Record ID: YORYM-06B5C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from a copper-alloy penannular brooch of early-medieval date and Irish origin. A short length of the curved frame survives, with a D-shaped cross-section, and there is a thickening where this joins the terminal. The terminal is sub-triangular and decorated with a shallow cast relief design. The fragment is corroded so that it is hard to see the details of the design, but it appears to be formed around a sunken lozenge shape within an oval frame with D-shaped cells around the edge of this frame, two above and one below. The edges appear either wavy or incomplete; all edges …
Created on: Monday 27th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6660C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon (or Anglian) cruciform brooch. The fragment comprises part of the head plate and one knob, probably the top knob. The head plate has been badly damaged but retains its broadly rectangular shape. There is a raised central panel which is edged on either side with punchmarks, probably annulets. The surviving knob is half-round with a flat-topped basal moulding decorated with two fine grooves, and a further fine groove at the base of the rounded terminal. The moulding and terminal are divided by a broad groove. The metal has a mid reddis…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4CAD65
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A zoomorphic strap-end made of copper alloy. The strap end terminates in a dragon- or lizard-type creature on the front, with a raised design for the head outline, eyes and nose with two knops either side extending outwards. The neck of the creature forms the attachment part of the strap end. It is 31.8 mm in length, 10.4 mm in width and 7.6 mm in thickness, it weighs 8.1g. Unlike other strap-ends of this date, the attachment part of the strap end bears no other zoomorphic detail; it has a single central separate copper-alloy rivet. The reverse is flat along the length of the str…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-990297
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin head of early-medieval date. The pin head is bi-conical with a median ridge and tapers to where the shaft would have been. The shaft of the pin no longer remains and the break is very worn. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn. The pin is 10.9mm long, 8.1mm wide and weighs 1.7g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-98F546
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of early-medieval date. The pin has a bi-conical head with a median ridge and a slight rounded collar where the head joins shaft. The shaft of the pin has a circular section and is broken a short way down. The break is worn. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is slightly pitted. The pin is 14.1mm long, 7.7mm wide and weighs 1.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-98EC13
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of middle Anglo-Saxon date. The pin has a bi-conical head with a median ridge and a rounded collar where the head joins shaft. The shaft of the pin has a circular section and is slightly bent and broken. The break is worn. The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is slightly pitted. The pin is 23.8mm long, 7.8mm width and weighs 2g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-577A61
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment with relief Style I decoration dating it to the early Anglo-Saxon period, 6th century AD. The object is a flat plate with a small curved projection to one side, decorated on the front with an anthropomorphic design, featuring eyes, nose, cheeks and eyebrows. There is a raised line below this separating it from a heart-shaped design. This fragment has broken off a much larger piece, but all the breaks are very well worn. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour.The reverse is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonegrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1B6E14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny from the Sievert-Siefred-Cnut Group, Cunnetti, York mint, circa 895-902. North, Vol: I, p110, 501.
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharram', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0B2980
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost-complete cast copper-alloy strap end of broadly 9th-century date. Thomas's Class A, type 2 (patterned). The strap end is almost complete apart from a small section missing from the the reverse of the attachment part of the split end. The strap end has an elongated shape, formed from a single plate, which splits at the attachment end. There are two rivet holes through the attachment end though no rivets survive. The front surface is decorated with an incised geometric design, the terminal of which features a crude zoomorphic head. The incised detail has been infilled with a w…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0B2194
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy pin, probably dating to the middle Anglo-Saxon period (AD 720-900). The pin has a well rounded biconical head (globular) with a tapering conical lower part, there is a collar under the pin head. It then extends into a narrow pin shaft. The head is undecorated. The shaft is broken. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and some of the original patina has been lost.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-06A300
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy hooked tag dating from the early-medieval period. The head plate is sub-triangular, and it is decorated with five rings surrounding circular holes. The top and sides of the plate have been cut with V-shaped notches. A narrow hook projects from the base of the plate, and the hook still survives. The tag has a light greenish-grey patina. It has a length of 20.7mm, width 12.9mm, thickness 0.9mm, weight 0.8g. Similar examples on the PAS database are SF-1B9D23, BH-3DF955, NMS-3404C0, which have been given dates from the 8th to 11th centuries. Hooked tags are hard to date, b…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayton', 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: YORYM-97E9C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy small-long brooch, dating to the 5th or 6th century (c. 450-550 AD). The brooch has a flat head plate, with three semi-circular lobed extensions. These extensions are undecorated and although the brooch is badly corroded and some of the surface has been lost, what remains has a smooth, shiny patina. The brooch is broken at the beginnings of the arch of the bow, the break is worn. The break has resulted in the loss of the bow and foot. On the reverse of the head there is a small, broken central pierced loop. There is corrosion around the loop. Similar to an example…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shipton Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B93360
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy detachable knob from an early Anglo-Saxon florid cruciform brooch. It has a slim undecorated rectangular extension at the top, above moulded Style I anthropomorphic decoration of a man's face, with large pellet eyes under bold brows which meet to form a straight prominent nose, with a bulbous end. A triple-strand curve emerges from under each eye and continues to curve downwards and outwards, resembling a moustache but actually a bird's beak, to end in a curved headframe with a bird's eye and curved beak. The details are unclear (there is a possible casting flaw re…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2009
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brantingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FDCFC1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy 11th-century object, which could be a fragment of a bridle cheek-piece or mount. The object is asymmetrical and is moulded on the upper surface with an intertwining beast. The breaks are not recent. The design is openwork. The reverse is undecorated. The surface of the object is a matt mid yellowish-green colour. It has traces of a whitish substance pushed into the grooves on the upper surface. The decoration used on these fittings derives from the late Viking Ringerike style, which represents the penultimate phase of late Viking-age art and was used …
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FD9637
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy 11th-century object, which could be a fragment of a bridle cheek-piece or mount. The object is asymmetrical and is moulded on the upper surface with an intertwining beast. The breaks are not recent. The design is openwork. The reverse is undecorated. The surface of the object is a matt mid yellowish-green colour. The decoration used on these fittings derives from the late Viking Ringerike style, which represents the penultimate phase of late Viking-age art and was used for most of the 11th century (Williams, 2007, Datasheet 39). Two similar examples hav…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FD5D42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
EarlyAnglo-Saxon disc brooch made from copper alloy, with stamped decoration. It dates from the 5th or 6th century; probably c. 450-550 AD. The brooch has a flat, circular disc with the remains of the lug to hold the hinge for the pin and the catchplate on the reverse. Both are damaged, there is a lot of iron corrosion on the lug. The front is decorated with 13 ring and dot motifs around the outside and a single ring and dot in the centre. Outside the central ring and dot is a ring of tiny U-shaped stamped punchmarks, and there are traces of similar punchmarks around the outer ring as…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FD5972
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, c. 450-600 AD. The lower arch of the bow survives, with a faceted centre with vertical carination, and a step to a flat panel below. Below this. the foot begins with a rectangular flat panel decorated with an incised line within a vertical line of punched ring and dot motifs down either side. The catchplate remains intact on the reverse. Extending out from the side of this panel are two rounded lappets with relief decoration of an outward-looking profile predatory bird's head, each with an angled headframe, a r…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-649707
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy styca of Aethelred II, second reign 844-8, moneyer: Earduulf( Eardwulf).
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-715F42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2009 T223 Description: Gold finger ring set with a large blue gemstone and red glass cloisonné. The central cabochon gem is surrounded by four triangular cells. Where these meet, small round cells have been set. Three of these round cells still contain minute granular inlays, although it is impossible to determine whether they are glass pastes, glass or gem stones. A short, straight cell wall emanates from each roundel and meets the corners of the outer, square frame of the bezel, thus bisecting the space between the triangles. Glass slips are still present in on…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near York', grid reference and parish protected.