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: SWYOR-363318
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-triangular, cast lead perforated artefact, probably a weight, dating from the Post Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1900. It is flat in profile, and sub-triangular in plan, with curved sides and rounded corners. The edges are bevelled. The reverse is pitted, perhaps from the casting process. The narrow end is perforated with an irregular hole of 3-5mm diameter. The weight is 41.9mm long, 23.9mm wide and 5.9mm thick. It  weighs 36.4g. The mass does not obviously fit into standard units of measurement, but the weight may have been used to add mass, such as a line or net weight.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-35FAF4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spherical, cast lead perforated artefact of unknown date, probably Medieval to Post medieval, AD 1200 - 1800, probably used as a weight. The hole is wider at one end than the other (4.4mm diameter to 2.7mm diameter). It is 14.6mm in diameter and 12.5mm thick. It  weighs 15.5g (0.54oz). It is slightly over mass to be a half ounce weight (which should be 14.1g), though it could be a half ounce in the Apothecaries' system. It is often suggested that objects of this shape are beads or net or line weights for fishing or birding.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-336039
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy trade weight dating from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods. AD 1280 - 1800. It is shield shaped and the front is decorated with a moulded double fleur design on a raised plinth. The weight has a yellow grey patina with areas of wear. The top edge is probably a cut of patinated sheer break. The top of the fleur design is missing, and the mass is too heavy for a 2 ounce weight and not enough for a 4 ounce weight. It is probably an incomplete 4oz weight. Similar examples can be found in Lead Weights; the David Rogers Collection on page 40 (Biggs and …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-330461
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A discoid, cast lead weight probably dating from the Medieval or Post-Medieval period, about AD 1280 - 1700. It is circular in plan,  with one flat face and one face that is domed but truncated with a smaller flat face. There is no decoration nor any marks. It is 31.1mm in diameter and 8.7mm thick. It weighs 55g (1.93oz). It has a grey patina. It was probably intended as a two ounce weight in the Imperial, Mercantile or Avoirdupois systems of weight measurement (Egan, 1998, page 302). 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-A36F2E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight or spindle whorl of uncertain date but probably Medieval to Post-Medieval, c.AD 1200-1700. The object is plano-concave with a flat base and slightly sunken top. A central perforation runs through the object and all surfaces appear undecorated. The metal has a light white patina and is worn. The object is 21.04mm diameter, 6.12mm thick and weighs 16.44g. The perforation is 3.02mm 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 objects of this general type is problema…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-4E8D55
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval lead alloy shield shaped pan weight. Equates to 60 drams or 3.7 ounces (almost 4 ounces or quarter a pound) under the ‘binary’ averdepois system. The decorated side consists of a crowned fleur-de-lis, surrounded by a recessed border approximately 5mm lower than the decorated area. The border is largely absent from the top edge of the weight. The weight is lightly abraded and the decoration is still clearly visible. Dates to between c1390 and c1588 AD. Length 48mm, width 37mm, thickness 11mm, weight 105.35g. The weight illustrated on p4…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Settle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0FF0F1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spherical lead probable weight with a hole through the centre, of unknown date, probably Medieval to Post Medieval, AD 1300 - 1800. It is slightly flattened at each end. There is no evidence of an iron hook, but the hole is open and has a perforation of 4.0mm diameter. The weight has a light grey patina and the surface is pitted in places. It is 18.6mm in diameter. It weighs 29.49g. The mass of 29.49g suggests that it is intended as a 1oz weight in either the Mercantile, Tower or Apothecaries systems of measurement. Alternatively it could be a weight threaded int…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-8FA51D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy trade weight dating to the post medieval to modern period, c.AD 1780-1820. The weight is circular in shape with a raised rim and recessed centre. There are two incised concentric circle in the centre. At 12 o'clock is a crowned GR. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The object has a dark green patina. It measures 25.37mm in diameter, 4.39mm in thickness and 13.19g in weight. Biggs comments that the crowned initials GR are found on provincial weights and indicate the place in which they were made or verified. Biggs also notes that these in…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-EB7323
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is shield shaped with rounded edges and corners. The upper surface is decorated with a faint raised moulded design probably of a fleur-de-lis. A cut is present to one side of the weight and the reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a light grey/white patina and is worn. The weight is 41.5mm long, 32.7mm wide, 15.1mm thick and weighs 126.6g. This does not correspond to the common weight systems of the period. Lead weights have been used in trade since the Roman period and we…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-06EF24
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy trade weight of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1800 - 1900. The weight is square and stamped on one surface with rose. Below the rose are the letters YWR, representing Yorkshire West Riding. Below this is a possible number 6. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a dark grey patina and is worn. The weight is 25.7mm long, 24.7mm wide, 7.1mm thick and weighs 35.4g. Trade weights of this type are discussed in Biggs (1993), p.75 who states that the control of weights and measures in the 19th century was the responsibility of the Justices for each county. Local practi…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-04D92C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy weight, dating to the later medieval or post-medieval period (about AD 1380-1500). The object is shield shaped in plan, with flat sides and base. The upper face is decorated with a fleur de lis in relief. The weight has a light grey patina. Measurements are; length 22.4mm, width 15.1mm, thickness 5.9mm and weight 14.04g. It was probably intended as a half ounce weight. Shield-shaped weights are a distinctive group of trade weights which are used from about AD 1380 and continue into the 15th century. Biggs & Withers (2000, p.34) …
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-DFAC32
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy conical weight of probable medieval to Post-Medieval, c.AD 1100 - 1700. The weight has a flat circular base and rounded top with a central circular perforation running through it. The surface of the weight is undecorated. The metal has a mid-grey/brown patina and is worn. The weight is 24.2mm tall, 14.5mm in diameter at the base and weighs 42.9g. 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-medieval pe…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-492DDB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lead perforated weight of probably Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1350 - 1700. It is a sub-conical weight with a small circular hole from apex to centre of base.  Measurements are; length 13.7mm, diameter at the base 17.2mm and weight 17.81g.  There is a hole running through the length of the object which is 1.6mm in diameter. The mass could, allowing for a missing suspension loop, be inetded to represent 12 pennyweight in the English Troy system (18.7g) which was in use from the 1350s. 
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-47734D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead conical object, probably a weight from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, AD 1200 - 1700.  The weight is broadly conical in shape but has six uneven sides.  On the base is inscribed some marks. They appear to read 7112 with horizontal curved lines above. They were probably intended to have a different meaning.  The object has a cream patina and there is no evidence of a suspension loop. The measurements are length 18.17mm, height 23.91mm, width 16.5mm and weight 31.68g. The mass is a good match for 1 ounce in the English troy syst…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-A2C689
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy suspension weight of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1800. The weight is ovate in plan with a rectangular section. It splits into a broken bifid terminal to one end from which an attachment loop would have projected. A small circular perforation is present in the body of the weight, just below the loop. Both sides of the weight are decorated with a raised longitudinal central ridge with raised knop to the lower end. The metal has a light grey patina and is worn. The object is 85.2mm long, 29.2mm wide, 15.5mm wide and weighs 173.6g. Egan (1998, p.…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A9B4E4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, probably Medieval, dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. The weight is shield shaped with a design of a double fleur de lis surrounded by an incised border. The reverse is flat and the patina is light grey. The weight is 417g and may have been intended to be used as a 1 pound (1lb) weight. It is closest to the nominal mass of a 1lb weight in the Avoirdupois system of measurement in use from before AD 1280. (Egan, 1998, page 302, table 14). The length is 62.2mm long, 40.0mm wide, and 19.6mm thick. Some damage to one corner and…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8D086
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular cast lead probable weight, probably from the Medieval or Post Medieval periods, around AD 1100 - 1800. It is sub-circular and has two flat faces both with raised rims. There are no visible markings or evidence of attachment. The weight has a mass a little under to 1/4lb (4 ounces) in the English Troy system but could also have been used to add mass rather than measure mass, or be a four ounce weight in another system which has lost some mass. The diameter is 37.5mm, thickness 10.1mm, and weight is 91.18g
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-855024
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, about AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is sub-triangular or shield shaped with rounded edges and corners, having a flat top and sides tapering to a point. The front surface is decorated with a moulded design of a fleur de lis. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a cream-grey brown patina and is worn. There is damage to one corner. The object  is 31.9mm in length, 28.9mm in width, 6.4mm in thickness and it weighs 26.34g so it was probably intended as a 1oz weight in the mercantile or Avoirdupois systems.&…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-851CB3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead trade weight of medieval to post-medieval date, about AD 1380 - 1600. The weight is sub-triangular; shield shaped with rounded edges and corners, having a flat top and sides tapering to a point. The upper surface is decorated with a raised moulded design of a crowned fleur de lis with symmetrical circular dots within a raised border. Between the crown and the fleur de lis, you can read a stamped inscription of "T V". The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a cream-grey brown patina and is worn. The object is 69.9mm in length, 49.4mm in width, 1…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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