Record ID: YORYM-D20320
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lithic implement of late Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC). Small Blade like microlith, slightly pointed towards the distal end and blunted towards the proximal end with a notch incised in the left hand side. The dorsal surface contains three clear negative scars towards the proximal end and some slight cracking ripples. The margin demonstrates fine retouching. The ventral surface towards the proximal end contains a blub of percussion and faint cracking ripples. The colour is light grey with cream inclusions throughout. Similar examples can be seen in the PAS database: Uni…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D21361
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap of Early-Medieval date (AD 750-950). The strap end is of Thomas Class A, these types are of the less expensive end of the spectrum. The typical decorations of A2 class are curvilinear and geometric patterns, however this example is too corroded to ascertain the decoration. The terminal end comes to a point while the split attachment end contains one small rivet on the left hand side, the rivet to the right is missing however half of the hole where it was affixed remains. The zoomorphic head terminal is moulded in very low relief and…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D27F88
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast cooper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. Roughly half of the main plate survives and is a moulded openwork design consisting of a central flower surrounded by pellets. No attachment loop is present and a D-shaped sectioned hook projects from one edge terminating in a worn break. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 27.4mm long, 16.1mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighs 1.5g. A similar example is illustrated in R…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D29F41
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lithic implement of Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC). Small awl like microlith with an abrupt point to the distal end created by an abrupt notch removed from the right hand side of the flint. The Ventral surface contains four negative scars and three arrises. The outer margin has fine retouch with the exception of the notched incision. The ventral surface contains a blub of percussion on the proximal edge. The object is light brown with some cream inclusions throughout. Similar examples can be found in Bond, C. (2004) pg 109, fig 5.93, no.159. Length: 23.8mm, Width: 11.…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2BB05
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy wheel from a post-Medieval pastry jigger (AD 1700-1800). It has radiating grooves and ridges and a serrated, zig-zig circumference for cutting. There is a central piercing for an axis bar which would have been secured to a handle but both of there aspects are absent. Similar examples can be found in the PAS database: Unique ID: PUBLIC-F0BC67, Unique ID: IOW-610522 and Unique ID: HAMP-709713. The object is are dark brown with some green and is slightly worn 28.8mm Diameter, 2.6mm Thickness and 9.4g Weight.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2CF76
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead perforated object of unknown date. The perforation is roughly square and the outer margin of the object is composed of nine irregular round ended protrusions, one of which is damaged with only half present, creating a star shape. 22.3mm Diameter, 2.6mm Thickness, and 120.1g Weight.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2D0E3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast cooper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class E, Type 3 being circular in plan. The main plate is heavily worn but appears to be decorated with a multi-petalled flower within a linear border. A sub-rectangular attachment loop is present at one end of the tag and a worn break at the opposite end marks the place from which the hook would have projected. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark blackish-green patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 18.9mm long, 15.6mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.5g. A…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2EAE2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object of unknown date. A piece of copper alloy, proximal end composed of a smooth regular bar, terminating in a point at the distal end, the object is truncated by a circular feature toward the distal end.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grindale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D30A06
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag of early-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Read's Class A, Type 2, being circular with two attachment holes. The plate is engraved with a spiral in the centre, with pairs of short radial lines joining the spiral to a border groove. The pairs of lines at top and bottom are clear, together with the pair on the left-hand side (held with the hook to the bottom). The pair on the right-hand side are not now visible but from parallels they can be suggested. The four pairs together are likely to have formed a cross. A small area of niello inlay is …
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D32E51
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. The glass is a mid blue colour and survives in good condition with only a few small scratches. The bead is 9.3mm in diameter, 6.6mm thick and weighs 0.7g. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty therefore due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and it could be Roman through to modern in date.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E2E831
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Early-medieval date. The strap mount is of Williams' Class A, Type 10C being sub-triangular in plan. The outer face is decorated with a moulded design of a coiled and interlaced quadruped with head raised upwards at the rectangular apex. The bottom corners of the mount extend out into rounded projections above which are two holes for attachment. The reverse of the mount is concave and undecorated. The metal has a dark greenish-red patina and is slightly worn. The mount is 53.8mm long, 31.5mm wide, 6.7mm thick and weighs 23.7g.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E4E2F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head is concave to accommodate the spring mechanism which is comprised of an internal chord with five turns of the spring, one end of which forms form the pointed pin. The mechanism is held in place by a single central lug through which is an axis bar which forms an attachment loop with a rectangular collar. The head itself is trumpet shaped and decorated with a circumferential incised border. From the head the upper bow extends into a circumferential collar below which is an elaborate acanthus decoratio…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nafferton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E70327
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead unidentified object of post-medieval to modern date. The object is part of a moulded figure though insufficient remains to determine its exact form. It is comprised of a D-shaped section piece of metal curved round to form an almost complete loop. One end terminates in a tight spiral while the other is an irregular bulbous mass which is incomplete and appears to have been attached to something. The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The object is 33.5mm long, 13.3mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 21.4g. It is similar in form to some lead toys of…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nafferton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E744E4
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date. All that remains of the ampulla is the sub-circular body. Both sides have been stamped with a pattern of lettering though this is now to worn to be determined. The metal has a light greyish-white patina and is worn. The ampulla is 30.1mm long, 31.2mm wide, 4.9mm thick and weighs 16.8g. Ampullae such as this were an important pilgrim souvenir known to have been in use from the late 12th century and were designed to contain a dose of thaumaturgic water, which would have been given to pilgrims at holy shrines and wells. The water…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humbleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E75AE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of an uncertain Edwardian ruler, long cross reverse, York mint, 1279 - 1377.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humbleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E7DE11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver cut halfpenny of John, short cross reverse, Lincoln mint, moneyer Andrew, Class 5b3, 1204 - 1209. North Vol 1, p.221, no.970.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Humbleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E83356
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed North Eastern (Corieltavi) silver unit, Boar/Horse type, phase 6, circa 50 - 10 BC. ABC 1833, BMC 3251-55, VA 879.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbald', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-224922
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy terret ring of late Iron Age to Roman date. The terret ring is D-shaped in plan and rectangular in section with a slight projecting ridge from one internal edge. The outer curved edge of the terret bears five evenly spaced bulbous knops. The metal has a dark blackish-brown patina and survives in good condition. The terret is 33mm long, 21.3mm wide, 7.7mm thick and weighs 19.4g.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burstwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-22BC92
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy probable lace chape of early post-medieval date. The chape is made from a single piece of rectangular sectioned copper alloy rolled to form a tapering tube, open at the wider end and broken at the narrow end. The larger open end is decorated with a double collar of raised circumferential ridges. No attachment holes remain. The metal has a light brownish-green patina and is worn. The chape is 100.2mm long, 13.2mm in diameter at the top, 7.9mm in diameter at the base and weighs 30.4g.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-22F3C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, [V]ICT[ORIAE DD ACGG Q NN], uncertain mint, AD 343- 348.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welton', grid reference and parish protected.