Record ID: SWYOR-1A0F14
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual copper alloy strap fitting, probably related to horse harness wear. The fitting has a circular frame with a large rectangular loop attached to this and hanging below. The circular frame has two raised decorative knuckle shaped elements – one on each side so that they are opposite each other, and divide the frame into two. Each of these appears to have once (possibly) held enamel decoration. The ring-shaped frame on one side is of semi-circular section and has two small circular indentations (that may have contained decorative enamel); one below each ‘knuckle’ shape, w…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1A0170
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British button and loop fastener of Wild's Class Vb and dating to the 2nd to 3rd century. The fastener has a circular head with enamel decoration in the form of a ring of red enamel. The button is attached to the loop element via an integrally cast arm which attaches the two elements together a right angle. The loop is sub-rectangular in form. These type of fasteners are thought to have been used for fastening clothing, probably cloaks. The fastener weighs 6.35g and measures 31.53mm in length, 20mm in width and 12.5mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-19EF41
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman belt or strap slider. The piece comprises a rectangular decorated plate with an integrally cast rectangular loop on the reverse. The loop is located at the top (rather than centre) of the reverse of the piece. The decoration on the front is highly detailed with remains of red enamel in many of the cells. The overall style of the decoration is Celtic in form and appears to be some sort of lotus flower. The slider weighs 10.66g and measures 21.4mm in length, 18.7mm in width and 10.7mm in thckness.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0684E5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strip bracelet fragment dating to the late Roman period. The fragment has elaborate stamped and incised decoration on the top surface comprising of a section of ring-and-dot decoration with grooves on each edge and a lower section of incised linear chevron decoration. The inside surface of the bracelet is smooth and undecorated and it is broken at both ends. This type of bracelet would have fastened around the wearer's wrist using a hook-and-eye clasp although these rarely survive. The fragment weighs 5.48g and measures 51.9mm in length and 7.7mm in width and 2.09mm in th…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-61BFA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch - Collingwood type Rii . The brooch has the characteristic trumpet shaped head with the remains of a hinge pin mechanism on the back in the form of two cylindrical wings for the pin bar; the pin does not survive. The brooch has decorative acanthus moulding about halfway down the bow which extends around the back of the bow. Below the acanthus moulding, the brooch is broken away. The brooch weighs 8.03g, and measures 29.14mm in length, 17.51mm in width and 13.54mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-619DD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy worn Roman Headstud brooch dating to the 2nd century. The brooch has a hinge pin mechanism and a circular raised stud at the base of the head (hence the name). At the top of the head there is the remains of an integrally cast head loop. On the bow of the brooch below the stud is a line of small lozenge cells which would have contained coloured enamel (the top cell has the remains of blue enamel intact). The foot of the brooch is missing and only a small amount of the catch plate is still in place. The brooch weighs 7.93g and measures 31.43mm in length, 16.11mm in width an…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4CA016
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfpenny of Edward III, third (florin) coinage 1344-1351, London mint.
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Howden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4C7652
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fob seal matrix dating to the Medeival period (13th-14th century). The matrix has a round face with a carved central motif and inscription around the edge both of which are very worn and barely visible. The handle is faceted and tapers to the top where there is a collar are tri-lobed loop. The matrix may have been attached to the owner as a pendent through this loop. The legend is illegible and the image very worn but it appears to depict a crowned figure on the left possibly holding an infant on the right and therefore depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ. This was a rel…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Howden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4C35C7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead trade weight dating to the late medieval period. The weight is shield shaped and flat with a cast design on the top surface of a double fleur de lis in a slightly raised field. The mass of the weight is 53.2g. The design on the weight is a fairly common one for this type of object and may denote some sort of official approval or officical weighing system at the time. The weight measures 41.2mm in length, 31.8mm in width and 10.3mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Howden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6C64B4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy miniature cauldron, cast in a triplicate form. Copper alloy cauldron toys have been dated to the late16th-17th century and are regularly found inas a single component. This find has been cast so that three cauldrons are positioned together each with a single handle lug. Each cauldron would also have had a single leg although only one such leg survives. The reason for creating a triplicate example is unclear; vessels known as ‘fuddling’ vessels have been recorded as full size ceramics and were produced from the 17th century in the ‘country pottery’ traditio…
Created on: Friday 26th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton upon Derwent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6C4CA7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval fob seal matrix dating to the 14th-15th century. The matrix has faceted hexagonal handle, tapering to a single collar (with agroove above and below it) and terminating in a lozenge shaped suspension loop with a drilled circular loop. The face of the matrix is oval and depicts the common medieval device of 'a pelican in her piety'. This shows a pelican pecking her breast in order that her blood can feed the chicks in the nest below; this is a religious comment on the shedding of Christ's blood to save mankind. The legend surrounding the central device has been bro…
Created on: Friday 26th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D22484
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy circular buckle dating to the medieval period. The buckle has a simple single frame with no constriction for the pin (this is normally taken as an indication of a buckle rather than a ring brooch). The frame is plain and undecorated and the cast pin is complete. The pin is hooked around the frame but moves freely on it. It is square sectioned and tapers to a point. There is a transverse ridge between the pin loop and the shaft. The buckle weighs 10.52g and measures 35.13mm in diameter and 3.35mm in thickness. The pin measures 36.4mm in length and 9.5mm in thickness …
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D21CC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual Roman brooch probably dating to the 2nd century. The head of the brooch has an unusual design. The wings are flat and taper in thickness to the ends. Behind the wings there is a single pin lug but the pin does not survive. Directly below the wings there is a crescent shaped element to the head and the bow extends beyond this with some simple moulding at the waist. The foot of the brooch has decorative moulding terminating in a small knop and the short catchplate remains intact on the back of the foot. The brooch weighs 11.2g and measures 39.9mm in length, 21.1mm in thickness f…
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D1EB68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Charles II silver twopence.
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D1C7A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered coin dating from the Medieval period: a groat of Edward III (1327-1377) struck at London, 1351-1352. Fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty, Series C, Cross 1 initial mark, North 1147. The coin has a diameter of 27.61mm, a thickness of 1.2mm, and weighs 4.37g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2006
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C9DF65
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic mount, probably Roman in date. The mount is shaped like a bird of prey, possibly an eagle. The feet of the bird are fixed at either side of what looks like a cylindrical pin head. The 'pin head' is very short (12mm), tapering sharply to a point and rather than being used as a pin, the object was probably fixed into another object, possibly a wooden object (hence the sharpened point). The birds neck is outstretched upwards with the beck pointing up. The wings (one of which is broken away) are positioned slightly away from the body and curve downwards, as does th…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-C7CC04
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end (or buckle) dating to the Medieval period (1250-1400AD). The strap end has what looks like a D shaped buckle frame with an extended lip. There is a single perforation or rivet hole at the frame end of the plate – it is unclear whether this has filled in due to corrosion or whether it actually holds a rivet. The plate end of the object widens out into a triangular shape and has a split end like a strap-end although no further rivets are visible. There is a small rectangular raised section on the front of the object which appears to be decorative. The obje…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C3F537
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval figurine. The figurine is hollowed on the back and has gilding remaining on the front. The figure is full length and is wearing long drapery and the arms appear to be crossed over the chest so that the hands are near to the shoulders. The face is worn away but the figure looks to have a halo around the head. The figure represents a saint or apostle and was probably produced in Limoges where many such examples were made. These enamelled figures commonly have two rivet holes and would have been mounted onto a reliquary, box or cross. This example has a circula…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DE16A0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount, probably post medieval in date. The mount has a central raised dome (with a hollow back) with four arms radiating in a cross. Only one of these arms appears to be complete and has an elaborate terminal with a separate circular copper alloy rivet. The decoration on the arms of the cross looks like it could be zoomorphic although this is not clear and it could just be abstract or floral. The edges of each arm are quite jagged and the object may have been tinned/silvered. It is likely to be a furniture fitting or decorative mount. The object weighs 7.47g and meas…
Created on: Friday 19th November 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-DE0FF6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy circular mount with central circular perforation. The mount is very slightly domed and has a decorated front surface. The mount depicts a six-petaled flower (daisy). The petals contain green enamel and the cells between the petals contain blue enamel. There is a raised copper alloy border around the outside of the mount and outlining the petal design which looks to have been gilded. The object is probably some sort of horse harness or strap fitting (possibly a bridle boss) and probably dates to the medieval period when the use of a central rivet for attachment, and li…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.