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PENCIL

Unique ID: LVPL-616FFE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast lead incomplete pencil perhaps dating to the Medieval period. The object is circular in section tapering to a blunted point at one end. The opposite end terminates with a break. The object is undecorated.

Stylus' of this type are known to have been in use from the Medieval to Post-Medieval periods and due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely.

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 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 6 mm
Weight: 10.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
District: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Walton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found while metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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