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Description: | A standing lead weight from the post-medieval period. This weight has an octagonal base, but it is cone shaped. Such weights were used by fishermen and were attached to their nets and lines. The weight weighs 2.5oz. A similar example to this lead weight can be seen in Biggs and Withers, 2000, pp30-32, Fig. 72. | Subjects: | Post-medieval Standing | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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