Record ID: LVPL-3DC47D
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead alloy plumb bob. It is sub rectangular in plan and sub-hexagonal in cross section, with a suspension loop which has become misshapen. It has longitudinal recessed areas within the six facets and an off-white patina. It weighs 62.3g, is 52 mm long, (45mm without suspension loop), It is 18mm wide and around 12mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3D2F9A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight, sub trapezoid in plan, with a large central recessed area on both faces that may have held a badge or trade emblem. The recessed area on one side is shield shaped 17mm by 31mm, while the recessed area on the other face appears more gouged, with an irregular surface. There is a piercing through the top of the object and also a transverse piercing below this, suggesting the object may have been modified. The object has an off white patina. It weighs 210.9g, is 54mm long, 23mm wide along the top, 40mm wide along the bottom and 12mm thick. The hole from front to back ha…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3C608D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete section of Cast copper alloy leg and foot from a Medieval cooking vessel or cauldron. The foot is flat and roughly ovoid, (but broken around outer edge) and is 40mm long by 23mm wide. The leg, which is79mm long by 31mm wide, flares where it meets the base, and then extends at about a 45 % angle and is fluted on the exterior face and convex on the inner side. It ends in an irregular break which appears historic. It is mainly pinky orange in colour with patches of yellow, while the ribs of the fluting have a dark green to black patina, although the inside bottom of the leg is…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-793914
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval purse bar in two parts, having broken in the middle. The break occurs through the aperture of the central block, which would have held the suspension loop which is missing. The two sections of bar that extend from this are circular in cross section and both have a flat, sub rectangular attachment plate with two piercings, at the bottom half of the bar. The bar is decorated with an inlaid lattice pattern in silver above the plates, although some of the inlay is missing. On one bar section, there is then a small space where the diameter is red…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nannerch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-77AA08
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval Copper alloy sword pommel dating c. AD1250 - 1500. This pommel is a Type VIII wheel-shaped pommel (Ward-Perkins 1993:22). The pommel is subcircular in plan, circumference 35mm, with flattened sections at either end where the handle would pass through. It is 23 mm wide, with a flat band, averaging about 9mm wide, running around the perimeter which then chamfers to the central circular face on either side, which has a circumference of 27mm. The rectangular aperture for the grip (handle) emerges at opposite ends of the band and is 18mm by 8mm at one end and 10mm by 5mm at the …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampton', grid reference and parish protected.