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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM541
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Heart shaped lead object. The mass may suggest this to represent one half of an averdepois pound, pointing to a post-medieval date: 1500-1700.
Notes:
Checked by MF folowing Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Unassigned' to 'Weight'. Dating completedand amended from 'Post-medieval 1485 - ' to 'Post-Medieval 1500-1700'. Drawing ref. added.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.4 mm
Width: 52.1 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 225.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th February 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0604 nlm00604
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: EAST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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