Record ID: SF-D5B50D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy possibly Early Medieval weight, possibly dating to AD 850-950. It is conical in shape with a rounded apex. The surfaces are very worn. Cf NLM-9BBDD9 on this database. The shape and material suggest it might have been a Early Medieval gaming pieces as well; compare with LEIC-82BB65. Height: 14.26 mm Diameter: 19.70 mm Weight:15.30 g
Created on: Friday 8th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stowupland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-303594
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) weight, dating to AD 570-670. It is a truncated cone which has a ring-and-dot decoration on the bottom face. Cf with NLM-A824D0, Height: 5.06 mm Diameter: 12.37 mm Weight: 2.63 g
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bulmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-580AC2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron core in copper-alloy casing Early Medieval weight, dating to AD 850-1066. It is spherical with two opposite flat faces. One face has a circular sunken line decorated with a series of punched annulets; the opposite flat face might have had the same decoration, but the iron corrosion has burts through the copper-alloy coating and covers large part of the surface. Cf. Rogerson (in EAA 74, 1995, p. 69, fig. 52, no. 136). See a parallel on PAS: NMS-8BB723 Diameter: 24.23 mm Height: 17.83 mm Weight: 40.51 g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-57B6A3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Early Medieval weight, dating to AD 700-850. It is conical and it has possibly a hole running through its longitudinal axis. See a parallel on PAS: LIN-376341. Cf. Rogerson (in EAA 74, 1995, p. 68, fig. 50, no. 128) Diameter: 15.22 mm Height: 14.13 mm Weight: 13.88 g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-5C576B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy small standing weight or gaming piece probably dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval periods, c. 500-1500. It is sub-conical in plan, with a flat sub-circular base demonstrating a central circular dimple. Preserved in fair condition with a creamy off-white patina, it stands 12.11mm high, 19.08mm in diameter at its base, and weighs 18.48g.
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-47D0F5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy weight (possibly a loom-weight) of probable Early Medieval to Medieval date, c. 500-1500. It demonstrates a circular base and overall sub-conical form, with a large central circular aperture that extends through the whole object. Preserved in fair condition with an uneven greyish patina, it measures 28.16mm in diameter at its base, stands 21.10mm high, and weighs 57.30g.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-47288F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy weight of probable Early Medieval to Medieval date, c. 500-1500. It is sub-conical, with a flattened circular base and small central circular aperture which extends through the entire object. Preserved in fair condition with a creamy grey patina, it stands 15.57mm high, 16.61mm in diameter at its base, and weighs 22.81g.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F1F814
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead and copper alloy weight of possible early medieval date The object is formed from a disc of lead with a rectangular piece of copper alloy set into one face and a small trapzoidal piece of copper alloy set into the other. It is slightly misshapen and the surface of the lead is hevaily corroded. Lead weights with copper alloy mounts or coins impressed into them are a feature of the 9th to 10th century AD. This example may be an imitation of more elaborate weights of this period although it lacks diagnostic features that would confirm this. See also a similar example r…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Beccles', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-20A507
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead and silver gilt object, probably a weight, of late Saxon date. It is formed from a lead body that is square in form and rectangular in section, relatively well-preserved although with some signs of post-depositional damage. Set into the upper surface is a decorative silver gilt mount, which is square in form with a raised rim that surrounds chip carved and gilded interlaced decoration of Insular Art style. This comprises a large central circular boss with circular collar surrounded by a chip carved circular border. Between this inner border and a similar square border positioned…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Sunday 15th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-F12269
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probably weight made from a reused Roman coin, possibly of early medieval date. It is roughly oval in shapes. One face has a line of incised dots running across the centre, but neither face shows further evidence of decoration to confirm that it was originally a coin. Roman coins were occasionally reused during the early medieval period to make objects like pendants or weights. Diameter: 11.82mm, thickness: 2.35mm, weight: 1.35g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-49AA4A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval polyhedral weight. It takes the form of a small, solid, irregularly shaped tetradecahedron with six lozenge shaped faces and eight triangular faces. All of the lozenge shaped faces are decorated with six incised dots around the outside edge and two lines of three dots in the centre. The triangular faces simply have a line of dots around the outside. A number of similar weights have now been recorded on the PAS database, most from the heartland of the Danelaw (e.g.LIN-752A9C and SWYOR-66F71D). The number of dots on each side is thought to represent a …
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4B1547
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and heavily restored late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. It is biconical in form with flattened top and bottom surfaces. The weight has the remains of an iron core surrounded by a largely incomplete and heavily repaired/restored copper-alloy casing. On the flattened top and bottom surfaces the casing has stamped decoration. This comprises at least two rectilinear motifs formed from parallel transverse grooves from which at either and and at the centre extend short vertical and curvilinear strokes. These motifs appear almost like crowns stacked one above the other, al…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxmundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-073EB6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy weight of uncertain date. It is biconical in form with flattened top and bottom surfaces that have worn dark green/brown patina. There is no surviving evidence of any decoration. It measures 22.48mm in diameter, 9.74mm in thickness and 23.66g in weight. Similar biconical copper-alloy weights are recorded and dated to the late Early-Medieval/Viking period (see for example NLM-9F1D64, LIN-1454F1, IOW-4F6604 or LIN-0E64A2 on the PAS database; cf Egan, 1998: 309). The current example at just under 24g finds parallels in the Viking Ora (c.24.4g) weight standard and su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-907EF3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone spindle whorl of probable Anglo-Saxon date. Conical in shape measuring 29mm in diameter and 15mm in height. The central perforation is circular and 8mm in diameter. The stone is a creamy light brown in colour. There is a pair of circumferencial grooves around the centre of this spindle whorl and another two set closer together along its wider edge. Bone and ceramic spindle whorls also with decorative circumference grooves are known from Anglo-Saxon sites elsewhere in Suffolk, e.g. West Stow.
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-042327
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete unusual late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. Measuring 22mm diameter and 17.4mm in height with a weight of 39.21g. This weight is made of iron with a copper-alloy casing, patches of corroded iron can now be seen through this casing. Both of the flat ends of the weight have traces of stamped decoration on them consisting of a border of small circles, within which there is a motif which is now unclear but may be a swastika with pellet terminals. A very similar weight is illustrated in Biggs (1993, 14). He states that at some time in the 11th century a light ounce …
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lackford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B137C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete unusual late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. Measuring 21.3mm diameter and 16mm in height with a weight of 32.39g. This weight is made of iron with a copper-alloy casing, patches of corroded iron can now be seen through this casing at one end. One of the flat ends of the weight has stamped decoration on it consisting of a border of small circles, within which there is a swastika motif with pellet terminals. The other flat terminal is obscured by corroded iron but traces of the border and central motif can be seen. A very similar weight is illustrated in Biggs (…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-334CE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete unusual late early-medieval barrel-shaped weight. Measuring 23.3mm diameter and 18.5mm in height with a weight of 40.29g. This weight is made of iron with a copper-alloy casing, patches of corroded iron can now be seen through this casing. The flat ends of the weight appear to have stamped decoration on them consisting of two concentric circles of small circular motifs. There is a trace of someting else within these boarders but what it was is no longer visible due to wear and corroded iron. A very similar weight is illustrated in Biggs (1993, 14). He states tha…
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8F90A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A weight or whorl of globular form with a central hole, apparently made of a ceramic material which now has the appearance of soft, whitish stone. The diameter is 23mm, the thickness 13mm, and the gauge of the hole 8mm. The object overall is subspherical and slightly irregular in form. It may be a spindle-whorl, but if so it is a very small one. If it had some other use as a pendant weight, it shows no sign of wear through motion against a string or thrum passing through the hole. the walls of the perforation are quite straight-sided.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrandeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CCD5D3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight, circular in plan, measuring 22.4mm in diameter and 8mm in thickness. The underside of this weight is flat and the upper face has a circular recess c15.3mm in diameter. Within this recess there are faint traces of lettering which is unintelligible due to wear. To one side of the lettering there is also a deep straight grooves, c5mm in length. The date of this weight is unknown and no parallel could be found, it could date from the early medieval to the post medieval periods.
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4C6381
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a neatly-formed lead weight of tapered octagonal proportions with a cast-in lug on the summit for suspension. It is 26.5mm high overall, being 15mm square at the base and 11.0 square at the top of the sides below the lug. The object is essentially of tapered square form with heavily chamfered rising edges. It probably has an intended actual weight, which is presently measurable at 1.059 oz, 0.965ozt, 150.1ct and 80.05mom. The pierced lug, which is 4mm thick in the pierced dimension and 7mm broad, contains soil which may account for the very slight excess of weight over the ounc…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.