Record ID: GLO-ED83CD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy standing weight dating from the medieval period onwards (c.AD 1200-1800). The weight is pyramidal in shape with a flat, square base and triangular sides that gradually taper towards the top. At the apex projects a long rectangular tab that is pierced at the top for suspension. The object is undecorated and has a powdery white patina. Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over time. Biggs and Withers (2000) note that standing weights made of lead were still used in comparatively recent times. Addition…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-440D9B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy trade weight from the reign of Elizabeth I. The weight is circular with concentric groves contained within a raised rim on the upper surface. Also on the upper surface is the stamped verification mark of a crowned EL (for Elizabeth I) which dates date this weight to circa 1590-1603. There reverse is pitted with corrosion but numerous diagonal fine marks are still visible.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alveston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-FFFE18
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy, probable weight, of uncertain date The weight consists of two sub circular ends, with a recessed centre. It broadly resembles a dumb-bell or yo yo shape. It has a diameter of 39mm and is 25.2 mm thick. It weighs 243 g The weight is an off-white colour, with an even surface patina. No parallels to this weight have been found at the time of recording. However, a parallel on this database of almost identical size and shape is found at WMID-0CB2F6, this example although undatable was also found on a sight that produced a high quantity o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A6DA7C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-circular lead alloy 'pan' weight of probably Medieval to early post-medieval date, c. 1390-1700 The weight has a slightly concave back and flat sides with a slightly irregular, in width and thickness, raised rim around the front. The front is stamped with three very large fleur de lis, almost filling the field. The weight is 53.3mm by 49.9mm and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 108g, 3.8 ounces. The weight was probably originally 4 ounces, a quarter of a pound in the Avoirdupois system, adoped after c. AD 1390 (Biggs 1992, 44). The marks are likely to be local verification marks. Such m…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-DFCF7C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Conical lead weigh that has a slot at the top that maybe the base of a truncated loop. The sides are heavily pitted/indented.
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-235E9E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy 4 ounce stacking trade weight of the Commonwealth dating to AD 1649-1660. The trade weight comprises a disc which has been ground down on one side leaving a rim around the edge. In the centre is a ring-and-dot used to hold the weight while it was being ground. There are four stamps in the depressed area (a) a shield (stamped out by four small squares) for St. George and the commonwealth set at 11 o'clock (b) the sword of St Paul for the City of London set at 12 o'clock (c) the letter A standing for the Averdepois system set at 1 o'clock …
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2019
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Record ID: GLO-43D984
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy weight that has a conical body that is sub-oval in plan. At the peak of the cone is a sub-oval shaft which has had a notch cut into one side, just above the cone. This has allowed the shaft to be bent back onto the main body of the weigh, possibly acting as a hook. The weight is over 60g Date uncertain
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cromhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-1E0472
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight, this is conical or bell-shaped with an expanded lower edge, there is a heavy loop at the top with a small circular hole in the centre. height 33mm, diameter 31mm, weight over 60g (too heavy for the scales).
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-F9C627
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cylindrical spindle whorl, this is plain with a large hole in the centre (16.5mm diameter, height 9mm, weight 9.51g). Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period to the Post Medieval Period and are hard to date precisely.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-F801A7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cylindrical spindle whorl, this is plain with a large hole in the centre (28mm diameter, height 13mm, weight 32.29g). Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period to the Post Medieval Period and are hard to date precisely.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-270A90
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular lead weight with a cross on the face and an annular in each angle. The design is most likely copying the long cross coinage of the medieval period. Date 1380-1540 Diameter 31mm, thickness 10mm, weight 66.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-7A0317
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy one ounce trade weight issued in the reign of Elizabeth I. The object is circular in plan with a raised edge. There are two stamps on the face, one at 12 o'clock and the other at 6 0'clock, the stamps comprise a crowned E.L (the E has been misstruck). These marks date this weight to circa 1590-1603. Diameter 32.5mm, thickness 6mm, weight 25.6g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-138EF7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight of possible late Medieval or, more likely, Post-Medieval date. These types of weight were often cast by individual traders to weigh market goods, hence the difficuly in assigning an accurate date to individual weights. Circular in plan, with a slightly domed central area. Some scars on the upper surface suggest a suspension device may have once been attached. The diameter 36mm the weight is 62.5g.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2011
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Record ID: GLO-D51771
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bi-conical steelyard weight with a hole through the central axis
Created on: Friday 14th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alveston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-00D4F6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cup weight from a nested set. The weight is circular with dot stamps running around the top of the rim. Cup weights were used to weight gold and silver, in the form of a coin, small objects or as scrap metal or other precious materials. Cup weights sold in nested sets are known from the thirteenth century (Saunders, 2001, p125). 1200-1400
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham Abbots', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-195646
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trade weight, two concentric lines run around the edge with two more in the centre. There is a stamped H in between, normally this would be crowned but a miss striking may have resulted in this element being omitted. The H suggests that this is a weight of either Henry VII or Henry VIII. Diameter 37mm, thickness 2mm, weight 12.12g
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-3DCDE2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead standing weight length 32mm, width 24mm, thickness 21.5mm. Oval cross-section. There is a pierced hole at the apex of the weight. This style of lead weight was used for centuries and unless found in context it is extremely difficult to date accurately, 1300-1800.
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westerleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-7AC172
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight, probably dating to the Post Medieval period, between AD 1500 – 1800 (14mm x16mm; thickness: 3mm; weight: 6.70g). This weight is square in plan and flat in section. There appears to be faint decoration or markings on one side of the weight but it is not possible to identify design further. The artefact is in a slightly worn and fair condition.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-7A7991
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead conical weight, dating from the Roman – Post Medieval period, between AD 43 – 1800 (length: 13mm; diameter: 17.5mm; weight: 16.75g). This crudely shaped conical weight has a sub circular base, which tapers to an uneven flat sub circular platform at the top. There is a central hole throughout the artefact (diameter of hole at base: 6mm; diameter of uneven hole at top: 5mm). There is no decoration on the artefact, which is in a slightly worn and fair condition.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Gloucestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-0C3EA2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy trade weight diameter 28mm, thickness 5mm, weight 13.84g. Circular in plan with a raised rim, this artefact is heavily corroded resulting in the loss of almost all the rim and encrusting of the centre obscuring all the detail. As a result a very general date of 16th-18th century has been suggested.
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westerleigh', grid reference and parish protected.