Record ID: DUR-895161
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy scabbard chape, 12th century in date. The artefact is of thick sheet construction. Having been folded over on itself, it forms a trapezoidal shaped base section. It has 2 arms, meaning it plan it is U shaped. The base section is decorated on one face The arms, rectangular in plan, terminate in a lozenge. The terminals are perforated centrally and attached to each other by an extant rivet. The arms are decorated on one face with incised diagonal lines, running horizontally, along the whole length.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Richmond Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-E049A2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late Medieval sword chape, c.1400-1600. Only one half remains, the front half, its edges are curved round and would have attached to the flat back plate. This is broken at the top also. It would have had a scalloped edge along the top and only one corner remains of the original edge. There are two circular holes in the upper section and this would probably have been mirrored on the other side (now missing. Below this is a slightly raised horizontal line. Below this the chape widens to a bulbous base with a rounded knop on the terminal. In the centre is a possible …
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-CEE7D2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman peltate chape, dating from the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. It has been cast in one. It is complete with the front and back plate being identical. The design is peltate shape with two openwork petae on the face. The chape has been squahed slightly and so the top edges are nearly touching and one arm has a crack in. Similar examples were found at Housesteads and South Shields Roman forts and these items are usually related to military activity. This is an identical parallel in an example from Caerleon (Chapman, 2005: p. 14, no. Bb01; Bishop and Coulston, 1993: fig.…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-05EFC7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast coppper alloy Iron Age sword scabbard dating to the first century AD. When viewed from above the scabbard is oval in shape, widening from the bottom to the top. When viewed from the front its shape is sub-triangular with a small triangular knop at each end. The face has a raised border all the way around, this is wider on the top than the bottom. It is symmetrical on the front and reverse. The scabbard has a height of 16.93mm. The scabbard has a mottled green patina with varying shades. A similar but much more ornate item is recorded on the database as HESH-782C85
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.