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Description: | A cast lead weight of uncertain date. The weight is cylindrical with a slightly thickened centre and has a circular cross section. Through the centre of the weight there is a sub circular hole. The weight is undecorated and covered with pitting and scratch marks. The weight has a cream-grey patination. It measures 34.10mm in length, 16.71mm in diameter at the centre, 9.65mm in diameter at the ends and weighs 48.47g.Lead weights, along with spindle whorls 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.
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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