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Description: | A cast lead fishing/net weight dated from the late medieval period circa 1500. This example has an approximately flattened diamond cross-section. In plan, starting at the top loop the weight widens before coming back in again to a blunted lower section, thus roughly lentoid in form. There is some decorative style to the weight with the attachment loops moulded to run rope-like, around the outer edge of the weight.The weight is similar to those described within - the CBA Research Report No 74 at - The Archaeology of Medieval Fishing Tackle - by J M Steane and M Foreman. At Fig 12.8 Nos 34 & 35. The surface is now encrusted with flaking pale cream/white lead oxide.
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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