Record ID: DUR-4677A3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the strip of 92-94%, with a silver content of 5-6%, the remainder being copper; it weighs 1.57 grams. The find consists of a length of narrow gold strip of triangular section with punched decoration of apex-to-apex triangles along the top ridge; it is broken at both ends; length, 32.5 mm. The decoration is very worn and abraded in places and there are cracks along the edges caused by distortion. The surface of the base is unworn, however, except for slight abrasion at one end. The strip i…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-F45F98
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hartlepool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle dating to c. 900- 1100 AD. It is D-shaped in plan with a narrowed strap bar. The terminals of the loop are zoomorphic in form with the strap bar connecting two heads of animals, their mouths are open, almost as though they are biting the bar. These are stylised animals seen on various objects from this period and could be dogs/dragons/dolphins, it is difficult to see. They have a rounded head with inset eyes and an elongated snout. The strap bar is worn and very narrow at one point, the pin is missing. The buckle has a reddish patina, with…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F392E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross type penny of Cnut (1016- 35) minted in York by Crucan, c.1029-35/6. North no. 790
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-7C9747
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Early Medieval sceat, Series C2. Dating to c. 700- 710 AD. Metcalf, Volume 1, no.124 EMC number- 2011.0022
Created on: Monday 9th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-C92A02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Early Medieval sceat, dating to c.680-710 AD. It is a type described as within the Frisian group, within the Primary and Intermediate Series, a Series D. North no. 168.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Record ID: DUR-1B50E2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper Anglo-Saxon strap end, Thomas type A1, Trewhiddle Style, dating to c. 800-1000 AD. The strap end tapers towards a zoomorphic terminal. It is almost complete with only one half of the split end missing. The half that remains has rounded corners and two circular holes, both of which have raised borders, where it would have attached to the strap. In between the two holes is a raised vertical line which separates out into two, which widen towards the end. In between these two widened ends is an upside down V. The main body of the strap end has a central abstract zoomorph…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Record ID: DUR-8C58D8
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tweezers on a circular ring, probably Early Medieval in date, c. 600- 1100 AD. The ring is plain and appears to have been cast, it has a circular cross section. The diameter of the ring is 21.63mm with a thickness of 2.66mm. The tweezers themselves are symmetrical and have been attached to the ring by folding in half, over the ring. They have a D-shaped cross section, with the flat side facing inwards, most of the way down, until they being to widen, and flatten out at the terminals. The tweezers are corroded and some of the edges are uneven. The surface is pitted and …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-8A33E6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bow of an Early-Medieval key, c.900-1100. The bow would have been sub-circular in plan but large sections of it are missing. It had an openwork design and small rounded knops on the outer edge, only one of which now remains. The actual design of the openwork is not clear due to breaks but there is a circular hole below the one remaining knop.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-20ECD2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval key, dating from the pre-conquest period up to c.1200. It is incomplete, the bow being broken. It would have been oval in shape but more than half is missing. It meets the stem in a point with a broken internal element suggesting the bow may have been openwork. The stem is very short, it has a sub-circular cross-section and is hollow; it is broken slightly at the end. The bit is a rectangle, protruding at 90 degrees from the stem. It is openwork with a central rectangular perforation into which project two teeth/prongs above and two below, facing…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catterick Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F95985
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon pin, balloon headed in shape, 8-9th century in date. The pin appears complete with the shaft tapering to a point, although it is slightly bent. There is a small raised collar where the shaft meets the head. The head is globular with circles punched in around the edge.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F908E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver Northumbrian Early Medieval styca, dating to the reign of Eanred c.810-40.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F8EDD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Early Medieval sceat, dating to 737-58. An Archbishops of York type, Ecgberht (732/4- 66) minted in the regin of Eadberht (737-58).
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F8B891
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon pin, balloon headed in shape, 8-9th century in date. The pin appears complete with the shaft tapering to a point, although it is slightly bent. There is a small raised collar where the shaft meets the head. The head is globular with circles punched in around the edge.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Record ID: DUR-5099E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-plated sceatta, possibly copying a Primary Series A1 type. There are traces of a bust right, apparently with a radiate crown (cf. Abramson p. 94, Primary Series A, type 2a, A050). The reverse has a large O to one side with angular features, similar to some of the more degenerate types (cf. Abramson p. 95, Rigold $?, R1z/R1b, R160). Prototype, c. 680-710.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-508643
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Northumbrian styca or sceatta, of either Aelfwald I (779-88), or Aelfwald II (806-8)
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-983702
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Aethelred II (978- 1016), minted c.1003-9. Helmet type. North no. 775, BMC viii.
Created on: Friday 21st January 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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

Record ID: DUR-F68C87
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval harness fitting fragment. It is a piece from a larger fitting. What remains is a central circular dome with four arms extending out from the base making a cross shape. These arms are short and have rounded ends, one of which is broken. At the end of each arm would have been a rivet, there are holes in twoof the arms (including the broken one) where they are missing, and small rivets in the other two. For one of them the head only remains, whilst the other has the whole rivet remaining, ending in a point.
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-8C6F34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy styca dating to c.840-867, of either Aethelred II/Redwulf/Osberht.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-8BCD07
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead weight, Viking in style, sub-circular in plan and domed. It has glass set into the centre of the top face in a sub-rectangular shape. The glass appears to be a fragment cut from a bracelet or bead. It is light blue with strands of red and white running through. The rest of the weight is plain and undecorated. On the sides and base are some small grooves, probably caused by the plough whilst in the ground. There is a lead weight set with a glass bangle fragment from Dumbarton Rock, Strathclyde where the glass is the usual blue and white of Irish bangles. The red i…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-8BB722
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead weight, Viking in style; sub-circular in plan, and flat. It has glass set into the top face in a sub-circle. The glass is a light blue colour (although this may be due to deterioration) and has cracked, with a small fragment missing. The edges of the weight are rounded and the sides and bottom are plain and smooth with no marks or decoration. Susan Youngs has seen an image of this item and kindly commented with some background information on this object type; 'It was usual for weights like this to have offcuts of some pretty but not valuable metalwork set in t…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Sunday 3rd July 2011
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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-C63C73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Edward the Confessor (1042-66) penny, minted in York, 1044-46. Radiate/small cross type, North no. 816. Minted by Aelfere at York.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2011
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Record ID: DUR-5BADC1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval polyhedral pin, dating to the 8-9th centuries. The pin head has four main faces, each with a ring-and-dot motif on. They are all facetted at the corners giving the head the polyhedral effect. There is a small moulded collar between the head and the shaft. The shaft is sub-circular in cross-section and is corroded and worn along its length although originally it would have tapered towards the end. The shaft is broken before the end.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th October 2010
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Record ID: DUR-E39785
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, 10-11th century in date. Tongue shaped, with an incomplete attachment end. The attachment has broken on one of the two loops, this end is thinner than the rest of the plate. The plate is decorated on one side with a degenerate Winchester style motif formed of a series of reserved cells creating a symmetrical plant scroll motif. The strap-end has a dark brown surface, with reddish-brown adhesions (particularly in the recesses), probably gained from its time in the ground. Thomas class E, Type 1 (2004, p. 1-2).
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Saturday 22nd March 2014
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Record ID: DUR-A9EFE5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy late early-medieval strap end dating from c. the 11th century. It appears to have been cast in one piece. The arms are rectangular in plan and at the top there is a circular rivet running through both which would have attached the strap end to the strap. At the base of the arms is a raised square. At the base of the strap end is a decorative terminal in the form of a floriated cross in saltire. This is decorated with grooved lines marking out the cross. The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecorated. The strap end has a dark brown patina and there is some…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-A93217
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bell of Early-Medieval date. Most of the bell chamber survives with just the bottom edges being uneven due to breaks. It is faceted and tapers towards the top, where there should be a loop but this is now missing. The artefact is heavily corroded. A similar bell was found at Meols, Cheshire (Griffiths et al 2007: 69/pl. 75, no. 390). They are increasingly thought to be characteristic of the Danelaw in the 10th century (for further discussion, see Griffiths et al 69-70).
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Record ID: DUR-A925A0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy part of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, dating to the 5-6th centuries. It is the lower part of the brooch with just the bow and top of the foot remaining, the head and bottom of the foot missing. The bow is humped and facetted, being hollow on the reverse. The upper part of the foot has a flat rectangular panel with a lappet on each side. The panel is decorated with a vertical row of five ring-and-dot motifs on each side. The left-hand lappet is slight larger than the right-hand one. They are sub-rectangular with a rounded upper corner. Their decoration h…
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Record ID: DUR-12BE53
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating from the 5-6th centuries. Only the foot remains, having broken just aboe the horse-head terminal. The broken end is uneven and has the half-round panel at the top. The eyes are raised circles inside hollows on each side below this panel. Next there are two grooved lines running the length of the terminal which widen at the bottom to mark the spatulate extension. On either side are the nostrils which are circular, with spiral decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2010
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Record ID: DUR-E573C1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval weight, late 9th- 10th century in date. Hiberno-Norse/ Viking in style. It is circular in plan and has been cast. It has decoration on the upper face which has been cast integrally with the weight. It consists of a triskele motif which is concave. Within the arms of the triskele are small crescents. Around the edge is a single grooved line. The upper face was possibly silvered orginally and traces of this now remain. There is the remains of a possible casting sprue on one edge, a small circular protrusion. The weight has a mainly dark green pati…
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-E2AAA4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy Early Medieval harness link, consisting of a small central dome with two arms, each terminating in a circular loop with three projecting knops. The central domed section has a projecting knop at the top and bottom. The surface is corroded and uneven with a base red-brown colour and patches of green. These harness links are well known from Britain and Scandinavia although their precise function is uncertain. A very similar item, although with four arms in a cross shape has been recorded on the database already and can be seen at LVPL-876B97.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-D03981
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle, dating to the 10th-11th centuries. It has a plate cast integrally to the frame with a split end, imitating strap ends of this period. The plate is sub-rectangular narrowing slightly towards the frame. There is a hole at the base where the pin is fitted. The pin is formed by a strip of copper alloy hooked through this hole. The buckle frame is square with a triangular extension at the end away from the plate. The outside is decorated with punched angular dots in a line around. The terminal is zoomorphic in form similar in form to Thomas' C…
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2010
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Record ID: DUR-CFCAB2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, 9th- 10th century in date. Thomas Class A, it has a split end, is convex sided and has a zoomorphic terminal. It is worn and corroded on the suface so the decoration on the body is difficult to define. It could be Trewhiddle style which would define it as Class A Type 1 but this is not definite. The zoomorphic terminal consists of an animal head, with the nose and ears picked out in relief. At the split end there are two circular holes for rivets to attach the strap end, these rivets are now missing.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
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Record ID: DUR-CF79A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle dating to c. 900- 1200 AD. It is D-shaped in plan with a narrowed strap bar. The terminals of the loop are zoomorphic in form with the strap bar connecting two heads of animals. These are stylised animals seen on various objects from this period and could be dogs/dragons/dolphins, it is difficult to see. They have a rounded head with inset eyes and an elongated snout. The strap bar is worn and very narrow at one point, the pin is missing. The buckle has an even patina of reddish-brown.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-A46376
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle. It is D-shaped in plan with a narrowed strap bar. The pin is missing. The patina is uneven with most of the original surface now missing.
Created on: Monday 24th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Spatial data recorded.

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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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

Record ID: DUR-A74411
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval pin, dating to the 10-11th centuries. It is complete with the pin shaft being circular in cross-section and ends in a point. The other end hasa flat, almost lozenge shaped terminal with a flattened end and small extensions on each side. There is a central circular hole. Kevin Leahy has seen an image of this find and comments 'The best known example of this sort of pin is the one found inthe grave of Archbishop Wulfstan of York (obit. 1023) (Campbell, 1982, 201) but others are known from York. These pins are likely to be of Irish o…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-EECC25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy styca. L image (rev): +EANRED, central motif Pirie 5b (probably) R image (obv): EDELRED REX, central motif Pirie 1 (a cross) The coin is Aethelred II (840-848), and probably belongs to the 1st reign (840-44). It belongs to Pirie's group Ai from the spelling of EDELRED and the central motif patterns.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-EEBF95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy styca of uncertain ruler. Stycas are given the general date of c.790-c.867.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-35F474
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Viking strap junction. The strap union is circular with three circular perforations evenly spaced leaving three arms radiating from the centre to the outer edge. It is slightly domed and the arms are hollow backed. Part of the outer edge has broken away at the edge of one of the perforations. The arms are raised above the edge of the piece and have rounded, slilghtly bulbous terminals. They have incised decoration which is the same on each arm. In the centre of the three arms is a triangle. At the terminals the decoration appears to be in the form of a hu…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2011
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Record ID: DUR-F89A54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper styca. Dating to (850-860) irregular types which have blundered legends etc. Retrograde on both sides. obv (L): +EDI[ ]ED (probably EDILRED or similar] rev. VVVV[ ]EX (possibly) Pirie phase D (undefined). Finders ref- 10
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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-05C5B6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap end dating to the 9-11th centuries. It is a Thomas Class B Type 4, multi-headed type. Thomas describes Class B strap ends as having a split end and a zoomorphic terminal. The strap end appears complete, with decoration in relief on the front and a flat plain reverse. It has been silvered on the surface. The decoration consists of an animal head terminal above which is another animal head with the back of the heads meeting. This second head then touches noses with another identical animal head. Above this third head is the split terminal which is free from decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
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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-FEED62
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward the Martyr (975-978) minted in York. North no. 763 EMC no. 2009.0240
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-64E733
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy polyhedral Anglo-Saxon pin head. It has six sqaure faces, each of which has its corners facetted to give eight small triangular faces. The shaft is sub-circular in cross-section and has broken almost immediately below the head.
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-D2B5F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of William I (1066-78) minted in York, 1068-70. William BMC type ii North 842.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barmby Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-181FC7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight with a copper alloy plate on the upper face, Early Medieval in date. It is circular in plan and stands 17.23mm high. The base is lead and is plain. The decorative plate on the upper face is copper alloy. It has a raised central circle which has an incised six petalled flower in the centre. The outer edge is sextfoil in shape with a small lobe in between each lobe. Each lobe has a sub-circular perforation in its centre through which the lead of the base protrudes. Susan Youngs has seen an image of this item and states 'This is a piece of Insular metalwork reused…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-8564F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating to the mid to late 6th century. The brooch is nearly complete except for the pin and catchplate which are missing. The brooch can be separated into three primary elements which will be described in turn: the headplate, the bow and the foot. For purposes of description the headplate is at the top. The headplate is roughly rectangular with integrally cast side and top knobs, all of equal size. In section the knobs are D-shaped and in plan are D-shaped attached to the headplate by a collar containing a broad base and a slightly conca…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-B77862
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Early Medieval styca, late type c.837-860, possibly irregular
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-B75ED3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo-Saxon polyhedral pin head. It has 13 faces, 12 of which have ring and dot motifs as decoration. The upper face has a cross on. It has a moulded collar at the junction with the pin. The pin has broken so only a short length remains. The shaft is circular in cross-section.
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-01B0D2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval harness fitting. It is in three pieces but when complete is a cross-shape. Two of the arms have broken off, the ends remain but some of the middle section is missing. The estimated measurement when complete is 42mm. The main piece measures 29.29mm by 29.03mm in its present state. In the centre of the cross is a raised hollow dome which is 5.99mm high. Each arm ends in a trilobe shape, the central lobe having a rivet in the middle.
Created on: Sunday 17th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B07C55
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy twisted ring, possibly Viking in date. This ring consists of two pieces of copper alloy wire which have been twisted together. It is now not a full circle having been bent out of shape. Both ends are narrowed almost to a point. There is the remains of gilding on the surface.
Created on: Friday 1st May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4949C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy square buckle with integral plate from the 11/12th centuries. The buckle frame is square with a sub-circular cross section. The frame is thicker than the plate. The plate is sub-rectangular, widening slightly away from the frame. At the end away from the frame there are 2 rivet holes, one at each corner (one is now filled in with corrosion).
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9BF941
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Otto-Adelheid penny, Hatz class III or IV, 983/991-mid 11th century. Recorded on the Early Medieval Corpus as EMC 2009.0133 Finders ref- 2
Created on: Monday 6th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-0D69A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy possible Anglo-Saxon polyhedral pin head. It is a sub-cube in shape with multi-facetted sides. The base is slightly wider and rounded and there are just traces of the start of a pin shaft. Pins of this style usually date to the 9th-10th centuries
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-0D5715
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle. It is D-shaped in plan and the pin is missing. The strap bar is straight and is narrower than the rest of the frame. There is no groove from the pin either on the bar or the frame. The frame widens as it moves away from the strap bar, being widest at the apex of the curve. This type of chunky buckle dates to around the 7th-8th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-A48621
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy small double looped buckle from the Early Medieval period. It is asymetrical being tear-drop shaped in plan. At the narrow end there is a rounded projection. The middle bar is sllightly narrowed and offset. The pin is missing. The buckle is slightly bent with the ends not lying flat.
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-A40683
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle or clasp with an integral plate. The plate is rectangular in plan and leads straight into a sub-square loop. just before the loop there is a circular perforation. At the end of the plate are two circular rivets. At the junction with the loop there are two circular raised dots which mirror the rivets. The plate is split at the end. The buckle frame is slightly rounded on the front and flat on the reverse. At the end of the buckle frame is a projection, possibly meant to represent an animals nose as there is some moulded decoration. Length: 33.…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E8B246
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval mount It is openwork in design and is possibly a harness pendant. The object is broadly lozengiform with one end of the lozenge truncated with two circular protrusions joined at the other end by a narrowed (strap) bar. This creates a hole which is broadly triangular. On either side of the triangular perforation are two sub-circular perforations. Below this there is a rounded knop on each side of the body. In the central part there are two irregular shaped perforations, one on each side, with a sub-circular perforation in between them at the lower part.…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-846748
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the 5th and 6th centuries. Only the lower half remains, having broken below the bow. The base of the catchplate remains on the reverse. The brooch is slightly domed, being hollow on the reverse with a raised lip. The top end is uneven where it has broken and has a raised horizontal panel. Below this is a flattened rectangular section with two horizontal grooved lines in the centre. Next are two more raised horizontal panels. The terminal is zoomorphic in style. It has a two raised circular dots representing e…
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-76D170
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of a late early-medieval strap-end, possibly of Thomas Class H (possibly). It is quatrefoil in plan, with the corners being rounded and the fourth broken. The broken corner probably led to the rest of the object. The fragment is flat on the reverse and slightly domed on the front. It is decorated on the front by an X shape (cross in saltire) which is central, at the end of each arm is a rounded cusp. These fall in between each corner. See DUR-A9EFE5 on this database for a complete example.
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-935C88
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight from the Medieval- Post-Medieval period. It is a wedge-shaped weight with a circular attachment loop at the top. It has a square cross-section and it narrows towards the top. This type of weight is very difficult to date when found as a stray find as they are used for long periods of time.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-C08046
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of an Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp dating from the 5th to the 7th centuries. It is rectangular in plan with a rectangular extension on one long side. It is slightly bent at the junction between the two parts. The surface had been either silvered or gilded and some of this remains. The main body is decorated with a row of heart shaped designs inside a rectangular panel on the front face. There is a circular perforation, half way down, set to the left. There are two smaller holes, one above and one below on the same line. These would have been used to attach this piece to the o…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-5D6476
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy harness pendant, late early-medieval in date. It is an unusual shape and quite small. Symmetrical openwork, the central void being in outline almost reminiscent of a simplified bird in flight, with a more complex outer profile having a series of tabs projecting outwards at right angles. There is an attachment loop at the top which has now broken.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-05F392
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Early Medieval hooked tag. The main body is sub-circular with a rectangular extension at two opposing ends. These extensions have both broken but one would have been the hook, the other a loop. The front face is decorated with 4 ring and dot motifs, the back is plain. The edges have vertical grooves running from front to back. The exact date range of this category of artefact is, at present, uncertain, although excavated evidence suggests they span the period of the 9th to 11th centuries AD (see, for example, M. Biddle; 1990; pp. 549-552).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F2B334
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edgar (959-975), minted in York, reform coinage dating from c.972/3- 975. North no.752 It has been broken on the top and bottom edge.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1D6558
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy miniature axe Viking in date. It has a broken attachment loop at the top which would have been perpendicular to the axe. The axe is a broad bladed example. James Graham-Campbell, a Viking expert has seen a photograph of this object and says that 'the form is unusual as it is of the late broad-bladed type, whereas other Viking examples, e.g. of amber, are of earlier, narrower forms'. However it would be unusual to get a pagan item from a later date and so he is happy to date this item as broadly Viking.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F91D13
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Late Saxon stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A, Type 12. Openwork design. It is diamond shaped, stiting on a flat base. It has a central diagonal cross giving four apertures. There are circular bosses at the centre and at the junction between the cross and the frame. There are 5 bosses in total and they are quite worn. It has a circular attachment loop at the top.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-C99416
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 parts of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch which have broken in antiquity. They were found c.10m apart but fit together. The first part is the headplate which has broken just as the bow has started. The headplate is square and only has a top knob remaining. The knob is detachable and only half round with a hollow back. It is held on by a triangular extension down the front of the headplate. On the reverse of the headplate the remains of the pin mechanism can be seen. The headplate measures 25mm by 49mm and weighs 22.7g. The lower part of the brooch is the second piece and consists of …
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-919645
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount dating to the 11th century. This is a Williams Class B, Type 2 Group 1 stirrup mount. The mount is roughly triangular in plan with rounded ends. The top end has a circular perforation. It has a central head with a flanking beast on either side in an openwork design. The central head is in relief and ears and nostrils can be made out even though the mount is quite worn. There are diagonal lines on the flanking beasts bodies. It is not complete, one of the sides has broken (in the middle of the beasts body). At the base there are 2 small ci…
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1297C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward the Confessor, 1042-1066. Small flan type, 1048-50. North no. 818
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1E5FB8
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Late Saxon stirrup strap mount dating to the 11th century. It is a Williams Class A Type 12, openwork (1997; 69-74). The mount is diamond shaped, sitting on a flat base with a central diagonal cross giving four apertures. The flat base has some decoration at it's base in the form of linear ridges. It has 7 projecting circular bosses positioned at the junctions of the cross and the frame and one centrally. At the top of the diamond is a circular loop for attachment.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-61A287
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount with gilt decoration on the front face. Early Medieval in date, c.7-800AD. It is incomplete, bent and has broken into 2 pieces. The larger piece (which has one bent end) measures 24 x 21mm. The smaller piece measures 19 x 20mm. The decoration consists of 2 lines of scroll swirls inside a border. At one end of the clasp there are 2 small circular holes, one at each corner. In what would have been the centre of the clasp is a circular perforation, surrounded by a circle of plain metal. This piece is typical of the 8th century both in design and the gild…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-B7F975
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 9th century Anglo-Saxon strap end. It is zoomorphic in form with decoration on the front, the back being plain. It cannot be narrowed down to a type as the central decorative panel is worn (the part used to classify thsi type of object). It is tear-drop shaped in plan, the narrow end being the nose and eyes of the animal. The wider end is a split end with 2 holes in to attach to the strap. Below the holes, before the central panel, is a crescent with a floral decoration inside.
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-A32966
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy polyhedral Anglo-Saxon pinhead.
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9188B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ansate brooch. This type of brooch is middle Anglo-Saxon, and dates to the 8th or 9th century. The brooch has an arched back with an equally sized fan-shaped terminal on either end. The terminals are made up of 3 raised ridges which continue up the brooch to meet in the middle, at the bend. The catchplate and a pin mechanism still remain although the pin is missing and there is a lot of corrosion around the mechanism.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-917677
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy chape from an early early-medieval scabbard, probably of Frankish origin. It is cast in one piece and consists of a central vertical bar, D-shaped in cross-section, which ends at the top in a triangle with a pair of circles below, perhaps a stylised human face. Two lateral protrusions emerge from the centre of the bar and curve up and round to meet the corners of the triangle. These have transverse grooves across the junction with the bar and end in animal heads, resembling dolphins or birds, curling inwards around two small holes. There is some decoration in the form of …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E6F3E3
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy mount of sixth-century date, in the form of a fish, probably a shield-board mount. It is an elongated sub-oval shape, with a slightly flaring extension at one end for the tail of the fish. It has a central raised narrow rectangular panel running the length of the body. There are 4 small fins (surviving at varying lengths), one of which has been repaired by re-attaching it with a copper-alloy rivet. The tail is not complete and has a very uneven edge; it is thinner than the body, and so there is a small step between the two. There is a rivet on the back of the t…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-43E406
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Aethelred II (978-1016) dating to c.997-1003, North no. 774. Finders reference-2
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-300957
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Parts of an Anglo-Saxon sheet metal bowl made of copper alloy known as an eared cauldron, a Gotland cauldron or a Gotlandkessel. The bowl itself is intact from the rim until about half way down. The rim diameter is 196mm and the bowl is c.160mm deep. The handle is in two pieces and is made from iron. It measures 195mm in length, and most of it survives. Most of the base is missing and the edges are very uneven where it has broken. There are c.10 other fragments of the base. It has a globular body (shown by the small part of the base still present) with an everted rim. There is a singl…
Created on: Friday 1st February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-061084
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo-Saxon zoomorphic strap end, Thomas Class A, Type 5 dating to the 9/10th century. It is almost complete with only the very top being broken off. In plan it is a typical elongated oval shape with decoration on the front. The top is a split end to attach to the strap. In design it is like Thomas' class 5 with the central main panel decorated with an X. The lower terminal is slightly zoomorphic, representing the snout of an animal. The top of the strap end has an inverted V with a pellet on either side. Class 5 typically was inlaid with niello and silver wire. …
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F4E9B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating to the 5-6th centuries. Only some of the headplate and bow remains. The bow has a central raised ridge. Part of the pin attachment is still on the back of the headplate. Some gilding remains in the decoration of the headplate. This decorations consists of a central motif of ring and dot, possibly in a square (it is quite faint). Down the left hand side is a line of rectangles picked out with gilding. It is possible that this went all the way around but the brooch has broken.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-879CB0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016), dating to c.979-985, minted in London by Wulfric. North no. 766.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-876B97
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon strap distributor. This type of object dates from the 10/11th centuries. It consists of a central dome with 4 arms. The central dome is hollow on the reverse. Each arm ends in a lozenge shaped loop with a sub-circular central perforation. One of the arms has broken before the loop. A similar example was found in Kvalsta, central Sweden ( Williams; 1997; 5). The same styles were used across these parts of Europe.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 16th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-371106
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon pin head, cast copper alloy. Polyhedral in shape with many ring and dot markings on each face. Very little of the shaft remains. This type of pin usually dates to the 9th and 10th centuries.
Created on: Sunday 20th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-343803
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap end dating probably from the late Early Medieval to the Medieval period. It is roughly triangular in plan with a split terminal which is flatter than the rest of the strap end and has broken. On the front face there is decoration. On the flatter terminal are ring and dot. On the main body there are raised ridges. At the pointed terminal is another ring and dot motif. The back face is plain. The strapend shares some similarities with Gabor Thomas's Class B, (Thomas 2003, 4-5), in that it has a tapering shaft. However, it has a straight (rather than zoomor…
Created on: Sunday 20th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-60DEB3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval kite headed pin. It has a lozenge shaped head with a circular perforation at the top. The shaft of the pin has a circular section and has broken before the end. Dr Kevin Leahy says 'These are of 10 - 11th century date and seem to be of ultimately Irish origin, although they are found in England due to the Vikings. This pin is slightly unusual as it has a hole though the head.'
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 27th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-4EFB71
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy zoomorphic terminal, probably a box fitting, 11/12th century in date. The object is broken. It seems to represent the head of a an animal with the face, eyes and nose visible. The eyes are two concave circles. The nose is represented by a rise at the end of the face. At the end of the nose is a circular termial, with a circular perforation, possibly for attachment. The object has a semi-circular cross section which is bigger at the head of the animal.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-65DBE1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy harness link dating from c.1000-1150 AD. It is part of a 2-way strap distributor which consist of a central boss with 2 arms, each terminating in an attachment loop. On this example the loops have broken off in antiquity. The arms widen towards the end but then the loops are missing. There is some decoration in the form of incised vertical lines along the arms. The central boss is circular and slightly domed with a hollow reverse. It has 2 decorative knops, on at the top, the other at the bottom of the circle which are quite worn. On the front of the bo…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-FFD728
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy styca from the Early Medieval period. It appears to be a derivative issue as it is mis-shapen and of poor metal. It is almost square shaped and most of the legend is not on the coin. These generally date to the mid-ninth century and have blundered obverse/reverse legends. This is possibly a derivative issue copying the coins of Redwulf (c. 844)
Created on: Friday 30th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-BE7841
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66) - Small Flan type, dating to 1048-50 (aka Hildebrand B, North 818).
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2E8034
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch dating to the 6th century AD. All that remains is the arched bow, which has facetted corners and is concave behind, and a small part of the beginning of the foot. At the junction with the foot there are 2 transverse incisions. On the back of the fragment the catchplate remains. There is a crack in the top of the bow.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-1F9238
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon strap end in a zoomorphic style dating to the 9th century AD. The lower end of strap end is all that remains. It is roughly triangular in plan. The tip of the strap end is characteristically decorated with the ‘plastic’ animal head terminal, which ends in a rounded tip. The eys and possible nose are the only facial features that are visible on this head. Above thehead is the start of the main body of the strp end. It appears to have 2 drop-shaped panels with some etched lines inside. Unfortunately this is where it has broken and no more of the design …
Created on: Friday 26th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-92E9E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring probably from the early Medieval period. It has a lozengiform cross-section and tapering ends which overlap. The patina is dark brown and the surface is a little pitted. Finger-rings of similar size and shape, but with oval or circular cross-sections, have been recorded from Thetford (A. Goodall in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, fig. 110, 17-21), two (nos. 17 and 20) from 10th- or 11th-century contexts. Finger-rings with lozenge-shaped cross-sections are less well understood, and some at least may be quite modern in date
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A73E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy small long brooch dating to the 6th century. It is a square headed type and appears mostly free from decoration. There are four circular perforations, one in each corner of the head. One of these holes has broken through to the edge. The catchplate and some of the lug remain but the pin is missing. The bow is curved only at the top part close to the head. The foot is spatulate shaped and has a horizontal line across the lower part. It is slightly broken at the bottom and so has an uneven edge. It has a mainly green patina but there appears to be som…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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