Record ID: SWYOR-0CEDF8
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 6 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. All are sub-spherical and unusually smooth, not appearing to have impacted. They may not have been fired. All the balls have a flat area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. They are all about 15mm diameter and range from 21g - 27g. According to Harding's (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War, these fall in the sizes used by Carbine, Arquebus and Caliver small arms, suggesting they may have been used by cavalry soldiers. The balls have a cream to white patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-0CC7A0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy (brass) thimble with sloping sides and a domed top, dating from about 1650-1850. The top of the thimble has cross-hatched decoration, a waffle pattern, rather than circular pits. The main body of the thimble is decorated with circular pits in a regular pattern. the rim is missing, as is most of the sides. Thimbles with a similar pattern may be found on the database at PAS record IDs: SWYOR-632EF5, SWYOR-634C03 and SUSS-27AB44.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C62B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, a headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. Only the head of the brooch survives. It has tubular wings holding a copper alloy axis bar and the head of a hinged copper alloy pin. There is a vertical ridge on the top of the bow; a pseudo forward chord hook. The headstud was integral but is now corroded and missing. The front of the wings are decorated with two crescents of blue enamel and also empty triangular cells. The rest of the bow and lower part of the brooch is missing. The reverse of the head is hollow. the brooch has a grey patina excep…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0C33B2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 5 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. All are sub-spherical and unusually smooth, not appearing to have impacted. They may not have been fired. All the balls have a flat area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. They are all about 16mm to 19mm in diameter and range from 25g - 39g. According to Harding's (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War, these fall in the sizes used by Arquebus and Caliver small arms, suggesting they may have been used by cavalry soldiers, and also Muskets. The balls have a cream to white patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-0BF315
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is probably Medieval in date. It is slightly biconvex with a thickened median rim. The central perforation is 10.49mm in diameter. The whorl has a grey patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0BD277
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval Jews Harp dating from about AD 1500 - 1800, missing its iron tongue. It is lozenge-shaped in cross-section and key hole shaped in plan, the mouth end being oval in shape. The rabbet or notch on one face of the mouth end is visible, though filled with iron corrosion. The jews harp, or jaws harp or trump, is an ancient folk instrument with a wide geographical distribution. It is indigenous to South-east Asia, and was certainly introduced to Europe by the time of the Crusades. The European jews harp, familiar today, is made of metal, usually iron, and the…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0B4303
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 14 musket balls of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. All are sub-spherical and unusually smooth, not appearing to have impacted. They may not have been fired. Almost all the balls have a flat area where the casting sprue has been trimmed. They are all about 15mm to 19mm in diameter and range from 20g - 36g. According to Harding's (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War, these fall in the sizes used by Carbine, Arquebus and Caliver small arms as well as muskets, suggesting they may have been used by cavalry soldiers. The balls have a cream to white patina.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-0A5321
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval, cast copper alloy, openwork hooked tag dating from AD 1500-1650. The design of the body is a ropework knot of three loops, each end of the knot having a floral terminal above a circular collar. The outer ends of the terminals are connected by a narrow, flat strip of metal, creating a sub-triangular attachment loop. A flat, bevelled hook depends from the bottom of the central loop; this is largely intact except for the very end of the point. The tag has a dark brown patina. It is 30.2mm long, 14.6 in width and,1.9mm thick. It weighs 1.56gm. See a similar example Read 2…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0A22A6
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy button of early post - medieval date, AD 1450 - 1600. It has a hemispherical, domed top and an integral, flat shank with a circular perforation. There is no decoration. It is 10.2mm in diameter and 13.8mm long. It weighs 3.05grams. Similar buttons are illustrated in Bailey, 2004, Buttons and Fasteners 500 BC - AD 1840, Page 29.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-09DCA8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two piece, copper alloy, Post Medieval shoe buckle with a stud chape and tongue, dating from 1690-1720. The buckle is undecorated. It is 27.44mm long, 16.21mm wide and 5.76mm thick. It weighs 3.61gm.. Reference: Buckles 1250-1800 by Ross Whitehead Published by Greenlight Publishing Page 102 No.659
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-0985F2
Object type: CAME
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy artifact, probably a window came (lead strip holding the glass in place in leaded lights) of probable Post medieval date (AD 1500-1800). It consists of two roughly rectangular sheets of lead separated by narrow vertical struts, giving an H shaped section. There is a V shaped indentation in each of the long sides; whether this is original, or later damage, is uncertain. It measures 19.92mm in length, 15.08mm in width, 4.96mm in thickness, and 4.30grams in weight.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-08DD75
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval, lead alloy cloth seal dating from AD 1660 -1669, probably 1665. It consists of a circular disc with a rectangular tab extending from one side. The tab remains in place and is bent in two. This is probably a sole surviving disc from a four disc cloth seal. On one side the disc carries a two line impression in relief reading CAR / SAY / 166(5). The other side is plain except for a small raised pellet in the centre. The seal measures 19.02mm in length, 3.86mm in thickness and 12.18mm in diameter. It weighs 2.11gm. A similar cloth seal is recorded as LANCUM-E352C2. T…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-087880
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval, lead alloy cloth seal, probably dating from AD 1500-1700. It consists of two circular discs, one of which is perforated to take an integral rivet. The impression on the seal has been made on the perforated side, rendering it difficult to read but it appears to consist of design flanked on the right by a feather on a ground line within a beaded double circle which contains a legend. Part of the legend reads [...]NI WE[...] but the rest is illegible. On the other, unperforated side are two characters in relief that may be 30 or 08 depending on the orientation of the pie…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-079083
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper alloy ring, probably a harness ring. The ring is beveled on one side and flat on the other; with a light green patina. It is 2.1mm in thickness 25.24mm in diameter and weighs 2.4grams.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-0737F6
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval rowel spur dating from about the 17th-18th Century. The spur is formed of a curved and flattened copper alloy band which would fit around the base of the ankle/heel. Both terminals are missing. The breaks show the arm to be D shaped in section. In the centre of the curve is a projection which splits into two with a slot where a rowel would have fitted. Compare to PAS record ID: LVPL-319747 and SWYOR-8AEE12. The small size of this spur may suggest it belonged to a child.
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-75D8E4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, domed sexfoil mount of Post Medieval date, AD 1500 - 1700. It is in the form of a flower of six petals with a domed centre. Each lobe is divided by a groove. There are traces of tinning or silvering. The underside has two flat mounting spikes; both remain in place and are bent over. The mount is 14.6mm in diameter and 9.2mm thick. It weighs 2.95gm.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-753723
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Buckle dating from AD 1575-1700 and made of cast copper alloy. It is double looped and asymmetrical with one trapezoid and one D shaped loop. The D shaped loop has a projection from the outer edge which is in the shape of an acorn. There is a slight knop at each end of the bar. The buckle is in good condition and is without any decoration. It is 27.70mm in length, 1651mm in width, 3.63mm thick and weighs 2.30gm. The pin and plate are missing. Reference please see Buckles 1250-1800, page 92, No 584 by Ross Whitehead Published by Greenlight Publishing.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-7451F5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval pin dating from the middle Saxon period (about AD 700-900). The pin head is polyhedral (cuboid, with the corners cut off, so having 14 faces) and is decorated with a ring-and-dot motifs on each face There are four ring and dots on each of the two largest faces, none on the lozenge shaped top face, and one motif on each remaining face. The pin shaft is circular in cross section and has a collar immediately below the head. The shaft of the pin is bent and at this point has split. It also swells from the collar to the split. One half of the …
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-73AF43
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy seal matrix dating from AD 1250-1400. The face is circular, the handle being divided into six facets, and topped by a pierced, mitre-shaped suspension loop with a collar. The device carried by the seal consists of two figures, one standing, facing right and the other kneeling before it, facing left, probably receiving a blessing. The standing figure may be Mary holding the baby Jesus. This design suggests that it was probably the seal of a clergyman. There is a legend around the edge which may begin S'CIV, but the seal is very worn and the remainder is illegible. T…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-020AE1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of probable Medieval date. It is circular in plan and is biconvex. It is decorated with raised pellets on both faces. There is a central circular hole. The whorl is patinated to a cream colour.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
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