This earthwork was partially excavated in 1870, these revealed the foundations for a Roman villa of obvious opulence. It’s final Roman owners were believed to have suffered a grisly death as the villa burnt around them. It is likely that future excavations will reveal that the villa was built over of an earlier tribal centre. Probably replacing the shrine to the “Light Water” with a more Mediterranean alternative.
This small farmstead was established on top of the small chalk hills on the northern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
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A fragment of a cast one-piece copper-alloy early post-Medieval animal (crotal) bell. The suspension loop is integral, trapezoidal in shape and drilled. The upper hemisphere is broken across the opposing sound holes and has sunburst or [...]
A complete copper-alloy one-piece crotal bell of post-medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1650. The bell is spherical and hollow, separated into two hemispheres by an integral raised circumferential ridge. An integral sub-rectangular attachment loop projects [...]
A complete copper-alloy button of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 - 1700. The object is heart-shaped with a thick rectangular profile. The sides of the heart bend forward from a central groove (possibly not [...]
A worn silver halfgroat of James I of England (AD 1603-1625), struck at the Tower of London between AD 1603-4. Thistle initial mark. North N2076. [...]
A cast copper-alloy discoidal button with integral loop dating to the post-medieval period, c. AD 1700-1800. The button is formed in one piece and is decorated on the fron face with a central rose design [...]
A complete and little worn Iron Age silver unit of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus c. 20 BC - AD 10 (Haselgrove Phase 7). "Braided hair" type. Obverse: Head left with [...]
A worn silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), voided long-cross type dating to c. AD 1250-1256. Struck by the moneyer Randulf in Bury St Edmonds, Class 5b-c, North no. 992-993. [...]
A foot from a cast copper-alloy bow brooch dating to the later first or second century AD. The foot retains the catchplate and the lower bow has a raised central ridge. Due to being fragmentary, [...]
A small fragment of a cast copper-alloy spherical animal bell (crotal bell) of Post-medieval date (AD 1600-1800). The bell would have comprised two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join and a rectangular attachment loop. There are signs [...]
A very worn and corroded copper alloy Roman radiate, probably a barabrous radiate dating to the period AD 275-285. Reece Period 14. [...]
A silver Medieval half groat of Edward IV, first reign, light issue, type IX dating to 1464-1470. Rose initial mark and trefoils by neck of obverse bust. Canterbury mint, royal issue. As North 1589. [...]
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), ermine initial mark and dated 1572. London Tower mint. As North (1991), p134, number 1997. [...]
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy brooch, interpreted as a trumpet derivative of Wroxeter type, dating to AD 75-200. The surviving element comprises the head, upper decorative projection and a reduced bow/foot. The head is box-like [...]
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably a radiate-headed type dating from the mid sixth century AD. Only the foot plate remains; this is triangular with flanking knops at the junction with [...]
A Medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1307-1327), Withers Type 30, North Class 11, not further defined,dating to AD 1310-1314. Mint of London: Ref: Withers and Withers 2001: 32. [...]
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy rowel spur dating to circa AD 1600-1700. The spur consists of a small portion of both arms - terminating in old breaks - neck, and rowel box. The box is projects from the upper [...]
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy loom weight dating to circa AD 1200- 1800. It is circular in plan and rectangular in section. It has a central hole of 10mm in diameter. Weights of this [...]
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1250-150. The extant piece consists of the pin, likely from an annular buckle.The pin shaft is rectangular-sectioned. It has a loop at one and tapers into [...]
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval signet ring dating to circa AD 1400-1600. The ring comprises a broadly circular hoop with expanded sub-oval bezel when viewed from underneath. The shoulders and hoop are plain. The hoop [...]
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1350-1550. The surviving piece consists of the frame. It is circular in plan with a central offset bar creating two D-shaped loops. The frame is plano-convex [...]
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