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: 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: 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: NLM-D08E11
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Shield shaped fat lead cast weight, possibly representing one [underweight] quarter of an averdepois pound. suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1500 Length: 38.3mm, Width: 32.2mm, Thickness: 15.0mm, Weight: 107.86gms
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd 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: SWYOR-020967
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead sub-discoid possible weight or ingot, of unknown date, AD 43 - 1900. It is circular with ngled sides and an uneven sloping top face. The reverse has a concavity in the centre where the lead has contracted while cooling. There are no obvious marks. The mass does not fit into any standard systems of weight meaurement. It may be a non-standard weight, or be an ingot - a convenient way to store unused lead. Height: 11.1mm Weight: 70g Diameter: 30.41mm
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-CBAED8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably medieval to post medieval period, c.AD 1200-1700. The object is circular with a flat base rounded sides and a slightly domed top. A central drop-shaped perforation runs through the object and all surfaces appear undecorated. The metal has a light white/grey patina and is worn. The object is 29.96mm diameter, 20.44mm thick and weighs 100.31g. The perforation is 11.48mm in diameter.  Lead objects such as this are common metal detector finds but are rare from excavated contexts. This means that the dating of lead o…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-779E4D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of probable Early-Medieval date, c.AD 950 - 1050. The weight is sub-rectangular with a rectangular section and is undecorated. The metal has a greyish-white patina and is worn. The weight is 25.73mm long, 19.17mm wide, 12.54mm thick and weighs 45.89g. Similar weights have been published by Haldenby and Kershaw (2014) and are dated to the late 9th - early 10th century due to their association with more diagnostic object types from the same site which provide a "narrow chronological window of activity" (p.108). They are described a…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-778599
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of uncertain date. The object is cylindrical and stands upright on either of its flat faces. The weight appears to be undecorated. The metal has a pale cream and grey patina and is worn. The object is 15.46mm tall, 14.21mm in diameter and weighs 22.19g. Due to the lack of secure context for the current example dating it and other examples of this general type is problematic, and their use is invariably uncertain. The term 'weight' is used here in its broadest sense to include uses that do not involve weighing (e.g. holding-down, tensioning, etc.).
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-9199B9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight of probable Early-Medieval date, c AD 850-1100. The weight is conical with a flat base and sides which taper to a rounded top. It is undecorated. The metal has a mid-grey/white patina and is worn. The object is 16.7mm tall, 11.6mm in diameter at the base and weighs 8g. Weights like this found outside of archaeological contexts are difficult to date and might reasonably have been used from the Roman-modern period. Similar objects found at Anglo-Scandinavian sites such as Torksey, Lincsolnsihre and 'a Riverine Site Near York' (Williams 20…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-ACE93E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of medieval date, c.AD 1300 - 1500. The object is circular with a thick rectangular section. The upper surface is decorated with two figures, one appears to be kneeling before the other. The higher figure, to the right when viewed, is seated with their hand raised at the head of the lower figure, to the left when viewed. the seated figure appears to be wearing a crown. The gesture is unclear though may be a king dubbing or knighting someone, or maybe an oath of fealty is being undertaken. The design is set within a recessed border. The reverse i…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-83CF43
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid weight with an upstanding rim or recess on its upper surface. Dave Haldenby kindly comments that this may leave the date uncertain, as well as the mass if the recess were to indicate the loss of an inserted object. The definition of the form is especially crisp and might open the possibility of a Roman date, perhaps as a [slightly overweight] half uncia, or even as a later half ounce under the averdepois system. The present mass does not suggest close correspondence with suspected Viking Age systems of measurement. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Diame…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-838AF9
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable weight. Cast discoid weight with a plain cross or saltire moulded in bold relief on its upper surface. Dave Haldenby kindly considers this object to be of uncertain date due to this atypical decoration, which might rather be expected in an Anglo-Saxon or later Christian context. In the former, it might have represented an imprecise four mancus value - the mancus, a gold coin valued at 30 silver pennies, weighed 4.82gms. However, the use of a weight made of material which might readily be tampered with to check payments in gold seems unlikely, especially when its correspon…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-832199
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible weight. Cast discoid weight with a ring of multiple pecked marks round a small centrally inserted object, appearing on both sides. Dave Haldenby kindly comments that he considers this is of uncertain date due to its anomalous surface treatment. The mass suggests a best match with a value of three sub-units of 4.43gms, making up a half ora/ore as used in areas under Norse or Norwegian Viking influence. Suggested date: probably Early Medieval, 850-950 Diameter: 23.6mm, Height: 3.6mm, Weight: 12.98gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-829093
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid lead weight. Dave Haldenby kindly notes that this weight could be considered of Viking date by virtue of its form and patina; it is undecorated. DH ref: D1a. Its mass would suggest an almost exact correspondence with a standard based on sub-units of 4.07gms, as used in areas under Danish influence. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950. Diameter: 21.7mm, Height: 3.1mm, Weight: 8.1gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-73FEB5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid lead weight. Dave Haldenby kindly notes that this weight could be considered of Viking date by virtue of its form and patina; it is undecorated. DH ref: D1a. The present mass could suggest a value of three sub-units of 4.07gms, or half an ora/ore as used in areas under Danish influence. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-950 Diameter: 25.6mm, Height: 3.5mm, Weight: 12.2gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-73C9B2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast truncated conical weight with inset object on its top. Dave Haldenby kindly notes that this weight could be considered of Viking date by virtue of its form and patina and the inserted object. DH ref: G1b. He also notes a possible discrepancy due to damage. The present mass could suggest a value of six [underweight] units of 4.07gms, making up an ora/ore as used in areas under Danish influence. The match with this putative value is less exact than would normally be accepted if considering a plain weight. However, a Viking Age date for the insertion of objects into lead…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7379C1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast discoid lead weight. Dave Haldenby kindly notes that this weight could be considered of Viking date by virtue of its form and patina; it is undecorated. DH ref: D1a. The mass could suggest this to have represented a value of two sub-units of 4.43gms or one third of an ore/ora, as used in areas under Norse or Norwegian Viking influence. However, the metal retains a greyer tint than most accompanying objects of the same material, to judge from the views achieved during image processing, which might hint at a later date. Suggested date: probably Early Medieval, 850-…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-732923
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast truncated conical lead weight. Dave Haldenby kindly notes that this weight could be considered of Viking date by virtue of its form and patina; it is undecorated. DH ref: G1a. If indeed early medieval in date, this would represent a markedly overweight ora/ore according to the system used in areas under Norse or Norwegian Viking influence. Dave comments as follows: 'I’d only seriously challenge you on one of the weights which you have preferred not to see as Viking, that is NLM-732923, which has good form and what I see as a small peck/ depression to one s…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.