Record ID: SWYOR-47BF2B
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead inscribed object, perhaps a tag or label, of unknown date, AD43 - 1900. It consists of an irregular sub-rectangular strip of lead. It is broken at one end and at the other end, once corner is angled, and the other is concave, tapering to an off-centre complete narrow projecting end. There are faint inscribed letters in Roman style upper case script, possibly "MM", "WW", or a series of Vs, on one face, between faintly inscribed guide lines. The measurements of the object are; length 31.8mm, width 19.1mm, thickness 4.2mm, and weigh…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-71F03C
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of inscribed copper alloy of post Medieval to Modern date, AD 1700 - 1900. The sheet of metal is sub rectangular, tapering to a point at one end and broken at the other. One face is inscribed with the numeral 2 in a florid style, and possible a 1 or I after it, in the pointed part of the plaque. The lower edge is also marks with regularly spaced incised lines, perhaps suggesting a use in measuring. The reverse appears to be plain. Length: 28.2mm Width: 16.05mm Thickness: 1.36mm Weight: 2.07g
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-230DE2
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead badges or inscribed plaques, of late Post Medieval date, about AD 1800 - 1930, probably both from the 1890s. Each badge is a circular disc. 1. Four attachment holes at four equally spaced places round the edge. One face is inscribed with individually stamped uppercase Roman seriffed lettering: CAPTAIN / OF / NEW / DELIGHT / 189(1). 49mm diameter, 3.5mm thick. 55.2g. 2. Two attachment holes at opposite places near the edge. One face is inscribed with individually stamped uppercase Roman seriffed lettering: NEW / DELIGHT. 49.2mm diameter, 2.9mm thick. 54.3g. Thes…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Menston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F4426B
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy discoid fragment of an inscribed object, now in two pieces and of Post Medieval date, AD 1700 - 1900. In plan, the object appears to have been circular, but only about three fifths survives. There is an irregular jagged break dividing the piece into two pieces. Opposite the curved outer edge, the broken edge is concave giving the piece an appearance of a crescent moon when both pieces are together. The object is worn with an overall dark brown patina. Across the centre are inscribed the letters LE[...], possibly part of a name. The next letter may be a…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-5F18D0
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment of flat inscribed lead dating from about AD 1700 - 1970. The inscription reads [...] ATKIN[...] / [...](UN)[...]. The letters are incised and filled with red paint. They are uppercase and in a seriffed Roman font. The illegible first letter may be the initial or end of the first name of the individual, with the surname being Atkins or Atkinson.There is a second row of writing but it is illegible. This could be an address or name of a farm. The top line is slightly arched. All the edges of the lead plaque are broken. Measurements are; length 37.5mm, width 51.9mm,…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2022
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Record ID: WMID-667C9E
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete piece of lead alloy metal with an engraved inscription, of probable Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1700). The piece of lead alloy metal is sub oval in shape and probably was part of the waste produced during casting. One side is flat and the other rounded as if a cooled droplet of water. The rounded side bears four engraved initials E/F P HP with the initial I beneath. On the reverse flat side, are two more carved capital letter I. It measures 21.3 mm in length, 34.0 mm wide and 3.9 mm thick. It weighs 18.3 g. The inscribed object is a dark grey colour, with an even …
Created on: Friday 11th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-BBC400
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of sub-rectangular lead sheet inscribed with runes. There are two clear rows of runes, one above the other, each bordered above and below by a groove similar to those making up the runes. There are small gaps between the rows; each gap is about half the height of the runes. The central line is the clearest, with at least seven readable runes, most contained within  rectangular panels, so divided from each other by pairs of vertical lines. The upper line has about five readable runes. There is space for part of a lower, third line in the acute-angled corner…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D0945
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead inscribed object, perhaps a tag or label, of Post-Medieval or modern date, AD1750 - 1950. It consists of a sub-rectangular strip of lead or lead alloy or white metal, slightly curved, broken at one end and tapering slightly towards the other end which has rounded corners. At the outer, broken end are faint inscribed letters in an italic script, possibly reading Green. There is a dark greenish-grey patina and both sides are speckled with small spots of a thin, white concretion. This is particularly on the side with the lettering; it is much less prevalent on the other side. The …
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Sunday 9th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-03A9C3
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead mount, plaque, label or other inscribed object probably dating from AD 1700 - 1950. It is a rectangular strip of lead stamped with the words "MAGNA / CHARTA" on one face. The letter are in a Roman seriffed style and in clock capitals. They are at different heights, suggesting each letter was stamped separately. The words are positioned at the right hand end of the strip, with a circular hole perforating the left-hand end. Length = 47mm, Width = 21.0mm, Thickness 3.mm, Hole diameter = 3.8mm and Weight = 19.4g. The lead is patinated and has stress marks, suggesting it was bent at…
Created on: Monday 3rd May 2021
Last updated: Monday 3rd May 2021
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Record ID: WAW-35333E
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead sheet dating to the late Medieval to early Post Medieval period (c. AD 1400-1600). The object is sub-square in plan and flat on both faces. Across both faces are a series of inscribed letters of varying size and order. The name Edward can be clearly read across the bottom half of one face, with two horizontal lines inscribed underneath and one line through the entirety of the name. The object's edges have been cut irregularly and it has a light grey patina. The sheet is likely a practice piece for inscribing or engraving letters. Owing to the style of the lette…
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aynho', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-634A9A
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub rectangular, sandstone rock with ogham script inscribed down three of the four sides. The front and back sides are smooth. The rock is a dark grey colour and likely to be a shist type rock (metamorphic mudstone/shale). The incisions appear to have been done in a single action, not repeated. It measures 110 mm in length, 38 mm wide and 19 mm thick. It weighs 139 g. Katherine Forsyth (University of Glasgow) has confirmed that the markings are those of an ogham inscription. The script is that of an early style, most likely 5th to 6th Century but possibly as early as 4th Century. T…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-C2E9A6
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead fragment bearing a moulded inscription. Cast fragment of a small plate of thickness 1.3mm with its sides converging to a curved top with an off-centre longitudinal ridge on the back which aligns with a small projecting apical tab. The lower edge is broken cleanly, probably in antiquity. The display face bears moulded Roman numerals: XVII / XVIIII. Patinated overall. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410. Length: 14.9mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness (maximum, at ridge): 1.9mm, Weight: 1.98gms
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-99B7F0
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lead inscribed object: ovoid lump with very uneven, probably molten, reverse and flat front on which is engraved the image of a sailing ship, its upswept stern to the right, with straight but obliquely set prow to the left, mast, sail, rigging, and a row of shields along the bulwark. Clinker building is suggested by longitudinal lines on the hull. The vessel appears to be Roman and certainly does not resemble any post-Roman type of ship. 65.5 x 43.5mm. Thickness 18mm. Weight 279g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 28th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 29th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-63179C
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Distorted Middle Saxon to Late Saxon lead plaque with runic inscription, rectangular with one rounded corner near which is a circular perforation. Dimensions; 29mm x 24mm x 1.2mm. Weight 7.73g. Hole diameter 4mm. The first character of the inscription appears to be missing but the sequence looks to read dwerg 'dwarf' and the plaque may have been intended as a charm against fever or some other disease. Mid 8th - 11th century AD. We are indebted to Dr Gaby Waxenberger of the Department of English and American Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and to Professor John Hin…
Created on: Friday 13th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-DCE3EE
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a printer's block of late 19th century date. The fragment has been identified by the finder as being part of an advertisement for a book on the History of Protestantism. The advertisement appears in a newspaper dated 1874.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
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Record ID: CORN-E8C291
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate fragment inscribed with markings which form letters of the ogam script which was an alphabetical script used for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish from about the 6th to the 10th century AD. The alphabet consisted of 20 characters of this script, each consisting of strokes for consonants and of notches for vowels cut across a central line on a stone or piece of wood. The material is local Devonian slate or 'killas'. Some of the original face of the upper surface has since flaked off but, on the comparatively smooth remaining part, there are various lines which are cle…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2014
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-141E15
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval copper alloy object carrying a black-letter, inscription. Of thick sheet, it is rectangular but with two narrowing steps in one long edge at both ends, both of which are broken. Near this same long edge there is a single attachment hole.The whole object has been unevenly folded widthways. The inscribed surface is badly abraded and some of the lowest parts of the quite lightly incised letters have been lost. The inscription contains no upper case letters: e m s probable filler in the form of a flower o n c....at least one illegible character. …
Created on: Friday 19th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Record ID: NMS-487FB5
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 non-joining fragments of an inscribed object, lead strip with an inscription in relief, the larger fragment (>15 x 24mm) reads: ]...R...[ and the other (>10 x 24mm) is uncertain.
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-252841
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed lead tag, probably a label for a plant or plant product. The object is a flat trapezoidal sheet of lead broken at the narrow end, where it may have been attached to something. The object has been both stamped and scratched with lettering, probably suggestive of re-use. The stamped lettering has been so deeply impressed that some areas of the tag have been lost. In addition there is a central portion of the tag missing. On one side the stamped lettering reads BLA[.]K / PA[.]E. Between these rows and slightly overlapping them is the incised word BVRG[.]MOT, probably bergamot…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Linford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-159318
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roughly square fragment of lead sheet which has been inscribed on both sides. It may also have been folded in half and the bottom edge is less well finished. One side is inscribed with rows of lettering consisting mostly of the repeated initials S.F.G in rows and with the numerals 1, 2, and possibly 6 or 0 below. There are two more deeply impressed lines at the right edge of this side. The other side is similarly inscribed with rows of initials as above and possibly also D (S.F.G.D.). Around these letters a large letter I has been more deeply impressed three times.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tower foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.