Record ID: SWYOR-46A417
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A yellow grey flint which has been worked into burin, but which is now very worn, perhaps through water action. The proximal end has a transverse removal forming the burin point.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-468B21
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scraper. It is formed on a thick circular flake of mottled grey flint which is partially patinated. The distal end has abrupt retouch.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-466894
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of three retouched flakes of probable Neolithic date. The largest is formed on amber coloured flint with cortex at the distal end. The left edge has small areas of fine retouch. The flint is 37.38mm long, 20.40mm wide and 6.5mm thick. 6.21g. The next flake is mottled yellow grey with spots of cortex on all faces. There is fine retouch on the ventral face of the left side. 24.2mm long, 14.98mm wide and 6.03mm thick. 2.03g. The smallest is a flake of patinated flint. The distal end is retouched. 13.19mm long, 21.95mm wide and 4.26mm thick. 0.64g.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-465A65
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 16 pieces of flint debitage; the waste material from flint working. The flint is mainly yellow and patinated. Some pieces are crazed suggesting they have been exposed to heat or burning.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-463676
Object type: KILN FURNITURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken rounded quartz rich composite stone or cobble which displays a pink colour on the broken face, perhaps suggesting exposure to high heat. It is possible the stone was used as a cobble in the base of a kiln. The stone appears to be water worn and rounded, but not deliberately shaped.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4605E8
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 7 pieces of flint debitage; the waste material from flint working. The flint is mainly yellow and patinated.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-45F176
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rim sherd of Roman Samian ware. It is very worn, but has a beaded rim, though most of the slip is missing. It is too small to estimate the size and shape of the vessel.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-45D478
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A core of chert like flint from which narrow blades have been removed. It is Mesolithic or Neolithic in date. The chert is opaque light grey with white inclusions. The core is almost rectangular in section.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-45B922
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint burin tools of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The larger is a curved flake formed from mottled yellow grey chert flint. The distal end is shaped into the burin point. There is a cortex inclusion at the proximal end. 46.31mm long, 18.45mm wide and 8.03mm thick. 4.9g. The smaller is formed on a rounded patinated flake. The distal end is shaped into the burin point and there is fine retouch on the left side. The right side has cortex surviving. 23.06mm long, 13.45mm wide and 4.61mm thick. 1.09g.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-45AC16
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A flint burin tool of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. It is a curved flake formed from mottled grey brown flint. The left proximal end is shaped into the burin point. There is cortex surviving on the right side.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-458095
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint retouched flakes probably dating from the Neolithic period. The larger is a chunk of amber coloured flint with a large white cortex inclusion in the dorsal face. The left side has abrupt retouch. It is 19.3mm long, 22.93mm wide and 13.48mm thick. 4.4g. The smaller is a translucent flake of tan coloured flint with cortex on the left side. There is very fine retouch on the distal end. 12.61mm long, 20.88mm wide and 4.48mm thick. 0.98g.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-456135
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An amber coloured retouched flint flake probably dating from the Neolithic period. The left edge has some fine retouch. There is no patina or cortex and the flint is high quality.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-43DE82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval coin; a groat of Henry VIII (1509 - 1547), second coinage (1526 - 1544), lis (2) initial mark (1529 - 1532). The mint is illegible, as is most of the coin. The lettering includes F3 and M2 as illustrated in North. See North number 1797. The coin is damaged, crumpled and parts are missing.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-43C234
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. The integral head loop is broken. The rectangular wings are deeply grooved on the front, and behind they hid a tubular housing for the copper alloy axis bar. This supports the hinged copper alloy pin which is also almost intact. The integrally cast headstud is circular and is decorated with a cross of reserved metal, each arm being petal shaped. The spaces are filled with enamel which was probably blue. The front of the bow is decorated with a vertical row of lozenges of reserved metal. These are flanked by more enamel, pro…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-438A46
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palm guard, probably of Post Medieval date. It is a shallow circular dish with three regularly spaced lugs projecting from the outer edge, each with a copper alloy rivet and large circular rove remaining, by which the guard could have been attached to a piece of leather. The back is plain and convex. The front has a raised rim and in concave. The base of the dish has a grid pattern of raised lines which are somewhat worn. The guard is 43.04mm in length, width is 39.27mm, thickness 7.25mm and weighs 28.20 grams. Compare SUSS-864CD1 which cites Read: "Read (Post …
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-42F1E5
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double bossed button and loop fastener dating from the Roman period. It is of a type not classified by Wild. It is 58.9mm long, 18.19mm wide and 10.02mm thick and weighs 31.43 grams. The "button" part of the fastener is square and is decorated with a large central boss which is recessed into the square; there is also a rounded U shape depending from the square with a D shaped opening. The base of the U shaped element is a crescent which is thickened into a ridge in the centre. The button is mounted on a shaft that projects from the rear just above the centre and continu…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-425E10
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman Republican denarius probably struck by the moneyer P Sepullius Macer for Julius Caesar in 44 BC (Reece period 1). The reverse depicts Venus standing left holding Victory and sceptre; at bottom of sceptre, a shield. Mint of Rome. Cf. RRC 480/9.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Saturday 11th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-41BBF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy single loop buckle with a decorative plate. It has a D shaped frame with an expanded outer ednge and a knop at each end of the bar. The plate is folded round the bar and has recessed corners to accommodate the frame, and a slot for the pin. The front plate has an oval body tapering to a narrow extension decorated with transverse ridges, and a small circular terminal. There is a copper alloy rivet in the centre of the oval area, and an empty rivet hole in the terminal. The back plate is much smaller and narrower. It terminates just beyond the surviving rivet. The pi…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F7C156
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval complete lead alloy ampulla. The ampulla is minature flattened round-bottomed flask shape with two triangular handle lugs. On one face there is a downward-pointing arrow with a wide and thick barbed head, and feathers at the top of the ampulla. This design is surrounded by a border of radiating lines. On the other side there is a round based narrow necked pot, flask or phial satting within a hatched crescent. There is a decorative border round the base consisting of a zig zag line with the outer triangles hatched. According to database record DENO-BDE6C5 "The arrow is…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-F41913
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead alloy shield shaped trade weight dating from AD 1400 - 1700. The weight has been cast in lead alloy. The front is decorated with a single fleur de lis design in relief on a raised shield shaped area. There is no design on the reverse but there are the remains of two small iron lugs. The weight has a light cream patina. The weight is 39.17mm long, 32.56mm wide, and 14.57 thick. It weighs 109.07mm which is almost 4oz. For reference see: Lead Weights; The David Rodgers Collection By Norman Biggs and Paul Withers published by White House Publications & Galata Print L…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
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