Record ID: NLM-AB9E37
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead game piece. Cast cone with a rounded basal hollow of depth 4mm and with four symmetrically distributed longitudinal ribs or flanges converging on its apex. Patinated. The ribs may provide a variant of the castellated distinction of a King piece for the game of Hnafetafl. This game of entrapment might be played on a board equipped with peg-holes (as with a 'travel chess set', especially useful on board ship), in which case the basal hollow may have retained a small wooden pin. Most board games can equally be played on any convenient flat surface which is suitably marked, or on the…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1AE8AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval Arabic coin: a fragment of a dirham probably dating from the 7th-9th Century. Other dirhams found in/near this area are SWYOR-879A35, SWYOR-8797D2, SWYOR-5667E6 and SWYOR-89C183, so this example is probably of a similar date. Coins of this type of often found with other objects which suggest an Early Medieval trading site, and so this fragment is probably an ancient loss. Dirhams can also be an indicator of a Viking Great Army camp site. The fragment is 12.6mm long, 11.1mm wide and 0.56mm thick. 0.3g.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0683D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possibly weight, of possible Early Medieval date, about AD 800 - 1000. It is a rough circular disc, slightly bent and uneven, with no visible markings or decoration. There is a post-depositional scrape mark. The weight is 25.1mm diameter, 7.6mm thick and 23.08g. This mass corresponds with a Viking ore (ounce) of about 24-26g, or the slightly smaller Irish ounces of 22 - 23g, though dates in other time periods cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-33DBDC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Viking-age) copper alloy trefoil brooch, 46mm in length, 27mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 11.18g. The brooch is incomplete, missing most of one arm. The surviving arms are sub- rectangular, with a rounded tip. The front is slightly convex and the reverse is flat and undecorated. The front has been decorated with a plain raised outer border, then a double-strand interlace design running around the edge of the brooch and underneath three sub triangular motifs, each one sitting in the curve formed where the arms join and running to the object's edge. These surr…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-FA0CB7
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ingot probably of late Early Medieval date. The ingot is a rectangular strip of copper alloy which is square in section. Soft-hammer marks are visible along all sides. Possibly Viking. 3.97g.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F9FD63
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy weight probably of late Early Medieval date. The weight is circular in plan and an inverted plano-convex in section.The flat circular head is decorated with a central punched ring and dot motif, surrounded by a band of five further ring and dot motifs. The weight is broadly similar to other Viking weights on the database.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-D0C532
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Medieval lead alloy gaming piece, dating from AD 800-1000. The object is tear-drop-shaped in cross-section and domed, with a slight slant to it. The underside is flat. It is 22.1mm long, 22.6mm wide and 20.4mm thick with a mass of 39g. It has a well developed cream patina. Similar objects such as LEIC-F39697 and LIN-6BFDEB have been identified as Viking gaming pieces. This identification is more secure when the piece has a decorated top such as crenelations or a crown. LEIC-F39697 cites LEIC-07629A, NCL-FBC856 and SWYOR-13C8D1 notes that similarly shaped objects bu…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-BEBB91
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver Viking Mjollnir (Thor's hammer) pendant. The pendant is cast in the form of a inverted T shape, and is rectangular in cross-section throughout. The suspension loop is missing, with an old break at the top of the shaft. The extant length of the vertical shaft is 28.5mm; it widens in a straight outward taper towards the base from 3mm at the broken top to 5.4mm where it joins the perpendicular arms of the head, where there is a slight curve at each corner. The head is pentangular, with a horizontal top and sh…
Created on: Sunday 3rd March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9458AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval plated contemporary copy of a Dirham of Abbasid, Hârûn ar-Rashîd 170-193 AH./786-809AD. and Da'ûd, an unidentified official found on Dirham with the mint name al-Muhammadîya 170-174, 182-186 The coin was a product of the same area as the official coinage and appears to be quite rare. Identification kindly supplied by Lutz Ilisch.
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D9CE19
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy and niello pin of Early Medieval date AD 900-1000. The pin is composed of a flat kite-shaped head with small rounded knop protrusion to three points; one at the top and two on each side. A fourth point expands in to an integral circular sectioned shaft which terminates in a worn break. Both faces of the head are decorated with a cross that radiates to a narrow border. A raised collar is present at the junction between the head and the shaft. The head ot the pin is a dark reddish brown and is inlaid with niello. The shaft is dark brown with a recent shiny cop…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D94974
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A globe-shaped copper-alloy early-medieval Viking weight, with a flat top and bottom. Each the top and the bottom is 3 small rings and dot motif. The dimensions of the Viking barrel weight is 18 mm in diameter, with a weight of 23.59g and height of 15 mm. Similar examples of barrel-shaped weights recorded on the PAS database include LIN-D449AC, LIN-3A4E60 and LIN-0E64A2.
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F4E3D9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. A cast straight-sided plate with a split end bearing a single rivet of diameter 2.1mm and length 2.5mm in a drilled hole to attach the plates to the strap [lost], cf. Thomas Class E type 4, of Borre style. The plate bears a bordered panel of interlace comprising roughly symmetrical loops and strands, with grouped bars at the base of the design, possibly appended to an anthropomorphic design. A slightly thickened transverse rib separates this decoration from the [now] plain surface bearing the rivet. A green surface patina has been lost [to probably re…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Brookenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E02A84
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast plano-convex object with a small dimple on its convex side. Patinated. The mass may suggest this to have represented one half of an ore/ora or three Viking Age units of 4.07gms. A conical ribbed playing piece or weight of similar mass (NLM-C98990) was reported as from the same general location, and indeed this object might qualify as one of the plainer pieces used in the game of Hnafetafl. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950 Diameter: 16.5mm, Thickness: 8.3mm, Weight: 12.62gms
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C98990
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible playing piece. Cast conical to pentagonal-section flat-based object with five moulded ribs converging at its apex. The ribs may have distinguished this from plainer pieces used in the board game Hnafetafl, perhaps as a 'king'. Its mass also equates to one half ore/ora, or three Viking -Age units as used for transactions in silver bullion, most closely matching that system employed in Scandinavia based on a module of 4.07gms. The object could have served as both weight and game piece, especially if such games were to be played for silver stakes. A slightly heavier version…
Created on: Monday 14th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-8B5D84
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval lead possible gaming piece dating from about AD 800 - 1066. The object could also be a weight. It is a solid circular piece of lead a rounded dome on one face which is closer to one side than the other, and raised ridges radiating from it to the edge. It has a grey patina and a slightly hollow base. It is 6.2mm high, diameter is 15.3mm and it weighs 6.3g. Similar objects such as LEIC-F39697 and LIN-6BFDEB have been identified as Viking gaming pieces. This identification is more secure when the piece has a decorated top such as crenelations or a crown. LEIC-F39697 cit…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-EEF738
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead circular domed object with a flattened top and a flat base, possibly an Early Medieval gaming piece dating from AD 800 - 1000. It has no decoration and a grey patina. It is similar to SWYOR-8B5D84. It is 21.8mm in diameter, 7.2mm thick and weighs 15.3g It is also possible that it is a weight. If so then the mass would suggest half an ounce in the Troy or Apothecaries' weight systems, an ounce being 31.1g, (The Medieval Household, G. Egan, page 302 ). This would date it to the 14th or 15th centuries.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-EEEFB3
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possible gaming piece of circular sub-conical form possibly of Early Medieval date, AD 800 - 1000. On the underside there is a central scar, or recess, a product of the casting process. The object has a diameter of 19.4mm and a thickness of 5.7mm. It weighs 7.2g. This mass corresponds closely with one quarter of an ounce under the medieval mercantile system, and might suggest an alternative identification, that of a weight. It has a dark grey patina. Compare, for example, SWYOR-5C921F. The description of that object notes: 'It has been suggested that lead objects of this fo…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-6F39E6
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable Playing piece. Cast cylindrical weight with a conical top. Mould lines appear on the top and extend down the sides, indicating the object to have been cast in a two-part mould. Patinated. The object might also have represented five units in one of two contemporary systems of measurement used for silver bullion transactions (see notes below). These systems were duodecimal, and multiples of odd numbers of units appear less commonly than even values of two, four or six units, while the correspondence of mass and notional values is inexact. If a playing piece, this would hav…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1C5EE7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable weight. Cast flat-based cylindrical weight with a rounded or domed top; lightly indented, patinated overall. The sides appear lightly facetted or indented. The mass might suggest this to have represented 16 [slightly overweight] units of 4.07gms, as used for silver bullion transactions in Viking period Scandinavia, though the correspondence with this module is less exact than is usually deemed necessary for a firm ascription to the period. The object may alternatively have served as a playing piece for a board game such as Hnafetafl - the same object might of course serv…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keelby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-36241D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Scandinavian) Quidenham type copper alloy gilded disc brooch, 26mm in diameter, 3mm thick and weighing 8.08g. The brooch is circular in form and sub rectangular in cross section. It has a slightly dished surface and is decorated with an outer raised border, 2mm wide, which has a gilded linear recess in its centre. Inside this are two opposing 'S' shaped Jellinge-style animals arranged around a slight central boss, 2mm in diameter. Each beast is a sub figure of 8 shape. Each head is very slightly different, but it appears to have a gaping mouth with a jaw placed ei…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Sunday 1st August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton area', grid reference and parish protected.