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WEIGHT
Unique ID: HESH-0C26C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Rally ID: 500
Post Medieval: A cast lead alloy conical weight, or possibly a spindlewhorl. The find consists of a sub-circular weigt with a circular hole. The weight is conical in profile with a flat top. The base is concave. The ipper flat top is concave, with a central circular hole.
Diameter: 6.72mm
Weight: 31.4 grams
Notes:
Recorded in the field at Myddle Rally 2005.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 31.4 g
Diameter: 6.72 mm
Rally details.
This object was found at Myddle Rally 2005, Shropshire
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Myddle 2005 / photo ID 500
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Myddle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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