Record ID: LVPL-71BA54
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight dating to medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1700). The weight is flat and sub-rectangular in the shape. At one end, through the centre is small circular perforation measuring 3.7mm in diameter. The hole is filled with soil. The weight has a powdery light grey patina. Dimensions: Length 32.2mm; width 12.7mm; thickness 9.2mm; weight 31.06 The mass for this weight does not fit clearly within any measuring system. Egan (1998: 310) speculates that these pendant style weights may have been used for fishing, along with a plethora of functions wit…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-71AFD4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight dating to medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1700). The weight is flat and sub-rectangular in the shape. At one end, through the centre is small circular perforation measuring 3.9mm in diameter. The hole is filled with soil. The weight has a powdery light grey and white patina. Dimensions: Length 42mm; width 22.9mm; thickness 8.9mm; weight 76.29g The mass for this weight does not fit clearly within any measuring system. Egan (1998: 310) speculates that these pendant style weights may have been used for fishing, along with a plethora of func…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-714561
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy trade weight dating to the post medieval to modern period (c.AD 1700-1900). The weight is circular in shape with a raised rim and recessed centre. The face is decorated with two incised concentric circles and presents various markings including three crowns with a indiscernable word below, and the word STANDARD. A group of four letters are positioned around a central G; V to the top, O to the right and other indiscernable letters equally spaced around the G. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a dark green and brown patina. Dimensions: Diameter 37.2mm; …
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-88831B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy weight of  late medieval date, c. AD 1350-1500. The object is shield-shaped with a thick border and is decorated with three lions passant. It has a perforation at the top of the shield of 5.9mm in diameter. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object measures 72.44m in length, 58.82mm in width, 16.22mm in thickness and weighs 437g. Similar shield-shaped trade weights have been recorded on the database and dated to the medieval period: DENO-29B991 and SOM-EA1CD5.
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-73DDD6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, probably Medieval, dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. The weight is triangular with a possible illegible design which may be a fleur de lis. The patina is light grey and brown. There is a depression in the centre of the reverse. The weight is 118.12g and may have been intended to be used as a 4oz weight. It is closest to the nominal mass of a 1/4lb wight in the Mercantile system of 1lb of 16 ounces, used from before AD 1300. (Egan, 1998, page 302). The length is 41.5mm long, 33.6mm wide, and 15.3mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B3D7EF
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of uncertain date, probably AD 1200 - 1900. It is flat and circular. There are no identifying marks.  Diameter 32.7mm; thickness 8.8mm and weight 77.81g. This mass does not fit obviously into any standard systems of measuring mass, and it may be intended to add mass rather than to measure it. 
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-2378E3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper alloy weight of Post Medieval date, probably about AD 1550 - 1800. It is a 1/2-ounce stacking weight. The weight is discoidal with a raised rim and a turned circle. A dimple in the centre of the reverse shows where it was fixed for lathe turning. The weight has stamped marks of a central crown and another less clear mark which may be a poorly executed ewer. or a letter I. Diameter 24.0mm, thickness 4.3mm and weight 12.6g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-2375A2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead four ounce weight or ingot of Medieval to Modern date, about AD 1200 - 1900. It weighs 110.54g which is very close to 1/4lb in the Mercantile, Avoirdupois or Imperial systems (109.4g - 113g) (Egan, 1998, page 302). The weight is piriform with one flat face and one convex face, rounded at the wide end and pointed at the other. It may have been cast in a spoon. Compare SWYOR-4E57C5. It has a smooth cream patina. The object is 54.8mm long, 37.7mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 110.54g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-21C621
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight probably dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1500. It is piriform, with a flat base and rounded sides tapering to a narrowed domed apex with the remains of an iron attachment loop projecting from the apex. The height is 45.5mm, width is 47.3mm and weight is 423g. The mass is close to an Avoirdupois pound (lb) of 15 ounces (425.3g) as detailed in Egan (1998), page 302.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB5A95
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated lead object, probably a weight of unknown date, AD 43 - 1800. It is a sub-spherical globular object with a concave base and a central hole running through it of 3-4mm diameter, now filled with soil. The object is 20.9mm long, 24.2mm in diameter and weighs 69.49g. The mass does not obviously fit into any standard system of weight measurement, so it is perhaps a line weight or similar, designed to add mass rather than to measure it. 
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-D4E270
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper-alloy weight dating from the Early Medieval period, AD 800 - 1000. It is in the form of a fourteen-sided polyhedron; effectively a cube with the corners cut off. Eight of the sides are equilateral triangles, the other six are rectangular. Each of the rectangular faces is decorated with a cross, made of four ring and dot punches, linked with tiny punch dots. The triangular faces may have been decorated, the the surface is too corroded to be sure. Similar examples include NLM-EBA6E3, SWYOR-3C5372 and SWYOR-A5AC26, the latter of which is the closest parallel in weight,…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD4578
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight of unknown date from Medieval through to Modern (AD1250 - 1900). The weight is in the form of a tall standing block tapering slightly towards the top. There is a hole approximately three quaters of the way from the bottom of the weight probably used for hanging the weight. The weight has a pale milky grey patina.  It has dimensions of height 55.1mm; width 23.9mm tapering to 17.8mm; thickness 22.9mm tapering to 16.9mm thick and weight 213g. See Egan (1998) Page 302, table 14 which suggests that the mass of this weight is in the range of a half pound in…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD13A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded square double-sided copper-alloy coin weight of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625 to 1632. The weight is for a unite (20 shillings/laurel) of Charles I (Withers and Withers 1995, 12-13; ref. XXs e). The obverse depicts a crowned draped bust of Charles I left within a beaded circular border with the circumferential inscription CARO [REX]. The reverse depicts the letters 'XX' with an illegible crown above. The object has a length of 16.8mm, a width of 16.5mm, a thickness of 4.3mm and weighs 7.98g. Biggs (1992, 30) notes that square coin weight…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-86D5B5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead weight or steelyard weight of unknown date, Roman to Post Medieval, AD 43 - 1800. The weight is conical with the remains of an iron loop or shaft projecting from the apex. The bae is flat and the corner is bevelled. Measurements are; height 22.1mm (including the remains of the hanging loop), diameter at the base 19.5mm and weight 34.42g. The mass does not obviously fit into any standard systems of weighing unless the missing loop increaed the mass to an 1/12lb in the Tower system (43.7g) or in the Troy systems (46.6g). It could also be a genorous Apothecary's oun…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: DUR-1CC929
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead weight or gaming piece, inset with a cut section of a decorated copper alloy object, dating from the early medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) period (AD850-1000). The object comprises a denuded and corroded piece of lead, roughly rectangular in form with a convex lower surface. A cut rectangular section of an intricatly decorated copper alloy plate has been inserted and cast into the upper face. The cut portion of the plate is again rectangular in plan, with a rolled 'rope-work' style decorated upper edge and a channel with what appears t…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-F4742B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy standing weight of medieval to medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1300. The weight is pyramidal in plan tapering from a square base to a narrower top. A perforation is present towards the top of the pyramid. The object is undecorated. The metal has a light grey patina and is worn. The object is 40.6mm tall, 24.6 x 22.9mm at the base and weighs 102.5g. Lead-alloy trade weights are discussed in Biggs (1993), p.40 who states that standing weights in the form of cones or pyramids are a distinctive group, many ofwhich have a loop for safe-keeping. Biggs, N. (1992) English …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F06955
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead shield shaped weight dating from about AD 1380 - 1500. It has a central riased shield shaped area, which has a raised border and is decorated with a crown above a fleur de lis both in relief. The outer edge of the weight is thinner, and is also shield shaped with a flat top, curved sides and a pointed base. The reverse is plain apart from some modern unpatinated dents. The object is 93.2mm long, 73.8mm wide, 11.6mm thick and weighs 414g. the mass suggests it is a 1lb  (one pound) weight, but the fairly low mass may indicate that it dates from before the conver…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-738359
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy uniface trade weight dating to the post-medieval period, the reign of William III, c. AD 1689-1702. The object is circular and flattened in cross-section. The upper surface is flattened with a low rim. Between the rim and the centre is a pair of finely engraved concentric circles. The upper face is stamped with crowned W (the Royal cypher mark for William III) at around 9 o'clock (over the pair of circles), and, between the circles and the rim: the sword of St Paul at around 12o'clock, an A (for averdepois) at 1 o'clock…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-732558
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is shield shaped with rounded edges and corners. A worn and crude raised cross is present on the upper surface. The reverse is pitted, flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-white/brown patina and is worn. The weight is 82.73mm long, 51.23mm wide, 15.95mm thick and weighs 413g. Lead weights have been used in trade since the Roman period and were used for weighing quantities of coin as well as goods. Shield-shaped weights are a distinctive group of trade weights which are us…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-72BE7B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy suspended or pendant weight of Medieval to Post Medieval date, c. AD 1100-1600. The weight has a flattened spherical pointed oval shape with an integral suspension loop found within a circular projection on one end of the drop. It is sub-oval in section. It decorated with four grooves and three raised longitudinal ridges on both faces. It could have been utilised in many ways, for example as a plumb bob, a fishing weight a net weight, trade weight, or balance weight. The object is green-brown in colour with a worn surface. It is&nbs…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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