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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LVPL-0968D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete lead weight dating from the medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1300-1800).
The object is conical in shape and has a flat base. A perforation channels through the object from the apex to the base and is relatively central. The surface of the weight is undecorated and is covered in a white patina.
Dimensions: Length 27.01mm; width 28.26mm; weight 87.45g
The object's weight is consistent with 1/4lb under the Tower System (87.5g) which was in use from c.AD 1250 onwards (Egan 1998: 302 Table 14).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.01 mm
Width: 28.26 mm
Weight: 87.45 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Newcastle-under-Lyme (District)
Parish or ward: Betley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ7648
Four figure Latitude: 53.02874256
Four figure longitude: -2.35929762
1:25K map: SJ7648
1:10K map: SJ74NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office |
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