Record ID: LVPL-BA28C6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy spindle-whorl, coated in a layer of whitish lead corrosion products. Spindle whorls are a spinning technology used to ensure a consistent rate of turn in a thread, whcih makes in more even and helps in the manufacture of textiles. This particular whorl is worn and shows only suggestions of what could once possibly have been the linear decorative markings typical of lead examples of the type.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B96757
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy blank for a personal seal matrix dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1300. It is circular in plan, with a projecting unpierced lug and coincident midrib visible on its upper face. The underside has not been modified in any way and remains plain, with no evidence of any inscription visible. Preserved in good condition with an even light brownish patina, it measures 30.26mm in diameter, 6.75mm thick at the projecting lug, 2.74mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 19.64g. This is an unfinished blank for a seal matrix. Numerous other examples have been rec…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B7BB0D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy token dating to the Post-Medieval period, probably c. 1700-1800. The token is uniface, its upper surface depicting the design of two crossed arrows flanked on each side by a single pellet. The reverse is plain and featureless. Preserved in fair condition with a light brownish patina, it measures 24.01mm in diameter, 2.09mm thick at its midpoint and weighs 7.07g. Lead tokens were utilised widely in the later Medieval and Post-Medieval periods for a variety of functions. Some appear to have been used as local currency, others as tallies for agricultural wor…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nowton', grid reference and parish protected.