Record ID: SWYOR-8246ED
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small sub-circular perforated lead seal dating from AD 1900 - 1964. It is a General Post Office seal. It is circular with one flat and one domed face. Strands of copper wire project from four points around the edge. The centre of the seal has been perforated by a circular hole suggesting reuse. The partially obscures the obverse design of the letters G[P]O with a broad arrow above and a numeral, probably 14, below. Measurements are; diameter 19.2mm, thickness 7.2mm and weight 14.50g. The central hole has a diameter of 3.0mm. Compare NLM-60DAB0. The broad arrow was a mark of co…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-822EEA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Early Medieval spindle whorl, dating from about AD 500 - 850. It is of Walton Rogers form A1. The spindle whorl is sub-conical in form, with one flat face and one face with one rounded and one angled side.  The measurements are; diameter 26.0mm, thickness 13.8mm, and weight 45.29g.  The central hole has a diameter of 8.5mm. Form A1 whorls are dated by Walton Rogers to AD 500 - 1000. Those with a central perforation of 6-9mm are more likely to be early to mid Saxon, AD 500 - 850.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8224B8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form B1 dating from the Early Medieval to medieval period, about AD 850 - 1200. The whorl has two flat faces and a large central aperture of 11.6mm. The measurements are; diameter 27.6mm, thickness 7.3mm, and weight 31.62g. The object is undecorated and has a light grey patina. Similar examples can the found on the database see SWYOR-B413FF. Walton Rogers dates form B1 from AD 700 in York to 1200. A large central perforation makes a date from AD 850 onwards more likely.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8219FA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, cast lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers formB1, probably dating from the Early Medieval period, about AD 700 - 850. It is discoid in form, flat at the base, and with vertical sides rising to a flat upper surface. There are no markings. There is a central, circular perforation with an internal diameter of  6.4mm. The measurements are; diameter 20.0mm, thickness 5.4mm, and weight 12.0g.   Similar examples can be found on the data base see SWYOR-B6A64D.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-820D9E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Medieval coin; a penny of Edward I, probable Class 10cf1 dating from AD 1302 - 1310. Mint of Canterbury. North number 1040.  Measurements are; length 16.4mm, width 16.2mm, thickness 0.7mm and weight 1.04g.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-81FB59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval coin; a penny of Edward II, Class 11b, dating from AD 1312 - 1314. Mint of London. North number 1061. The coin is clipped and has some edge damage. Measurements are; diameter 15.mm, thickness 0.5mm and weight 0.90g.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-81B425
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper-alloy vessel, a handle lug and drop handle from a chafing dish of late medieval or early post-medieval date (AD 1400 - AD 1600).  The handle fragment is rectangular in section. It consists of a short bar that passed through the supporting lug, from which the two sides protrude at obtuse angles. The sides curve slightly away from the bar; terminating in historic breaks. One side has a right angle bend before the break. The complete handle would probably have been sub-triangular.  The incomplete support lug for a…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-817397
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Post Medieval coin; a halfgroat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), third coinage with bust left and two pellets behind. dating from AD 1583-1603. Illegible initial mark. See North (1975) Vol.2 page 113 number 2016. The coin is 16.12mm in diameter, 0.56mm thick and weighs 0.96g.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-81469C
Object type: CLAY PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete moulded clay tobacco pipe, of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1680. It is a bowl fragment which has a heel. It has been moulded from a white clay imported from the South West UK. The rim is cut and a band of moulded milling which extends over half of the way round. The surface has only been partially burnished leaving a textured, orange peel like surface. The stem bore is 6/64". There are no maker's marks present on the heel, bowl or stem. The small bowl and shape suggest a 17th century date (Oswald, 1975, figure 3; Atkinson and Oswald, 1…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
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Record ID: DUR-812A70
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of the medieval to post medieval period (AD1200-1550). The object is a flat, circular disc, with a central circular aperture measuring 11.08mm in diameter. One side is decorated with a four pointed star with two extra lines; each arm contains a pellet, and between each arm there is another slightly larger pellet.The other face is decorated with possibly a four pointed star and other lines; this cannot be seen clearly due to some historic damage. There are pellets inside each arm and larger ones in between. There is a small notch in the side of the central…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-80D273
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval spur buckle dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The frame is missing, leaving part of the ling integral plate. It is broken at one end across the hole for the missing pin. This part of the object is a sub-recatngular plate decorated with ridges running across the width of the buckle plate. There is a copper alloy rivte surviving in this part. The plate then steps narrower and is triangular in cross-section, decorated with short ridges and grooves running from the centre line to the edge. The other end expands into an oval plate with spiky edges and has a central copper a…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-46D0BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy coin of the Dutch Republic; a duit of the City of Utrecht dating from the late 17th century. The date is illegible. Diameter: 19.41mm Thickness: 1.06mm Weight: 2.26g Compare https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces134486.html and https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces344115.html and others.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-46A4B3
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar (probabaly of Williams Class C1) of late Medieval or early Post-Medieval date, around AD 1450 - 1600.  The fragment consists of the arms and central block of a purse bar which are broadly sub-rectangular in plan and circular in cross section.  In the centre of the bar (where the two arms meet) is a sub-rectangular block (making it Williams class C1). There is iron corrosion in the hole through the block, presumably the remains of the missing suspension loop of the purse.   Abutting each side of the c…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-463A17
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object, possibly a ferrule, seal, cap or terminal of a larger object, of unknown date, but probably post medieval, AD 1600 - 1900. It is a tube of lead with a thick flat cap at one end. The cap extends beyond the walls of the tube and has the incuse inscription TR with a series of pit surrounding them. The underside comprises a broken shallow tube shape.  The object has a dark grey patina. Diameter: 18.74mm; Thickness: 14.37mm; Weight: 19.05g. See SWYOR-ACB8C4 which has been classified as a possible ferrule. Compare also NMGW-D7A66E, NMS-9F24B3 and WILT-F4A55D. T…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-45AFC5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy button dating to the post medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1650. It is circular and domed with a flat back. The front is decorated with a central pellet, from which radiate four paired of raised curving lines, each flanked by three pellets on the inside of the curve.  On the reverse is a casting seam, however the attachment loop is missing. The button measures: Diameter 15.96mm, height 7.01mm without shank, weight 4.11g. Compare SWYOR-8C31B6 which is similar in design.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-455C5C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting or mount of Post-Medieval date from around AD 1750 - 1900.  The mount is circular with a domed profile. The front of the mount is convex, with a central raised boss and a  double banded circumferential border.  The reverse is concave with two partial sub-rectangular projections (lugs, or integral rivets), one on each side. The lugs terminate in worn breaks.  The metal has a white metal coating.  Diameter: 22.92mm Thickness: 15.51mm Weight: 7.55mm This object is broadly comparable with Maslin&rsquo…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-453211
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy two part strap clasp dating from AD 1350 - 1450. The frame is sub-rectangular. It has a recessed bar, and two ridges on the outer face of each side. The expanded outer edge is incomplete, but is decorated with longitudinal ridges. The plate is missing. Length: 21.89mm Width: 13.86mm Thickness: 4.88mm Weight: 1.83g See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/other-medieval-and-post-medieval-strap-fittings/
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-45040F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval Scottish coin; a copper turner, bodle or twopence of Charles II, dating from AD 1663. Reference:  Spink, 2003, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands, page 91, number 5625.  Diameter: 18.73mm Thickness: 1.28mm Weight: 1.62g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-321D6A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date, c. AD 75 - 175. Mackreth 2011, Standard Trumpet Type 1b1, Plate 79, no.5099 [hinged]. The head is ovate with an integral hinge fitting in the form of two tubular lugs to the reverse. An axis bar remains fitted through the lugs with worn breaks to either end and at the centre slot. A circular sectioned pin remains fitted around the bar by a closed loop and tapers to a worn point. The front of the head is decorated with a ridged border and a circular sectioned bow extends from the centre of the front of the head curving to a semi-…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-313F2B
Object type: TILE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone floor tile of probable Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 – 1700.  The object comprises an irregular sub-ovate fragment of buff-orange stone with worn breaks to all sides. The upper surface is flat and smooth with a brown slip coating. The object is 66.1mm long, 51.7mm wide, 31.9mm thick and weighs 92.6g.
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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