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Record ID: NLM-A0BAAB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs joined by sprue which have been clenched together. The larger disc bears the Roman numeral XII. This may indicate a cloth of 12 yards length, or may indicate the weight of a cloth. There are no other indications that the seal represents official inspection. The use of Roman numerals to denote length or weight is known from seals of later 16th to 17th-century date (Egan, G. et al, 1994; Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, London, [British Museum] Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities Occasional Paper no. 93, page 89). …
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-A0C625
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears the stamped legend: [--]TTING & SONS / LONDON. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1920.
Diameter: 17.1mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 4.34gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-E0971D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight: a flat discoid weight with a central depression on one side occupied by a pair of stitching of diameter c.2mm. Bent and possibly clipped, patinated. This object is smaller than most hem weights seen by this reporter; it may have been trimmed to this size. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 22mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 9.75gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-78DD3E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight. A flat discoid weight with a pair of central stitching holes of diameter 2.5mm; on one side these are set within a slight depression; probably homemade. Heavily patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 25.9mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 14.00gms.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: NLM-AB776E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead palm guard or sailmaker's glove, as kindly suggested by the finder. Cast sub-rectangular object, of plano-convex section and with markedly indented sides. Both sides are pitted, the flat side more extensively. Lightly patinated overall. The convex face nestles in the palm with the concave sides fitting against the base of the thumb. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Length: 50.6mm, Width: 50.8mm, Thickness: 9.0mm, Weight: 135.93gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-8B3BD6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast sub-cylindrical weight with a central moulded aperture of diameter 5.9mm. The diameter is slightly expanded towards the flat ends, though subsequently knife trimmed where this was more marked. A low groove crosses one flat end, passing over the position of the aperture; subsequently patinated. The form approaches that of bobbin or cotton reel-shaped lead weights of uncertain purpose but probably Roman date, as, for example, recorded by David Haldenby from a Roman site at Newbald Lodge, East Riding of Yorkshire, and also reported elsewhere in northern Lincolnshire. Th…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-DBF92C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast oval weight of round section with a longitudinally moulded hole of diameter 6.5mm; patinated. The form is common for modern fishing weights, particularly those used in coastal waters; either singly on a line, or in series along the selvedge of a net. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950.
Length: 27.6mm, Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 38.67gms
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.
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