Record ID: ESS-817074
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of two lead probable weights of unknown date. Description: Both objects are broadly conical in profile with circular bases, tapering to points at their tops. Both have holes at their tops. One object has a circular indentation at the centre of its base. Both are very worn with breakages. Measurements: 1: Height: 16.8mm; width: 16.5mm; weight: 12.6g 2: Height: 21mm; width: 17.2mm; weight: 13.73g
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th January 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: SF-7BD0E6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval or post-Medieval lead shield-shaped lead weight. The outer face is decorated with three upwards-pointing transverse chevrons. The surface of the metal is corroded and there is damage in places.  Biggs and Withers (2000, p.34-6) suggest that shield-shaped lead weights were introduced in the second half of the 14th century AD and remained in use as late as the 17th, 18th and even 19th centuries. Length: 39.03mm, width: 37.30mm, thickness: 6.56mm, weight: 49.05g
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7BC552
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead quatrefoil-shaped weight of probable medieval to early post-medieval date. The object is a flattened quatrefoil-shaped. Its outer face has a raised lozenge-shaped in the centre, its corners extending to the outer edges of the object and its outer face decorated with a raised fleur-de-lis. The outer face of each corner lobe is then decorated with three raised pellets and a raised linear border around its outer each. Similar examples can be found in Biggs and Withers (2000, 49, nos.154&155) who describe these as goldsmith's weights. See PAS records…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DF9421
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl or weight dating to the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1200-1700). The object is circular with flat faces and a rounded edge. In the centre is a circular perforation measuring 8.9mm in diameter. The object is undecorated and has a powdery white / cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 25.3mm; thickness 5.1mm; weight 20g 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…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 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-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-FDD5F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy discoidal trade weight, weighing 6.69g (0.24oz). This artefact is circular in shape with a diameter of 20.5mm at the base. The walls flare out slightly giving a diameter of 21.3mm at the top. Viewed in profile the artefact's cross-section appears initially to be rectangular rather than the actual subtle inverted isosceles trapezium. The walls give the object a maximum height or thickness of 3.7mm. The centre of the upper surface is recessed by 1.9mm, the edge of the artefact forming a 1.8mm wide undecorated rim. The inner edge of the rim slants diagonally from t…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
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Record ID: NARC-08BC4D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Trade Weight of Post Medieval date (AD 1600-1900). The object is a 1 ounce stacking trade weight. The weight is discoidal with a raised rim, and a central n ring-and-dot within a double circle, used to hold the weight while it was being ground. The weight has a stamped laver or coffee pot, the inspection mark of the Worshipful Company of Founders, who controlled the lawful making of brass weights in London and for three miles around (Withers and Withers 2011, page 78). No other stamps are visible, as such the date of the object is broader in …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2022
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Record ID: BH-DFE272
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy trade weight of James I (1603-1625). The weight is circular and rectangular in cross-section, with a raised square-sectioned rim on the upper surface, tapering sides and a flat reverse. Within the rim are three shallow concentric grooves surrounding a central circular recession and three verification marks. At 6 o’clock is a crowed I and a sword. At 11 o’clock is an inverted ewer. The reverse is heavily scored. The trade weight measures 29mm diameter, 3.8mm thick and weighs 13.26 grams. See SUR-A0BB9E for a similar trade wei…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-7E0E29
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy bell shaped weight. It appears to have been cast in a mould made by the first joint of someone's thumb, the faint imprint of the nail still being visible. Possibly an incomplete suspended weight that was originally intended to have some form of trapped loop in a perforation that was never started. Alternatively it may always have been intended as a standing weight, possibly for a scale pan. Probably dates to between c1540 and c1900 AD. The height is 39mm, diameter is 24mm, and the weight 132.98g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7D9072
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval lead or lead alloy weight, probably a pan weight. It is square in plan, rectangular in section and profile. The upper face is decorated with a raised saltire with a raised pellet in one quadrant. The lower face is undecorated. The object has been abraded and deformed post deposition. The alloy has a high lead content. Dates to between c1200 and c1640 AD. The length is 41mm, width 38mm, thickness 6mm, and the weight is 68.36g. Similar objects on the database include BH-333186, IOW-715B18, and NLM-20DBAE.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Cambridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4BE8FB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Medieval to Post Medieval uniface hexagonal possible merchant's weight. The flan is flat and appears regular and complete with no signs of edge breaks that may suggest it was part of an alnage seal. There is a slightly raised border within which is a 'mark of four' merchants mark. The mark consists of a closed Arabic number '4' with the extended horizontal bar crossed at right angles to form a cross, whilst the base of the upright is set at the central apex of a letter 'W'. The trade or trader that the mark aligns to is unknown, but as a trade weight it is very light at 1.47g, or…
Created on: Friday 19th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-4911A7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval quarter ounce stacking trade weight. Circular, bearing three discerable incuse stamps: - an heraldic shield bearing the Cross of St George with a sword in top left quarter, for the City of London; A laver or coffee pot, the inspection mark of the Worshipful Company of Founders, who controlled the lawful making of brass weights in London and for three miles around (Withers and Withers 2011, page 78). Finally, a St Pauls sword London mark. Ricketts,C. Marks and Marking of Weights and Measures of the British Isles (1996) p50; comments that the sword-in-cross ma…
Created on: Friday 19th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: NARC-01C130
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Weight or Spindle Whorl of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1200-1750). The object is sub circular in plan with a sub-ovate, irregular perforation in the centre of the object. The object is biconical in form with both upper and lower surfaces being slightly rounded. The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Diameter: 27.33mm, Diameter (internal): 17.03mm, Thickness: 14.76mm, Weight: 62.8g Lead weights like these are common finds, but only rarely from excavated contexts which is why date and origin are difficult to pinpoint. Decorated …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
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Record ID: CAM-246A9C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plumb bob or weight of other function (such as a steelyard weight) of unknown date. This lead object weighs 116.99g (39.4oz). It has a flattened oval end measuring 28.1mm x 26.4mm and a length of 27.8mm. From the flattened end the artefact tapers to a rounded dome. The external surface of the dome is undecorated but covered with some grooves and pitted dents, the result of slight damage. The domed shape somewhat resembles a thimble or Medieval bee-hive. At the flattened end there is an oval depression with wide 'U' shaped profile at the centre. This has an approximate d…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-AC0FE9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy weight, 25mm in length, 19mm in diameter, with a weight of 37.46g. The object has a bi-conical form and a circular cross section with a central hole, c. 7mm in diameter. The only possible decoration is a raised collar/ridge running across its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-93684D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy shield shaped weight, 42mm long, 33mm wide and 15mm thick with a weight of 110.02g. The object is sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a scutiform shape with a sub oval raised area on its upper surface. It is very worn and roughly cast.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knapwell', grid reference and parish protected.