Record ID: IOW-883434
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and undecorated globular copper alloy steelyard weight with a lead core. Total height 60mm, diameter 56mm. Weight 1lb 1-1/8 ounces (490g). In the centre of the top is an integrally cast sub-triangular lug (7mm thick) with a sub-circular perforation. The base of the weight is flattened and on the base are two linear grooves which form a right angle. These impressions may be casting imperfections. On the surface is a damaged area of about two square centimetres where the lead core is exposed. The overall surface has a mid-brown patina dappled with small patches of bronze disea…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-FDD290
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy ampulla, probably made from a two-piece mould. The top portion of the neck is missing and the breaks appear to be old. Medieval, fifteenth century. (Mitchiner 1986, 138). Length 50mm, width 28.mm, maximum thickness 8.5mm. Weight 36.01g. The ampulla is pouch-shaped and has a neck with flaring sides which are concave in profile At each side of the base of the neck is the remains of an attachment loop. These loops allowed the ampulla to be suspended by a cord or chain from the neck of the wearer. Both faces of the ampulla have moulded decoration. On one side …
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-731D41
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval, thirteenth to fifteenth century date. Length 54mm, width 30.5mm and 6mm thick. Weight 32.99g. The ampulla is flask-shaped with thick walls and a relatively long neck (24mm). As viewed from the obverse or reverse, the neck flares gently outwards from the circular body. On each side, at the junction of the neck and the body is a relatively large suspension loop. The obverse side is decorated with a crowned heart which is in-filled with cross-hatching. An uneven surface around the the mouth of the neck on the obverse is probably the result…
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-323522
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval, thirteenth or fourteenth century date. Length 47mm, width 30mm. Viewing the ampulla in plan, it has a circular body with a neck that flares gently outwards towards the rim which is uneven and has been “crimped” in order to contain holy water. Viewed from the obverse side, the right hand suspension loop is incomplete and the broken part is missing. The left hand suspension loop is complete but mis-shapen. Decoration on the body of the obverse side is in the form of a symmetrically-shaped flower with four large pointed petals a…
Created on: Saturday 11th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A6C036
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim ampulla of Medieval date, probably thirteenth to fifteenth century. Length 38mm, width, including the suspension loops, 38mm and 9mm thick. Weight 32.32g. The whole of the neck is missing. The body is sub-circular in plan and has a casting seam along the edge which divides each undecorated face. A near horizontal break, just above the suspension loops, is ragged and is probably an old break. One of the suspension loops is situated slightly lower than the other. At the centre of the base is a large upward projecting dent which seems to be old damage. …
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chale Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D1C3B2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Lead token with letters TC on the obverse and a bird motif on the reverese. Diameter 20mm. Weight 3.39g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3AB838
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead cloth seal of seventeenth century date. Diameter 37mm and about 1.0mm thick. Weight 10.39g. Disc 2 of a 4 disc seal. The edge has old breaks and the broken parts are missing. The front face bears the arms of the City of London: the cross of St George is ridged and obliquely counter-charged. The first quarter, the dexter chief, is charged with a sword erect. The sword has a cross-guard and the blade is straight and pointed. A border defined by a plain inner circle and a beaded outer circle contains the inscription in the upper part: DE LONDI NO Ros…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3B7DA4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast circular lead seal with a design on either face, in almost perfect condition. Diameter 36mm and 7mm thick. Weight 41.73g. Seal of Pope Innocent VII (1404-1406). First side: Busts of St Peter and St Paul are each within an inverted pear-shaped compartment defined by pellets. On the right, St Peter's beard and hair are shown to be curly by the use of pellets. On the left, St Paul's hair and beard are portrayed as being straight. Above the busts is an inscription SPA SPE. Second side: Inscription INNO/CENTIVS/PP VII. There is an omega above PP. A mullet of seven points is p…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A49323
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast sub-circular lead button of possible Medieval date. Diameter c. 22mm, and 2mm thick. Weight 6.89g. The button is sub-circular in plan and the front has eight equally spaced inward-pointing chevrons in relief, around the edge. The central area is dented and has a small hole which is old damage. There appears to be a decorative pellet in the centre. The back has an integral misshapen loop which is 8mm wide and 9mm in length. On the back, a casting seam extends from one side to the other over the periphery of the loop. The surfaces have a deposit of whitish grey lead oxid…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Niton and Whitwell Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E56B30
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead alloy ampulla of Medieval date. Length 36mm, width 29mm and 7mm thick. Weight 22.56g. The neck and both loops that allowed the container to be suspended from the wearer’s neck are broken and missing and all breaks appear to be old. The surviving part, the body, is sub-circular in plan and tapers gently towards the missing neck. The convex obverse face has a large central dent and the reverse face is also slightly dented, perhaps deliberately so. The surfaces are heavily corroded, therefore, it is difficult to determine whether the faces were decorated.
Created on: Sunday 7th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F4EBD5
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete lead powder measure cap of seventeenth century date. Length 37mm, width at the rim 49mm and a maximum of 9mm thick. Weight 64.78g. The sides of the cap have been squashed flat and the rim is deformed. On opposite sides of the rim is a single loop, both of these are complete and also squashed. Prior to being deformed, the sides flared outwards and upwards from an oval and slightly convex "base".
Created on: Monday 8th November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A3E386
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and crudely designed cast lead object, possibly part of a pendant of Medieval date. Length 25mm, width 25mm and 5mm thick. Weight 10.43g. The object is trefoil-shaped in plan and is generally convex on the front face and flat on the rear face. Viewing the object with the central foil at the bottom, there is an old break at the top. A straight line, in relief, extends along the longitudinal centre-line of each of the foils, perhaps to represent the mid-rib of a leaf.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-497D78
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast lead alloy object of Medieval date (AD 1300 – AD 1500). Length 40.5mm, diameter 8mm. Weight 8.92g. The slightly curved object is tubular in cross-section with walls that are about 1.0mm thick. At one end is a tubular terminal with a closed end. It is about 7mm in length and is roughly oval in cross-section. The terminal is slightly smaller in diameter than the main part. At the other end is an old jagged break. On the underside of the object is a T-shaped slot, the head of the T being nearest to the terminal. This slot is about 3mm in width. Within the end of the s…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestone and Seaview', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C1D347
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast lead alloy (?pewter) spoon of probable Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (AD 1400 – AD 1700). Length 99mm, width of bowl 32mm, thickness of bowl, about 1.5mm. Weight 20.02g. The stem is sub-circular in cross-section near the bowl and evolves into an oval shape in cross-section at an old break which has occurred 47mm from the top of the bowl. The shallow bowl is oval in plan, although it is slightly pointed at the bottom. On the reverse, there is a moulded tri-lobed motif at the junction of the stem and bowl. The edges of the bowl have old ragged breaks and the…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Niton and Whitwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1211E4
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead alloy spoon of probable Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (AD 1400 - AD 1600). Length 62mm, maximum width 16.0mm and maximum thickness 8.0mm. Weight 17.86g. The piece comprises part of the stem and a small part of the bowl. The stem tapers slightly from the bowl towards the other end which is in the form of an old break. At the old break the dimensions are 8.0mm x 8.0mm. The front and rear faces of the stem are flat and each side is indistinctly bevelled. Consequently, the stem is hexagonal in cross-section. Just a small portion of the bowl has surviv…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B47B88
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead alloy mount (possibly) of probable Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 - AD 1800). Length 25.0mm, width 19.2mm and 11.4mm thick. Weight 16.06g. It is moulded at the front and in the form of a lion's face. The rear face is flat. At the centre of the rear there is a slight depression, sub-rectangular in shape. This may be remains of spike or other form of attachment. The edges, which are severely corroded and also fractured in places, are in the form of old breaks. The object is in poor condition and the surfaces are mainly covered with a light brown/buff patina. The breaks are…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-522BC3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast-in-one lead alloy unidentified object of probable Modern date. Post AD 1800. Length 25.6mm, width 22.3mm and 4.5mm thick. Weight 4.79g. The object is in the form of an eight-spoked wheel, the rim of which has an outer diameter of 21.6mm. One of the spokes projects out 5.7mm from the periphery of the rim. The other spokes probably projected from the rim as well. However, these are missing due to old breaks and just the stubs of each have survived. At the front, within the rim of the wheel, there is a forward facing skull and crossbones motif. On the rear face, at t…
Created on: Sunday 17th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-37CFA2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead alloy double sided token of probable Medieval to Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1250 – c. AD 1800. Diameter: 19.7mm; thickness: 4.9mm. Weight: 10.36g. One side has a prominent raised rim enclosing a slightly raised standing bird with wings folded and facing right. Two legs are barely visible. The other side also has a raised design consisting of a long saltire cross, the arms of which reach the edge of the flan. Within each quadrant there is a circular pellet. The token has a whitish grey patina on both faces. Due to the uncertainty of the date of such tokens…
Created on: Sunday 20th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1FF6C3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead alloy ingot (probably) of Unknown date. Length: 36.0mm; width: 23.8mm and 16.7mm thick. Weight: 79.88g. The object is four sided and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. One end has a rough and deeply pitted surface and the opposite end been cut or chopped. The surfaces are generally pitted overall.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5A88F2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead pilgrim ampulla of Medieval date (c. 1150-c. 1350). The upper part, including the suspension loops, is missing due to old breaks. The lower part, the body, is sub-circular in plan. One face has a raised design of radiating lines that represent the surface of a shell and the opposite face appears to be plain. The object is corroded and in poor condition. 29.1 x 27.7 x 5.6mm. Weight: 21.25g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature phials were an importa…
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.