Record ID: IOW-2E7236
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An unidentified cast copper alloy and iron object of Unknown date. Length: 29.8mm; width: 20.2mm and 15.8mm thick. Weight: 12.24g. The main part of the object is generally hollow and tubular and has a smaller integral projection along the side which is also hollow and tubular. The outer diameter of the main part is 16.0mm. Both parts are open at one end. At the opposite ends the main part is rounded and convex and at this end the smaller projecting part tapers to a point where it is incomplete due to an old break. At the rounded end of the main part there are the remains of an iron …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2B9B55
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy perforated weight. The weight is 17.4mm in diameter and 17.2mm thick. It weighs 24.90g, or 0.9oz. It is spherical in shape, with a perforation running through it. The weight has a creamy white patina remaining on the inside of the perforation, with the outside a pale blue/grey. Helen Geake writes: "It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." Lead weights are very imperfectly un…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-2B8912
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy perforated weight. The weight is 17.6mm long, 15.8mm wide and 16.4mm thick. It weighs 22.01g, or 0.8oz. It is oval in shape, with its perforation running through it vertically. The weight has a creamy white patina remaining on the inside, with the outside a pale blue/grey. Helen Geake writes: "It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." Lead weights are very imperfectly underst…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.