Record ID: NLM-ADB2C5
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. The bottom half of an edible oyster shell. A seafood diet was introduced or expanded under Roman rule, when British oysters acquired an empire-wide reputation. Oysters remained as a common foodstuff into the early post-medieval period, their availability probably only declining with environmental degradation in industrial times – though Viking Age York contrived to pollute its waterways to an extent which altered the local faunal range significantly. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 70.5mm, Weight (with adherent soil): 33.69gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cockerington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-50AB8C
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey oyster shell fragment. A small chip from the bottom half of a bivalve oyster. Oysters were introduced to the British diet by the Romans and remained a popular food, especially for the poor or abstinent, until post-medieval times. The cachet of oysters as a luxury food is of relatively recent origin. If not archaeological, this fragment may be an ancient fossil fragment of Geological date – a possible inference from its grey tint and hardness. Suggested date: Unknown, possibly Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 28.7mm, Weight: 3.06gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-2BDF39
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. A fragment representing most of the lower shell of a bivalve oyster. Probably food waste, oysters were a common food where available from Roman times onwards, and throughout the medieval period. Their post-medieval currency was still as a food of the poor, and their status as a luxury foodstuff is of relatively recent origin. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 49mm, Weight: 10.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3FBCC1
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of shell, possible oyster shell of unknown date.  Objects dating from the Late Iron Age to Modern period were deposited with this find from the same field therefore the other associated finds do not help narrow down the date. The shell is evidence of food waste and diet. Shell is difficult to date, therefore a broad date range is offered from the Roman period to modern, circa AD 43 to 1900. The shell measures 43.4 mm in length, 36 mm in width, 9 mm in thickness and weighs 12.7 grams. 
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AEBA9B
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. Two large oyster shells: the larger a flat bottom half and the smaller a concavo-convex top half from different edible bivalves of the same species. The oyster shell sizes are larger than those encountered in medieval or post-medieval deposits, and the larger part of the accompanying pottery must suggest a Roman date, and probably the primary deposition of food waste. British oysters were an esteemed foodstuff in Roman times. Iron Age dietary preferences seem not to have included marine-derived foods; this was perhaps because of taboo rather than the difficulty of procur…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-EDAE17
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
5 pieces of oyster shell of unknown date, probably evidence of human diet. Shell is difficult to date and as such a date of AD 43 to 1900 is assigned. 1: 70mm long, 47mm wide and 12mm thick. 35g. 2: 51mm long, 50mm wide, 5mm thick. 19g. 3: 58.7mm long, 35.9mm wide and 16.9mm thick. 22g. 4: 34.6mm long, 42.5mm wide and 4,6mm thick. 6.3g. 5: 62.7mm long, 59.4mm wide and 4mm thick. 22.3g. These pieces are just a small sample of the many pieces of oyster shell recovered from this field.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-AAA0E2
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete oyster shell of Roman to Post-Medieval date (AD 43-1850). The edges of the shell are roughly broken and it is probably to be interpreted as food debris. Length: 50.99mm, Width: 35.69mm, Thickness: 7.09mm, Weight: 18.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-B42966
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five small fragments of oyster shell are probably to be interpreted as food debris, of Roman to Post-Medieval date. Two are from the top and three from the bottom parts of their bivalve shells. One is pierced - quite possibly fortuitously - and all are unusually small. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Weight: 18.35gms
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amcotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-56EFFB
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. Two base and two top halves of mature oyster shells, presumably deposited as food waste. Though British oysters were famed in Roman times and were even exported to Rome, they remained a common and useful foodstuff thereafter, the supply probably only being curtailed by coastal pollution. They are most frequently reported from Roman and medieval contexts. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500. Combined Weight: 95.77gms
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Killingholme', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: FASAM-F697CA
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Several oyster shells, assumed to have been imported in the Roman period.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-694DF6
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oyster shell. A fragment of oyster shell from the upper half of the shell of an edible bivalve. Although historically associated with Romanised occupation, oysters were equally a foodstuff throughout the post-Roman period and until recent [later 19th-century] times, when they acquired the cachet of a luxury. Given the scarcity of Roman material reported along with this object, a Roman date is probably unlikely. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Weight: 13.83gms.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-0CCADF
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five pieces of oyster shell possibly related to other Roman finds from this site. Weight (combined) 23.0g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-6547F7
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete oyster shell, possibly of Roman date (AD c.43-c.402) based on other finds from the same field. It measures 46.1mm long, 44.5mm wide and 13.5mm thick. It weighs 15.27g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-04B28D
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of white oyster shell of unknown date. The inner face is iridescent. It is 26.1mm long, 10.2mm wide and 1.7mm thick. 0.57g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-040114
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and incomplete shell, preserving part of one valve probably from an oyster(?) shell. A seemingly deliberate oval piercing is present towards the hinge end, and this may indicate deliberate modification of or damage to the shell in antiquity. Similar examples are recorded through the PAS database (e.g. NARC-3E2BB7, NARC-3DB1A6, LEIC-4C74A4) and might indicate modification as a pendant or similar item. Precisely when this would have occurred, and if this was indeed an intended function, remains uncertain. It measures 41.89mm in surviving length, 37.88mm in width, 4.53mm in thick…
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poslingford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-F4C244
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 oyster shells, weighing 4.3gms in total.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-E45471
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oyster shell of unknown date, probably evidence of human diet. The shell is incomplete and is in two pieces.
Created on: Monday 29th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DBFD47
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two oyster shells of probable Roman date, recovered from a known Roman site.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DBEEB4
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of six oyster shells of probable Roman date, recovered from a known Roman site.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-CAC413
Object type: OYSTER SHELL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
8 oyster shell fragments, not photographed.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
No spatial data available.