Record ID: PUBLIC-2B5AAB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably from the early medieval period. The whorl is circular in plan with a plano-convex profile, and is white in colour. It is 27.3mm in diameter with a maximum thickness of 5.0mm, and a conical central aperture of 6.5mm diameter (convex face) to 9.5mm (flat face), and it weighs 17.9g. There is recent damage to the flat face, where it was hit by a spade during extraction...... The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form A dating to 800-1000
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EBD392
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl, circular in plan with a plano-convex profile, and white in colour. It is 27.0mm in diameter with a maximum thickness of 5.9mm, and a straight sided central aperture of 9.8mm diameter, and it weighs 20.3g. The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form A dating to c.AD800 - 1000
Created on: Saturday 23rd June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EBBB4E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead and iron steelyard weight, of probable Roman date, AD 43 - 410. It is round in plan and pear-shaped in profile, with extensive iron corrosion at both longitudinal ends where suspension loops are located. There are several vertical cracks caused by corrosion & expansion of the embedded iron. There are no markings and the surface, where not covered in rust, has a well-developed white patination. The weight is up to 26.5mm in diameter and 38.0mm long, and it weighs 88.1 grams. Although steelyard weights were in use from the Roman to post-medieval periods biconical exa…
Created on: Saturday 23rd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BD0932
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper metal working debris. Both are small irregularly shaped fragments of solidified copper slag. All surfaces are uneven with vesicles and small black flecks of charcoal & some shiny gold & silver coloured flecks incorporated. Both fragments are corroded with patches of green verdigris, and red corrosion is generally present. The maximum dimensions of the individual fragments are 37.4 by 19.7 by 10.1mm and 30.5 by 22.3 by 10.8mm, and together they weigh 23.0 grams The smelting of copper in rural locations is likely to be indicative of Bronze Age activity (and …
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BB0001
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead object, possibly a pot mend. It is in the form of an oval plate with one flat face. The reverse of the object has a shield-shaped protrusion which is a little off-centre; a few mm in from (and following the line of) the perimeter are arranged 7 small round protrusions. The maximum dimensions are 34.7 by 30.0mm, and the thickness at the protrusions is 7.3mm, and the plate is generally c4.3mm thick. It weighs 33.4g. It has a well developed white patina, and could be of Roman or any post-Roman date - but it is thought that it is unlikely to be post-medieval due to the degree of p…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BA98F7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rectangular shoe or knee buckle with rounded ends and a drilled frame, missing the pin and spindle. The frame has 2 moulded pin rests on the outer edge of each loop which are flanked by 3 incised diagonal grooves, and is thickened at the midpoints over each spindle hole. Measures 36.2 by 25.7 mm and weighs 6.7 grams. Similar to no. 662 in 'Buckles' by Whitehead (1996), which is dated to c.1690 - 1720
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8FBF3D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated copper alloy (tombac) solid discoidal flat button, which measures 24.9mm in diameter and is 1.0mm thick. It has engraved decoration consisting of a central 14mm diameter 8 pointed star formed of 5 engraved lines; each arm of the star has three points - a long terminal flanked by 2 shorter points. On the reverse is a shallow central domed boss where the attachment loop was formerly affixed - this has broken away but was clearly of copper wire as there is a small stub remaining. There are several similar buttons illustrated in Bailey (9.39, 9.47, 9.52 etc.) which are g…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8D4FB7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy horse harness fitting. It appears to be the terminal from a cheek piece, or a bit or harness link, and is broken at both ends, with a surviving length of 23.1mm, and is 24.0mm in width. It is in the form of a flat lozenge with a central 10.5mm diameter quatrefoil shaped hole. To each side of this, centrally placed by the angle is a sub spherical knop. The upper portion of the object is missing, but may have housed an integral loop. The object has a rectangular base 16.5mm wide, on the upper side of which is a centrally placed triangular shaped platform with a sub spherica…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-625D8D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spoon fragment consisting of part of the handle and part of the bowl. The handle is elliptical in cross-section and extends on to the underside of the bowl in the form of a trefoil. The shape of the shoulders suggest the bowl would have been very shallow, and probably fig-shaped. The fragment as found measures 41.5 long by 31.1mm wide, the handle is 5.3 thick by 6.1mm wide and it weighs 6.8g. It has a dark green patina. Probably post-medieval, suggested date range 1500 - 1700
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-62433C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, in the form of a solid irregular cylinder which is c.22mm in diameter and up to 24mm high, with a sideways-projecting triangular spur c5mm long at one end. It has a light green patina, and weighs 51.6 grams. This is probably a casting jet from metal working, although it could possibly be part of the handle or leg from a vessel, although the lack of any sooting would argue that the former is more likely. Similar items on the database include NMS-BDCC81, ESS-3A0E64, LIN-97C2B1 There are PAS records for a Bronze age flat axehead (PUBLIC-D25B73) and a couple …
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6214D9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy acorn shaped finial of unknown function and date. In the form of a three-dimensional acorn with a small central boss at the top, in a naturalistic cup, mounted in turn on a round integral pedestal with concave sides of 7mm dia at the midpoint and a wider (11.9mm dia.) base with a small (8.2mm dia.) round projection which terminates in an old break. The acorn and cup are 22.5mm high, and the overall height of the item is 37.6mm, with a maximum diameter at the lip of the cup of 17.4mm. The finial has a very well developed dark green patina. Although acorn shaped items ma…
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-616CDE
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl, round in plan and domed in profile with a flat underside and a 10.5mm central perforation. It weighs 32.8g, and measures 26.4mm in diameter by 11.5mm high, and has a thick white patina. The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form A dating to 800-1000
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-615D38
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl, round in plan and domed in profile with a flat underside and an 8mm diameter central perforation. It weighs 29.2g, and measures 24.5mm in diameter by 10.8mm high, and has a well-developed white patina. The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form A dating to 800-1000
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-612F1A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily corroded copper-alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Antonine date and perhaps Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period c.161-180 (Reece period 8). Unclear reverse type. Mint of Rome. It measures 28.0mm in diameter and weighs 12.0g.
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-57F3BA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap end. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in section, and measures 41.8mm long by 25.6mm wide and is 4.0mm thick. It is in good condition with a greenish patina and weighs 12.8 grams. There is an integral plate 9.3mm in length at the distal end which has 4 symmetrically positioned rivet holes, 2 larger holes either side of the centre, and 1 smaller hole in each of the outer corners, 1 of which is partly missing as the corner has broken away. There would originally have been two opposing plates with a space between for the strap; the other one …
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3E4E39
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric tertiary flake of light brown flint with dark-grey inclusions. It is in the form of a trapezium in plan, and is triangular in profile, with possible abrupt retouch, or maybe plough damage, at one side. Probably Bronze age or Neolithic in date. It has a maximum length of 19.6 mm, width 18.5 mm and thickness 8.5 mm; mass 3.9 g.
Created on: Friday 15th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FB1BC3
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring of unknown date, possibly medieval. The object has a flattened hexagonal section, and appears to be hollow. The metal is dark green in colour with a well-developed patina. It may possibly be a part of a harness fitting. The outer diameter is 28.1mm, width is 4.2 and thickness 3.3mm, and it weighs 4.2g. These are common detector finds, but their function and dating are not well understood (Finds recording guide, Geake, 2016).
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F7EA53
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plano-convex lead weight, probably a spindle whorl. It is rounded in plan, with a maximum diameter of 26mm close to the base, which is hollowed-out with a circular 10mm perforation in the centre. The upper part of the object is domed and undecorated, and it is 12.7 mm tall, with wall thicknesses of from 3.5 - 5.5mm, and it weighs 31.4g. It has a complete covering of grey/white patination. The whorl conforms to Walton Rogers form A dating to 800-1000
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D2A834
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim fragment from a copper-alloy cooking vessel. It measures 77.5 wide by 43mm high and is roughly in the form of a trapezium, with the rim as the longest edge and three old breaks at the lower edges. The vertical profile shows a convex thickened lip to the inner face of up to 5mm thickness over a circumferential strip extending downwards to 13.5mm below the rim, and the thickness of the side wall at the bottom edge of the fragment is 2.5mm, increasing to a maximum of 3.4mm near the rim. There are diagonal scratches on the inner face at the projecting lip, which may be filemarks. …
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D25B73
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axehead. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 143 grams. It is 84mm long and up to 55mm wide, and has a convex butt and moderately concave sides, with a lenticular profile and cross-section. It is 24.7mm wide and 4mm thick at the butt end, from whence it expands gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10.5mm thick. From this point the axe becomes gradually thinner until it terminates in a crescent shaped blade 55mm wide and 4.5mm thick, although it would originally have been sub…
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.