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Record ID: YORYM-E7CE31
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2006 T495 Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the ingot of 81-84%, and 13-16% silver, the remainder being copper; it weighs 18.16 grams. The ingot is of faceted cigar-shape with flattened ends and has been hammered into a roughly seven or eight-sided section; length, 30 mm. Although the ingot has no secure archaeological context, gold ingots of round-ended rod form from the Danelaw region of England and from Scotland, which occasionally have signs of hammered surfaces, have usually been dated to the Viking pe…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-7706AD
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2014 T783.
Scientific analysis:
Surface metal analysis of the ingot was undertaken at the British Museum, which indicated a metal content of approximately 42% gold, 47% silver and 11% copper. This surface analysis is likely to give a slight overestimate of the precious metal content of the core metal, as corrosion alters the composition of the surface of the ingot by preferentially leaching out copper.
Description:
A complete gold and silver-alloy ingot of Early-Medieval date. The ingot is sub-rectangular with rounded bevelled edges resulting in an …
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: YORYM-BDF5C1
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2013 T587.
Small gold-alloy ingot. The ingot is a flattened irregular oval, sub-rectangular in cross-section. It seems likely that it has been hammered to flatten it out, but surface irregularities remain. On one of the flattened surfaces, the metal has been heavily scratched. The pale yellowish colour suggests an alloy of gold and silver.
The form of the ingot is not diagnostic to any particular period.
Julia Farley,
Curator of Iron Age Collections,
British Museum
29th July 2014
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Willerby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-E6375C
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case : 2017 T771
Description:
A small, possibly complete gold-alloy ingot of uncertain date. The ingot is a flattened irregular semi-oval, sub-rectangular in cross-section. It is possible that the piece was hammered to flatten it out. The surfaces are plain though some scratches are present. No obvious nick marks or cutting can be seen on any surface and the form of the ingot is not diagnostic to any particular period.
Dimensions:
Length: 15.3mm; Width: 10.9mm; Thickness: 3.3mm; Weight: 5.37g.
Conclusion:
Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find, it canno…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as '"Acaster Malbis area"', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-89E4AD
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2018 T19.
Description:
A gold ingot of uncertain date. The ingot is ovate in plan and section with slight pitting to one side. No distinctive marks such as nicks or hammering are present.
Dimensions:
Length: 24.8mm; Width: 7.3mm; Thickness: 6.1mm; Weight: 10.66g.
Discussion:
Gold and silver ingots are frequently presumed to be of Viking origin as the Vikings operated a bullion economy where the purity and weight of the metal were more important than the form. Although this bullion economy primarily utilised silver it did also include gold though this …
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: YORYM-EA47A2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2003 T18
Curved fragment of bar of uneven width and thickness and flattened oval to plano-convex section. Unpolished, with slight hammer marks on the flatter side. The surfaces of both broken ends are rough.
Maximum surviving length 27mm; maximum width 11mm; maximum thickness 6mm; minimum thickness 4mm, weight 19.69 grams.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Whixley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-D69F6A
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold ingot of probable 7th Century AD dating.
The ingot is semi-circular, with flat front and back sides. The top of the ingot is rounded, with bevelled edges, and the lower edge is incomplete with a jagged edge. Faint hammer marks can be seen on the flat surfaces.
Dimensions:
Length: 10.4 mm
Width: 11.1 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 3.5 g (54 grains)
Discussion:
The shape and style, with flattened front and back is suggestive of ingots of the 7th Century. Although it has not been tested using XRF analysis, from appearance and style, it is probably substantially prec…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
No spatial data available.
Record ID: WILT-5D350B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found whilst metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 3 inches.
Gold ingot of probable Bronze Age date. The find is a slightly bent cylindrical length of gold. One end is complete and flat, the other is slightly twisted and was probably broken by hammering a dent and breaking it across the thinnest place. Hammer marks are still evident.
Dimensions: Dimensions: 56.0mm in length; 3.8mm in diameter or thickness, 9.65g in weight.
Discussion: A similar ingot was found in Horsham, West Sussex and is recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-66EEF6 (2008 T329), which was…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-23546D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible Early Medieval (Viking) gold ‘finger shaped’ ingot, dating to c. AD 870-950. It is a short, heavily marked, slightly bent, solid cylindrical length of gold, which appears to have been hammered. There is small nick at one end, just before the break and an apparently formed blunt end at the other.
Dimensions: 14.2mm in length; 8.2mm in width; 6.88g in weight
Discussion: The use of cut fragments of gold and silver as bullion in Viking England was relatively common in the period c. AD 870-950. Gold is less common in this context than silver, but …
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as ''Langley Burrell'', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-81B2E2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2005 T504 Gold ingot "Date: Not Known Description: A small ingot or piece of a gold object A small piece of gold, an irregular rectangle in plan (maximum dimensions 12.0mm x 9.5mm x 4.0mm; weight 3.0g). One surface is rough and pitted, the other more rounded. This may be an ingot or part of a partially melted object of unknown type or date. Discussion: The shape of this piece of gold is not diagnostic. There is no evidence from what period in the past this object dates from. Conclusion: The object is made of gold but there is no evidence to state if it was made more than 300 years old…
Created on: Friday 31st August 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'saxton with Scarthingwell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-D29FA7
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold ingot of uncertain date, probably Bronze Age or Early Medieval. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in section and plan, with a rounded end. The edges between the flat lengthways faces of the ingot are rounded. One end of the ingot appears complete and is rounded, with slight undulations to the surface noticeable (and some dents and scratches). The opposite end of the ingot appears incomplete with the break being rough, irregular and concave. It is 11.72mm long, 7.03mm wide and 5.81mm thick. 3.64g.
Gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context. …
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Barmston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-8A8324
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a gold ingot of probable Early Medieval date. The fragment is sub rectangular and appears to have been part of a larger ingot, seeming to be half of a slice from an ingot of rounded rectangular section. There are facets on three edges, and the corners are rounded. The two main faces appear to be oblique cuts, but half of the face has a spongy texture and appears to have been broken rather than cut. The remaining small face is also a partial cut and partial break across rough textured metal.
The fragment can be compared to 2012 T108 and 2013T276.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SWYOR-E51641
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold ingot of unspecified date. It is 31.46mm long, 8.6mm wide and 5.95mm thick. It weighs 17.52g. The ingot is sub rectangular in section with the main upper and lower face being flat, but the sides are rounded, made up of 5-6 hammered facets of changing width. At either end there is an old coarse break.
Discussion: Gold ingots are very difficult to date as many are not characteristic shapes. This one can be compared to IOW-937FD0 which is Treasure Case 2004 T4, and IOW-0C3A98. The finder notes that Roman coins, but also Medieval pottery was recovered fr…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Kirton in Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-8E8341
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2008 T85: Archaeological case - deposited with archive
Treasure report:
Description: Small fragment of gold, hammered flat on one side, hammered into two facets on the other, broken at both ends.
Discussion: this item is either bullion (i.e. a fragment of ingot), or possibly part of an item of jewellery (e.g. a bracelet).
Date: uncertain, but likely to be ancient given the archaeological context, and possibly Roman given the other finds found in proximity.
L.: 13mm W.: 7.1mm Wt.: 2.9g
Note: this item is ma…
Created on: Sunday 6th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Arlington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-66EEF6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Rod shaped gold ingot with a circular section. One end is complete, flat and has a very slightly splayed rim. The other has been broken by hammering a dent and then breaking across the thinnest place. The break is rough and shows there are numerous air pockets within the ingot. Metal content 'surface': 81% gold, 16% silver, the remainder being copper.
Discussion: Ingots approximating this form have been discovered dating to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Non-destructive analysis of the surface metal content of the bar shows the gold content of the ingot is 81%. This roughly approxima…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Steyning', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-9B87C3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
This pale, gold, matt rectangular fragment of gold has four sharp angled straight sides and two jagged broken ends. In places there are shiny striations and one of the side angles is dented. It was found 30m away from a gold strip (SUSS-9B98C6).
This fragment of worked gold is not diagnostic of an object type. It is possible that it dates to the Bronze Age and compositional analysis could help define its age. The un-worked state and dimensions of this gold fragment suggests it could date to the Bronze Age and be part of a bar. The fact that it was found 30m away from another gold f…
Created on: Friday 25th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-C66AD3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A small droplet of gold. The droplet is sub-rectangular in shape and the surface of the gold is slightly pitted.
Discussion: Without a clear archaeological context, it is difficult to say with any certainty when this droplet was made.
Dimensions: 0.73 grams, 7.62mm x 4.66mm x 2.95mm
Created on: Monday 6th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-23E3A5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short length of rod originally of circular section of about 5 mm diameter. Both ends have been hammered, cut and finally torn. The hammer facets taper back and almost meet in the middle. The thinned blunter ends have steep 'cut' facets and are partly rough-fractured. The undamaged parts of the sides have slight longitudinal facets and fine striations from the original finishing.
Such a small and undiagnostic fragment cannot be identified definitively. However, all the features, including the mode of fragmentation and the metal composition are consistent with this being part of a Bro…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Eastbourne', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-E04766
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold ingot of uncertain date, probably Bronze Age - Medieval, 2000 BC- AD 1100. The object is a sub-cylindrical bar of unshaped gold, tapering slightly in width. One terminal has a rounded 'break' while the other is simply a rounded off point. The gold has some pitting on the outside surface but otherwise no identifiable markings to indicate its age.
Dimensions:
Length: 44.39 mm
Width: 8.48 mm
Thickness: 7.63 mm
Weight: 22.15 g
Discussion:
The dating of gold ingots is difficult. There is a complete example with similar faceting DENO-938F3D, that was put through the Treasu…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: SUSS-6AFA64
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a gold ingot, possibly Bronze Age - Early Medieval in date, 2000BC-AD.1100. It has been broken at the top leaving a jagged edge. The outside surface has a faceted appearance from where it has been hammered into shape. The ingot is a flattened oval in cross section.
The dating of gold ingots is difficult, there is a complete example with similar faceting DENO-938F3D, that was put through the Treasure process as 2005 T392. This was dated to the Early Medieval period, AD.900-1100. Gold ingot, while not as common in the 10th-11th century as silver, are traditionally ascri…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
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