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Record ID: NCL-D4EBD5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Viking cast lead-alloy trade weight dating from the early medieval period - the 9th or 10th century.
The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental cast copper alloy metalwork (possibly gilt) set into a lead base. The item appears complete. It is of flat cubic shape with the ornamental copper alloy inset covering all of the upper surface. The decoration of the copper alloy piece is simple: a small square surrounded by four L-shapes with arms of equal length. The interior of the smaller geometrical shapes is scratched/roughened up, possibly to receive and hold enamel. …
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: NCL-C799E1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head of a copper alloy 8th- or 9th-century Anglo-Saxon disc-headed pin, probably part of a triple linked pin set. The head and part of the shaft survive in fairly good condition. The head is circular and flat with decoration on one face, and has two holes, one on each side at 90 degrees between the top of the circle and the drop of the shaft. If the shaft emerges at 6 o'clock, the hole at 9 o'clock is now incomplete. Surviving width 26mm, surviving length 39mm. The object dates to c.AD 700-900.
The decoration consists of a cross with narrow arms, defined by an incised line at each…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: NCL-CFFDE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy small long brooch (c. 450-550AD)
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
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Record ID: NCL-429351
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Anglo Scandinavian strap end, decorated in the Urnes Style of Thomas' (2004) class G. Narrow trapezoidal split attachment end with a broken circular hole at the upper end. Both arms are present up to the point of the broken circular attachment hole. Asymmetrical interlaced openwork body depicting a sinuous beast. See WILT-85FC50 and NMS-5D8B3F for similar examples. Circa AD1000-1100.
Class: Thomas Class G
Weight: 4.23g
Length: 38.49mm
Width: 8.12mm
Thickness: 4.78mm
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: NCL-570AF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment (approximately one third) of a silver penny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'Expanding Cross', light coinage (North 822), moneyer: Authgrimr (Othgrim; OÐGRIM), mint: Lincoln. Ref: North 1994: 180.
The damage to the coin appears to have occurred post deposition as the breaks are not as clean as might be expected from a deliberate cut.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: NCL-4888C0
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Ingot
Although ingots are traditionally difficult to date without a secure archaeological context they are often attributed a Viking date. Ingots of similar overall shape are typical of the Viking period and are commonly found in Scandinavia, on the Continent, and within Britain where they generally date from the late 9th/10th century. Rounded edges are typical for Viking ingots although there is huge variation in the shape of Viking ingots, particularly as hammering can alter the form (Kruse and Graham-Campbell, 2011, pp.73-75). If the nick on the edge of …
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Near North Hazelrigg', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NCL-19114D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Northumbrian Styca
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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