Find Spot record 14399 - Finds from Land off Welshmen's Lane

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C3AF2 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast copper alloy button from the sixteenth or seventeenth century. It is conical in shape with a multi-facetted surface. The circular attachment loop has been cast integrally and is slightly bent.

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C33F0 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead spherical musket ball from the Post Medieval period.

<3> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C2E91 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead spherical musket ball from the Post Medieval period.

<4> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C2676 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead spherical musket ball from the Post Medieval period.

<5> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-4C0D32 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Lead bird, Post-Medieval in date, probably a toy. It is standing and facing right, just on one leg. It has features picked out on both sides but one side is more detailed. It has a short beak and a slightly pointed head which could suggest a crest of some sort. There is a sub-circular hole in the body of the bird, just above the leg. The base of the leg widens before it breaks off, it is possible it was set into a base of some sort. It is similar, but less detailed than LVPL-555B72. Geoff Egan saw that item and said 'It is possible that it is part of the series of 'shy' toys, like a shy cock, set up to be knocked down by having sticks thrown at it'. This example could well have been from this type of toy, with the base having broken off

<6> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-4C3AF2, LVPL-4C2E91, LVPL-4C33F0, LVPL-4C2676 & LVPL-4C0D32 (Web Site). SCH5176.