Record ID: SWYOR-3E9949
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead shot dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1600-1800. It is a pistol or carbine (short firearm used by cavalry) ball. The attribution of a weapon is from the mass of the shot from the Shot Finds Recording Guide (https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/shot/). The casting seam is not visible, however the sprue is visible and it appears to have been trimmed once with nippers. The surface of the ball is damaged, with flat facets and indentations. The damage may be a combination of impact damage and post-depositional factors, but most of the damage is …
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E8F20
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-circular lead Post Medieval uniface token dating from AD 1550 - 1800. It fits into Powell type 12 which has a radiating and bisecting line design, representing a millstone. There is a pellet at the centre of the design. The token has a mid grey patina and the reverse is flat and undecorated. The object is 18.0mm in diameter, 5.2mm thick and weighs 8.8g. See http://www.mernick.org.uk/leadtokens/Classification_System.pdf .
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E8478
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-circular lead Post Medieval uniface token dating from AD 1550 - 1800. It fits into Powell type 14, having a uniface design of a voided cross in relief. There is a pellet in each angle of the cross. The token has a well developed grey patina. The object is 19.0mm in diameter, 6.0mm thick and weighs 12.7g. See also SWYOR-BC6545 and http://www.mernick.org.uk/leadtokens/Classification_System.pdf .
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E72F3
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy spur, probably dating to the post medieval period, about AD 1600 -1800. Only part of one side survives. At the terminal of this surviving piece there is a single rivet hole for a separate attachment, rather than an integral terminal. The rivet hole contains corroded iron. This end terminates in a smooth curve forming a simple terminal. The broken end is patinated, suggesting a historic break. The fragment has a mottled brown patina. The spur fragment is 90.1mm long, 10.6mm wide, and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 19.15g. Fragmentary spurs are difficult to date …
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-38F8C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gold finger ring with posy inscription. The exterior of the ring has prominent double ridged borders which are decorated with repeating diagonal incisions. The sunken field between these borders is decorated with lozenges and other incised decorations, possibly foliage. The plain interior of the ring is inscribed with RESPICE + FINEM in serifed Roman capitals, with an inscribed branch. This translates broadly in texts of the period as 'think on the end'/’behold the end’/’remember thy end’/’consider thy end’, an allusion to the…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B14F40
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token dating from the late Medieval or Post Medieval periods, about 1400-1800. The token is circular and uniface, and decorated in moulded relief with the design of a central raised pellet from which radiate eight spokes. Powell Type 3. The token has a diameter of 25.3mm, a thickness of 4.9mm, and weighs 16.31g.
Created on: Sunday 12th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B12D51
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, cinquefoil mount dating from the Post- Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It is in the form of a five petalled flower with the segments defined by narrow grooves radiating outwards from a small, central, circular depression. Each petal is rounded at the outer end to form the five lobes off the cinquefoil. The individual segments are slightly rounded above and the underside of the mount is flat. The underside carries two integral mounting spikes, sub-circular in cross-section; both remain in place but are abraded or broken at the outer end. The mount has a roug…
Created on: Sunday 12th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B11BBE
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the arm from a pair of copper alloy nutcrackers dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1600 - 1800. The remaining portion consists of a shaft, of circular section, broken at one end and terminating in an acorn knop at the other. The cup of the acorn is decorated with a series of slightly curved, angled grooves and there is a small, raised dot at the outer end of the acorn. The arm has a smooth dark grey patina. The remaining portion is 37.6mm long and 5.4mm in diameter at break. The acorn is acorn 6.6mm diameter. It weighs 5.76g. Similar nutcrackers are recoded on…
Created on: Sunday 12th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B0EAF5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval period, about AD 1450 - 1600. It is of Walton Rogers form C2, with no flat faces. It is bi-conical, with a pronounced median ridge, and has a central circular perforation of internal diameter 11.6mm. The object is damaged, with a section of the edge missing and a dent running from the outside edge to the central perforation. The faces are decorated with radiating raised lines, and a similar circumferential line. It is 31.1mm in diameter, 11.4mm thick and weighs 36.45g. Decorated bi-conical whorls found in stratif…
Created on: Sunday 12th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3EF587
Object type: STUD FASTENER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy with white metal collar stud, cuff link or other dress fastener, probably dating from AD 1800 - 1900. The stud is a circular disc with a convex front face. The front is decorated with a spiral in relief, perhaps a stylised letter G or number 9 or 6. This is surrounded by a border of raised scrolling foliage decoration around the edge of the button. The front face of the stud appears to be a white metal or silver enriched copper alloy. The reverse of the disc is slightly hollow and has a central bar of circular section projecting backwards. The bar appears to be solid an…
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassetlaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3DA1D1
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver Hooked Tag dating from AD 1500 - 1600. It is of Read Class M, type 2. It is a trefoil shaped plate with moulded decoration perhaps forming a fleur de lis. There is a triple collar across the base, before a wide hook descends. This is broken at the point where it would have bent backwards. There are four small circular holes, probably sewing holes, through the plate, and Class M Hooked tags are distinctive because they do not have attachment loops projecting from the back. About 13mm long and10mm wide. Thickness and weight not yet known. A parallel, though n…
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassetlaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9D229B
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead seal dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1750-1900. It is of sub-semicircular form, almost like a cocked hat, and has a length of 30.3mm, a width of 18.9mm, and a thickness of 4.8mm. It weighs 10.74g. There are three slots through which wire or twine would have passed to secure the bag. There is serif lettering on both sides of the seal, although this is problematic to decipher. Around the outside of one side G(?)---LL--- might be discerned; below this is a seven-pointed star and another symbol (possibly a second star) above the letters SAM(?). On the other side…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-2F8559
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver and copper alloy, or copper alloy (tombac) button, dating from AD 1600 - 1700. The circular button has a solid head. It has a flat back and a convex front, with a central projecting pimple in the centre. The attachment loop is incomplete but it is oval and made of copper alloy wire. The button is 13.5mm diameter, 12.4mm thick including the loop and weighs 3.17g. Many similar buttons dating from the 17th century are recorded on the PAS database, but many, such as SUSS-1B2244, are made of tombac. Further examples of tombac buttons of this style can be seen on…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Styrrup with Oldcotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-2EFE4D
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver cufflink element, of Post Medieval date, about AD 1662 - 1700. It is one disc from a single cufflink. The disc is circular in plan and flat, with a plain outer border. The upper surface is stamped from the reverse and the design consists of a clasped hand motif with sleeves showing, surmounted by a crown, and with two small hearts with a pellet above each located below (Lewis form 1, type C). The background is stippled. Soldered centrally on the reverse is a 'D' shaped silver loop. The cufflink element measures 13.9mm diameter, 3.4mm thick and 0.7g. Cufflink…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-729CD5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A group of fused coins from Scaftworth, Nottinghamshire. There appears to be eight coins of the same denomination included, all silver halfpennies, probably of Elizabeth I, since the two visible sides are from this reign. As silver coins, they would be of the sterling standard, over 90% fine metal. The weight of the group is 1.92g (0.2g would be a good weight for a single specimen of this coin). Under Elizabeth, halfpennies were only struck from 1583, so the group would have been deposited after that date. It is very hard to say how long after that date this might have occurred, si…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA043C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy button (tombac), probably of early Post-Medieval date, about AD 1620 - 1680. It is solid and sub-hemispherical in form, convex on the underside and domed above. The underside carries the remains of a separate wire attachment loop, now broken away and missing. There is no decoration but the button has a smooth, dark grey patina. It is 10.2mm diameter, 7.9mm thick and weighs 3.27g. Compare: Bailey, 2004, Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840, page 35, numbers 8.19 - 8.22.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-35BA39
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt; a fitting or scabbard hanger dating from the Post-medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. The fitting is a sub rectangular plate which has a trilobed terminal at each end and bi concave long sides. The remains of three loops descend from one long edge of the plate. Two survive and one has part of the associated scabbard fitting looped through it. The plate contains a rivet hole in the centre and one in the middle of each terminal. Engraved floral and foliage decoration covers the face of the object. The reverse side is flat but not s…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B5EE33
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver disc or element from a cufflink dating from AD 1702 - 1714. The disc is circular in plan, with a bevelled edge, partially missing. The front has been die stamped with a left facing bust of Queen Anne, with a capital letter A to the left and a capital letter R to the right. The angled edge of the disc is decorated with repeating triangular foliage motifs. The back is plain and undecorated. A sub circular loop is present on the rear, but is flattened. The disc is 12.3mm diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 0.63g. Similar examples can be found on the PAS database: …
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-36B4AA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring identified by Peter Spencer as a serjeant-at-law's ring dating from AD 1654. The ring has a wide flat hoop with strengthening ridges round the top and bottom and is inscribed on the outer face: "LEGE VIGENTE PROTEGIMVR". This inscription relates to the law, and means "we are protected by a vigorous law". The lettering is in Roman capitals, and many of the uprights have double lines. Inside the hoop is a stamped mark in the form of an ornate "F" in a shield shaped cartouche, with biconcave sides and a rounded base. The ring is 17.7mm external diameter, 16.8mm interna…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Muskham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-275F9A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped silver coin; a penny of James I (AD 1603-1625), first coinage (AD 1603 - 1604), fleur initial mark. It has a diameter of 12.6mm, thickness 0.6mm, and a weight of 0.43g. For reference see Spink (2003) Coins of England and the United Kingdom p. 249, ref. 2650 or North Volume II (1991), number 2077 on page 144.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2016
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