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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NCL-5C9DE7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead trade weight of the early post-Medieval period. The weight is cylindrical in shape with a flattened head and expanding toward the flattened base. There is a small circular intentation in the base of the weight. One side of the weight has been stamped with three local privy symbols, that may signify a value or depict the trader's initials superimposed on each other. The weight has a diameter of 19.95 at its top and 29.18 at its base.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.42 mm
Weight: 149.7 g
Diameter: 29.18 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
Parish or ward: Skeeby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1902
Four figure Latitude: 54.413099
Four figure longitude: -1.708752
1:25K map: NZ1902
1:10K map: NZ10SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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