The Nevilles were a powerful family, who held substantial estates and titles, including the Earldom of Westmorland.
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PAS North Yorkshire
- LANCUM-A5987D SPINDLE WHORL UNKNOWN 29 January 2025Lead perforated weight, probably a spindle whorl of post-Roman date. The flat circular weight is 30mm in diameter and has a circular perforation with an internal diameter of 9mm. This suggests a post-Roman date, as Roman and Iron Age spindle whorls usually have a narrower perforation (up to 8mm).The object is 9mm thick and weighs […]
- NLM-8DBEB9 BROOCH IRON AGE 29 January 2025Copper alloy brooch. Cast Langton Down brooch, as kindly identified by the finder, Mackreth type LD 3.b. A plain spring case with butted seam behind retains a spring with the stub of pin and is separated from a straight-sided flat strip bow by a plain horizontal moulding. Three longitudinal ridges flanked by shallow gutters pass […]
- NLM-A241EB BROOCH IRON AGE 29 January 2025Copper alloy brooch. Cast bow brooch of uncertain type – the finder kindly suggests La Tene type 1 whereas Sally Worrell kindly comments as follows: ''This is an Adams 1993, type 1B 450-300 BC , I think? I don't see a hinged pin, but two coils of a sprung pin. Admittedly, the pin may have […]
- NLM-A02AF2 SEAL MATRIX MEDIEVAL 29 January 2025Lead seal matrix. Cast oval or vesica-shaped matrix with a sub-triangular lug at one end of the back. An incised trident-shaped central motif on the matrix is probably an angular and stylised fleur de lis. A circumferential legend appears to read: [--]MARIDIC [-]SOIS P[--] – this reporter would welcome a more confident and meaningful reading. […]
- NLM-A22286 BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER ROMAN 29 January 2025Copper alloy button and loop fastener fragment. Cast triangular loop with the stub of a shank set at right angles to its plane; the button element is entirely lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-150Height: 30.1mm, Width: 13.5mm, Thickness (loop): 3.7mm, Weight: 4.28gms
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 & […]
