Record ID: SWYOR-4F9977
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy probable weight with fragments of a probable iron suspension loop surviving. The date of this object is unknown. The object is a lopsided cone shape with a rounded top and a roughened bottom. It has a diameter of 15.9mm and is 15.4mm thick. There is a small circular hole in the top of the object in which are the traces of ferrous material. It is not clear how far through the object the hole continues. It may reach the base but the rough surface is corroded and the surface is not visible. The object has a deep patina and is yellowish grey in colour. Lead weights are very im…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-4FA1C3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy object which is unidentified. The artifact is roughly cone shaped but with a rounded and faceted lower half and concave sides. The top is also rounded making the shape rather like a pear. The object has a diameter of 22.8mm and is 19.3mm thick. In the centre of the flat base is an irregular sub-triangular hole that extends about halfway into the centre of the object. The function of this object is unknown. It may be a weight and the hole could be to adjust the mass exactly. It could also have contained a copper alloy plug also for fine adjustment. Lead weights are very imp…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B29814
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of unknown date. The whorl is almost spherical with a flattened area on one side and a central circular hole. It is 15.5mm long and has a diameter of 13.7mm. The whorl weighs 15.9g. 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, 1993, …
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-B29FE2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of unknown date. The whorl is ellipsoid with central sub-circular hole. It is 17.5mm long and has a diameter of 15.2mm. The whorl weighs 20.7g. 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, 1993, “Norwich Households: Medieval and Po…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-7C9924
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of unknown date. The plain cylindrical spindle whorl has a central circular perforation with a diameter of 8.4mm. The diameter of the spindle whorl is 21.1mm, the thickness is 13.8mm and the weight is 58.9g.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DD3253
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is conical with a central circular hole. The surface is pitted. It has a diameter of 22.1mm and is 14.2mm thick. It weighs 30.7g. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy white 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 Norf…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DD4637
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is sub-spherical with a central irregular circular hole. It has a diameter of 15.6mm and is 11.3mm thick. It weighs 11.7g. The whorl is in good condition with a grey 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, …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-616AC0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fluted strip of lead alloy which has been bent double leaving a rounded space at the bent end, but with the two ends touching. The ends taper to rough points. The object looks a little like the end of a bone with a hinge joint. It is 18.8mm in length, 12.9mm wide, and 8.4mm thick. It weighs 5.63gm. This object is undiagnostic and undatable.
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: LIN-E3A340
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead unidentified object. The object is in the form of a squat cross that is plano-convex in cross-section. The surface of the lead is undecorated and irregular.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B72C95
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight of uncertain date. The object is circular in plan and sub rectangular in cross-section. The object is undecorated and each surface is uneven. The weight weighs 90.9g. Lead weights are common throughout the Medieval and Post-Medieval period. It has a dark white patina.
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stainfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B76BE1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spherical weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is sub-spherical with flattened ends where the large central perforation truncates the ball. The internal walls of the perforation are straight. The internal diameter of the perforation is 7.14mm. Other weights of this shape have been suggested to be net or line weights from fishing. Modern line weights are similar but tend to have a smaller perforation. The well developed patina suggests that the weight has some age, but it is not possible to suggest the period.
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stainfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-927411
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead standing weight of uncertain date. The weight is cone-shaped with faceted sides and an integral handle in the form of a hole through the top of the weight. There is also a large incision across one face near the base. The way the lead is folded back from this, it appears this was made when it had been heated and soft. The mass of the weight is 43.43g and it measures 30.72mm in length and 17.37mm in diameter. Standing weights made of lead were still used in relatively recent times but their use was made illegal after 1834. A similar example can be found on the database, NLM-D618C…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-E94A64
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated lead alloy spindle whorl. It is discoidal and is decorated on each side with eight crudely incised radial grooves which cut into the edge of the whorl but do not quite reach the central perforation. It is 26.6mm in diameter and 11.3mm thick. It weighs 55gm. 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�…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-DDC5A7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crudely cast lead alloy artifact, probably a form of palm guard, of unknown date. It is 77.8mm in diameter and 15.6mm thick. It weighs 480 gm. It is a sub-circular disc which is domed on one face and mainly flat on the other. The flat face has some deep circular holes, a deep groove most of the way across the centre, and some rounded raised pellets. It has a cream white patina and is not decorated. It is probably Medieval or Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Record ID: NLM-8C5C37
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular domed lead piece. Circular lead object with domed top and flat bottom. On the top there is a score mark on the curve of the dome. On the underside is a distinct spiders-web pattern, consisted of 18 lines starting from the outside edge finishing in the center of the circle and then a crude spiral over the top of the lines. It measure 20.22mm in diameter, 11.32mm thick and weights 29.87g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: LIN-3E7D86
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large irregular sheet of lead. The sheet is roughly oval in plan and flat with one end curled over. The exterior surface is smooth in places and displays rows of diagonal lines similar to file marks. The interor surface is irregular and has a molten appearance. The lead has a mid-grey coloured patina. The piece of lead is of uncertain age.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-75E363
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead trade weight. The weight appears to have had some decoration or markings on one side but the degradation is too bad to be able to tell what it is. So this trade weight is undatable and undiagnostic. Its weight also seems not to fit into any other standard weighing system. It was probably a locally produced idiosyncratic weight. It has a light grey patina and measures 31.1mm x 29.5mm x 6.86mm, weighing 47.81g.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
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Record ID: BH-83DF90
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy steelyard weight of uncertain date. The solid-cast weight is of truncated-conical form, tapering towards the top, at the centre of which is a corroded remnant of the iron loop. The base of this loop is also visible on the underside of the weight. Height: 24.4mm; width: 30.7mm. Weight: 137.97g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bardney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-83FCA4
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy steelyard weight of uncertain date. The solid-cast weight has a flat, circular top surface, from the centre of which project two iron prongs from the original loop. Beneath this, the diameter of the weight gradually decreases, towards the flattened underside. Height: 28.6mm; width: 34.2mm. Weight: 199.33g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bardney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DCCEF6
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy, cast, probable net weight or net sinker of uncertain date, about 200 BC - AD 1900. It is oval in plan, an elongated hexagon in section and has a circular hole running through its length. The casting seams along the sides have been trimmed. Another hole in the centre of one side is probably a casting flaw. There is no decoration. The metal has a smooth yellow patina. The weight is 32.3mm long, 17.94mm wide and 9.6mm thick. 28.26g. It was probably used as a fishing weight or more likely a net weight for catching game. Compare KENT-ADB2C7 which cites Detector Finds 2, Go…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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