Record ID: DUR-4677A3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the strip of 92-94%, with a silver content of 5-6%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 1.57 grams. The find consists of a length of narrow gold strip of triangular section with punched decoration of apex-to-apex triangles along the top ridge; it is broken at both ends; length, 32.5 mm. The decoration is very worn and abraded in places and there are cracks along the edges caused by distortion. The surface of the base is unworn, however, except for slight abrasion at one end. The strip i…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
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Record ID: DUR-7C9747
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Early Medieval sceat, Series C2. Dating to c. 700- 710 AD. Metcalf, Volume 1, no.124 EMC number- 2011.0022
Created on: Monday 9th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-8C58D8
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tweezers on a circular ring, probably Early Medieval in date, c. 600- 1100 AD. The ring is plain and appears to have been cast, it has a circular cross section. The diameter of the ring is 21.63mm with a thickness of 2.66mm. The tweezers themselves are symmetrical and have been attached to the ring by folding in half, over the ring. They have a D-shaped cross section, with the flat side facing inwards, most of the way down, until they being to widen, and flatten out at the terminals. The tweezers are corroded and some of the edges are uneven. The surface is pitted and …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-8A33E6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bow of an Early-Medieval key, c.900-1100. The bow would have been sub-circular in plan but large sections of it are missing. It had an openwork design and small rounded knops on the outer edge, only one of which now remains. The actual design of the openwork is not clear due to breaks but there is a circular hole below the one remaining knop.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-20ECD2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval key, dating from the pre-conquest period up to c.1200. It is incomplete, the bow being broken. It would have been oval in shape but more than half is missing. It meets the stem in a point with a broken internal element suggesting the bow may have been openwork. The stem is very short, it has a sub-circular cross-section and is hollow; it is broken slightly at the end. The bit is a rectangle, protruding at 90 degrees from the stem. It is openwork with a central rectangular perforation into which project two teeth/prongs above and two below, facing…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterick Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-7563B1
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Viking-age 'hacksilver' consisting of part of a silver ingot which is cut at both ends. It is roughly rectangular in plan and is a shallow D-shape in cross-section. Finds of hacksilver in England generally date from the late 9th or 10th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melsonby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F68C87
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval harness fitting fragment. It is a piece from a larger fitting. What remains is a central circular dome with four arms extending out from the base making a cross shape. These arms are short and have rounded ends, one of which is broken. At the end of each arm would have been a rivet, there are holes in twoof the arms (including the broken one) where they are missing, and small rivets in the other two. For one of them the head only remains, whilst the other has the whole rivet remaining, ending in a point.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-8BCD07
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead weight, Viking in style, sub-circular in plan and domed. It has glass set into the centre of the top face in a sub-rectangular shape. The glass appears to be a fragment cut from a bracelet or bead. It is light blue with strands of red and white running through. The rest of the weight is plain and undecorated. On the sides and base are some small grooves, probably caused by the plough whilst in the ground. There is a lead weight set with a glass bangle fragment from Dumbarton Rock, Strathclyde where the glass is the usual blue and white of Irish bangles. The red i…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-E39785
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, 10-11th century in date. Tongue shaped, with an incomplete attachment end. The attachment has broken on one of the two loops, this end is thinner than the rest of the plate. The plate is decorated on one side with a degenerate Winchester style motif formed of a series of reserved cells creating a symmetrical plant scroll motif. The strap-end has a dark brown surface, with reddish-brown adhesions (particularly in the recesses), probably gained from its time in the ground. Thomas class E, Type 1 (2004, p. 1-2).
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Saturday 22nd March 2014
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Record ID: DUR-A9EFE5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late early-medieval strap end dating from c. the 11th century. It appears to have been cast in one piece. The arms are rectangular in plan and at the top there is a circular rivet running through both which would have attached the strap end to the strap. At the base of the arms is a raised square. At the base of the strap end is a decorative terminal in the form of a floriated cross in saltire. This is decorated with grooved lines marking out the cross. The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecorated. The strap end has a dark brown patina and there is some…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-A93217
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bell of Early-Medieval date. Most of the bell chamber survives with just the bottom edges being uneven due to breaks. It is faceted and tapers towards the top, where there should be a loop but this is now missing. The artefact is heavily corroded. A similar bell was found at Meols, Cheshire (Griffiths et al 2007: 69/pl. 75, no. 390). They are increasingly thought to be characteristic of the Danelaw in the 10th century (for further discussion, see Griffiths et al 69-70).
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Record ID: DUR-A925A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy part of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, dating to the 5-6th centuries. It is the lower part of the brooch with just the bow and top of the foot remaining, the head and bottom of the foot missing. The bow is humped and facetted, being hollow on the reverse. The upper part of the foot has a flat rectangular panel with a lappet on each side. The panel is decorated with a vertical row of five ring-and-dot motifs on each side. The left-hand lappet is slight larger than the right-hand one. They are sub-rectangular with a rounded upper corner. Their decoration h…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Record ID: DUR-12BE53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating from the 5-6th centuries. Only the foot remains, having broken just aboe the horse-head terminal. The broken end is uneven and has the half-round panel at the top. The eyes are raised circles inside hollows on each side below this panel. Next there are two grooved lines running the length of the terminal which widen at the bottom to mark the spatulate extension. On either side are the nostrils which are circular, with spiral decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2010
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Record ID: DUR-7002B0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval zoomorphic buckle. It is D-shaped with a narrowed strap bar and where the loop meets the strap bar there are animal heads. Their mouths are open and the strap bar comes from here. They have ears picked out but it is difficult to pin down preciseley what animal they are. The buckle appears to have some casting flaws with irregular hollows on one side of the loop and on one head.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-3427E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Styca of the Northumbrian Kingdom. Wulfhere Archbishop, 854-900. Pirie Group C. North no. 197
Created on: Monday 12th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2010
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Record ID: DUR-340F03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy and cloisonné enamelled Early Medieval brooch, dating to the 10-11th centuries. It is circular in plan with 12 small circular kops around the edge, some of these are broken or missing complete. Four of these knops would have been slightly larger (two still remain) and have small circular blue glass insets. In between each of these larger knops, are two smaller knops which appearto be decorated with a central raised boss. The brooch is decorated on the front with inset enamel. It has a thin border of red with the main field being a dark blue. In the centre is a…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-A74411
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval pin, dating to the 10-11th centuries. It is complete with the pin shaft being circular in cross-section and ends in a point. The other end hasa flat, almost lozenge shaped terminal with a flattened end and small extensions on each side. There is a central circular hole. Kevin Leahy has seen an image of this find and comments 'The best known example of this sort of pin is the one found inthe grave of Archbishop Wulfstan of York (obit. 1023) (Campbell, 1982, 201) but others are known from York. These pins are likely to be of Irish o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-EECC25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy styca. L image (rev): +EANRED, central motif Pirie 5b (probably) R image (obv): EDELRED REX, central motif Pirie 1 (a cross) The coin is Aethelred II (840-848), and probably belongs to the 1st reign (840-44). It belongs to Pirie's group Ai from the spelling of EDELRED and the central motif patterns.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-EEBF95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy styca of uncertain ruler. Stycas are given the general date of c.790-c.867.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-35F474
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Viking strap junction. The strap union is circular with three circular perforations evenly spaced leaving three arms radiating from the centre to the outer edge. It is slightly domed and the arms are hollow backed. Part of the outer edge has broken away at the edge of one of the perforations. The arms are raised above the edge of the piece and have rounded, slilghtly bulbous terminals. They have incised decoration which is the same on each arm. In the centre of the three arms is a triangle. At the terminals the decoration appears to be in the form of a hu…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2011
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