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Record ID: DYFED-55F1C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete possible trade weight of copper alloy. Object is an octagonal shape, and is plain and undecorated. There are a few linear scratches on one side, and a possible number 7? In the centre but it is hard to confirm if it is a convenient looking scratch or an actual imprint on the object. It has a green/grey patina and a rough surface. Exact date is unknown, thought to possibly be post medieval. The object weighs 25.8g and has a width of 24.62mm, a height of 26.24mm and a thickness of 7.05mm.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ciliau Aeron', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-558A33
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete Lead Weight. It is bell shaped, and is smooth and undecorated. It has a hole in the centre of its top which runs through to its flat base, which is assumed to be where it would have been suspended . It weighs 43.6g and has a height of 19.23mm and a width of 21.25mm. Its exact date is unknown but is thought to be Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 6th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ciliau Aeron', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-4588E9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete Copper Alloy Georgian Trade Weight. Circular in shape with a raised rim. The obverse features a crowned ‘GR’ stamped just below 12 o clock, and the word ‘IMPERIAL’ stamped just above 6 o clock. The reverse has many linear scratches. It has an overall brown/green patina. It weighs 26.1g, has a diameter of 30.04mm and is 6.75mm thick.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenvoe', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-0EE31A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete lead object, thought to be a weight. It is circular in shape and has a white and grey patina. It is mostly flat with a slight raised rim but it has mostly been worn and flattened. It weighs 74.5g and is 40.02mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henfynyw', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-D1962C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete Copper Alloy Queen Anne Trade Weight. The weight is circular in shape with a small raised rim. There is an ‘A’ stamped at 9 o clock and an image likened to a coffee pot stamped at 6 o clock, thought to be an ewer (The London founders trade mark). The reverse is plain. The weight has a Brass like patina, and is pitted and marked all over. The object weighs 23.7g and is 30.14mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pembroke Dock', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-EC2A86
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Trade Weight from the Georgian Period or later (approximately AD 1714 - 1850). The weight is circular in shape and has a raised rim around the circumference. The obverse of the weight features a crowned 'G R' in the centre, which may stand for 'George Rex' and therefore indicated the monarch when the weight was made. The reverse of the weight has many linear scratches. The weight has an overall green patina. The object weighs 13.3g and is 25.10mm in diameter.
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pembroke Dock', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: DYFED-EC08F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Lead Weight. Probable steelyard weight. The weight is cuboid in shape with 2 square faces and four rectangular shaped sides. On one side is the remnant of a lug or attachment which is displaying reddish corrosion. The weight is whole and has a white patina. Exact date is unknown. A possible similar object on the PAS database is Record LIN-FFB3D9. Object weighs 204.8g and is 33.96mm wide, 38.54mm tall and is 17.69mm thick
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergwili', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WAW-7017D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Lead weight, block-like tapering down length in one plane, irregular hole through small end, cavity in base of broad end, irregular shape; may have been formed by compressing lead sheet. Dating uncertain: Medieval/Post Medieval? Length 45.5mm, Width 20.4mm tapering to 12.8mm, Thickness 14.6mm, Mass 82.36g.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: DYFED-A1CE6D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete copper alloy Trade Weight. Circular in shape with a raised rim. Obverse features the letter 'A' (left off centre) which is topped with a crown. Dating to the reign of Queen Anne (1702- 1714). Weight has a bronze like patina. The weight is 18.62mm in diameter and weighs 6.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manorbier', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-334F17
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Medieval or Post Medieval (c. AD 1200- 1600) lead weight, uniface, thick one face bearing what appear to be the retrograde letters I R or T R. Diameter 16.9mm, Thickness 5.2mm, Mass 8.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: DYFED-931E2B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
8 Dram Trade weight. Weight is whole and shows signs of use and wear. Object weighs 14g and is approximately 20mm in diameter.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kidwelly', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: FAKL-3EB47A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Undated cast lead weight, wedge shaped with a rounded top through which is a 5.8mm diameter holes. The base, from which the section tapers in one plane, measures 21.9 x 15.4mm, the weight has a length of 46.8mm and a mass 86.83g. Both the function and date of this find are unknown.
Created on: Sunday 4th June 2017
Last updated: Sunday 4th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: FAKL-F0D663
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Post Medieval lead weight, mushroom shaped with a low, flat topped, dome set on a short, stork, 16.1 diameter x 4.9mm long. The flat top of the head is surrounded by radial facets suggesting that it has been hammered to shape.Although not dated this object is of sufficient interest to be worthy of record. It may have been a closing weight for a leather flap-valve. Diameter 28.8 x25.0mm, Height 13.2mm, Mass 45.06g.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: FAKL-C2D2B1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Undated lead weight, oval with a groove around its edge, through it are three 1.5mm diameter holes, countersunk on one face. Although this object is undated it was made with some care for a specific purpose and is worthy of record. Length 16.8mm, Width 14.7mm, Thickness 7.7mm, Mass 11.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: FAKL-BC5AD1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Post Medieval lead trade weight bearing the marks of Charles I (1625-1649) and the City of Norwich. The weight is discoidal and bears two, deep stamp impressions, one being a crowned 'CR' and the other a castle with two towers, a gate and a crenulated battlement, the arms of Norwich. Through the face of the weight are two holes, one 2.5mm in diameter set within a 6.0mm diameter raised pad, the other being rectangular, 3.5 x 1.5mm from which it tapers. On the top face are two vertically sided recesses, both oval, 4.5 x 4.0mm x 2.0mm deep. Diameter 34.9mm, Thickness 6.5mm, Mass 54.47g (…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 1st April 2017
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-4E573A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A 17th-century post-medieval copper-alloy quarter ounce trade weight, dating from the reign of Charles I or II (1625-1685). The pan weight is formed of a thick disc. On the front there is a raised circumferential rim with an incuse ring at the centre, surrounded by fine circumferential turning marks. There are three stamped marks on the front: a crowned letter 'C' (at 11 o'clock), which is the royal cypher; The dagger of St. Paul (at 1 'clock), for London, the place of its manufacture; a ewer (at 6 o'clock), for the Founders Company of London. The ewer has not been struck correctly…
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WMID-F2364A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy trade weight of James II dating to circa (AD 1685-1688). The weight is circular in plan. The upper surface at the outer edge has a lipped rim. At the centre of the front face of the weight the surface is slightly raised. At the 6 o'clock position there is the Founders Company in London mark of a ewer which was stamped on approved weights. At the 11 o'clock position there is the royal cipher, an 'I' which is surmounted by a crown. The 'I' represents both James I and James II. However Bailey (2000: p. 43) refers to this arrangement with the marks being…
Created on: Friday 18th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-7C5395
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A copper alloy one-ounce trade weight issued in Westminster dating to the period AD 1758 to 1826. The weight is flat and circular and bears a portcullis mark in the top right quarter of the weight (part of the arms of the City of Westminster), as Westminster was outside the jurisdiction of the Founders' Company whose stamp does not appear on this weight. The reverse is plain apart from file marks made during the manufacturing process. A 'Local Act' of 1758 specifically states that weights made or sold in Westminster should be deemed unlawful if they were not 'marked with a portcu…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Ampthill', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-C4F4BE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete lead standing or hanging weight, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval periods, c. 1200-1700. The body of the weight is sub-trapezoidal, thinning slightly towards its top before abruptly thinning to form a protruding tab which is broadly rectangular in cross-section. Through this latter a small circular perforation has been crudely drilled in order to allow the weight to be suspended. On the base of the weight two rather wide opposing grooves, their function uncertain, while the main body of the weight has been decorated with a series of irregularly spaced longit…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-F8AE3B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A complete post-medieval cast copper-alloy trade weight of William III (sole rule 1694-1702). The weight is circular when laid flat and the sides flare outwards from the bottom towards the top. At the top it has a raised rim, and the inside is decorated with a single concentric groove 9.3mm in diameter around the centre. Barely visible is a 'W' for William III, and an unclear letter. The underside is flat and smooth with a small circular central pit. Diameter: 24.92; thickness: 5.31mm. Weight: 12.3g (0.41oz). It seems rather underweight for a half-ounce weight. Compare a much…
Created on: Saturday 2nd April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.


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