Record ID: DUR-1F4252
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval rotary key handle/bow. Incomplete, bow only. Lozenge shaped bow with four circular holes (diameter c.5mm), one in each corner. The bow terminates in a hollow circular tubular loop (external diameter 14.5mm) set at 90 degrees to the bow. The bow is broken where it would have met the shaft, leaving a broken edge. The knop on the bow presumably had a function. It is possible that it formed another key - it could engage with two prongs. Alternatively it could simply be for suspension. Two keys with tubular loops on the bow are published in Ward Perkins …
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-A81FF1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval purse bar (c. 1550-c. 1650). Ward Perkins 1940: 169, fig. 52, Type B8. This purse bar has double arms. The upper arm has a central block, trapezoidal in plan. The arms are circular in cross section and have an overall length, including the terminal, of 61.17mm. Both terminals are sub-circular in plan when viewed from the end. One is slight larger than the other At the base of the central block, on this upper arm, there is an integral shank, circular in cross-section, which penetrates the lower central block. At the base of the shank there …
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-4E3C45
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and enamel cast-cell stud from the late Iron Age- early Roman period. It is circular in plan, flat on the top (enamelled face) and curved on the base. The base is plain and shows no obvious traces of attachment or remains of a stud. The front is split into three rows of three cells by raised lines of copper alloy. This gives a chequerboard pattern. The cells are filled with enamel, alternating red and yellow. Chequerboard enamelling can be seen on other Iron Age objects such as harness equipment, for example two linch pins recorded on the PAS database as WMID-947693…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-89C027
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval to post-Medieval cast purse bar fragment (c. 1475-c. 1550). The fragment comprises less than half of the complete bar. The central block and one complete arm are missing. It has an arm, oval in cross-section (c. 8.0 x c. 6.3mm) with an integral attachment plate on the underside which has now broken but there are traces of two incomplete holes. These holes were for attaching the fabric part of the purse to the bar. At the complete narrowed end there is separate drum-shaped terminal, circular in cross-section. The bar passes through the terminal and is burr…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Record ID: DUR-FF0ED2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch from the 6th century AD. The side and top knobs are semi-circular and hollow and have been cast integrally to the brooch. The headplate is square with a slightly raised sub-rectangular central panel which runs from the top knob to where the head meets the bow. This panel widens towards the bow. The bow is concave and has a central vertical grooved line as decoration. The lappets on each side of the flat panel below the bow extend vertically outwards before curving downwards and narrowing to a rounded terminal. The upper part of the catchp…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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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-05D6F8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early medieval stirrup strap mount. Williams Class B, Type 3, Group 9, dating to the 11th century. The mount is sub-triangular in plan, with a circular extension at the apex. This would originally have had a circular hole in the centre through which a rivet would have gone to secure the mount. The remains of the rivet appear to have corroded onto this and so the loop appears solid. It has raised decoration on the front and is plain on the reverse. It has one central motif which consists of a forwards facing animal head, possibly a deer. This is set on a raised bos…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-8BA064
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, Viking, lead weight. It is circular in plan and flat with a copper alloy plate set on the top face. The copper alloy setting looks like a gilt bronze Irish disc, possibly a stud with the lug removed. In the centre of this is a small circular red stone or perhaps glass. This glass forms the centre of the decoration with three swirls, almost peltate in design coming from the centre. There is then a raised outer rim. In the spaces between are small grooved lines.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-147AD6
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Anglo-Saxon/ Viking hacksilver which is cut at both ends. It is roughly rectangular in plan and is a shallow D-shape in section. A clear testing nick can be seen on one edge, which is contemporary with the object. Date: 9th- 11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-C2DA56
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval cloth seal. The seal is compelte with both discs still attached by the strip. One face has an A stamped for Augsburg, Germany. These seals, attached to the fustian which was imported to England are one of the most common types of foreign seals found in England according to Egan (Lead Cloth Seals and related items in the British Museum, pl.41, nos.308-10).
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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Record ID: DUR-C2E0F2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval cloth seal. One face has A on, the other half is missing. A stands for Augsburg, Germany. These types of seals, found on the fustian imported from there to England are amongst the most common found in England according to Egan (Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, pl.41- no.308-10).
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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Record ID: DUR-D86482
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval sack seal. Complete circular seal with two circular discs and the folded attachment loop. One disc has a pineapple with a plume on top in relief. The other side has a central circular depression, over which is an A in relief with an annulet to right and below. The A stands for Augsburg, Germany. Seals from the fustians of Augsburg are among the most common and widespread of all recorded imports in England according to Egan. This example is similar to nos. 308-10 in his book 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum'.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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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
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Record ID: DUR-D8AFB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
11 pieces of Roman grey ware. Most are body sherds. The sherds can be grouped to represent possibly 7 individual pots. A pot sherd of fine grained Buff/pale grey fabric with a wall thickness of 5mm turning at a basal angle of approximately 45 degrees to a base 10mm thick. There are shallow grooves scored into the internal surface. It is possible that this fragment could be Crambeck parchment ware in the form of a shallow sided dish form 2 as per Corder 1937. A river worn pottery sherd 8mm thick pale grey on the surface and sandy coloured fine grained fabric. A 6mm thick p…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: DUR-A43E72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating from c.75- 175 AD. It is mostly complete with just the stud missing. It is a hinged brooch and the axis bar is held in place by wings formed by the upper bow curving over to form a cylinder. The pin is complete but bent half way down. The stud was a separate piece attached onto a hole in the upper bow. The bow is flat and narrows to a thin strip around three-quarters of the way down the bow. The catchplate is small with turn-over still present. The foot is formed by a strip of copper alloy being wrapped around to form a circula…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
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Record ID: DUR-C89244
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman enamelled disc (sunburst), late 1st-mid 3rd century AD in date. It is mostly complete with just small parts of the disc having broken off, and the pin missing. The disc would have been circular when complete. The design consists of a central circle which would have been filled with enamel, although it is now empty. This has a raised edge. There is then a nine-pointed star around this circle, each point of which has a small raised circular dot, the rest is filled with red enamel. The field around the star is empty now but it could have been filled with ano…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
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Record ID: DUR-501DD0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy and enamel Roman umbonate brooch, dating from the 1st- 3rd centuries AD. It is circular in plan with four small extensions, at each point on a compass. The top and bottom extensions are the catchplate and hinge mechanisms. The two side extensions are small rounded knops. The brooch is domed, and hollow on the reverse. The front is decorated with enamelled cells. In the centre is a raised copper alloy boss, surrounded by triangular cells half of which are filled with blue enamel, the other half would have contained another colour which is now missing. There is then …
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
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Record ID: DUR-E5ACE6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval buckle from c.1250-1400. D-shaped in pla with a single collared knop on the outer edge. The straph bar has a groove where the pin would have sat but this is now missing. There is a casting sprue on either side of the frame at the end near the strap bar.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: DUR-F3C2A2
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ferrule of some sort, possibly a Medieval lace chape. It is linear, with the upper end being broken and the bottom end having a globular terminal. One side of the object is open, and it is hollow inside. It has a light green patina.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Record ID: DUR-58E925
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval harness pendant. It is circular in plan and slightly domed. It has a central lozenge shaped hole and the front has been gilded, some of which remains. It also has an incised pattern as further decoration. This takes the form of a pointed oval at each corner of the lozenge, connected by a curved line. Inside of each oval is a smaller oval. It has a circular attachment loop, set perpendicular to the pendant, which has a length of 9.93mm.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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