Record ID: HESH-1D8114
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eardisland History and Heritage Group Eardisland Excavation 2000-2010 Site Summary: Finds were made during the excavation of a mound in the grounds adjacent to the dwelling: Burton Court Eardisland. The trench in which the majority of artefacts were found measured 5 metres by 3 metres. The stratified assemblage of pottery is of regional importance being especially well preserved and evidence for a domestic non-castle medieval site dating from the twelfth to early thirteenth centuries (1100-1250) Site number:BC 01 Context number: 107 A Medieval bone gaming piece with dec…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
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Record ID: HESH-C4B6F3
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gaming counter formed from fired pipe clay of probable later post medieval date (1650 - 1800). The counter has an off white / buff coloured fabric with sparse mica inclusions. The exterior surfaces are burnished although it has suffered significant abrasion / lamination. The exterior surfaces are plain and undecorated. Direct parallels have not been found but these form of counter / gaming piece, are relatively common from the late 17th into the 18th and 19th centuries. Two similar counters have been previously recorded from the same field see record HESH-986654. The counter meas…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lugwardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-986654
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two gaming counter formed from fired pipe clay of probable later post medieval date (1650 - 1800). Both counters have similar fabrics being an off white / buff colour with sparse mica inclusions. Both examples have a burnished surface although one has suffered significant abrasion / lamination. Both seem to be plain and undecorated, the damaged example may have had spots of glaze applied on one surface and there is a slight indication of the use of an annulet punch to decorate the outer edge. Direct parallels have not been found but these form of counter / gaming piece, are relatively…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lugwardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-5792F7
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Glass gaming counter of probable Roman date (50-400 AD). The counter is circular in plan and D shaped in cross section. The edges of the counter are faceted and the reverse face is flat. It measures 20.1mm diameter and is 5.6mm thick; it weighs 3.17 grams. The overall colour of the counter is a dark opaque blue; however the upper face has two turquoise irregular spots and a much smaller yellow one. These spots are caused by inclusions in the glass and maybe deliberate or caused by happenstance. A direct parallel has not been found but due to other material recorded from this site a…
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2009
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Under Penyard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-6AC764
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fired earthenware pottery gaming piece. The date is uncertain due to the unstratified nature of the piece but its date is likely to fall in either the medieval or post medieval periods (1200-1700). The gaming piece is sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile. It is undecorated but there is a distinct ridge / rim around the upper edge creating a circular recessed centre. The gaming piece measures 19.7mm in diameter, is 7.3mm thick and weighs 3.43 grams. The outer surface is a mid grey black colour and where it has been abraded in the soil a mid orange purple coloured fab…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
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Record ID: HESH-CDB055
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy gaming piece (gaming counter) or spindle whorl of probable Roman – Medieval date (100-1500 AD). The gaming piece is sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 22mm length, 22.4mm width, and it is 5.5mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the gaming piece and this is set centrally. The diameter of the hole measures 8.6mm. The gaming piece weighs 16.4 grams. Both sides of the gaming piece have been decorated with a series of incised ring and dot decoration. This decoration consists of five ring and dot motifs arranged i…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herefordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F05325
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead die probably dating to medieval period. The die is not a perfect cube and is fairly worn, especially on the corners. The six faces of the die have numbers punched into them in arrangements of dots like modern examples. On two opposing faces there is a large circular central perforation, it is unclear as to whether this goes all the way through the die but it would seem likely that this is the case and the hole has filled up after deposition. This larger perforation forms the central dot for the number five face of the die but forms an addition in the centre of the opposing sid…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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