Record ID: NLM-9BC97E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale green copper alloy strap end. Broad tongue-shaped strap end bearing geometrical mouldings with dots, traces of silvering/tinning on back, Thomas Class E. Viking. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 26.3mm, Width: 25.6mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 7.96gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: NLM-795293
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead net-sinker. A tubular weight made by the rolling of a rectangle of cast lead sheet of thickness 1.5mm, either around a former or around the selvedge of a net, secured by a butted join of its edges. The aperture has a diameter of 5mm. Patinated. Weights of this form have long been used to weight fishing tackle. A large collection was discovered in a late medieval boat near Blackfriars Bridge. London. However, the only stratified parallels from North Lincolnshire are earlier, coming from Middle Saxon contexts at Flixborough. These were equipped with either overlapping or butted sea…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: NLM-73C067
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron weight. Cylindrical weight made up of two discoid lead weights superimposed and joined by eight or nine domed iron studs driven into the upper disc, spots of ferrous corrosion on the underside may show where the points of two protruded. Patinated overall. The form is comparable to that of early Medieval weights with embedded objects, and the height is approximately twice the diameter. The mass is equivalent to just under thirty Scandinavian units of 4.07gms, as used for bullion transactions or five ora/ore. This object is larger than most weights ascribed to this and con…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
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