Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-39ACF3
Object type certainty: Possibly
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A lead alloy badge or pilgrim souvenir of probable Late Medieval date. The badge is in the form of a robed figure but many of the details are obscured by damage and wear. The figure faces forwards and appears to have long hair which flows over the shoulders, or may be wearing a hood. the face is indistinct. The figure's right arm is indistinct, and the left arm is broken just below the elbow. It would probably have projected to the side. The figure has a clear rope like belt but details of the lower body are not so clear. The figure may be keeling, or standing. A base across the bottom is wider than the figure but is probably broken at both ends. On the reverse, from the back of the base, projects a copper alloy wire which would once have joined to the back of the head where there is a scar to form a loop for attachment. The reverse of the figure is flat. There is a deep gouge across the front of the body which is probably damage rather than moulding, but it is patinated to the same dusty grey as the rest of the badge. The finder sees this person as a hooded monk, but it can also be interpreted as a woman. Identification as a pilgrim badge is not certain. There are some similarities to a badge of a May Day milkmaid on page 308 of Spencer (2010), so the badge could also be secular.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.33 mm
Width: 23.36 mm
Thickness: 5.59 mm
Weight: 13.49 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Other reference: PAS Form Number 1790
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SE9000
Four figure Latitude: 53.489024
Four figure longitude: -0.645021
1:25K map: SE9000
1:10K map: SE90SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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