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Description: | An incomplete and slightly mishapen section of cast lead rod, probably a pencil of Medieval or Post Medieval date (c. AD 1066 - c. AD 1650). Length: 53.1mm; width: 6.2mm, bredth: 5.3mm. Weight 13.74g. It is rectangular in cross-section. One end has an irregular break and the opposite end tapers to a rounded point. Although misshapen the object is in good condition and has a pale grey patina overall. There is a patch of iron corrosion at one end, possibly from something it was in contact with. 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". | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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