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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SF-939833
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead weight of probable Medieval or later date. It is a flat disc with a diameter of 24.25mm, having a large central perforation of 12.71mm. The weight is 6.05mm in thickness and weighs 19.52g. It may have been used a spindle whorl or fishing weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.05 mm
Weight: 19.52 g
Diameter: 24.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: finder's ref.65
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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