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Description: | A lead cast palm guard of Post-Medieval to Modern date, used for leather working. The guard is of a crude semicircular shape and is concave with a ridge or rim along the outer straighter edge. In the centre of the outer surface is a slight circular depression, of the type commonly found on the surface of palm guards. All of the outer edges are irregular. This palm guard has a length of 80.00mm, is 53.27mm wide, 6.91mm thick and weighs 156.91g. For similar examples see Bailey, G. 2001, (p.64-5). There are currently twelve similar artefact records on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, search under 'palm guard' in the description field. These twelve are PAS record numbers CAM-7B90E1, CORN-2E0AF4, CORN-D8C630, CORN-D88811, DEV-C89F67, DEV-C7F0A5, LEIC-29C010, HAMP-6163F3, LVPL-995511, SUR-726017, SUR-B5D907 and WMID-07FF87.
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