Record ID: NLM-4A62F7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast single looped or D-shaped buckle frame with a prominently projecting and grooved lip formed as a Borre style beast head on its outer edge, and with a narrowed and offset strap bar. The former might be taken as an early feature but the latter is a typical feature of high medieval buckles. Though beastliness in ornament is often considered a Viking trait a Romanesque date might equally be ventured here, as with much sculpture inhabited by Northern creatures; the beast head here might equally be read as a helmeted mask. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medi…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-49EA99
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads formerly gripping the ends of the strap bar which is now lost. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. Fiercely abraded, though a rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 18.9mm, Height: 27.8mm, Thickness: 5.6mm, Weight: 5.72gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-499365
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge on which pronounced radial ribs flank a broad and bordered pin rest, these details appearing on the display side only, and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. Dave Haldenby kindly considers the beast heads to be more realistically modelled than on other examples in the group and the outer edge to be less expanded - perhaps in its relative thickness [MF]. A spot of rust on the strap bar may hint at the loss of an iron pin, which was presumably attached when the buckle…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4956DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar, a little flatter than other examples in the same group and with the beast heads more prominent. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 17.1mm, Height: 22mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 3.36gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-49270E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge with horizontal ribbing and a narrowed strap bar retaining a probably drawn and hammered pin. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950 Length: 12.3mm, Height: 13.7mm, Thickness: 4mm, Weight: 2.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48F4FC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 13.2mm, Height: 17mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 1.28gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48CCB7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 15.8mm, Height: 19mm, Thickness: 4.8mm, Weight: 3.51gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48AE8E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. A cast tapered pin is wrapped around the strap bar. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 13.6mm, Height: 16.1mm, Thickness: 2.45gms, Weight: 1.91gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3980C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 16.5mm, Height: 18.7mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 3.66gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-395E68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, may date from the earlier 10th century. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 13.1mm, Height: 15.8mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 2.77gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-392CC1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast D-shaped or single looped buckle with an expanded bulbous outer edge and with devolved beast heads gripping the ends of the strap bar. The rather grim surface condition and the reddish-brown cast of the metal are typical features. The form is usually accorded an 11th-century date, though a group of buckles from what may be a Viking camp at Thonock, Lincolnshire, near Gainsborough, may date from an encampment of the earlier 10th century. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1025 Length: 16.9mm, Height: 17.7mm, Thickness: 4.8mm, Weight: 3.55gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-77F886
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end of the Early Medieval period (AD750-950). The object is sub rectangular with the split end presumably broken away. Below the broken terminal there is an incised line and a wide groove with two drilled holes on the lower edge. Below the holes are five sets of chevrons arranged over a lateral convex ridge with an incised 'X' below. The left and right quadrants of the X each have a large protruding pellet. The section below is somewhat plainer and flat, with two rounded external lappets and a rounded tongue-like terminal.&n…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-0E0E2E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating from the early medieval - Anglo-Scandinavian- period (c.AD1050-1150). The object is a 'D' shaped single oval loop buckle frame with an openwork decorated front edge in the form of two intertwined mythical stylised beasts in the Urnes style. However, the detail of the design is worn and indistinct. There is a central seam separating the sides and there is a narrowed strap bar; the pin is missing. The face of the frame is slightly convex, with the reverse being concave. The reverse is plain and undecorated.  Dimensions: Height: …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-75F51E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale green copper alloy buckle frame. D-shaped buckle with widened frame and incised line decoration, possibly remains of an animal style Viking decoration. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 1000-1150 Length: 33.5mm, Width/Height[?]: 10.7mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 15.21gms.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F28C0A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle frame which is probably from the Early Medieval period, about AD 850 - 1000. It is probably a Borre style buckle. The frame is D-shaped with a pointed outer edge which is zoomorphic; it has a perhaps Borre-style animal head with curved ears projecting from the frame, incised eyes and a projecting snout forming the pointed terminal, but the details are obscured by corrosion. The bar is straight but narrowed. Two hinge loops project from the bar but the axis bar, plate and pin are missing. The buckle has patches of a bright green patina, but it has mostkly flaked of…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-A0F30E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cross guard probably from a late Early Medieval/early Medieval sword dating c. AD 900 -1100. The guard is rectangular in plan with a plano-convex side profile which has a central rectangular aperture measuring 31.74mm by 76.64mm where the tang would have passed through. One end is missing with a very worn break adjacent to the central aperture. On the opposing, underside of the guard the aperture is wider, visible on the remaining arm as a U-shaped groove that deepens towards the aperture.This groove is where the blade would have sat. Eac…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-C4D657
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Buckle of Early-Medieval date (AD 1000-1100). The object is a D-shaped single looped buckle with an expanded outer edge and a narrowed strap bar running between everted points at its ends; the latter probably relicts of a beast head strap bar terminal convention. The wire pin is missing. Buckles of similar form come from contexts associated with later Viking army camps in Lincolnshire. Length: 17.36mm, Width: 22.18mm, Thickness: 7.59mm, Weight: 6.6g. The metal is green/brown in colour with a pitted patina. Similar examples can be seen on…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F39D45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Small cast D-shaped single looped buckle with an expanded outer edge and a narrowed strap bar running between everted points at its ends; the latter probably relicts of a beast head strap bar terminal convention. Buckles of similar form come from contexts associated with later Viking army camps in Lincolnshire. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 15.4mm, Height: 16.1mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 2.19gms
Created on: Monday 13th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E34308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle plate, as kindly identified by Dave Haldenby, whose further discussion is rehearsed below in the notes field. Cast zoomorphic plate resembling strap ends of Thomas Class B4, but with rust staining suggesting its intimate association with ironwork at either end. A transversely ribbed and moulded snout has projecting ‘crocodile’ nostrils at its outer end, with twin lugs with a transverse hole clogged by rust beyond them. At the inner end of the ribbing a pair of protruding eyes stand proud of the rest. Beyond this, the plain split end bears the remnants of iron r…
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-F8F31B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy openwork unidentified artefact, of Late Early Medieval (Viking) dating (AD 900 to AD 1100). The artefact is rectangular cross section and triangular in plan tapering down from a wide rectangular mouth (18mm by 7mm internal aperture) to a rounded base that is shaped in to an animal head with a gaping open mouth at the base terminal (internal aperture 7mm by 5mm). This imagery would be mirrored on both the front and back sides however almost all of the detailing is this is now missing except for small oval ears with recessed centres that project from the to…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.