Record ID: IOW-3D7855
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy rod in the form of a pencil, probably of Medieval to post-Medieval date (c. 1200 - c. 1850). This object is circular in cross-section with a tapering point at one end and is longitudinally faceted in places. The opposite end has a roughly 'V'-shaped indentation and there is an oblique gouge on the rod. Both features are probably not intentional. The object has an even grey patina. Length: 40.6mm; maximum diameter: 7.6mm. Weight: 16.23g. Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really unders…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3D528B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two- or four-disc post-medieval (c.1600-1700) lead cloth seal for alnage/ subsidy. It consists of disc one only, rather oval in shape with the rivet to the reverse squashed to one side. The cloth seal depicts a crowned rose with the letters L S to either side and the remains of an inscription around the edge, reading from right to left [....]HOP or [....]HOF The rivet to the reverse is stamped with the remainder of the letters AB or perhaps AR or AP. The object measures 14.7mm in length, 10.5mm in max.width, 3.4mm in max.thickness and weighs 2.49g.The dimensions of the…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bentley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-397DC7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead ampulla, the neck and both handles being missing, though the stump of one remains at the left of the severed neck. The surface of the object is covered in a layer of powdery lead corrosion. The front is moulded in a series of curvilinear rays giving the impression of a bivalve shell, possibly a scallop, which is often a symbol asssociated with connections to St James of Compostela. The reverse is scratched and pitted and any deliberate marking is obfuscated, but it is possible the back was plain. The design is similar to PUBLIC-B3E28A and NMGW-600111
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-37EB89
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. The mangled and partly melted relict of a bag seal, bearing traces of two or three lines of stamped text on one side. What remains appears as: [--]?N / [--]ROS[-] / [-]VI[-] - though this is emphatically an impression rather than a reading. Linear marks on the other side may be imprints from coarsely woven sacking. The size of characters and their arrangement may points to a customs seal from the Russian end of the Baltic trade, providing hemp and other agricultural commodities. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1812-1848. Diameter: 23.8mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 11.56gms
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.