Record ID: SWYOR-274097
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gilded silver disc brooch with surviving silver wire loop and Terslev-style design, dating from about 900-975 AD. Description: The brooch is circular and 26.8mm in diameter, with a very slightly domed front and a central raised dome of 6mm diameter. The silver is gilded on both faces, but with more surviving on the front. The central dome is decorated with a small moulded ring in the centre, surrounded by a ring of slightly oblique radiating ribbing. A 2mm band around the base of the dome is also decorated with similar radiating ribbing. The edge of the front has …
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2A4D36
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a glass bracelet or bangle of Roman date, probably 1st century. It is of angular D shaped (or triangular) section and is a translucent light blue colour. It is decorated with two hook shaped designs in opaque yellow glass, probably trailed into the blue glass and then smoothed. The shaft of each hook runs along the apex of the D and then the hook bends down the side of the bracelet, becoming broader. The bends of the two hooks curve in opposite directions and do not meet, but are separated by a narrow gap. The fragment is 39.5mm long, 13.6mm wide and 8.3mm thick. It weig…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.