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Record ID: NMS-C01ED7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roughly rectangular sandstone pebble, fairly flat on both faces, broken at one end, the long edges worn smooth from use as a whetstone. Surviving dimensions 135 x 82 x 34mm. Undateable, but unlikely to be prehistoric and probably Early Medieval, medieval or post-medieval.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-067FC0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to Medieval lead weight or spindle whorl. Circular, flat back, domed top, central hole. Diameter 27mm. Height 7mm. Weight 29.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-178A75
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Discoidal, although now damaged or distorted. Decoration on one face in low relief, worn and damaged, consisting of a rectangular field within a circle with possibly foliate motifs and a transverse bar with flared ends (not apparently a cross). Perhaps a complex 'floriated cross' design (Biggs, 1992, 40 - 41). Diameter 23mm. Thickness 5mm. Weight 20.4.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: NMS-A73805
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval - post-medieval lead weight, probably for fishing nets. Pointed oval pierced at one end for suspension, oval-sectioned, with rough grooves defining the edge on both faces. Length 48mm, width 20mm, thickness 11.5mm. Weight 45.2g / 1.59oz / 697gn. Circa 1500 - 1800. The patina suggests this weight may be later in the date range.
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-158BE7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Rectangular, flat reverse, slightly convex upper face with a crude cross in low relief. Weight 293g / 4521 grains. This is slightly under weight for 2/3rds of an avoirdupois pound. Measuring 54.5 x 47 x 14mm. 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-15A854
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Conical (sub-circular / pentagonal base), with five prominent, angled ribs from the base to the off-centre apex. Base 29 x 32mm. Height 24mm. Weighing 112.0g / 1728grains, which is slightly less than an avoirdupois ¼ pound (1750grains). 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7A20F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead 'standing' weight. Square-sectioned, flat base, tapering slightly from th base to an integral pierced tab at the apex forming a suspension loop. Each face is slightly concave. Base 12.5 x 13mm. Height 33mm. Weight 35.3g / 545gn.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-7B4782
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Discoidal with three circular blind holes near the edge on one face. Diameter 36mm. Thickness 7mm. Weight 104.0g / 1606gn. Probably circa 1400 - 1700.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-9F6899
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Circular, flat-back, convex front with slight moulding on upper face around central hole. Diameter 26mm. Height 11mm. Weight 37.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E441F0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast silver ? object, possibly a bullion or apothecaries' weight, square with humorous male human bust in high relief in the centre of one face. The bust has suggestions of a mouth, bulging cheeks, prominent nose, slightly protruding eyes, a rounded protrusion on both sides and a small pellet in the centre of the crown probably indicating hair. The side edges are straight, the top concave and the base a little irregular. 11mm x 11mm, thickness 0.5mm, increasing to 2.5mm at the nose). Weighing 16 grains / 1.04g. Sixteen grains = two-thirds of a pennyweight / one thirtieth of…
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Walton', grid reference and parish protected.