Record ID: CAM-F1AF66
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead or lead-alloy artefact of uncertain date. It is not certain whether this item is complete or a component part of something larger. The object has a sub-circular shape due to slight damage around the circumference. The maximum diameter is 18.3mm and it weighs 10.09g (0.36oz). The edge of the object is convexly curved and has a thickness of 4.6mm. Approximately 3.3mm in from the edge, the disc increases in thickness on both surfaces. This increase in thickness forms a shallow domed circle of c.12.3mm diameter on one side and a slightly more angled, upper corne…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: CAM-3838C1
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Niedermendig lava. This fragment of rock weighs 498.23g and has been shaped to be used as a quern stone, probably a rotary quern, only a small portion of which survives. According to information given by Watts, S., 2006, this quern is more likely to date from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period, c.AD 1100 - c.AD 1700. However, this fragmentary piece of lava does not contain enough diagnostic features to further identify the form of quern and therefore narrow the suggested date range. The grinding surface has been dressed with well defined ridges. The space between th…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-4CD52E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and illegible silver coin of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, of an uncertain monarch. The obverse and obverse legend are completely illegible. The reverse and reverse legend are completely illegible. Die axis is uncertain. Weight is 1.42g, diameter is 20.3mm, thickness is 0.4mm. Due to the thickness of the flan it is more likely that this coin was a hammered or struck coin rather than having been milled. Linear and curvilinear scratches are present on both sides of the flan. The size of the flan is about right for a halfgroat of Edward III, AD 1327-1377, post-trea…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: CAM-67F362
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead pot mends found relatively close to one another. The smaller of the two mends weighs 12.10g. It has a sub-oval shape measuring 18.4mm x 14.2mm on the smoother larger side. The contraction accounts for c.2.0mm of the total thickness. The smaller rougher side of the mend measures 12.3mm x 11.4mm. The mend has an overall thickness of 9.7mm. None of the ceramic vessel remains. The larger of the two mends weighs 19.51g. The smoother side is sub-circular measuring 19.9mm x 18.8mm. The contraction accounts for 2.4mm of the total thickness. The rougher side is sub-rectangul…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D2DB11
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-square shaped lead object presumed to have been used as a weight. Alternatively this item might possibly have been used as a gaming piece. The artefact weighs 12.92g (0.46oz) and measures 21.4mm x 19.5mm. It has a rectangular cross-section and thickness of 4.6mm. What is assumed to be the reverse surface, is flat and undecorated. The upper surface is flat however it has either moulded, impressed or incised markings. These markings are indistinct and it is uncertain whether they represent an intentional design or not. Each of the sides of this object are indented slightly, the up…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-026965
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A biconical lead weight of uncertain date. The artefact has a length of 24.0mm and weighs 28.92g (1.02oz). The weight has a sub-circular cross-section, with a maximum diameter of 18.2mm. The object tapers in diameter away from this centre girth to c.10.7mm and 9.6mm. No decoration is visible on the external surface of the weight. A sub-oval aperture passes through the centre of this object. It is partially filled with dried mud and this contributes to the recorded weight of the artefact. The presence of this mud prevents description of the walls of the aperture as it passes longitudin…
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-01F521
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of uncertain date. This artefact has an elongated oval shape with sub-oval cross-section and transverse flattened ends. This weight weighs 31.00g (1.09oz) and has a length of 27.6mm. The mid point has a girth of 16.2mm x 14.7mm diameter. This gradually reduces to 9.1mm x 9.5mm at one end and 11.1mm x 8.9mm at the other. Lead is a heavy but soft metal and as a result can change shape under its own weight. The sub-oval cross-section is partially due to a flattened area of damage on one side of the object. This flattened, and possibly scraped, area has a length of c.11.1mm …
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-FFFF53
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of uncertain date. This weight is circular in shape with a diameter of 29.8mm and thickness of 7.8mm. It weighs 48.35g (1.71oz). The two faces of the disc are roughly flat and the circumferential edge is perpendicular to these faces with a slight convex curved profile. No evidence of any decoration is present on this artefact.
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-82286A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of sheet gold from an unidentified artefact of unknown date. This fragment has a weight of 2.29g, it is bent and broken though to what extent is uncertain. The sheet metal has a thickness of 0.4mm, maximum incomplete length of 54.4mm and maximum width of c.15.9mm. The strip of metal varies in width along its length and appears to probably have had a partially curved orientation on the single plane. The metal is bent in all directions and this appears to be the result of damage rather than design. Both ends of the strip have irregular terminals indicative of a break rather t…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: CAM-45BFFA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy artefact in the shape of a disc. This object weighs 22.65g and is sub-circular with diameter measurements varying between 25.0mm and 24.0mm. The thickness also varies from one side of the disc to the other varying between 5.5mm and 4.1mm. The artefact initially appears to be a seal matrix however it does not have any handle or suspension loop and there is no obvious evidence of one ever having been present. The edge of the disc has a smooth convexly curved side part of the way around altering into a stepped edge for the remainder of the circumference. The step …
Created on: Friday 1st February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-86BFAE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy probably of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. This fragment weighs 5.05g. It measures an incomplete width of 21.0mm with an incomplete height of 21.2mm and maximum thickness of 2.2mm. The rim would have turned outwards slightly at the top of the object. The inner edge is smooth and undecorated. The outer surface has a groove the runs parallel to and is set 4.6mm down from the top of the artefact's rim. Use of a rim chart indicates that the edge of the artefact rim would have had a diameter of approximately 70.0mm and that this fragment accounts for just over 9…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-1C9D81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead weight of uncertain date. This artefact weighs 101.98g (c.3.60oz) is hemispherical in shape with a diameter of 38.3mm and depth of 19.1mm. The change in angle between the domed and flat surfaces is gently rounded edge. None of the surfaces show any obvious decoration. However, at the approximate centre of the flat surface there is the remains of an iron component. This component appears to be a very worn break, which is level with the lead surface. This is likely to be the remains of a suspension loop or hook. The original presence of a suspension attachment is suggestive…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: CAM-D0369F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact of unknown date, probably used as a token but possibly as a weight for weighing things. The object is sub-circular in shape measuring 21.7mm x 21.2mm and weighs 11.97g (0.42oz). It has a maximum thickness of 4.4mm. This artefact seems to be unifaced, having one decorated face and one which appears to probably be undecorated. The potentially undecorated surface has subtle concentric circles but this is most likely to be the result of production rather than an intentional design. The edges of the disc are quite irregular but have a generally convex curve. The design o…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-699B19
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of uncertain date. The weight has a sub-rectangular shape with a length of 30.0mm and maximum width of 14.0mm. The artefact has a sub-rectangular cross-section, with rounded edges, and a thickness of 3.9mm. At one end, the top of the object, there is a sub-circular aperture of c.3.8mm diameter set in from the artefact's edge by 2.1mm. This aperture would have been used to suspend the weight, possibly though not conclusively suggesting that the weight may have been used with a steel-yard. The top end of the artefact is rounded and this narrows the object's width to 10.6mm…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-67C1EA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Either a single lead token, struck off centre or more likely, two lead tokens that have been fused together each flan partially off-set from the other. For the sake of this record this/these tokens will be described as two separate but now joined artefacts. The combined weight of the two flans is 5.27g and for each the visible surface is decorated with moulded curvilinear relief lines. The partial inner surfaces of the over-lapping flans have no visible decoration, although it cannot be confirmed whether these tokens were definitely uniface artefacts. One of the tokens has a fla…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-45BBBC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, probably used as a spindle whorl, probably dating from the 13th-15th century AD. This artefact weighs 16.57g (0.58oz) and has a sub-circular shape with diameter axis measurements of 27.5mm x 26.1mm. In profile the object is flat with a thickness of 3.7mm, it has rounded edges and a short flat central expansion above and below. The thickness increases to a maximum of 4.8mm over centrally expanded rims, one on each side of the artefact. One surface, which will be referred to as the reverse or lower surface during this description, is flat and undecorated. Through the a…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-B0DF83
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Jetton of Medieval or Post-Medieval date. Obverse shows an unclear shield. Obverse legend is mostly illegible but is probably fictitious: [...]E[...]V[...]. A rose with central pellet sits within the legend at the left hand corner of the shield. The reverse shows an unclear tressure, probably containing an imperial orb surmounted by a cross. This would make it an Anonymous Nuremberg stock Jetton dating c.AD 1500-1525 (Mitchiner, M. 1988 pp.355-358, nos.897, 992-997). This would mean that the die axis is 8 o'clock. Alternatively the tressure may possibly contain an uncle…
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-886F17
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy anthropomorphic artefact, probably with a lead core due to the weight. This artefact has a rather dark brown with orange mottled colour but use of a strong magnet receives no reaction. Possibly there was an iron component to this object, now missing, or separate object in close proximity to this one.  Height 18.0mm, width 12.6mm, thickness 13.9mm, weight 11.9g (0.42oz). This unidentified object is formed of two human heads, the details (cheeks, nose, mouth, chin and hair) probably moulded. The heads are set back to back and an indistict jo…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-884CA9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified artefact formed in a zoomorphic shape of copper-alloy and iron. Dating is uncertain but probably Roman. This artefact has an incomplete length of 36.5mm, width of 10.5, thickness of 12.5mm and weighs 17.68g. At the terminal end the artefact has an oval cross-section and this has become sub-square at the break. Visually this appears to be made of copper-alloy. The front of the mussle is blunt and vertical. A gap around three sides of the terminal end give the artefact the appearance of the beast having an slightly open mouth. To one side o…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-880CB7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting, strap slide of probable Post-Medieval date. This artefact weighs 7.92g, has a length of 38.7mmm and maximum width of 23.7mm. As described by Williams, D. in PAS record SUR-A30380, this artefact also has a “complex form” “without further decoration”. It has the remains of “a three-sided bar through which the strap would have run”. The external surface, of the main body of the object, is convexly moulded and most of the reverse surface is concave. This gives a stretched ‘C’ shape cross-sec…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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