Record ID: YORYM-14CD51
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead trade weight of medieval date. The weight is shield shaped with a slightly smaller raised shield shape integrally cast on the front. The resulting recessed border is decorated with raised consecutive circumferential pellets. The raise shield element is heavily worn and displays signs of plough damage which render any possible decoration illegible. The reverse is undecorated with a slightly concave centre within which is a patch of iron the purpose of which is uncertain. The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 73.9mm long, 57.1mm wide, …
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-151CB7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small but complete cast lead trade weight of medieval date. The weight is shield shaped with a raise design of a fleur-de-lis on the upper surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated and the edges are very worn. The metal is a mid brownish-grey colour and is worn. The weight is 30.8mm long, 24.4mm wide, 6.1mm thick and weighs 27g. Lead weighs such as this were used to weigh goods under the averdepois system from 1390 in England and were used throughout the 15th century. It is likely that these weights represent a desire to standardize the trade weight system. However with variou…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-17C9B4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cat lead weight of unknown date. This crude weight is broadly conical, with a central peircing that narrows from base to tip. It is plain with a white patina. Height 13.0mm. Diameter (maximum) 13.6mm. Peircing Diameter (maximum) 3.3mm Weight 11.4g (4.02oz)
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Caple', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-181D30
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead weight of unknown data. This crude weight is broadly cyclindrical with a broad central peircing, so that the weight forms a collar suitable for a cord. The weight is plain with a cream patina. Height 9.2mm Diameter (maximum) 15.6mm Weight 8.1g
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-182CB3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead weight of unknown date. It is 2oz measure. This crude weight is broadly domed shaped, with a flatened top. It has a broadly central percing that is chamfered top and bottom. It is plain with an off-white patina. Height 12.3mm. Diameter (maximum) 30.1mm Weight 56.5g (1.99oz).
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2013
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Record ID: SOM-0EF873
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Roman date, probably of New Forest parchment ware, possibly of Oxfordshire white ware dating to the 2nd to 4th century AD. The sherd has a pale buff fabric with abundent fine quartz temper and occasional pink-red inclusions up to 2.5mm, possibly iron ore. It is relatively thick (6.1mm excluding decoration) and the curve suggests a large vessel. It is decorated on the outer side with two parallel incised line and above this a row of applied barbotine teardrop shapes. The shapes are unusual large and crude. It has a brown red colour coat on the outer side. Abraded breaks. …
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-180A83
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pot mend of Roman to Post Medieval date. Cast plug to mend a vessel wall of estimated 2-3mm thickness. The object is sub-oval in plan, 34.9mm x 21.1mm. Both sides would of originally been flat, giving an H shaped profile but one side has been folded back on both its edges, giving a current, increased thickness of 15.1mm. The mend has a creamy white patina. It weighs 22.6g
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Caple', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-163445
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven pieces of iron sheet metal, possibly all from the same object. The pieces were found in the same field as the Early Medieval finds SWYOR-1590A4, SWYOR-14ED88, SWYOR-14A685, SWYOR-148980, SWYOR-146DF7, SWYOR-145073, SWYOR-142DD2, SWYOR-13FF91, SWYOR-EB7AA1 and SWYOR-EB10D8, so there is a possibility they too are Early Medieval. However, there is also modern iron from the field, so the date remains unknown. The largest piece of sheet iron is nearly 160mm long, 105mm wide and is about 4mm thick. It is an hour glass shape, but all the edges are broken. It is also curved. On the in…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1590A4
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron sword guard probably from an Early Medieval sword. The guard would have fitted on the blade between the grip and the top of the blade. It is solid and is rectangular in section with convex sides. In plan it is a pointed oval. There is a slot through the centre of the guard for the blade of the sword. The slot is longer on one face. On the shorter face is it 36.9mm long and 3.9mm wide. Compare database record ESS-D45534 and BH-902F70 which date from AD 800 - 1000. A similar date is suggested for this example.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
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Record ID: BH-125984
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman solid-cast silver mount with domed, pointed-oval head, the surface of which is divided by a longitudinal central groove. A heavily encrusted rivet extends downwards at 90 degrees from the underside of the head, terminating in a discoidal stop. A very similar mount, albeit with a hollow head, was found in a late 3rd to early 4th century layer at Verulamium, Hertfordshire (Frere 1972: 126/fig. 38, no. 101).
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-15B7C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded post-medieval cast copper-alloy uniface mount in the form of an acorn. On the upper face the acorn is moulded and the cup delineated from the nut by a transverse ridge flanked by grooves. The stalk bends to one side as with examples illustrated in Read (2001, 29, 37; refs. 331-334). The reverse features a pair of facing pointed lugs suggestive of a c. 17th-century date. On the obverse of this artefact it has a largely variable mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
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Record ID: IOW-1688E4
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast lead-alloy steelyard weight (AD 43-410). The suspension loop is missing. The weight is biconical in form and has the remains of an iron suspension loop at the apex. This weight is mostly covered with a buff patina. The visible iron is corroded. Height: 38.57mm; diameter: 34.93mm. Weight: 175.49g.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
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Record ID: YORYM-15FCA7
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead flour bag seal of modern date from Neumühlen (New mills), a suburb of Kiel in Northern Germany. The seal is circular in plan with a sub-rectangular cross section and is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running across its diameter. The hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. The obverse is stamped with the text "NEW PROCESS" curved around the top inside edge and "FLOUR" across the centre. Four small marks below this may have represented the date of manufacture but insufficient remain…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-169932
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is circular in plan with a sub-rectangular cross section and is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running across its diameter. The hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. The obverse is stamped with the circumferential text Wm GUNSTONE & SONS LT and the reverse is stamped with SHEFFIELD is a straight line across the centre. The metal is a dark reddish-brown colour and is worn. The seal is 19.4mm in diameter, 5.3mm thick and weighs 5.4g.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-16D880
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is circular in plan with a sub-rectangular cross section and is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running across its diameter. The hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. The seal is of G&T Earle Limited; pelican cement manufacturers and ship owners from Hull. Both sides are stamped with a centralpelican feeding its chicks with blood from its breast, a medieval motif representing Christ but here adopted as a trademark, surrounded by the legend G&T EAR…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th June 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-14D036
Object type: SCISSORS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron blade from a pair of scissors, probably of Post Medieval to Modern date. The loop of the handle is mostly missing. The blade is curved from the pivot to the point to stop the material being cut from forcing the blades apart. This shows a high degree of skill in making the tool. the blade is D shaped in section and tapers from the pivot to the point. There is a circular hole for a rivet at the pivot point. A diagonal stop across the inside of the blade would have prevented the blades crossing each other. Scissors are known from the 14th century (see Knives and Scabbards in th…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-13FF91
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A iron whittle tang knife of Early Medieval date. It is back form A2 using the typology discussed in Life and Economy in Early Medieval Flixborough (originally from The study of Anglo-Scandinavian knives from 16-22 Coppergate, Ottaway, 1984). This can be described as an Angle Back knife with a back which slopes upwards towards the shoulder. The knife blade is decorated with grooves along the knife back. There are two grooves on one face, and one on the other. Knives decorated with grooves were also found at Flixborough. The tang of the knife tapers from the shoulder to the tip of the …
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-142DD2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A iron whittle tang knife of Early Medieval date. It is back form A3 using the typology discussed in Life and Economy in Early Medieval Flixborough (originally from The study of Anglo-Scandinavian knives from 16-22 Coppergate, Ottaway, 1984). This can be described as an Angle Back knife with a back which slopes downwards towards the tang. The tang of the knife tapers from the blade to the tip of the tang, the lower edge being concave. The knife is rusty with some post depositional damage, but is otherwise in very good condition. Angle back knives were used from the 7th to 12th centuri…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-145073
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A iron whittle tang knife of Early Medieval date. It is back form D using the typology discussed in Life and Economy in Early Medieval Flixborough (originally from The study of Anglo-Scandinavian knives from 16-22 Coppergate, Ottaway, 1984). This can be described as a knife with a back which is convex. The tang of the knife is missing. The knife is rusty with some post depositional damage. Most form D knives from Flixborough were found in the earlier phases, dating from the 7th - 11th centuries. The blade is 49mm long.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-146DF7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A iron whittle tang knife of Early Medieval date. It is back form Ai using the typology discussed in Life and Economy in Early Medieval Flixborough (originally from The study of Anglo-Scandinavian knives from 16-22 Coppergate, Ottaway, 1984). This can be described as an angle back knife. The tang of the knife is missing and the blade is damaged. The knife is rusty with some post depositional damage. Form A knives date from the 7th - 12th centuries, but were most common in the 8th - early 10th centuries.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2012
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven', grid reference and parish protected.