Record ID: YORYM-8645E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy ansate brooch. Two flat circular terminals with a raised bow in the centre. Each terminal is engraved with a cross, and with an oblique line nearly joining the ends of the arms in each quarter of the cross. The bow is engraved with a smaller cross. The reverse has a double pin bar lug (one half broken) and a broken catchplate. The pin is missing. Middle Anglo-Saxon, eighth to tenth century.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F774B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sceatta of the Northumbrian king Eadberht, North 177
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FB1F46
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
2 fragments (a recent break) of a late Anglo-Saxon cut half silver penny. It is an Edward the Confessor Radiate/Small Cross type, minted at Lincoln in 1044-46. EMC 2006.0105
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-635EE3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy strap fitting, probably a strap end. The attachment end has 2 small iron rivets, one in each corner. The centre is decorated with a deep interlaced design, probably zoomorphic (a dragon?) in Borre style. The fitting is broken, and the terminal end is missing. Behind the main plate there is a second plate, forming a splayed gap to fit around a strap.
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-D612D1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy zoomorphic Anglo Saxon strap end. The terminal end is mould as a zoomorphic snout with prominent eyes and ears/horns on either side. The attachment end has a crescent shaped decorative panel, and 2 holes for attachment, one in each corner. The rear leaf of the bifurcation for fitting the strap is missing.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2005
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-E856D5
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double-terminal bit link which would have been attached to the terminal loop of a late early-medieval bridle bit. It has the following dimensions: length: 51.3mm; width: 17.9mm; thickness: 6.9mm; weight: 15.87g. The artefact has an integral expanded plate with a D-shaped cross section. One of the loops is particularly worn in a small area, probably indicating use or wear. At one end of the expanded plate, there is a hump with a rib below. The object is worn but in a fair condition. For similar examples see Williams (2007)
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-BD7955
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A struck/ hammered silver penny of Edgar (diameter: 19.9mm; thickness: 0.7mm; weight: 1.64g). Of the reform small cross type, this coin was minted by Wulfric in York between AD 973-5, and was struck from the York A style dies. This style was used at York starting a few years before the reform and is of inferior workmanship with a tall and narrow bust. The drapery consists of closely drawn lines and the letter 'A' is barred. The obverse legend usually starts between 9 and 11 o'clock with the king's name spelt EADGAR (Jonsson, 1987, page 93). A small circle is indented on the revers…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-630472
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn but complete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount (length: 41.1mm; width: 28.1mm; thickness: 4.4mm; weight: 12.04g), of the Class A Type 1, as classified by David Williams in 'Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue', 1997. The mount is of a sub-triangular shape with various worn and protruding points along the edge and to opposing sides. These occur just below the apex loop, nearly half way down the artefact, and just above the base. There is one rivet hole at the apex loop (which ends in a rounded point) as well as two rivet holes at the base. The riv…
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-31CFC2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded but complete cast copper alloy sword pommel, dating to the 9th/ 10th century (length: 25.8mm; width: 55.3mm; thickness: 19.2mm; weight: 55.29g). Of a roughly triangular-shaped design, the pommel is convex on the underside, and is decorated with five stepped and rounded lobes, each increasing in size with the largest in the centre. The pommel has a hollow interior with an off-set rectangular hole at the top for the sword's tang to go through. The pommel is worn, corroded and in a poor condition with a patchy dark green/ brown patina. This style of sword pommel/ hilt …
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
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Record ID: WMID-0215A2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy artefact, probably dating to the early Medieval period (length: 22.2mm; diameter of the hexagonal 'skirt': 12.4mm; weight: 7.28g). This artefact has a small irregular but circular pierced loop at the top (diameter: 6.3mm; thickness: 3mm) with a large sub-rectangular sectioned collar below, which then becomes narrow before spanning out into a hexagonal 'skirt' (length: 9.1mm) with a ring and dot at the bottom of each of the eight sections. Below the flat base of this 'skirt', a roughly circular platform (length: 4.2mm) protrudes out also with a flat bottom.…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-061CE4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap distributor or harness fitting, dating to the Early Medieval period or the 10th/ 11th century AD (length: 66.1mm; width: 26.7mm; thickness: 8.9mm; weight: 27.20g). This artefact has a D-shaped cross-section with lozenge-shaped terminals at the centre of which are sub-rectangular apertures/ holes. At the terminals, there are rounded protruding knobs on each angle. In the centre, there is a raised convex roundel with a circular indentation as well as rounded knobs to either side. The underside of the artefact is flat with no decoration. The strap di…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-162203
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end, probably dating to the 10th century AD (length: 59.1mm; width: 18.9mm; thickness: 3.2mm; weight: 12.26g), and may be of an Hiberno-Scandinavian origin. This artefact is decorated on the upper surface with three uniform grooves running down its length, as well as one groove crossing the strap end's width at the broken end. To either side of the three grooves, there are the remains of approximately six or seven ring and dots. The underside of the artefact is undecorated and there is no evidence of rivets or attachment fittings as the strap end …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-184861
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck/ hammered base silver probable derivative contemporary copy of a Frissei Series E sceatta, dating to the 8th century AD (diameter: 11.6mm; thickness: 1.2mm; weight: 1.24g). On the reverse of the coin, the standard box shape is depicted, but the porcupine on the obverse is facing the wrong way. The coin is slightly worn and in a good condition. EMC pic
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-03A697
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible cast copper alloy spur buckle, dating from the early Medieval - Medieval period (length: 22.2mm; width: 20.9mm; thickness: 4.9mm; weight: 3.74g). This possible buckle has an incomplete integral plate with two irregular holes in the centre down its length. At the transition between the plate and sub-oval loop, there is a protruding lug at either side. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition, with a possible pin missing.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moreton Morrell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6E17E0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hanging bowl mount, dating to the Early Medieval period. Length: 47.1mm; width: 19.3mm; thickness at hooked end: 7mm; weight: 7.60g. The mount has a tear-drop shape and seems flat in cross-section. There is a splayed triple-lobed terminal at one end, with the remains of a hook at the other end where the artefact would have originally been attached onto the shoulder of the bowl; as these hooked escutcheons are thought always to have been attached to the curving shoulder of the bowl, the flat cross-section seems odd. The combination of the hook and the te…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4EF045
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy flat sub-rectangular strap end, dating to the 10th century AD (length: 30.9mm; width: 19mm; thickness: 3.1mm; weight: 6.62g). This strap end derives from the Winchester style with its openwork ornamentation (there are seven open holes with possibly one filled in) that seem to form a plant/ petal decoration. At the 'fixing' end, it is difficult to identify rivets or rivet holes beyond the decoration and separated by a linear groove. The artefact is in a worn and poor condition with a corroded surface. The strap end in reddish brown in colour, but very littl…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-054B67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy lozenge-shaped strip brooch with remains of gilding and iron corrosion on the back, dating to the late 8th/ early 9th century AD (length: 90.7mm; width: 66mm; thickness of plate: 1.6mm; weight: 30.23g). At the top of this flat plate brooch, there is a large slightly extending area of iron corrosion, where the iron spring was situated. The slightly uneven-sided lozenge plate has a plain border around the outside, with an outer ridge separating the border from the finely detailed chip-carved design. Separating the decoration into quarters, a flat cross…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-021BE4
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, dating to the 11th century AD and classified as a Class A, Type 1 example (length: 46.1mm; width: 29.8mm; thickness at flange: 7mm; weight: 16.82g). The mount has a sub-triangular and pentagonal form with a Type A common right angled flange (width: 24.9mm) at the base, with two complete rivet holes (diameter: 2.9mm) present at the base immediately above the flange. Above the rivet holes (where none of the rivets survive), there are two triangular pointed and integral protrusions at either side of the mount's width. After the decorat…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-2C50A2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy four-armed bridle fitting/ strap distributor, dating to the 11th century (39.7mm x 36.3mm; thickness at central boss: 15.7mm; weight: 23.62g). Only two of the four arms remain, with the other two broken off from the main central boss. One of the arms is slightly longer than the other, but both have inner circular attachment looped terminals (average inner diameter: 9mm) with protruding outer knobs to the left, right and tip of the arm, illustrating the outside of these loops with a lozenge-shaped appearance. The central boss is a highly pronounced exten…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-BF6A21
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount, dating to the 11th century AD (length: 35.2mm; width at bottom: 29mm; thickness at base: 6.1mm; weight: 12.80g). A Class A, Type 11A sub-triangular mount (as classified by Williams, 1997, pages 58-67, ref nos 225-245 & 261-268). The top of the artefact and apex loop are now missing. The decorated front of the mount illustrates a central protruding image of a lion gazing upwards with his mouth open, his front leg raised and his tail curled over his back. Williams states (page 11) that lions in a similar posture can be seen in the bor…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wall', grid reference and parish protected.