Record ID: LANCUM-2DEA62
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-alloy token probably dating from the late medieval, post-medieval or early modern period. It is very worn on both obverse and reverse, but seems to have had a capital letter on one side and a spider's-web decoration on the other side. Lead-alloy tokens like this one are extremely common and very difficult to date unless they have a company's name or a value printed on their faces. However, they are usually considered to date from c. 1600-1900 when they were used as mining tokens or factory shops where employees could exchange them for goods or labour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2BBA52
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy spindle whorl, probably of late medieval date, 1400-1550AD. The upper side is decorated with a motif of a seven pointed star surrounding the central perforation, with a single dot in each of the angles created by the points of the star and the rim of the whorl. The details of the decoration on the underside are not available. It is 23.3mm diameter and weighs 39.11gm. Note: This find was recorded from an export licence.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-2B7DE2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy ampulla. Ampullae were an important kind of pilgrim souvenir in the Medieval period. They were designed to contain a dose of thaumaturgic water, which would have been given to the pilgrims at the shrines and holy wells. This example dates to between circa 1350 and 1550. Only the lower part of the ampulla survives; the neck has been broken away, possibly deliberately cut to release the water. The main body of the flask is decorated on both sides: one has a four-leaved design with a line down the centre of each leaf against a diagonal grid background; the …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Duncton', 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.