Record ID: LIN-F2565E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cast lead weight probably dating from the medieval period c.AD 1150-1450. The object is shield-shaped in form with a flat top and curved sides that reach a blunt point at the bottom. Both sides are flat, with one side decorated with a raised septfoil with six recessed triangles in a circle with their points facing inwards. Length: 42.06 mm; Width: 37.30 mm; Thickness: 19.87 mm; Weight: over 200g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F19C2C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead medieval personal seal matrix dating to c.AD 1200-1300. The object is in the form of a vesica/pointed drop shape with a central design of a flamboyant incised fleur de lis device, surrounding the design is the inscription: MATILDIS VX [...] / Matilda wife of [...]. Traces of a lug on the reverse reverse. Mid-grey patina. Length: 26.95 mm; Width:16.40 mm; Thickness: 2.59 mm; Weight: 6.68g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Barrowby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F186BE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead steelyard weight dating to the Roman period, c. AD 43-410. The object is broadly bi-conical with a slightly flattened top and almost pointed base The surface of the metal is pitted and marked and is generally of a cream and pale brown colouring with rust staining where the iron shows. Diameter: 33.25 mm; Height: 25.49 mm; Weight: 92.11 g.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-EF4DFD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead damaged seal matrix dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The matrix is flat and circular, though much of the edge is damaged. The central motif is a star of six points. There is a line border between the motif and legend. The inscription is illegible except for [...]VEST[...]. On the reverse is a central rib. Length: 22.54mm Width: 20.67mm Thickness: 5.31mm Weight: 8.64g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EE77EF
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead possible net sinker. A weight made by rolling a sub-rectangular scrap of cast sheet lead, probably achieving a slightly overlapping seam though this is now disrupted, perhaps by removal of the object from the selvedge of a net or, given that it is lighter than many formal parallels, from a fishing line, as is kindly suggested by the finder. At nearby Flixborough, tubular lead net weights were dated to the Middle Saxon period. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 700-850 Length: 21.3mm, Width: 10.8mm, Thickness (sheet): 1.8mm, Weight: 8.43gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EE5148
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast conical standing weight; shrinkage lines on the base may suggest it was cast in an open mould. Patinated, with adventitious cut-marks overall. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Height: 31.5mm, Diameter: 32.4mm, Weight: 149.42gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EDFB02
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast ball with numerous tiny crescentic marks, possibly from gnawing by rats attracted by the sugary taste of lead corrosion product, or possibly from use as an improvised teething toy. The latter is perhaps less likely in this case as the size would be ideal to choke a troublesome infant, which one would hope was not intended. Patinated. The mass points to an intended use with a light fowling piece or ‘rook and rabbit’ gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 12.8mm, Weight: 10.05gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EDE4F8
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast ball with a prominent mould line from a slight misalignment of the halves of the mould; patinated. The mass suggests this was for use with a light fowling piece or ‘rook and rabbit’ gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 12.6mm, Weight: 8.89gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EDCE1D
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast ball, patinated. The mass, at over half an ounce, may suggest use with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification, possibly a pistol. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800 Diameter: 15.8mm, Weight: 21.50gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ED99B2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast ball with mould line and a flat patch of diameter 7mm, either from a ramrod or possibly marked by the turn-off breech of a breech-loading pistol. The mass would suggest a use with a light fowling piece or ‘rook and rabbit’ gun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 8.58gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ED820F
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast ball with trace of mould line, patinated, , probably for a light fowling piece or ‘rook and rabbit’ gun; alternatively for a pistol. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Diameter: 13mm, Weight: 12.47gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ED201D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl. Cast whorl of plano-convex section with a moulded central aperture of diameter 7.5mm, Walton Rogers form A1. Patinated. The spindle whole size could admit a Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-850 Diameter: 19.8mm, Thickness: 10.3mm, Weight: 25.16gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B2DAD2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy harness boss. Cast circular openwork plate with a flat rim and a concavo-convex protruding boss. The border bears vegetal swags and pellets and the boss bears a fleur de lis within a cabled basal border. Traces of white metal plating appear and rust stains suggest the object was attached to tack by iron fixing pins. Probably for the festive decoration of horse harness. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter (in excess of): 51mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 10.4mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 23.82gms
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AF2ACD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead trade weight, circular and uniface, bearing on the upper face a puncheon displaying the Arms of the Commonwealth, a shield with the cross of St. George and another with a harp, an annulet punched into the area above, weight 14.15g so presumably for half an ounce, 1649-60 
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9D88CB
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead hinge. A cast rectangular section plate, expanded and slotted at one end to receive an inserted lead spindle engaging a perforated lug projecting from the end of a similar but narrower plate, which is broken close to the meeting of the two components. A hole is pierced in the larger plate near the hinge, suggesting attachment; an impressed circle of diameter 7.5mm my suggest a large  or decorative head for the fastening pin. Patinated. The soft material would seem far from ideal for such a mechanical use. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Medieval, 43-1500 Length: 43.8mm, Wi…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9CF83D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval lead vessel repair or pot mend, c.AD 1200-1500. The object is a cast plug to mend a hole in a vessel wall. The object is composed of an outer sub-ovate plate with a tapered inward circumferential portion and a smaller, sub-ovate plate which would have attached the plate to the body of the vessel.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9CF27A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy steelyard weight of uncertain date. The weight is roughly conical in section and sub-circular in plan. There is an iron shank protruding from the top. The sides are uneven and slightly scuffed.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9CF234
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval possible weight or gaming piece, c.AD 1100-1700. This is a solid tube of lead with no distinctive marks or decoration. Its use is uncertain, although it could have functioned as a weight or gaming piece.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9CE56D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval complete probable lead palm guard, c.AD 1500-1700. The object is a sub circular disc that has been slightly dished in order to fit more comfortably in the hand. The artefact has been made crudely, and there are numerous scratches. One longitudinal deep groove may be related to its use, or might be post-depositional damage.
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9CDE97
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token or weight, c.AD 1100-1600. This token is circular in plan and D-shape in cross section. The top surface is heavily worn, with a raised rim around the edge and a slight dimple in the centre. It is most likely to date to the Medieval or early Post Medieval period. These types of weight have not been catalogued into a typology and so a more precise date cannot be given.  
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.