Record ID: NCL-1DE3B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
201 Aldin Grange pottery fragments. Of the 201 fragments, 41 are diagnostic, including 20 rim sherds. Aldin Grange pottery was produced in the mid-14th to mid-15th century in what is now Bearpark Civil Parish. Evidence for medieval pottery manufacture in Durham county is not prolific, with Aldin Grange representing one of few relatively large-scale pottery works.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-B062C8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy belt fastener complete with one loop. The fastener is serpent shaped with a head at either end. There is moulded decoration on all sides including the facial features and scales covering both necks. In the centre where the two necks join there is a band with leaf decoration to either side. The loop is 19.11mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-73F1E5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper-alloy mount of probable post-Medieval date. The mount is iota-shaped in plan with a central perforation at one end. Where the gilding has been lost, the patina is a rusty-red colour.
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Throston Grange', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-73FE75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double-framed buckle of early post-Medieval date. Each frame is D-shaped in plan, with a widening of the outer frame which bears three incised lines as decoration. In section, the frames are triangular. The central cross bar, however, is square in section. The buckle is bent outward from the crossbar, so that in profile it is V-shaped. The pin is missing.
Created on: Friday 13th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Throston Grange', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-738640
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast buckle of Post Medival date. The buckle has a circular frame with a cross bar across the centre. The frame is decorated on its surface with what looks like twisted wire/rope but is actually cast integrally with the buckle. Similar to find No. NCL-8FB396 as it appears that its manufacturing has not been finished - found in the same area.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 3rd January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elvet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-9F0675
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age hoard. 1. Spearhead blade fragment. The upper part of a probable leaf-shaped blade with convex edges. The break is corroded. The midrib is round in section, but none of the socket survives. The hollowed edge bevels are fairly broad. Length: 73 mm; width: 33 mm; thickness: 13.5 mm; weight 41.9 g. 2. Bugle-shaped fitting. Complete, two-part bugle-shaped fitting, the two parts being fused together by corrosion. Component A is a D-shaped loop of thick round section with a thinner rectangular staple appended to the flat side. The staple is slotted in…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-B748D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny (cut) of Henry III, 1251-72, minted by Nicole, place unknown, Class 5a3, North Number: 991/3
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
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Record ID: NCL-CB84C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Henry II type 1a
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-CC2F53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I, North number 1998
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F0ED78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sestertius of Marcus Aurelius from 165-166. RIC 1448 (p 327).
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ferryhill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-F123E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated, copper-alloy buckle plate of the 13th-early 14th centuries. The buckle plate is rectangular in plan and made from a single sheet of copper alloy, but missing about 20% of it in the lower lefthand corner. There are two circular rivet holes near the right edge of the plate, and there is a remainder of one of two hinges on the left edge of the buckle plate. The plate is decorated with a raised left-facing lion, with its head looking back over its shoulder and its tail raised in an S-shape over its back. The background is stippled by multiple punches. There is a trace o…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F29041
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A radiate of undetermined emperor, late 3rd century.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F2B3E2
Object type: RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy ring of Roman to Modern date. The ring is circular with a flattened length/platform, and it is D-shaped in section. There is some incising on the platform. In terms of function, the ring is either a poorly cast finger ring, or it is a ring-mount of some form, with the platform serving as a base of attachement.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F2D840
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward I, class 10cf1, mint of London, 1305-1306. North no 1040.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-F33071
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade of the early Neolithic period. The blade is incomplete, but is rectangular in plan and triangular in section. There is no reworking of the blade edges, with the edges formed by the natural break of the flint. The flint is grey in colour with a brown tinge.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F348F2
Object type: DRILL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint drill of the early Neolithic period. The drill is sub-triangular in plan with a wide base and an elongated shank that forms the drill bit. One edge of the drill and its tip bear traces of pressure-flaked retouch, along with one bottom edge of the base. The flint is grey in colour with milky spots.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F36055
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic sherds with green glaze from two different vessels of Medieval date, 13th century. 1. Neck sherd of jar or jug. Triangular in plan, wheel thown with ridged exterior. Buff pink fabric. White internal slip. Green external glaze. L=43.88; W=44.78; Th=7.83; W=17.8g. 13th century. 2. Sherd of bowl. sub-triangular in plan. Wheel thrown. Buff pink fabric. Green glazed internally. Incised bands exterior. L=34.09; W=25.25; Th=6.67; W=5.7g. late 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-F38FF7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic sherd from a jar or jug of a local (Co Durham) Medieval fabric, perhaps Aldin Grange ware. The fabric is a buff white, and the vessel was wheel-thrown. There are grit inclusions, each approximately 1mm in diameter. The exterior is unglazed.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-9FFDF1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy possible strap slide or some other belt fitting of the Post-Medieval period. The fitting is rectangular in plan, with slightly rounded ends, and C-shaped in profile. The outside face of the object is decorated with a raised wavy line reminiscent of a snake, with raised semi-circular decoration emerging inward from the edges with short raised lines running between the 'snake' and edge decoration. The two shanks, set perpendicular to the main plate of the fitting at each end are D-shaped in section and indicate break-damage and possible traces of soldering.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-A02914
Object type: STRAP MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap mount of the Post-Medieval period. The mount is a stepped domed, with a raised ring-shaped stud at the peak of the dome. The underside has two hooked shanks set opposite each other from the rim of the dome. Leather is still held in place by the shanks.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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