Record ID: BERK-0605B4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy spindle whorl of probable Early-medieval date. The spindle whorl is plano-convex with a rising to a flat-topped peak, through which is the central perforation (8.2mm diameter) that extends right through the object. The sides of the whorl are decorated with sets of vertical lines; unusually the underside of the spindle whorl is also decorated, with four lines set equidistant around the base. While spindle whorls are hard to date out of context, similar whorls are discussed in Walton Rogers (2007). She suggests that this shape and central holes of a diameter of 6-9…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th June 2014
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Record ID: GLO-05B402
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead papal bulla fragment of Pope Urban V (AD 1362-1370). The object would have been circular in plan but is now broken in two along the line where the cords pass through the centre from top to bottom. On the face is the truncated inscription UR/AN/ PP which would have originally read URB/ANUS/PP V (The 'PP' stands for 'pastor pastorum' which translates as 'shepherd of the shepherds'). The other side depicts the busts of Saints Peter and Paul within drop-shaped pelleted borders, but only the right bust remains. Above the bust is SPE, the abbreviation for St Peter.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-029E85
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy toy cannon, 50.55 in length. The wieght of 16.45g includes soil. The cannon has two projecting integral trunnions and the firing hole is within the cascabel.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-028AF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy composite disc brooch of probable Roman date. The brooch has a thin sheet of lead or tin alloy with a recessed concentric band of roulette-like decoration around a raised central circular field and a raised outer field and rim. There is no other decoration. This thin sheet has been applied to the lead alloy backing, the reverse of which has the remains of a raised lug or catch - its form is hard to interpret. No close parallel has been found, although it does bear some decorative similarities with Roman disc brooches, and applied disc brooches of this period are known …
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-02250C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip (now missing) and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The upper surface of the seal is stamped with the image of a crowned rose and the reverse bears the Roman numerals XXV(upside down)II. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 18.5mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick and weighs 3.1g. Crowned rose devises such as this frequently bear the initials of the ruling monarch at their time of issue to either side. While traces of initials to the r…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-01BFFA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The upper surface of the seal is stamped with the letters IW//.M. while the reverse appears undecorated. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 21.4mm long with integral strip, 15.6mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 3.9g. Lead cloth and bale seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries and were part of a system of regulation and qual…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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