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-F66507
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead Medieval spindle whorl. It is circular in plan, and biconical with a central circular perforation. The decoration on both faces consists solely of lines, in relief. One face is split into sections by lines radiating from the centre, with two horizontal lines in each section. The other face is more abstract.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F5A7F1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval key handle, c.1300- 1500. Only the handle (bow) and the beginning of the shaft remains. It has an openwork quatrefoil shape which has two small projections at the base where it meets the beginning of the shaft. This has a circular cross section, with a widened bead in the centre.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
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Record ID: DUR-F599C3
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy handle, possibly from a drawer, Medieval in date. It is unclear whether the ends are broken, and so the piece is complete. The main part is C-shaped in plan, with a small extension at one end. It is facetted, giving it a pentagonal cross section. Marks can be seen on the surface which are file marks.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F57EB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272- 1307) minted in Bristol 1280-1. Wren Class 2b- 3g. It is broken around the edges and is missing parts of the legend.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-F57047
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross cut half-penny of Henry III (1216- 72) between 1247 and 1251 in London. Wren Class 1- 4.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-F55468
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross cut half-penny, Henry II- Henry III, minted 1180- 1247 in London.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F4C7C3
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late Medieval- Post Medieval chape, dating from c. 1400- 1600. Only the front (domed) half remains, the flat back having broken away. In plan the chape has a semi-circular lower half with a small extension knop at the base. It is decorated with incised lines, giving a scallop effect which meet at the centre in a semi-circular hollow. Above this are two circular holes, one to the left and one to the right of this hollow. The upper half is narrower, and sub-rectangular, with crenellations at the top edge. Near the top is a heart-shaped hole.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F48307
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast late Medieval French jetton, 15th century in date. It has been pierced
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F44137
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272- 1307) minted in Newcastle, 1301-7. North no. 1038. Wren Class 10ab.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F41798
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver farthing of Edward I or II, minted between 1279 and 1327 in London.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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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-5EAB65
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead Papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV, whose papacy lasted from 1243 to 1254 AD. The obverse depicts the faces of St Peter and St Paul below the inscription [SPAS]P[E] (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus), all of which are surrounded by a beaded border, flanking the outside edge of the bulla. St. Paul is seen on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, and St. Peter is on the right facing left, with a rounded face and beard and hair formed from pellets. Each is within a C or backwards-C beaded border, joined to the main. This follows a set formula, not…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: DUR-5D18A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim fragment of a Medieval pottery vessel, probably a jug. The fabric is cream coloured with an inner core of black. There appear to be some small inclusions of a brown colour. The rim is slightly widened compared to the rest of the vessel, with a square shaped rim. The wall of the vessel is beginning to curve outwards but has broken before it goes far. The handle begins almost immediately after the rim, sticking out at 90 degrees to the vessel wall, but only a small fragment remains before it has broken.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-5CCFA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Medieval spindle whorl. It is circular in plan, with a central circular hole. It is biconical with decoration in relief on both faces with the same decoration. This consists of triangles around the central hole, inside of each is a dot. The outer edge is decorated with a border of two lines running round the edge, connected by a series of small lines.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F56CB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross half-penny, probably of Robert II of Scotland, 1371- 90, minted in Edinburgh. See Spink 2003, no.5152.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F52413
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrims ampulla, dating to c. 1350- 1530. It is flask shaped in plan, as with most ampullae it is fairly flat, although the neck of this example is open. It would have had 2 handles, one on each side but one has broken off. The remaining example shows they were triangular, and placed at the base of the neck. A casting seam can be seen along both edges of the ampulla. One side of the rounded lower half is decorated with a central shield, with its border raised. Inside the shield is a raised letter, possibly a G. The shield is inside two concentric circles. The othe…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F4E207
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy enamelled harness pendant, c. 12-400. It is a quadrilobe in plan, with triangular extensions in each angle. The attachment loop is set perpendicular to the pendant, it is not attached to the cross bar any longer. The front of the pendant is enamelled, the reverse is plain. The design consists of a central square which contains a lion passant left, in relief metal, the field is blue enamel. On each edge of the square is a fleur-de-lys in relief metal, with the field filled with red enamel. There is then a border of relief metal also. It is likely the relief meta…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham ARea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F43304
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272- 1307) minted in Durham 1282-9. Wren Class 4b or 4c. North no. 1024 or 1025.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F42103
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut-farthing, of Alexander III (1249-86), 2nd coinage, 1280-6.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.