Record ID: YORYM-2247DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy horse and rider brooch, dating to AD 250 - 410. Mackreth (2011) OBJECT 2.1a, p.127, Plate 124, No.7935. Only the plate of this brooch remains with the horses legs and tail missing and the rider remaining from the waist down. The pin, along with much of the pin mechanism is also missing. The horse is advancing right, it has a narrow waisted face. The face is decorated but it is difficult to distinguish the specific features. The mane is slightly arched and decorated with repeated vertical incised lines t…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebberston and Yedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7DABA5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ring-headed pin of Roman to Early-Medieval date, c.AD 300 – 500. Cool's Group 17. The pin has a circular shaft, slightly swollen towards the head end and tapering to a blunt rounded point at the other. The shaft is curved forming a broadly J-shaped object with the head to the upper end. The head is circular in plan and D-shaped in section with parallel ribbed decoration around over half of its circumference. The head is joined to the shaft by an integral shank which projects at 90-degrees from one edge of its lower surface. The orientation of the sha…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-8E0146
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy hair or possible dress pin dating from the Roman to early medieval period (c.AD300-500), and of the Cool (1990) Group 17, beaded and corrugated derivative. The pin features a ring head bent through a 90 degree angle from the shaft with three projecting beads in the lower part of the ring connected by corresponding concavities. There is some evidence for corrugation above the uppermost left bead. The top part of the ring has thinned with corrosion and detail has probably been lost. The total diameter of the ring is 15.17mm. The ring has a flat, undecorated b…
Created on: Sunday 12th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-BDBD27
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical with a flattened median band and sub-conical upper and lower hemispheres. Five (5) dots decorate the lower hemisphere of the head, four (4) dots are present around the median band, and a further four (4) dots are present to the upper hemisphere. At the base of the head is a single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The pin is 59.61mm long, 7.68mm in diameter a…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-8ED29A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2023 T81 Description:  An incomplete silver dress pin of bodkin type dating to the Post-Medieval period, c.AD 1600 - 1700. The bodkin is sub-rectangular with a narrowed worn break to one end and a wider worn break to the other. A slight curve is present at this wider end. No perforations are present on this fragment. There is decoration present on the front and back of the bodkin which extends from the wider worn break. The plate is decorated with an incised triangular panel with further incised features projecting inwards within the panel. Below this panel is a…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bagby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3F94A3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - AD 1000. The head of the pin is globular with no decoration evident. The top of the head is slightly flattened and a circumferential collar is present below the head. A circular-sectioned shaft extends from the collar, terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The pin is 24.27mm long, 6.85mm in diameter at the head, 1.49mm in diameter at the shaft, and weighs 1.43g. Early Medieval collared pins have been classified by Haldenby (2012) and this example f…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-FB32C1
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy badge of the Modern period (c.AD1931). The badge is in the form of a bunch of eight blackcurrants on a vine with a single leaf on the right with the face of a 'golly' on the currant two below the leaf,there are traces of enamel on the face and some of the currants.The reverse of the badge bears the pin hinge at the top; the pin is missing. The registration number 768931 can be seen near the bottom of the reverse. The makers mark  'W.Miller 118 Branston St. B'ham' cannot be seen. The surface of the metal on both sides is sli…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: DUR-C40D03
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy hair pin dating to the Roman period (AD43-410). Th object comprises a globular shaped pin head with tapering and broken section of the shank. The pin head is sub-oval (8.26mm diameter, 4.2mm high), with a disc-shaped collar (or 'cordon') below, a concave recess, and a further collar below that. Projecting from the base is a section of shank, c.40mm in length, which curves sharply to give the impression of a hook. It is unclear if this hook shape is as a result of damage or if the pin was intended to be this shape. T…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A151B9
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead pilgrim badge dating from AD 1300 - 1500. It is cast in the form the head of Christ weeping, with crisply detailed features, hair and forked beard. Four short vertical lines beneath each eye are likely to represent the tears that Jesus shed at the raising of Lazarus (John 11:35). On the reverse there is a vertical seam and an integral pin for attachment. Length: 21.35mm Width: 14.82mm Thickness: 4.37mm Weight: 2.8g The badge probably depicts Christ as the Man of Sorrows shedding copious tears at the burden of the world's evils and the cruc…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-7B26DC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead heraldic mount, probably of Post medieva to Modern date, AD 1800 - 1900. It is an incomplete crest of a creature, possibly an eagle, bounded by a torse (twisted roll of fabric) across the bottom. The beast's head is missing making identification difficult. It has curly hair or fur depicted on the left and possible scales or feathers on the right. It leans to the right and then curves back to the left, so may be an animal with an arched neck or be looking back over its shoulder, or may be a wing. On the reverse are three recesses for separate attachment pins,…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5C3991
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver bodkin fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast rectangular-section pin fragment, broken across a longitudinal slot at one end, and also broken at the other end. Worn traces of finely incised diagonal lines appear on one side. Bent twice. These objects were used as hair or head-dress pins. In view of its material and date this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, Ref. 2022 T762. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 37.1mm, Width: 3.2mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 1.81gms
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-908EB4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incompleted copper alloy strap fitting, or possibly a dress hook or hooked tag from the post medieval period, about AD 1600-1900. At one end is an incomplete rectangular loop. This appears suitable for a strap to be attached. Extending from the centre of one long edge of the loop is an oval plate with moulded relief decoration. With the loop at the right hand side, the decoration appears to depict an anthropomorphic forward facing figure of a woman, with clouds of hair framing her face, and her right arm bent at the elbow. A large crude hand is at the left of the oval plate. Project…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-884B26
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, dating from about AD 900 - 1100. The pin comprises a flat kite or lozenge-shaped head with small rounded knop on the three upper corners. The fourth point expands in to an integral circular sectioned shaft with a collar. The shank tapers to a break ad at the end it is bent.  A perforation is present at the centre of the head. The metal has a brown/green patina and is worn. Measurements are; length 46.2mm, width 10.3mm, thickness 5.3mm and weight 3.15g. These pins are considered to be Irish i…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5153B4
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a Post Medieval inscribed silver bodkin dating from AD 1600 - 1700. The object is a strip of silver of rectangular cross-section. The surviving part of the bodkin represents the middle, with both ends missing. It is decorated with a cross hatched rectangular panel at the wider end, with two parallel horizontal grooves below, and from which an incised elongated wavy triangle extends downwards, which is decorated with etched vertical lines on one side and diagonal cross hatching on the other. This design is repeated on the other face. There is no visible maker's mark but…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harrogate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DF7B7E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy plate brooch in the form of a man riding a horse dating from AD 250 to 410. The front legs and tail of the horse are missing owing to old breaks, and the back legs and the top of the rider's head are damaged, but it is otherwise complete apart from the pin and part of the catch plate. The horse has a narrow face with splayed lips and nostrils. The mane is highly arched, separated from the neck by an incised line and decorated with repeated vertical incised lines to indicate the hair with a wider gap for an ear, which is also moulded. The body of the horse has…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2021
Last updated: Sunday 12th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B84FE3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy artefact, probably a hair pin of Roman date, about AD 43 - 410. The object is broken at both ends. It is circular in cross section. At one end are two moulded sub-spherical beads separated by a broad U shaped groove. Each bead is decorated with a narrower groove at each end, the narrow collar possibly being beaded. Above this moulding, the pin becomes rectangular in cross-section and is broken in a U shape, perhaps suggesting the pin terminal had a loop or a disc shaped element. Below the moulding is a shaft, of circular section, which tapers to a brok…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-AE2683
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical with a flattened median band and sub-conical upper and lower hemispheres. At the base of the head is a single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a light green patina and is worn. The pin is 24.85mm long, 8.75mm in diameter at the head, and weighs 2.28g. The pin is of the bi-conical median band type which dates to the 8th or 9th century AD. Early Medieval collared pins ha…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-C32892
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical with a flattened median band, and domed upper and lower hemispheres. At the base of the head is a very worn single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-brown/green patina and is worn. The pin is 14.52mm long, 8.36mm in diameter at the head, and weighs 2.05g. The pin is of the bi-conical median band type which dates to the 8th or 9th century AD. Early Medieval collare…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: YORYM-CC56A3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical with a flattened median band, conical top and lower half. At the base of the head is a very worn single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The pin is 19.26mm long, 10.35mm in diameter at the head, and weighs 3.75g. The pin is of the bi-conical median band type which dates to the 8th or 9th century AD. Early Medieval collared pins have been…
Created on: Friday 18th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-A40741
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dress or hair pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The head is bi-conical with a flattened median band, flat top and conical lower half. At the base of the head is worn a single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a dark red/brown patina and is worn. The pin is 27.47mm long, 7.6mm in diameter at the head, and weighs 2.25g. The pin is of the bi-conical median band type which dates to the 8th or 9th century AD. Early Medieval collared pins have b…
Created on: Friday 4th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.