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WEIGHT

Unique ID: LVPL-9C46A6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast lead weight in the shape of a rectangular bell. It has a small circular hole in the top, presumably for attachment. There is a rectangular hollow in the bottom. One of the curators at National Musuems saw this item and has given the following comments. This is possibly a lead lie, used by sailors. Wax would have been put into the hollow in the base, string tied to the attachment hole and the weight thrown over the side of the ship until it hit the bottom. It would have picked up a bit of the surface of the sea floor (sand/mud/shingle) to give some idea of conditions, or where they were (given a bit of local knowledge of changing seabed conditions).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 27.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1994

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wigan (Metropolitan District)
District: Wigan (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Atherton (Metropolitan District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SD6602
Four figure Latitude: 53.513572
Four figure longitude: -2.514189
1:25K map: SD6602
1:10K map: SD60SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Other

References cited

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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