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Description: | A cast lead fishing weight dated from the late medieval period circa 1500. This example has a roughly square cross-section with parallel sides. Each side is further decorated with a ladder style moulded relief. The top attachment loop is partly broken at the attachment point; the break is new and probably accidentally caused during excavation.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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