Record ID: SWYOR-AC5EF7
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Neolithic polished stone axehead or possibly an adze. The tool is incomplete (the butt has broken away) and has been ground so that the surface is smooth. The width of the axehead/adze is unusually narrow and it may have been ground for reuse or used as a small adze. The blade edge is complete and is sharp. The stone is a bluish grey colour and is likely to be Langdale stone - known as greenstone. The greenstone comes from the intrusion of a narrow vein of tuff in the volcanic rocks of Great Langdale in Cumbria. The stone was suitable for making highly polished axes as well as r…
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-840557
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy vessel leg, foot only. The out-turned foot has a ?human face on it, depicted by two lines represent each eye and eyebrow, and a short horizontal line under the slightly raised nose. Probably medieval 13th-15th century. Length (height) 21.33mm, width 19.88mm, thickness 37.3mm, weight 51.84g.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-840298
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy dagger chape, tapering slightly towards the missing terminal. Decorated on the obverse with four incised horizontal lines with dignoal lines between. Overlapping edges on the reverse. Three rivet holes on the upper edge of the obverse, four copper alloy rivets, irregularly spaced towards the upper edge of the reverse. The terminal is missing. Flattened. Probably medieval. Length 36.20mm, width 26.53mm, thickness (longitudinally at centre) 6.62mm, weight 10.50g.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-83FFD0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife terminal with the remains of the iron tang. Asymmetrical bi-lobed terminal. Flat rectangular tang set into a groove in the base of the terminal. Medieval - early post-medieval probably 14th-16th century. Length 25.12mm, width 12.28mm, thickness 10.16mm, weight 9.43g.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-83F9F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy vessel rim fragment. Flat everted rim decorated on the upper surface with incised diagonal and transverse lines. A small strip of the vessel wall remains. Probably medieval-early post medieval. Length 44.84mm, width 13.5mm, thickness (including wall) 4.65mm, thickness (rim only) 3.32mm, weight 11.08g.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-83DFD6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg. Rectangular, tapering towards the base, slightly hollowed on the reverse, Two deep longitudinal grooves on the obverse. Length 60.83mm, width 40.96mm, thickness (at top) 16.66mm, weight 101.64g.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-4708F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hammered silver long cross penny of Edward I or II from the London mint. The details of the lettering and the crown mean it can be identified as a North Class 10cf2, dating to 1306-7.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-466941
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Romano-British multi-part mould. The fragment was originally part of a disc-shaped piece, approximately 40-50mm in diameter and 20mm thick. The complete mould would have had at least 2 other parts, one joining each face of the disc. Both faces have hollow designs for casting: one appears to be a 5 pointed star or 5 petalled flower; the other is a human face, with the hair and prominent eyes/eyebrows visible. There are the remains of at least 2 risers (which allow air out as the mould is filled) on the outer adge. The mould would have been used to produce sm…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4550B2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy axe head of the palstave type of the Middle Bronze Age. The body of the axe is largely complete although pitted with corrosion, but the cutting edge, most of the flanges and the haft end are missing.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-42A784
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch frame, pin missing. Sub-circular frame with two sides slightly flattened, decorated with four raised hollow settings equally spaced. These may once have contained glass or stone or enamel. Between each of the settings is a pair of drilled hollows. Constriction for pin, groove opposite acts as pin rest.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-428A06
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Asymmetrical flat, trefoil mount with pair of integral pointed lugs on the back. Decorated with foliate design.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-422388
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of bow and leg of a Roman knee type brooch. Wide rectangular in section, curved in profile to the S-shape but with a step between the leg and the bow. Expands at the foot to a flat base. A parallel is published in Hattat, R., Brooches of Antiquity, 1987, Oxford, No. 1277.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-420C04
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy belt mount. Assymetrical, flat, with integral pointed lugs on the back, one broken. Decorated with punched C's and annulets. Examples illustrated in Read, B., Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, 2001, Somerset, Nos. 285-303.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-41C606
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy mount from a sword belt hanger. Assymetrical, flat. Hook with terminal knob, floriate design, pair if iron rivets in-situ. Examples illustrated in Read, B., Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, 2001, Somerset, Nos. 355-366.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SWYOR-DD9558
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a 1st century Roman plate brooch, dating from AD50-150. It is cast from copper alloy and is decorated with coloured enamel. The front of the brooch has a small circular hole at the centre where there would have originally been a protruding knop - this may have been cast separately and therefore has been lost from the brooch. The decoration on the brooch is in the shape of a sun with radiating curved arms. It is similar to the 'leaf garland' decoration found on similar early plate brooches from France (as cited in Hattatt 'Ancient Brooches and other Objects'). The enamel in the…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Riccal', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SWYOR-DD71F7
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal, probably dating to the Roman period and possibly functioning as a furniture fitting. The terminal is roughly cone shaped and solid. The base is uneven and has the remains of an iron fitting or rivet where the terminal has been attached to something. The object is decorated around the base with four single petal shapes, reminiscent of acanthus moulding. Above this there are two thin bands of twisted rope like decoration before the object terminates in a protruding rounded knop. The terminal weighs 24.31g and measures 27.13mm in length, 17.67mm in diameter. A simi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tadcaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IHS-5FD805
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, design of a fleur-de-lys cast into the reverse. Suspension loop intact at top (bottom of fleur-de-lys). Device of an equal-armed cross within a circle which joins the ends of all the arms; this is in the centre of the device area, with spaces above and below. A line separates the device area from the legend, and a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face. The inscription reads +S'· WILLI BVLLCEK (The seal of William Bullcek (or Bullcer))
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2005
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: IHS-22DC81
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Upper part of a substantial vesica-shaped (pointed oval) copper alloy matrix which has been broken in two, the larger portion has been lost. Reverse flat other than a damaged raised midrib with a suspension loop at the top. Condition is reasonable, but surface is flaking. Device: upper portion of a floral desig. The whole within a beaded border, and a second border defines the outer edge of the matrix. Measurements: face maxima 20 mm x 21 mm; weight 7.5 g.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: IHS-E0AB04
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual lead alloy seal matrix. Face is circular, with tapering handle, circular in cross-section, which has been broken at the bottom of the suspension loop; the small piece of metal protruding to the side at the top may have been one side of the suspension loop. Device: a very crude wheatsheaf or possibly fleur-de-lys of three upright elongated pentagons joining at a short horizontal stroke, below which are visible three further short lines. Across the widest part of the pentagons a diagonal line which appears to end in a short streamer or ribbon; two similar streamers are visible…
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: IHS-DF65C1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny copper alloy seal matrix with oval face and short handle in the shape of a flattened hexagon, broken off before the suspension loop. Piece is in very poor condition, with face thin and badly pitted. Device of a stag's head and length of neck, facing left. The ears are almost horizontal on either side of the head and the branched antlers can be seen behind it. Measurements: 11.5 mm x 13 mm, 5 mm high.
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.