Record ID: CAM-F69004
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, broken and distorted Medieval lead ampulla. It is estimated that approximately one quarter of the ampulla, half of the top section, is missing as a result of damage. The other upper quarter has been bent out to the side, causing distortion to the original shape. The lower half (just less than half) of the object is preserved in better condition. One side is decorated with moulded relief. Two semi-circles are visible and fill the lower part of this side. These semi-circles are filled with small lozenges (2.5mm x 2.1mm apex to apex). The lozenges are …
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: CAM-F90345
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lump of lead whose function or use is uncertain. This unidentified object is also of uncertain date. It weighs 42.19g, and currently has a sub-spherical to sub-cuboid form. Lead is a heavy but soft metal and it is therefore more probable that this artefact started as a sphere and has deformed to gain flatter sides under its own weight. Only one of the surfaces appears markedly different to the others. This has a depressed slot around less than half of the circumference. The slot has a width of 1.9mm and depth of 0.7mm. The diameter of the lump, measured along the axi…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: CAM-755047
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead, or lead alloy, button of 18th century AD date, of a type often made in silver or cut steel (see Bailey, G. 2004 p.65). Compare with PAS record CAM-7EE27C, which has almost identical decoration. This complete object weighs 21.03g. It has a circular shape with diameter of 26.5mm. In profile the button's head has a semi-circular form, convexly domed to the front with a flat reverse. The current maximum thickness over the button is 7.5mm. However, this was originally slightly greater due to damage to the central decorative boss.&n…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: CAM-E37EC4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead artefact of uncertain date. This is probably a weight to weigh goods with but may have been used as a small plumb-bob or weight to tension a cord or material instead. Weight is 22.63g (0.80oz) and length is 31.5mm. The cross-section appears to be circular but close inspection shows the sides to be subtly faceted. Some of the facets are much more subtle than others which frustrates counting the total number. At the wider end the diameter is c.9.4mm. c.3.7mm from this terminal the diameter has flared out to 15.2mm. It then contracts gradually to 8.6mm diameter c.2.4mm before the o…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: CAM-E3274E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical lead weight of uncertain date. This artefact weighs 54.19g (1.91oz) and has a height of 20.6mm. In profile the weight has a trapezoidal shape and a sub-circular cross-section of c.23.0mm diameter at the base tapering to 17.8mm at the top. A perforation passes through the approximate centre of the weight on the height axis. At the flat base of the weight this opening is oval 4.7mm x 3.9mm. At the irregular but mostly flat top the opening is not open but blocked, possibly with a mix of pale brown soil and or rusted iron, possibly with some lead from the slig…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: CAM-E2D713
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A biconical lead weight. Weights of this form are generally thought to be Roman but the date is uncertain as these can be found on multi-period sites. The weight has a biconical profile and sub-circular shape when viewed from above or below, probably originally circular but now miss-shapen. The remains of an iron attachment loop or some other means of suspension are present in the miss-shapen apex end. In its current condition the weight has a height of 35.2mm including the iron remains. The original diameter, on the well preserved axis, is 42.7mm and on the miss-shapen …
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: CAM-E20F93
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pencil of Post-Medieval date c. AD 1500-1900. Weight is 15.08g, use of a flexible dress-maker’s tape-measure shows the length to be c.63mm. However, in its bent condition it occupies a bent length of 60.4mm. The approximately transverse blunt end has a circular cross-section of 5.8mm diameter and this continues along the length until c.6.2mm from the opposite end at which point the artefact tapers to a, now, blunt point. The flat end of the pencil has a depression, though it is uncertain whether this is intentional or due to later modification or unintentional damage. htt…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-D5B9E6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical weight of unknown date. Weight is 12.40g (0.44oz), the diameter at base is 19.6mm from which the walls taper to 7.1mm at the top. Height is 9.0mm. A straight walled cylindrical hole of 3.9mm diameter passes through the approximate centre of the artefact vertically (from flat base to tapered top). This is more likely to have been used as a weight for weighing how heavy something was, rather than as a spindle whorl.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: CAM-D5969A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pot mend weighing 8.31g. It has a maximum thickness of 8.2mm and measures 17.0mm x 15.0mm. One side has a sub-oval shape and smoother flattened surface. The other side has greater variation on the thickness axis and a more irregular undefined 'blob' shape. c.2.4mm in from the flatter surface the mend contracts, and would originally have passed through the vessel wall, before expanding on the opposite side. None of the vessel survives around the mend so no dating can be suggested.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C0CE89
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-oval veering to sub-rectangular shaped lead palm guard, probably of Post-Medieval date. This artefact weighs 131.10g. It has a length of 54.7mm and width of 46.0mm. It has a smoother convex surface and more irregular concave surface. The edge of the object varies in thickness from 2.4mm to 12.8mm. Over all, over the dished shape this guard occupies a depth, across the centre, of 11.4mm. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/textile-equipment/ .  Also see Bailey, G. 1993, pp.64-65.
Created on: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: CAM-1FD3D1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal. Disc one is the only part of this artefact to survive. As a result of this, it is impossible to determine whether this was originally a two or four disc type of cloth seal. The disc has a width of 31.9mm. The disc increases to give a length axis measurement of 35.8mm when including the remains of the connecting strip. The outer surface of disc one is covered in relief detail some of which has now completely worn away (unless this was ill-defined when first used). A border formed of closely set pellets, of c.1.0mm diamete…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: CAM-1FB82B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead bifaced token. The token is sub-circular in shape. The edge of both sides is slightly raised to give a border of 1.8mm width. Both sides are decorated with relief motif, however, the design is different on each side. One side of the flan has a large stylised fleur-de-lis at the centre, filling almost the whole field. Instead of all parts being joined the central erect stem of the fleur and the two side stems/leaves with outward curving tips are separated by c.2.7mm. The bases of all three parts of the fleur join to the flan's edge border. The tip of the c…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: CAM-04D90D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead seal matrix. The matrix is circular with a diameter of 28.9mm. Originally slightly flatter than it is now, the design and legend of the face is formed in the negative so that any impression formed with the matrix would appear in relief. The motif at the centre of the face forms a circular shape consisting of a cross formed by multi-leafed stems interspersed by a cross of what appears to either be a candle, or bud emerging from a cylinder of sepals. A narrow incised continuous line borders the legend above and below. The legend is unclear but seems to probably rea…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2022
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Record ID: CAM-03942B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal probably of Medieval date. This artefact weighs 7.71g, however this weight includes dried mud that can be seen filling the space between the two discs. The discs are sub-circular in shape. They have a diameter measurement of 21.5mm on one axis and, due to the object having been bent, a bent measurement of 20.0mm when measured with a flexible dress-maker’s tape-measure on the axis at 90 degrees from the previously given dimension. Each disc seems to have had a thickness of c.0.7mm and together they have a maximum thickness of 3.6mm with the dried mud between them. …
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2022
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Record ID: CAM-711F41
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-square to disc shaped artefact that resembles a token of Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. It weighs 5.38g, measures 17.4mm x 16.9mm with a maximum thickness of 5.1mm. The object appears to be made mainly from lead or lead-alloy. The edges thicken to one side of the artefact's surface and the area within has a browner hue. Use of a magnet produces a strong reaction to both sides of the object. This confirms that the browner area is a patch of iron. It is uncertain whether the presence of this iron metal is by design, if so the purpose is unclear, or accidentally present. No …
Created on: Friday 1st April 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2022
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Record ID: CAM-1FD29B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead pot mends found relatively close to one another. The thinner of the two mends weighs 34.11g. It has a sub-oval shape measuring 30.2mm x 22.4mm on the smoother larger side. The contraction accounts for c.2.0mm of the total thickness. The rougher side of the mend measures 34.1mm x 23.4mm. The two sides splay out in differing directions giving the mend an overal measurement of 38.0mm x 25.0mm. The mend has an overall thickness of 8.0mm. A very small amount of the ceramic vessel remains within the contraction. It has a mid brownish buff colour. However, not enough survives t…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FC205F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacial lead token, probably of Medieval date. This artefact has an approximately circular shape. It weighs 6.57g, has a diameter of 22.8mm and maximum thickness of 3.5mm. Decoration on both sides of the flan is in relief. At the centre, of one side of the token, there is a raised pellet of 2.7mm diameter. Raised lines, of c. 1.3mm width, radiate out from the central pellet in a similar fashion to the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Some of these lines appear to terminate with a slightly smaller pellet c.3.9mm away from the edge fo the artefact. The opposite surface of the token ha…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A32312
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical lead weight of unknown date. This artefact weighs 40.30g (c. 1.42 oz), has a height of 21.0mm and circular base diameter of 22.3mm. The base is flat and the walls gradually taper to the conical apex. There is no decoration on any part of this artefact. It is uncertain whether a suspension loop was originally present at the top of the weight. No remains of a suspension loop are clearly visible. However, the top of the weight is slightly deformed and use of a magnet does not reveal the presence of any magnetic pull to suggest the remains of any iron present. Found o…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
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Record ID: CAM-4CF2AC
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pencil of probable Post-Medieval date. The pencil is a parallel-sided cylinder of slightly oval cross-section that measures 5.6mm x 4.9mm at the middle, but has a more circular cross-section to either end. It tapers over a length of 2.9mm with irregular width facets to a rounded of point. The opposite end is a flattened convex transverse terminal. The artefact weighs 10.66g and has a maximum length of 50.1mm. See: https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/styli-pencils-and-parchment-prickers/ .
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
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Record ID: CAM-4CC65D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval incomplete pointed-oval (vessica) shaped lead seal matrix. The remains of this artefact weigh 14.66g. It has an incomplete length of 31.0mm, width of 26.1mm and thickness of 3.9mm. The front and back surfaces are flat and the remaining edges curve convexly from one surface to the other the reverse surface being slightly shorter and narrower than the main face of the matrix. The reverse is undecorated and there is no surviving evidence of any suspension loop or handle. On the front surface a central motif is surrounded by a legend. No border is visible above or below th…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.