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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-E8D3F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to post-medieval discoidal lead weight with a drilled aperture near the edge. Almost all of one face is slightly recessed and various straight and curving linear marks in counter-relief are probably accidental. Diameter 32mm. Thickness 5.5mm. Hole diameter 8 - 5.5mm. Weight 31.88g / 1.0245oz Troy, so perhaps for 1 ounce.
Area 4, within 20m radius of grid reference.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 31.88 g
Diameter: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd July 2014 - Monday 15th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58367
Other reference: NMD092014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6706
Four figure Latitude: 52.62607147
Four figure longitude: 0.46586846
1:25K map: TF6706
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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