Record ID: NARC-8628B6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 3dating to the Early Medieval period (11th century AD). The mount is sub-circular in plan and is 32 mm in width. A section is missing where the suspension loop would have been. The openwork design is probably a depiction of Woden.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-85A392
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy composite artefact of uncertain use or function and of Early-Medieval date. The copper alloy visible beneath the gilding has dark patches in many places, almost black-purplish on the reverse; this might suggest some inclusion of silver in the alloy, perhaps over 10%; this could only be tested with XRF analysis. It consists of three main components; a backplate with collar, a central slab of grey material, and an openwork top with a reserved swastika. The object might have been used as a mount on an unknown item, or might have been used as a decorative weight. The…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-819355
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of early-medieval date. The buckle is D-shaped in plan and circular in section with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The pin no longer remains. The outer edge of the frame is wide and undecorated with no recess for the pin. The frame terminates in bulbous knops which are most probably crude representations of animal heads confronted across the strap bar. Zoomorphic terminals are a common feature of buckles of this period and are intended to represent some sort of quadruped's head, such as a lion or leopard. The metal is a light greyish-green colo…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-806541
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin: Series S (type 47) Sceatta, dating 675-750AD.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-7DA853
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy scabbard dating from early Medieval to Medieval period. The main panel of the scabbard consists of two openwork plates of equal form, which are joined by a folded connection strip, located at the far end. Fixed to the opposite end of the connection strip is a pair of parallel-sided arms angled upwards in a diagonal line. Each of the arms terminate in a lozenge-shaped lobe with a transverse collar at the base. There is a copper-alloy rivet links these two lozenge-shaped terminals together. The openwork design is irregular in plan and the nature of the decoration is uncle…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.