Record ID: YORYM-CF3C4E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast iron trade weight with copper alloy insertion (or outer layer) of early medieval date, c. 900-1100. This object is an oblate spheroid (flat topped sphere) trade weight with probable Viking association. Weights like this were possibly imported alongside Islamic systems of measurement and appear in excavation contexts in Scandinavia and in England. It consists of an iron core in the shape of a sphere with flattened ends. There is a copper-alloy element in the flatter end of this object, which is possibly an insertion as coins and other objects are sometimes foun…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6E6CD8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavy iron (possibly lead filled) object which may be a Roman steelyard poise. The object is in essence a heavy round globular ball with a protrusion at one end which may have been an integral circular-section suspension loop with a collar. The base is slightly flattened. The object has a seam running around it from top to bottom. The patina of the object is dark black with a silvery sheen. There are large patches of reddish-brown corrosion. The object weighs 347g and measures 56.87mm in height and has a circumference of 45.85mm. Cf Read B, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, P…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cubitt Town', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-41C907
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron sub-circular disc which is probably a weight. There is a central plug which may be copper alloy. The plug is not corroded and the surface is smooth. The edge of the object is corroded and the surfaces are pitted. It is not clear whether there were ever any markings on the surface. The surface of the iron is rough. There is one deep hole near the edge of the disc which is very rusty. It is not clear whether the hole is original or whether it is just a localised area of invasive corrosion. There is a corresponding hole in the same place on the other side which is less corroded. T…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-49CD67
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spherical, cast iron weight, probably of post Medieval or Modern date, about AD 1700 - 1900. There is a thin iron wire suspension loop, now broken. The weight is 52.3mm in diameter and weighs 474gm (1 pound, 0.75 ounces). It may have been intended as a 1lb weight without the corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-690AA0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron object, possibly a weight, of Post Medieval to modern date, AD 1800 - 1950. It is rectangular with a chamfered edge so the top face is smaller than the lower face.  There are circular marks on both faces, but it is difficult to know if these are intentional or a product of corrosion. Dimensions: length 20.5mm, width 12.6mm, height 3.7mm, weight 5.48g. The object is similar to a domino, but is smaller and does not appear to have a central division line. It could be a weight to add mass such as those to adjust a clock.
Created on: Sunday 13th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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Record ID: SUR-ACA468
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spherical steelyard weight. The interior is iron with a copper alloy casing. Below the projecting loop is a prominent collar. The weight is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-334CE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete unusual late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. Measuring 23.3mm diameter and 18.5mm in height with a weight of 40.29g. This weight is made of iron with a copper-alloy casing, patches of corroded iron can now be seen through this casing. The flat ends of the weight appear to have stamped decoration on them consisting of two concentric circles of small circular motifs. There is a trace of someting else within these boarders but what it was is no longer visible due to wear and corroded iron. A very similar weight is illustrated in Biggs (1993, 14). He states tha…
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B137C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete unusual late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. Measuring 21.3mm diameter and 16mm in height with a weight of 32.39g. This weight is made of iron with a copper-alloy casing, patches of corroded iron can now be seen through this casing at one end. One of the flat ends of the weight has stamped decoration on it consisting of a border of small circles, within which there is a swastika motif with pellet terminals. The other flat terminal is obscured by corroded iron but traces of the border and central motif can be seen. A very similar weight is illustrated in Biggs (…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4B1547
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and heavily restored late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. It is biconical in form with flattened top and bottom surfaces. The weight has the remains of an iron core surrounded by a largely incomplete and heavily repaired/restored copper-alloy casing. On the flattened top and bottom surfaces the casing has stamped decoration. This comprises at least two rectilinear motifs formed from parallel transverse grooves from which at either and and at the centre extend short vertical and curvilinear strokes. These motifs appear almost like crowns stacked one above the other, al…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxmundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-580AC2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron core in copper-alloy casing Early Medieval weight, dating to AD 850-1066. It is spherical with two opposite flat faces. One face has a circular sunken line decorated with a series of punched annulets; the opposite flat face might have had the same decoration, but the iron corrosion has burts through the copper-alloy coating and covers large part of the surface. Cf. Rogerson (in EAA 74, 1995, p. 69, fig. 52, no. 136). See a parallel on PAS: NMS-8BB723 Diameter: 24.23 mm Height: 17.83 mm Weight: 40.51 g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.