Record ID: ESS-512726
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (1600-1800AD) cast lead alloy strap fitting. The fitting is trefoil in plan, comprised of two domed circles and a triangular projection. At the centre of these three elements is a small circular dome. The two larger domes have moulded decoration comprised of a central pellet with four pellets around it. The triangular projection is broken, and the decoration unclear. The reverse of the mount has a sub-rectangular attachment loop. The fitting is 20.6mm long, 21.7mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 10.06 grams.
Created on: Friday 28th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Laver CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3F5CC8
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 15.0mm.the ball has a pitted surface .the colour of the ball is light grey.the ball has a small cut mark .the patina is poor. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Thursday 27th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F49A2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 16.9mm.the ball has a pitted surface .the colour of the ball is creamy white.the patina is poor. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Thursday 27th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F2B87
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 16.1mm.the ball has a pitted surface .the colour of the ball is creamy white.the patina is poor. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Thursday 27th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-FF88F0
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 16.59mm.the ball is light grey /white in colour . the surface is pitted and dusty. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005)
Created on: Monday 24th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-FF7323
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 17.5mm. the colour of the ball is light grey /white.the ball has a poor surface .dusty.It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Monday 24th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-FF4C48
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 18.7mm. the colour of the ball is light grey /white. the ball has a small flat area.possible chisel mark.the surface of the ball is pitted. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Monday 24th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-BB8535
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy button which probably dates from the late medieval period or early post medieval period. The button has a flat back and a domed front with a four petalled flower design in the centre. There is a rib across the back and a circular loop on a short stem. The button has a diameter of 12.9mm and is 15.2mm thick. For reference see Bailey, 2004, page 25. The button has a mid grey patina and is in good condition for a lead button.
Created on: Friday 21st December 2007
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-B90003
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy human head or figurine. The head is oval and has a square sectioned neck which may have fitted into a socket on a larger object. The head is 53.6mm long, 23.6mm wide and 12.4mm thick. The reverse is flat with a groove down the centre. The front is convex and has moulded features. There is some representation of hair which seems to be wavy or curly, a high forehead, large oval eyes without any detailing, a long straight nose and a smiling closed mouth. The nose has similarities to the copper alloy head found at South Shields Roman Fort (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, page 226…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rotherham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B848E3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is bi-conical and has a central circular hole. It has a diameter of 25.8mm and is 13.2mm thick. Both faces are decorated with five radial raised lines with three raised pellets in each angle. The median rib is thickened. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy yellow patina. Decorated spindle whorls are very rare finds in excavations, but are often found by metal detectorists. They are usually biconical and are decorated on both faces with raised dots and radiating or zig-zag ribs. They have been found in ploughsoil over the site of Roman b…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-B829F1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is sub-spherical and has a circular hole which is not central. It has a diameter of 19.7mm and is 15.5mm thick. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy yellow patina. Helen Geake writes: “Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, “The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 – c1450”; and Biddle, 1990, “Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester”), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 19…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-B80524
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy toy in the form of a two dimensional woman dating from the Post medieval period. Only the triangular skirt survives. It is a flat sheet of lead which is 36.1mm long, 35.7mm wide and 2.4mm thick. The front is decorated with a lattice work border. There is a faint lozenge pattern on the reverse. The break at the waist is patinated and one corned has been crumpled and straightened again more recently. A similar but more complete toy can be seen in the Finds Research Group datasheet number 10 by Geoff Egan (1988) and it is dated to the seventeenth century.
Created on: Friday 21st December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A83D62
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy circular pan weight which has a diameter of 40.3mm, is 6mm thick and weighs 71.3g or 2 and a half ounces. There are no visible marks or stamps on the weight. Helen Geake writes: “It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing weights to trade weights.” Lead weights are very imperfectly understood currently. It is hoped that by recording them as often as possible, a large body of data that can be studied …
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A81A01
Object type: STAMP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy stamp or printing block from the post medieval period. The stamp is a sub-cuboid shape with rounded shoulders before a short and squared tang which is rectangular in section. It seems likely that the tang would have fitted into a handle of organic material. The object is 23.4mm long, 13.5mm wide and 8.6mm thick. The face bears a design in relief of a large tulip shaped flower with two leaves at the base of the stem. The design is too fine for the object to be a seal matrix, as it cannot leave a clear impression in wax. This suggests that it was used with ink instead. The s…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: BH-A7EA00
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy object which is probably a leg from a metal vessel. No parallel could be found for this piece and a date of late medieval to post-medieval is tentatively suggested. The attachment, located at the top, consists of an irregularly shaped flat plate with rounded edges and a sub-circular rivet hole. The leg itself angles downwards from the attachment plate and is roughly ovoidal. Both the upper surface and the underside appear to have cast decoration. The upper surface bears a vertical ridge with three equally spaced, shorter transverse ridges along it; the underside has a t…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clifton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A7C083
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy standing perforated weight. The weight is 24.8mm long, 12.3mm wide and 10.9mm thick. It has a rectangular base and tapers to a point at the top which is perforated by a circular hole. The weight leans to one side. This weight has a mass of 14.7g. It may be significant that it is not far off being half an ounce (Biggs and Withers, 2000). Helen Geake writes: “It is very difficult to establish hard and fast rules with lead weights, as we have little material from excavated contexts to compare. The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle whorls to fishing we…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-A54B43
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially decorated ?cast lead-alloy token of post-medieval date (c. 18th century AD). The upper surface has a moulded edge within which 'II' in low relief. The lower surface is flat with three overlapping diagonal lines giving the effect of six radiating lines, a common motif.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steep CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: GLO-942790
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy button length 11mm, diameter 15mm, weight 3.97g,. The head is hemispherical and solid, diameter 15mm, thickness 4mm. The integral loop extends from the centre point of the back of the head, the top of the loop has been truncated. Date probable late 15th to 16th century AD date (G. Bailey; 2004; pp. 29)
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WINSON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7DD615
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy strap loop of probable seventeenth century date. The distorted strap loop measures 77.5mm by 28.8mm by 7.1mm and weighs 56g. One of the long sides of the long oval loop is wider and the external face is decorated with four longitudinal grooved lines. On the other side of the loop there is a smaller wider section. This contains the stubs of two apparently integral rivets. The strap loop is similar to no. 375 in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 40, 44) although this example, which is from Norfolk, is smaller (44mm x 11mm)
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Chinnock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7DCA88
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball. The shot is Spherical .it has a diameter of 17.1mm.the ball has a cut mark and a flattened casting flash. the colour of the ball is creamy /white. the patina is poor. It is post medieval and probably dates from 1644. Musket balls are discussed in Courtney's "Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century" (1988) and on page 202 of "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition" by Geoff Egan (2005).
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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