Record ID: NCL-CD6486
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An egg-shaped lead ball, which has an 10-11mm thick iron rod running through the length. The iron protrudes from the top of the lead shape, however it has corroded away after several millimetres. The exterior is rough and heavily scarred on both sides.Probably Post-Medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Record ID: CORN-CD8766
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead suspension weight with a loop at the top for a hook.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Record ID: SF-CDA182
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undecorated cast lead weight or whorl of uncertain date. It is conical in form with a vertical circular aperture. The entire object measures 28.49mm in length/height, 16.07mm in diameter at base, and weighs 26.69g. This weight could date to any point from the Roman period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Mills', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CDB2A0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undecorated cast lead weight or whorl of uncertain date, wih slight post-depositional damage at the top. It is conical in form with a possible vertical circular aperture. The entire object measures 15.35mm in length/height, 15.79mm in diameter at base, and weighs 16.53g. This weight could date to any point from the Roman period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Mills', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CDBF14
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undecorated cast lead weight or whorl of uncertain date. It is circular in form, oval shaped in section, with a central circular aperture. The entire object measures 28.37mm in diameter, 11.02mm in thickness, and weighs 46.93g. This weight could date to any point from the Roman period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Mills', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP-D0D6E3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded small cast lead weight in the shape of a frustum, or truncated cone. It is broadly trapezoidal in cross-section, with a flat base. It has a hole running right through its centre; the hole tapers slightly towards the top which has been flattened slightly at an angle: Dia.: 8.3 - 7.0mm. The artefact now has an off-white surface with denting all over, especially to the base. Such objects are undiagnostic and a wide date range is here given.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2011
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Record ID: LANCUM-E25814
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy, shield-shaped weight dating from the medieval period, AD1350 - 1500. The weight is shield-shaped in plan and rectangular in cross-section. On the obverse, it carries the design of a crowned, double fleur-de-lis; the reverse and sides are plain. Similar weights are illustrated in Biggs and Withers, 2000, Lead Weights:The David Rogers Collection, page 40, numbers 101 - 103.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E41EA7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy weight. Cast circular nesting weight, with incuse legend (not readable) and central figures 1?6; a slightly concave base bears a projecting central pimple. Corroded. The mass indicates this to be a one ounce measure; the notation may refer to its being one sixteenth of an averdepois pound. Probably from a set of scales and weights for kitchen use. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1930. Diameter: 29.4mm, Height: 7.6mm, Weight: 26.13gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E4BD18
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable weight. Cast waisted weight, resembling an exaggerated cotton reel form. This may have facilitated tied attachment, or movement along a guide or channel. Comparable weights accompany groups of Roman finds from Newbald Lodge, East Yorkshire, in the Foster Collection of metal detector finds held at the Hull and East Riding Museum. However, their function remains uncertain, and it is equally uncertain whether they form part of the Roman assemblage, or may derive from later activity centred on the 19th-century farm. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410 Diameter: 36mm, Height:…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E5C533
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy weight, probably a spindle whorl dating from the medieval period, i.e. c. 1200-1500. The spindle whorl is biconical in shape with a circular hole in the centre and tapering sides. It was made from a lead-alloy and probably had moulded decoration on the obverse and reverse. However, both faces of the whorl are very worn; it is difficult to assess the decoration. It may have been writing, but it is much more likely that it was a decoration composed of lines, zig-zags and possibly dots. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, 66) points out that: "The function of l…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BBFE12
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead or lead alloy weight, of probable Medieval dating (1300 to 1550 AD). The weight is an irregular cone in plan, and triangular in profile / cross section. A length of thick iron wire has been inserted into the top of the weight (the flat surface of the cone), probably as a method of suspension. Iron corrosion products present have obscured the original shape of the probable suspension loop. No decoration is present on the weight. It is a light to mid grey colour, with an even surface patina. It measures 22.99mm tall, and has a diameter of 20.90mm at the to…
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2011
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Record ID: NLM-E714F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible weight. Flat square cast object with slightly bevelled external edges and a hollow centre; possibly one of a set of nesting weights. If this identification is sustained, the size and weight may suggest this object respects the metric system. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 16.2mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness: 4mm, Weight: 4.98gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E80BC0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight of probable post-Medieval date. The weight is circular in section, the diameter decreasing from the bottom to the rounded top. The flat bottom surface bears a relief moulded design comprising a number of crudely formed letters which form a ring around the central point. These letters appear to read '1WTOW', although the starting point of this legend is unclear. A concentric segmented border extends around the perimeter of the base. On top of the weight are the following numerals: '5591(horizontal line)/(1603 or 1503)/[ ] [ ] (two unidentified numerals/letters)'. …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-F857C4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handmade lead weight, oval in both section and plan. A hole has been pierced from the top to the bottom to allow for it to be suspended. The suspension is normaly via an iron loop, but no iron staining is visible in this example. The hole is slightly off centre which would make the weight less precise. As most steelyard weigts of Roman date are bi-conical, a Roman date for this weight is unlikely. Therefore, it is only possible to ascribe a broad date of 600 - 1700 AD to this particular weight due to its handmade and undiagnostic nature.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Orlingbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FBD1D4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable Roman to Post-Medieval conical lead weight with intergral (damaged) loop at the apex, measuring 24.20mm in height (19.77mm without the loop) and weighing 19.1g. The base is slightly rounded and 14.72mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lechlade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0EAA36
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Weight. Cast weight, marked 10g with H symbol below. The reverse is coloured a pale brass tint, and feels slightly sticky; a backing has perhaps been lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-2000. Length: 17.25mm, Width: 15.1mm, Thickness 4.25gms, weight: 9.68gms.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-143165
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Shield-shaped medieval lead 8oz weight with three lions on the upper surface surrounded by a beaded border. The rear face has a circular indentation near the upper edge. The object is in fair condition, is 61mm long, 50mm wide, 15mm thick and weighs 233.60g.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 9th August 2020
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Record ID: ESS-4B0516
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medeival copper alloy apothecaries Weight. Obverse description: star at bottom, symbol for 1 drachm Reverse decription: star at top bottom, symbol for 1 drachm Die axis: 6 o'clock Weight: 3.5g Measurement: 12.76mm by 15.14mm
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Record ID: NARC-0A1474
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregularly shaped lead weight. This is likely to be a lead bi-conical spinndle whorl which has broken along the horizontal casting line. Weights of this style were in use from the Roman to Post-medieval times and so more accurate dating of this weight is problematic.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-64E3B1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead shield-shaped traders weight of medieval to post-medieval date. The weight is decorated with a raised fleur-de-lis topped by a crown. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a mid grayish-white colour and survives in good condition. The weight weighs 215g. Lead shield-shaped weights of various qualities of workmanship and numerous designs have been in use over a long period of time. Examples of weights with stamped official marks from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries have been recorded. Although this weight may be earlier than this, there is no firm e…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Naburn', grid reference and parish protected.