Record ID: NLM-AE4AD2
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large mammal tooth. Molar of a large mammal; horse or cow are the most likely. Possibly food waste. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1850 Length: 55mm, Weight: 34.49gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ADB2C5
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. The bottom half of an edible oyster shell. A seafood diet was introduced or expanded under Roman rule, when British oysters acquired an empire-wide reputation. Oysters remained as a common foodstuff into the early post-medieval period, their availability probably only declining with environmental degradation in industrial times – though Viking Age York contrived to pollute its waterways to an extent which altered the local faunal range significantly. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 70.5mm, Weight (with adherent soil): 33.69gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-33C715
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bone toggle of uncertain date, possibly Romano-British (100 BC - AD 100), but it could also be later, up to about 1950. It is a cylindrical bone, probably a bird bone, shaped into a tube that is swollen in the centre and waisted at each end. A circular hole perforates the swollen area. The surface is smooth and polished. Length: 41.77mm Thickness: 9.63mm Weight: 2.77g This object was found at a site that has been excavated and which produced Neolithic to Romano-British finds which are now housed in Craven Museum. However…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-68D3C5
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Animal bone. A small fragment from near the end of a large mammal long bone, with the outer surface on one side and cancellous tissue on the other. Chopping marks appear on a flat surface at the narrower end of the fragment, perhaps indicating a bone split for the extraction of marrow. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1900 Length: 61.5mm, Weight: 18.16gms
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2BDF39
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. A fragment representing most of the lower shell of a bivalve oyster. Probably food waste, oysters were a common food where available from Roman times onwards, and throughout the medieval period. Their post-medieval currency was still as a food of the poor, and their status as a luxury foodstuff is of relatively recent origin. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 49mm, Weight: 10.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B08FAB
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Animal bone. Large mammal long bone fragment, broken on all sides, with cancellous tissue on its inner side. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval [on the basis of accompanying material], 1100-1700 Length: 49.5mm, Weight: 12.46gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-53BA43
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two porcine teeth of unknown date. Both are canine teeth, probably from a domestic pig. The largest is 56.8mm long, 9.3mm wide, 28.4mm thick and weighs 8.46g.  The smaller is 39.6mm long, 15.1mm wide, 15.4mm thick and weighs 3.57g. The teeth are most likely to be modern, but are recorded because they were found in the same area as the possible flint tools SWYOR-53A050 and SWYOR-537AB1.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-35FE23
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object, possibly a tool or decorative object which has been fashioned out of a section of deer antler. The antler, circular in cross section, has a slight curve to it. To one end, the honeycomb bone-like tissue has been removed and a sub-spherical piece of lead has been forcefully inserted, cracking the surrounding antler. This piece of lead protrudes from the antler. On closer inspection it appears that a glue or expanding foam has been used to fix the lead into place, it is not possible to say if this adhesive was a later addition (potentially a makeshift r…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llandudno', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E153BE
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Animal bone. Four large bone fragments. Two lower jaw bones weighing c.370gms and 190gms, a fragment from a socketed pelvic bone weighing c.125gms, and a vertebra weighing 75gms. All are from large mammals, perhaps horse or cow. From the Humber Bank, an area recently producing both human bone from Iron Age or Roman burials and pottery, probably settlement debris. These animal bone fragments are also probably from food or butchery waste. Cursory inspection does not, however, reveal cut-marks or evidence for butchery. Finds dating between the later Iron Age and the Medieval period have …
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-003B9A
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved antler handle probably from a whittle tang knife, probably of Medieval to Modern date. The handle is a cracked tapering tube of antler, which appears to follow the natural curve of the antler. At the narrow end is a corroded part of the iron tang; this end of the antler has been cut off flat and the antler is bevelled externally and internally. There is a wider, cracked circular hole that has an irregular edge at the opposite end of the handle. The handle is hollow for almost all the length. Externally, linear grooves and ridges are evident, probably the natural surface…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-71A4FC
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone knucklebone toggle or wizzer of uncertain date. Description: A toggle formed from a knucklebone with drilled perforations at op and bottom. It is marginally worn. Measurements: 34.63mm long, 11.69mm wide, 15.12mm high and 3.11g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B2CB7A
Object type: OFFCUT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Antler offcut. A small sub-rectangular billet cot from the outer side of an antler beam, with a curved outer surface, one cut or split edge, one cut end, broken elsewhere. There is no sign of the saw-cuts which might point to comb-making in the early medieval period, so this is perhaps waste from the making of an object such as a tool handle. The use of antler was restricted by progressive regulation of access to forests throughout the medieval period. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1700 Length: 35.0mm, Width: 15.3mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 3.43gms
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grasby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-62AA3D
Object type: ANIMAL REMAINS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cattle bone of uncertain date, but probably not Modern. It is part of a bovine tibia (Jane Richardson, pers comm). The bone shows signs of rodent gnawing in the form of short scratches which are about 9mm long and closely spaced, arranged in small groups. These have made the ends of the bone taper. The bone is 129mm long, 44.3mm wide and 33.7mm thick. It weighs 153.38g. The bone is not fresh, and has weathered to a dark brown colour, especially where it has been gnawed. Only the hard outer bone survives, with the inside being hollow.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-EDAE17
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
5 pieces of oyster shell of unknown date, probably evidence of human diet. Shell is difficult to date and as such a date of AD 43 to 1900 is assigned. 1: 70mm long, 47mm wide and 12mm thick. 35g. 2: 51mm long, 50mm wide, 5mm thick. 19g. 3: 58.7mm long, 35.9mm wide and 16.9mm thick. 22g. 4: 34.6mm long, 42.5mm wide and 4,6mm thick. 6.3g. 5: 62.7mm long, 59.4mm wide and 4mm thick. 22.3g. These pieces are just a small sample of the many pieces of oyster shell recovered from this field.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A5C8D5
Object type: POINT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblique-ended bone point, of an uncertain date. Similar items are known from Bronze Age to Medieval contexts. The bone has been worked to create a circular cross-section shaft that tapers gradually being cut into an oblique-ended point.The opposite end has been cut at straight angle, and there is some edge damage. Dimensions: length: 76.53mm; diameter: 11.41; weight: 6.42g.
Created on: Monday 1st July 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wandsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-3FA31A
Object type: AWL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete bone implement of unknown age and function. The object consists of the lower limb bone of a mammal (perhaps a vestigial equid finger) which has been worked into a tapering point with a roughly triangular cross section. The wider end of the bone is smooth and worn, perhaps from usage as an awl. The tip is broken off. The bone implement is smooth and shiny in places, suggesting some age, but closer dating is difficult. It has darker areas of discolouration, probably through contact with the soil. The object measures 101.9mm in length and is 22.8mm at its maximum across the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-1821E9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An antler whittle tang knife handle of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Modern. The handle is a cracked tube of antler, with the burr visible at one end; this end has been sawn flat. There is a triangular hole for the tang in the solid end. The other end is hollow and the walls of the tube have been carved so they taper internally and externally. Length 114.58mm, diameter 25.88mm, weight 63.71g. Whittle tang handles were the most common form of Medieval knife handle until the 15th century, but they are also used today, and there are modern knifes being made with antler handles.…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
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Record ID: KENT-7A1656
Object type: WASTER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unfinished turned bone object, possibly a large button, furniture fitting or even a rondel dagger fitting. Description: The unfinished item is circular (35mm in diameter) with a central perforation (3.05mm in diameter), there is a very small triangular tab at one side and at the other a large irregularly shaped tab on the other other side. Both sides have been heavily polished.and worn. Guiding lines and ware is visible. It is uncertain why the object was abandoned as there does not appear to be a clear fault in the object. Measurements: 62.37mm long, 36.93mm wide, 3.44mm th…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-C72C7F
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A regular carved and incised bone die of uncertain date Description: The die is roughly cuboid, with incuse dots indicating the values of each side formed by drilled or incised dimples. The numbering is clear and legible, however does feature scratches on all faces. The die is a polished brown colour. Measurements: 6.17mm x 7.01mm x 6.91mm x 6.11mm and weighing 0.50g. Discussion: The die has a regular layout, i.e. the number on opposite sides adds up to seven. The regular numbering system on dies was used from the Roman period through to the present day (Ottaway and Rogers, 2…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-7F3115
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a worked bone strip of uncertain date. The strip is broken at both ends but is approximately rectangular in plan and hemispherical in section. It measures 50mm in length, 39mm in width and 6mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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