1999-09-10 00:00:00 Philip MacDonald pmacdonald 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW128 WEIGHT Undecorated, perforated, cylindrical lead, or lead alloy, weight. The perforation is off-centre and slightly tapered. Diameter of weight 19-20mm, thickness 7.5-9mm, internal diameter of perforation 8-9mm, weight 16.9 grams. Undecorated, perforated, cylindrical lead, or lead alloy, weight. The perforation is off-centre and slightly tapered. Diameter of weight 19-20mm, thickness 7.5-9mm, internal diameter of perforation 8-9mm, weight 16.9 grams. The function of lead weights such as these is not certain. Conventionally, they are identified as spindle whorls and certainly they would have performed such a function; however, they have also been variously identified as unofficial weights used by traders or weights for other purposes such as weighing down rabbiting, bird or fishing nets or even wall hangings (Margeson 1993, 139; Bailey 1995, 29). Crudely cast lead weights like this example are difficult to date. Excavated examples from Wales range in date from the medieval period until the nineteenth century, although the possibility of an earlier date can not be dismissed. Lead Cast ROMAN ROMAN POST MEDIEVAL 43 1999-09-10 00:00:00 NEWPORT NEWPORT POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid ST39SW ST3319 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 PUBLIC Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1999 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.