Record ID: LEIC-1F9304
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
post medieval lead alloy powder measure, 29mm long, 19mm wide and 16mm thick. The object is in poor condition, being squashed, has a grey patina and weighs 18.16 grams. It has a circular base and outwardly tapering sides which terminate in an outer raised collar.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-347C14
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman or Medieval lead alloy and iron steelyard weight, 35mm high and 41mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 269grams. The object is 'pear shaped' in form with an upper surface that tapers to a point around an iron rod, which would have formed a suspension loop.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-349747
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy weight, 76mm long, 26mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark grey patina and weighs 147grams. The object is sub rectangular in form with rounded long egdes and a rectangular section. It has a circular suspension loop 5mm in diameter at the centre of one end.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-CEA844
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or later lead alloy weight, 43mm long, 27mm in diameter and weighing 127grams. The object is in a fair condition with a grey patina. It is sub rectangular in form and circular in section with a sub circular central hole, 8mm in diameter. The object has tapering edges and is pitted all over its surface with what appears to be deliberate lozenge shaped depressions? The object is possibly a net weight?
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-9DE743
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl,35mm in diameter, 9mm thick and weighing 46.88 grams. The whorl is in fair condition and has a greyish patina. It is decorated on one side with raised circular dots randomly placed. The reverse has concentric ridges on its surface which step down from the central circular hole, 10mm in diameter, towards its narrow edge.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-E82CA6
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval? lead alloy and iron steelyard weight, 51mm long, 41mm in diameter and weighing 442grams. The weight is in fair condition and has an ovoid form and circular section. It has a circular iron shaft emerging from its upper surface which is 10mm in diameter. The underside is plain and the weight is closest to a medieval pound of 454grams, which suggests it is of that date.
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-6776E4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 30mm in diameter, and 12mm wide. The whorl is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 42.28grams. The object is circular in form and sub oval in section. It is decorated with a series of raised lines forming triangles on one side and raised dots and further raised triangles on the other. It has a central hole, 9mm in diameter and has been roughly cast.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-943843
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 31mm in diameter and 16mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a grey patina and weighs 56.64grams. The object has been mis-cast and is solid where it should have a hole. This indicates the site may have been used for metal working and a number of other lead objects were found there.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-945727
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 30mm in diameter and 14mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 52.87grams. The weight is domed in cross section and circular in form. it has a conical recess which begins with a small circular hole in the upper surface and ends as a large hole the underside. It has a lipped edge and may be decorated with incised lines, though its hard to be certain.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-948331
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy weight, 17mm in diameter and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 18.43grams. The weight is circular in form and rectangular in section and has an off centre circular hole. The weight is probably for a net given its off centre hole?
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-7B5971
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 31mm in diameter and 9mm thick. The object is in good condition with a grey patina and weighs 39.5grams. The whorl is decorated on each side with a series of raised circles of various sizes.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-7BDC87
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy seal matrix, 27mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick the object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 9.39grams. The matrix has a central leaf motif with an inscribed border, which appears to say SWILE[...]XYTH with a star motif at the begining. The reverse has a ridge running most of its length which swells to become a rounded knop at the edge. This has a transverse ridge running under it forming a cross motif and appears to be flanked by a raised V and L?
Created on: Monday 24th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-8CE383
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval lead-alloy toy 'hornbook' fragment, 37mm long, 34mm wide and 1.5mm thick, in fair condition with a grey patina and weighing 11.22g. The object is roughly triangular in form, but would have been rectangular when complete, and has raised letters on its surface; those visible are the tail end of the alphabet. The uppermost visible line reads ...opq (apparently in lower case), and the line below reads ...TVW. The lowest line, which is complete, reads XYZ and then appears to have some space-filling lines and zig-zags. The fragment has transverse ridges across its original edg…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-D22CD7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy token, 34mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The token is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 18.31grams. The token is decorated on one side with a raised circle intersected by two gently curved lines which meet in the centre of the circle. There are two sets of three raised dots near the centre and raised dots at the terminals of the curved lines.
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-2204F5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 28.7mm in diameter and 8.8mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 431.17grams. The object is circular in form and bi-conical in cross section. It is decorated on both sides with an unusual pattern made up of four raised dots and four raised open circles, and has a central hole 8mm in diameter. the form fits Walton Rogers form C.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-60B095
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy token, 29.8mm in diameter, 2.5m thick and weighing 12.14 grams. The token is decorated on one side with a six petalled flower which has one raised circular pellet between each petal.
Created on: Friday 5th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A0E427
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 28mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 21.58 grams. The object is un decorated with a rectangular section and a central hole C.10mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A14157
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval lead alloy torso, possibly a figurative mount or toy? 24mm long, 20mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 5.92 grams. The object consists of part of a torso with fragmentary arms. It is flat on the reverse and rounded on the front. It has small rounded breasts below a row of raised pellets, these may be decoration on a dress as a possible collar is just visible above? The object has snapped at the start of the neck and one arm is almost intact with a rectangular section, whilst the other is missing below the shoulder. The sto…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-A22DB8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 19.6mm in diameter and 12.8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 16.28 grams. The object is circular in form and lentoid in section. It may have decoration on its outer surface but it is worn and dirty.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-724482
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval? lead alloy weight, 31mm in diameter and 13mm thick. The object is in poor condition with a grey patina and weighs 10.57 grams. The object is roughly circular with a rectangular section and has a sub circular central hole.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2016
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