Record ID: LVPL-C8B1A3
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete lead alloy plumbob dating to the Medieval period. The weight is oval in plan and cross-section with a central decorated panel on each face. The decorated panel on each face sits within an oval depression with the decoration on one face consisting of a zig-zag ridge running the length of the panel with three pellets between each turn of the ridge. The opposite face of the object is decorated with an scroll pattern. The top of the object is incomplete and is dished with a projection at each edge. These projections would have expanded to form an attachment loop when comp…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Guilden Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C4474B
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy plumbob dating to the medieval period. The weight is oval in plan and cross-section with a central decorated panel on each face. The decorated panel on each face sits within an oval depression with the decoration consisting of a series of pellets and diagonal ridged lines. One end of the object is incomplete and is dished with a projection at each edge. These projections would have expanded to form an attachment loop when complete. Similar line and pellet decoration is commonly found on medieval spindle whorls. A similar example which has been recorded o…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Betchton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-119314
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy possible weight of Post Medieval date. The object is circular in plan and has convex sides. One face is dished and is marked with scratches radiating from the centre. The opposite face has similar scratches, but more of them, and has three concavities with a raised rim and a higher point in the centre. The scratches may be caused by rodent gnawing, but they are probably not random enough for this. The object has a well developed white patina with patches of dark brown. At almost half an ounce in mass (14.04g.), it may have been intended as a 1/2oz weight. It could also ha…
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-49AF8D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy Early Post Medieval dress hook of Read's Class D, Type 6, c. 1500 - 1550. The object comprises of a triangular base with three raised circles of equal size arranged around a smaller knop in the centre. The triangular plate has a frilled edging. The back of the object is flat with the remains of three attachment points. The object has a light grey patina.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-924707
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy lead weight, possibly dating from the later post medieval period, that is c. AD1500-1800. The weight is flat-rectangular in shape and has a flat rectangular cross-section. There is a small copper-alloy piece of metalwork integrated into one of the larger surfaces but it is unclear what it was primary to insertation into the weight. Kevin Leahy (pers. comm.) adds that it does not fit into the Danish module as it does resemble some of the weights on which Dave Haldenby and Jane Kershaw are working.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 25th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton-in-Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-84F1E5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy, zoomorphic (bird) possible die stamp or probable casting spillage, of possible Early Medieval dating (AD 410 - AD 1066). The probable casting spillage is irregular in plan, and rectangular in section. The front has a raised design, consisting of a bird standing on two legs, with the head and beak to the left side of the body, and tail outstretched behind. Feathers are depicted by several curvilinear lines. The reverse is plain and undecorated. It measures 24.48 mm in length, 34.08 mm wide and 4.76 mm thick. It weighs 17.6 g. The probable casting…
Created on: Tuesday 17th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th January 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-D6E0A2
Object type: TRIAL PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead pad or trial piece from a die stamp of early Anglo-Saxon (7th century) date. The object is flat and sub-rectangular with rounded corners, and has a worn break to one end. A shallow impression has been made on one side, almost certainly by a die stamp for making impressed foil mounts. The decoration is in Salin's Style II, framed within a tapering sub-rectangular border and with rounded lobes at the surviving end. Each lobe is filled with the curl of the beak of a predatory bird with pointed-oval eyes and no headframe. Interlace is present between the beaks. Beneath the birds' h…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2013
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-8DA342
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy toy figure of a rider on horseback, missing his head, and the head and legs of the horse. The figure has been decorated on both sides, with different details of the rider and horse on each side. The rider is wearing the typical attire of a cavalryman consisting of a skirted tunic, trousers and knee-high boots, with a strap across the chest which connects to the sword belt which in turn suspends the scabbard on one side. He holds the reins in his left hand and reaches out with his right, likely with a sword in his hand, but this is missing. The rider is sitting on a sad…
Created on: Saturday 23rd February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-1DA0A5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval lead-alloy weight with inserted copper-alloy decorative panel. The artefact takes the form of quadrant-shaped block with vertical outer sides and a flat base. A chip carved copper-alloy panel has been inserted into the upper surface of the weight, occupying most of the weight's upper surface, with which it sits flush. The decoration is skilfully executed, comprising an elaborate interlace pattern of ridges and 'V-shaped' grooves. The design is that of a stylised, winged, dragon-like animal, entwined with foliate spirals. The left-facing head of the beast is located…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weymouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B8D7C4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead alloy object of probable later medieval or post medieval date 1400-1800. The artefact is irregular in plan and profile - it resembles the designs seen on lead tokens of this period, although it's size and shape make it relatively undiagnostic. The fragment has raised ribs on the back forming a cross whilst the front has an irregular pattern - possibly showing a head / profile facing left. It is a mid grey colour with a sound patina. It measures 23.5mm length, 24.0mm width and is 2.9mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Perton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-477D43
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast pewter mount in the form of a horse's head with bridle and blinkers. The mount has been decorated on both sides, with similar detail on the head of the horse, but the mane has more curved and concentric lines on one side than the other. The object was obviously meant to be seen from both sides so it would not have been a badge, but perhaps more likely a finial or toy as it has no means of attachment left extant. The body of the horse is missing but the edge of the base of the neck does not appear to have been broken off a larger piece, so this may represent the complete object. o…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-75A9B7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval lead weight probably used for fishing 1300-1700 AD. The length is 52mm and width 22 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SLEAFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-169CC6
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy phallic figurine probably dating to the Roman period. The figure is very roughly cast and is very stylised with simple circular indented eyes with eyebrows, virtually no nose and an indented line for a mouth.. The figure has a flat stomach and the upper body appears to have the remains of a tunic with damage to the hem and the lower half is naked with a very exaggerated erect phallus. The figure is 60cm long, 40cm wide and the weight is 93.7g. The figure has similarities with LEIC-C96B33 although it is much larger.
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEYWOOD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8F1F50
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval? lead spindle whorl, 40mm in diameter and 19mm thick. The object weighs 185grams and has a 10mm diameter central hole. It has slighty tapering edges and no decoration. The form of this whorl allows it to be placed in Walton Rogers Type B2 (2007, 232-6) which she saw as dating from the Iron Age through into the seventh century
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-CC1E24
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy object which is inset with a piece of gilded and patterned copper alloy to form what is probably a weight dating from the Early Medieval period. The object is oval in plan and is 24.2mm long, 19mm wide and 9.2mm thick. The lead is hollow on the reverse. The top of the object is formed by the piece of gilded copper alloy. It seems to be a piece which is cut from a circular object because one edge is curved and has a wide gilded border. The internal design consists of a wide dividing line from which most of the gilding is missing, with a decorated panel on each side. One pa…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Saturday 12th July 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-D736F7
Object type: BULLET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern lead bullet. The cylindrical shaped bullet has a hollow base and five grooves around the body. The diameter of the bullet s 15.1mm which is 0.594 inches, suggesting that the bullet was made for the 0.577 Enfield rifle which was introduced in 1853. Some expansion may have occurred on firing. The length of the bullet is 25.7mm and the weight is 31.02g.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6EA677
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast Medieval lead weight. The shield-shaped weight has a rectangular hole near the top. On the front is a figure of a lion rampant in relief and the back is plain. Around the edge are three notches, which look as if they were cut by a blow. The length is 38.7mm, the width is 31.1mm, the thickness is 7.7mm and the weight is 55.81g.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnetby Le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F83E57
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An interesting complete lead alloy object of a modern date. The object is in the form of two intertwined human figures, which were cast separately. The larger figure has one arm around the other’s waist; the other arm is bent around and raised to the face of its partner. The smaller figure has one arm around the waist of her partner and the other on his shoulders. Each of the figures has long, tendril-like legs, which are interlaced. The length of the object is 40.1mm, the width is 15.2mm, the thickness is 14.4mm and the weight is 32.29g.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A5FB62
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a cast lead disc pendant, of Post Medieval date. The circular disc is blank on the reverse except for a narrow incised transverse line. The front face is decorated in relief with a pseudo-nummular design. In the centre is an asymmetrical cross-potent with a central boss. In the arms of the cross are four heart-shaped devices made up of two strands. Around the edge of the disc is a fictitious inscription. A hole has been drilled through the disc leaving a burr on both sides. The diameter of the disc is 25.4mm, the thickness is 2.3mm and the weight is 18.33g.
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby Cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E8F141
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly crushed Medieval lead-alloy bell. The crushed ball-shaped bell has an integral D-shaped attachment loop. The base of the bell is made up of four petal like flaps and a pebble found inside the bell may have been the clapper. The body is decorated with a pattern of cast, raised bands representing ribbons, each 4mm wide and filled with raised transverse lines. The diameter is 17.0mm, the length is 21.0mm and the weight is 6.40g. Metal analysis done by the finder using the Phi-Rho-Z method shows that bell is an alloy of 95.01% lead and 4.99% copper. This type of bell is know…
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Belton', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NLM-7C89B3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and complete medieval lead of spindle whorl. The biconical spindle whorl has a central circular perforation and is decorated on both faces with radiating lines and pellets. The diameter is 29.0mm, the thickness is 14.4mm and the weight is 50.98g.
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: NLM-03C944
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Post Medieval musket ball. The large spherical musket ball still has the integral spur attached. The diameter of the ball is 18.0mm, which is equivalent to the 0.750 inch calibre of the 'Brown Bess' musket that was used by the British Army c. 1680-1853.The diameter is 18.3mm, the length with spur is 25.6mm and the weight is 39.77g.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastoft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FAE457
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead-alloy spindle whorl. The artefact is circular in shape and "D" shape in section, with a large central perforation measuring 11.5mm in diameter. Both the upper & lower surfaces of the object are decorated with a series of raised lines cast in relief. These markings are often believed to be runic or other lettering but in most cases, as in this one, the lines cannot be said to represent letters and are a purely abstract design. The most probable date for this artefact is the Medieval period, circa 1100-1300 AD, but due to a lack of stratified excavated examples it…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-322826
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy probable brooch fragment which is probably from the mid Early Medieval period. The fragment is a sub rectangular flat plate with one end rounded, and the other end broken with the majority of the brooch missing. The fragment is divided into two panels by a transverse raised bar. There seems to be a plain border round each panel, and interlace patterns within. The reverse is plain and flat apart from two lugs at the rounded end. These were probably originally pierced to hold the pin bar, but are now corroded and the bar and pin are missing. It is probably part of a middle S…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-C34EB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy (pewter?) disc brooch of later Anglo Saxon (probably 10th century) date. The brooch has been much plough damaged; it was discovered conjoined by a small strand of metal, but subsequently has been accidentally broken into two parts during recording. The brooch would have originally been circular, but it is now more oval or sub-rectangular. It is slightly domed in profile and is convex in cross-section. It measures 38.9mm length, 31.1mm width, is a maximum of 2.4mm thick, and weighs 14.14g. The front is decorated with a cast design which is much abraded. The overall desi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-419320
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast lead-alloy Early Medieval Strap End. The rounded terminal of the tongue shaped front plate is all that survives of the strap end. The fragment is decorated in Winchester style with two birds facing each other, conjoined at the beak. Only the heads and part of the bodies are depicted into the rounded terminal edge and the rest of the design is missing. The surviving length is 17.0mm, the width is 15.2mm and the weight is 1.96g. Reference in Kershaw (2008, 258)
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2006
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-090955
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably a fragment of casting waste of unknown date.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-874B54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy nummular brooch. The flat circular brooch is quite worn and slightly misshapen. The brooch appears to imitate the reverse of an eleventh century coin. Around the outer edge are traces of a beaded border, which encloses a inscription. All that remains of the blundered inscription are the letters []N/D[]. In the centre is a short voided cross. The back of the brooch has two incomplete pierced lugs to secure the pin and a folded over catchplate. Although the pin is missing, a trace of iron corrosion around one of the lugs suggests that it once had an iron pin. The survi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-106567
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified lead alloy object. This object is suboval in plan and flat in section. It is essentially a piece of lead decorated with a human face. The face comprises of a raised T shape that forms the brow and nose. Beneath the nose are two parallel horizontal lines that form the lips. Either side of the nose are two raised circles that form the eyes. These facial features are contained within a crude beaded border that runs around the circumference of the object. The object has a creamy beige patina and is only slightly worn. It is 13.5mm long, 11.52mm wide, 1.84mm thick and weighs 1.…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-9F1715
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual lead alloy pendant. Although very worn, the face of the pendant appears to have had human or zoomorphic designs, almost resembling the type commonly found on gold bracteates. The reverse of the pendant has unusual incised 'free-hand' decoration, the meaning of which is unclear. There appears to be a large circle containing a smaller circle and vertical line. To the above left and right of the outer circle are two triangles, each enclosing a letter. The other explanation could be that the object is some sort of seal matrix where the lead casting has been made but no matrix …
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM164
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
Lead token, the central area of one face bearing three raised horizontal bands one edge of which is notches (labels). Above this is a W motif in the angles of which are dots. Around field is a plain band bearing six irrigular saltires. On the reverse is crude, four petalled flower. Diameter 34.3mm, Thickness 2.1mm, Mass 23.20g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 1998
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEEDS', grid reference and parish protected.