May 29
The Cistercian order made a significant mark on the religious landscape of medieval Europe, particularly in North Yorkshire. Whilst he first Cistercian house in Britain was established at Waverley in 1128, but it was the foundation of Rievaulx Abbey in 1132 that truly signified the order’s establishment in the region.
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Incomplete post-medieval harness mount in pale grey copper alloy with parts of the edge missing (old breaks) and with the stumps of two integral rectangular-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. There is a small, probably [...]
Incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy pin with almost all of the shank missing. The head is polyhedral and without decoration, and there is no collar. Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009 Type 200. Weight [...]
Very badly decayed fragment of a medieval copper alloy probably oval buckle frame, part of one side and a straight outside edge recessed between two lobes. All original surfaces are absent. Weight 0.56g. Width at [...]
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate sub-triangular 20 x 15mm, the other ovoid 11.5 x 8.5mm. Weight 20.07g. Thickness 10mm. Thickness of cleft c.3mm. 12th - 15th century. [...]
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate sub-triangular 20 x 15mm, the other ovoid 11.5 x 8.5mm. There is no cleft between the plates, the object resembling a simple plug, with the larger plate within the [...]
Two studs or tacks with pointed oval domed heads and integral square-sectioned shanks tapering to points, probably from furnishings. Similar to IOW-A02DC7. Weight 2.08g. Length 10.1mm. Head 20 x 10.3mm. Weight 2.17g. Length 10.8mm. Head [...]
Extremely battered copper alloy fragment of plano-convex cross-section, possibly a snake's head terminal of a Roman copper alloy penannular bracelet, with an old break. No detail of the creature's face is discernible but the shape [...]
Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval. The sides are almost straight Weight 1.39. Length 19.4mm. Width 14.9mm. Mid 14th - 15th century. [...]
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy ring of variable pentagonal cross-section, with profuse file marks on most surfaces. Weight 3.37g. External diameter 21.6 - 22.1mm. Internal diameter 16mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Possibly used in the suspension of [...]
Fragment of the side and lower edge of the lathe-finished base of a medieval to post-medieval copper alloy candlestick, with a pair of grooves on the exterior. Weight 7.35g. Diameter c.80mm. Probably of standard bunsen type [...]
Fragment of a large, probably medieval copper alloy needle, round-sectioned and broken not recently at both ends, at one across a punched and probably drilled eye. Weight 3.57g. Extant length 41.8mm. Diameter 4.3 - 3.6mm. [...]
Incomplete and rather abraded Middle Saxon to Late Saxon sheet copper alloy hooked tag of Read 2008 early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class B, Type 2. One of the two attachment holes in incomplete. Six [...]
Small piece of solidified molten copper alloy of unknown but not recent date, shapeless with uneven surfaces. Weight 4.08g. [...]
Piece of solidified molten copper alloy of unknown but not recent date, shapeless with silvery grey uneven surfaces. Weight 56.48g. [...]
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy button with an almost flat head and an integral drilled loop. A circumferential groove on the front face of the head is probably moulded and the flat area within it [...]
Badly misshapen Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl, probably once either annular or plano-convex. On one face a rectangular depression, 15 x 9mm and 1.mm deep, which surrounds the central hole, may be created [...]
Post-medieval white-metal coated copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal, with a lobe at the ends of the bar, cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 512-3. Weight 6.22g. Length 40mm. Width 21.1mm. c.1620 - c.1680. [...]
Post-medieval copper alloy jew's harp with a rabbet for an iron tongue which has been lost. There are profuse file marks on much of the surfaces. Weight 24.97g. Length 59.5mm. Width 26.8mm. Thickness 7.4mm. Not [...]
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy of variable pentagonal cross-section with file marks on non-abraded areas. Weight 3.71g. External diameter 26 - 26.6mm. Internal diameter 21mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Possibly used in the suspension of drapes (Egan [...]
Post-medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a small, circular, plano-convex mount with a pair of integral round-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. The tips of these are bent over suggesting the strap was c.4mm thick. Weight 0.90g. Diameter [...]
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