CORN-5A0757: Modern lead net weight (plan)

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WEIGHT

Unique ID: CORN-5A0757

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast lead fishing net weight with a circular perforation in each of the two terminals. The weight is lozenge-shaped in profile and in plan with the the two terminals having been slightly widened and rounded off.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: AD 1950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 22.22 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005 - Monday 21st November 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX0043
Four figure Latitude: 50.253053
Four figure longitude: -4.806905
1:25K map: SX0043
1:10K map: SX03SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: CORN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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