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Description: | A group of five lead weights recovered from the same area. The weights are lacking in stylistic characteristics which allow their date to be ascertained with confidence, but they are likely to be medieval or post-medieval. The group are of different types. One is hemispherical in shape, with a flat base and a domed top (number 1 in the image). This one measures 33.83 mm wide at the base, 19.84 mm high and weighs 82.8 grams (2.9 ounces in avoirdupois measurement, suggesting it may have been a 3 ounce weight).Weight number 2 in the image is a flat bottomed cylindrical weight with a separate corroded iron loop at the top for suspension. It measures 25.5 mm high, 19.11 mm wide at the base and 39.8 grams (1.4 ounces in avoirdupois measurement, suggesting it may have been a 1.5 ounce weight). Weight number 3 is conical and has a separate corroded iron loop at the flat, broader end for suspension. It measures 44 mm high, 15.44 mm wide at the broad end and weighs 32 grams (1.13 ounces in avoirdupois measurement). There are two flat bottomed conical weights which both have perforations near their apex for suspension (numbers 4 and 5 in the image). Number 4 measures 26.15 mm high, 16.58 mm wide at the base and weighs 29.2 grams (1.03 ounces in avoirdupois measurement). Number 5 measures 22.04 mm high, 14.87 mm wide at the base and weighs 13.6 grams (0.48 ounces in avoirdupois measurement, suggesting it was a half ounce weight). Aside from weight 3, the apparent standardisation in weight according to avoirdupois measurements may suggest these were trade weights and also support a medieval to post-medieval date range. They have a combined weight of 197.4 grams, just short of seven ounces in avoirdupois measurement.
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