Record ID: YORYM-FDCD38
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone pendant whetstone of probable early medieval date (c. 800 - 1100 AD). The whetstone is a long rectangular cuboid in shape with a surface that has been worn smooth through use. A rectangular flat projection of stone extends from the top; this is perforated with a circular hole so that the object could be worn as a pendant. The whetstone is dark purple in colour. It is 52.55mm in length, 13.93mm in width and 6.87mm in thickness. It weighs 8.79g. Portable whetstones of this form were used in the Bronze Age as well as the early medieval and medieval periods. An early medieval dat…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-FDC381
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl or loom weight of probable medieval date. It is oval in plan and conical in section with a flat base. All surfaces are undecorated and have an uneven pale grey patina. The central perforation is 6mm in diameter, and is exposed on one side, presumably due to damage. Lead weights of this form were commonly used throughout the medieval and post-medieval period and are therefore difficult to date accurately. Examples of spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Davenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FDE34C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight of uncertain date. The object is conical in form with what were possibly originally faceted sides. The top of the object is perforated with a circular hole with a diameter of 4mm at the top, widening to 6mm at the base. The object has a smooth creamy white patina.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Davenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FF2085
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 medieval or post-medieval lead weights, all globular with perforation, weighing 32.38g, 32.53g and 32.83g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-FE6C13
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three lumps of copper-alloy casting waste found in same area as two Bronze Age hoards and therefore possibly associated (YORYM-D2333A and YORYM-D028FE). Largest is 57.37mm in length, 44.33mm in width and weighs 31.14. Smallest is 24.99mm in length, 20.12mm in width and weighs 183g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-FE63B0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy vessel mount of medieval or post-medieval date century date (c. 1200-1700). The mount is broadly lentoid in plan although the edges all display old, worn breaks. At the top of the mount are two loops, unevenly formed and not parallel to each other nor the main element of the mount. Separating the looped section and the main body of the mount is a wide, raised collar. The front of the mount has cast decoration in the form of the head of a bearded male, possibly a 'green man' type design depicting a woodland or other god. There are traces of a white m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-FFC775
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sherd of handmade early medieval ceramic vessel (c. 600 - 1100 AD). The fabric is hard and dotted with holes where inclusions, possibly of an organic material, have burnt out during firing. The inclusions are angular grains with a maximum size of c. 5.0mm in a medium frequency. The outer surface of the sherd is black, probably from sooting. The centre of the sherd is grey/brown and the inner surface is grey tinged with red. The sherd represents the full side of the vessel, including a slightly rounded and jutting rim at the top. The vessel is squat and wide with everted sides; the sh…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Record ID: DOR-FFCA9A
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment from a cast and then twisted gold bracelet, possibly repurposed into a ring dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1300 – 1100 cal BC). The object is made of a gold rod that has been bent into an oval shaped hoop whose two terminals overlap one another. The rod is rectangular in section (c.3.6mm wide and c.3.1mm thick) with slightly accentuated corners created by slightly concave edges. This rod has been twisted moderately (having 5 twists) across its length. Both terminals end in transverse breaks. Dimensions: The ring is 14.8mm long and 13.0mm wide. In it…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FE34F6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy possible token or gaming piece of uncertain date. The object is sub-circular with a D-shaped section. No decorative markings can be determined. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The object is 13.9mm in diameter, 2.5mm thick and weighs 1.9g. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and may date from the Roman to Post-Medieval periods.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-FE42A4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy halfpenny trade token issued in the parish of Bridlington to be used as relief funds for the poor or infirm dating to AD 1666. The token is 20.6mm in diameter and weighs 0.7g. Obverse: FOR THE USE OF [THE POOR] around B//B/B with three flowers Reverse: OF BVRLINGTON 1666 around THEIR//HALFE//PENNY A similar example is illustrated in Thompson and Dickinson, pl.18, no.5818b.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: BERK-001B38
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval lead alloy token, dated (AD) 1752. The token is well cast and decorative; one faces bears a five-pointed star or flower with pellets both within and between each petal, while the other side of the token has the initials S (dot) B above an exergue which contains the date 1752. Quite often tokens with dates on have been poorly designed, with numbers and letters appearing the wrong way round. However this is a good quality token and remains in good condition. Leaden tokens or tallies are little understood artefacts; they may have been payment tokens (like 19t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
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Record ID: SF-0195EA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy advertising token for the 'Pears Soap' company, probably dating c. 1861-1900. The token has been overstamped on a very worn 'dix centimes' struck for Napoleon III of France, dated 1861. The obverse face of the coin has been stamped with the legend 'PEARS SOAP. Preserved in fair condition with an even green patina, it measures 29.77mm in diameter, 1.74mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 7.78g. The Wikipedia page for Pears Soap states that in the late 19th century the company imported large quantitites of mid 19th century French coinage (mostly issues of Napoleon III)…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-FFC25C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD 1400-1550. The thimble is a cast heavy-duty thimble. Part of the dome of the thimble is broken and missing. There is a plain raised border around the base of 2 mm in depth and, above this, the thimble is covered with drilled irregular circular pits in roughly concentric circles. The thimble is incomplete and worn and with slight damage around the edge of the base and an irregular hole in the dome. The thimble is of a heavy-duty type with the 1.45mm thick metal at the base, thinning towards the dome. Simila…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-012EB1
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval copper-alloy portable or pocket sundial of post medieval date (1600-1750). The outer surface of the object has a rectangular channel cut just off-centre and 2.2mm in width. The external surfaces above and below this groove are worn but would have been smooth and the metal still retains a shiny appearance. The upper external surface is 4.6mm in width, whilst the lower surface is 6.3mm in width. Both surfaces have two linear grooves which flank the inside and outside edge of each section. On the inner surface there are two rows of numbers grooved or punched…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-FCAC61
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval composite copper alloy strap end, scraps of spacer and front and back plates survive secured by a copper alloy rivet to a cast separate terminal knop, bifurcated with vertical groove. Extant length 17.5mm. Width 9.5mm. 3mm thick. Cf. Margeson (1993), no.234. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-FD0451
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy strap end dating to the early medieval period (c. 750 - 900 AD). The strap end is long and cylindrical, widening and flattening at one end into a sharply pointed zoomorphic terminal. The terminal has two circular depressions next to each other on the upper face to form 'eyes'. The opposite end is also widened and flattened in a triangular shape, although the top of the attachment end is missing. The missing section would have included one or multiple rivet holes with copper-alloy rivets for attachment. There are two small rivets at the point where the attachmen…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-FD6F5D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy strap end dating from the early medieval period (c. 750 - 900 AD). The strap end is missing both ends, leaving most of the rectangular body with evidence of two circular rivet holes at the attachment end. One of the rivet holes is positioned centrally and the other is to one side of it, in the corner. The strap end has just started to fork at the point where it has broken, leaving a gap between the two copper-alloy sheets which is now filled with organic detriment. The upper face of the strap end is decorated with an incised pattern of ring and dot motif. This …
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FEAFE4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas (2004) Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. Incomplete openwork plate with moulded Winchester style decoration on one face consisting of a central stem with curling tendrils on either side and four circular apertures, two of which sit along the line of an old break. See: Thomas, G, 2004, p. 2 - 3.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FECFE3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper-alloy strap end. The mount would have been an elongated D-shaped loop with a single collared knop centered on the outer curved edge. Only a small segment of the mount remains, at furthest 10mm from the knop.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-005858
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams' (1997) Class A, Type 13 dating to the period c. AD 950 - 1100. Diamond-shaped with a pierced loop projecting from the top and a projecting lobed boss on either side. In the centre is a diamond-shaped recess. At the bottom is a rearward-projecting flange covered in iron corrosion from two rivets. See: Williams, D, 1997, p. 75, no. 342.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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