Record ID: YORYM-91FCE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Original identification (with the object type 'Personal Ornament'): Copper-alloy pendant, possibly of a 'Thor's Hammer' type. The object comprises a flat-sectioned, axe-shaped pendant. There is a perforation with iron inclusions at the top of the narrow 'axe base', this being the area located behind the flared edge of the axehead. The face is decorated with semicircles with dots in the centre. The reverse is not decorated. Helen Geake writes: An alternative identification for this object is that it is the repaired foot of a small-long brooch. The foot may have broken off, been ti…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-CB94B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2007 T445. Viking-period hacksilver fragment from the terminal of an Irish type of brooch. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the fragment of over 90%, with copper, gold and lead. The find comprises an irregular, four-sided fragment of cast plate which has been cut from the terminal of a bossed penannular brooch; length, 20 mm. There are remains of incised decoration including half of a plain roundel to one side, enclosed by a plain, divided frame that projects from one point on the circumference…
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape with Thorp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-60FCA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver coin converted into a brooch by having a pin attached to one side (the pin has not survived, but the attachment is partially present) and with one side gilded. The gilded side is, as is usual, the side showing the cross. The coin is a silver gros tournois type, a relatively large silver coin of the late 13th and early 14th century many of which have been found in England converted into brooches in this way, alongside similarly-treated groats of Edward I, England's own first large silver coin, introduced in 1280. Most examples of such coin-brooches are of gros tournois of…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-409415
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval annular brooch with swivelling pin (now missing), the decorated frame of running grotesques interspersed with foliate and cross designs would have formed a circular hoop, but is now bent. The brooch is silver and probably dates from 12th century. Diameter c. 30 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2CACF8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2008 T643 A fragment of a medieval brooch consisting of perhaps less than half of the original diameter. The complete brooch would have been circular. The fragment is decorated with two animal heads. One grasps in its mouth part of the loop for the pin attachment. The other would have held the pin-rest in a similar fashion. Between the two animal heads are three collets divided by two bosses. The central collet is the largest and is set with a purple stone (probably a garnet). The other two collets have lost their settings. The two bosses are decorated with circul…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton-cum-Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2E0F25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy small ansate brooch, from the Frankish Merovingian period, possibly made in England. The brooch has a rounded head, with an incised triangle. Below the head there is a collar. The head-plate has a moulded lug on the reverse on its centre-line immediately above the junction with the bow. The bow is arched and rounded. Below the bow is a wide collar, which has an incised line. Below this a lobe flares out and behind this the lower part of the bow can be seen, but it has broken off. The pin is missing. The metal is dark greyish-brown in colour and the brooch survives…
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fangfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-115744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2008 T745 Silver-gilt brooch Date: 13th - 14th Century Description: A medieval silver-gilt brooch. The brooch frame is formed from six rounded lobes, each with a trefoil shaped knop extension at the apex. The overall form of the brooch being sexfoil. The edges of the arches are slightly chamfered. The brooch reverse is flat. One of the lobes is missing a trefoil and has a pin constriction instead. The pin has a lozenge shaped head, which has an open loop cut into it. This loop fits around the pin constriction. The pin itself has a square section and a blunt po…
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandsby-cum-Stearsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B664E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead Late Saxon brooch. The brooch is circular and flat. It has been decorated on the front with a ladder-style border. Inside this are three crescents, each decorated with the ladder-style border. There is a raised crescent inside each one. There is a Y-shaped field between the crescents. There is a central, large pellet and a row of smaller pellets in each arm of the 'Y'. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of the lug and catchplate can be seen and these have been arranged longitudinally. Both parts are badly squashed and damaged. No pin survives.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-37ECD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman Headstud brooch with attached chain made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from 75 - 175 AD. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. The head of the brooch features the ringed headstud. It contains a vertical/horizontal cross decoration. The ring appears to be plain with no decoration. The wings are short and decorated with two incised vertical grooves. The wings are tubular, and the hinge mechanism has been built into it. The head loop also survives intact and it is through this that the chain has been atta…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2009
Last updated: Saturday 21st March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-692091
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very fine and elaborate Roman Headstud brooch made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from 75 - 175 AD. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. The head of the brooch features a rounded triangular raised area, with a depression in the centre. This would have held the headstud. The headstud has been lost. The wings are short and decorated with four incised vertical grooves. No head loop survives. The reverse of the wings are chucky and rectangular, broken on both ends. The axis bar is still visible. In the centre of…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellerker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4196E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2011 T31. Description: A complete silver gilt pin of medieval date. The pin is probably from an annular brooch dating to 13th - 14th century. The loop is formed by a flat, rectangular strip of metal and is slightly open at the reverse. Within the loop a small fragment of the brooch frame remains and is broken to either side of the pin recess. The breaks are worn. The obverse of the loop is cast integrally to an ovate collar decorated with numerous, irregular indentations. Gilding remains on the upper surface of the collar. From the collar the shaft of the pin, w…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirk Deighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-978301
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Knee brooch dating from the 2nd century AD. The brooch is in a T-shape comprising the horizontal wings and a high arched bow. The head has a triangular section, with a raised horizontal ridge across the front. There is a worn stump on the top of the head, which would have represented the head loop. The reverse of the head is concave, as this would have held the spring mechanism. Neither the spring mechanism or the pin survives. The high arched bow is wide and gently tapers to the rounded foot. There is a raised vertical spine running down the fron…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Stainley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C2BC56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester type brooch of Roman date. Only the pin and the catchplate are missing. Behind the head the spring mechanism can be seen though it is now bent and broken. The head itself is wide and tapers straight into the bow which has a triangular section due to a central raised spine. To either side of the head is a decoration consisting of two vertical incised lines and a hook with boss is present looped over the spring and onto the head. The bow is fluted to either side of the rib. The sides of the bow are straight for the most part but taper to a circ…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilberfoss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-285423
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A very fine and elaborate copper alloy, cast openwork disc brooch, Anglo-Saxon in date and cultural association. Brooches of this type tend to date to the 6th - 7th Century and are often found in burial contexts or in areas where inhumations are known. The brooch has a backwards swastika design, achieved through the removal of four T-shaped sections, forming the openwork design. The front is decorated with five circular stamps, comprising of a dot within two concentric circles. One stamp is in the centre of the brooch, with the other four located at the end of each arm where it mee…
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NABURN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6660C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon (or Anglian) cruciform brooch. The fragment comprises part of the head plate and one knob, probably the top knob. The head plate has been badly damaged but retains its broadly rectangular shape. There is a raised central panel which is edged on either side with punchmarks, probably annulets. The surviving knob is half-round with a flat-topped basal moulding decorated with two fine grooves, and a further fine groove at the base of the rounded terminal. The moulding and terminal are divided by a broad groove. The metal has a mid reddis…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A435D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy knee brooch, dating to the period AD 150 to 220. The head and upper bow and spring all survive. The lower bow, foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The head is formed from a semi-circular, flat plate. It is undecorated. On the reverse of the head the remains of the double-lugged with a spring held between the lugs and an axis bar holding the entire mechanism in place. The pin has broken off of the spring. From the head the upper bow extends with a high arch, it has a multi-faceted surface, with clear angles. The reverse of the bow is concave. The bow h…
Created on: Friday 10th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Folkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-06B5C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from a copper-alloy penannular brooch of early-medieval date and Irish origin. A short length of the curved frame survives, with a D-shaped cross-section, and there is a thickening where this joins the terminal. The terminal is sub-triangular and decorated with a shallow cast relief design. The fragment is corroded so that it is hard to see the details of the design, but it appears to be formed around a sunken lozenge shape within an oval frame with D-shaped cells around the edge of this frame, two above and one below. The edges appear either wavy or incomplete; all edges …
Created on: Monday 27th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6BCAF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The head, bow and acanthus moulding survive, but the foot, catchplate, pin mechanism and pin no longer remain. From the reverse of the head the lug which would have held the pin mechanism can be seen. The head itself is a worn trumpet shape and is undecorated. From the head the upper bow extends terminating at a worn single collar. Below the collar is a crude and worn acanthus decoration followed by a second single collar. The worn remains of the lower bow begin to extend down from the lower collar though it is now lost due…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FD6E97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the first or mid second century AD. The fragment comprises the head, bow and acanthus moulding are all that remain. The head is trumpet shaped and is decorated with an grooved border. On the reverse of the head, the remains of the lug which would have held the pin and spring mechanism in place can be seen. From the head, the upper bow extends terminating at a lentoidal section collar. Below the collar, is an elaborate acanthus leaf moulding followed by a second collar. Below the collar is an old and worn break. The foot and catc…
Created on: Saturday 20th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4BCDD4Z
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2011 T486 A complete silver-gilt brooch of medieval date. The brooch depicts two interlinked human figures forming the circular frame. The figures are joined at the feet to the bottom of the brooch and by one arm at the top. The other arm can be seen folded across the chest of each figure. The heads project from the top of the brooch with distinct eyes, noses, and hair lines present. The pin is triangular in plan and is fitted through a small hole in the stomach of the figure to the right and comes to rest in a recess on the stomach of the figure on the left. The …
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Otterington', grid reference and parish protected.