Record ID: SWYOR-6DBCE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin: a penny of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), third issue, dating from 1594 - 1596. It is 13mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.6gm. Reference: North, volume 2, page 137, number 2017.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6EB139
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of post-Medieval date, AD 1550 - 1750. It is in two linked sections, a strap fitting and an S shaped hook in the form of a double headed snake. The strap fitting has a circular body with a sub-rectangular strap loop and, opposite the strap loop, an integral suspension loop at right angles to the plane of the body. The S shaped hook is fitted through this suspension loop. It has the head of a snake at each end and a broad, circular collar in the centre. The strap fitting is 61mm long and 22mm wide. It weighs 10.4gm. Similar fittings can be found on …
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6EEDC2
Object type: BORER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint borer, of uncertain date, Mesolithic to Neolithic (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a brown colour and is translucent. It is a tertiary flake and is roughly teardrop shaped in plan and flat elliptical in section. The flint has a sharp curved point at the distal end. This point has been produced by minimal short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch to the left edge of the distal end carried out from the dorsal face. There is also edge damage, or possible very fine retouch on the right side at the proximal end. The flint is 30.2mm long x 14.5mm wide x 4.2mm thick. Weight 1.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F2EB5
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy key of medieval date, AD 1300 - 1500. The remaining portion consists of the shank, part of the bow and a small part of the bit. The shank is of flattened oval section and is hollow. The remaining part of the bow is in the form of an openwork quatrefoil, most of which has broken away and is missing. Two small projections at the end of the key are all that remains of the bit and wards. The key is 67.4mm long and 23mm wide. It weighs 21.7gm. Compare similar keys illustrated as type VI in Wheeler, 1940, London Museum Medieval Catalogue number 7, pages 1…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F4C99
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint narrow blade, of late Mesolithic date (6500 - 4000 BC). The flint is a mottled light grey colour and is opaque. It is a tertiary flake and is sub-rectangular shaped in plan and trapezoid in section with double parallel ridges on the dorsal face. It is 36.7mm long x 8.4mm wide x 3mm thick. Weight 0.86g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FB0B3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade fragment, possibly a worn microlith of broad Mesolithic date, but more likely just a blade dating from 9000 - 4000 BC. The flint is cream coloured and is opaque. It is a tertiary flake and is sub-rhomboid shaped in plan and flat trapezoid in section with a single dorsal ridge. The form is very similar to a microlith but there is no observable retouch. It is 9.9mm long x 5mm wide x 1.2mm thick. Weight 0.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FD071
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint lithic implement, a multi-purpose tool with a burin and a scraper, of broad Mesolithic date (9000 - 4000 BC). The flint is a mottled grey brown colour and is generally opaque but translucent at the edges. There is no patination. It is a secondary flake with a small area of cortex remaining on the distal end of the dorsal face. The flint is sub-oval shaped in plan with a sharp point at the distal end which was used as a burin. The flint is sub-triangular in section. There is short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch to the left hand side which has been carried out fro…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FEB0C
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, spherical bell of post-Medieval date, AD 1600 - 1750. The upper half of the bell is undecorated and perforated with a pair of circular sound holes. There is a flat, rectangular suspension loop, also perforated with a circular hole. A raised ridge runs around the circumference of the bell, separating the two halves. Below this, the lower half is pierced by a narrow basal slot with circular ends and is decorated with a series of closely spaced, incised lines radiating outwards from the slot. The bell is 51.1mm high and 40.9mm in diameter. It weighs 70.6gm (though as…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FF615
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint retouched flake of broad Mesolithic-Neolithic date (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a mottled brown colour and is opaque, but translucent around the edges, with small white inclusions. It is a tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan and flat trapezoid in section. The flint has short, scaled, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch on the right hand side, and possible retouch or edeg damage on the left. It is 16.8mm long x 14.4mm wide x 2.9mm thick. Weight 0.78g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-7061D9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin: a threepence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), second issue, dated 1578. It is 19.1mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.3gm. Reference: North, volume 2, page 135, number 1998.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-70F083
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably dating from the sixth to sixteenth century, AD 600 - 1600. It is of Coppergate type 1, having a circular, flat base and a domed upper surface. There is a central, circular perforation but no decoration. It is 27.8mm in diameter and 12.3mm high. It weighs 37.6gm. Whorls of this shape are illustrated in Rogers, P. W. 2007, Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo Saxon England, page 25.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-718FD8
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake, possibly a scraper, possibly of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, 3300BC - 1000BC. The flint is of a dark reddish brown colour with small spots of patination. It is a secondary flake with possible short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch to the proximal end. Cortex survives over half of the dorsal face. It is 42mm long, 28mm wide and 7.2mm thick. It weighs 9.9gm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6C8426
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt Post Medieval hooked tag, dating from the 16th century. The back plate is trefoil with a pinked edge. There is a hollow domed boss soldered to the front of each lobe. These are decorated with three filigree circles on each, a pellet in the centre and a filigree border at the base of each boss. Some of the decoration is missing. In the centre of the plate is circular hole. Comparison with more complete examples suggests that this rivet once held in place a sheet flower held by a butterfly pin which would split on the reverse. On the reverse of the upper two lobes are scar…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-6D80EC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date, about 2200 BC - 1950 BC. The axe is probably a broad butt flat axe of Migdale type (decorated Variant) and is decorated with rain pattern. The blade flares from about two thirds of the way from the butt, with angular shoulders; this may have been secondary hammering; the cutting edge was narrower to begin with. The blade is 70.3mm wide at the tips, and flares from 46.2mm wide at the change of angle. The butt is 33.2mm wide half way along, and has a rounded end. The cutting edge is damaged, and is mainly missing. It is 6.2mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FF3CC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bracelet is made of silver wires twisted together to form an open hoop with solid terminals; diameter 65mm; weight, 44.32 grams. Non-destructive surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a silver content of over 99% with traces of gold, lead and copper. The high purity suggests the bracelet is not of European origin, while the regularity of manufacture suggests it is probably made of machine-drawn wire in recent times. It does not therefore qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act. B.M. Ager Curator Department of Bri…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015
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