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Description: | Cast lead or lead alloy bi-convex decorated weight or possibly a spindle whorl or knife terminal / end-cap of probable Post Medieval date (1500 - 1650 AD). The weight is sub-circular in plan with clear faceted edges. The central hole is broadly circular on one face and triangular on the other being cast / set slightly off centre. The diameter of the hole measures a maximum of 7.8mm. The design on the upper and lower is broadly the same consisting of a series of irregular vertical lines, possibly being non-decorative and a result filing. The weight is a mid grey cream colour with an even but broken patina. The weight has also been abraded and rolled in the plough soil and the edges have been damaged. The smallness in size would suggest that this example is not a spindle whorl (unless for producing fine thread), the differing shaped central holes could suggest that it fitted to the tang of a knife or dagger (acting as a counter weight / balance), however this would be unusual; it may therefore be just another form of cast net weight.The whorl measures 22.2mm diameter, is 12.1mm thick. It weighs 44.86 grams.
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