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-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: YORYM-70D27C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mostly complete post medieval copper alloy trading token dating to the 17th century. A shield is just discernable on one side, but the token is very worn and nothing else is legible. It is black-brown in colour, with areas of green. It is particularly worn around the edges. It is circular and its diameter is 18.92mm, its thickness is 1.26mm and its weight is 1.45g. Trade tokens were issued as an alternate to coinage, when there was little low denomination coinage in circulation. They were issued by traders and business proprietors, and therefore rarely travel far from their place…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-707324
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date. The implement is a scraper formed from a secondary flake which is ovate in both plan and section. The ventral surface is smooth with a prominent bulb of percussion and the striking platform still remains. Numerous irregular flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface and short, abrupt, stepped retouch is present along the edges. The flint is a dark grey colour. The implement is 22.5mm long, 20.5mm wide, 9.3mm thick and weighs 4.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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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: YORYM-70457D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval to post-medieval cast lead spindle whorl with decoration on both sides consisting on one side of lines radiating from the centre outwards, and 3 pellets in between each line arranged in a triangle. The other side consists of a pattern of radiating lines from the centre outwards with a dot in each section and a cross. There is a circular perforation in the centre which measures 15.58mm. It is circular in plan and bi-conical in profile, with a wide rim around the circumference. It is slightly worn and the metal is cream in colour and dark brown in between the pattern…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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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-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: YORYM-6F00B9
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy book clasp of medieval to post-medieval date. It is made of a single sheet of metal which is rectangular in plan, but flares out to a fish tail at one end. This fishtail has a scalloped edge, and the scallops are bent and one is broken with a worn break. There are incised lines on the scallops which form a herringbone pattern, and a few of these lines radiate onto the main body of the clasp. There are also incised lines at the opposite end, where there are rectangular protrusions at each side of the body. The sheet curves under at this end. There is an …
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th 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: YORYM-6E1351
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy crotal bell. The bell is spherical in shape, and comprises a ridge around the circumference with a worn broken attachment point on the top for suspension. Below the ridge on the bottom there is a gap and two sound holes. The object is a little worn, with cracks extending into the metal from the sound holes. It is green-brown in colour and is a little corroded in places on the surface. It measures 26.28mm in diameter, 28.84mm in height and weighs 19.89g. Parellels on the database include IOW-F77566 and NLM-DB7C85.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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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: YORYM-6D8594
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Floris V, Count of Holland (1256-1296) dating to the period circa AD 1285 - 1296. Long cross pattee dividing legend with rosette in each angle reverse. Mint of Dordrecht. This is a continental issue modelled on the pennies of the British Isles.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th 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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