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WEIGHT

Unique ID: NARC-1DC242

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A cast roughly shaped bi-conical steelyard weight. With central iron suspension loop visible on the surfaces. A hole on the apex of the underside. 38mm in diameter and 32mm high. 92g. Weights of this style are often given a Roman date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 403

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 32 mm
Weight: 92 g
Diameter: 38 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kimbolton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0868
Four figure Latitude: 52.299516
Four figure longitude: -0.417641
1:25K map: TL0868
1:10K map: TL06NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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