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Description: | A complete cast lead rod, probably a pencil. Medieval or Post Medieval (c. AD 1066 - c. AD 1650). Length 49.0mm, diameter 6.2mm. Weight 10.76g.This object is sub-circular in cross-section. One end is slightly pointed with a circular peforation to enable it to be suspended and the other end has a rounded point. The object is in fair condition and has a flaky grey patina.Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented:"The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it was thought some years ago that when graphite was discovered in Cumbria in the late 16th century lead pencils went out of use; but metal-detector finds of well-made mass-produced pencils suggest that in fact they carried on being used well into the post-medieval period".
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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