Record ID: SF-F8A64D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy weight or spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval to post medieval period. The object is plano convex. It is undecorated and has a large central perforation measuring 10.53mm in diameter. The object has a light cream patina. Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains continuous from the Roman period onwards. Most examples likely date from the medieval period onwards. It is unclear what the original mass of the weight was as it has become worn and irregular,…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-021704
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy trade weight of post-medieval to modern date. The weight is circular in shape with a raised rim around the outer edge of the outer face, measuring 3.86mm in thickness. Set in the centre of the front face is a recessed circular panel. SUFFOLK is inscribed towards one end with a horizontal T-shape in the centre and the letters 'DT L' within an oval border below. The reverse has a circular pit in the centre surrounded by a circular depression.  Shares similarities on the database with SF-E89163. 
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pakefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EB6864
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy weight or plumb bob dating to circa AD 1500-1900.  The weight is pointed triangle in form and square in section with four sides and a flat square-shaped base. The metal has a dark greyish-green patina and is relatively. The top of the object appears to have been repaired with a white metal solder.  Numerous functions for such objects have been suggested including as fishing net weights or sinkers. Such objects are difficult to date with any degree of certainty without contextual evidence or any diagnostic featu…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tolleshunt D'arcy', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0E25B2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy weight dating to circa AD 1500-1800. Broadly oval in plan with straght edges its front face is inscribed with 10 Xs arranged in a 2-2-3-3 formation. The back face is plain. Length: 23mm; Width: 18.3mm; Thickness: 1.9mm; Weight: 5.69g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A0F2E1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy coin/weight apothecary weight dating to circa AD 1550-1900. The weight is square in plan and rectangular-sectioned. No details are discernible on either face. Length: 18.3mm; Width: 18.5mm; Thickness: 5.5mm; Weight: 12.86g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-684C62
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Post Medieval lead-alloy weight dating to circa AD 1550-1750. It is circular in plan and rectangular in section. Each face is flat. Both faces are damaged with probable plough marks though potentially 'XII' is inscribed on one face, but this is not certain. A similar weight is recorded under HAMP-2822CB Diameter: 29.1mm; Thickness: 9.8mm; Weight: 59.88g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EE5240
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy weight dating to circa AD 1500-1700. It is circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The front face has bevelled edges and a circular depression in the centre. Diameter: 22.8mm; Thickness: 4.8mm; Weight: 8.76g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1DDF67
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy weight dating to circa ad 1400-1700. The mount is circular in plan with straight edges. The front face a circumferential inscribed groove in its raised border. Set in the centre of the front face is a recessed circular panel. Set inside an incised circular border is a crudely inscribed X. The rear face is plain. Diameter: 37.4mm; Thickness: 6.4mm; Weight: 52.01g.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D44562
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval weight. It is square in shape with a fine incised grid pattern on the outer face. The form and style of decoration suggest a post-medieval date. Length: 23.27mm, width: 22.20mm, thickness: 7.17mm, weight: 25.21g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F6D935
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy (brass) post-medieval/modern trade weight. A 'bell'-shaped standing weight with a trapezoidal suspension loop at the apex. It is marked with shield of the guildhall, the averdepois, ewer and a crowned letter V for Queen Victoria. Length: 43.43mm, diameter: 21.61mm, weight: 55.59g
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-59475F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight of probable later medieval or post-medieval date. It is disc-shaped and each face is decorated with the same raised generic design of a lion to either side of a simple crowned shield. The object seems likely to have functioned as a simple weight. Diameter: 14.19mm, thickness: 2.56mm, weight: 3.28g
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickhambrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D9C189
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval trade weight dating to circa AD 1588-1826 (Biggs 1992: 51-57). It is circular in plan with straight edges. Its surfaces are flat. One surface is stamped with faint traces of a sword and ewer and indistinct royal cypher. Diameter: 12.7mm; Thickness: 3.7mm; Weight: 3.35g.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birdbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D1D8C8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Post Medieval weight to AD 1500-1800. It is a parallelepiped with nine annulets stamped on both of the wider faces. No parallels found. Length: 13.90mm Width: 13.62mm Thickness: 4.89mm Weight: 8.69g
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-42F564
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy possibly Post Medieval weight, dating to AD 1500-1700. It is low disc, which has the lower face decorated with a cast spiral motif; the upper face has a central possibly broken circular protrusion, which is surrounded by a circunferencial sunken band. The sides of the disc has a longitudinal flute, which is flanked by two raised edges. Diameter: 14.77 m Height: 5.25 m Weight: 6.28 g
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolleshunt D'arcy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F19311
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy official four ounce avoirdupois weight dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1588-1603. It is circular in plan and broadly rectangular in section, with neatly chamfered edges in evidence around its entire circumference. The underside of the weight is flat and featureless, while the upper surface has been stamped with three separate marks. These consist four annulets arranged in a lozenge-shaped pattern, the letter 'A' (for 'avoirdepois') within a pelleted outer border, and the royal cipher of 'EL' (Elizabeth) underneath a crown, with the further letters 'CO…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke-by-Nayland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-391738
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy weight of probable Post-Medieval date, c. 1500-1800. It is circular in plan, with a moulded design on its upper surface consisting a large raised pellet-in-ring motif. Preserved in fair condition with an even whitish patina, it measures 28.46mm in diameter, 5.79mm thick, and weighs 27.06g. Weights of this form were probably home-made and widely used for a variety of different functions. Most are Post-Medieval, though some may be slightly earlier.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-82F9D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy official four ounce avoirdepois weight dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1588-1603. It is circular in plan and broadly rectangular in section, with neatly chamfered edges in evidence around its entire circumference. The underside of the weight is flat and featureless, while the upper surface has been stamped with three separate marks. These consist four annulets arranged in a lozenge-shaped pattern, the letter 'A' (for 'avoirdepois') within a pelleted outer border, and the royal cipher of 'EL' (Elizabeth) underneath a crown, with the further letters 'CO…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9FA65D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Roman to post-medieval pan weight. It is roughly disc-shaped with a raised rim around the circumference of both faces. One face has a faint incised cross in the centre. The other face is very pitted and uneven, but appears to be undecorated. All of the surfaces have been heavily worn producing a shiny patina and there is some damage and corrosion in places. Egan (2005, 163, fig.160, no.838) illustrates a very similar excavations from excavation in London, found in a context dated c.AD 1630-50. Weights like this were in use from the Roman period onwards, however. …
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2016
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1EB26E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to post-medieval weight, possibly an apothacaries weight. It is a flat and almost square is shape, although slightly distorted. A crude mark formed from lines, possibly a letter 'W', has been scratched on one face. Withers and Withers (1995, 65) illustrate a similar example, also with a letter W on one surface, which they list as an apothecaries' weight. A similar example has been recorded on the PAS database from Sussex: SUR-D85EA7. Due to its undiagonstic nature it is difficult to assign a date as simple weights like this were in use for a long period of…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-49CAD3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post-medieval trade weight. It is circular in shape with a raised rim around the outside edge of the upper face. The centre of the upper face has the crowned letters G at one side with a ewer at the other side and a sword above and between them. The ewer was stamped on approved weights by the London Founders Company between 1590-1826 and is typically accompanied by the City of London (Guildhall) mark - the sword of St Paul - the letter A (absent on this example), and the royal cypher - in this case G for George I to IV (Biggs 1992, 50). Diameter: 18.65mm,…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.