Record ID: YORYM-F1FCBB
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy possible gaming piece of uncertain date.  The object is circular with a flat top and base and a central perforation running through it. The outer edge of the upper surface is crenelated with four evenly spaced short, sub-circular projections. Worn stubs representing three further projections are also present. The area around the projections I decorated with irregularly space and oriented raised lines. The sides and base are undecorated. The metal has a light white/brown patina and is in fair condition. The object is 24.3mm in diameter, 13.7m thick and weig…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F1DB35
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. The object is circular with a flat top and base and a central perforation running through it. All surfaces appear undecorated and are worn.  The metal has a light white/brown patina and is in fair condition. The object is 22.7mm in diameter, 8.6mm thick and weighs 24.1g. The perforation is 8.2mm in diameter. The term 'weight' is used here in its broadest sense to include uses that do not involve weighing (e.g. holding-down, tensioning, etc.). They were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-mediev…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.

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-14FF98
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy probable bead or weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post-Medieval, c. AD 43-1900. The object is sub-spherical with irregular sides. A narrow off-centre perforation runs through the object. The object features clear casting lines running vertically between the two ends of the perforation. The object is also decorated with vertical grooves and ridges running straight down around the edges of the surface. This may be an attempt to produce a scallop-like design. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The object is 9.82mm in length,…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Londesborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-EB9D64
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy steelyard weight of uncertain date, likely Roman to Post-Medieval, c. AD 43-1800. The weight is spherical with an incomplete iron sprue projecting from the top. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-grey/white patina and is worn. The object is 23mm long, 18.6mm in diameter and weighs 35.4g. Medieval steelyard weights usually had a copper alloy shell, so this weight is likely to be Roman or Post Medieval. Roman steelyard weights are more usually bi-conical. It is also possible that it is another form of Post medieval weight such as a clock weight or …
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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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-478154
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. The object is conical with a hollowed base and tapering sides to a pointed top. It is undecorated. The object is 16.34mm tall, 19.74mm in diameter and weighs 24.11g. Weights of a similar form have been identified from Early-Medieval contexts. Numerous similar objects have been recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme including SWYOR-427442 which states that such objects are often described as gaming pieces but there are few excavated examples with which to compare them. They can also be interpre…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-DE76EF
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 circular with a flat top and base and parallel sides. The object is undecorated. A shaft of copper-alloy is present through the centre of the object. The object is 22.8mm in diameter, 12.6mm thick and weighs 46.5g. This mass does not fit obviously into any standard systems of measuring mass. 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. The term 'weight…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-DDB713
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. The object is sub-conical with a flat base and tapering sides to a rounded top. The object is undecorated. The object is 13.6mm tall, 19.9mm in diameter and weighs 25.7g. 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. 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. …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-DF362A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is plano-convex with a flat base and irregular domed top. It is significantly narrower to one portion of the edge. A central perforation runs through the object and all surfaces appear undecorated. The metal has a light white/grey patina and is worn. The object is 25.8mm diameter, 11.1mm thick and weighs 27.6g. The perforation is 11.6mm in diameter. Walton Rogers (1997, p.1731) suggests Roman spindle whorls have a diameter of between 4-8mm while the diameter of Early-Medieval to medieval spindles is in the rang…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-CE116F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy possible bead or weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post-Medieval, c. AD 43-1900. The object is spherical with a central perforation running through it. It is undecorated. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The object is 18.6mm in length, 20.5mm in diameter and weighs 39.1g. The perforation is 5.8mm in diameter. Other objects of this shape have been suggested to be beads, net or line weights from fishing as well as possible spindle whorls. See: YORYM-0B1A25, SWYOR-5A267F and WMID-5A187E.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-0EF1EB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy object, possibly a weight or gaming piece of uncertain date. The weight is circular with a rectangular section and a circular groove around a central incised pellet on each face. The metal is a light brownish-white colour and is worn. The object is 18.93mm in diameter, 8.12mm thick and weighs 20.44g. Simple lead weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely. Therefore, due to a lack of contextual evidence and any convincing parallels on the database it is not possible to date …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-BC9A4A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy steelyard weight of uncertain completeness and probable Roman date, c. AD 43-410. The weight has been cast and is conical in shape, with the stub of an embedded iron shank evident at its base. The object has a dusty white patina apart from some dents and scratches. The diameter at base of the weight is 35.95mm with a height of 36.23mm and a weight of 205g. Steelyards are portable ‘scales with beam arms of unequal length’ (Crummy 1983, 99), rather than being an equal-arm balance. The material being weighed was suspended…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-BC705D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy weight, possibly a suspended or pendant weight, of uncertain date. The weight has a D-shaped section with one side flat and the other convex. The bottom of the weigh is curved which widens and then narrows towards the top. A narrowed area extends from the rest of the weight. This terminates with a worn and patinaed break. This missing area may have housed a suspension loop. A pair of wide gashes can be found on the convex face of the object which reveal shiny lead-alloy material. The object is green-brown in colour with a wo…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-A8BB1A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy object, probably a weight, of uncertain date, c.AD 43-1800. The object is sub-ovate with a flat 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 32.76mm long, 29.36mm wide, 7.96mm thick and weighs 39.31g. The perforation is 7.69mm in diameter. Simple lead weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely. Therefore, due to a lack of contextual evidence and an…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-A8A9FC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is plano-convex with a flat base and slightly domed top. A central perforation runs through the object and all surfaces appear undecorated. The metal has a light white/grey patina and is worn. The object is 31.68mm diameter, 11.37mm thick and weighs 71.87g. The perforation is 9.66mm in diameter. Walton Rogers (1997, p.1731) suggests Roman spindle whorls have a diameter of between 4-8mm while the diameter of Early-Medieval to medieval spindles is in the range of 9-11mm to fit the thicker spindles of…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-A890BA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy object, probably a weight, of uncertain date, c.AD 43-1800. The object is sub-ovate with a flat 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 24.02mm long, 22.15mm wide, 3.96mm thick and weighs 11.84g. The perforation is 2.44mm in diameter. Simple lead weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely. Therefore, due to a lack of contextual evidence and an…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-7D76C9
Object type: DIE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy die of unknown date, c. AD 43-1800. The die is cuboid in shape with each side having irregular widths and lengths. The holes have been drilled in a non-conventional manner with the sides not organised in the standard 'seven' system, where the total of the holes on opposing sides add up to seven. On this example, 1 is opposite 3, 2 is opposite 4, 5 is opposite 6. The die is slightly worn but heavily patinated. It measures 20.26mm in length, 19.66mm in width, 20.73mm in height and weighs 64.61g. Dice are frequently found and …
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0B1A25
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy possible bead or weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post-Medieval, c. AD 43-1900. The object is sub-spherical with irregular sides. A narrow off-centre perforation runs through the object. It is undecorated.  The metal has a light brown/white patina and is worn. The object is 17mm in length, 17.9mm in diameter and weighs 30.7g. Other objects of this shape have been suggested to be beads, net or line weights from fishing as well as possible spindle whorls.
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-4A2A0F
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy and iron steelyard weight of probable Roman date, c. AD 43-410. The weight has been cast and is conical in shape, with the stub of an embedded iron loop evident at its apex and base. The object has a dusty white patina apart from some dents and scratches, which are probably post-depositional. The diameter at base of the weight is 39.56mm with a height of 50.85mm.The weight of this object (329g) is very close to the standard weight of a Roman pound libra. Steelyards are portable ‘scales with beam arms of unequal length’ (Cr…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.