Record ID: WMID-62F689
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight of probable Early Medieval dating, circa AD 700 to 1100. The object is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section. Both faces are plain, undecorated and flat. A folded rim is present on the upper surface. The sides then taper downards to the lower and smaller flat surface.  The object measures 31 mm in diameter and is 17.3mm thick. It weighs 111.6 grams or 3.93 ozs. The object is cream in colour with an even abraded patina that covers all surfaces.  Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS da…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-72B659
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical lead alloy weight of probable Roman to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 43 - 1700. The weight is conical in form. The sides of the weight flare to the flat circular base.The upper edge has a flattened top. The base is flat. A central circular perforation or suspension hole is present in the base, with a depth of 10.9 mm, with a diameter of 5.6 mm. The weight is undecorated. It has a height of 35.6 mm. The base diameter is 30.3 mm and the top diameter is 14.9 mm. It weighs 137.2 g (4.84 oz). The weight is an off white colour, with an even surface p…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5D6CED
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast heater-shield-shaped plate with an indistinct symmetrical motif on its display side, possibly a lis or a crowned motif; patinated. The finder kindly suggests an identification as a pilgrim badge. The quasi-heraldic form, and perhaps the charge as well were it clearer, might both associate this with the 14th-century English vogue for heraldic motifs, which might be worn or carried by those with no noble connection or pretension. There is no apparent means of attachment. The mass equates to about one half of an averdepois ounce, thus respecting a system introdu…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5D1F37
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast conical weight with a pinched apex with drilled hole for suspension, flat-based, patinated. A flat base would permit use as a standing weight in a scale pan. The approximate mass of this object recurs amongst lead weights of other forms from medieval London; its correspondence with the values of early medieval weights is less exact than would normally be deemed significant by this reporter, while the finder kindly suggests a Roman date and a function as a steelyard poise. The apical hole could also permit use as a line weight, also a probably medieval usage. Suggested…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-A3264E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 - 1800. The weight is conical with a rounded top and flat base and was likely formed by pouring molten lead into a thimble casing then allowing it to cool. The object is 20.4mm tall, 16.5mm diameter and weighs 20.5g. Although this object has been described as a weight, it may also be a gaming piece. Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14th century onwards and Geoff Egan (2010, p.265) states that no medieval thimble indisputably dating from before the 14th century has been found in England. Re…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-A304D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy gaming piece or weight of uncertain date. The object is sub-conical with a flat base and tapering sides to a rounded top. It appears undecorated. The object is 10mm tall, 16.5mm in diameter and weighs 12.8g. Lead objects such as this are common metal detector finds but are rare from excavated contexts. This means that the dating of lead objects of this general type is problematic, and their use is invariably uncertain. Similarly shaped objects are known from Viking contexts and are interpreted as weights or gaming pieces. The predominant Viking Age sy…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0EF0E9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced flat lead object, possibly a one ounce perforated weight dating from AD 1250 - 1900. It is sub-circular in plan and plano-convex. There is a fairly central irregularly shaped perforation. The surfaces are uneven. Measurements are; length33.2mm, width 30.0mm, thickness 5.4mm and weight 29.62g. The mass is close to one ounce in the Mercantile system used from before AD 1300 (Egan, 1998, page 302).
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-268E02
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight dating from the medieval to post medieval period, c.AD 1200-1700. The object is cylindrical in shape with slightly tapered parallel edges. A rounded perforation runs vertically through the centre of the object. The end of this perforation found on the narrower end of the weight expands in size and shape to form a broad roughly teardrop shape. The weight is undecorated. The weight has a dark cream patina. It measures 9.57mm in height, 10.06mm in diameter at its broadest and weighs 4.34g.  Weights found outside of secure archaeological …
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-627EEE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy object, probably a weight or bead, of uncertain date, probably Medieval or Post-Medieval, c.AD 1200-1700. The object is sub-ovate with a D-shaped section. It is pierced close to the centre of the object, possibly for suspension, and is undecorated. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. The object is 11.32mm in diameter long, 2.79mm in thickness and weighs 1.58g. The perforation is 2.25mm in diameter. Weights found outside of secure archaeological contexts such as these are difficult to date because their use and style remains co…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-F79C0A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy object, probably a net sinker or fishing line weight, dating to c. AD 1500 - 1800 The object is cylindrical in form, and narrows towards each terminal. A circular sectioned longitudinal perforation extends down the centre of the object. This perforation is now filled with organic material. A longitudinal joins runs down one side, where the surface overlaps. It therefore appears to have been constructed from a single sheet rolled over onto itself. The metal has a grey/cream patina which is worn and nicked. The object measur…
Created on: Friday 16th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-21F4EA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Posy Medieval lead or lead alloy hem or curtain weight. It is flat and circular in plan. Near the centre there are two small circular perforations for sewing the weight into place. Date range c1700 to c1900 AD. Diameter 30mm, thickness 4mm, weight 23.42g. Similar objects are illustrated in Bailey (2004: 83) see nos. 391-8 which are described as women's hem weights or curtain weights, and date to the 18th-20th centuries.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Salmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-4A85CB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular lead trade weight, uniface with a large crowned IR puncheon centrally and an uncertain punch mark above it. The weight of 24.68g suggests that this is somewhat underweight for an ounce. Period of James I, 1603-25.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-467B07
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy trade weight of post-medieval date, c. AD 1558-1603. The weight is circular and discoid with a narrow raised rim around the edge of the upper (obverse) surface. The weight central field of the obverse is stamped with a series of marks: a sword (the sword of St. Paul, representing the City of London Guildhall) at 1 o'clock, a ewer (representing  the London Founder's Company) at 6 o'clock and a possible flagon at 12 o’clock. The reverse is mostly flat except for three shallow concentric grooved rings around a ce…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-62A608
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date (c. AD 1100-1700). The weight is sub-conical in form and sub-rectangular in cross section. The upper face of the weight is rounded and the lower larger face has a small central circular perforation (that does not go all the way through the object). The longer sides are flat and the smaller sides are rounded. No decoration is present.  The weigh has a cream coloured even surface patina.  It has a length of 30.8mm and a max width of 21.5mm. It has a max thickness at…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: DYFED-462FA9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object is a complete, lead weight. The object is trapezoidal in shape, with longer sides than it's top and base. There is a perforation at the top of the object, presumably used for hanging the weight. The object has a light grey/white patina and shows signs of use and wear. Its exact date is unknown. The object weighs 11.6g, and is 21.92mm in length, 11.03mm in width (at it's top), expanding to 14.54mm, it is 5.73mm thick. Similar to PAS Record NMGW-EDE2EB
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llangwm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-084E2F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead pierced conical 65.1g (2.3 oz) weight of uncertain age, but probably dating to the late Medieval to Post Medieval period. A sub-oval base with tapering sides up to a pointed, rounded apex. A central 2.2mm diameter drilling from the apex to the base. The surface has many dents and gouges and displays a grey/buff colour.  Oval base 29.1mm x 24.2mm, height 16.7mm, weight 65.1g. Similar examples on this database at: PUBLIC-61BD9C, LVPL-EAD479 and SWYOR-192355.
Created on: Saturday 17th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DE24B4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Age unknown, but probably Post Medieval, cast lead circular 25.3g (0.9 oz) pierced weight. Sub-circular and flat with a 2.7mm diameter piercing near the perimeter. One face appears to have been used as an anvil with many 'hammered' dents on the  surface along with several chevron patterned lines. The reverse is plain and the surface displays a grey colour. Diameter 29.8mm, thickness 4.2mm, weight 25.3g (0.9 oz) Similar examples on this database at: PUBLIC-8B2DFA, SWYOR-10A484 and YORYM-A890BA.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-ED5A32
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A complete cast lead alloy weight, probably a loom or net weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c. AD 1200-1800. The object is sub-annular in plan and D-shape in section. The central sub-circular perforation is c. 8 mm. in diameter. The surface is covered in indentations and scratches, which are likely mostly post-depositional damage. The metal has a cream coloured patina. Diameter: 21 mm, height: 11 mm and weight: 19.6 g.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: ESS-FBDE8C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy half ounce trade weight, of the stacking cup type, of post-medieval date (c.1707-1717). Description: Obect is a circular and flat stacking cup type trade weight with a raised rim on the face. A hollow in the centre of the face indicates that it was lathe turned. There are three markings on the face: a crowned A at 11 o'clock (indicating Queen Anne), a ewer at 5 o'clock (indicating the London Founder's Company), and a sword of St Paul at 3 o'clock (indicating the City of London Guildhall). There are no markings on the revers…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: SOM-63130E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, lead weight of Roman to Post-Medieval date (c.43-1700). It is sub circular in plan and cross section and has flat surfaces on both sides which have rounded edges. The object has a small circular shaped hole through the centre with a diameter of 1.85mm. The object is an off white colour with grey inclusions. A similar example on the Portable Antiquities database is SWYOR-A79DCC. The exact purpose of this type of weight is not known but it could have been used as a line weight for fishing. Measurement…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farrington Gurney', grid reference and parish protected.