Record ID: LANCUM-CA91C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an Early medieval biconvex cast lead weight probably a spindle whorl probably dating from the 9th to the 11th century. It is decorated with a raised zigzag or radiating line pattern. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8mm. The object is very worn and has a greyish/white patina. The diameter is 32mm and the weight 35.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA8BEE
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy wrist or sleeve clasp of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 470 - 570. Hines form B18c. The clasp consists of a rectangular plate with one long straight edge and one curvilinear edge forming five roundels, housing four perforations, or sewing holes, between the bar and the roundels, for attachment. The upper surface of the main plate is decorated with five pairs of transverse grooves. The reverse of the clasp is flat and undecorated, and although it was originally recorded as having a hook projecting from the centre of the straight edge, from the photograph it look…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA227C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval plate brooch probably dating to the ninth century and of Continental, Carolingian, origin.. The plate is rectangular in shape, with a solid raised border running around the edge. The brooch is divided into three panels depicting a wolf flanked by two birds. On the inside of the panels is blue enamel with the surface of the light green copper alloy patina showing through. On the reverse Is the remains of the attachment. On one side there is the catchplate, this is rectangular in shape with the outer edge curved over to hold the now missing…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6609A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval sceatta (or as it's properly termed, an 'early silver penny'). A Series N Type 41b var., cf. no. 476. Southern England, c. AD 710-25. O: two standing figures facing each other with a cross in between. R: curling creature, left, with head turned back. The diameter is 10mm and the weight 0.94g. Medieval European Coinage 8: Britain and Ireland c. 400-1066 (CUP, 2017) by Rory Naismith.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6498F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 400 - 600. Probably a small-long type brooch. The head is sub-rectangular with much of the original edge being lost to old, worn breaks. From the centre of the lower edge of the head a D-sectioned broken arched bow extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The length is 64mm, the width is 20mm, thickness 6mm and the weight 8.48g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEED77
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end with zoomorphic decoration Late Early Medieval - c. 850 to 1000AD. Probably a Thomas Class B, type 4 strap end tapering to the broken terminal. There is a split plate at the attachment end with two circular rivet holes at the rounded corners. The mid-section of the front of the plate is decorated on the front face with moulded zoomorphic heads decoration. The rear of the plate is flat and there is a transverse ridge where the split plate begins. Reference: Thomas, G. 2003 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part I' Finds Research…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7357D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (middle Anglo-Saxon) disc or 'cogwheel' brooch. The brooch has a flat circular plate with openwork and moulded decoration. This consists of a central cross with a domed lozenge in its centre and short arms, each expanding into two opposing lobes terminating at the edge of a surrounding circle. This circle has a central groove and rectangular crenellations around its circumference. On the back face of the plate to one side is a single pin lug covered with heavy iron corrosion - all that remains of the pin. On the opposite side is a small hooked…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9098D7
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval hanging bowl mount or escutcheon probably dating to the c. 7th century AD. The mount consists of a discoidal mount body, with a broken hanging terminal. The terminal is decorated with three circles two of which are sub-divided into recessed squared segments decorated with milifiori glass composed of blue with white dots delineated by red. Within the very centre of the mount, a recessed circle has been inlaid with green glass or enamel. The outer circumference of the mount disc itself has also been tinned or silvered. Millefiori is very unusual on han…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-10DB29
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy pin probably dates from 720 to 850AD. The shank has a collared head under a spherical head. The head is decorated with a series of raised open circles in recessed borders. The length is 11mm, the width is 8mm thickness 8mm and the weight 3.71g. Cf. LEIC-FA46E1, SWYOR-2FFE70, LIN-95321C SWYOR-2FFE70. Polyhedral-headed pins with ring-and-dot decoration are a common find from Middle-Saxon England, and have been placed in a typology of collared pins by Haldenby (2012) in which he supports a 9th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-53BBB4
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bar ingot with rounded and flattish ends 'finger' form. The ingot is D shaped in section with a flat base and convex tip and tapers in width and thickness from one end to the other. The length is 59mm and the width is 11mm. The ingot is not diagnostic and is therefore difficult to date; ingots of this form in precious metals have been found associated with late Early Medieval period finds. (Blackburn and Rogerson Medieval Archaeology 1993, 222-4). It has been suggested that copper alloy ingots from Norfolk of bar-like form and with transverse hammering may belong to the V…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-F3ABD5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy strap end probably dating to the tenth century AD. (AD 900 to 1000)Thomas Type possibly 'E'. The strap end is tongue-shaped in plan with a rectangular shaped top with two small round rivet holes and a rounded terminal at the bottom. The upper surface of the strap end is decorated with an incised motif which is difficult to discern but appears to be interlaces with possible a face depicted. The length is 76mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 15.92g. It is uncertain whether this piece should be associated with Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavi…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6037F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Aethelstan small cross type, moneyers name in 2 lines , bottom line reads MONE for moneyer and the top line reads as ING?[...] ED[ELST]AN REX is the ob legend, date is 924-39AD. The diameter is 21mm and the weight 1.07g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-48D655
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object that could be an incomplete polyhedral multi-faceted pin Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) hair pin dating to the late 8th to the early 10th century AD or could relate to a later more modern object. It has a cuboid-faceted head very corroded and no decoration is discernible. Where the head joins the shaft there appears to be a collar consisting of a circumferential raised line. The shaft is not circular in cross-section and appears to have a square section which could indicate that it is later. The length is 18mm, the width is 9mm and the weight 2.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-373D50
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a gaming piece of later Early-Medieval date. It is solid and pyramid shaped with a flat base with four regular sides. The lead surface is heavily oxidised resulting in a cream/white patina.The length is 20mm, the width is 18mm and the weight 28.37g. Similar conical lead objects, but which are hollow, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (for example SF-C01997, SF-50B784, SF-6F5256 and SF-6F7361). They are interpreted as possible Viking gaming pieces or small weights and indicate a probable date range in the 9th-11th centuries AD for the current example. Object…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-C137FF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel mount and suspension ring, probably from a hanging bowl of early early-medieval date. The mount is openwork and circular, convex on the outer face and concave on the inner face. It has four circular perforations, two larger and two smaller. The perforations are in two pairs, the lower pair being smaller with diameters of about 3mm, and the upper pair being larger with diameters of about 12mm. The upper pair are set quite close to the edge of the mount. Between each pair of perforations, the outer face has a longitudinal raised ridge that flares upwards from the …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-4AF424
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy probably early medieval (Viking) weight probably dating circa 800 - 1100AD. The weight is circular in plan and the sides are convex tapering towards the base. The upper surface is flattened with a circular depression at the top probably for an inserted object now missing. The object is a creamy white in colour with an even patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. The diameter is 20mm, thickness 20mm and the weight 24.99g. Viking period lead weights were often set with Lunettes ty…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-10FB43
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval to medieval copper-alloy strap end dating 1000 - 1100AD. The strap end has a zoomorphic animal head terminal which is humped tapering down the sloping brow and separating the raised, sub-rounded eye sockets. The body of the strap end is narrowed behind the head and is an elongated trapezoid in plan. Only a short portion of the body is split in profile to allow for the strap to be fitted which have now corroded over. The terminals of each plate have a single rivet hole and the rivet is intact. The surface is abraded and has a dark green patina. The length is 44mm, the…
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-9331CA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with raised rounded pellet eyes defined by curving incised lines and a stub-nosed snout. The flat central panel has a convex-sided incised linear border which contains a stylised Trewiddle-style animal with a fill of niello. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The top is split to hold a strap. Both rivets are missing as is one of the holes and the other hole is broken. The length is 33mm, the …
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-92F87A
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bar ingot with rounded and flattish ends'finger' form. The ingot is D shaped in section with a flat base and convex tip and tapers in width and thickness from one end to the other. The length is 45mm, the width is 15mm thickness 15mm and the weight 23.47g. The ingot is not diagnostic and is therefore difficult to date; ingots of this form in precious metals have been found associated with late Early Medieval period finds although this example is lighter than the 25g/26g unit suggested from Viking-Age silver ingots (Blackburn and Rogerson Medieval Archaeology 1993, 222…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C15F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
This item was originally identified as a fragment of late Iron Age torc, but seems more likely (from the photograph) to be a large separately cast side knob from a cruciform brooch headplate. The description originally said that the object was made from copper alloy and iron, with the surface possibly silvered or tinned. It was described as 'concave copper with an iron insert tab in the middle'. The single photograph is unclear, but it appears to have a flat, slightly flaring attachment tab projecting from the base. The base is decorated with two grooves which divide it into thr…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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