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PLUMB BOB
Unique ID: SWYOR-37C5F5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead alloy plumb bob of unknown date. The object is roughly biconical; it has an elongated circular sectioned shaft with a bulbous perforated terminal at one end; the opposite end of the object terminates in a conical point. It has been decorated with a thick collar at the widest point on the body. A casting seam is visible. The material has a creamy brown-white patina, with some areas marked by a dark brown colour. No close parallel has been found for this design, but a Post Medieval date is suggested based on the similarity in shape to Post Medieval seal matrixes, and the difference to Roman examples on the PAS database such as KENT-99ABF6 and NARC228.
Length: 30.9mm; Width: 19.3mm; Weight: 29.38g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.9 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Weight: 29.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Friday 30th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1713
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bempton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1971
Four figure Latitude: 54.1211
Four figure longitude: -0.180744
1:25K map: TA1971
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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