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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-5C5D52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight, as identified by finder. A cast triangular or possibly heater shield-shaped weight with slightly bevelled sides and a six-armed device moulded in relief on its upper surface. This may represent a short-measure quarter of an averdepois pound. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1400.
Length: 38.5mm, Width: 40.4mm, Thickness: 11.9mm, Weight: 100.05gms:
Class: Shield-shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.5 mm
Width: 40.4 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 100.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16635a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: North Willingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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