Record ID: NCL-1CDE43
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy spindle whorl of Roman-Medieval date. The object is discoidal with a large circular perforation that expands in diameter from one face to the opposite.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DEV-800D87
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy conical weight. The base is roughly circular and 4cm in diameter. Lead alloy weights of this type are difficult to date as they have been in use from at least the Roman period onwards.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-3B3901
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy pot mend, sub-oval in shape, no traces of pottery are visible in the groove. Such repairs are undiagnostic as regards dating.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-3BE3E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead alloy objects of uncertain date and function. The artefacts are of simple conctruction where lead has been rolled up. The appearance of both lead rolls does bear a similarity to that of lead curse rolls from the Roman period. The lead artefacts also bear a similarity to net weights of the Medieval period as the site also has medieval finds. A combined weight is 26.6 grams.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Itchington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-922F72
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five fragments of lead casting waste of uncertain date. The objects are irregular in plan and cross-section. These may suggest that there was metal working in the locality, but are themselves undatable.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Altrincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-A45988
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, age uncertain, Roman-Post Medieval, cast, lead alloy, small/medium size, homemade unofficial trader's weight. The weight has a circular shape, fairly flat, although one side is slightly thicker than the other. There is a feint crease across the middle where it was slightly bent by the plough and a small, off centre triangular indentation on one side. The weight has little wear but it otherwise has an even matt, white coloured surface. This weight could date between 43-1799AD. Ref. Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publications 1992, page 52-57 and Detector Finds 2,…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A9B501
Object type: ANCHOR
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very large lead alloy weight or possible anchor of unknown date. It is a flat, seven sided slab of lead alloy with an irregular circular hole though it. There are deep scratches on one face. It is 168mm by 160mm in plan, 50mm thick and weighs 6.5kg. This find is clearly a weight designed to hang from an attachment through the hole. The finder interprets it as an anchor because the area where it was found was a 500 acre lake before it was drained in the 17th century. It is similar is size and shape to other archaeological anchor stones such as IOW-BF2C26, one found in London (http:…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-37C5F5
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy plumb bob of unknown date. The object is roughly biconical; it has an elongated circular sectioned shaft with a bulbous perforated terminal at one end; the opposite end of the object terminates in a conical point. It has been decorated with a thick collar at the widest point on the body. A casting seam is visible. The material has a creamy brown-white patina, with some areas marked by a dark brown colour. No close parallel has been found for this design, but a Post Medieval date is suggested based on the similarity in shape to Post Medieval seal matrixes, and the…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-643056
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is a flat disc which has been bent. One face is a little more rounded. The hole has a diameter of 8.38mm. The lead is well patinated. Whorls are very difficult to date, as they were used from the Iron Age onwards with little change in design.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-645683
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy possible spindle whorl. The whorl has one flat face and one domed face with a wide collar round the central hole. The hole has a diamater of 10.5mm. There is no cavity in the sdie wall. The lead is well patinated. Whorles are very difficult to date, as they were used from the Iron Age onwards with little change in design.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-646921
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl has one flat face and one domed face. The hole has a diamater of 9.85mm. There is no cavity in the side wall. The lead is well patinated. Whorles are very difficult to date, as they were used from the Iron Age onwards with little change in design.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E28E68
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular strip of lead that has carefully and deliberately been folded in half. The object may be a piece of casting waste or possibly functioned as a weight or a curse tablet. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It has been folded once lengthways. Curse tablets tend to be folded more than once, and often look more crude than this example. The object has a brownish white patina.
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Altrincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-4C7D31
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Age uncertain, cast, medium size, lead alloy, 'home-made' unofficial trader's weight. The weight is plain, rectangular, cuboidal shape with rounded edges and corners. It has a pale grey/creamy matt surface with a few small 'plough damage' dents on some edges and has a bright silver/grey metal area exposed on one end where is has been recently struck. This weight is of uncertain age. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 29-34 no. 48, 50 & 55. The weight is 25.22mm long, 19.53mm wide, 11.79mm thick and weighs 60.1g.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-4CABC3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Age uncertain, crudely cast, lead alloy, medium size, 'home-made' unofficial conical shaped weight possibly used in the manufacture of textiles or a possible spindle whorl. The weight is plain, rounded conical shaped with a relatively large central hole, tapering slightly as it reaches the base. It has a slightly irregular pale grey/cream coloured, lightly corroded surface. This weight is of unknown date but is likely to be between 43-1799AD. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 29-34 no.66 and Detector Finds 6, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight P…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SEVENOAKS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-4E3653
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead alloy gaming piece or weight. The find consists of an irregular sub-oval disc with five rounded peaks, arranged in a cross shape, projecting from one face. The item weighs 5g. The exact use of the item is not clear and both weight and gaming piece have been suggested. The date is also uncertain with a range from Roman to post-Medieval having been suggested for similar types of object.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnsfield Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8AC595
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy cast Spindle Whorl, roughly cylindrical in shape, the top surface is decorated with raised lines. The spaces between the lines are deeply recessed with the remains of reddish soil at the bottom of the recesses. The upper surface is slightly concaved. The underside has a line roughly central across the diameter which may be the result of being struck while in the ground. The patina is a pale green/grey colour. Hole diameter 9.33mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-077412
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead figurine of uncertain date. The object is of a figure standing with legs crossed at the ankles. One arm bends upwards supporting an oval object on the shoulder of the figure. The opposite arm is incomplete. The figure appears to be naked and has hair piled up on the head. The face is worn and no features are visible. The object has suffered recent damage probably due to the plough. It has a dark brownish white patina.
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6DBD46
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but distorted lead alloy finger ring. The ring is small, possibly for a child or little finger, and has a raised circular bezel that contains a dark blue galss or paste. Either side of the bezel on the shoulders is two smaller circular mouldings that may have once also contained inserts. The band extends from beneath the latter and is plain and circular in section. The ring is similar in form to some Roman finger rings, however the size, material used and quality may suggests a much later date, possibly the post-medieval or even early-modern period.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 19th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-84F664
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four pieces of undiagnostic metal of uncertain date. Three are lead alloy and one is copper alloy. All but one piece of lead alloy are rough and irregular shapes, probably waste material. The remaining piece is rectangular in section and plan, possibly hollow at one end and is marked with circular indentations.
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-BF7481
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight of uncertain date. The object is sub-pyramidal in that it has a truncated, flat top. This gives it a trapezoidal cross-section. On the upper surface the square top has a raised X with a pellet in each. Between the square top and the base are four trapezoidal sides, two of which has a raised cross. A similar weight can be found in Biggs and Withers (2000, 29; ref. 62).
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.