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Description: | A complete cast lead weight of uncertain date. The object is conical with a wide circular base which tapers towards a narrower circular top and a circular central perforation. The object is undecorated.The metal is a mid whitish-brown colour and is worn. The object is 18.7mm in diameter, 20.6mm thick and weighs 28.1g.Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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