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Description: | An assemblage of seventeen roughly cylindrical net weights from one field, of varying size and neatness of construction, but unknown date. They were made by rolling strips or scraps of sheet lead around a cylindrical former or straight onto the net, leaving a visible longitudinal seam. Most of them are intact but one or two are bent or have begun to unroll.They range in size from 27.95mm long, 37.26mm in diameter and a weight of 184g, through 73.65mm long, 27.47mm diameter and a weight of 136g, 16.95mm long, 7.75mm diameter and a weight of 5.01g.This type of weight would have been positioned around the rim of a net, probably used for fishing or netting birds, to hold it taut. The dating of such weights is difficult as their design and method of manufacture remained unchanged for a considerable period of time.In the report on excavations at Flixborough (Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough, edited by Evans and Lovelock) a number of these weights are illustrated on page 249, figure 6.3 and are attributed to the period from the 7th to 11th centuries, but other examples are also cited ranging from the Iron Age to the 15th century, so the date of these examples remains unknown. The Flixborough volume states that: "their use for fishing is without doubt; however, they may have had other uses, such as bird netting". The findspot is near a watercourse, making fishing more likely in this instance. Compare also SWYOR-F980C7.
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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