WEIGHT

Unique ID: NMGW130

Object type certainty: Certain

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Undecorated, perforated, discoidal lead, or lead alloy, weight. The perforation is off-centre. Diameter of weight 19mm, thickness 3.5mm, internal diameter of perforation 7mm.

Notes:

The function of lead weights such as these is not certain; they have variously been identified as unofficial weights used by traders or weights for other purposes such as weighing down rabbiting, bird or fishing nets (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.

Class: Lead weight
Sub class: Perforated discoidal lead weight

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 3.5 mm
Diameter: 19 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Newport
District: Newport
To be known as: Caerleon area, South Wales

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:99.20.152

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    Created: Friday 10th September 1999
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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