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Description: | A cast copper alloy object, which appears to be the outer casing of a steelyard weight. The lead interior no longer survives.
Approximately 50 % of the outer casing survives, now in three fragments ? which have been glued back together by the finder.
The fragment are all very worn and corroded. The edges ? where the copper alloy case has broken open, looks as if it has almost been pulled apart. At first the finder thought that this object was part of a bomb case or hand grenade.
However, an incised design appears to date this object to the post medieval period. The design comprises an incised double circle, which encloses a cross motif. Other details are very worn and corroded.
This weight probably dates from circa 1500 ? 1800. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Liz Walker | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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