Recorded in the Domesday Book and believed to be the oldest church in Wensleydale, this has been a place of Christian worship since the days of King Edwin, centuries before the Norman Conquest. Cross heads and 9th century stones can be seen.
Category: Early Christian
All Saints Church Rudston
All Saints Church in Rudston sits in the grounds of the famous Rudston Standing Stone, this alone clearly points to the area being of ritual use thousands of years before this Norman church was erected.
St Cuthberts Church Forcett
Whilst the current church lacks much in the way of indications of ancient origins, it’s entry porch boasts a wealth of 12c carved stones and is definitely worth a visit.
St John the Baptist Church Stanwick
The church at Stanwick sits very close to the original centre of the Iron Age fort. It’s churchyard seems to respect a more ancient ritual use and it’s siting in conjunction with not only Mary Wild Beck but also the Sacred Spring in at the front of this church and it’s 10th century origins indicate this site was a focal point for ritual activity right back to the Iron Age and before.
Sep 23
Monmouth’s Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Kings of Britain includes a number of unknown potential kings, as well as some recognised as existing, including King Lear from Shakespeare.
Sep 22
Heads at St Michael, Kirklington
An analysis of head carvings in a local area In many churches throughout England there are carvings of possible pagan origin, others, whilst appearing to have been carved in a clearly Christian time, seem to recall pagan themes. This initial research report looks at one particular set of carvings at the Church of St Michael, …
PAS North Yorkshire
- NLM-235F92 COIN ROMAN 4 February 2025Copper alloy coin fragment. Probably a radiate indeterminate, later Roman issue of 260-296; about half the flan is lost to a recent break.Obverse description: [bust]Reverse description: figure standing left with right hand outstretched.Reverse inscription: probably VIR(TVS AVG)Diameter: 17.1mm, Weight: 0.86gms
- NLM-233742 RIVET POST MEDIEVAL 4 February 2025Copper alloy rivet. Cylindrical shank of diameter 5.1mm with a round flat head and with its other end passing through a larger circular rove, being burred on the other side of it. The rivet passed through leather of thickness 11mm to judge from the space between its head and the rove. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900Length: […]
- NLM-22EAF7 COIN ROMAN 4 February 2025Copper alloy coin. Nummus of the House of Constantine (306-361), probably Constantine II (317-340), Gloria Exercitus issue of 330-335, Reece period 17Obverse description: bust laureate cuirassed right, seen from front.Obverse inscription: possibly CONSTANTINVS IVN [NOB C]Reverse description: two soldiers with two standards between them.Reverse inscription: [GLORIA EXERCITVS]Diameter: 14.8mm, Weight: 1.71gms, die axis: 6
- NLM-2287D1 COIN EARLY MEDIEVAL 4 February 2025Silver coin. Northumbrian non-pictoral sceat of Ethelred I, first reign, 774-778, by moneyer Ceolbald [Abramson 2006 page 130].Obverse description: central cross potent; initial cross potentObverse inscription: +AEDILREDReverse description: central ring of pellets round larger plain boss; initial cross potent.Reverse inscription: +CEOBALDDiameter: 13.7mm, Weight: 0.84gms, die axis: 3
- NLM-226339 RIVET POST MEDIEVAL 4 February 2025Copper alloy rivet. A cylindrical flat-headed rivet of diameter 5.3mm whose end passes through a wider circular rove, being hammered and burred to fix it in place. This object was presumably attached to leather of thickness 9mm, an inference from the space between rivet head and rove. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900Length: 14.8mm, Diameter (rove): 14.5mm, […]
PAS West Yorkshire
- YORYM-8E1BC7 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 -1500. Meols Type 2.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. A grooved pin rest is present on the upper surface of the outside edge of the loop. A circular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular […]
- YORYM-8E4F89 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250-1500. Meols Type 1.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed strap bar. The upper surface of the frame has been decorated with four groups of four parallel incised grooves. A rectangular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular plate is looped […]
PAS South Yorkshire
- YORYM-8FC319 HARNESS PENDANT MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025An incomplete copper-alloy gilded zoomorphic harness pendant of medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400.The pendant comprises a D-shaped plate in the form of a forward-facing animal's head, probably a stag, with integral attachment loop. The upper surface is moulded with features including pellet eyes, an elongated raised muzzle, and rounded snout. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The attachment […]
- NMGW-C31C53 CHARIOT FITTING IRON AGE 24 January 2025Addendum to an Iron Age sacred lake assemblage: a Late Iron Age bridle-bit and terret (50 BC - AD 75)1. Two-link bridle-bit, Polden Hill Subtype, bronze, complete Dimensions: maximum length 238.0mm; external rein-ring diameters (1)73.8-74.0mm & (2) 73.5-74.7mm; internal rein-ring diameters (1) 55.6mm & (2) 56.3mm; thickness rein rings – side to side (1) 8.3-9.0mm & […]
