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Record ID: SF-C70473
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead truncated conical weights or spindle whorls of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date.  Objects such as these were used for a long period of time for a variety of functions with little change in form. They may be crude spindle whorls, but seem more likely to be weights are are too irregular in shape. 1. Diameter: 19.77mm, thickness: 11.53mm, weight: 16.07g (diameter of central hole: c.7.35mm) 2. Diameter: 16.38mm, thickness: 10.22mm, weight: 11.37g  (diameter of central hole: c.7.2mm)
Created on: Friday 16th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B1BCE1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of uncertain date. It is plano-convex in shape with a convex upper surface and a flat base. It is sub circular in shape with an off-centre circular hole. It has an internal diameter of 8.62mm. The whorl measures 30.46 mm in diameter and is 8.69 mm thick. It weighs 41.49g. It has a light gray/white patina.  Objects such as these were used for a long period of time for a variety of functions with little change in form. It is regular enough in shape to suggest that it may have been used as a sp…
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-526F2B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to post-medieval lead spindle whorl. It has a flat base and convex upper surface. There is a central circular hole, 8.89mm in diameter. There scratches, marks and a raised pellet on the curved upper surface, although these do not appear to form a distinct pattern. The metal survives in good condition. Undecorated spindle whorls were in use from the Roman to post-medieval period. The small diameter of the hole may indicate a date towards the earlier of this chronology. Diameter: 32.06mm, thickness: 10.40mm, weight: 48.26g
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham Bulbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0EAE46
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete discoidal lead weight of possible Roman to post-medieval date. Both faces are decorated with stamped circles in an irregular arrangement and there is an off-centre hole running from one face to the other. Weights of this form were in use for a long period of time, from the Roman to post-medieval periods with little variation in form.Tthey are difficult to date more closely when the form and decoration off few clues about date. Length: 28.63mm, width: 26.77mm, thickness: 7.02mm, weight: 35.24g
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-5A146C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of uncertain date. The object is disc-shaped and perforated with a small off-centre hole. It could possibly have been used as a spindle whorl, but seems too irregularly shaped to have functioned correctly. Because the object lacks diagnostic features it could easily date from the Roman to post-medieval period. Diameter: 33.36mm, diameter of central hole: 11.17mm, thickness: 7.21mm, weight: 51.60g
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickhambrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-50DCE3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of uncertain date. The object is formed from a sheet of lead rolled into a narrow tube leaving a seam down one side and a narrow hole through the centre. Objects such as these were in use for a long period and as such are difficult to date closely without a secure archaeological context. Length: 33.97mm, width: 12.11mm, thickness: 9.50mm, weight: 16.71g
Created on: Monday 30th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alpheton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E1AFF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete lead Iron Age to Post-Medieval biconical spindle whorl. It is formed from two flattened, truncated cones, joined at the base with a narrow circular hole (c.6mm) through the centre (Walton-Rogers Type B3). The surface is worn, whitish grey in colour and pitted in places. Undecorated spindle whorls of this form were in use from the Iron Age well into the post-medieval period with little change in form and are therefore difficult to date precisely. Walton-Rogers (2007, 24-5) suggests that bi-conical whorls with narrow central holes (
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-123A5F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead standing weight of uncertain probable Roman to post-medieval date. It is an irregular truncated conical shape with a small circular hole through the centre. Length: 19.9mm, width at base: 27.9mm, weight: 62.8g
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold cum Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A3B20B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead ovoid or 'egg-shaped' standing weight of uncertain date. It is very roughly egg-shaped, but with a flat base to allow it to be free-standing. A narrow circular hole runs longitudinally through the centre where a lost suspension rod and loop may once of passed. It weights 139.5g or just under 5oz. Such weights were in use for a long period with few changes in form and as such this may be of Roman to post-medieval date. Length: 32.11mm, diameter: 29.61mm, weight: 139.5g
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-52BACA
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead bead or weight of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date. It is cylindrical in shape with a misshapen circular hole through the centre. External diameter: 14.99mm, thickness: 8.71mm, weight: 6.66g
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FA506B
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to post-medieval die. It is cuboid in shape with incised dots on each face. The dots have a regular layout (opposite sides all totally seven) in a Winchester Type Aii arrangement (see Biddle 1990, fig.191), which Biddle (ibid., Table 83) suggests was in use from the Roman to post-medieval periods. Dimensions: 10.76mm x 11.40mm x 11.01mm, weight: 10.21g
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-172DA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to post-medieval lead spindle whorl. It has a flat base and convex upper surface. There are transverse scratches on the curved upper surface, although these do not appear to form letters or any distinct pattern. The metal survives in good condition. Undecorated spindle whorls were in use from the Roman to post-medieval period. The small diameter of the hole may indicate a date towards the earlier of this chronology. Diameter: 31.70mm, thickness: 6.37mm, weight: 38.63g
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-302ABA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead and iron standing weight of uncertain date. It is conical in shape with a small, damaged iron suspension loop protruding from the apex and a round flat base. Simple weights like this one were used from the Roman to post-medieval periods and as such are difficult to date precisely. Diameter at base: 20.17mm, length: 24.11mm, weight: 29.61g
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4F9786
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of uncertain date. The object is roughly conical and perforated with a wide hole in the centre. This hole appears slightly worn at one side suggesting that the object was suspended at some point. It could possibly have been used as a spindle whorl, but seems too irregularly shaped to have functioned correctly. Because the object lacks diagnostic features it could easily date from the Roman to Modern period. Length: 24.84mm, width: 24.37mm, thickness: 7.91mm, weight: 19.63g
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D36A35
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead hanging weight of probable medieval to post-medieval date. The object is rectangular both in shape and cross-section. There is a small square hole through one end and a wheel-like design has been incised on one face. The surface of the metal is corroded and there is damage in places around the sides. Simple weights like these were in use for a long period of time and as such only a broad Roman to post-medieval date range can be suggested. Length: 48.54mm, width: 48.47mm, thickness: 10.21mm, weight: 221.07g
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9D86AA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy disc shaped weight or gaming piece of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date. There is no additional decoration on either surface. The metal is heavily corroded. Diameter: 16.22mm, thickness: 3.99mm, weight: 6.46g
Created on: Monday 15th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-1CA0F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of uncertain date. It is disc-shaped with a rounded upper surface and a flat reverse. There is a slght raised ridge in the centre of the outer face, but it otherwise lacks diagnostic features. The surface of the metal is worn and corroded. Simple weights like this were used from the Roman period onwards and as such are difficult to date precisely when not recovered from a dated archaeological context. Diameter: 21.08mm, thickness: 10.00mm, weight: 27.66g
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-177E85
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead bell-shaped object, possibly a weight of uncertain Roman to post-medieval date range. The object is of simple straight-sided shape with a small circular suspension loop extending from the upper end. Both sides have been crushed together. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. Because the object is made from lead it is unlikely to have actually functioned as a bell. Although lead bells were produced in the medieval period at Canterbury as pilgrim souvenirs (e.g. LON-806D1C, KENT-EC8680, LON-C82858 and LEIC-6F1903) the patina and crude form of this example may …
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B4375C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight and token/weight of probable medieval or post-medieval date, found in the same location. The weight is discoidal with a mishapen, crude hole through its centre. Diameter: 17.79mm, thickness: 14.46mm, weight: 12.94g The token/weight is discoidal, flat and undecorated. Diameter: 15.50mm, thickness: 1.81mm, weight: 3.46g Objects like these were use across a long period of time and therefore ar difficult to date precisely when there are few diagnostic features.
Created on: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B2B0C9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead standing weight of uncertain date. It is conical in shape with a small, damaged suspension loop at the apex and a round flat base. Simple weights like this one were used from the Roman to post-medieval periods and as such are difficult to date precisely. Length: 31.14mm, diameter at base: 19.42mm, weight: 49.20g
Created on: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.