Record ID: RESEARCH-FBB2B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper-alloy Borre/Jellinge-style disc brooch dated to the late ninth/ early tenth centuries. The brooch depicts two biting S-shaped creatures in the Scandinavian Borre/Jellinge style. Each animal has a round eye, 'ponytail' and a ribbed body with spiral shoulder. The recessed areas of the brooch carry the remains of gilding. Each animal bites its own tail, while gripping its partner's rear leg with its back paw. This motif is seen on Viking-Age pendants and brooches within Scandinavia, and is also found on a handful of disc brooches from England (see, for instance, NMS-0F69C…
Created on: Friday 10th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beachamwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RESEARCH-C69178
Object type: COMB
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary horn 'nit' comb. The central 'handle' area, and tooth based are preserved.
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RESEARCH-2381C0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman finger ring consisting of an oval silver bezel and oval carnelian? intaglio. The edges of the bezel are incomplete. The red intaglio is carved with a bearded man's head facing right. Bezel dimensions 17.5 x 14 mm, thcikness 0.2. Intaglio dimensions 16.2 x 13.5, thickness 3mm. There appears to be no close parallel in Henig's Corpus 1974.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RESEARCH-230A51
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy 'Coptic pan'. The pan is teardrop-shaped and has iron patch repairs with an incomplete handle.Green patina with iron corrosion around patches. It is 295mm long, 205mm wide and has a depth of approximately 50mm. The object was identified by Tony Gregory in 1985 as a Coptic pan.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RESEARCH-221A01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch fragment of Hull T60 type consisting of the lower bow,foot and catchplate. The bow is triangular in section and the face is 'squared'. There is a longitudinal groove at the outer edge of one side of the bow; it is likely there was also one on the opposing outer edge, but there is no evidence of this now.The foot has two transverse grooves. Pale green with mid green patches. The brooch is 22.6mm long, at its widest point (including bow and catchplate) it is 6.7mm deep. The bow is 2.9mm thick, the catchplate is 1.3mm thick and the foot is 4.7mm wide, 3.…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayton Area', grid reference and parish protected.