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Record ID: YORYM-934DB4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is conical with a wide circular base which tapers to a narrow apex. A central perforation runs longitudinally through the weight. There are no marks or decoration present on the object and there are no signs of an attachment loop. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The weight is 15.1mm tall, 14.2mm in diameter at the base and weighs 14.2g. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and may date from the Roman to post-medieval periods.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weaverthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-937645
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of uncertain date. The head of the pin is globular and undecorated. A circular sectioned shaft protects off-centrally from the base of the pin head and tapers to a worn break. The shaft is bent and twisted. Due to the lack of any further contextual evidence coupled with the worn nature of the object it is not possible to date this pin head any more closely and it may date from the early-medieval period through to the post medieval period. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The pin head is 18.7mm long, 9.2mm in diameter and weigh…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellerker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9F2917
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ,cast lead alloy token of uncertain date. A roughly circular lead alloy disc, which has a crudely cast "M "or an "E" like design on one surface. The reverse side is blank , and the token has begun to degrade around its circumference. It measures 22.3mm in diameter,has a thickness of 5.7mm, and weighs 7.5g. it is suggested that the token could be of Roman date however tokens of this type are hard to date with certainty, so broader dates have been given in the record.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-A45988
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, age uncertain, Roman-Post Medieval, cast, lead alloy, small/medium size, homemade unofficial trader's weight. The weight has a circular shape, fairly flat, although one side is slightly thicker than the other. There is a feint crease across the middle where it was slightly bent by the plough and a small, off centre triangular indentation on one side. The weight has little wear but it otherwise has an even matt, white coloured surface. This weight could date between 43-1799AD. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publications 1992, page 52-57 and Detector Finds 2,…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A9B501
Object type: ANCHOR
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very large lead alloy weight or possible anchor of unknown date. It is a flat, seven sided slab of lead alloy with an irregular circular hole though it. There are deep scratches on one face. It is 168mm by 160mm in plan, 50mm thick and weighs 6.5kg. This find is clearly a weight designed to hang from an attachment through the hole. The finder interprets it as an anchor because the area where it was found was a 500 acre lake before it was drained in the 17th century. It is similar is size and shape to other archaeological anchor stones such as IOW-BF2C26, one found in London (http:…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BA64C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Conical cast lead weight of unknown date. It has a hole through the centre running from top to bottom. The sides are irregular with several indents and there is an irregular raised border around the bae. It is 24.4mm long, 22.6mm wide and 13.05mm thick. It weighs 31.38 grams. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval. Although lead spindle whorls can be similar in general form the irregularity of this example makes it unlikely it was used as a whorl.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BCFD37
Object type: TILE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
10 fragments of tile of uncertain date. Two fragments are distinctly curved, probably from roof tiles, and all are bright brick red, but the fabrics vary. One has lenses of white clay and pink clay, and large lumps of white clay. Others are a more uniform orange colour throughout. Some have quartz inclusions. Some are darker red with small black inclusions. Many are sanded on one face. They are all 13 - 18mm thick. The tiles could date from the Roman, Medieval or Post Medieval periods.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-BD9F67
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude broadly conical lead weight of unknown date. It has a central hole running from top to bottom with a recessed ring around the hole on the base. Covered in heavy pitting. It measures 20.9mm tall; the base is 23.4mm wide by 21.3mm thick and it weighs 48.16g. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2CF76
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead perforated object of unknown date. The perforation is roughly square and the outer margin of the object is composed of nine irregular round ended protrusions, one of which is damaged with only half present, creating a star shape. 22.3mm Diameter, 2.6mm Thickness, and 120.1g Weight.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D2EAE2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object of unknown date. A piece of copper alloy, proximal end composed of a smooth regular bar, terminating in a point at the distal end, the object is truncated by a circular feature toward the distal end.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grindale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D32E51
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. The glass is a mid blue colour and survives in good condition with only a few small scratches. The bead is 9.3mm in diameter, 6.6mm thick and weighs 0.7g. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty therefore due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and it could be Roman through to modern in date.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-D37691
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three amorphous blobs of copper alloy with rounded shapes that suggest they are cooled runs of liquid metal and two posslbe mis-cast pieces or other waste. Of the latter two one is a flat piece of copper alloy with one roughly right angle corner and the opposite edge bent up at c.70 degrees, 22.65grams. The other is a thicker flat piece with again one edge bent up through a curve to 70 degrees and the opposite edge turned down at a right angle, with an irregular break across it, c.19.44 grams. Both have many air bubbles in them, similar to the other casting waste. The other pieces we…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D39ED6
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy tweezers. Tweezers can be difficult to date as they alter very little between the start of the Roman period through to the early Anglo-Saxon period (43-750). These tweezers are formed from a single strip of copper-alloy that has a rectangular cross-section. The strip has been bent in half to form a suspension loop at the closed end. The external surface of the loop has a slight 'U' shaped depression along the centre that stops on both sides before the two sides of the strip come together again. The oval gap created by the loop has a length of 2.76mm and width of 1.32mm. T…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-E657C0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. The artefact is irregular in plan, it thickens from the top towards the centre before tapering to the tip. Both sides are undecorated. The artefact is 19.1mm in length, 16.35mm wide, 1.15mm thick and weighs 1.1 grams.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leamington Spa', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-FE4516
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper-alloy object of Unknown date. It is largely made of thin sheet copper-alloy and comprises 27 pieces that are probably all from the same object. The two large pieces do not fit together. Both larger pieces are curved in cross-section and at the front of each there is curving ribbed decoration. The larger piece has an elongated projection terminating in a lug that has two copper-alloy rivets holding a fragment of copper-alloy. On one side of the projection there is a sub-rectangular lug. On the outer face of the projection there are decorative lines of small l…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-231D21
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken into two fragments, late Medieval-Victorian, wrought/forged, rusty iron chest or door key. A medium size, very rusty, relatively plain key with circular bow handle, shank with possible collar and rectangular bit. The heavy encrusted corrosion masks any fine detail but the bit could possibly consist of a nose and two bullets. Badly rusted, irregular encrusted surface but also corroded and broken right through just below the handle. This key could date between 1400-1899. Ref. Keys - Their History & Collection, Eric Monk, Shire Publications 1979, page 13-26 and Dete…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-24F527
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crudely cast lead weight of unknown date and purpose. It is roughly oval in section. One end is stamped with a pair of lines, flanked by the numerals 6 and 9 (both of these may also be intended to represent the numeral 6 if the weight is turned through 180 degrees). It is 18.7mm in diameter and 21.2mm high. It weighs 53.24gm.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-24F7A1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A bead of light blue opaque glass of uncertain date. This type of bead is notoriously difficult to date and could either be of Early-Medieval date or of Victorian (modern) date. The bead has a diameter of 8.84mm, length of 9.95mm, weighs 0.91mm and internal circular perforation of 3.07mm diameter through the entire length of the bead.
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-26DAE7
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of tap slag of uncertain date from Roman to Post Medieval. It is dense, magnetic and black to purple in colour. It forms a thick plate which is rough and irregular on the lower face, with characteristic runs of solidified molten metal across the top face. This piece is just one small example of the many pieces recovered from the same place. Tap-slag is slag that is 'tapped' from a bloomery furnace. This is carried out during smelting so as to allow the long continuance of the operation. It cools to a solid slag with marked flow lines. There were fewer bloomeries after the…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-273ED2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Late Medieval-Victorian, wrought/forged, rusty iron door key. The key is large in size, very rusty and relatively plain. The key has an oval bow handle, solid shank with possible collar just before the rectangular bit with possible cleft and bullets. The pin projects a little forward beyond the bit. The key is badly rusted with an irregular encrusted surface. This is likely to date to 1400 - 1899. Ref. Keys - Their History & Collection, Eric Monk, Shire Publications 1979, page 13-26 and Detector Finds 3, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publications 1997, page 4-9 no. 41-42. The …
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.