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Record ID: SF-93B48C
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Papal bulla probably of Pope Nicholas III (1277-80). It has been folded and broken post-deposition, neither the reverse or obverse are entirely clear. The reverse depicts the face of Saint Paul, moulded in bas relief surrounded by a separate pellet border with a croziernd enclosed within a circumferencial border. Above the face is the inscription SPA, an abbreviation for St. Paul - the other half of the bulla would have featured St Peter. St. Paul is seen on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, and St. Peter would be right …
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-8248C7
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy Shot of Post-Medieval date (AD 1640-1750). The object is spherical with a shallow circumferential casting seam and spru. The shot has a slightly pitted surface. The metal is grey in colour with a pitted and corroded patina The weight of the ball suggests that it was meant to be fired from a Carbine. Diameter: 16.28mm, Weight: 21.1g. DF Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical study Foresight Publications, London.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-823D57
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead vessel repair or Pot Mend of Roman to Medieval date (AD 43-1500). The object is a cast plug to mend a hole in a vessel wall. The object is composed of an outer sub-ovate plate with a tapered inward circumferential portion and a smaller, sub-ovate plate which would have attached the plate to the body of the vessel. Length: 25.44mm, Width: 23.43mm, Thickness: 9.15mm, Weight: 21.8g The metal is a dark cream and grey in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-82323B
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Powder Measure of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object is composed of a now flattened and distorted, conical sheet cylindrical sheet. the base and loops are missing and at the opposing end the rim is thickened.  Height: 24.89mm, Width: 33.79mm, Thickness: 8.90mm, Weight: 17.3g The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina. According to Courtney (1988), powder flask nozzles and caps are among the most common remains encountered on Civil War sites. A musketeer was armed with twelve powder flasks, each attached to his bandolier by a cord. …
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-69468E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead hooked tag of Early Medieval date. It consists of a circular boss with two pierced attachment loops, the hook is missing, with iron corrosion present around a circular hole in the disc. Decoration comprises a prominent boss in the centre of three sets of double-line in counter-relief. Hooked tags manufactured from lead are very uncommon, and it is possible it is a mould rather than a finished tag. Similar examples can be found on PAS (see NMS-412B7B). Diameter: 16.19mm Length: 21.07mm Thickness: 2.46mm Weight: 4.27g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-68D845
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead complete possible Viking gaming piece. It is oval in cross-section, with a copper-alloy rod in the centre, it has a flat, mis-shapen base. It tapers towards its upper terminal end. A similar, solid, possible gaming piece has been found at Long Melford, Suffolk see SF-C01997, Little Wilbraham, Cambridgehsire see SF-50B784, and two hollow very simliar examples have also been found at Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, see SF-6F5256 and SF-6F7361. An alternative function of these objects would have been as weights rather than gaming pieces. Height: 18.94mm …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6586E2
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead powder flask cap. A small cylindrical vessel with thickened rim, now squashed closed. A small loop is flattened against the lower side, for strung attachment to the flask. A vertical strengthening rib appears on one side of the lid, with a mould line opposite. Patinated. The smaller of two similar objects presented together. This is the cap from a powder flask. A powder flask might be used singly by a sportsman or might be carried on a bandolier as one of the ‘twelve apostles’ to equip a musketeer. It held a single measured charge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-64E96A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast biconical whorl with a central moulded aperture of diameter 10mm. Moulded decoration on one side comprises thirteen or fourteen rays, some converging with their neighbours to form the points of an irregular and incomplete star, and with [usually] a single pellet in each of the compartments so defined. The other side appears to bear fewer lines and pellets in pairs. A moulded circumferential rib marks the meeting of the two halves. Crushed on one side with consequent local distortion. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-64B75A
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead powder flask cap. A small cylindrical vessel with thickened rim, now squashed closed. Patinated. This is the cap from a powder flask. A powder flask might be used singly by a sportsman or might be carried on a bandolier as one of the ‘twelve apostles’ to equip a musketeer, and contained a measured charge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Width: 32.1mm, Height: 18.3mm, Thickness (overall at base): 18.4mm, Weight: 23.78gms
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-565DEC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Seal Matrix of Medieval date (AD 1200-1300). The object is composed of a flat circular disc with an incomplete suspension loop at the apex of the reverse. The front of the object is decorated with an incised motif composed of a central five pointed linear star within an inner and outer circular boarder, between which is an inscription in retrograde, which reads: +S’ROBERT:ShURN.I, or Seal of Robert Shurn - probably a surname.  Diameter: 23.72mm Weight: 14.80g
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54C694
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with an uneven surface with off-centre dimple and a flat base; perhaps cast in an open mould suggesting the flat side to have been uppermost at the time of fabrication. Opposed pairs of nicks appear on the flat side. The metal retains a grey tint suggesting its relatively recent date. Though a weight close to this mass was reported from the London waterfront (Egan 1998, table 15) though it was not thought to respect any prevailing standard. This object might alternatively represent one and a half averdepois ounces, perhaps as a homemade weight for the k…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-545F0A
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead musket ball dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1600-1800). The object is sub-spherical is shape and has a couple of pits, but does not appear to have been fired. The musket ball has a diameter of 12.1 mm and weighs 9.1g. The musket ball is an off white, light grey colour, with an even surface patina. There are a large number of similar objects recorded on the PAS database, inlcuding: WAW-6066FE, WMID-191CF4, SUR-A2A4A4; SWYOR-8E3D62; and SWYOR-1BE638.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: NLM-54544C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with an uneven upper surface on which appear straight lines moulded in bold relief. The lines may represent two separate arrowhead forms or perhaps an untidy monogram including letter forms resembling M and V. On the base – or the top as cast in an open mould - there is a central dimple with a crudely incised triangle around it. Patinated. The combination of relief features, dimple and incised base recur in medieval London (e.g. Egan 1998 fig. 233 no. 993, see also no. 990) where they may respect a medieval standard (ibid. table 15), and were poss…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-543BDE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy probable uni-face token of later Medieval to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1450-1800. The token is sub-circular in plan and D-shaped in cross section (it has a domed decorative obverse and flat reverse). The obverse consists of a small cross within a concentric circle. These patterns most likely represent powell type 14 (crosses) and powell type 31 (circular geometric). The reverse is flat and undecorated. Excess material surrounds the edges of the object pattern. The token has a light grey coloured patina ac…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: WMID-53E219
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead seal matrix dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1300). The matrix is a circular disc with an integral suspension loop positioned at the top edge of the reverse. The die face has incised details that include an inscription around the outer edge. At the centre of the disc is a decorative central pellet and six narrow point petals. The inscription reads: + S' WILLI.SI R.I . The "S'WILLI" which translates as the seal of William, suggests this is a personal seal but the second part is less certain, likely to be a surname,…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-5125C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy oval-shaped pot mend, 26.75mm by 15.67mm, afixed to a fragment of coarseware pottery.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-50F464
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible badge. Large cast discoid plate with two holes pierced from its display side close together and towards its edge. The front bears moulded decoration of several orders, from the middle comprising: a central cross pattee, a billeted band round the cross; a circumferential band of letters in medieval style in which distinguishable characters [--]TVST[--]P[--] may appear; a further three concentric rings, and a possibly billeted outer border. The form and cross decoration could point to an early medieval brooch of Weetch type 4, but there is no trace of pin gear and a s…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Embsay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4F30C5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead possible button fragment. Cast lightly biconvex disc with a central round hole marking the loss of a separate loop from the middle of the back. The sheathing of a lead core is an unusual feature of what would be a rather massy form of fastener if the identification were upheld. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800 Diameter: 24.4mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 12.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4E8498
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button copy. Cast plano-convex uniform button front bearing a Crown Imperial above a bugle with the number 20 between these features, and with a now-crescentic basal legend which probably extended round the button retaining the letters [--]TEERS [--]. This would seem to be the relict of the word Volunteers. There is no trace of a loop or its loss on a featureless smooth back. This is probably a casting taken from a 19th-century military uniform button. What is described above may suggest this to be from the periods of recruitment of volunteer or yeomanry regiments to defend …
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3BF266
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A Post Medieval lead two disc cloth seal made from two discs of lead held together with a lead strip, dating from AD 1700 - 1900. A central integral rivet from the back of one disc passes through a hole in the other disc and is stamped flat. The seal has the legend R&I in relief on the obverse with the number 829 stamped above it. The imprint of the cloth is visible on the other face. Measurements are; diameter 24.8mm, thickness 2.5mm and weight 7.83g. Compare SUR-51F7A9.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.