Record ID: YORYM-B508F0
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period, possibly a button and loop fastener or a slide strap. The object comprises a plate of copper alloy with a wide rim on the front, with a central circular motif, with a raised cross formed from uprights of copper alloy. These lines therefore create four quadrant cells each one has been infilled with enamel. Two opposite quadrants are a mid orangey-yellow enamel, alternated with a duller mid reddish-orange. On the reverse of the rim are two parallel raised scars, which appear to be break scars, fr…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burythorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1DDB08
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy button and loop fastener, of Wild's Classification type II 'Ring-headed fasteners'. The loop survives intact. It is a circular loop, with a long and wide shank, which bends to join the head. There is a shallow incised groove down the reverse of the shank. The head is broken, and only a fragment survives. It would once have been a circle. At the junction where the shank meets the head are two parallel pronounced vertical ridges. The button element, the head, has broken off either side of these ridges. The breaks are worn. Button and loop fasteners are …
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-993933
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener. The fastener is of a type classified by Wild as a Class VI b fastener with a solid square-head.The reverse is flat and has the loop extending out from the back of the head. The loop is formed from a projecting strip of copper alloy, which has a right-angle bend just behind the head, the strip then forks open and would have formed a triangular loop. The loop has broken and the breaks are worn. The entire surface is slightly pitted, but much of the original surface survives. The original metal is a dark greyish-brown colour.
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E96A80
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener. This example does not easily fit into one of Wild's classifications, but is nearest to class VI a, fasteners with enamelled, rectangular heads.The button element of the fastener is formed from a square plate, decorated with an incised groove, which runs around the edge. There is a raised cross in the centre, with four sunken cells. This would have been enamelled but the enamel does not survive. Attached to the reverse of the plate are two plate lugs, one is broken. These are pierced to hold a pin or ring fitting. Wild suggests that button…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton-le-Dale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E99585
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Iron Age to early Roman button and loop fastener. The fastener is an unusual type. It has a triangular form, with a long tapering shank (the button), which bends up and terminates with a circular disc, which has been decorated with a ring and dot. The main body of the fastener (the loop part), as a rectangular shaped, with a large rectangular loop soldered to the reverse. The front of this element is decorated with a series of small ribs. The metal is a mid greyish-green colour and it is pitted.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 14th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishopthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C28F77
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener. The fastener is of a type classified by Wild as a Class VI b fastener with a solid square-head. The head is square and flat and decorated only with an incised linear border. The reverse is slightly concave and the loop extends out from the back of the head. The loop is formed from a projecting strip of copper alloy, which has a right-angle bend just behind the head, the strip then forks open and would have formed a triangular loop. The loop has broken and the breaks are worn. The entire surface is slightly pitted, but much of t…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbald', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-410204
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener. The fastener is rather unusual and does not appear to fit into the normal classification and a detailed search through the literature has not found a parallel. The object consists of a circular loop (possibly the button element); this is now broken and only half survives. Coming off from this at a right angle there is a raised triangular plate, with a triangular hole cut into it. Below this again at a right-angle two strips extend down joining the top plate to a lower semi-circular plate. The loop and the s…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-40EBF2
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener. The fastener is of a type classified by Wild as a Class IV fastener with a solid boss-head. The head is circular and boss like, but it is undecorated. The reverse is slightly concave and the loop extends out from the back of the head. The loop is formed from a projecting strip of copper alloy, which has a right-angle bend just behind the head, the strip then forks open and would have formed a triangular loop. The loop has broken and the breaks are worn. The entire surface is slightly pitted, but much of the original surface s…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2008
Last updated: Friday 14th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-024128
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and highly elaborate copper alloy button and loop fastener. The fastener is of a type not classified by Wild. The fitting comprises an oval slightly pointed loop, which is joined to the rest of the artefact via a circular knop which sits inside the loop. The loop has a slightly chamfered edge. The knop and loop are then connected to a shank, which projects out at a right angle out of the back of the loop. The shank tapers outwards slightly to the strap loop. The strap loop is rectangular on the front with decorative raised edges. The reverse of the strap fitting element is …
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D18220
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A late Iron Age, Romano-British button and loop fastener. The fastener has been cast in copper alloy. A similar fastener has been recorded onto the PAS database, under database record number SF-E503E7. This fastener is similar to Wild Class 1, with a solid double-boss head and heavy ring-loop (Wild 1970, 137-139, fig I no I). The whole fastener measures 22.7mm in length (which is similar to SF-E503E7 which measures 22mm. Unlike the other examples only the double boss part of the fitting survives; as the loop has broken off, leaving behind a small worn stump on the flat reverse of the …
Created on: Friday 31st March 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Upper Beeding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D17D34
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy (Iron Age bronze) looped toggle, dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The toggle survives in an excellent condition. The object has been cast in one piece. The toggle is shaped rather like the head of a hammer-head shark. That is to say the main body of the toggle is cylindrical and either end has been capped by a circular rove. In the centre of the main body of the toggle there is a raised step or ‘block’ in the copper alloy equal in diameter to the roves. The circumference of the roves has been decorated with an engraved single li…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Upper Beeding', grid reference and parish protected.