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Description: | 11 tubular lead net weights, possibly of Medieval or post-Medieval date. The objects were probably quickly cast and rolled into shape from a square or rectangular piece.
The weights vary in length from 17mm to 41mm; from 7mm to 14mm in thickness/diameter, and 7g to 24.1g in weight.
According to the finder: The field used to be part of a Medieval of post-Medieval hunting ground, and these types of weights were used with netting that was set up as a screen to catch rabbits. This fashion of flushing rabbits into the netted area was practised into the 19th century. | Subjects: | Net Weight | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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