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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMGW3102
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Freestanding discoidal crudely cast lead, or lead alloy weight decorated with a cross motif. Diameter 23-25mm, thickness 6.5mm, weight 23 grams. Lead weights such as these could have performed a variety of functions such as unofficial weights and measures used by traders and merchants. Dating them is difficult, excavated examples range in date from the medieval period to the nineteenth century.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th November 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA: 99.111.39
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
District: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llanrhidian Higher (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS5597
Four figure Latitude: 51.653037
Four figure longitude: -4.097425
1:25K map: SS5597
1:10K map: SS59NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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