Record ID: WAW-4ED084
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded cast lead rod, perhaps a pencil of medieval or post-medieval date. The object is a long, thin cylinder. It has a circular cross-section with one pointed tip; the other end has been flattened into a wedge shape with rounded corners. This latter has been twisted slightly in profile. This artefact is plain and is a grey/white colour with a heavy patina which covers all other surfaces. Similar pencils have been recorded on this database, e.g. NARC-88EE88, and can be seen illustrated in Egan (1998, 271; fig. 209).
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-4F2680
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval mount. The object is in the shape of an acorn, with a length of stem projecting to the side of the acorn cup. The upper half of the mount represents the acorn and is separated from the lower half by two horizontal, parallel incised lines. The lower half of the body represents the acorn cup. There are two integral rivets on the reverse, one broken and one bent. This object was probably for mounting onto a strap, either a personal belt or a harness strap. Compare YORYM-258015.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-4FE545
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount. There is a central open ring with two elongated trianular projecting arms extending from opposing sides. The arms have a 'D' shaped cross section. The end of both arms has a domed circular terminal with central rivet hole. The mount is 30.92mm long, 8.53mm wide, 3.17mm thick and weighs 1.6 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-506F42
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The mount is roughly square, with a frame around a central panel decorated with a 'chip-carved' design in which a combination of V-shaped grooves and ridges defines a zoomorphic pattern. At the base of this panel is the head frame of a bird, aligned left to right (in red on the annotated photograph). The head is angular in appearance and contains a recessed, sub-rectangular eye. The upper half of the projecting beak has a straight, angled top side, vertical right hand end (defined by the edge of the panel) and a concav…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-51EA06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. The head of the mount is sub-circular and of flat section. The upper surface is decorated with a 'chip carved' design which retains much of its original gilding. At the centre of this design there is a triple-stranded, interlaced quatrefoil. This quatrefoil is entwined with a single-stranded rectangle, on each of the four corners of which there is an angled loop whose outer limit projects beyond the edges of the otherwise circular head. The final element of the design is a ropework border which extends around the circumferen…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlesborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-52C2E2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy zoomorphic or possible anthropomorphic mount or stud of medieval date (1200 - 1450 AD). The stud is irregular in plan being broadly rectangular in shape with a small triangular projection from the lower edge. In profile the stud is D shaped and in cross section it is broadly convex. The front face of the mount is domed whilst the rear is concave. From the centre of the rear face a small oval cross sectioned stud extends. This is broken and distorted / bent as a result of movement in the ploughsoil. The front face of the mount is decorated with cast and incised decor…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Marcle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5335B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver mount in the shape of two hearts arranged as a mirror image, with the bottom point facing outwards. One pint is missing while the other is worn. The hearts are defined using etched zig-zag lines, a practise commonly referred to as wriggle-work and used frequently on pewter during the 17th Century. Both rivets remain in place, although one is broken, while the other is bent. Both are square in section. Mounts of this style are probably casket mounts, rather than designed for personal adornment, and date from the Late 16th to 17th centuries AD. The mount is 21mm …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-537903
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount. It has a central lobe, with a hole, and two tapering bars of which only one survives. It has a terminal lobe which is pierced by a copper alloy rivet. The mount is mostly semi-circular in section, with a flat back; but the bars is faceted making it triangular in section. It is decorated with a raised ridge across each end of the bar. It dates from 1150-1350. See also PAS record IDs SWYOR-B04BD3, BERK-8CFC90 and KENT-D00533 for similar bar mounts. Also, Egan fig. 1154.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-542E06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of post-Medieval (probably 17th century) date. The head of the mount is roughly pointed-oval, the irregular edges reflecting the nature of the moulded foliate scrollwork decorating the upper surface. The reverse has a hollow centre, above and below which is a damaged rivet. The corroded surfaces of the mount bear traces of a black coating. The artefact measures 23.5mm long, 13.2mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 3.34g.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Billington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-54C330
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper-alloy medieval mount. The mount is shield shaped, with three straight sides and a convex side at the bottom. No clear means of attachment survive on the reverse although it may perhaps have been soldered to something. The mount measures 64.83 mm long, 49.85 mm wide, 2.35 mm thick and weighs 31.4 grams. It is slightly bent so that it appears convex when viewed from the side. A small section is missing from the lower right hand side of the mount. A heraldic device is recognisable on the mount through moulded elements and through traces of red enamel and very …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-555F97
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy incomplete artefact. It is 'Y' shaped, with the lower projection curving slightly with a break across it, possibly forming a hooked terminal. It is 20.79mm wide, 22.65mm long, 2.95mm thick and weighs 2.51 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-55DA42
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount of probable 17th century date. The mount takes the form of a convex oval plate with slightly concave back . It has egg-shaped centre flanked by constrictions at top and bottom from which expand fan or shell shaped terminals. There is a larger terminal at the wider end of the central plate and a smaller one at the point. The terminals are decorated with incised radiating lines on the front and indents on the outer edge. Extending from the reverse are two integral attachment spikes. They are circular in section and both have old breaks near the st…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-55E574
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy openwork strap fitting. It is oval in plan with openwork motifs formed of a central small pelta with a smaller inverted pelta below and a larger pelta to either side. There is a small oval opening located towards one of the longer edges; this opening has a U-shaped projection on both faces, with the open side of the projections on the outer edge of the fitting. These two U-shaped projections are H-shaped in section, with the middle bar of the H' formed from the main body of the fitting, and are presumably reinforced to accomodate a narrow leather strap. Both fac…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-50A842
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large joining body fragments of a Roman mortarium, probably dating from the late 2nd or 3rd century AD. The mortarium was probably locally made from reddish sandy fabric with quartzite inclusions. While the outside of the sherds is very smooth, the inside is gritty which is typical for all mortaria (Roman household mixing bowls). The characteristic rim is missing which makes it difficult to identify a sub-type for this vessel.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maryport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-542FF8
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint microlith of Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC) . With a high central dorsal ridge, profile is sub-rectangular, section is sub-triangular. The proximal end is flattened and shows flake removal/retouching with cracking ripples. Ventral surface has some cracking ripples toward the proximal portion, the lateral margins have fine retouch creating a finer serrated edge on the left side than on the right which is less retouched. The lithic predominantly light grey with some darker grey inclusions, with a number of light, cream inclusions running from distal to proximal ends. …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-544796
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete microlith of Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC), most likely a microburin or end scraper. Ventral surface shows cracking ripples from distal to proximal edge. Dorsal surface shows several negative scars, lateral margins show fine retouching. Both the left and right lateral margins are notched inward to create a contour toward the distal end. The oblique termination, created from the ventral side snapping the worked lithic which occurs in other such examples such as Bond, C. pg 112, fig, 22. The lithic is a light brown to cream colour with one dark grey inclusion on the ventra…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5451D6
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint microlith of Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC), most likely a microburin or end scraper. Ventral surface shows cracking ripples present on ventral surface. Dorsal surface shows several negative scars, the largest of which creates a deep concave negative across the dorsal surface, lateral margins show fine retouching. Both the left and right lateral margins are notched inward to create a contour toward the distal end. The oblique termination, created from the ventral side snapping the worked lithic which occurs in other such examples such as Bond, C. pg 112, fig, 22. no…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-548574
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Mesolithic flint microlith (6300-4300 BC). Small triangular microlith, pointed at distal end and inclined toward the right hand side and blunted at proximal end, with an abrupt triangular notch in the right margin. Ventral surface is smooth and the margin has fine retouch predominantly to the distal and left edges. The Dorsal surface is composed to four negative scars with three arrises and a cream inclusion on the proximal end. The colour is light grey with one cream inclusion (ventral and dorsal) and some lighter grey fleck's along the central aspect. Date is late Me…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-514F14
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inner flint flake that is grey in colour. The flake could have possibly been a knife or saw, but this is uncertain. There is one raised face with a central ridge, the other face is smooth. There is some evidence of retouching around the perimeter of the object. It weighs 3.1g and measures 28.38mm in length, 16.89mm in width and is 7.08mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-519EB8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub triangular lithic implement that is an inner flint flake, probably Neolithic/Bronze Age in date. There is still some of the cortex at the top of the object. There are two areas on side where a plough has struck the object and it has one smooth face and one rough face. The object weighs 6.5g and measures 42.53mm in length and 21.56mm at its widest point.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.