Record ID: YORYM-68FFE3
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2007 T186 Description of finds These are a series of 72 single finds from a productive site, rather than a hoard. Since they are all of precious metal and appear to come from the same ninth-century cultural horizon, with the exception of the tongue of a medieval buckle or brooch, they are being dealt with as a single Treasure case with sub-numbering to simplify administration for all parties, although each item should be considered as potential Treasure in its own right. 1. Viking hack gold fragment of round-sectioned rod; length: 13 mm; weight: 2.49g. …
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''A riverine site in North Yorkshire'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-023A40
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. The buckle has a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The outer edge of the frame is wide. The frame is uninterrupted; so therefore has no pin recess. The pin is missing. The terminals of the D-shaped frame extend beyond the strap bar, with zoomorphic heads. This has been simply formed from an upturned nose and raised ears. The metal has lost most of its original surface and the metal is a light greenish-brown colour and is heavily pitted. This type of buckle is discussed in the Meols report (Griffiths, Philpott and Egan 2007, p. 62, nos…
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-EAF943
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2005 T384. A partly gilded silver Carolingian mount or brooch. Description: The object consists of a thick, rectangular plate with moulded edges, ribbed on the short sides and with triple, shallow arcs separated by points on the long sides. The front is divided into six fire-gilded, sunken fields, each decorated with a cast acanthus leaf, by a median rib and four raised, transverse chevrons with short bars across the apices. The rib is composed of a raised leaf motif at each end flanking a pair of Maltese crosses on pedestals separated by a double tooled col…
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Easingwold area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-817DFC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
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 of an openwork design. It has a rectangular cross section. The artefact tapers down from a wide mouth to a narrow rounded base. The base has a rectangular slot, internal measurements are 5.4 mm in length and 1.5 mm wide. The top measures 15.6 mm wide and 10.9 mm thick. The sides of the artefact are 1.3 mm thick. The sides of the artefact are rectangular, whereas the front and back are triangular. The front bears a probable foliate design, probably Wi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8D85FA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single-looped buckle, of Early Medieval dating (c.AD 800 to c.AD 1100). Around 50% of one of the buckle loop remains with the pin and bar now missing. At the outer edge of the remaining part of the loop is a pointed moulded knop with a zoomorphic terminal consisting of moulded eyes and ears. The reverse of the frame is flat and undecorated. The reverse of the knop is slightly concave. The buckle frame has a brown coloured uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surfa…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-60E406
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Early-Medieval (1000-1200) copper alloy buckle frame with integral plate, missing the (iron) pin and an uncertain amount of integral plate. It measures 41.25mm in length, 27.72mm in max.width and 7.90mm in max.thickness (the iron corrosion from the pin). It weighs 9.37g. The frame is D-shaped, but with an extended, triangular outer edge from which a zoomorphic head projects. This head comprises a square snout behind which is a narrow ridge in front of two punched circles for eyes. The head appears to be held by two open-jawed heads of late Viking inspiration with …
Created on: Friday 1st October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C617D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy buckle plate dating to c. 750 - 1050 AD. The buckle plate is sub-rectangular in plan, tapering from both ends into a central waist. The plate is thickly cast, with a bifurcated attachment end and two arms projecting from the buckle end, both transversely perforated, retaining a copper alloy axis bar. The attachment end is perforated by two rows of separate copper alloy rivets, all retained in situ. The first row is of 4 rivets, with large bulbous heads, the second row is of 5 rivets, with these being smaller. The half of the plate at the buckle end is de…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-CE0AC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a possible vessel escutcheon. It is made from cast copper alloy. A similar escutcheon has can be found in Bruce-Mitford (Pre-Viking Lindsey, ed. By Alan Vince) from Sleaford. The zoomorphic design is different, but the general shape is similar. The Sleaford example dates to the late 4th to 5th centuries. The style of the zoomorphic detail on the escutcheon is reminiscent of late 4th to 5th century buckles, Dunning and Hawkes (1961), Figure 18, Nos. d, f and g. The upper 'hook' portion of the escutcheon appears to represent a possibly dolphin with a snub nose. In profil…
Created on: Monday 25th October 2004
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-AECB53
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Report to HM Coroner on Treasure Case 2007 T2: The Vale of York Hoard The hoard was found while searching on farmland with a metal-detector. It consists of a silver-gilt cup, a gold armring, 67 pieces of silver comprising 4 armrings, and chopped-up fragments of brooches, ingots and rods (hacksilver); and 617 silver coins. The largest pieces of silver were found outside the cup, and 4 coins fell out during retrieval, while the rest of the silver, including the coins, was packed inside the cup and excavated in the Metals Conservation Workshop at the British Museum. The…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Vale of York', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CC4246
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle dating from the Early Medieval period. The buckle is 36mm long, 38.2mm wide and 11mm thick. It has an oval sectioned bar which is worn at the ends and which is gripped by two animal heads. These extend into the extremely extended outer edge which is convex and rounded. It is decorated in Borre style with further designs which are probably the bodies of the two animals entwined, but the design is too worn to be certain. The reverse is hollow. The pin and plate are missing. The metal is dark grey green. Similar examples can be seen in figure 68.6 in Leahy (2007) an…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Saturday 12th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-FF2A20
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle dating to 11th century. The buckle frame is square shaped with a narrow bar. The part of the frame opposite the bar is wider and decorated. The decoration is worn but could be a leaf or knot design (possibly Viking Borre style) at the top and bottom with a notch for the pin between. The front decorated face of the buckle has evidence of gilding whilst the reverse of the buckle has been silvered or tinned although only part of this surface treatment survives. The buckle weighs 5.5g and measures 22mm in width, 21.5mm in length and 4.2mm in thickness.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-647094
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The coin appears to be a dirham of the Samanid ruler Isma'il I ibn Ahmad. The date is year Hijra 293 (= AD 905/6). There is usually a second, outer marginal inscription on the obverse of Samanid dirhams - unless the coin has been clipped. This could be an imitation, of a copper coin, with single marginal legends. It's not possible to read the mint, as there is a hole pierced, but the mint name is short, so probably Balkh. Samanid dirhams were transmitted in large numbers via river routes from the Caspian Sea to Scandinavia, as a result of Viking-Age trade, and from Scandinavia in smal…
Created on: Friday 20th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2A6D2A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A zoomorphic, copper alloy artefact, possibly a strap fitting, perhaps a strap-distributor attachment loop. It is of Early Medieval date, about AD 750 - 1000. It appears to be closely related to Thomas class B, type 4 strap ends because it has the same decorative arrangement of three animal heads, two opposing and one back to back at what would be the closed end of a strap end. This strap fitting is in the form of a narrow strip of copper alloy, flat on the underside and moulded on the upper face. At one end is a flat, thinner rectangular extension, pierced with a circular hole to …
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-22FFC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy D shaped buckle dating from the early medieval period, c. 1000-1100. It has some elements of the Ringerike style and is probably Anglo-Scandinavian or Viking. It has a broad, flat frame and a narrowed strap bar. The inner corners and the shoulders of the frame each carry a small rounded knop and there is a trilobed projection in the centre of the outer edge. The upper surface has decoration in the form of two narrow grooves following the curve of the D. The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark brown patina. It is 24.9mm long, 27.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick. It weighs…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2017
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: SF-E82BF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy buckle frame of probable Viking date. It is a complete oval with the sides curved upward and a central bar. The pin is missing. At one terminal the oval extends into an animal head, a domed oval 9.8mm in length and 7.1mm wide. There are eyes on either side of the head, and a single line curving round to indicate the mouth. The top of the head is faceted, but also has some corrosion so that the detail is unclear. The arms of the frame are 4.8mm in width and 2.75mm in thickness, and angled at about 45 degrees to the horizontal. The outside edges of the arms are decorated…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3700
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy buckle frame with incomplete integral plate. The frame is D-shaped and has a knop at either end of the 'bar', plus three more knops around the outer edge. There is a notch cut out of the interior edge of the 'bar', next to the circular pin hole, to allow the (missing) pin to swivel freely. The 'bar' is decorated with a double rouletted line of punchmarks. The plate was perhaps originally rectangular, but the attachment end is missing. It has a geometric design of similar rouletting, and a rivet hole in each surviving corner forming a line with the pin hole. One copp…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DBD4E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded silver mount of early medieval date. It is roughly oval-shaped and the front depicts a human mask flanked by stylised birds' heads. Substantial gilding survives across the front surface, with areas missing or worn off on the mask's brow and nose, and the outer border above the brow. The mask appears to wear a hood or head-dress which covers the hair and runs below the chin. In the centre is a triangular stamped motif with a central 'trunk' and several 'branches' on each side. Traces of additional stamps are now obscured by wear and damage. The mask's eyes are pellets set w…
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-79DAF8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a buckle-frame of Viking Age (probably), with a zoomorphic detail of an animal head in the middle of the arc of the fore-edge of the frame. The metal of the frame is 5mm wide by 2mm thick, and is set in a plane angled to the flat. The ears of the snimal head project back across this D-frame's width, and the tapering snout projects by 8mm, tapering from 11 to 4mm. The pin-bar, which probably had two additional animal-head terminals facing back, away from the front edge, is broken off and the surviving part of the D-frame is bent out of shape. The recess between the ears of the s…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon', grid reference and parish protected.