Record ID: SWYOR-348D21
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of 20 pieces of grey ceramic vessel, some decorated, of Early Medieval date, AD 400 - 700. They may be from cremation urns. They are all body sherds. The fabric is hard, dark grey throughout, with an irregular texture. There are frequent large (about 1-1.5mm), slightly rounded quartz or quartzite inclusions. Some pieces have poorly sorted similar inclusions of varying sizes. Tehe largest decorated piece has stamped marks in rows. The top line is S shaped stamps. Two horizontal grooves separate the next band of decoration which consists of a stamp which is …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0E661D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Early Medieval brooch; a cruciform brooch of Martin group 1, dating from AD 420 - 475. It has a full-round waisted top knob, a narrow head-plate with chamfered sides and behind it, a single loop to support the spring mechanism. The spring was made of iron and only corrosion survives. The bow has a trapezoid cross-section and a transverse double groove at each end. Most of the lower bow is missing. A short length of semicircular cross-section survives, with the catchplate behind. The catch curls to the left as viewed from behind, head uppermost. Th…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0C7DF9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, about AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, probably Type 1 with a Trewhiddle style design and a zoomorphic terminal. The strap end is sub-ovate with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end. The attachment end is missing. The central design appears to be curvilinear interlace with traces of niello, but it is corroded making it difficult to decipher. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with moulded features including curved ears (that look like horns), oval eyes, an…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0C2A2E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy anthropomorphic artefact of probable Early Medieval date, AD 400 - 600. It is a sub-triangular shape in plan with a straight (but broken) top, parallel upper sides, and lower sides that taper inwards to a rounded end. The front is moulded into a human face with a plain forehead, bulbous eyes in rounded concave areas, an angular projecting nose, and curved lines running from the base of the nose up around the eye sockets. An oval dimple in the pointed end may be intended as a mouth, or may be damage. The face is convex and three dimensional. The reverse is …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-6ECC27
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval sleeve clasp dating from AD 450 - 570. It is probably of Hines form B, but the damaged rear edge means form B19 is also possible. Damage also means it is unclear whether it is a hook piece or a catch piece. The bar and plate are cast in one. The edges are all abraded. The bar is decorated with four wide transverse grooves. The plate has got at least three large ring and dot motifs. there are no perforations. On the reverse are two rectangular scars, equally spaced along the plate. Measurements are; length 29.7mm, width 8.0mm, thickness 2.9…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-D24E28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy incomplete Early Medieval small-long brooch dating from AD 450 - 550. The rectangular headplate is simply a flat sheet of plain metal. The corner are damaged, so it is unclear if there were recesses. The plate does not appear to have any punched decoration. AT the top of the bow is a flat facet, then two incised transverse lines. The bow is plain and has a faint central vertical arris on the front, making the front into two facets, and is triangular in cross-section. There are two incised lines across the base, then another flat panel with two further…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D19C2B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval cruciform copper alloy brooch of Martin group 1, 2 or 3 dating from AD 420 - 550. Only the foot terminal of the brooch survives, in the form of a horse or other animal head. The eyes are bulbous and the nose is represented by a plain raised central ridge.  The nostrils are oval and have a single knop surrounded by a curved line. There is a small triangular shaped extension below the nostrils. The reverse is undecorated and slightly concave. The object has an even patina of mid-green. It is 38.5mm long, 18.2mm wide and 3.9mm at the thick and It …
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EF0DAC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, about AD 750 - 950. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with a zoomorphic terminal. The strap end is sub-ovate with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an open split terminal at the attachment end. One corner of the from plate is missing. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with moulded features including curved ears (that look like horns), oval eyes, and a snub-nosed snout. The central panel bears an interlaced Trewhiddle style design in relief against a single recessed…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7AD3FF
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date, about AD 750 - 950. Thomas Class A, Type 1avii; Wooperton-type.  The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with zoomorphic terminal and Trewhiddle style decoration.  Further, it is a Class A, Type 1avii which appears to be a type with a mainly Yorkshire distribution. The strap end is sub-ovate with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an open split terminal at the attachment end. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with moulded features including rectangu…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-7AD046
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a cast copper alloy early-medieval brooch, either a cruciform or a small-long brooch probably dating from AD 420 - 550. They are probably from the same brooch. One piece is the corroded head of the brooch with the top part of the bow.  The head is an incomplete plate with a rounded upper edge. The headplate appears sub-circular in shape although it is likley that it would have been rectangular with knops on either side. There is a flat facet at the top of the bow which is D shaped in cross-section.  The back of the headplate is very corro…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-BD2C67
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, Early Medieval dress pin dating from about AD 700 - 900. The remaining portion consists of the polyhedral head and a length of a circular sectioned shaft. The head is rectangular in cross section with angled facets at each of the upper and lower corners and a single, flat facet in the centre of the upper surface. Each of the four sides carries decoration in the form of a single, centrally positioned, circular ring and dot. The pin head is well defined, and has a smooth, dark green patina. The pin is 54.2mm long, 7.3mm wide, 4.7mm thick and weighs 3.0…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-BD1CAE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy Early Medieval Trewhiddle style strap end dating from around AD 800 - 900. It is of Thomas (2000) Class A, type 1a, xi. At the broad end of the strap end are two broken domheaded copper alloy rivets, which would have attached the strap. There would have been a slot to accept the strap, but the lower flange has broken away at the join with the body. The strap end then tapers gently to a blunt point. The underside is undecorated. The face is decorated with a n unclear stylised animal in a sub-square panel, surorunded by a border of square billets punc…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-BCEF05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Trewhiddle style copper alloy buckle dating from around AD 800 - 900. The buckle frame is missing, with just the integral plate surviving. The plate is triangular in plan, tapering from the remains of the frame to the rounded point. Adjacent to the missing frame is a circular hole where the pin, now missing, would have been attached. The buckle plate is split to house the strap (in the same way that a Trewhiddle style strap end is split at the attachment end) and there is an intact copper alloy rivet between the two sections. The at…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-A4121D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin head of Early Medieval date, around AD 700-900. It is a flattened biconical head, with four worn ring and dot motifs on the sides, one on each side, and another four on the tapering lower part of the pin head. The top is plain. The shaft is missing. The object is 4.2mm long, 3.6mm wide, 3.0mm thick and weighs 1.37g.
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-FD93BC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Trewhiddle style Early Medieval copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class A dating from AD 750 - 950. The attachment end is incomplete. The closed end is worn, but zoomorphic with drilled eyes, one containing surviving silvering or niello, and looped ears. The body of the strap end has convex sides and a recessed central panel which contains a looped design in relief. This does not appear to be a zoomorphic design and is perhaps geometric. No exact parallel for the central panel is found in Thomas (2000), though it fits broadly into Class A. There is an iron rivet inter…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-ACCDD6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy strap end, decorated in the Trewhiddle style, dating to about AD 750 - 950. The type corresponds to Thomas (2000) Type A Class 1. The surface of the strap end is corroded, and much of the niello inlay has flaked off, leaving the specific design illegible. There are two incomplete rivets holes in the split attachment end and the characteristic palmette motif. The main panel probably depicted a quadruped. There is a zoomorphic snout at the closed end, and it has large looped ears. The strap end is 43.2mm long, 13.6mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 4.64g.
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F03D15
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy catch-piece from an Early-Medieval / Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp of Hines' form B20 dating from AD 450 - 600. It comprises a rectangular bar with integrally cast plate. The bar is rectangular in section with two groups of moulded transverse grooves that produce three evenly spaced plain square/rectangular plates along the length of the bar. On the inner edge at the centre of the bar is an incomplete but integrally cast rectangular loop. The outer edge is flattened and has a scalloped edge of five lobes. There re also four circular attachment holes in the…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5EC8B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Aethelred II (978-1016), probably Last Small Cross type (North 777) dating to c.AD1009-17, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 160. The coin has been halved and only the central part of the flan survives, the outer circle having broken away around the line of the inner circle removing all of the inscriptions, leaving just a small single cross pattee on the reverse, and part of the bust drapery on the obverse. Dimensions; Diameter 9.4mm, Thickness 0.3mm and weight 0.18g.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5CEBEB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A separately cast copper alloy side knob from the head-plate of an Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of Martin’s (2015) Group 2 or 3 dating from AD 475 - 550. It is nearly semi-circular in cross-section (more than half of a circle, flat on the back), with a concave waist and a dome top. It is drilled for a separate pin bar. The knob is patinated dark green. It classifies as Toby Martin's type Kb4, which is designated to his phase B (about AD 475-550) Dimensions: Length: 15.35mm Width: 11.87mm Thickness: 7.65mm Weight: 5.25g For reference …
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-E801CA
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy decorated bar from an Early Medieval sleeve clasp dating from about AD 450-570. The object is rectangular and is very worn, but appears to be complete. It has three recessed square panels at equal distances along the bar. Each is decorated in chip carved relief with two L shaped limbs in Salin Style I. These square panels alternate with two panels with have a D shaped cross-section. These are very worn, but appear to be decorated with a narrow incised line running transversely along each end. Between these is a wider area which has a concave central s…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded.