Record ID: NLM-889AE0
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead gaming piece of unknown date. The undecorated hollow conical shaped gaming piece has the remains of a white powder inside. The length is 14.9mm, the diameter is 16.9mm and the weight is 11.63g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6E7287
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An unidentified hooked object. The incomplete cast copper-alloy object has a circular shaft that bends forwards to a hook terminal. The shaft flattens and twists slightly as it meets the hooked end. The hooked terminal has an integral horizontal projection that ends with a sharp point. The top end of the shaft is incomplete but also flattens out. The surviving length of the object is 57.0mm, the diameter of the shaft is 3.8mm and the weight is 7.20g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E315C0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy possible part of a strap fitting (incomplete) with signs of iron corrosion. Cross shape in plan view, “D”shaped in section. Design suggests possible animal design, probably a platypus or crocodile, indicated by eyes and mouth, with either wings or legs protruding from the sides. Dimensions: height 37.9mm, width 16.15mm, thickness 4.19mm, weight 5.18
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D3DC98
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Weight, as identified by finder. A cast disc with lightly bevelled edge. The Roman numeral VI is neatly stamped into one face. This detail is considered as possibly Roman for some lead weights, which are described as bearing incuse numbers. It might be equally apt to a Post-Medieval or Modern object - the thickness is exactly 2mm, which might hint at its manufacture in correspondence to the metric system. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Modern, 40-1900. Diameter: 16.6mm, Thickness: 2.0mm, Weight: 2.90gms.
Created on: Friday 13th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8F8CA1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast plano-convex whorl with a central moulded tapered aperture of diameter 10-10.5mm, cf. Walton Rogers form A1, and with shrinkage lines suggesting manufacture in an open mould; patinated. The spindle hole size could point to an Anglo-Scandinavian date; however, the flattened rim distinguishes this from other whorls of this form, and might leave open the possibility of this being a copy or partial copy [i.e. using half of a biconical whorl as a master] of a later type. Reported along with two other whorls of probably early medieval date, though whether in close p…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-78BF61
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. Dense grey reduced fabric with paler margins and darker core, probably basal angle, smoothed by rolling in surf. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Weight: 11.24gms
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9F0B0D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible vessel mount. A massy solid cast sub-rectangular object with a flat and slightly curving back bearing a deep [10mm] sub-rectangular rebate [13.3mm by 12.7mm], for its attachment to a slightly convex and lugged setting. The display side takes the form of a flat-topped human head with a square face framed by straight swept back hair whose strongly delineated lines are carried to a near-central parting. A long narrow straight flat nose is flanked by pelloidal eyes, the left more oval than the right, with a small [length 4mm] downturned slit representing either a mou…
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drax', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4B920E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast cylindrical weight with an off-centre moulded aperture of diameter 12.6mm; patinated overall. The form recalls that of spindle whorls of Walton Rogers form B, with an early medieval to medieval currency. The aperture size and position distinguish this object from other members of that object class. Weights of similar mass from London were considered to possibly respect a medieval Standard but none were perforated. This may have weighted a fishing line, or have been used for some other task. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Diameter: 26.5mm, Thickness: 13…
Created on: Monday 18th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-73942E
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy metalworking debris. Two small fragments of solidified copper alloy melt: the larger is perhaps poured spillage while the smaller has set on a flat surface. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Combined Weight: 12.64gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B4C602
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast flat-sided oval weight; patinated overall. One side bears a pair of faint parallel grooves. The mass does not immediately suggest correspondence with any particular system of measurement, nor does it occur as significant amongst finds from medieval London. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1700. Length: 29.9mm, Width: 26.0mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 18.32gms
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B516C9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast weight with a moulded aperture of original diameter possibly c.9mm, distorted by partial melting; patinated. This might have begun life as a spindle whorl or conical fishing line weight; the latter is perhaps more likely given the apparently off-centre position of the hole. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Diameter: 26.4mm, Thickness (as found): 14.6mm, Weight: 22.43gms
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B0999B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ingot. Solidified lead melt which has set in a shallow circular hollow, or perhaps in the base of a vessel with a rounded base. The fine stippled appearance of the convex surface may suggesting a bed of fine sand. Ingots of this form probably represent the collection of small quantities of scrap as residue from the working of much larger quantities. A somewhat larger example from 10th-century Beverley was associated with an extensive layer of burnt casting sand probably arising from structural works on an early Minster (Foreman, M. 1991, 'The lead and lead alloy', in Armstrong et…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B0A973
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead metal working debris. A fragment of solidified lead melt which has set on an undulating surface, probably as spillage from pouring. Patinated. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Length: 51.4mm, Thickness: 11.1mm, Weight: 83.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E7B47B
Object type: MULLER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone rubber. An irregular cobble of fine grained tan coloured compacted sandstone, smoothed by water which has exposed natural bedding planes, and probably also by use-wear and handling. One end is flattened and the form of this stone lends itself to a grip between thumb and forefinger if the flat face were to be used. This belongs to a series of improvised rubbers and smoothers whose currency was probably catholic, but which are especially associated with contexts dated to between the Later Iron Age and the Early Medieval period. A range of uses, for example as kitchen or dyestuff m…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton Salmon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-35D3A7
Object type: OFFCUT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead offcut. Rectangular wedge-section fragment of cast lead sheet with cut edges on three sides; patinated. Probably trimmed from the edge of sheet lead of structural gauge. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Length: 21.8mm, Width: 19.4mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 11.76gms
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton Salmon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5E76C9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead unidentified object. Cast sub-rectangular plano-convex object of flattened pyramidal form; lightly patinated. Suggested date: Unknown, Romjan to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Length: 14.3mm, Width: 12.3mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 4.72gms
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5E7F0E
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead metal working debris. A small thin fragment of solidified lead melt with a curved edge, possibly spillage from a minor episode of casting. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Length: 25mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 2.65gms
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1A03BC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Possibly a lace end as kindly suggested by the finder. A short conical tube of sheet metal with an overlapping seam, smaller than the run of lace chapes, and splayed at its open end. Flattened. Roman rivets are also made in this form and the splayed end might alternatively point to this usage, as it seems unlikely to have arisen through use as a chape. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1600 Length: 18.8mm, Width: 7.3mm, Thickness (overall): 3.2mm, Weight: 0.41gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B336B1
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring fragment. About one half of a small cast round-section ring, fiercely abraded and gouged if not also initially miscast. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800 Diameter: 27mm, Thickness: 5.9mm, Weight: 5.09gms
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirk Smeaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1004B8
Object type: WHEEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy and iron wheel fragment. Lead cast wheel with four spokes, central bits of iron corrosion. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval, 700-1800 Length: 23.2mm, Width: 13.8mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 4.33gms
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.