Record ID: SWYOR-698B46
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat and rectangular piece of lead which may be a weight. The object is 29.1mm long, 22.3mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It has a thick white patina which is chipped at the edges and it does not seem to be decorated or marked at all. It weighs 22.6g. Lead weighs are notoriously difficult to date and are very imperfectly understood currently.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F9867
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is discoid with a large central circular hole. The whorl has a diameter of 27.5mm and is 8.1mm thick. It weighs 37g. It has a creamy yellow patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 1993, “Norwich Households: Medie…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FABC4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is squashed and damaged. It is oval in plan though it may originally have been circular, and it has a large oval hole in the centre. It is a rounded triangular shape in section. The top of the whorl is domed, but the base, which would have been flat, is rough and damaged, pushed out of shape. The whorl is 29.6mm long, 22.5mm wide and 10.4mm thick. It weighs 27.2g. It has a creamy yellow patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in Lo…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FDC73
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which has a flat base and a slightly domed top. It has a central circular hole. It has a diameter of 30.6mm and is 6.9mm thick. It weighs 30g. It is undecorated and has a creamy yellow patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Marge…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FE9F5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is discoidal with a large central circular hole. It is rectangular in section, but one edge is chipped. It has a diameter of 24.7mm and is 5mm thick. It weighs 15.6g. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 1993, “Norwic…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3FF7F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is an irregular oval in plan. It has a circular hole which is not central. The base is flat and the top is slightly domed. It is 22.5mm long, 19.9mm wide and 6mm thick. It weighs 11.4g. It has a creamy white patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a cen…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-400768
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl which is sub-cylindrical with a tapered central hole. The edges of the hole are rounded and the sides of the whorl are almost flat. It has a diameter of 13.9mm and is 11mm thick. It weighs 11.8g. It has a creamy white patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-2B8912
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy perforated weight. The weight is 17.6mm long, 15.8mm wide and 16.4mm thick. It weighs 22.01g, or 0.8oz. It is oval in shape, with its perforation running through it vertically. The weight has a creamy white patina remaining on the inside, with the outside a pale blue/grey. Helen Geake writes: "It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." Lead weights are very imperfectly underst…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-2B9B55
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy perforated weight. The weight is 17.4mm in diameter and 17.2mm thick. It weighs 24.90g, or 0.9oz. It is spherical in shape, with a perforation running through it. The weight has a creamy white patina remaining on the inside of the perforation, with the outside a pale blue/grey. Helen Geake writes: "It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." Lead weights are very imperfectly un…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-517B43
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-spherical lead alloy weight, with a hole through the long axis. It is of uncertain date. It is probably a net weight or fishing weight. It is 17mm long and 15.7mm in diameter. It weighs 21.41gm. For reference see BERK-EAD156 or SUSS-FE5867on the PAS database.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-412E75
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of uncertain date. The whorl is circular with a central hole that goes all the way through the object, and nearly straight sides. It is white in colour and has brown patches on it. It has a diameter of 20.30mm, thickness 6.04mm and a weight of 23.10g. A similar example is LEIC-8402A3. Whorls of this basic design were in use from the Iron Age onwards (Rogers, 2007, Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England, p 25), but are usually impossible to date.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-4180C1
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of copper alloy casting waste of unknown date. It has a mid green/brown patina. It has a length of 36.26mm, width 13.62mm, thickness 4.77mm, weight 9.83g. Though not datable, this is interesting evidence of metalworking.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
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Record ID: DENO-D8126E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short strip of lead, with either IX or XI scratched on to one surface. A section has been folded back on to itself, so that it now measures 51.8mm. Unfolded, the strip would have been approximately 71.8 mm in length. The strip measures 14.9 mm wide and 1.0 mm thick. The whole piece has an even, white patination over both surfaces.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-1312A5
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of flint debitage of Mesolithic to Bronze Age date (9000 BC - 1000 BC). There is one secondary flake, and two tertiary flakes. One is patinated to white.
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B86319
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly hexagonal cast lead object, possibly a weight of uncertain date, AD 43 - 1700. The sub-circular object has a flat base and a slightly angled top. There is a central perforation, 4.3mm diameter at the top and 7.3mm diameter at the base. It has a white patina. Length: 21.58mm Height: 13.81mm Width: 19.79mm Weight: 33.8g The object does not fit obviously into any system of weight measurement, unless it had a heavy loop that added 20g to the mass to make it an ounce weight. It could also e a damaged spindle whorl, of Walton Rogers Form B1, having two flat faces o…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Sunday 20th June 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-4DBEE9
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of flint debitage of unknown date, Mesolithic to Bronze Age date, about 9000 BC - 1000 BC. It is a secondary chunk of mottled yellow grey unpatinated flint, with cortex surviving on two faces. It is roughly triangular in plan with removals struck from different angles. It is 22.7mm long, 27.7mm wide and 18.5mm thick. 16.5g.
Created on: Friday 17th September 2021
Last updated: Sunday 26th September 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-3DB3F2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object appears to be a natural ironstone nodule. The original description on the record is as follows: An unidentified and possibly natural object of unknown date. The material does not appear to be corroded, and weighs less than expected. It may be stone. It is oval in plan, unevenly domed on one face and concave on the other. Across the concavity is a raised band of rougher finish. Two holes have been bored into the domed face opposite each other, but shining light down the holes suggests that they do not join. The holes are not perfectly circular, suggesting they were not…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B5DC7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of unknown date. The object is sub circular in plan and sub rectangular in cross section. The top of the whorl slopes and has a deep gouge at one edge, demarcated by creamy brown and grey patinas; one side is shallower than the other. The central perforation has an internal diameter of 7.5mm; slight wear may be seen on the wall of the perforation, showing up as a creamy brown patina. The whorl has a creamy white patina. Spindle whorls were used from the Iron Age onwards are are very difficult to date. Thickness: 9.4mm; Diameter: 20mm; Weight: 18.92g
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ABAE2B
Object type: CARVED STONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two joining pieces of carved sandstone that form a humanoid face, of unknown date, possibly Iron Age to Medieval, 800 BC - AD 1500. There are also 5 additional chips of the same stone which may also be associated, but which do not display any working and do not appear to have any finished surfaces. The head has a flat face, and an uneven but mainly flat reverse, with straight sides, making it rectangular in cross-section. The lower face is missing owing to the stone being broken, and the face is broken into two pieces down the left side of the nose (as viewed). The break is weat…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-6967A3
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy steelyard weight which may be from the Roman period. The weight is sub-spherical, with a flattened base and a slightly pointed top. An iron loop projects from the top. It is 50mm long, and 47.4mm in diameter. The surface of the weight is pitted. It is mid-grey in colour, with patches of white corrosion, but the appearance has been altered by cleaning and varnishing. The weight has a mass of 531g which is roughly equivalent to one and a half Roman pounds.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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