Record ID: LANCUM-276992
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy perforated domed or 'bee-hive' object, probably a masonry plug, or possibly a weight. It is circular in plan, sub-rectangular in section, and a truncated cone overall form. The central perforation has an internal groove that runs from top to bottom. The size of the diameter, 11mm, suggests the object probably intended to placed on a shaft of some sort. Similar obects are often speculativly called Early Medieval spindle whorls, but the presence of the internal groove suggests this may have been used as an end weight on some so…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-70CB8B
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thin, narrow plug, with a round main body of around 23mm in length, with an added 16mm of added length which is thinner and flatter (3.5 mm in thickness.) The object's main body is a round-edged rectangle in cross-section, sloping towards one end. Towards the other end, sloping upwards and thickening, the object reaches a point and begins to thin, and a flatter area begins, slightly at an angle to the shape of the main body. The two ends of the object are both roughly rounded. The object has an orange-brown patina with some shiny areas.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: OXON-929AD7
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy plug or vessel mend of uncertain date. In plan the plug has a plano-convex body and on the reverse a short round-necked integrally cast shank with flattened discoidal head. This section would have plugged the hole in a vessel wall (if that is its use). If so then this was a substantial vessel (or the like). Possibly Roman but also possible medieval / post-medieval. The latter seems more likely.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9C86A4
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead plug. Cast object, perhaps of conical form with a rounded smooth inner surface and tapered or distorted internal diameter of circa 15.5 to 13.7mm. This object may represent the pouring of lead to prevent an iron object set into stone - e.g. a masonry cramp or railing - from splitting the stone as it expands as it corrodes. The object is torn or distorted and patinated overall. Suggested date: Possibly Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Height: 17.5mm, Thickness (wall): circa 5mm, Width: 28mm, Weight: 27.82gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-43D567
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cylindrical lead plug or stopper. It weighs 20g, is 33mm long, and has a diameter of ??. The plug has a smooth, cylindrical body, with a rounded tip and a splayed head where it has been flattened out, presumably to seal the fit in a bottle of vessel. Unlike more ad hoc 'potmenders' this example seems to have been manufactured to meet specific formal and proportional requirements, such that it might stop the neck of a bottle or similar. It could date to any period between the Roman and modern eras.
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-D5A5E2
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a lead plug of unknown date. It consists of a flat disc 17.71mm in diameter, from one side of which is a short incomplete stem. The plug is 7.85mm in thickness and weighs 10.88g
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-C4C643
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a lead plug of unknown date. It is T-shaped, with a disc of metal forming the bar, 17.92mm in diameter and a short stem of circular cross-section and 10mm in diameter. The object is 12.5mm in length and it weighs 16.4g.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-09E331
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lead sheet (torn and distorted) with raised circular knob on one side. There is an impressed line (possibly a cross)on the top surface of the knob. There is a slight depression on the flat side under the centre of the knob. The object may have functioned as a plug or seal.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-754721
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy plug repair for a copper-alloy vessel. The object consists of a strip of copper-alloy, which would have been passed through a break in a vessel and then folded to seal the break on both sides. The object is 21 mm long and 11.2 mm wide. It is probably medieval to post-medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-29DB66
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet metal plug used to repair vessels. The sub-rectangular sheet has been folded in two. The folded sheet meets at the back to create a vertical lip running down the centre. The length of the plug is 31.98mm, the width is 11.79mm and the weight is 2.43g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-35F8B5
Object type: PLUG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper-alloy plugs for repairing metal vessels. The items consist of bent strips of copper-alloy that were slipped inside the break of a vessel and then flattened so as to seal the break. This works in much the same way that lead plugs were used to seal ceramic pots and jars. These artefacts are probably medieval to post-medieval in date. The items are 21 mm long and 11 mm wide, and 18 mm long and 16 mm wide respectively.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS1466
Object type: PLUG
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
U Ae crumpled and rolled scrap sheet, closed one end, splayed at other, for use as ?plug, 12 x 14mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FLEGGBURGH', grid reference and parish protected.