Record ID: LVPL-43AD53
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ampulla dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The bowl is semi-circular and the neck is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The neck flares outwards and is wider than the bowl. The mouth of the object is open and has been damaged. There is a small perforation at the rim of the mouth on one side. The handles which would have connected the neck of the object to the body have broken away with just a small scar remaining on each side. The bowl of the ampulla is decorated with a worn scallop design on one face. The decoration on the opposite face is unclear. The object has a …
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-43ABA4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead token of Medieval to post-Medieval date. On one side of the circular token is an indistinguishable geometric design. The opposite side is blank and has a raised rim. Dimensions: 20.5mm diameter, 2.8mm thick. Weight: 8.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chipping Campden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-422386
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy probable figurine dating from the Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section. It is flat and decorated only on one face. The object is decorated with six vertical ridges which are each divided with a series of transverse ridges representing details on a coat. Six raised pellets represent buttons. The top three pellets or buttons join each side of the coat while the lower three are open leaving a triangular shaped void where there is no decoration. Each edge of the object is decorated with seven transverse ridges. The top and bottom …
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-41BAD4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy spindle whorl of probable Medieval or post-Medieval date. The artefact is of truncated-biconical form, with a circular-sectioned perforation extending vertically through the centre. A series of ridges divide both sloping surfaces into segments of varying forms and dimensions. Most of these segments contain a pellet. Dimensions: 27.6mm diameter, 13.8mm high. Weight: 34.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twycross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-41B496
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast lead ampulla dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). One half of the bowl and the neck of the object is missing. The bowl is semi-circular in plan. The scars of one handle which would have connected the neck of the object to the body can be seen. Each face of the ampulla is decorated with cross-hatching above which is the partial remains of a crown. The object has a greyish patina. A similar example is no.180, p89, Spencer, (1990). Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or min…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-41AA17
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy spindle whorl of probable Medieval or post-Medieval date. The artefact is of truncated-biconical form, with a circular-sectioned perforation extending vertically through the centre. Both of the sloping faces bear a relief-moulded pattern. On one side this pattern comprises a series of equal-sized trapezoidal segments, within each of which is a pair of pellets. The other side has a pattern of interlocking triangles, each containing a single pellet. Dimensions: 34mm diameter, 11.5mm high. Weight: 59g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twycross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-40D248
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The central portion from a lead-alloy two-disc cloth seal of post-Medieval date. The remaining piece is sub-circular. One discs bears an ornate relief-stamped shield in which a sword divides four stars, with a diagonal band extending across the top. A ropework border surrounds this shield. On the other disc is the number '20' within a beaded border. Dimensions: 13.3mm diameter, 2.9mm thick. Weight: 2.87g. A similar cloth seal, albeit with slightly different shield (minus the diagonal band), was found in London (1995: 110/fig. 43, no. 321) and is discussed by Geoff Egan, with ref…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3FE898
Object type: LURE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron fishing lure. Plano-convex casting representing a beetle with eyes, wing case and abdomen modelled, and with the bent stub of an iron hook or pin embedded in its flat underside on the centre line, a little towards the tail. The form of the object enabled it to spin as it was drawn through water, and the low relief detail on the convex face was intended to set up vibrations to entice fish such as salmon or pike - its 'realistic' appearance would be of more significance to the fisherman than to his prey. If successful, the object would function as a gorge, to stick crosswa…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DCE327
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval or Post Medieval cast circular uniface lead token. Powell Type 7. One side has a cross hatch pattern with a central pellet; the other side is plain. The token has a diameter of 18.8mm, 2.70 mm thick and weighs 4.3 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; therefore they are difficult to date precisely, but those with more common decorations are generally dated to c. 1250-1800 AD.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DCC9B6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy Medieval or Post Medieval circular uniface token. Powell Type 7. One side has a worn cross-hatch pattern; the other side is plain. The token has a diameter of 16.53mm, 2.59 mm thick and weighs 3.6 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore difficult to date precisely, but those with simple designs are given a general date of c. 1250-1800 AD.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-DB6B08
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy toy, a figure of a soldier on horseback, and probably of early to mid 18th century date. The toy is incomplete and is now in two pieces. The legs are missing as is the tail. The rider is dressed in a long coat with wide lapels and holds a baton and carries a sword. The wide cuffs and pockets are buttoned and there appears to be a pistol in a holster in front of him, the butt pointing away. The wide, possibly tricorn, hat appears to have a cockade.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-DB6996
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy token dating from the medieval period, that is the 15th-16th. Possibly a medieval coin-influenced type token as the reverse shows a short cross within a circle with a pellet in each angle and a zig-zag border. The image on the obvese is less clear to make out. Ref: Fletcher, E. Leaden Tokens & Tallies (2005, 39).
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DB4A72
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy cloth seal dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period. IT appears to be a folded over two-part/disc seal which would have a disc with a spike on one side and a circle (disc without centre) on the other side. In sealing the cloth, one would fold it over, spike through the centre of the circle and then stamp/seal it with a stamp. The number on the obverse might possibly read '60', but this is uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D9C2D0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy weight, 36mm long, 23mm wide and thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 83.01grams. The object has a sub triangular form with a roughly hexagonal section. It has a slight lip on its lower edge and tapers towards a recessed semi-circular suspension lug which holds a circular hole.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-D9AC95
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 28mm in diameter and 13mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 35.59grams. The object has a circular form with a double conical section. One surface ahs decoration consisting of curved raised lines which run from the outer edge towards the central hole (10mm in diameter). The other surface is decorated with the more usual motif of raised chevron and dots.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-D90385
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy weight or architectural repair possibly dating from the medieval or post-medieval period, c. 15th-18th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D79D67
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy probable mount of Medieval or Post-Medieval date. The object is sub rectangular in shape, with worn and chipped edges and slightly rounded corners. The front is mostly smooth with some rough areas near the corners. The back is somewhat rough and bumpy; it contains the remnants of two spikes, each located diagonally at opposite corners; they have both been broken and bent. The object is undecorated and has an uneven creamy medium-light brown patina. Length: 26.8mm; Width: 20.1mm; Thickness: 5.7mm; Weight: 10g
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-C35FC4
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast pewter spoon probably dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1800). Only a small amount of the bowl survives. The stem is D-shaped in cross-section and has been bent. The end of the stem terminates with a break. The object is pitted due to corrosion and has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C07CE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small rectangular late 8th/early 9th century Viking lead weight into which has been inserted a piece of Irish, Scottish or Pictish metalwork, possibly of an 'Insular Art' style. While the weight itself was made from cast lead, the piece of inserted metalwork was made from cast cu-alloy which was subsequently gilded (small fragments of gilding remain in the grooves of the carved decoration). The decoration of the copper-alloy inlaid fragment is a simple interlacing pattern, made of two by two strands (two strands each criss-crossing over another two strands making up a 'plait'. Above a…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allithwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B29AB7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval or Post Medieval circular uniface token. Probably Powell Type 6. One side seems to depict a crude representation of a ship; the other side is plain, with slight damage to the rim. The decoration consists of a small triangle above a semi-circular segment with an area of vertical hashmarks. The token has a diameter of 20.55mm, 2.67 mm thick and weighs 5.6 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; therefore they are difficult to date precisely, but those with more common decorations are given a general date of c. 1250-1800 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.