Record ID: DUR-EE7BA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large early Roman/ Iron Age brooch Hallstatt Group B?
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: DUR-11AAE3
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast bronze side-looped, socketed spearhead from the early Middle Bronze Age, c.1500-1150 BC. Mostly complete with the tip missing and worn blade edges. The blade would have been leaf-shaped and has a raised midrib on both sides running from top to bottom. The socket widens towards the end. It has two small side-loops about half way down. These are rectangular and have been cast integrally with the spear. The socket is slightly out of shape with the edge being uneven, however it is mostly circular in section and hollow. Nothing of the wooden shaft remains. Side-looped spearheads are …
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: DUR-7D8726
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin, Early Medieval Byzantine, pierced, treasure This was examined by Barrie Cook who comments- I have examined a single coin reported found in the Bedale area. The coin is a gold histamenon trachy of the Byzantine emperor Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078), class IId and it weighs 4.17g, at the lower end of the range for examples of this coin. It was struck in Constantinople. The obverse of the coin depicts a bust of Christ, raising his hand in blessing and the reverse shows a bust of the emperor with his name and titles in Greek letters. Although the Byzantine gold coinage was fa…
Created on: Monday 10th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedale Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DUR-FC1A94
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (161-180), minted in Rome 174. Reverse- Seated figure: IMP [VII] COS [III], [SC] RIC III, p.301, no.1109 FInders ref- 4
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-B80830
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy clipped sestertius of Hadrian, 117-138 AD
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: DUR-876052
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver-gilt annular brooch. The frame, cut from flat metal, engraved with four heraldic shields placed equidistantly, with a series of crosses between each shield. The pin survives, looped around a constriction, although the end is broken off. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the mercury gilt brooch indicated a silver content of approximately 96%.
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1B73E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring, a decade ring, dating to c.1600-1800. It is circular in plan with a projecting flat circular bezel (diameter of 10.77mm) and ten small projecting knops around the outer circumference. The bezel is decorated with the grooved letters 'IHS', with a cross on the top of the H and an arrow pointing out of the bottom of it. Decade rings were used for the rosary- to repeat the Ave and Paternoster prayers. They were introduced in the 10th century but became more popular at times of religious tension, in particular the 16th century onwards. …
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: DUR-1B82E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead Post Medieval finger ring, a decade ring, dating to c.1600-1800. It is circular in plan with a projecting flat oval shaped bezel (diameter 10.60mm x 8.69mm) and ten small projecting knops around the outer circumference. The bezel is plain but on other examples there are designs and letters. This appears to be a lead version of the more usual copper alloy rings of this type. Decade rings were used for the rosary- to repeat the Ave and Paternoster prayers. They were introduced in the 10th century but became more popular at times of religious tension, in particular the 16th ce…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: DUR-D79EC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Scottish turner of Charles I (1625-49), either 1642, 1644, 1648 or 1650. It is extremely worn and corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: DUR-8DF7F1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early Bronze Age flat axe, c. 2500- 1700 BC in date. It is the blade and the lower part of the shaft which remains. It is corroded all over the surface and this has caused pitting. The blade edge is uneven with bits missing and worn away. The axe has a rectangular cross-section, narrowing towards the blade which splays out from the shaft. The blade measures 46.13mm in width, the shaft 27.97mm.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: DUR-F2F216
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment of a Bronze Age axe, c.2300 BC- 800 BC. The blade edge is curved, and appears complete. It has broken before the shaft, having a rectangular cross-section at the broken edge where it is thickening. The axe has a dark brown patina which is slightly patchy due to corrosion. As so little remains it is not possible to pin it down to a certain type of axe, or a more specific period within the Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: DUR-C4D8C4
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age flanged axe, from the Aylesford and Arreton periods, c. 1700-1500 BC. The handle is slightly narrower at the butt than where it meets the blade (the central point has a width of 31.09mm). The side flanges are low and are at their highest in the central point of the handle. At this central point the handle is also thickest, with a small raised horizontal ridge just visible. The blade is semi-circular and at its widest point measures 84.91mm wide. It still narrows to a thin cutting edge all along the blade edge. It is almost complete with just the butt and blade edges being …
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: DUR-E62735
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver foreign groat This is a silver double patard: Flanders, Charles the Rash of Burgundy (1467-77), struck at Bruges, 1467-74, mint-mark fleur-de-lys in centre of reverse. Ref: H Enno Van Gelder and M. Hoc, Les Monnaies des Pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols 1434-1713 (Amsterdam 1960), p.20, no.23-3. These were the exact equivalent of the contemporary English groat (slightly heavier, but slightly baser silver) and were made legal tender in England and Wales in 1469 [from memory]. They turn up singly all over the place and in hoards down to the 1530s.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
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Record ID: DUR-B81853
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval disc from a large four-part cloth seal that has been cut as for a whizzer (or whirligig). The disc is circular with a zig zag edge. The front face has a crowned triple-rose with flowering plant motif at the sides, in relief. This is probably a part of a seal from the first ten years of George I reign, for a complete example see Egans book (1993, p74-5 no. 197). Geoff Egan discusses the use of this type of item- A whizzer is a zigzag-edged sheet roundel toy, (of lead for our purposes) with two holes centrally for a string, which is held in each hand, and by skilful t…
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: DUR-91CEE5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment, probably from a Medieval chafing dish. It is a W shape in plan with both ends being broken, they would probably have extended upwards to form a loop, this would then have attached onto the dish. The fragment is square in cross-section with slightly bevelled edges and file marks can be seen on the surface. Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it hot at the table.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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Record ID: DUR-766A00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold aureus of Domitian as Caesar (AD 68-81), minted in Rome, AD 73 Obv. CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II; Laureate head right Rev. Domitian on horseback left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left RIC II (2nd ed), p. 97, no. 540 Reece Period 4 The diameter varies between 19.85mm and 18.50mm. The thickness of the coin varies between 1.36mm and 2.57mm.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: DUR-31EED4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Middlesbrough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or gaming piece, inset with glass, from the Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) period (AD850-1000). It is conical in shape with a wider base. The diameter is 11.35mm at the top and 13.58mm at the bottom. The top has a domed stone set in which is a dark blue. This record was edited and the date of the object reassessed following reappraisal by Prof. Julian Richards. A similar weight, although cylinder shaped rather than conical, was found during excavations of the 9th-century Viking settlement at Woodstown, Co. Waterford, Ireland (see: Russell and Hu…
Created on: Saturday 24th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
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Record ID: DUR-F4B4B2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast bronze Palstave axe, dating to the Penard/Wilburton phases, c. 1300- 1000 BC. It is mostly complete but the blade is slightly broken and the handle has broken and is missing just the very end, and the butt. It has a single small side-loop, which measures 22.96mm in length. The blade has uneven edges, and is corroded, with pitting on the surface, it appears to be missing the cutting edge. The blade is quite small (40.38mm wide), and then narrows to a rectangular section leading to the handle. It is plain and has no ribbing or hollows. The septum on both sides of the hand…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
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Record ID: DUR-3B9605
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Modern collar badge c.AD1900-1920. It appears incomplete, or possibly mis-cast. It has a semi-circular lower section, with the rounded end at the base. At the top is a trefoil motif, with hollows in each foil on the front. Reviewing this record in September 2021, Peter Hart suggests this could possibly be a collar badge of the Durham Light Infantry's 6th Battalion, the lower section of the badge representing the distinctive Light Infantry bugle horn.Citing Colin Churchill, Hart further notes of the Durham Light Infantry's 6th Battalion that "During their short exi…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-650407
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy shield shaped Medieval harness pendant It is decorated on the front face with 3 horizontal lines of towers with 4 on the top line, 3 on the middle and 2 on the bottom. The toweres are picked out in red (gules) enamel. The pendant has a broken attachment loop at the top. Irene Szymanski has seen an image of this item and commented- 'I think these are the arms of Ferrers and the earls of Derby, "vairy or and gules" (attached). The de Ferrers were a powerful and bellicose clan, who married wives of the highest rank; for example, Earl William de Ferrers (died 1254) marri…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-651663
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy quatrefoil medieval harness pendant It has four semi-circular lobes with a triangular point in between each lobe. It is decorated on the front face with enamel. In the centre is a dragon passant left in red (gules). The dragon is inside a square, on each side of this a lis extends out. The field is blue (azure). The pendant has a broken attachment loop at the top which is set perpendicular. Irene Szymanski has seen a photograph of this pendant and comments that this design is fairly common. If you go to IHS-11E882; its associated finds will link to other examples. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2009
Last updated: Monday 10th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1276F2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy enamelled Medieval harness pendant. It is shield shaped with a circular attachment loop set perpendicular to the pendant at the top. The pendant's upper surface features moulded heraldic decoration in the form of three lions passant guardant arranged one above the other. The field is inlaid with red enamel and, although no trace survives of gilding, it is supposed that this is the typical English arms, 'Gules three lions passant guardant [Or]'. Many such examples can be found illustrated in Ashley (2002, 10; e.g. ref. 50). The red-brown metal is indicative …
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
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Record ID: DUR-A54350
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy medieval harness pendant dating to post 1376- c.1450. It has a field of blue enamel with three raised fleur-de-lys, two above and one below, (azure, three fleurs de lys or). The fleur-de-lis and the thin border have been gilded. There is an attachment loop set perpendicular to the pendant at the top, the loop is broken. Irene Szymanski has seen an image of this pendant and comments 'It's what's known as France Modern, France Ancient (azure, semy de lys or) was similar, except that there were an unspecified number of fleurs-de-lys scattered over the blue bac…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: DUR-6D57F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy continental plate brooch of the Roman period (c.AD43-125). It is incomplete, consisting of two circles, joined by a linear strip. Each circle is flat and is decorated on the front with a single ring and dot motif. The strip which joins the two circles is decorated with a simple moulded collar at each end and narrows slightly in the middle. The left hand circle (as per the photograph)has the start of another joining strip but it has broken just below the collar. On the reverse of the right hand circle (as per the photograph) is the remains of either a ca…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Record ID: DUR-29C6D5
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman stud (c.AD43-410). It is a bell shaped stud which has lost part of its circular stud and also the handle. The handle base can be seen on the top of the stud as a raised circle. Edit: Bell Shaped Studs are a multi-purpose form of artefact, commonly found on sites in Britain dating to the Roman period. A basic classification for these studs was established by Allason-Jones (1985): Type 1 with iron shank, usually caulked or fixed into the head with lead; Type 2 with (usually) integrally cast copper-alloy shank, often pierced at the distal end. Type 2 studs ar…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: DUR-29BDC5
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman furniture fitting. It is a bell shaped stud with a rectangular handle/shaft set on the top. The stud has a small central protrusion which is like the clapper of a bell. There is a small moulded collar between the stud and the base of the handle The handle has a small circular hole at the top. Edit: Bell Shaped Studs are a multi-purpose form of artefact, commonly found on sites in Britain dating to the Roman period. A basic classification for these studs was established by Allason-Jones (1985): Type 1 with iron shank, usually caulked or fixed into the head…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: DUR-8474E1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Iron Age/Roman anthropomorphic vessel mount. It consists of a human head at the top of a slightly curved linear section (meant to represent the body). The head is round and has detailing picking out the hair and face. The hair is represented by grooved lines radiating from a central point on the top of the head. The eyes are round and hollow, the nose is raised and slightly bulbous. The mouth is a grooved line, almost giving the appearance it has its mouth open. The head is sat on a shape neck which then leads into the main section of the mount. This section ex…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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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-B72736
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead papal bulla of Pope Innocent III, 1198-1216. It would have been circular in plan but it has been broken and so is irregular. The obverse is much more worn than the reverse. Both sides have a beaded border. The obverse of the bulla contains the legend INNOCENTIVS PP III, PP standing for 'Pastor Pastorum' or 'Shepherd of Shepherds'. The obverse has a border of pellets. On the reverse can be seen depictions of Saints Peter and Paul beneath an inscription reading SPASPE (an abbreviation standing for St. Paul and St. Peter). St. Paul is seen on the left of the seal looking right,…
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: DUR-217460
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dragonesque brooch, dating to the early Roman period (c.AD50-200) The object comprises an incomplete curvilinear plate in an S-shape, with squared bar terminals (one of which is missing). Across the wider body section are two further bars with an inscription between, of which "...N OR..." can be read. The reverse of the object is undecorated. Dimension: Length 29.89mm; Width 23.88mm; Thickness 4.94mm; Weight 7.8gm. The brooch conforms to the type desinated by Hunter (2010) as as Type C3, S-shaped brooch with bar terminals, and by Mackreth (2…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: DUR-5AE174
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment from a medieval harness fitting. It consists of a sub-shield shaped piece with a circular shaft extending from the pointed end. The shaft is short and straight and most likely to be broken but wear makes this difficult to confirm. It is very worn all over and corrosion has caused pitting of the surface. There are small fragments of red enamel on one face of the shield but the design is totally missing. It is possible that the shield had a design on both faces- possibly heraldic in nature. This item is probably from the same group of fittings as harness penda…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldbrough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-2F5AF2
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spur rowel from the 18/19th century. It is an 8-pointed star shape with a central circular hole. It has been slightly bent but is complete.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
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Record ID: DUR-216BF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of the dragonesque type, dating from the Roman period (c.AD50-200). The central body section of the brooch survives only, enamelled and decorated with a central circle containing two annulets, with'trumpets' splaying out from each outer edge of the circle. Both the heads/tails are missing. Length: 39.54 mm; Width: 19.98 mm; Thickness: 2.61 mm; Weight: 8.7 g Dragonesque brooches are generally regarded as a hybrid art form, reflecting newer Roman influences of the 1st and 2nd centuries, but firmly rooted in the artistic traditions of…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterick Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DUR-E54532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible plated silver Roman denarius of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169), dating to the period c.AD 162-163 (Reece period 8). PROV DEOR TRP III COS II reverse type depicting Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopia. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC III, p. 253, no. 491. Finders ref- 1
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2020
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Record ID: DUR-179BF3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval fitting from a sword belt. A hooked tag or hanger, probably from a sword belt. It is mostly complete, the body comprising of two rounded segments, the hook at one end, the other widening out into an openwork section which has now broken. At the end near the hook are two circular perforations. In the second section, near the middle of the body are another two circular perforations. There appears to have been some decoration in relief but due to wear and corrosion this is now not clear. The openwork section (now broken) seems to have been a semi-circ…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: DUR-9DE195
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Roman oval plate brooch with a large carnelian intaglio inset, probably 3rd century. The intaglio is slightly convex and the gem has a length of 24.25mm. The intaglio depictis Hercules being offered a wreath by Victory. It is deeply cut and very detailed. Hercules stands fully to the front and is nude apart from the nebris over his left arm and the crown-type head wear. He is resting his right hand on a club. Victory (winged) stands to his left on a circular altar or low column is proffering a wreath to Hercules. There is a horizontal line marking the ground below He…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stainfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F77784
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy and enamel Roman plate brooch, c.150-300 AD. It is circular in plan with slightly broken edges. On the front face is a triskele motif in relief with the field around filled in with blue enamel. The reverse is plain and flat with the remnants of the catchplate and pin mechanism. The pin is missing. Mackreth (2011) Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain : vol 1, p 156, plate 105, no. 10688.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: DUR-F3E156
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman penannular brooch, a Fowler Type A3, dating to c.100- 350 AD. The brooch itself is complete, although the pin is broken. The brooch has been squashed out of shape, probably whilst in the ground. It has golbular terminals, each with a single moulded collar. One of the terminals appears to have an extra bit of metal, it could be a mis-cast which was not cleaned up. The pin was formed by a strip of wire folded over the brooch, the loop remains but it has broken before it extends to the pin. Mackreth (2011) Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain : vo…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: DUR-5706F4
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-alloy Post Medieval medallion, probably 19th century in date. It is circular in plan and has one square-ish loop attached at 10 o'clock if the medallion is at the correct orientation. The front face has a crowned bust facing left. He has long straight hair. The bust is inside a circle of dots. The reverse has a central circle, surrounded by concentric circles decorated alternately with a series of dots or split into segments by lines. For the medallion to have hung correctly for the design on the front there must have been another loop and there is the remains of something t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boldron Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DUR-513E56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a Claudius as or dupondius, c. 41-54 AD. Boon, pl.III, c.f.38 Finders ref- 9 Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example could not be attributed to a mint.
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
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Record ID: DUR-52D587
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman coin, possibly a copy of a Claudian dupondius, c.41-54 AD. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example could not be classified to a mint.
Created on: Monday 8th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
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Record ID: DUR-D75FE4
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight from the Post Medieval period. It is square in plan and has designs on both faces. Obv.- Crowned figure holding a sword (right) and orb (left), set within a beaded border Rev.- Open hand with K/I on either side, set within a beaded border. The reverse type is attributed to an unknown maker from the Low Countries dating to 1576-9 (Withers, 61).
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-24ED30
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two clay pipe fragments, dating to c. 1660-80. They are both Ayto type 5 pipes with a flat base and rounded bowl. One had just part of the shaft and the base remaining, whilst the other has a complete bowl also.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-121967
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, gilded late Roman disc brooch with stone insets. These pointed oval disc brooches are a Romano-British design and date to the late 3rd- 4th centuries. This is an unusual example as it has insets around the edge of the typical central one.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2019
No spatial data available.

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-1B1AC2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late Medieval key. It is complete with a sub-circular bow and a moulded collar before the shaft which is decorated with diagonal lines around the outside. The shaft is circular in cross section and hollow. Half way down there are three grooved lines around the circumference of the shaft. The bit has horizontal lines all across it. It has one main horizontal section with three 'teeth' projecting out from it, two of which are simple rectangles, the third one has an L-shaped extension at the end.
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
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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-F77012
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key. The loop at the end is lozenge shaped and has been bent slightly, it is 25.40mm wide. There is a small raised collar where it meets the shaft. The shaft is sub-circular in section (9.29mm) and is slightly damaged at the end. The bit measures 14.07mm in width and appears complete. It is symmetrical with two teeth on the top and bottom and a small indent on the vertical inside edge.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whixley Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1F5092
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval key, the end of the shaft and the bit, dating to c. 1300-1500. The shaft is hexagonal in cross section and hollow. It has broken before the bow. The bit consists of two parts, with a cleft beween. One is a simple rectangle, the other is a double bit, being almost C-shaped.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-1F71E8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval key. It has a hollow shaft, which is sub-circular, measuring 9.3mm x 7.69mm. The handle is a simple circular loop which has broken, apparently through wear, as at the top as it is narrowed. There is a small raised collar between the shaft and the handle. Just below this there is a small rectangular hole in the shaft. The bit is broken and only a small rectangular protrusion remains.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-20BC64
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late Medieval rotary key. The handle is missing, only part of the shaft and the bit remain. The shaft is sub-circular in cross section and hollow. It is broken before it reaches the bow but the other end is complete. The bit consists of one main part, a rectangular bit with 5 prongs. Below this, on the shaft are three small prongs.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-20DDB5
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Late Medieval rotary key . Only part of the shaft and the bit remains. The shaft is sub-circular in cross section and hollow. It has broken shortly after the bit. The bit consists of two parts, separated by a cleft, both with four raised transverse ridges. One is a single prong, the other has a rectangular section taken out of the top ridge.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterick Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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-20B278
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy key dating from the Medieval period. The bow is lozenge shaped with rounded knops on the corners. It has a semi-spherical base, which then leads into a two-pronged section. The lower prong appears complete and has a octagonal cross-section. The upper prong has broken close to the handle. From more complete examples it is likely that this prong would have continued on to the bit. For reference see number 29 in plate XXX (p140) of the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (1940). Keys of this style fall into Ward Perkins' type V and probably date from the 13th or 14th ce…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-700E98
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife end-cap of post-medieval date. It is sub-rectangular and flat with a rounded upper edge, and narrows slightly towards the broken end. The broken end has a thin protrusion which presumably would have attached this part to the rest of the handle. It is an openwork design with a thin strip down the centre and possibly a double-headed eagle in the middle below a small incomplete cross. Both faces of the object are decorated with what appears to be foliate style design but this is unclear due to corrosion and wear. There are several similar examples on the PAS…
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-C5D027
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy rectangular strap fitting with central bar and missing its pin, or alternatively a possible strap loop. Most likely 14th century. It is sub-rectangular in plan with a scallop on the outer edge (width of scallop- 10.86mm). It has been squashed slightly out of shape. The central bar is not in the middle, meaning one section is larger than the other. There has been some discussion on the PAS FLO Forum as to whether these objects are buckles, as none have been found with a pin and the height of the axis bar would make it rather clumsy. More likely is that they …
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Whittington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-601264
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early Post Medieval mount in the shape of a crescent moon and star. It consists of a main sub circular body with two studs of the reverse. At the top is a 7 pointed star in the centre and there is an openwork section below this which extends to half way down the circle. It has a circular loop at the bottom from which hangs an incomplete item which has a loop to attach it to the main body and a stud on the reverse. It has four spikes come out from below the loop. The belt fitting has a small piece of leather attached to the reverse of the main body, caught between the t…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-3B8C76
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap fitting from the Post Medieval period. It consists of a central, domed circular piece with a rectangular loop on one side and a circular loop (set perpendicularly) at the other. The central boss is decorated in relief with a lions face. The fitting would have been gilded all over and some of this still remains. Edit 07/02/19 (BW): the record for WMID-2BD731 notes: "A similar eye-section together with its S haped hook has been published and dated to the early 19th century (Read 2008: 231, ref: 826) and attributed to use with a 19th Century military cloak f…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-320AD2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Middlesbrough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval belt fitting. It is S-shaped and is decorated in the form of a snake. It has a head at one end with the tail at the narrower end. One side is decorated with lines all the way down, the other side has the eyes on the head and raised spots. edit 07/02/19 (BW): the record for similar fitting WREX-8A351 states: "These S-shaped 'snake belt' fasteners were probably associated with sword belts in the 17th and 18th centuries. Fasteners with snake heads continue in use on military and police belts into the 19th century. See Read 2008, pg. 230, No.824 for a…
Created on: Saturday 24th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: DUR-320114
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Middlesbrough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting dating to the Post Medieval period, c.AD1550-1600. The fitting is S-shaped in plan with the object narrowing at each end with swan head terminals. The strap fitting is slightly flattened at the midpoint and decorated with leaves projecting from the middle band on each side. An example illustrated in Read (2008, 230: no.825) is dated to the mid-16th century, and is from sword-belt.
Created on: Saturday 24th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: DUR-A55EC3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt fitting, probably a sword hanger, from the Late Medieval period. It is linear in form and appears complete apart from the rivets which are missing. It has a thin, rounded terminal extension. It then widens to the main section which is rectangular in plan with a curved hollow profile. There is a circular perforation at the top and bottom of this section which would have held rivets to attach the fitting to the belt. Below the upper hole is a raised horizontal band as decoration. This section ends by narrowing into a hook which curves back in front of the fitti…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-5A8E43
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval annular buckle pin. The loop has been cast in one with the pin. Just below the loop is a moulded raised section with grooves in. The pin narrows slightly towards the end.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: DUR-875911
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval brooch consisting of a square frame with four lobes, one at the centre of each side. The internal edge of the frame is chamfered and on one side has an aperture into which is inserted the pin. The pin is bent and has a collar of punched decoration. The pin appears at some point to have been separated from the frame of the brooch and has been reattached the wrong way round. The frame too is badly distorted and broken along one edge. The brooch is silver-gilt, and dates from the fourteenth century. Dimensions: height 31 mm, width 30 mm. Consequently, in terms of age …
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: DUR-17D9C3
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy arm of a late Medieval purse bar, c.1450-1550. This purse bar consists of one almost complete arm and the central block. The arm is circular in section and at one end has a stylised animal head where it joins the central boss. The opposite end has a narrow projecting terminal that would originally have had a small end cap to hold the purse frame in place. The central boss is a sub-circular bead with a central circular perforation where it attached to the rest of the frame. A small section of the other arm remains on the other side although it has broken after only…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
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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-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
No spatial data available.

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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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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Record ID: DUR-F79C64
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy part of a Medieval swivel, from the later Medieval, c.1300-1500. It is only one part, being a D-shaped loop which would have attached to an identical loop via a loop. On the flattened side there is a circular hole which is where it would have attached to the other sections. On either side of the hole the loop terminates into stylised animal heads with their mouths open, the flattened side being held in their mouths. The loop narrows away from the flattened edge. The loop measures 26.08 x 24.51mm and the flattened edge is 7.09mm in width.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
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Record ID: DUR-701787
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval lace chape. It is made from sheet copper alloy rolled to form a cylinder and the edges overlap slightly. It tapers towards one end although it is open at both ends.
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: DUR-2947B2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval harness pendant with the hanger. It is a shield shaped pendant with red enamel on the front. In its current state, the arms on this piece are "[background unknown], two bars gules and in chief three torteaux [roundels gules]". There is a circular attachment loop at the top set perpendicular to the pendant. A bar would have gone through this loop to attach the pendant to the hanger. The hanger consists of a rectangular panel with a semi-circular cross section from which extends
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-CF4A75
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval harness pendant, c. 1200- 1400. The pendant is shield shaped in plan, with the broken attachment set perpendicular at the top. On the front face there is the top half of an X in red enamel, which would have filled the field. The rest of the field was probably either enamelled in another colour, or gilded. There is a layer of what could be corroded enamel but it no longer has any colour. The reverse is plain. The hanger is T-shaped in plan, the terminal being bifurcated with holes in each end, to allow a bar to hold the pendant in place (the bar is now …
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
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Record ID: DUR-651FF7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy quatrefoil Medieval harness pendant dating to the 14th century. It has four rounded lobes with a triangular lobe in between each. It is decorated on the front face with enamel with a raised border around the edge. Crowned I in an azure field with azure and gilding in the charge. The pendant has an attachment loop at the top. This is fitted into a hanger which is split allowing the loop to fit in between the two arms. Each arm has a circular hole at the same level as the loop. Above the split section the hanger extends upwards to a bilobe section with a circular stud …
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2009
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-859C87
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy medieval swivel. It is incomplete- both the loops having broken leaving just arms on both sides. The central section consists of two half spheres joined in the centre. These objects usually have a gap in between the two central pieces in order to allow it to 'swivel' but this does not seem to have this facililty. The arms of the loops are irregular in size and shape so it is possible that this is a mis-cast.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: DUR-17FBE3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative copper alloy mount, in the form of a human face.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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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-E24EA8
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt hook, Post Medieval in date. It is incomplete with only around half of the hook remaining. It has a pointed dome terminal which leads into a curved shaft, with a rectangular cross section, forming an L shape. This would have continued curving upwards and ended in a loop but it has broken before the end.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
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Record ID: DUR-F55237
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead item, most likely a powder flask or measure. It has a rectangular box shaped top section, which is slightly squashed. Attached to the top section is a rectangular sectioned shaft. Powder was most likely scooped into the top box section before pouring. The shaft may have been to fit it into something or to stand it up.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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Record ID: DUR-5B45C1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval purse bar. The central box is rectangular and plain, and the arms are circular in profile. The central box is filled with iron corrosion. The terminals are globular with a median ridge and a slightly pointed terminal. A similar item can also be found on the database SUR-2C1BC6. It is likely this dates to the 15th/16th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokesley Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-004998
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman decorative fitting, probably harness, of Taylor and Brailsford (1985) Type 3. It would have been lozenge shape in plan when complete. It is incomplete having missing the lower quarter. The two side quarters are taken up by the hollow circular domes which have a groove around their bases. The two domes are linked by a small rectangular section. The upper and lower quarters have a triangular perforation before a triangular domed section which is also hollow on the reverse. The lower of these has broken off. It is comparable to an example illustrated in Taylor …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: DUR-D33F93
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval breeching dee. It is assymetrical with a D-shaped loop linking to a slightly narrower rectangular section, the end bar of which extends on both sides past the frame. The D-shaped loop has a circular cross-section, the rest of the object has a rectangular cross-section. This object looks like a buckle, but is in fact a harness fitting which helps to brake a vehicle going downhill so that it doesn't press on the horse's rump. It is known as a breeching dee.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2016
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Record ID: DUR-2FB325
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 18th century fob seal frame. The actual seal die is missing but would have been oval in shape and probably carved glass or gemstone. The frame at the base has a decorated ring which the seal would have sat in. There are then two semicircular arms which curve round to meet above this ring. There is a circular attachment loop set perpendicular to the arms at the top. This sort seal would have hung from a gentleman's chain, a chain that was also used for the suspension of a fob watch.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2009
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-C27B41
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval sack seal. The two disc have not connected properly. One side has EBOR in the legend with ORC W/II/G in the centre. EBORE stands for York, the other letters are probably the cloth makers intitials.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
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Record ID: DUR-120CB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy disc-on-pin buckle dating to the 13/14th century. The frame is circular and has a circular cross-section. The pin is complete in the form of a disc. It has a hook at one end which is wrapped around the brooch frame, the central part is sub-circular then it has a small pointed extension which touches the other side of the frame. The central part of the pin has 4 circular perforations in a lozenge shape. The left and right one are empty. The upper and lower ones are filled with small studs with rounded tops. There are traces of gilding left on the disc, the entire b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: DUR-589131
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval zoomorphic spout from a 15th-century pedestal-base ewer. In profile it forms a curvaceous shape, with a terminal in the shape of a dog's head. The mouth of the dog is wide open, with an integral short tube protruding. The snout is slightly moulded on the upper surface which is slightly narrowed. The underside of the snout is undecorated. The head is slightly angular, with a sub-rectangular ear on each side of the head; the ears protrude upwards above the crown of the head. Behind the head the spout curves downwards, but this portion of th…
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Raskelf Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-E96823
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of Licinius, c.313-316. Rev; GENIO POP ROM; Genius stg. l. hdg. patera and cornucopia Finders ref- 18
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Record ID: DUR-1F7D66
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast Roman terret, probably a pole-mounted and knobbed type dating to the 1st- 2nd century AD. The loop is circular with three knobs, one at the top and one on each side. The two side knobs have been worn down. The loop itself is also worn through at one point, most likely from use. The loop has a rounded section below, which was decorated with two transverse grooves (now almost worn away) which then narrows to a rectangular sectioned, thinner terminal. This presumably would have been where it attached to the cart or chariot.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-161BD0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, 364-78 AD, minted in Arles. Obv; Diadem draped bust right; D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG Rev; Emperor right with kneeling captive and standard; GLORIA ROMANORVM. Finders reference 1.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: DUR-33A2F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver denarius of Mark Antony, minted c.32-1 BC. Obverse: Galley right, mast with banners at prow; [ANT AVG] III VIR R P C Reverse: Legionary eagle between 2 standards; LEG X
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croft Area', grid reference and parish protected.