Record ID: SWYOR-8EFC91
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake, probably dating to the Neolithic period (3500-2100 BC) which has been re-touched (worked) into a tool. The flake has some fine working along the right ventral edge and around the distal end. The flint has also been water worn so that the edges appear smoother than they would have originally been. The tool is likely to have been used as a cutting or scraping implement for working with animal hide. The flint weighs 4.05g and measures 27.4mm in length, 21.9mm in width and 5.7mm in thickness.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4A3346
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy Roman plate brooch dating from 80 - 250AD. The brooch is crescent shaped and has an elaborately decorated front surface which retains blue enamel in several cells, notably in three triangular cells on the outer edge of the crescent. The decoration is divided into different sections: in the centre of the brooch is a panel containing lozenges and around the curved bottom edge of the brooch a border of interlocking triangles. The right-hand point of the crescent has broken away. On the reverse of the brooch in the centre of the curved outside edge of th…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-49BDD6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dropped bar terret with unadorned ring. The terret dates from between c.100 BC - AD 100. It comprises a simple plain oval loop with a second, sub-rectangular loop cast integrally at the base of the terret. The thickness of the oval loop tapers from its widest part at the bottom (where it measures 10.5mm) to the top where it measures 6.5mm. The surface is quite pitted and corroded. The terret ring weighs 19.2gmand measures 26.5mm in length, 14.7mm in width and 11.4mm in thickness. and measures 37.8mm in length, 30.9mm in width and 10.5mm in thickness. A similar ex…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-4993C1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead, decorated spindle whorl probably late medieval, dating from 1200-1500AD. Unusually for spindle whorls of this date, it is not biconical, but flat, being 12.6mm thick. The upper side also carries the unusual design of a six-pointed star surrounding the large central perforation. The other side is flat, plain and undecorated. On the top of the whorl the central perforation is hexagonal (formed by the inside edges of the star);it then tapers slightly and becomes circular on the underside. The whorl is 24.5mm in diameter and 12.6mm thick. It weighs 32.65gm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-48FB31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a cast, copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of the Aucissa derivative type, dating from 43-75AD. The brooch has a hinged pin mechanism but the pin does not survive. The bow is cast with three raised, lateral ribs; a broad central rib and a narrower rib along each side. There are a number of small, transverse grooves incised into each rib. On each side of the bow are four small, equidistantly spaced knops, those on one side being largely worn away. At the upper end, the bow tapers to a narrow neck before broadening out into two short wings which are hollow to take the pin …
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-3304B6
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Carved jet cross made from Whitby Jet. The cross is equal-armed, each arm flares slightly at the end. At the centre and at the end of each are, the cross has a small ring and dot and these are joined together with four single lines radiating from the centre. The cross has a polished surface and the design may have some sort of inlay. The upper arm is pierced with a small circular perforation for hanging as a pendant. The pendant is slightly wedge shaped in section and it thicker at the end where the hole for hanging is. A similar parallel can be seen in Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian Y…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wombwell parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B7D0D5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake, possibly dating to the Mesolithic. The flint appears to have had some limited retouching along one side to create a serated edge. The flake weighs 0.67g and measures 17.51mm in length and 15.47mm in width. The flint is mid-grey in colour.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B7C566
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake (possibly a blade), possibly dating to the Mesolithic. The blade has roughly parallel sides and is proportionately narrow. It may have had some limited retouching. The blade weighs 0.31g and measures 17.32mm in length and 8.48mm in width. The flint is pale translucent grey in colour.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B7BDE8
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake (possibly a blade), possibly dating to the Mesolithic. The blade has roughly parallel sides and is proportionately narrow. It may have had some limited retouching. The blade weighs 0.21g and measures 13.72mm in length and 5.39mm in width.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B78E06
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake (possibly a blade), possibly dating to the Mesolithic. The blade has roughly parallel sides and is proportionately narrow. It may have had some limited retouching. The blade weighs 0.13g and measures 15mm in length and 6.73mm in width.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B76898
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint (or chert?) core, probably dating to the mesolithic period. The core has two large flat faces, the rest of the core has been worked by flaking for flake or blade production. The flint is dark grey/black in colour and weighs 10.46g and measures 25.6mm across the longest face.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B74996
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single waste flint flake, probably dating to the Mesolithic period. The flake is a translucent pale grey colour and has a tiny notch in one side although this appears to be a natural break rather than evidence of working. The flake weighs 0.23g and measures 15.4mm in length and 7.8mm in width.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B71C75
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twelve unworked waste flint flakes, probably dating to the Mesolithic period. All flakes appear to made from the same flint source and are pale grey/white in colour apart from one which has a more translucent orangey grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.