
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7052CF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of debitage of unknown date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is a secondary flake of good quality brown grey flint with cortex on the left side. The proximal end has suffered edge damage but there is no secondary working. It is 22.1mm long, 21.8mm wide and 7.7mm thick. 3.8g.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-70449A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of debitage of unknown date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is primary flake of cherty brown flint. It is 18.5mm long, 20mm wide and 6.4mm thick. 1.9g.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7039D2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of debitage of unknown date, Mesolithic to early Bronze Age, 10000 BC - 1000 BC. It is an incomplete tertiary flake of speckled grey flint. It is 22.9mm long, 15.4mm wide and 6.8mm thick. 2.1g.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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