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WEIGHT
Unique ID: DENO-672650
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Weight; cast lead suspension weight of uncertain date. The weight is a long, tapering circular cone of lead, with a slight curve to its profile. The circular end is slightly concave and there are traces of iron in the centre of this end, suggesting that it originally had an iron suspension loop embedded in the lead. This indicates that it may have been used as a plumb bob or to weigh down a line or similar. The object is of very simple manufacture and as such it is difficult to make any accurate suggestion about its date of use.
Diameter 33.30mm, length 105.58mm, weight 456.4g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 105.58 mm
Weight: 456.4 g
Diameter: 33.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Saturday 18th April 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E6601
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Hockerwood Field
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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