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Description: | A complete lead net or fishing weight of unknown date. It is in the form of a hollow cylinder, thicker in the centre and tapering towards the ends (barrel shaped). It is constructed from a tightly rolled length of sheet lead, with a faint seam where the ends of the sheet meet. Wastling (2009) in Evans and Loveluck, (Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough, Volume 2), discusses net weights and notes that their form changes very little through time, making them impossible to date (page 249 - 250). They are known from Iron Age to 15th century contexts and everything in-between, and could have been used as net sinkers or for weighting nets for birding or rabbiting. The net sinker is 34.6mm long, 14.9mm wide and 27.67g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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