Record ID: YORYM-5D162C
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 2 with patterned decoration. The strap end is broadly triangular with a pointed terminal at the closed end and an incomplete attachment at the other. One side of the attachment with two rivet holes remains while the other side is lost. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with raised rounded pellet eyes and a stub-nosed snout. Circular cells with internal inverted Y-shapes may represent ears. The central panel bears a cu…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-747BAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of a gilded copper-alloy brooch, probably of Great Square Headed type, of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 525-570. The brooch consists of a fragment including the bow and incomplete footplate, a fragment of the head and a fragment of an unclear part of the brooch. The fragment including the bow and footplate is rectangular in plan with a C-shaped arch in profile. There is a raised flat ridge at each edge of the bow. There is a third shallower ridge in the centre of the bow decorated with transverse grooves. From the lower edge of the bow the integral footplat…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7077AD
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age or Roman stud, or perhaps a button and loop fastener or linch pin, dating from about 100 BC - AD 100. It is a circular disc divided into four cells in a swiarled pattern of four drop shapes radiating from the centre. Thes are filled alternately with red and yellow enamel. On the reverse is a projecting rectangular shaft which contains iron and is broken across a groove. The disc has a diameter of 15.38mm, thickness 8.13mm, the thickness of the head is 3.33mm, and a weight of 3.44g. The use of red and yellow enamel is known on oth…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F9164D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy perforated disc of uncertain date or use, possibly a bead, of unknown date, 2400 BC to AD 1900. The object may be a copper alloy flat sub-circular discoidal bead or spacer. The object is circular in plan and broadly rectangular in cross section, thicker on one side of the disc. It has a slightly off centre circular perforation. There are two stamped annulets on one side of one face. The opposite side is flat and undecorated. The central perforation is irregularly worn around the edges on both sides. There is an overall grey green patina to both sides. The object…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-64B66A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a leg or foot from a cast copper alloy cooking pot or similar vessel dating from the Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1700. The object is D shaped in cross section and broadly rectilinear in plan. There is an old break at one end, and it is possibly that this fragment is just one half of the foot of a vessel leg. The artefact is worn and corroded obliterating any further decoration, with an overall grey, green and brown patina.The rest of the pot is lost to antiquity. The object is 24.9mm long, 16.7mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 19.71g …
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4ADEFB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver finger ring of Modern date, AD 1800 - 1950. The hoop of the ring is broad and flat and it expands to form a flat rectangular bezel integral with the shoulders. The face of the bezel is dark and oxidised, where a separate bezel, now missing, would have been soldered. The shoulders are decorated with two incised flowing lines on each. These cross each other forming a sub circular ring, with a curved terminal at one end, and the two ends of the lines forming curved open jaws at the other end. There is secondary decoration of triangular stamps at intervals along the l…
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 23rd May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-97D3B2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1650. The hooked tag is of Read's Class E, Type 5 being trefoil in plan. The main plate is an openwork trefoil knot design with a D-shaped cross-section. The hook is missing but would probably extend from the lower curved edge of the bottom loop of the knot. Two small circular details, possibly representing roses, mark the join between the main plate and the sub-rectangular attachment loop. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.The metal is green and brown in colour on both sides. The object …
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-026777
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete furniture fitting; a bell-shaped stud, of Roman date, AD 43 - 410, or perhaps a lock-pin. The remaining portion consists of the copper alloy head and a fragment of an iron shaft. The upper, decorated face is concave with a central conical projecting element. The cone is decorated with a recessed circular dimple on the apex. There are also two incised lines round the rim. The reverse is convex with a central circular projecting shaft. In the centre of the shaft is the protruding stub of a shank of iron. The copper alloy portion of the artefact has a light green patina. It…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-F0AF40
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c.AD 75 - 175. The head of the brooch is ovate with a sub-triangular section and flat reverse which retains a double lug hinge mechanism. The pin no longer remains. An ovate sectioned bow extends from the centre of the front of the head terminating in a worn break. The head is decorated with trumpet coil designs flanking the raised central ridge. The coils retain blue enamel. The metal has a dark green/brown delaminated patina and is worn. The brooch is 16.3mm long, 15.9mm wide, 13mm thick and weighs 5.8g. Similar examp…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebberston and Yeddingham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4A98C0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval one-piece copper-alloy button with integral drill shank dating to c.mid-17th-18th century. The button is discoidal with a convex front and concave back, where the remains of a shank sits centrally. The button is decorated with a series of engravings on the front, which some gilding remains within. The circumference of the button is bordered with tiny annulets. On one half of the button there are two curved lines on both sides and a rectangle in the centre. In the centre of the button there are three sub-ovate engravings in a trefoil shape with small crescen…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-5D1687
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible clapper from a small bell. Cast in copper-alloy, the object features a candy twist shaft connecting a thin suspension loop to an egg shaped weighted end, the bottom of which appears to have a crudely radial star-shaped design.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-691534
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy flat circular disk with a central aperture, date unknown. The back of this object is completely smooth while the front exhibits a decorative circular indent running around the central hole. The edges of the object are uneven. The object has a dark brown patina. There is unfortunately nothing suggestive of a date or identification of this object. The central aperture probably served as a method of attachment. The dimensions of the object are: 10.34mm in maximum length, 9.98mm in maximum width and 1.71mm in thickness. The weight of the object is 8.54g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6900D1
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy fragment of Roman armlet (c. 43 - 410 AD) consisting of a narrow band which is flat on one side and decorated with an incised pattern on the other: drilled circular indents run along the centre of the band, encased by lightly scored circles framed at either side of the band by triangular notches that run along the edges. The fragment has been bent at roughly midpoint to an angle of 42°, which may have been deliberate as part of a process of object re-use during the late Roman period (Swift. 'Object Biography: Re-Use and Recycling in the Late to Post-Roman Transition Peri…
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-003CF3
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy head of a linch pin, probably Iron Age (c. 800 BC - 42 AD). The linch pin is damaged and consists of a small flat round head with milled edges on a narrow neck which widens abruptly into a wider shaft headed by a wide ridge. Half of this shaft has been unevenly broken off, revealing an iron pin running vertically through the centre of the shaft. This would have connected the head with a foot (missing, as the head is broken off at this point), which together would have held a wheel to a fixed axle. There is a small perforation on one side of the pin, on the ridge just abov…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FE8032
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron age fob or dangler of curvilinear and semi-triangular design. The centre appears to have broken free and is not present in the current object. The exact purpose or use of these objects is not clear, though many are decorated with zoomorphic figure, and this particular example appears to have snout-like stylised elements projecting from the outer rim.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-41F9D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Trumpet brooch, c. 75 - 175 AD. Incomplete, only the flared 'trumpet' head and upper portion of the bow remains, including the decorative mid-bow triple flange with acanthus pattern typical of this class of brooches, extending all the way around the bow. While the spring mechanism is missing, there remains a semi-circular lug on the back of the head that would have held the spring in place; this has been bent to the side. More damage is apparent on the head as a small strip has been torn from the bottom of the head and bent upwards. Still faintly visible on the head is a curvili…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2017
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Record ID: YORYM-415749
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Colchester type one-piece brooch, c. 25 - 60 AD. Incomplete, the brooch in its current state consists of a narrow bow tapering towards the foot, which has sustained damage and is bent at the end, and a head consisting of two narrow wings protruding at right angles to the bow, in front of a spring mechanism, half of which is missing. The spring is attached to the head of the brooch by a forward facing hook on the top of the brooch, a feature characteristic of this type of brooch. Towards the bottom of the brooch at the back of the bow is the remnant of a very small catchplate. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-279B62
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete l lead pilgrim's Ampulla of Medieval date (AD 1330-1530). The ampulla has a straight sided neck, which narrows slightly before flaring out to the chamber which is broadly semi-circular in plan. The chamber of one face is decorated with a Type II scallop shell (Spencer 1990, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 2 p.59). The other face has no clear indication of decoration. The metal is dark cream/light brown in colour. Length: 50.31mm, Width: 45.21mm, Thickness: 11.21mm, Weight: 88.40g. Ampulla were purchased as souvenirs by pilgrims during the…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-B34D2F
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy seal box lid of Andrews (2012), L1D7 of Roman date (AD 43-300). The box in lozenge shaped with an upper, projecting. integral double lugged hinge mechanism. Small integral lobular knops project from three of the outer corners of the box and lid though one has been lost to old worn breaks from the box The lid is decorated with two addorsed low relief motifs comprising a heart-shape with twin comma-shaped curls springing from it. The object has a raised boarder which respects the form of the object. Minor amounts of red probable enamel are retained in the v…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-48E298
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bracket or shield binding clip dating from the Iron Age or early Roman period, that is the 3rd century BC - 2nd century AD. The clip is almost complete and shows only little damage close to where it would have sat close to the wood/shield. It is semi-circular in cross-section with a moulded decoration on the outside and a plain inside. The moulded decoration resembles petals/Iron age lipped ornament. This find if similar to others recorded on the database as LVPL-859F48 and SWYOR-09BA81.
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedale', grid reference and parish protected.