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Record ID: HESH-4E1B95
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead vat or tank of early-medieval date c.AD 750-1000. The vat is complete but has been crushed / flattened which has distorted the profile and shape. The distortion has opened the seams and there are some irregular tears in the base and side walls. The vat is constructed in two or possibly three pieces it has a circular base with a diameter of approximately 470mm. The side walls are formed from a single rectangular sheet of lead rolled to form a hoop around the base. The hoop and the base are joined together by the hoop being folded around the base. How this join is secured is diff…
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-ADE183
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead or lead alloy Papal Bulla of Pope Paschal I of early medieval date (817 - 824). The bulla is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) in plan and rectangular in cross section. It measures 32.5mm in length, 22.9mm width, and is 5.6mm thick. It weighs 28.912g (1.0198oz or 446.17 grains). Both the left and right edges of the bulla have been clipped or trimmed, however, this clipping respects the central inscriptions on both faces. Both edges have an even patina which matches the rest of the bulla. This suggests that this damage occurred in antiquity probably before …
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frome Valley', grid reference and parish protected.