Record ID: LANCUM-62DB81
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ball, possibly shot, dating to the post-medieval period (c. 1600 - 1800 AD). The object is largely spherical but is slightly misshapen. A rectangular flap at one end has separated slightly from the body of the object, possibly as a result of impact. A thin lead strip runs around the circumference of the ball. Two further thin lead strips cross the two halves of the object. The object has a cream-coloured patina. It is 18.34mm in diameter and weighs 32g. While this object is a similar size and weight to musket shot, no parallels have been found to the crossed lead strips on thi…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6270E4
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large lead steelyard weight of probable Roman date (c. 43 - 410 AD). The weight is biconical and irregular in shape. There is a hollow section at the top of the weight where an iron hook originally would have extended; this is now missing. The object has a rough, cream-coloured patina. It is 38.46mm in length and 34.69mm in width. It weighs 202g. There are many similar examples of this type of object recorded on the database, including: BH-B61A58, SWYOR-B7F132, IC-5CC982 and BERK-FCBDE7. Although lead weights are difficult to date precisely without archaeological context, this type…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-5F0354
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead gaming piece or weight of uncertain date within the period c. 43 - 1500 AD. The object is circular with a flat bottom face and convex, decorative upper face. Raised lines extend from a central dome to the outer edge of the upper face; interspersed between these are raised circles. The sections between the transverse lines are also slightly domed. The object has a cream-coloured patina. A large section of the central dome on the upper face is chipped. Otherwise the object survives in good condition. The object is 25.88mm in diameter, 6.59mm in thickness and weighs 19g. The over…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-5E3EB3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead biconical spindle whorl of medieval date (c. 1200 - 1500 AD). The spindle whorl is circular in plan and triangular in section, with sides that slope to a point and a central, circular perforation. Overall, the object is very regular in form. One face is decorated with a raised pattern of lines running transversely across the face, interspersed with sets of three dots in all but one section; the remaining section contains two wide horizontal lines which taper to a point where they meet the transverse lines. The other face is decorated with a similar raised pattern, consisting of f…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5E3EBA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leaden token dating from the medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1500. It is circular and both sides carry a moulded design in a shallow cartouche. On one side is a female bust facing right, on the other side is a flower with four petals. The token has a light grey patina. It is 28mm in diameter and 5.5mm thick. It weighs 23.12gm. Tokens of similar design, though mostly uniface, are recorded on the database: see for example records HAMP-CD2267, SWYOR-EBF168 and SUR-7E72F8.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-5E0386
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead biconical spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date (c. 1200 - 1600 AD). The spindle whorl is circular in plan and triangular in section, with sides that slope to a point and a central, circular perforation. Overall, the object is very regular in form. One face is decorated with a raised pattern of lines running transversely across the face, interspersed with irregularly positioned dots. The other face is decorated with a raised pattern of transverse lines, with a further, horizontal line running around the face, centrally on one side but towards the outer edge on the other…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5D638A
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead nail, probably of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1800, It has a flat, circular head and a shaft which is of circular section in the upper part and becomes rectangular as it tapers towards the point, which has broken away and is missing. The nail is bent in two places and, in its current format, the shaft is 43.8mm long and 4.3mm thick. The head is 13.2mm in diameter. It weighs 10.7gm. Other nails of this type are recorded on the database: compare for example: LANCUM-0282E4, YORYM-FE2B02 and LVPL-7D3702.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5BA351
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact which resembles a stylus. As a stylus has a flared end for erasing writing in wax but this is probably an incomplete lead pencil of Medieval or Post Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1800. It consists of a short length of lead, circular in cross-section, which tapers to a blunt point at one end and has a ragged fracture at the other end where a portion has broken away and is missing. The pencil has a smooth, light grey patina. It is 33.5mm long and 6.5mm in diameter. It weighs 6.1gm. Similar artefacts are recorded on the database: see for example references LANCUM-EEE8…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5B9ADC
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval possible lead pencil fragment dating from AD 1200 - 1800. It is a rod of lead which is slightly curved. It is a rounded D shape in cross section. One end is incomplete. It is 34.7mm long, 8.2mm wide and 6.7mm thick. 13.2g. Compare NCL-8EB571. Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it was thought some years ago that when graphite was discovered in Cumbria in the late 16th century lead pencils went ou…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5B973F
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possible toy or miniature horseshoe. The horse shoe has a U-shaped aperture, traces of a calkin at the end of one arm and traces of indentations to indicate nail holes around it on one face. Date: Post Medieval - c 1500 - 1700 Dimensions: 22.26 mm x 18.09 mm x 2.69 mm Weight: 4.37 g The miniature shoe is similar in style to types generally dated to c. 1250 - 1600
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th July 2018
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Record ID: GLO-5B73BC
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~An incomplete post-medieval lead-alloy button that is missing its loop form the integral shank on the reverse. The button has a low hemispherical profile, the face of which is decorated with eight small annulars that are evenly spaced around the outside edge, with a ninth annular positioned in the centre. On the reverse is a off centre casting seam with a rearwards projecting rectangular tab in the centre.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5ABBA6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy pilgrim's ampulla of Medieval date, about AD 1350 - 1530. It has a shield motif on one face, and a probable crown. The shield has cross hatching at the pointed base, a horizontal stripe of diagonal raised lines above that, another stripe but with possible crosses on it above that, and a fourth stripe at the top with an unclear design. The ampulla has a circular body, and a flaring neck, crimped shut. Damage to the neck has resulted in it being bent double over the crown side of the body. The ampulla is 30.7mm long, 32.9mm wide and 11mm thick. 29.3g. Ampulla were eithe…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5AAE8D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A misshapen, possibly miscast, lead spindle whorl, of Walton Rogers form C2, dating from the Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, about AD 1100 - 1600. It is bi-conical and oval in shape, with an oval central perforation which is smaller on the underside than the upper side. Both sides are decorated. The upper side has a series of radial ridges and a single circumferential ridge, dividing the surface into small panels, some of which contain a large pellet. The underside also has the radial lines, but some of these are missing as one edge of the whorl has been flattened. The whorl i…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5AA837
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Medieval or early post-Medieval period, AD 1100 - 1600. It is bi-convex, with a prominent median ridge and a circular central perforation of 8.1mm diameter. Walton Rogers Form C2. Both faces are decorated with a moulded pattern in relief consisting of raised radial and circumferential lines and pellets. It is 29.5mm diameter, 12.4mm thick and 53.3g. The Finds Recording Guide (Geake, 2001, unpublished, page 64) notes that decorated whorls are very difficult to date having been found in Medieval contexts but also in the vicinity of Roman b…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: LON-5A893F
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy seal dating from AD 1300-1550. The seal is circular in plan and is decorated on the obverse with a horizontal central inscription []IM[]F star above and below within a four arched treasure and a pelleted border. The reverse is incomplete and is possible decorated with a portcullis. Dimensions: diameter: 20.44mm; thickness: 5.28mm; weight: 9.94g
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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