Record ID: YORYM-AEB0EE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with an ovate section. It expands to a flared cutting edge at one end and terminates in a worn break at the opposite end. The cutting edge is worn. The axehead is extremely worn and undecorated. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe. The metal has a delaminated mid-brown/green patina. The axehead is 43.7mm long, 29.6mm wide, 12.1mm thick and weighs 53.3g.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-E802E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy spiral ring of probable Bronze Age to Roman date, c.1500 BC – AD 300. The object is formed of a circular sectioned rod of metal with cut ends. The ring has one coil and is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The ring is 25.4mm long, 24.4mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 4.8g. Some rings of this type appear to be made from reused fragments of metal and a few are far too big to have been worn on the finger. It has therefore been suggested that they could have been used as hair ornaments or as…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-6A0344
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy awl of Bronze Age to medieval date, c.1250 BC - AD 1500. The awl is sub-rectangular in plan and section. It has a slight swelling to the mid-point from which one end tapers to a worn point with a sub-circular faceted section. The other end continues with a sub-rectangular section and terminates in a worn transverse break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 48.7mm long, 6mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 6.1g. A similar object is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as IOW-DA8A9A. This record states…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-B805BC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy spiral ring of probable Bronze Age to Roman date, c.1500 BC – AD 300. The object is formed of a circular sectioned rod of metal with cut ends. The ring has three coils. It is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The ring is 15.9mm tall, 27.9mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 17.7g. Some rings of this type appear to be made from reused fragments of metal and a few are far too big to have been worn on the finger. It has therefore been suggested that they could have been used as hair ornaments or as harness…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-B61908
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1550 – 800 BC. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with slight raised mid-ribs. The tip of the hollow socket can be seen though is filled with soil. An insufficient portion of the spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed, though it is probably comparable with the range of spearheads in Davis Groups 6-11. The metal has a mid-green/grey patina and is worn. The spear is 35.6mm long, 6.6mm wide, 2.7mm thi…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-590ABA
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000-800 BC. The fragment is the blade end which is trapezoidal in shape with a worn cutting edge and flared rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular and the breaks are old and worn. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 56.29mm long, 29.54mm wide, 12.84mm thick and weighs 53.45g. Due to the incomplete nature of the axehead it is not possible to ascribe it to a particular type series and it has therefore been dated broadly to the late Bronze Age period, c. 1000 - 800BC.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-300264
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spearhead of middle Bronze Age date, c.1600-1000 BC.  Only a small portion of the spear, towards the tip, remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section. Both ends are lost to old worn breaks and the wings are extremely worn. An insufficient portion of the spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed. Length: 27.14; width: 13mm; diameter of socket: 4.5mm; weight: 8.97g. 
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-2A8B0B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T312 A complete gold plated pennannular ring dating to the Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. Description: A complete penannular ring, circular in cross section, with corrosion between the terminals. The corrosion likely indicates that it was made by covering a circular copper-alloy bar with gold sheet and hammering it flat, giving it the appearance of being made from solid gold. The ring was decorated with silver or silver rich gold wire, which covers the ring in a continuous spiral that provides a striped effect. Overall, it is in fairly good condition, but there are…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-9CEEAD
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is sub-ovate base with irregular broken and worn edges. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 19mm long, 10.5mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 7g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9CE632
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is trapezoidal with a sub-ovate base which tapers to a narrower flat sub-ovate top. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 27.3mm long, 16.1mm wide, 12.7mm thick and weighs 19.6g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9CCB67
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is conical with a sub-circular base and raised rounded point terminal to the upper surface. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 37mm in diameter, 19mm thick and weighs 47.3g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9CB982
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The fragment is the blade end of the axehead which is sub-rectangular with an extremely worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular and the breaks are old and worn. A shallow socket is visible to the broken end. The metal has a light grey/green patina and is worn. The fragment is 20.7mm long, 26.5mm wide, 6.9mm thick and weighs 14.1g. Due to the incomplete nature of the axehead it is not possible to ascribe it to a particular type series and it has therefore been dated…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9C7D22
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800 BC. Only the attachment loop remains which is D-shaped with an ovate section. A sub-triangular portion of the wall of the axehead remains between the upper and lower aspect of the loop. It has a thin rectangular section. The outer curved edge of the loop displays a casting flash which has been trimmed and hammered flat. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The object is 19.3mm long, 10.6mm wide, 9.5mm thick and weighs 3.4g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-7515A7
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy awl of Bronze Age to medieval date, c.1250 BC - AD 1500. The awl is sub-rectangular in plan and section. It has a slight swelling to the mid-point from which one end tapers to a worn point with a sub-circular faceted section. The other end continues with a sub-rectangular section and terminates in a worn break. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 32.7mm long, 4.9mm wide, 4.7mm thick and weighs 3g. A similar object is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as IOW-DA8A9A. This record states that &quo…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9D0DD3
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy penannular ring of possible Bronze Age date, c.1000 – 800 BC. The ring is circular in plan and section with a small gap between two flat terminals. The metal has a mid-green/black patina and is worn. The object is 14.7mm in diameter, 4.7mm thick and weighs 3.1g Penannular rings are characteristic finds of the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1300-800 BC), usually being gold plated around copper cores. They are commonly referred to as 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' but their function remains uncertain. It is perhaps most likely that they were pe…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 24th December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-38D3C7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mottled dark grey thumb scraper of early Bronze Age date c. 2150- 1500 BC. The flint is sub-oval in shape and is a secondary flint with some cortex remaining along the right mesal. The ventral face has a high bulb of percussion with ripples of percussion emanating from it. There is a distinct striking platform at the proximal end. The dorsal face has invasive, scaled, low-angle retouch at the left mesal. Length: 34.1mm, width: 28.5mm, thickness: 7.4mm. Weight: 8.3gm.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2022
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Record ID: NLM-2FBA1F
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed axehead fragment. The cutting edge and the associated outer part of a socketed axe, with scant inswing discernible from the cutting edge to the upper and lower sides. Robustly cleaned by the finder, possibly resulting in the rounding of fracture surfaces and the blunting of the blade itself. The identification is suggested by the cavity behind the cutting edge and between the sides of the fragment. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Height: 34.2mm, Length: 24mm, Weight: 24.41gms
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2FB03A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy axehead. Solid cast flat axehead, expanded at its crescentic cutting edge, and tapered gently to a flat butt. The upper and lower sides are effectively flat, though rounded at their arises. The object has probably been robustly cleaned by the finder. The form is typologically early, but the yellow tint of metal shows this is not a pure copper casting as might be the case with the earliest axes, but a bronze or other copper alloy. Suggested date: Early to Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 BC Length: 50.4mm, Width: 30.0mm, Thickness (at butt): 10.7mm, Weight: 64.85gms
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8AB78C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible socketed axe fragment. Possibly a fragment from the mouth of a socketed axe; if so, subsequently partly melted in the course of recycling. Presented together with other unburnt socketed axe fragments, ingots and metalworking debris. If from the same find-spot, these might comprise scrap from a metalworkers hoard, and as such would constitute Treasure under the 1996 Act. However, it is uncertain whether their presentation together signals their identical find-spot, or an origin from among less interesting objects and scrap from a wider area. Suggested date: Late B…
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8A80F2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed axe fragment. A fragment from the mouth of the socket of a small socketed axehead. Presented together with another socketed axe fragment. If from the same find-spot, these might comprise scrap elements from a metalworkers hoard, and as such would constitute Treasure under the 1996 Act. However, it is uncertain whether their presentation together signals their identical find-spot, or an origin from among less interesting objects and scrap from a wide area. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC Height: 24.7mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 4.17gms
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.