Record ID: DUR-2C8AA3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable lead weight of early medieval date, c AD 850-1066. The object is solid with a flat, circular base, straight sides and a curved apex forming a cone shape. It is undecorated. The apex is slightly off-centre and the base is irregular, suggesting it was handmade or crudely made.  Measurements  - height: 12.43mm; base diameter: 13.86mm; weight: 11.79g Weights like this found outside of archaeological contexts are difficult to date, and might reasonably have been used from the Roman-modern period. Similar parallels found at Anglo-Scandinavian sites like …
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: NCL-583C93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic buckle of late Saxon date, c. 900-1100. The buckle is incomplete, missing its pin, and otherwise very worn and somewhat corroded, obscuring the detail of the frame. The frame is D-shaped in plan and section, with beasts heads at the end of the arms, with the crossbar emerging from the mouth/snout of the beasts.
Created on: Sunday 27th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2013
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Record ID: DUR-C63C73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Edward the Confessor (1042-66) penny, minted in York, 1044-46. Radiate/small cross type, North no. 816. Minted by Aelfere at York.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2011
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Record ID: NCL-D39591
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin, possibly of Saxon date. The pin comprises an onion shaped head. The head is decorated with a series of notches arranged in a cross shape. Where the head meets the stem, there is a circumferential groove. The stem is circular in section and tapers to a point. It is bent slightly half way down the stem. The pin has a length of 86mm. The head has a diameter of 7mm. The stem has a diameter of 3mm.
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Backworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NCL-A477F2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a leaf shaped copper alloy strapend with zoomorphic decoration on one face. The attachment end is complete and consists of a sheet of copper alloy which splits in two. The corners of the attachment end of the plate are rounded and there are two circular perforations, one in each corner. There is possible incised decoration at the attachment end of the plate. However, the strap end is very corroded making it impossible to discern with any certainty. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a zoomorphic design. However, again the piece is too corroded to pick out t…
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
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